By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR Scene Writer on Jul 24, 2009, at 4:43 PM Updated on 7/24 at 4:43 PM
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Swax and Mary Beth Babcock.
As last-minute music festival arrangements were made, marchandise man Swax carried bags of swag into the Dwelling Spaces store, located in the heart of the Dfest festival district. He sells gear for Dfest headliner Gogol Bordello. Born in Ireland and raised in London, he now lives in New York City and travels with the gypsy punk band.
"This is really nice. The Midwest is my favorite place to be," said Swax in a soft accent as he stood next to Dwelling Spaces store owner Mary Beth Babcock. The pair held up t-shirts and laughed: His, a Tulsa shirt, hers a Gogol Bordello tee.
"It's like the weekend before Christmas in here," said Babcock. Business is booming. And the "carry-away" business is possibly even better, she said.
"I also share my Web site with all my customers, so people go home and order even more online." She's participated in Dfest for three years, she said.
"I'm here to spread the Oklahoma fever."
Some of her trademark offerings are the "I Heart Tulsa" and "Okie Grown" line of tees. Stillwater band Colourmusic bought half a dozen of her "I'm OK" line of state pride shirts, said Babcock.
"Dfest brings in a lot of foot traffic. The musicians from all over come in and buy stuff. The locals buy stuff. The exposure is incredible."
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