Valentine Love and Hate

We really look forward to Valentine's Day at Psycho Donuts.  While everyone else is catering to lovebirds, we take the contrarian viewpoint.  After all, not everyone is madly in love on Valentine's Day.  Whether you're in love, or lost in love - our Valentine donutrocities will zap your heart.

Be on the lookout for the launch of our Valentine's Day donutrocities, starting with...

Shot Thru The Heart!

Shot Thru The Heart!

We're to blame for creating this heart-shaped victim of Cupid.  'Shot Thru The Heart' is literally pierced through the heart with an evil chocolate dagger. The heart is oozing with raspberry jelly, and blood-red drizzle leaks ominously from its pocky-inflicted wound.

Think of it as the Headbanger for the loveless; or if you really need another Bon Jovi reference...  it's the donut that gives love a bad name.

Not-So-Sweethearts!

Not-So-Sweethearts!

You remember those sweetheart candies.  The ones in the paper box that taste like chalk?  Last year, Chef Ron began donutizing the concept, with his own crazy twist.  Not-So-Sweethearts are the perfect gift for your anti-Valentine (or someone you love with a whack sense of humor?).  Not-So-Sweethearts come with memorable slogans like "I H8 U," "DOOSH," and other poetic anomalies, helping you to express your real feelings this Valentine's Day!  (editorial note:  yes, we doo know the correct spelling of DOOSH, but chose to misspell it on purpose, cuz like, it was more fun).

Blue Ballz!

Blue Ballz!

Each Valentine's Day, we honor those celebrating the long day, without a requisite lover by their side.  Whatever may be the cause of your Valentine's Day dilemma, Psycho Donuts has just the prescription for you.  

Blue Ballz are crazy good donut holes.  They're topped in Smurf-blue icing, and filled with custard.  Better than a stiff drink at a dive bar, Blue Ballz will cure what ails you this Valentine's Day.

Psycho Passionata!

Psycho Passionata!

Beethoven's Passionata was considered by many to be his most tempestuous piano sonata; and such is the case with our Psycho Passionata. This "almost-beating heart" is filled with a piercing combination of white chocolate and passion fruit. It's topped with authentic, home spun raspberry glaze that will send your taste buds into a manic frenzy. Would you kill for love? This is the love donut to kill for!

Love / Hate Art Show!

By Christine Benjamin

And 'donut' forget that Psycho Donus is also an award-winning original art gallery!  And Valentine's Day is a great time to pick up some whimsical (sometimes downright demented) original Valentine's Day art.  We challenge our local artists each year to create one-of-a-kind paintings, which focus on the darker side of Valentine's Day.  Check out our Love / Hate Art Show at Psycho Donuts Campbell, beginning in early February.  Stay tooned to the Psycho Facebook Page for all the details.

Here Come da Furries

The Furries are coming!  The FurCon Convention, also known as Further Confusion, descends upon San Jose January 17 - 21.

If you're a furry yourself, Psycho Donuts San Jose is ready for you with our animal donutrocities - made exclusively for Further Confusion.

If you're a furry watcher, there's no better place to watch furries in their native habitat than at Psycho Donuts San Jose.

We'll be serving up Tigers and Zebras - in donut form. Each animal is available as either Tails or Ballz - creating plenty of inventive eating options for furries and humans alike!

Beyond FurCon, there are some great upcoming events at Psycho Donuts.  'Donut' miss our Valentines Day festivities, complete with our array of Anti-Valentines Day Donutrocities.  Stay tuned to this crazy blog for the Valentine's Day line-up, coming soon.

On March 2, we'll host Psycho Karaoke, with special guest, Korkaraoke - in honor of our 4 year Psycho anniversary!  More details coming soon, along with some other special surprises, and a crazy little contest!

Psycho Donuts on the Big Screen at Psycho Donuts

Looney Ben (aka Donut Guy)

Donut Guy was born in perilous times. Many Psycho fans may remember when protesters lined the Psycho Donuts parking lot, long before the APA ("Age of Psycho Acceptance").

During these dark, formative years for Donut Guy, two extraordinary filmmakers were conceiving the idea for an ambitious documentary film, tackling the sensitive topic of Bipolar Disorder. The filmmakers spent a weekend filming at Psycho Donuts.  They captured some crazy footage – which would ultimately become the 'comic relief' in an otherwise emotionally charged film - OF TWO MINDS.

OF TWO MINDS makes its San Jose premiere – ironically – at Psycho San Jose and The Camera 3 Theater (all under one crazy roof).  The film has received rave reviews at sell-out shows in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.  

Bloggers and journalists – check out our crazy press release for all the details.

"The Bipolar"

Psycho will re-launch The Bipolar Donut during OF TWO MINDS' San Jose premiere. A portion of Bipolar donut sales will directly benefit Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen, where many residents suffer from Bipolar Disorder, and other forms of mental illness.

Showtimes are Saturday, December 1 at 7:00pm, and Sunday, December 2, at 1:00pm.  Buy your tickets online!

Make Your Thanksgiving a Crazy One

Good Kitty & Dead Kitty Nurses

Halloween subsides, and zombies give way to Pilgrims. And then, just as quickly, Pilgrims morph into Santas.  Along with these rapid holiday transitions, the donuts must also adapt. The Psycho kitchen goes utterly insane this time of year.  We’re talking about delicate migrations from Zombie Ballz to Punkin' Spice Lattes.

Punkin' Spice Latte!

It’s not unusual for things to be flipped backwards and upside down at Psycho Donuts.  For example, buy a Frosticle at Psycho Donuts, and you’ll find yourself drinking a donut (which is conveniently blended into the crazy drink).  Buy our Thanksgiving Punkin’ Spice Latte, and you’ll find yourself eating coffee. That’s because our Punkin’ Spice Latte is filled with spiced pumpkin, and topped with coffee and cinnamon.  And that’s just the start of our wild turkey line-up.

Drunkin' Punkin!'

The Drunkin' Punkin' is a crazy good donutrocity. We start with a bourbon-spiked pumpkin cake donut. We top it with cheesecake icing, fresh pecans, and a cross-hatch of maple and caramel drizzle. If the pilgrims knew about Drunkin’ Punkin’, they may have landed in Santa Cruz rather than Plymouth Rock.

Psycho Psweet Potato Pie!

And that’s not all.  Psycho fans love our Psweet Potato Pie. This crazed concoction is a raised donut topped with torched marshmallows, graham crackers, and a pumpkin spice filling.  

TurkeyBanger!

PilgrimBanger!

Our HeadBanger donut undergoes a radical metamorphosis this time of year, but the crazy concept has not changed.  

With a little psycho surgery, HeadBangers become TurkeyBanger and PilgrimBangers.  But don’t worry - the ‘entry wounds’ on this jelly-filled mess have not disappeared!

In the Psycho Ballz department, Chef Ron has recently created a new line of Donut Pops.  They work like this - take one crazy Psycho Ball, insert stick; and voila - the donut pop lives.  

Apple Pie and I Scream Donut Pops!

Nutella The Hun Pops!

For starters, check out the Apple Pie and I Scream Donut Pops. It'll give you the intense flavor of apple pie and vanilla ice cream all in a convenient Psycho Ball - on a smile-inducing stick.    

Pumpkin EmPIEnada!

How about a Nutella The Hun Pop?  All the Nutella-riffic flavors of our Hun masterpiece in a donut pop!

Still haven't had enough?  OK then - we'll save the best for last.  There's nothing like a donut empenada.  This Thanksgiving, try our Pumpkin EmPIEnada.  It's stuffed with pumpkin pastry cream, rolled in pumpkin pie spice sugar, and embellished in maple.

The Psycho PR department is insanely delighted to be included in a new forthcoming show on The History Channel.  Is Donut Guy getting added to American history textbooks?  Doubtful... but certainly a show about the evolution of breakfast foods seems worthy of a Donut Guy appearance.  Look for Psycho on The History Channel in Spring 2013!

Still haven’t been to Psycho Donuts?  Pay us a holiday visit.  We’ll have plenty of bubblewrap, and nurses catering to your prescription pastry pilgrimage.  The Chief Psycho wishes you a Crazy Good Thanksgiving season!

Psycho Meets Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House

Quick - name the top two crazy attractions along Winchester Blvd!  If you said Starbucks and Chipotle, you need to spend some quality time in the Psycho Padded Cell!  Psycho Donuts has always been excited to work with The Winchester Mystery House.  And what better time of year than Halloween for these two crazy companies to collaborate?!

Winchester Mystery House turns into Fright Nights, starting on September 28.  If you're not afraid of haunted houses, you obviously haven't been to Fright Nights yet!  And this year's Fright Nights event includes Psycho Donuts!  The world's scariest haunted house is pairing up with the world's most unusual donut shop. Now that's frightening!

Going to Fright Nights? Hang onto your ticket stub and swing by Psycho Donuts afterward.  Show your same-day ticket stub to the Psycho Nurse and get 10% off your donut of choice!

Sarah's Lucky 13!

Psycho Donuts has created two Fright Nights donutrocities. Everyone knows that Sarah Winchester was madly obsessed with macabre things.  Sarah's Lucky 13 honors Sarah's obsession with an otherwise unlucky number.  Lucky 13 is filled with raspberry jelly, and iced in chocolate.  On top is a vanilla spider web drizzle, and a blood-red 13.

The Winchester Skull!

Take a close look at The Winchester Mystery House logo - and you'll notice a skull staring back at ya.  The Winchester Mystery Cream allows you to truly taste The Winchester Mystery House.  Filled with bavarian cream, The Winchester Mystery Cream is iced in chocolate, with a powdered-sugar skull on top.

Sarah's Lucky 13 and The Winchester Skull will be available at both Psycho Donuts stores - and even occasionally at The Winchester Café, beginning on September 26.

Stay tooned to Psycho Donuts Facebook, and Winchester Mystery House Facebook- where you can enter challenges to win Fright Night tickets and Psycho Donuts!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Empenada!

In other Psycho news, Chef Ron recently created the Chocolate Peanut Butter Empenada.  The world skipped a beat, and Foodbeast wrote all about it!

Ordering Psycho Donuts just got even easier.  Wanna skip the crazy people in line at Psycho Donuts?  Pre-order your psychos to go!  Visit our crazy online ordering system and your donuts will eagerly await your pickup!

And finally, Marcus D of Alice Radio 97.3 named Psycho Donuts one of the Top 10 Donut Shops in the Bay Area!   Thanks for the great article, Marcus!

Fright Nights and Bipolar Zombies

Keeping up with the raging insanity at Psycho Donuts can drive a person certifiably crazy.  Good thing we have a padded cell and bubble wrap...  Here's a summary of the current madness in our dystopic, dynamic donut den.

Psycho Donuts has been granted the honor of creating a Fright Nights Donut for The Winchester Mystery House. Why not?  Two crazy places - both on Winchester Blvd?  It's a match made in... uh, somewhere very strange. Double your Dystopia?  We will announce details of the Fright Nights donut soon.  And stay tooned to Psycho Facebook for Fright Nights contests - where you can win free tickets to the world's most amazing haunted house, on the grounds of Winchester Mystery House!

Pork Donut Fusion?

Psycho Donuts is stalking Porky's San Jose Food Truck.  As a result, Porky's is now selling Psycho Porky's Psliders - an amazing pork sandwich, nestled inside of a Psycho Donut Bun.  Stalk the Porky's food truck yourself, and donut miss the bipolar combination of Donut Bun and pork.  Which leads us to...

Psycho Makes Big Screen Debut!

Psycho Donuts was featured in the San Francisco premiere of the documentary film, Of Two Minds.  In a true-life example of irony, Psycho Donuts provided the half-time comic relief in an otherwise emotionally charged film - which gets down to brass tacks on living with Bipolar Disorder.  Directors Doug Blush and Lisa Klein have created a powerful film which has received critical acclaim and has resulted in sold-out venues from city to city.   SF Weekly had this to say.  Speaking of irony, Psycho Donuts is thrilled that that OF TWO MINDS will make it's South Bay premiere at Psycho San Jose and Camera 3 in early November.  Crazy details are coming soon!

Nurse Lea in Zombie Metamorphasis. Run!

Zombie-O-Rama took place in Downtown San Jose on Friday, August 31.  Psycho Nurse Lea fell victim to the Zombie invasion, but managed to hold down the fort in spite of her altered state.  Psycho Donuts havestested Zombie Balls - a psycho treat that was enjoyed by about a thousand zombie cannibals at Psycho San Jose.  Psycho Donuts is looking forward to next year's zombie festivities, and is already breeding to prepare next year's batch of Zombie Ballz.  While it's sometimes a challenge, the the donut business really is a ball.

Psycho Empenadas?

As the Pstrawberry Pseason winds down, Chef Ron was challenged to replace the Pstrawberry TacOnut with an equally insane Psubstitute.Ron searched his increasingly unstable mind, and two amazing empenadas jumped from his brain to the donut fryer.  Chef Ron is giddy to announce the Banana Dulce De Leche Empenada, and the Caramel Apple Empenada.  Is there any place donuts can't go?

Psycho Campbell's New Front Window Vibe

Psycho Donuts Campbell has been going through a transition that won't quit.  What was once Campbell Donuts and Yogurt, has transformed into the world's most unusual donut shop.  It was only natural that the exterior windows would ultimately exude the crazy nature of Psycho Donuts.  With the help of local artists, Working Class Villains, and Avila Studios, Psycho Campbell is truly channeling the right vibe.

Dwayne Hole Lives!

When we requested a combined look of Shutter Island meets Candyland, it resulted in an 18-month project. No wonder...  But the result?  Truly Psycho Donuts!  Finally, congratulations to Psycho Facebook Fan, Jennifer Ress-Bush, for winning the naming contest of Looney Ben's (aka Donut Guy's) son - heretofore known as "Dwayne Hole."  Welcome to the dysfunctional family, Dwayne!

Psycho on the Big Screen in OF TWO MINDS

For Immediate Release

OF TWO MINDS Documentary, Featuring Psycho Donuts, Premieres in San Francisco

SAN JOSE, CA  November 8, 2012 --- Psycho Donuts will be featured in the full-length documentary film, OF TWO MINDS, premiering on Saturday, December 1 - 2, 2012 in San Jose at the Camera 3 Theater and Psycho Donuts San Jose.

OF TWO MINDS is an award-winning feature documentary from the creative team behind WORDPLAY, IOUSA, SUPERHEROES and THESE AMAZING SHADOWS that explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of a few of the over five million Americans living with bipolar disorder.  

In 2009, Psycho Donuts was at the center of a controversy, regarding the company’s distinctive marketing and branding approach.  Mental health groups opposed the company’s theme and staged protests outside the company’s store in Campbell, California. Subsequently, Psycho Donuts’ owner met with mental health leaders, and the parties agreed upon changes to amicably resolve the conflict.

The Bipolar Donut Returns for OF TWO MINDS!

In conjunction with the film’s premiere in San Jose, Psycho Donuts will once again be selling The Bipolar Donut: a chocolate cake donut, topped with chopped peanuts and shredded coconut.  The donut will be available for a limited time only.  Psycho Donuts will donate 10% of all Bipolar Donut sales to homeless charity, Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen. 

Jordan Zweigoron, Chief Psycho at Psycho Donuts, said, “Given our unique history with the mental health community, it’s both ironic and heartwarming for Psycho Donuts to be featured in an emotionally charged documentary about bipolar disorder. Psycho Donuts is pleased to support a local homeless charity, where many residents struggle with mental illness.”

OF TWO MINDS makes its San Jose debut on Saturday December 1 at 7pm, and Sunday December 2, at 1:00pm.  Tickets can be purchased in advance online. 

###

About Psycho Donuts – 

Psycho Donuts is the world’s first and only light-hearted asylum for wayward donuts and the patients who eat them, with Northern California locations in Campbell and Downtown San Jose. Psycho Donuts has reinvented the donut and has earned global acclaim for creative and unconventional flavors, coupled with a colorful and unusual experience. The Psycho Donuts experience includes an asylum-themed wait staff, a padded cell, and a stress-relieving square of bubble wrap for each customer. Psycho Donuts also features original local artwork and eclectic merchandise for sale.  Psycho Donuts has quickly become a Bay Area icon, and has been featured on The Today Show, Fox Business News, USA Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Food Network Magazine, and more. Visit Psycho Donuts at www.psychodonuts.com or www.facebook.com/psychodonuts.

About the Filmmakers –

Doug Blush (co-director/editor/cinematographer)

Doug Blush is an award winning documentary director, editor, cinematographer, and writer who has edited a wide range of major theatrically released documentaries, including crossword puzzle culture (WORDPLAY), the national debt crisis (I.O.U.S.A.), the hypocrisy of closeted gay politicians (OUTRAGE), corporate David and Goliath battles (BEER WARS), and the adaptation of the popular book FREAKONOMICS.  He recently was co-writer and editor of the Sundance 2011 Premiere documentary THESE AMAZING SHADOWS, and consulting editor for the Sundance 2011 Competition documentary TROUBADOURS, as well as executive producer and co-editor of SUPERHEROES in the 2011 Slamdance Documentary Competition.  In 2012, THE INVISIBLE WAR, which he edited and associate produced with director Kirby Dick, won the Sundance Audience Award for best American documentary. 

Lisa Klein (co-director/writer/producer)

Lisa Klein is a writer and filmmaker from Detroit, Michigan.  She studied English and film at the University of Michigan, then moved to Los Angeles to go to graduate school at the University of Southern California.  Klein’s impetus to make this documentary stemmed from her sister’s long battle with bipolar disorder. This film is a personal journey to attempt to grasp the complexities and pain that encompass living in a world of extremes.  Klein co-directed the festival documentary short WHAT A BALL and the Fox Movie Channel special interest documentary CULT CULTURE:  THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE with her husband and film partner Doug Blush.

 About OF TWO MINDS –

Take your best day...and your darkest moment...and multiply by a million.  OF TWO MINDS is an award-winning feature documentary from the creative team behind WORDPLAY, IOUSA, SUPERHEROES and THESE AMAZING SHADOWS that explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of a few of the over five million Americans living with bipolar disorder. Personal stories of harrowing events, medical mazes, discrimination and the effects of social stigma blend together to create a compelling look at a generation coming out of the "bipolar closet". OF TWO MINDS puts an authentic human face on bipolar disorder, providing an intimate, sometimes painful, sometimes painfully funny look at those who live in its shadows...our parents and children, our friends and lovers...and ourselves.

PRESS CONTACTS:

For Psycho Donuts:

Jordan Zweigoron 

(408) 655-0383

psychodonuts@yahoo.com

www.psychodonuts.com

For OF TWO MINDS:

http://www.oftwomindsmovie.com/

http://www.facebook.com/Of2Minds

Amy Grey / Ashley Mariner

Dish Communications

818-508-1000

amyg@dishcommunications.com / ashleym@dishcommunications.com

Distribution Inquiries and Additional Press Contact:

Christine O’Malley

O’Malley-Creadon Productions

office:  323-668-2104

cell:  323-333-8303

christine@ocpmedia.com