Archive for October 29th, 2007
The Elm Company website just receive a fresh and exciting new update. It now houses the fall/winter 07/08 collection and their holiday 08 line. The photography is also pretty good, and it’s easy to navigate–something that gets forgotten about in the high-tech futuristic world that we live in. Today’s world is far from the utopia we all thought the 2000s would be way back in the late 80s. The Elmers (as we like to call them) have always been big supporters of [ 2 one 5 ], so, naturally, you should support them. And, on a slight side note: we put the Elm Company up against Estate LA in the Cage Match feature of this year’s Living Proof Magazine. Go download it here. Who do you think we should crown the winner?
October 29th, 2007
The newest Frank landed on boutique/retail counters recently. You should probably go try to find one and read it. It’s got some nice metallic accents on the cover that Sir Scansalot (our scanner) couldn’t find the proper reflective table to provide adequate justice. You’ve failed us and your country, Sir Scansalot. You’ve ired the King and the Royal Court. Instead of armor, you’re now draped in the rags of shame worn by the woeful and uninspired peasant class. Live twixt their shabby walls. Hang your head at the playful jestering of their filthy children. Lap the remaining soggy morsels or porridge from their soiled bowls. Relinquish your once powerful and mighty sword, and prepare to swing from the coarse rope of the rickety and unforgiving gallows!
October 29th, 2007
This sounds absolutely awful on numerous levels: A perfume based on Andy Warhol and the Factory.
“We conceived of Silver Factory as a smooth, smoky, spicy blend of interlacing incense (a key scent of the 60s), wood resin, and syrupy, seductive amber. But just to complicate things, we gave it a heart of jasmine, iris, and violet-a scent that Warhol was especially fond of. These slightly dissonant florals combine to evoke a metallic effect-that of warmed-up, molten silver, and then, for the merest hint of coolness, we threw in a handful of cedarwood.”
Read all about it at Supertouch.
October 29th, 2007
Ipecac Recordings hooked up with toy brand UNKL and together they decided to puke up (or release, whichever you prefer) some vinyl toys. Each month for the entire year of 2008, UNKL will vomit out one UniPro toy based on a band on the Ipecac roster. Supplies are limited to 500, so get them before they’re done hurling. I’m going to stop making puke references now because it’s still early for a Monday and I’m trying to eat some Sun Chips. Here’s the line up of spew:
January: Ipecac Recordings
February: Tomahawk
March: Isis
April: The Melvins
May: Northern State
June: Goon Moon
July: QUI
August: Desert Sessions
September: Fantômas
October: Unsane
November: Dälek
December: Peeping Tom
Also, Pitchfork has pictures of the full line up in drawing form.
October 29th, 2007
The Eagles beat Minnesota by a touchdown. We repeat: They beat Minnesota (one of the worst teams in the league) by a touchdown. Hold your excitement for a bit, that doesn’t really say much, but at least they didn’t regress at all, and actually took a few steps forward. First, they figured out that once you get into the red zone, the field gets really small and passing gets harder, so they ran the ball and Westbrook ran for two touchdowns from it (a shovel pass should not count as a pass). Next, McNabb looked a little better than he has–not as tentative, but then again Minnesota has the worst passing defense in the league, and it seems like the receivers finally stepped up a bit and decided to make some plays themselves (how about those amazing catches by Curtis and Brown near the sidelines?). Finally, the play calling wasn’t tiredly predictable–something that’s been happening all season. People know what the fuck they’re going to do which lead to so many early offensive woes. But, this game, they did things a bit differently and by-God it worked. Hopefully this was only a small sign of things to come. The schedule gets mad tough in the next few weeks though.
October 29th, 2007
Well, some new tees and designs went to the screen printer the other day, and we stopped by to see how things were going and grab this little sneak peek for you. Expect them either later this week or early next week. Once again, there’s a gradient design, but it’s lacking some of the purple that we’ve been way into lately (see the latest accents to this blog). Also, there’s no gray, one of our other new favorite colors. Look out for a combo of them shortly on a [ 2 one 5 ] shirt too.
October 29th, 2007
If you want see Training Day 2 or Gladiator Returns don’t even think about seeing this movie. American Gangster is a slow building story with a twist for those who don’t know the story of Frank Lucas. Denzel plays the part of a methodical yet explosive drug lord to a T, but on the contrary Russell Crow’s fake Jersey accent is ok at best as he is left in the dusk by Denzel. I would say the movie is an 8. It has lots good parts but that’s all. There is no tragic death or explosive ending and if you wanted the ending from Man on Fire look somewhere else.
October 29th, 2007
