I take my hat off to Eric Testroete for his Halloween costume this year. It was inspired by ‘big-head mode’ in videogames and is surprisingly creepy when seen in the real world.
Via: the newshelton wet/dry.
There’s nothing better than a free drink and on Saturday I had plenty :) Courtesy of my friends Ant & Hal, who are launching a new brand of Cachaça in the UK - Abelha. For those who don’t know, Cachaça is a sugar cane based spirit (a little bit like rum, but not rum) from Brasil. It’s the main ingredient of the world famous Caipirinha cocktail. I’m so jealous, wish I had my own brand of booze.
It was a fancy dress do and we took the Brazilian theme to it’s logical conclusion by going in pubeless naked suits… Check out the photos of the event here »
Check out the stop motion how to make a caipirinha cocktail animation Hal made:
Astrap on cock controller for the Nintendo Wii? Apparently Super Pii Pii is actually just an April fools joke by ThinkGeek, although I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re already coming off the production line of a Chinese factory, as Dave our IT man put:
“It’s brimming with potential, I can see the next Grand Theft Auto where you have to cruise the streets for ass seeing how many hoe’s you can knock up, it could also have a virtual reality mask and the pants could incorporate a jar of giblets for added realism, no?”
Well our house is just about back to normal now that the last of the party has been moped up and cleared away. I did a really shit job of taking pics, only got a few crappy camera phone shots before and after… Hopefully someone might send me some better ones to post later.
Above is my box of wine, Sachi’s keytar & Nicky’s box of Monster & Munch. I think Ahra’s reporter from ‘Harro’ magazine was probably best costume, had working zoom lense on camera and a spring loaded shutter button!
Update: Ah, Yeevon’s took some much better pictures, here’s a selection. I’ve uploaded all of them to my Flickr.
Remember Cardboard Party in 2 days! We haven’t got any decks or DJ’s, so we’re doing the bring your own music thing and borrowing the poke mix CD hat (you have to wear it while your CD’s on). If you’re coming and want to do 15-20min set, burn it onto a CD and bring it along with you Saturday.
That’s Nicky’s costume in the picture, I’ve been tasked with making hers too while she’s suning herself in Thailand! It’s not finished yet, it’s going to be good :)
Great time was had by all, above is my effort at a David Boon (legendary Aussie Cricketer) costume. Marc has uploaded the obligatory Flickr set of the evening. Worthy of note is the new ClubPub hat that Vasco is sporting in the top right, if your 15min CD mix is playing you have to wear this hat.
As I’ve mentioned before I’m off on a 6 month hike in a few months, there’s a couple of things I need to do before I go; save some money & get a someone in my room to pay my rent. What this equals is saying good bye to some of the stuff I’ve been hoarding over the years. Hopefully this should raise a reasonable amount of cash and ease the burden removals and storage.
So over the next few weeks I’m going to become a part time ebay seller, you can check out all stuff I’ve listed so far here. Everyone knows how addictive buying stuff on ebay can be, it often surprises me that more people haven’t got into selling, it can just as addictive! Especially when you get a load of money for something that you were just about to throw in the bin. But it can be a bit of a chore carrying everything down to the post office, so that’s why I’m going to do it all in little chunks.
I think I’ll have a few interesting things up for grabs, first up this week I have Vintage Leica IIIF, an old first aid tin, a pair of 70’s headphones, a couple of petrol powered remote control cars, a zombie fancy dress outfit, an original painting by me and a couple of rucksacks.
Go on have a bid!
I was just reading on Asi’s blog his top 10 things of 2007, thought I’d have a go too, so here is my Off the Top of My Mead, Favourite Things of 2007.
1. Music
Of Montreal, album: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? I first came across Of Montreal through their brilliant music video of the song Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games by Kangaroo Alliance. Really into their catchy bass lines & surreal lyrics.
2. Film
Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez. Non stop zombie blood bath - Girls, guns, guts, this movies got it all - loved every minute of it. Shame Tarantino’s Death Proof wasn’t as top notch (although the ending was genius).
3. Blog
Nad Shot. I love blogs or sites that are obsessively devoted to one obscure thing, well Nad Shot tops the ranks for me. It’s a blog showcasing frames from comics where a character is getting whacked in the nuts. Genius.
4. Party/Fancy dress
There’s been a few good do’s this year, but I think my favourite was back in the begining of the year for my 3oth birthday when we went on a protest pub crawl through london. More info here, and some pictures of the day here. It had everything, all day drinking, armed police trying to arrest us, fancy dress, all my friends and a banging warehouse party at the end to polish it off. Ah happy days :)
5. Stuff to buy
My top purchase this year was my Nike Vintage Waffle Racers in Classic Green. In my opinion, the perfect trainer and I love them the bits. More info on the Nike Vintage site.
6. T-Shirt
I love t-shirts, but the one I love above all others is my sorry. t-shirt from Glarkware. It’s so simple, but always get comments from random people, and you can’t fault Cooper Black as the classic t-shirt font.
7. Designer
So hard to pick your favourite, but I think I’d have to go for Scott Hansen, portfolio | blog. I’ve been an admirer of his work for a while, it just so beautifully detailed and rich.
8. Illustrator
Alex Trouchut, I suppose you could say his work is typography, but I’m in awe of his clean lines and precision work, all of it top notch. Check out his portfolio >
9. Person
Sachi. I was going to pick my girlfriend Nicky, but she doesn’t have a site yet that I can link to… So instead (and perhaps more rightly so) I’m going to pick Sachiko Munakata. I’ve only known Sachi for 3 years, but we’ve been house mates all that time and she really is a pleasure to live with. I’ve met a few people throughout my life who constantly amaze me and I never tire of, Sachi’s definitely one of them. (Sachi you need to start posting to your blog though!)
10. Website
It’s got to be FFFFOUND. The site is just so crammed full of good things to look at, it’s hard to go a day without visiting it. Find some good looking things now > (if anyone has a spare invite, could you send it my way?)
Someone was asking me the other day where you could get ‘good’ fake moustaches and beards, didn’t have a clue at the time, but now I do! Check out this fake moustache and beard selection, they’re from a Dutch mannequin company whose shop is chock full of other bizarre stuff.
Dig out your spandex Flash Gordon outfit and arm yourself with Dr. Grordbort’s fine range of limited edition Rayguns.
Increase the chances of David Hasselhoff coming to your watery rescue by wearing the ample busted Baywatch Life Jacket by Bernstrand &Co.
Vice have showcased some pretty hard to wear fancy dress outfits, my favourite is this giving birth to yourself costume.
Via About:Blank.
Should probably wait until it’s upgraded to support 3G before you go out a buy one though.
Last night ClubPub was a lot of fun. I was quite proud of my Chainsaw-cock creation above! Below is a selection of photos taken from Marc Davies Flickr set. The electricity showrooms floor was amazing.
Today is Boring (video rental shop in Shoreditch) is organising a ‘Zombie Walk’, a flash mob convergence of hundreds of Zombie-dressed participants trudging through the streets of London, ending up in Hoxton square for zombie movie and DJ action. Sounds great, more info on their MySpace page.
