Currently listening to: “Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don’t Die)” by Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls
December 24, 2009
The Crocodiles and Dum Dum Girls put this wonderful holiday jam together for you and yours to enjoy. Listen to it HERE on Stereogum. ~via Skull Kontrol.
On my desk: Old Navy “Camp Style” Socks. Gift idea?
December 23, 2009
Came up on these for a whopping $2 each at a local Old Navy store while I was shopping for gifts. Not bad at all. Comfy too. I’m gonna be honest, I would actually recommend these over my J.Crew ones in the fact that they actually stay up. Nothing worse than quitter socks that fall down your leg. Great gift idea, no? Happy Holidays!
Currently listening to: “Telepathic Love” by The Wipers
December 22, 2009
This is off the Wipers’ 1979 record, Is This Real?. The Vivian Girls did a pretty cool cover as well. The perfect song for those of you that are too shy to talk to that special someone.
Holiday gift ideas and Just three simple things… please?
December 22, 2009
Season’s Greetings! I’m hoping that Mr Claus would leave these three items at my apartment on Friday morning. From L-R: Monocle x Porter Boston Bag, Technics SL-1200 and Oliver Peoples’ Sheldrake frames in the Rococo colorway. Below are a few stocking stuffer ideas that will hopefully boost your gift-giving enthusiasm. Only 3 shopping days left!
Far vedere l’aria / Air Made Visible: A Visual Reader on Bruno Munari via Lars Müller Publishers, $65. Wish You Were Here by Eric Elms via AndPress Publishing, $16.
These are two of my favorite records of 2009. Best Coast showed us how to love, and Wavves taught us how to deal with extreme boredom. Ahhh, the Summer of ‘09. I’m curious to see how they’ll both develop through the next year. The Best Coast 7″ is available now via Art Fag Recordings and Wavves’ Wavvves is available now via Fat Possum.
Do your parents still use a VCR? Mine do. New Fangled print by Gary Benzel and
Todd St John. 18″ X 24″ 2-color silkscreen, signed. Available at Igloo Store. $85
Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs put their minds together to create the Braun AB1 Alarm Clock. Still widely available since its birth in 1971, the clock has proven that it’s the king of portability and timeless design. No pun intended. $45 at the MoMa Store.
Designed by Build, this lithograph was printed in honor of Gary Hustwit’s industrial design film, Objectified. 27″ x 39″. $20
I like these images: 009
December 20, 2009
Currently listening to: Clutchy Hopkins
December 20, 2009
Bottled Exponential Hoppiness with Jesus
December 19, 2009
The other day, I headed to Alpine with Jesus de Jesus, also known as J Peso. He’s a local DJ and current resident at the Bluefoot in San Diego. Cool dude. He’s also responsible for getting me into a whole world of Raphael Saadiq produced/written music that I’ve never heard of.
I had the day off and was en route about 20 miles east to pick up Alpine Brewery’s Exponential Hoppiness and decided to bring him along since it had been a minute since we’ve last connected. It was Alpine Brewing’s first time to bottle this beer and only 60 cases (720 bottles) were made. Known for making some of the best beers in the world, it was a pretty big deal for all the hop-loving beer guzzlers. Its pretty monumental. My roommate was definitely happy to find these in our refrigerator.
We also made a trip to the Viejas Outlet Center to look for some “gems”. Among them included, Wtaps Vans, Fragment x Uniform Experiment Nikes and Nike Zoom Flight 95s. All ready to be purchased. (Wtaps bought by Peso)
Tiger Woods yall. It’s all good yall.
On my desk: New Monocle and other “stuffs”
December 17, 2009