3 Reasons I hate GQ Magazine

1. buy thin ties
2. buy thin ties
3. buy thin ties

One Reason I like it....

they told me that my tailor can thin mine out for a small fee.

Everything I could ever want for $10 a day

I am a fan of juice - really. It may seem a little simple but a Sunday afternoon of getting over Saturday night can really come together over a glass of great pressed fruit or vegetable (I'd imagine. Usually I'm settling for 2litres of Tropicana after waking up on Greg's floor spooning his fridge while Jenn avoids broken floor glass).

This I need to get my hands on. Wild Bunch & CO. Pure elegant industrial design, great resealable top, organic pressed juices. Well done. And you can get it all delivered to your door for only $300 a month. That's one serving a day of Jesus Juice (if you're quick you can get $50 off apparently). All this applies if you live in the UK, so out of touch for now kiddies. Its a trip back to Greg's place and Kensington, unless I drive my ass over to Sobeys..... uggh.

Check out the Canadian version here: Happy Planet juices. About the same price. Short on the design side though. To be really honest, I didn't care as much about the juices - I'm sure it's tasty and rich - I just wish I had a few of those bottles.

The Beginning: Introductions and Primers

You won't see too many pics of me up on here....

But I thought I should introduce myself and let the bloggosphere (*pfff) know who I am. My name is Adam. This is my blog. Again.

I've got a few interests... image, identity etc was the simplest, I suppose, way of putting it. Basically I'll be posting and commenting on the things I care to at the time - photography, philosophy, politics, style, tech etc. etc. I'm pretty sure it's all the same. I'm just betting I can do it better.

This is the first post, so I'm gonna set a tag - primer - if I keep this thing up for a record setting month or more I'm pretty sure this tag will fit a few decent pages of a little blah blah blah and the occasional 'that was exactly what I was looking for'. I'm going to set this off with a few things in the past few months that have made my eyes open just a little wider than normal... and don't let the above photo mislead you - I'm a squinty kid.

Hipster PDA (circa 2004):

such a great break. Finally someone who helped with my PDA tech fetish. A few years ago this post helped cure me of 'buying-selling-hating-loving-buying-repeat' disease with stupid PDAs. School and a silly part time work schedule managed to gang up and convince me over and over again that I needed one - I used these things for two days before I stopped. Every time - I know you're all out there doing this. Such a lifehack. Click the pic to check it out. A little more analog is an idea worth exploring. I still won't use this thing though - it is a PDA after all.

Killer Graphics, visuals, photog delights:

Nodiktat is limited in offering but just under cutting-edge so everyone can think its just hip enough. Check out the posters section - the clothing is alright but the posters will hang in the dorm, loft, whatever. Click the pick.

Madame Peripetie - photography that is kicking ass compared to the usual. Working with fashion students to explore surreality, dysfunctionalism - well done. Her style needs some polishing but her concepts are great and her lighting is flawless. For visuals click on the pic.

Last man up:

If you check out RJD2's The Third Hand, there may be more than a few of you that feel a little disappointed. I don't mean the die hards either - I've met a few people that think that if there's a break beat somewhere on an album the artist is just counter-culture (*pop?) enough to be cool.... If you agree that it's fallen short of the previous albums, let me reiterate a friend's feeling about this new album: shit.

I appreciate trying to defy the labels and categories that one has been placed in based on past work. But common man, singing, guitar? I give an A for effort but really, I don't care if crate surfing for samples is tedious, it's your roots man. Get it together. Get an assistant, or an intern. The album's so far off I'm declaring a mulligan and I promise that I'll give your next album a listen with fresh ears man - just give me something like I used to get - music to sit and smoke to and a backdrop to these parties we all have to attend.


that's it for now.

more to come. I promised myself I'd make at least two posts.