1950's dog man

Everything was better in the 1950s. Everyone drunk Old Fashioneds in elegant bars, wore beautiful watches and drove sweet cars*. And it was even considered socially acceptable to dress up a dog as a man and put a cat on his lap.



*Yes, I base my view of the 1950s almost entirely on Mad Men

Via the Black and WTF blog

A West Virginian weekend

I like American football but I don't support a college football team. However, I do know who I want to lose every game for ever after having just watched this "I'm Schmacked" vid of West Virginia Mountaineer fans letting off a little steam.

Warning: This clip really does include images of a) people in t-shirts emblazoned with messages like "I love fat blunts" and "Jockfest" and b) jocks gunning cans of beer through their tiny insertions.

Freedom and Jesus

American geography lesson:

Gone rogue

What's worse than a t-shirt that makes it look like you are covered in disgusting tats? "Nothing!" I hear you scream at the top of your voice. Well, you are wrong ... Howsabout an entire website almost entirely dedicated to, shudder, "tattoo apparel?"

Yup, I bring you Rogue Shirts, which was "born" in 2005. Over at Rogue, the brainchild of "Lead Designer Kevian," you can cop "the latest trendsetting designer T-shirts, designer hoodies, full cover printed tees, and the latest fashion apparel for men, women and kids."

So you don't have to, I have sifted through all the proddie on the site and come up with an ArchBlog top 9 Rogue items.

The Savile Row fold

This advice might not deliver lasting peace to Homs, Syria, but that doesn't mean it's not worth paying attention to. I'm off to re-hang my suits.



Via Seedy Moorby

Chuck out your cats and dogs

It's my birthday in a few days. This is top of my birthday list. In fact, it's the only thing I ever want.

Superdenim has Nigel Cabourn goodies

Truly awesome British label Nigel Cabourn have recently launched a mighty fine samples and deadstock sale at York-based online outlet Superdenim. Here are the choice items (most of which are, sadly, no longer available). You can check all the garms at Superdenim's Perfect Aperture proddie blog.

Pure Brasseye: Sussex copper chases himself for 20 (t w e n t y) minutes

This just in from Yahoo News ....

A police officer chased himself for more than 20 minutes whilst on the look out for someone “acting suspiciously”, it has been revealed.

The probationary officer, from Sussex Police, was undercover checking out an area that had been hit by a spate of burglaries when he was alerted by CCTV operators to a nearby suspect. Unaware that the suspect was himself, the officer set off to track them down – chasing his own tail for more than 20 minutes.

The mistake was only realised after a sergeant inside the CCTV control room recognised the young officer, prompting mass hilarity. The pursuit came to light after a senior officer spoke of the incident to a magazine published by the Police Federation.

“Every time the man darted in to another side alleyway, the PC was turning immediately into the same alleyway, but every time the CCTV operator asked what he could see there was no trace,” the senior officer revealed.

“It was at this point that the sergeant entered the control room where he recognised the junior officer.

“With the sergeant's sides aching from laughter he pointed out to the PC that the operator had been watching him unaware that he was a plain-clothes officer – thus the PC had been chasing himself round the streets,” he added.

Sussex Police also managed to see the funny side of the incident. “Policing is often a serious business, so we all enjoy moments of light relief,” a spokesperson said.

“This story was shared anonymously with the Police Federation magazine, so unfortunately without the date or location, confirming the details and locating the officer is harder for us than it was for the CCTV operator.”

You can get pretty much anything you want in the supermarkets these days

Via Prog Porn (see blogroll)

Orwellian society

I dread to think what Twitter captain @joey7barton would have to say about this ...

Santa Domingo Woven Summer Dress shoe

I'm a big fan of these woven dress shoes from Santa Domingo. Even if they do make the wearer look a touch like a Miami Cuban pimp, I recks they are totes the look for summer '12 (dahlin'). Inexplicably (or praps because they are near-impossible to wear with anything) they've been knocking around in the Garbstore sale section for donkeys. They are down from £415 to £207.

Taarabt is totes back!

Watch this video for further proof that Adel is the most technically gifted player in the Barclays Premier League. His perf versus Wolves was the single best showing by a player in the hoops on the losing side I have ever witnessed at Loftus Road.
Pay special attn. to:
The outside-of-the-boot pass on 1.33, the back heel lay-off on 1.51, the stopover and drive on 4.09, the delicate chip on 4.58m the killer megs on 5.35. Shit, I'm even boring myself.

Gotye - Somebody that I used to know

I'm sure self-respecting musos have known all about Gotye for donkeys. Wotevs. ArchBlog has only just come across him (thanks to Shux) and recommends him to those who don't already own all his recordings and consider him already passé.

"I was literally wearing a lash-mina"

As a companion piece to this I suggest you check out the banter-tastic Look at my Fucking red trousers blog!



Vid via J.R. Fezbuk

Blog via Big Willy B

If you could do this, why would you ever walk?

Granted this dude is a massive show-off but he does have some killer moves. Pay particular attention to the 1.50 mark - the shot dog look is strong