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August 27, 2009

New Pube$ Promo by James Callahan

Holy shit. How incredible is THAT. James Callahan did it... Wow. That shit is incredible.

Man, DJ Pubes's promo shit always kills it. First the T&C shit and now this. Wow.
And Jonesy and Aranovich say he's a real cool guy.

Here's Alex letting me post this and explaining. Click all the links.

alex (4:57:45 PM): ok, you've got the go-ahead
alex (4:57:48 PM): here's some info
alex (4:57:59 PM): designed by James Callahan
alex (4:58:16 PM): of http://www.barfcomics.com/
alex (4:59:19 PM): and http://www.nowhereskateboards.com/
caps (4:58:22 PM): awesome
caps (4:58:27 PM): and it's gonna be on t-shirts?
alex (4:59:41 PM): same dude did this series of tees for Obey
alex (5:00:13 PM): people can also buy some of his stuff through that nowhere skateboards link
alex (5:00:29 PM): the Pubes graphic will be on tees in the next couple of weeks i think
alex (5:00:56 PM): probably only printing 50, and for giveaway only
alex (5:01:02 PM): that's the word right now
alex (5:03:03 PM): smoke beer!

Posted by caps at 10:10 PM | Comments (0)

RIP Ellie Greenwich

The hits keep on coming...

"Be My Baby" Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dead at 68

Posted by caps at 02:53 PM | Comments (0)

August 18, 2009

Les Paul

Forgot to put this up last week. RIP.

Best comment, from "TL250Rider":

God is Having Problems with Jimi Hendrix Harp and Now Les Paul can help Leo Fender in heaven fix all the Harps. Thank you Les I hope You and Mary are singing for God Now

Posted by caps at 12:41 PM | Comments (0)

August 14, 2009

When I Was Young

I traced Garfields

and was a Red Sox fan, like Jonesy. Red Sox cause my dad was from Acton, outside Boston, and we used to go to games at Fenway once a summer. I recorded mixtapes with PJ in Brooklyn while 2004 was happening. I am still a Red Sox fan to some real degree, but since my dad died, it's been different. I check the standings for the Sox, but I also check for the Giants (I was a Will Clark fan growing up cause we have the same initials); Twins (Finny's from MN and her family is Twins-crazy); Mets (cause they're always on and they're Buffalo's parent club (just this year, and it's been a disaster), and they're not the Yankees); Brewers (cause of my man D Moore and also because I like beer and Prince Fielder) and that's basically it. I pay attention. But while I love baseball - hey, I used to play a LOT of APBA when I was young, and I still have the board and lots of cards somewhere - it's not like hockey or football for me. I'm a Buffalo loyalist, and if my city isn't on the bill, it's not the same.

I was also the owner/manager of the Ocelots, a team I ran for several years (sometimes in tandem with my dad) on Prodigy's Baseball Manager. I had a blast, although my teams were lousy.

At the time I was managing the Ocelots, since I'm drinking this beer and tapping out the greatest hits, I'll tell you that I was also the owner of the Armenian Terrorists in the Black Rock Fantasy Football League. The BRFFL started in my garage when I was 10 and continues to this day, actually, and next year we'll celebrate our 20th anniversary. I am a two-time champ, but both of my crowns came early in the league's existence. My team won as the Terrorists - I straight up stole the name out of a magazine ("book"), but through the years the franchise has also been known as the Buffalo Scrubs, MF Wildebeests, and the Latter Day Saints. For the last three years - four? - we've d/b/a Erasmus' Razzle Dazzle. We're fucked this year cause I traded a bunch of picks last year but whatever I'm stll going for mine.

Shot from Maine, where these signs live:

Posted by caps at 07:45 PM | Comments (0)

Friday Morning

Fuck it.

Posted by caps at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)

August 13, 2009

Ya'll Holla

Been whistling this trombone line for like four months. Thanks Emil.

If you like this - and fuckin a, how couldn't you? - my man JD, longtime friend of el stence and proud Texan, just put together a bounce mix for Emil & Bo. It's got this Ricky B classic on it and more. Go get it!

That's JD in the picture below pouring out some crazy-ass cuisine from a big ol bucket.