Fall Bounce

I went to a roller disco party (possibly inspired by the new movie Roll Bounce) at Skate World in Kernersville, North Cackalacka for my friend Scherrie's birthday yesterday and boy is my ass tired! I only fell twice (trying to show off for my girlfriend), which isn't too bad, but it has been a few years since the last time I went roller skating and I am paying for it today. My legs feel like rubber, it's painful sitting down and I lost my voice singing along to all the classic roller disco music that was played. When I was a kid there was a roller rink about a mile from my house, so my friends and I would go there two or three days a week during the summer to hang out, skate and play video games. Scherrie's party really took me back. I couldn't stop smiling the whole time. This was also the first time I have ever had someone to skate with during the couples skate, which was really exciting for me. Everyone was dressed appropriately for the event, as well. If Ryan sends me some pictures, I'll post them here so y'all can see what I mean. Anyway, here are some vintage skates to look at in the meantime. I like these fancy Riedell 65S vintage roller skates:



Apparently these skates are, "lost inventory from the 70's! These are original outdoor super suede 65s boots from back in the day. HAND STITCHED! These are not made nor will ever be made again. Great for speed outdoor skating and/or special events." I like how the stripes make them look like they are going fast even when they are standing still. Also, check out these pretty in pink, faux-Reebok-lookin' Riedell Aerobiskate vintage roller skates:



Why aerobicize when you can aerobiskate? Unfortunately, since these skates are deadstock, there aren't very many sizes available and they are pretty expensive. If everyone at the party had thrown in ten bucks, we could have gotten a pair for Scherrie for her birthday and then she wouldn't have ever had to take off her skates. Now I'm going to go ice my bruises and take some aspirin. I'm getting too old for this shit.

Only Ten Copies?!

I received an e-mail from my broseph today letting me know that he has finally put the finishing touches (yeah, right) on his film The Cool Season for submission to the Sundance Film Festival, which is a good thing since today is the final day for submissions. Here's a picture of the DVD cover that he sent me:

I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the movie. Unfortunately, he only made ten of them, so it might be a little difficult. I'm trying to get him to send me one so that I can make Limited Ed. bootlegs of it and sell it on the streets of Chapel Hill. That would finally make up for the fact that he killed my Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong's enemy) when I was three.

Giger Guitar

So I decided to spend part of my tax return, which I finally received last Friday, only seven months after I was supposed to get it, on a new electric guitar, something that I haven't had since I was about sixteen years old. And even then, I think I had a used acoustic guitar, and I had to share it with my brother. I shared it with my brother until he restrung it to be a right-handed guitar and started taking lessons at Pearson music in Durham, which is coincidentally where Jon works, who will be ordering me the new guitar. My brother did do a mean rendition of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, though, and for that he could keep the guitar. I think that very same guitar was stolen from his house in Thailand in 1998 along with several pieces of priceless jade and his puppy-dog. Or else he might still have it, I don't really know. Anyway, now that I have gotten way off track, I decided that I would check out some Limited Ed. guitars while I was waiting for my new guitar to arrive. First off, there's this almost cool Limited Ed. H.R. Giger Ibanez guitar:



It would be so much cooler if it had some texture to it like one of Giger's Limited Ed. sculptures. Oh well, like the Rolling Stones say, "You can't always get what you want." If Giger is a little too dark for your band, you might want to consider this Limited Ed. Felix the Cat guitar:



It's slightly less expensive than the Giger guitar, but it is acoustic and the Giger is electric, and I want to be able to plug into my Roland Micro-Cube and make some serious noise. Now here's a guitar I could really get into, the Limited Ed. Gibson Playboy Playmate guitar:



It's too bad it's not shaped like a playmate, although that might be a little distracting while trying to play it. Gibson also has a Limited Ed. Playboy Bunny-head guitar:



This thing would definitely be difficult to play. And lastly, since I am left-handed, here's a guitar Mac would appreciate me playing, I'm sure. It's a Limited Ed. Left-handed Ovation USA flag acoustic guitar:



This purty little thang just makes me want to stand up and salute. God bless America!

Well Wonk My Willy!

My favorite Limited Ed. toy website, Ningyoushi, has a couple of new toys for pre-order up today. First off, there's this cool new Limited Ed. 12" Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka by Medicom figure:



This little guy looks almost exactly like Johnny Depp in his Willy Wonka persona. Pretty freakin' sweet! I would have gotten one for Cameron (a.k.a. the poor man's Johnny Depp) for his birthday if it had come out last week, didn't cost $190.⁰⁰, and was going to be shipped before February of next year. Oh well, if Cameron wants one, he'll just have to pre-order it for himself.

Ningyoushi also has available for pre-order the Limited Ed. 12" Darth Vader from Episode III Real Action Hero by Medicom figure:



He's all burnt and crispy just like Hayden Christensen is. Speaking of which, Hayden will apparently be starring in a film called Awake next year. I wonder if we at 301 Films can sue their asses for ripping off the title from our 2002 Georgetown Independent Film Festival Award-winning film AwAke. Sons of bitches!

BTW: Mac, the 301 Films website seems to be undergoing some problems, you might want to check it out.

Elk Photo Show

I received an e-mail from Maharishi (Hardy Blechman perhaps?) about the upcoming Elk Photographic Exhibit:



Tomorrow, Friday, September 30^th, 2005, one night only! The location will be up on the Pictures on Walls website in the News section tomorrow before the start of the show. So if you are going to be in London's SOHO from 6 to 9 pm tomorrow, check out the website for the location and then check out the exhibit. And send me some pictures here in North Carolina, a million miles from any such cultural experience.

Paul Smith Triumph

Josh Rubin over at Cool Hunting has just posted about some cool new Limited Ed. items from Paul Smith and Triumph (the motorcycle company, not the insult comic dog). Here's the scoop:

Keeping it Brit, favorite fashion designer Paul Smith has teamed up with the classic motorcycle manufacturer Triumph. The collaboration will yield a Triumph branded denim and t-shirt line in addition to Paul Smith styled motorcycles. Only 100 of the Bonneville T100 bikes will be available, each numbered and featuring a P.S. design.

You can check out the Paul Smith Triumph clothing collection here and the Triumph motorcycles here.

(I really just posted this to get those last two offensive headlines off of the top of my page.)

Smokin' Gay Empire

Kidrobot has some interesting new toys on their website. First of all there's this Gay Empire Stormtrooper figure:



Apparently this is NOT a toy, but an art object, and your satisfaction is NOT gauranteed! It was produced in Chinatown in New York City, so they are NOT Limited Ed., there are probably a gazillion of them, and "quality may vary." I really appreciate the fact that it is produced by Suckadelic. You know what they say, "You can't beat a good Suck... adelic!"

Speaking of Suckadelic, Kidrobot also has the cool new Limited Ed. Blunt Manana Banana vinyl figure:



And the Limited Ed. Rizla Manana Banana vinyl figure:



This little feller also comes in a glow-in-the-dark version. Smokin'! I'm not sure why they are holding bananas, but they make me wanna' roll one up right here at work. Of course, I don't have anything to roll up or roll with, and I'm sure the doctors around here wouldn't appreciate that sort of thing. Or maybe they would. You never know with doctors these days.

There are a few more new toys on Kidrobot worth a mention, such as the Limited Ed. Zombie Batalion figures, which are limited to 200. There is also a Reebok version, limited to 300, and a Tado version, limited to 100. And last but not least, new Limited Ed. KAWS Companion 5 Years Later vinyl figures that run five hundred bucks a piece, damn! They also comes in brown and grey. No mention of how many there are, but I'm sure there aren't many if they made them that expensive. I'm sure Kidrobot has more new stuff I haven't seen yet, but that's enough for now, and enough to break the bank.

Looking 4 Poonanie

I haven't seen this anywhere else yet (except eBay), but W.H.Y. Web Shop has a picture (with the new Lamball figure) of the new Limited Ed. Michael Lau figure Haseem:



I have seen the original "Hasheem" figure, with his classic "Looking 4 Poonanie" shirt, but did not know about this figure and don't know why the name is spelled differently. They have it here on eBay. I still can't figure out why they would misspell the name, though.

Update: They also have the new Crazysmiles Football Hooligan 043 figure and the new Crazysmiles Lamdog Football Hooligan 094 figure on eBay.

New OQO

So I finally got some e-mails with some information about some new shtuff to buy on the interweb thingy. I'm not sure if these are Limited Ed., but they are super-cool and they just got an upgrade, so I have to mention the new OQO Model 01+:



This is definitely the ultimate Pocket PC with an upgraded 30 GB hard drive (the previous model had 20 GB's), twice the ram of the previous version with 512 MB, and USB 2.0 (new for this model). The nice thing about a new version is that the old version came down in price by four hundred bucks. Now if they would only make one that runs on the Mac OS.

In other news, my third favorite Limited Ed. toy website (sorry Oobase), My Plastic Heart, has finally got in stock the Limited Ed. Tokyo Plastic Opera Dude figure:



Isn't he a cute little feller? Just makes you want to eat him right up, don't it? I'm not sure how my digestive system would handle that much vinyl, though. Especially after eating all those records last week. Yummy!

R.I.P. Don Adams

One of my comic heroes, Don Adams (1923-2005), star of Get Smart and Inspector Gadget, passed away today at the ripe old age of 82. I remember seeing Get Smart on Nickelodeon well before Inspector Gadget was on TV. I used to love the beginning of the show where Mr. Adams, as Maxwell Smart, went through the long, involved process of entering the secret spy organization, CONTROL, by entering a phone booth that led to a stairway and a long hall full of different doors. It almost reminded me of Superman going into a phone booth to change into his costume. There are many Limited Ed. items based on the Get Smart TV series. You can find a pretty comprehensive list here. My favorite, of course, is the shoe phone. Mr. Adams will be missed.

Update: Jon informed me last night that apparently Don Adams was also on a short-lived TV series in the mid-80's called Check it Out about the misadventures of a supermarket staff. I don't remember this one at all, probably because it was a Canadian TV show that aired on CTV.