The hype man cometh

Early in the week here to get you on a hype with the promise of things to come. Sneak peeks of what will be turning up soon. I would tell you about the Dillinger's double decker burger I had from a tyre pressue tip off from the Laidlow. I would explain what a tyre pressue tip off is too but there's no time. I may get involved with that later on. Hype info I'm going to start with is fresh in from this guy..



Toby Shuall's fall drop is due in and I have a few images to bring you. Modelled by Joey is the new hood he has done. An awful lot of work went into creating this item..



Will Ainley is probably in a Forest just like this in Glastonbury right now..



This shirt Joey's wearing is sick..



This shirt is sick too and is also going to be available on a crew neck sweat..



Toby made sure he got Joey's bitch involved in the shoot too..



To see all of the new items give Toby's blog a visit, this link will take you straight to the Fall line..

http://suburbanblissfall08.blogspot.com

Be sure to have a good look around on there too. Toby is busy getting our garms boxed up so check the site tomorrow for all the new product. Some more hype for you, Joey's Nike box turned up and I got some photos of what we knew would be coming in from it. The first shoe is based on this guy..



The Boba Fett colourway was used on a Dunk high top..



The next shoe is a Dunk low based on a spot in Melbourne. It's the gold rail outside Flinders street station. Wanted a picture of Keenan but didn't find one..



This is the shoe..



That's my hype for today out of the way, enjoy that piece of un-intended poetry. Benji has convinced me that keeping abreast of current events is important. If you don't avidly watch the news you miss things of real note like this..



See you tomorrow for some Suburban Bliss stuff hot off the presses.

STINKING!!

At least we've only got another eight months of this. Today is the weather equivalent of this bottle of beer..



Ever had one of these? They smell of eggs. The "Aqua, Cerveza, beer" men who roam the streets of Barcelona were the first people I ever saw with these. The likes of Pesci, chicken soup and the Indian Jones man would keep a rogue Fink on their persons. Drawing you in with what looked like a six pack of Estrella they'd alleviate you of your Euro and then try and palm you off with a Fink from the back. If you find yourself in this situation and know what's good for you, refuse the Fink and demand an Estrella Damme. Lets hope this Finkbrau style weather remains hidden for tomorrow, it's my day off.

Rain stopped play?

Luckily I managed to get a few hours skating in this morning. If you woke late and have some web site visiting time having stopped off here give the new Tweaker zine a look..

http://www.tweakerzine.com/

Occasional Alley contributor and regular all time good lad Tom Richardson has an article featuring his Polaroid photography featuring familiar faces and the odd carcass. The man behind many of the images used on recent Slam shirts and our last board as well as the Look Book -Mr Henry Kingsford has an article too containing a grip of new photos. Once the Nike exhibition has enjoyed it's time frame it is to be replaced by a Tweaker exhibition..




Here's a list of contributors...

Kathy Barber
Alex Burrell
Bingo
Bod
Ray Calthorpe
Andy Collins
Marije deHaass
Bram De Martelaere
David Dixon
Jay Dords
Simon Evans
French
Rich Gilligan
Paul Gonella
Gorm
Rich Holland
Richie Hopson
Alex Irvine
Henry Kingsford
Luc Lacey
Dom Marley
My Skate or Die
Isaac McKay-Randozzi
Thomas Richardson
Sam Roberts
Rob Salmon
Craig Scott
Dan Singer
Matt Thomas
Dave Turner
Ian Weake
Ollie Whitehead
Dan Wood
Vetika
Andy Vost

Hopefully some words I put together last night will have reached their destination by now and there will be an interview with one of our resident American's on there soon. I'll let you know when this occurs. Bookmark the Tweaker and have a productive weekend.

"Kick a dope verse then we ghost!"

Forgot all about this track and then searched it out the other day. It's off one of Kool Keith's old projects the Cenobites. If you find it buy it! Sam Barrat was at work before me this morning, he zipped back from the caravan to set up a show in the shop only to hurry back there when he was done. I opened the shutters to be greeted by the colourful new window display..



I like Lance Mountain's fish. The show is a joint venture between Lance Mountain and Craig Stecyk. If you want to know more about it there's a booklet we have here to give away, you're welcome to one. They smell like gherkins. This is the shoe..



One of the skulls which is in the window is on the back of the Blazer...



Here is the shelf display as it stands..



The wall looks really good..



Lucien Clarke left his bike in here over night. He returned this afternoon to pick it up and it had been safely housed...



Out of harms way. This picture makes the bike look a normal size, Rob on board may put it in perspective..



Lucien was glad he came by just as the new shirts arrived..



Make that eye out? He was with the man of the hour too..



Yeah! Eugene! Along with his shirt was the Jake's Alley loves Lola the dog one..



Shier was stoked, here's an old picture of the two of them together..



and here's a model shot..



Think our model was Finnish. To get your Jake's Alley loves Lola the dog shirt send cash in an envelope to Jake, Slam City Skates....just kidding. Both shirts are here now and available in store. They'll be on the online store early next week. For you shopaholics out there looking for a new rig we have good news. The board wall has had a Blueprint injection..



Spray hearts always win out at the weekend. There's been a pro board re-lick..



If you missed that Jensen roots board first time round it's been re-issued. We are good for hardware this weekend, there are some Zero and Slave boards too..



this straggler nearly didn't make it..



The last new item which may draw you in here is this Blazer low..



Plenty of other Nike SB items are due to arrive next week. I'll post up some images shortly. Freedom greets me tomorrow after an MJ Fox shift swap. With the end of the Soprano's in sight, Lost stalling and Prison Break failing to deliver I may have found hope. Ben gave me a tip off on a new series...



Could be the one. See you in the queue for the Lola shirts

Fork me!

The latest Pot Noodle promotion is pretty good. You can buy the prize if you haven't won it legit. Rob had a prize code beneath his lunches top and sent away for a spinning fork! No more tired wrists or so you would think. Luck was not on his side however, the spinning fork which has wobbly prongs failed to spin!...



His dissapointment was eased when his new whip arrived..



A classic. I'm not going to blow it up any more than that, he has work to do on it, the handlebars are getting tastefully re-gripped as we speak. Good news for you shoppers out there looking to part with some sheckles..



So many shirts are now only £10! Come in and have a look, the Suburban Bliss and Diamond ones have been flying out. Just above the rails filled with sale product is a new addition to the shop donated by a man moving on from upstairs. It was liberated from a park in Washington D.C..



Hopefully you enjoyed the Lookbook we put together featured on the front of the site. Our friends at Duffer did one for Japan..



Think you recognise the man on the cover? You probably do..



Landscape's Joey Pressey wearing one of the best garm's. Joey is currently on a Nike SB trip involving caravan's. New SB's are heading our way so stay tuned. Slam gets more than a look in in the Duffer look book..



From what I can make out we were destination number one in the London stop off points. Tonight, this is happening! It's on for a while so get yourself down there, Vaughan Baker, Si Peplow, Toby Shuall, Simon True, Markus Oakley, Jethro Haynes, French.....the list goes on as you can read for yourself,,



Yesterday I donned a lesser worn Jacket piece. I put my hand in the pocket and pulled out a receipt. I'll be honest receipts are more often than not from Nando's or the Cross Keys. I'm glad I checked before it was tossed..



It made me smile seeing my name beneath that heavy hitting double bill, it could be my favourite receipt. The receipt is from the venue this exhibition I brought to your attention takes place at too... Rough Trade East. I bid you goodnight.

"Without my hat,

I'm just your garden variety six-foot tall talking cat" Know how the cat from Croydon I mean the cat in the hat feels? If you do and fancy some head gear but you're not excited by the prospect of a beanie or a New Era we may have something for you. I'll show you what we've had turn up..



The grandad hat style is called Hooligan. The hat with a button on top, the old Shier style hat is called a brood. Here are all the hats pictured the other way round..



Dan was stoked on the next style we had in. It's a sick hat but may have an unfortunate name. Become acquainted with The Fiddler..



We're always asked for military type caps. Now we have these, Stockwell locals best venture into town..



If the Brixton logo appeals but a mesh cap floats your boat more than the other, guess what we have..



These are all £24.95. If you want to know more about the brand visit the site..

http://www.brixtonltd.com

As well as imitating American's this morning Neil Chester dropped this mag in..



It's Canadian, thought I'd get these photos out to you so you have a chance to see them. Here's Canadian flow rider Kevin Lowry doing a fakie 5-0 revert,,



Smithy has a good one, ollie the gap to frontside nosebluntslide...



Jensen has an amazing back smith photo..



Brady does a backtail revert on a grotty brick bank..



Vaughan Baker borrows Maurice Key's brain and nollie inward heelflips to frontside noseslide..



This photo's first but I saved it till last. Chewy Cannon with a landmark at a landmark. Switch feeble grind at Moorgate...



Phew, that's nearly me done on the first day back. My friend Jay's project second son has a pop up store in the East..



Pay them a visit. I leave you with a Hops image lurking in the camera..