There is a great article over at The Modern Drunkard on Andre the Giant and his alcohol consumption. It really is a fascinating read.
Here’s an excerpt:
A very green rookie wrestler named Hulk Hogan toured Japan several times with Andre and witnessed the Giant’s alcohol consumption first hand. According to Hogan, Andre drank, at a minimum, a case of tall boys during each bus ride. When he finished a can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized hand, and bounce the empty off the back of Hogan’s head. Hogan learned to count each thunk, so he could anticipate when Andre was running low. Whenever the bus stopped, it was Hogan’s job to scamper off to the nearest store, buy as many cases of beer as he could carry, and make it back before the bus departed, a sight that never failed to make Andre roar his bassoon-like laugh.
The new issue of Beautiful Decay arrived in my mail box today. The magazine has been revamped into more of a triannual book format and this is the first issue. This issue’s cover features a one-of-a-kind hand drawn piece by Kyle Thomas.
The new format features:
-No traditional advertising
-164 pages of pure, unfiltered content
-In depth, full color features, articles and interviews
-Limited edition format of only 1,500 copies—each one hand numbered
-Each issue includes a limited edition sticker designed by one of the issue’s featured artists
-French flaps, multiple printing processes within
-Releases 3 times a year (once every four months)
Support a great publication by signing up for a subscription here.
Mark Ryden’s first vinyl figure, YHWH, is officially for sale.
Pick it up through Porterhouse.
From Porterhouse:
YHWH is a vinyl figure created in conjunction with Necessaries Toy Foundation after the central figure in Mark’s painting of the same name. In production for more than a year, the figure is cast in pink vinyl with inset, high-quality eyes and comes in an elaborately designed, gold embossed box.
As a bonus, when YHWH is purchased through Porterhouse, a special limited edition, numbered mini-print will be included with your order.
Although I’m a big fan of Mark Ryden, I’m pretty disappointed with the aesthetic and subject matter of this figure. Hopefully he’ll come through with something stronger next time.
My copy of Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930 came in the mail today and it is fantastic. It spans personal interests from the macabre to scientific/medical research to post-mortem photography.
From the advent of photography in the 19th and into the 20th century, medical students, often in secrecy, took photographs of themselves with the cadavers that they dissected: their first patients. Featuring 138 of these historic photographs and illuminating essays by two experts on the subject, Dissection reveals a startling piece of American history.
Today is Record Store Day. Go support your local independent record store(s) today and everyday after. Check out special Record Store Day only releases here and local events here.
Here’s a great article on home brewing and it’s effect on the beer market of today.
Drinkers began to envision a new role for home-brew: Instead of functioning as a cheap do-it-yourself alternative to well-made commercial beers, why couldn’t it function as a well-made do-it-yourself alternative to cheap commercial beers?
Neckface (great video interview…”King Diamond’s like my dad…like my father figure…” A++) recently did some work on the outside wall at Barracuda. Check out more pics at Hypebeast.
