In case you didn't know the NFL is back

So tonight the NFL "kicked off" its season, with what was honestly not a very good game.

Brett Favre looked... well like he skipped all training camp. No timing, no chemistry, really he didn't even look confident during the entire game. In fact, I sort of expected him to quit at half time. Just kidding, Brett's a warrior, he deserves better than that.

I'm sure by Sunday I'll flood this blog with a ton of ridiculous football-nerd jargon, especially regarding my Raiders, but tonight I have to ask you all a question.

What do you stylish folks think of the massive amount of football fans wearing their team's jerseys?

Every Sunday, in bars, at house parties, and in stadiums you'll find a whole hell of a lot of people sporting the jersey of their favorite team/player. I'd have to say like 60% of all fans at a stadium wear jerseys. Almost none of which are people I would consider to be stylish or fashionable.

Most of them are wearing stuff they think is cool, or that they're supposed to wear. I doubt that any of them are actually wearing anything that they feel truly expresses themselves as a person.

Of course the the argument could be made that wearing a jersey is indeed expressing something about you. It could be said that wearing your team's jersey expresses your support for your team. But you could also say, "Isn't that what cheering is for?"

I'm not sure about the answer to that question just yet, but I--being the extreme lover of football that I am--am not going to criticize any fellow fan wearing a jersey on Sunday. Actually, I love that fans are so passionate about their teams. And that they feel like they have to support them by wearing the team's uniform. It's may seem silly, but in a way its sort of noble.

Which leads me to this: can you make a jersey stylish or fashionable?

My initial gut instinct? No.

However, I've been giving it a lot of thought lately, and maybe there are some ways in which you can make a jersey look like you are wearing it, and not like it is wearing you.

Or even just that you care more about personal style than the average football fan.

What do you guys think? Any ideas? (By the way, in case you were wondering, I do own a jersey. It's a vintage 1987 Bo Jackson Raiders jersey that my dad got me some years ago for a Christmas gift.)

Crazzzeee!!!

Willow Smith (yes it's 'Big Willy Style's' daughter) is like 9, and her single is way better than Rihanna's new jam.

It's pretty freaking insane.

Let's just make it a '90s night

Ummm one of my all-time favorite Air Jordan's ever is re-releasing.

The Air Jordan VII "bordeaux."

I love these, because unlike every other Jordan, they almost don't match. They're sort of all over the place with the colors, and it gives them a sort of dark organic quality that other models/colorways don't have.

They drop next year sometime, and hellzz yes I'm going to try and get a pair.



Also in honor of the Air Jordan VII, and the '92 NBA Finals..."The Shrug."

Some '90s R&B for that ass

Forever winning.





"I thought I told you that we won't stop. I thought I told you that we won't stop. Eh eh, eh eh!"

For my girls

So today was my nieces first day of kindergarten.

I'm not even one of their parents, but I won't lie they were SOOO cute in their little uniforms I almost got teary eyed. They grew up so fast, and it got me thinking about my own kids one day.

Not that I want kids or anything, just that one of these days--wwwaaaaayyyyy in the future--I'm going to be an old guy taking his kids to school and thinking about songs like this.

More Milla

How many of you knew Milla Jovovich could sing?

She cut an album (entitled The Divine Comedy) way back in '94, and it's pretty good too. Chances are if you like Fever Ray, you'll like the album. "The Alien Song" is especially cool; you'll definitely be reminded of Fever Ray's "When I Grow Up."

Or maybe I should say "When I Grow Up" will remind you of "The Alien Song."

Milla Jovovich-The Alien Song


Fever Ray-When I Grow Up

A.P.C. Anyone?

Anybody want to go to Paris, and blow a bunch of cash on some A.P.C. gear?

Actually, they have stores in America in like LA and NY. And they have a cool online store.

If you're not familiar with A.P.C., they're famous for their raw selvedge denim, but they also make some other pretty cool stuff. And considering the price of so called "quality" denim nowadays, the $165 price tag for A.P.C.'s is pretty reasonable.

Their other pieces are sort of an amalgam of American Apparel, Abercrombie and Fitch, and J Crew. If this sounds like a definite fail, just remember its all done with that trademark French chicness.

So let's head to A.P.C. shall we?

And speaking of stoner rap

I don't know if stoner rap is the correct term, but it seems like a fit.

Kid Cudi's new jam is pretty cool as well. Sort of reminds me of an Offspring song from like twelve years ago, if somebody in Offspring could rap.

Kid Cudi - Erase Me f Kanye West by shinga

Remember Shwayze?

Yeah, the dudes who did that catchy ass jam Corona and Lime, a year or two back. (The DJ in the video is my old homie from college Trevor McFedries aka DJ Skeet Skeet).

Well Aaron Smith, the rapper in the group is doing is own little solo project and its pretty dope.

Go to this link to download the mix-tape.

Zooey Deschanel is really really cute and she sings funny songzzz

We can all agree that Zooey Deschanel is the cutest right? Right! Okay now that we got that out of the way, she was in "I Love You Man," with Jim Carrey, which was pretty mediocre.

However, some amazingness did come out of that movie, and it's in the form of these insanely witty songs by her band in the movie Munchausen by Proxy.

Watch, enjoy, and laugh a lot.

The intro video, embedding was disabled for this one.



Also why does Zooey look like Katy Perry's sister. When does the Katy Perry biopic starring Zooey Deschanel, come out?



Ohh and her actual band She and Him, is pretty cool as well.

Gotta find the queen of all my dreams

Ramble on!!!

I was listening to Led Zeppelin-Ramble On, and I totally didn't notice that there was a Lord of the Rings reference until now.

"Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.
How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air.
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah. "

That motherfucker Gollum always be messin' shit up!



And because nobody wants to end a post looking at Smeagol--and also because the song's about an enchanting queen--here's the beautiful Milla Jovovich.

Our 'Mad Men' relationships

Mad Men was excellent tonight. I'm not going to spoil it for anybody, or say anything to ruin the show for people who haven't seen it, but it was an emotionally charged episode.

The show has always been about, and revolved around, great characters. Tonight we got to see two of our central protagonists, connect on a level that they hadn't previously.

Tonight, is why I like TV. Not all shows, will take you all the way into its character's lives, but Mad Men always has. TV, better than movies, is more able to allow a viewer to get to know a story's central characters, and often times I think it makes TV characters more relatable. We see them in their daily routine, we see them try to live with the impact of their daily decisions, and we see the ultimate effect that life's realities have on them. And of course we all experience something along those lines every day.

For those of us who follow Mad Men, I think this episode contained a lot of relatable material. A lot of dark themes ran throughout, but I think what will stay with people was the parting shot, and realizing why we need the people in our lives. Why we cherish the relationships.

The haircut

Yesterday, I got my hair cut at Walt's Barber Shop. I've never been to a barber who does a better job than Walter Tosoni, he even gives you the old fashioned, hot lather, shave around your ears. It's incredible.

A lot of men nowadays go to salons, but I refuse to go.

Personally, salons are overpriced, and they're usually better at making you "trendy" than truly stylish. It's sort of like how True Religion jeans were "cool" for awhile, but raw denim Levi's 501's will never go out of style. Usually things that are "now," are almost never "forever."

I can't recall when exactly, but I remember reading that the incredibly dapper Thom Browne, pays like $20 for his haircut. He believes that no man should ever pay more than $30.

I'm sure there are some crazy over the top instances, where a man with some considerable length may indeed need the expertise of a hairdresser. The stylist at the salon is truly adept at manipulating long locks of hair into a fashionable shape.

But I think for most men, the barber will do more than fine.



Not really a new hairstyle, just did it a little different. Also, the photo quality sucks, because I broke my camera yesterday. Soooo made of fail.

Machete=greatest movie ever made

Okay that's not true, but it is a lot of fun.

Maybe its like a guilty pleasure to watch gratuitous violence that's as whacky as Machete, but shit is it a lot of pleasure.

Super funny, great characters--and this is no joke--the best roles that I've seen Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba in. Both were dead on, super funny, and really really really good looking. (Rodriguez looked especially cute. Not that's she's not hot, but I don't think I've ever thought of her as cute, maybe it was the bangs she was sporting).

Anyway, here's Michelle Rodriguez as Shé, and Jessica Alba as Sartana.





Oh and Lindsay Lohan as a killer nun.

OO7

Quite possible the coolest, and most stylish, character to ever be seen on a movie screen.

Who wants to go the movies tomorrow night?

Machete is going to be the best movie ever--even if its the worst!

If you're in the San José area, and you want to see some Robert Rodriguez style madness hit me up!

MACHETE!

My friend the burrito

Last night I had a bowl of low-sodium minestrone soup for dinner. It was from Trader Joe's, and while TJ's has a vast selection of amazing things to eat the low-sodium minestrone is not one.

I blogged, chatted on facebook, and then chatted some more, but always thinking about how I so desperately wanted a burrito. Carnitas and carne asada were running through my heart and soul, and I knew my craving would not stop until I quenched the thirst for Mexican food that was taking over my life.

Today that thirst was quenched.

Here's my carne asada burrito that I had for lunch from La Victoria Taqueria.

Those little cups are full of their famous orange hot sauce.



Sooooo gooodd!!!

The continuing revival of the '60s

If you're still looking for proof of the '60s resurgence, then look no further than the new Cut Copy single.

The last we heard of Cut Copy, they were taking over our souls with tracks like "Lights and Music," and perfectly channeling the '80s.

Now they've taken it further back with their newest single "Where I'm Going," which feels like the Beach Boys added some synths, before hitting the waves.

The cutest couple in music

Matt and Kim just look like they have a bunch of fun with each other.

Maybe this is why all of their music sounds happy, even when the subject matter of the songs is not.

Also, it's damn cute how Kim is always smiling. Like always!

Here's the vid for their hit from last year "Daylight."



And here's their latest single "Cameras."



Feel good music!

Let's hit the town and paint the night black

Bad Lupo Grande - Rockabilly Fever by ScionAV

Luca Venezia, aka Drop the Lime, is known for being a master of thumping bass bangers, but he's also an aficionado of all things rockabilly.

His latest side project, entitled Bad Lupo Grande, unleashes his inner rockabilly god.

And sweet child is it something to behold.

Grease your hair, style your pomps, and get ready to riottt!


Luca Venezia, aka Drop the Lime, and the best hair in the bizz!