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Try saying that headline when you’ve had a few ales. A good bog book adds immeasurably to a man’s toilet experience. Here are five books fit for the Brandish blog’s bog: 1 Red Meat GoldMax Cannon’s Red Meat is a gloriously black comic strip, featuring a host of memorably dysfunctional characters. Our favourite is Milkman [.....More
There are loads of things to plug your iPod into, but none as cool as this. Retro design crashes headlong into modern technology with the fabulous Lifepod Rocksteady retro iPod speaker bag. It’s pretty much a vintage holdall (very much like the sports bags from the late seventies) in a range of colour schemes and [...]...More
Kickers haven’t really brought out a boot (or shoe… or anything for that matter) that has captured the public’s imagination since the Kick-Hi Boot. Well, it’s hardly surprising that the Kick-Hi Boot has been seen sneaking around the streets again recently. The boots are leather upper with a rubber sole and feature the classi...More
Ducati’s new 1098 is essentially a MotoGP (the bike equivalent of F1) bike for the public road. And that is a damn scary thought. The 1098 is the lightest, fastest-stopping, quickest-lapping Ducati ever produced, so as well as £14,000 spare cash, you’ll also need balls the size of watermelons to handle this beast – it’s [.....More
Now I don’t claim to know anything about skateboarding, apart from the fact that a lot of ‘decks’ (isn’t that what the kids call ‘em?) feature rather lovely artwork and graphics. Here’s a few choice boards for you to check out, all of which are available from online skate & clothing shop Route One. More [...]...More
I own no less than three Helly Hansen long-sleeved crewneck tops, and, who knows, I may not stop there. They’re so damn versatile – wear them as a base layer or an outer layer for jogging or mountain biking or snowboarding or just lounging around the house. The wicking fabric means they dry in a [...]...More
A T-Shirt is just a T-Shirt right? It’s either got a good design or it’s functional. Anything to waver from that leaves with Global Hypercolor… and all that did was alert everyone to your sweaty armpits. Well, not anymore. ThinkGeek has unearthed this marvelous space age Tee that comes complete with a fully functioning graphic [.....More
Ever since I was a child, I’d always hoped for a super futuristic watch that I could talk into and watch TV on it. Or something like that. Well, by jove, it’s arrived! Sort of. ThinkGeek’s Video Watch with OLED Screen ($130) is ready to change us all into futuristic beings in an affordable way. [...]...More
Names Bert, Ernie. Job Muppets Special Powers Ernie’s special power is the gift of childlike mischief. Bert is much more cynical and often tires of Ernie’s pranks and gaffes – he loves Ernie really though. Ernie said ‘You’ve got a banana in your ear!’ Bert said ‘What? I can’t hear you. I’ve got ...More
Motorbike blog Helmet Hair (great name) alerts us to this new MotoGP board game, which has to be one of the first of its kind. The rules sound pretty straightforward: choose the team you want to ride for, roll and dice and away you go. BUY IT Click below to see a video ad for [...]...More
This limited edition, padded rucksack, by Eastpak, features exclusive artwork by rock god Lemmy (Motorhead’s lead singer, if you didn’t know). The warty rocker’s ‘Blind Faith’ design shows a thunderbolt striking down from the sky. Eastpak will donate 10% of the retail price to the charity nominated by the artist...More
There are a lot of cool retro things out there, but none as original and unusual as this cathode Nixie Watch from Cathode Corner. The watch uses two nixie tubes – neon display tubes once used in sixties calculators – to display the hours, minutes, and seconds in order through the flicking of the wrist. [...]...More
For those of you cool enough to have a bath as opposed to a shower, then you’ll be glad to know that you don’t have to whack the stereo up as loud as it will go to listen to tunes while you soak. The submarine bathtime radio (available in black and a nice yellow one [...]...More
Asda has just launched what it claims is Britain’s cheapest suit. Customers can now pick up the suit for just £19 as part of Asda’s George clothing range. Normally the jacket would retail at £19 and the trousers at £6 – still bloody cheap. I’m not sure I could face wearing a suit that costs [...]...More
From now on, every Monday we’ll put together a Brandish survival kit for your perusal, featuring a DVD, an album, a video game, a book and something 100% free. To help get you through the week… The DVD – An Inconvenient TruthA lecture on global warming by Al Gore (you know, the Democrat who almost [...]...More
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