Summer is here! woohoo 89 days till fall!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Vintage pinup update week of May 31
Memorial day weekend, and as you prepare to return to work, (or are already there) at least you can enjoy a few scantily clad hot chicks.
Summer is here! woohoo 89 days till fall!
Summer is here! woohoo 89 days till fall!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
a TRUE american icon is gone............. Dennis Hopper - RIP
Its not that I didn't like Gary Coleman... He was mildly distracting for a time back when I thought a good day was a full tank of gas in my dirt bike, and I had successfully ditched 3rd period english, but his passing yesterday is no where near as impactful as THIS news which crushes my heart. Ride easy into that good night bro - The world will forever be a darker place without you in it.
Read the full story HERE
Read the full story HERE
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
How fire extinguishers REALLY work.....
Pin up updates comin' .....stop yelling at me! ya bunch of pervs, hahahaha!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Total car WHORE.........
Ever since the days of my youth when I sat atop my bunk bed, with my frisbee steering wheel and whiffle ball bat stick shifter, have I dreamed of owning and driving cars. For the most part, my entire life, in one respect or antoher has been spent on admiring, working on, playing with, dreaming about and yes – even stealing cars. I love them ALL. Exotics, high end luxury, race cars, low riders, you name it. With very few exceptions I am, through and through a lover of sheet metal and 4 wheels. Frankly, the list of shit I don’t care for is pretty short. However, the stuff I don’t like, I REALLY hate. Nascar (in its current form) Rat Rods, and themed cars come to mind as a few aspects of the automotive world that if it disappeared from the face of the earth oh, say by lunch……I would narry shed a tear.
Add to that list the crap you see below. Donk, Box and Bubble……Really? I think the dark chappies (whom it is we have to thank for this “trend”) should stick to playing sports and stay the fuck outta the garage. In fact, stay out of the automotive arena all together. There is NOTHING about any of this that is appealing or clever or in any way.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
vintage Pinup update Week of May 17 2010
Oppps! it's Wednesday, and guess what- I realized I hadnt done the weekely pinup update yet.......... Super busy with lots of new stuff on the horizon. Including new and OLD t-shirt news coming soon, podcasting growth (which is just off the friggin hook) and new stuff thats going on with the shop. Suffice it to say, half naked chicks were never off my mind, they just got pushed to the back burner for a day or two. In any case, without further delay, here they are - this weeks girls fresh from the archives! Enjoy.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Norm Grabowski - and being a dad
Number one rationalization given to me by dudes who insist on building 4 door taxis into hot rods or kustoms?............."I have to haul the kids around"
To that answer I submit the following photo as my retort.
The discussion is over. I win. Normy poo says so. I take it no further dialog will be necessary on this?
Now, go list that goddamn 4 door your driving on craigslist and sell it to some slack jawed rebel rodz reader and be a REAL hot rod / kulture parent.
To that answer I submit the following photo as my retort.
The discussion is over. I win. Normy poo says so. I take it no further dialog will be necessary on this?
Now, go list that goddamn 4 door your driving on craigslist and sell it to some slack jawed rebel rodz reader and be a REAL hot rod / kulture parent.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Vintage Pinup update
Can you believe its nearly the middle of MAY already?! Consider this, in six months from today - you will have eaten all your Halloween candy, and are quite probably going to be doing your Thanksgiving day food shopping. Its all far too depressing to even consider. BUT - what isnt depressing is this weeks pinup update! Here they are, hauled out of the old Tinys Kustoms vault, dusted off, freshly showered and smellin like spring flowers. Enjoy!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
new media and FREE radio shows...........
Had a REALLY interesting weekend with some out of town folks, who as it turn out are huge fans of the PODCAST. (like who isnt, in less than 3 months we have garnered 1800 subscribers-not just drive by listeners mind you - and we are growing at a pretty steady rate of 60 to 100 new subscriptions each day). As it turns out the number ONE question on everyones mind is "how long will the show remain free to listen too".
I found this to be very interesting, as it seems there is some intrinsically understood (even if its not verbalized) value to the show. I think I heard a bit of fear in their voices, -or was that simple resignation (?). After all, what is one to think about a show that (as far as I can tell) is growing by leaps and bounds.
Wouldn't you just normally assume that if a program starts out for free, and then hits a certain amount of popularity, the producers of such a show would naturally then want to charge for it, regardless of how little it costs to produce such a thing as a podcast for instance? The worst thing, it seems, in a lot of fans' minds (now that they have found this show, and really dig it) is exactly because it is enjoying a fair amount of success, that its only a matter of time, a foregone conclusion if you will, before the show will be taken behind a "paywall" (for lack of a better term) and to listen to the same show will now cost them a subscription fee.
Boy, that would be soooo 1990's thinking wouldn't it?
It's no secret that I am a huge fan of NEW MEDIA. New media being those things that we have come to know and love, such as blogs, (micro, and the normal kind) the extensive use of video visa-vie YouTube, social media, and naturally, podcasting - to mention only a few. Anyone who cares too can now create content of their own and submit it for public approval or derision. Its not like the bad old days when I was embroiled in the creation of not one but TWO different magazines. Publications that would eventually go on to be huge successes in their own right. But nevertheless required all the necessary trappings of the OLD media. There were editors, contributing editors, printers, layout folks, and *gulp* distributors. So many hoops to jump through, so many arbitrary rules to obey. Creative? yes, but only to a point. There are acceptable practices in publishing. Shudder to think that you show something new or irregular to the forces that be, that hold sway over your potential future. Anger the omnipotent, (though horribly single minded) publishing deity(s), and your as good as done... Dare not take a chance with something fresh, or out of the ordinary. Better to play it safe, and follow the formula thats always worked.
New media is not constrained by any of this. Look, at the end of the day, we use a couple of 50 dollar radio shack mic's and an old Dell Latitude 1110 laptop to produce the show on.....I edit with "audicity" ( a freeware program that works just fine thank you ) and then we upload to Podbean, who until recently (because of our every growing need for storage) took away our free hosting and forced us to spend 10 bucks a month in service fees with them.
Content is king! The days of appeasing desk jockey executives who couldn't find their own ass with both hands and a flashlight are thankfully, over. create something that people want to watch, listen too, read, or otherwise consume- and the world it seems, will beat a path to your virtual door.
Just as there is a new way to do business, hey, guess what? there is a new way to DO BUSINESS. I'd be lying if I said now, publicly, that I hadnt thought of monetizing the show. But here is the thing.....I dont EVER EVER EVER EVER want to charge for it. Moreover, in todays environment, given how little it actually costs to do the show, you shouldn't have too! A far far better idea is to simply offer something of value for people to purchase if they so choose,(and by doing so allow them to demonstrate a de facto acceptance of the programing) and to price that item with sufficient profit to help offset any costs we may have in the future to produce the podcast. For now, the cost of hosting is fixed to aprx 120 bucks a year. Heavens forbid we might want to upgrade the sound equipment at some point, but thats not immediately necessary either. So it seems, that with minimal effort, and the purchase of a few of our soon to be very cool t-shirts, or stickers, or other junk, you can help to assure the shows never changing one time good for all price of.........FREE!
We are stoked, and flattered that so many people enjoy the show, and in fact enjoy it to the degree that they subscribe to it. As long as I have any say in the matter, it will be free from now till the second coming. ENJOY and long live the NEW media!!
I found this to be very interesting, as it seems there is some intrinsically understood (even if its not verbalized) value to the show. I think I heard a bit of fear in their voices, -or was that simple resignation (?). After all, what is one to think about a show that (as far as I can tell) is growing by leaps and bounds.
Wouldn't you just normally assume that if a program starts out for free, and then hits a certain amount of popularity, the producers of such a show would naturally then want to charge for it, regardless of how little it costs to produce such a thing as a podcast for instance? The worst thing, it seems, in a lot of fans' minds (now that they have found this show, and really dig it) is exactly because it is enjoying a fair amount of success, that its only a matter of time, a foregone conclusion if you will, before the show will be taken behind a "paywall" (for lack of a better term) and to listen to the same show will now cost them a subscription fee.
Boy, that would be soooo 1990's thinking wouldn't it?
It's no secret that I am a huge fan of NEW MEDIA. New media being those things that we have come to know and love, such as blogs, (micro, and the normal kind) the extensive use of video visa-vie YouTube, social media, and naturally, podcasting - to mention only a few. Anyone who cares too can now create content of their own and submit it for public approval or derision. Its not like the bad old days when I was embroiled in the creation of not one but TWO different magazines. Publications that would eventually go on to be huge successes in their own right. But nevertheless required all the necessary trappings of the OLD media. There were editors, contributing editors, printers, layout folks, and *gulp* distributors. So many hoops to jump through, so many arbitrary rules to obey. Creative? yes, but only to a point. There are acceptable practices in publishing. Shudder to think that you show something new or irregular to the forces that be, that hold sway over your potential future. Anger the omnipotent, (though horribly single minded) publishing deity(s), and your as good as done... Dare not take a chance with something fresh, or out of the ordinary. Better to play it safe, and follow the formula thats always worked.
New media is not constrained by any of this. Look, at the end of the day, we use a couple of 50 dollar radio shack mic's and an old Dell Latitude 1110 laptop to produce the show on.....I edit with "audicity" ( a freeware program that works just fine thank you ) and then we upload to Podbean, who until recently (because of our every growing need for storage) took away our free hosting and forced us to spend 10 bucks a month in service fees with them.
Content is king! The days of appeasing desk jockey executives who couldn't find their own ass with both hands and a flashlight are thankfully, over. create something that people want to watch, listen too, read, or otherwise consume- and the world it seems, will beat a path to your virtual door.
Just as there is a new way to do business, hey, guess what? there is a new way to DO BUSINESS. I'd be lying if I said now, publicly, that I hadnt thought of monetizing the show. But here is the thing.....I dont EVER EVER EVER EVER want to charge for it. Moreover, in todays environment, given how little it actually costs to do the show, you shouldn't have too! A far far better idea is to simply offer something of value for people to purchase if they so choose,(and by doing so allow them to demonstrate a de facto acceptance of the programing) and to price that item with sufficient profit to help offset any costs we may have in the future to produce the podcast. For now, the cost of hosting is fixed to aprx 120 bucks a year. Heavens forbid we might want to upgrade the sound equipment at some point, but thats not immediately necessary either. So it seems, that with minimal effort, and the purchase of a few of our soon to be very cool t-shirts, or stickers, or other junk, you can help to assure the shows never changing one time good for all price of.........FREE!
We are stoked, and flattered that so many people enjoy the show, and in fact enjoy it to the degree that they subscribe to it. As long as I have any say in the matter, it will be free from now till the second coming. ENJOY and long live the NEW media!!
Monday, May 3, 2010
This weekend - went with friends and watched some Nitro cars. VERY COOL!
I forgot how much I miss going to the drag strip. Really glad that the crew from out of town decided to go out to the track and get some quality hang time - and some quality Nitro time.
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