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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Yum: Glazed & Amazed on the ampm Secret Menu

‘Glazed & Amazed’

Yes, it’s real. And it’s spectacular. You take an ampm Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant and switch out the croissant with glazed doughnuts. It’s all part of the new Secret Menu campaign our team at Ogilvy just launched. Pretty much a big invitation to come up with your own creations and try something new. Go nuts.

‘Glazed & Amazed’ on Vimeo.

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‘Dough Ray Moo’

The double-cheeseburger cousin of ‘Glazed & Amazed’.

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Beer Art: The Bruery Autumn Maple in Sections

Now I wanna try this beer even more.

I’m crazy for pumpkin ales in the Fall. But yam beer? Sounds good. Looks even better.

Alyson Thomas of Drywell Art designed this separation of The Bruery‘s Autumn Maple ingredients in watercolor and ink illustration over digital background. It’s currently on The Bruery website.

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Freebie: The Venture Bros. Skull Patch and Game are Go!

I’m a lucky, lucky man. First a friend brings me back a Lando Calrissian Disguise Kit from Star Wars Celebration. Next, my awesome cuz-in-law sends me this killer Venture Bros. freebie from San Diego Comic-Con. Go Team Venture!

Go play the first and only Venture Bros. game, Flight of the Monarch »

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How To: Turn Your Car Into a Tranny Mobile

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One Hot Tranny Mobile

Just in case your VW Bug thinks it’s a guy (it’s not). Or your giant pickup just isn’t quite sure which way it swings. There’s CarStache, CarLashes, and Truck Balls to set the record straight. Phew. (Thanks, Nicole)

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Crunch: Ming Dynasty Beer Cans

Though the artist Lei Xue intended them for tea, hence the title “Drinking Tea(2007),” they’d be great beer cans for the fancy new Chinese PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 1844.

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R.I.V.: Rest In Vinyl, Press Your Ashes Into Vinyl Records

I’ve got your funeral party all planned out: Press your ashes into a vinyl LP, then have the listening party / wake at this funeral home where you can play miniature golf. Well, everyone but you. You’ll be there in spirit. And creepy vinyl.

Spinning In Your Grave

UK service And Vinyly will press your ashes into vinyl records. Seriously.

The Basic Package includes up to 30 discs with 12 minutes on each side of whatever audio you provide; a recording of your voice, your old band, or your favorite songs (they wash their hands of copyright violations).

Plus, you can have your ashes mixed in with acrylics for a cover portrait by James Hague. Extra charge for cemetery gatefold *rim shot*. Thank you, good night.

AndVinyly.com (Thanks, Matthew Abercrombie)

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Baby Moustache: “I Was Drunk” by Riva Starr / Noze

I’ll be honest, I simply cannot stand ads and videos with dancing babies. Even worse, talking dancing babies. Not. For. A. Second.

But these babies have moustaches. So I can stand it for about 30 seconds. (via Whiskerino)

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WTF: Album Tacos

Album Tacos? I expected vinyl LPs warmed and folded like tacos. Maybe filled with shredded album covers. Something you might find at Vinyl Frontier. But instead, it’s the majestically taco-fied reinterpretations you see here.

Much like the contents of a Taco Bell taco, you shouldn’t think too hard about it.

See more at Album Tacos. (Thanks, Rich!)

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MP3: Friday Five 08.27.10 Leg Sweeper, Gramercy Riffs, Cap’n Jazz, No Age, and Land Of Talk

It’s been a long, hot week. Here’s some new tunes to cool off with. Except for the Cap’n Jazz track (circa ’94) who I’m missing tonight in SF. Damnit.

Enjoy thoroughly.

Leg Sweeper “Sexy Weekend”

Gramercy Riffs “The Freezedown” from It’s Heartbreak

Cap’n Jazz “Oh Messy Life” from Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We’ve Slipped On, And Egg Shells We’ve Tippy Toed Over

No Age “Glitter” from Everything In Between

Land of Talk “Quarry Hymns” from Cloak and Cipher

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Rock out with the Ümlaut every Friday. [ÜÜ]

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Art: Playboy Redux w/ Mike Giant, Jeremy Fish, Tim Biskup, Shag, … Opens in Chicago

That Playboy 50th Anniversary show we posted about in February is finally opening tonight in Chicago. Playboy Redux features over 30 killer artists’ reinterpretations of the iconic Playboy Bunny.

If you’re in the midwest between now and September 12, hit up Rotofugi Gallery. Read the rest of this entry »

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WTF: Naked Hay-Bailing Jackass

Why isn’t he cut to shreds? Better yet, why the hell is he naked? You’re both right.

And yes, it has to be fake. Either way, epic bail.

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Beer + Hot Lava Rocks = Dr. Klankenstein Stein Brewing

Who (else) knew lava rocks had such magical powers?

Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Craft Ales, that’s who.

Apparently the ancient beer masters would use 1000 degree lava rocks to make beer. To resurrect this ancient art, called Stein Brewing, Sixpoint partnered with The Museum of Modern Art‘s adjoining restaurant The Modern. Then they got Aaron Ekroth to help tell the story. Beautifully, may I add.

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NSFW: Tron-a-Sutra

There’s nothing sexier than a glowing girl contorting with a double-chinned dude in his Tron Underoos … actually, everything’s sexier than this. But it’s my job to share it with you.

Shot with a RED camera, After Effects, a Mac, and a couple crappy bicycle helmets.”

See Tron-a-sutra videos for 20 positions, including the 69, the lesser-known 68, the Sitting Bull, and the Pearly Gates. Get the full story here.

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Moustache: The Lando Calrissian Disguise Kit

If only this included the Lando perm, too. I’d be uncanny.

Huge ups to Scott Ruether for bringin’ these back for the Fam from Star Wars Celebration V. Rad!

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MANDOM: Charles Bronson Commercial Collection, Bonus Vintage Posters

Probably the most amazing series of commercials with the most amazing jingle in the world. Ever. There’s so much wrong. And so much right.

Even more amazing? When we stayed with my Sister In-Law in LA, her boyfriend Matt actually had a bottle of the stuff. It’s even got the jingle around the cap.

Now that’s a jingle, folks. If its melancholic nostalgia isn’t stuck in your head now, watch the rest of the series …

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