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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

SkateBeard: Jeremy Fish x Santa Cruz “Weird Beard Cruzer”

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Here’s the real deal on this limited edition piece of awesomeness from Jeremy Fish and Santa Cruz Skatebaords

After decades of bald skateboards, the research team at loser cruzers have finally developed a hairy solution to this problem. Behold, the weird beard skateboard, with super realistic fake beard hair flowing wild and free. Our team of expert hair farmers hope you will enjoy leaving a trail of hair behind to mark your turf at all the spots you shred.”

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Order yours here »

FLASHBACK: The Jeremy Fish Craft Beerds Print

Mr. Fish was kind enough to create this art for the CRAFT BEERDS hairy beer label book project.

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Craft Beer Art: The Top 3 St. Patrick’s Day Craft Beerd Labels

Out of the 250+ pages of craft beer labels from the 100+ craft breweries in the CRAFT BEERDS book, there’s more Irish-ish / red-bearded labels than you can shake a shilialey at. These are a few favorites…

WESTON “LEAPIN’ LEPRECHAUN ALE”
See more killer art by David Terrill. Visit Weston Brewing Company.

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GRAY’S BREWING “BUSTED KNUCKLE”
Visit Gray’s Brewing.

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SHORT’S BREW “UNCLE STEVE’S IRISH STOUT”
This has so much awesome I don’t even know where to begin. Visit Short’s Brewing here.

Buy your copy of CRAFT BEERDS here »

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A ST. PATRICK’S DAY SOUNDTRACK See the rest »

The Cow-Boy Girl: Four Bad Men from Arizona

Spotted this vintage 1910 poster over the weekend and’ve been wondering … is one of ’em a tranny? Where’s the girl? Notice how dastardly ‘staches and bladed weapons outnumber guns by a longshot (no pun intended).

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Jeremy Fish: Exclusive “Craft Beerds” Print

Here’s a better look at the art Jeremy Fish kindly created to support the CRAFT BEERDS Kickstarter.

***SUCCESS! Order yourself a copy of the CRAFT BEERDS beer label book here »

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Pork Rider: Jeremy Fish Designs New OJ Skateboard Wheels

Lagunitas Chicago: Where The Wild Things Are (Going)

Spotted this killer mural on the side of a cafe near where Lagunitas is building their Chicago brewery.

Just another reason I love my motherland, great street art. Oh, and things like mini-golf in a funeral home.

RELATED:
Beer Maiden Mural: Hanna Aitchison Wall Piece for Lagunitas Chicago Beer “Zephyr”
Dawned on Chicago: Jeff Tweedy does WGN Weather
KYEO: Breadface & Blues Wheatpastes in Chicago’s Roscoe Village
WTF: Hockey Ref Magically Materializes at Blackhawks Game
Spooky: Miniature Golf in Basement of Ahlgrim’s Funeral Home
Hang: Glass Ledge on Sears Tower Makes Me Wanna Pee, Spit

CRAFT BEERDS: Help us Print this Book, Get Rewarded in Return

UPDATE: The CRAFT BEERDS BOOK Kickstarter finished successfully at 134%! Now you can order your copy here »

For over a year we’ve collected, photographed and laid-out a beautiful book that celebrates all the best craft beer labels with beards, sideburns and moustaches on them—CRAFT BEERDS. Yes, there’s enough to fill a book.

But now the book’s grown to over 175 breweries and almost 300 pages and we need your help in printing the thing. Please share and check out our Kickstarter to lend a hand and get some cool rewards in return.

CRAFT BEERDS on Kickstarter »

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Beerds: See Scissor Sisters’ Beer Label Music Video

Ache: Jawbreaker Themed Tattoo Flash

Tattoo apprentice Amelia Martin created this killer Jawbreaker Flash for Mike Munter. At least, that’s what I gathered from her Tumblr.

LISTEN:
Jawbreaker “Kiss The Bottle”
from 17 Reasons: The Mission District

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Fail: Kids Glitter Tattoos
MP3: New Richard Buckner, Yuck, Forgetters (ex-Jawbreaker), Modest Mouse cover Buddy Holly, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi 
Beer x Tattoo: Lagunitas Gets Hanna Aitchison for “Zephyr” Chicago Collaboration Ale Art
Art: Last Mike Giant / Skullz Press Show at 260 Divisadero
LA Street Art: Mike Giant on Melrose & Shepard Fairey / Obey Giant on Sunset
Rad: REBEL8 x PBR SF Event