The blog of Martin Klasch
: Pop culture, music, YouTube links and more

All-Mighty Clothing:
I am especially enamored with these stuffed Boston Terriers. (I am
fostering a sweet blind bostie boy called Rocky, so this makes me an instant
fan of all things Boston Terrier) Here is my illustration of Stinky
Pierre, a gift to Jen from All-Mighty Clothing.

Get Up Edina! podcasts: Miss Upsetter spins 60′s Jamaican rocksteady, ska, reggae. Bit crackly and low-res but still fun.

This Is England
has already had its run in the theatres over here, but for those who
are like us, obsessed with youth/music subcultures, and particularly
Skinhead/Mod culture, we cannot recommend this film highly enough. It
will be out on DVD this month. A great insider view of British Skinhead
subculture in the 80′s during its transition period from
“Unity/Two-Tone/reggae” to “National Front/Racism/Oi”.


Ullo John Gotta New Motor?
- Do not be surprised if this song makes no sense to you. Alexei Sayle
was a Liverpudlian comic (he was also in ‘The Young Ones’) who had his
own very silly variety show  which we used to watch back in Sydney
circa mid 1990s. Also check out I
‘m Pissed. Really really silly stuff.

Tulsa Skull Swingers
- This Zombie Surf/Garage band is performing every Thursday in
September at The Taix (Sunset Blvd, Echo Park). Go! You WILL be
entertained! (Our favorite moment: The Mummy)

Cartoons, Model Sheets & Stuff 
- We were searching for HB character model sheets (… reference for a
little job we’re working on right now) and found this awesome blog. I have been absent from the blogging world for way too long.

These Are the Damned
was on at the Egyptian recently as part of a Brit-Horror
festival but I missed it. Too much was happening that day. Memo to
self: Hire DVD. The theme song (“Black Leather, Black Leather…”) is
pretty cool and be sure to check out Eddiemuerte’s version!

Scoops Ice Cream: Are we spending too many lunch hours at this place? Yesterday’s lunch: Coffee Cheesecake & Pineapple Lychee ice cream. $2.
(Our other favorite lunchspot: The Fish Taco Nazi of Los Feliz  We are addicted to their shrimp tacos)

Galco’s Soda Pop Stop - They don’t have Ribena
or those Asian fruity waters you get in Chinatown, but they do have
more varieties of old school soda pop and ginger beer than you can
imagine.

And a little something new that we have been developing – (Not a new concept, but new designs)