NoKipple - Official Thread

[Megatron1505]

It's true, I have nothing but admiration for Indonesian, Singaporean and Malaysian denim enthusiasts, if I live permanently in their climate I would probably have found a different interest.

[Davil]

I have to agree.  i had to put my heavyweights on hold for a few days until I could get acclimated to the climate.  It takes commitment thats all I can say.

[hectic]

Still haven't had time to do this Schmidt shirt justice with some uber pics but here is a little selection. I love this thing. It was made to my measurement preferences and is loaded with detail and heart. http://schmidtkoeln.de/schmidtkoeln/_SCHMIDT_.html

[zwer]

BAD.

 

ASS.

 

That's amazing.

[Megatron1505]

Totally dude, looks great on you dude.

[hectic]

Thanks dudes, its a super nice shirt, being a tall person speccing the slightly longer length was great. 

[Seul]

Home run, son. 

[ColdStorage]

Made a trip to my post office after work yesterday, here is a long and boring video documenting it...

(skip to 2min in if you are feeling impatient)

...more to come

[ColdStorage]

after picking up the tour pair from the post office, I went home and took of the Roys i've been living in and filed em:

 

 

Ok, obviously a joke... they went to the closet though which was a bit painful but that was softened by how incredible the Dirt Denim fit. A bit tight in the waist but the loose weave has plenty of give. The denim is so soft and loose weave, has that comfortable sweatpants type of hand. I think I lucked out with my place in the rotation because these things are at a beautiful place with the grainy whit peeking through and lots of vertical charecter. I have never owned a pair of PBJ and don't know how these stack up but the texture reminds me of what I have seen posted here on some of the better looking PBJ stuff. If it was my pair id hem em a bit but ill have to learn to live with cuffs for the month. Sorry for the awful fit pics, hope the wife can help me get some better ones soon.

 

 

 

 

Next I ran out back and clipped two cucumbers from my garden because one was getting way past ripe. I threw em on ice so I could try my hand at pickling later that night.

 

 

Then I headed down to my local Bottle Shop http://beercraft.com/'>Beercraft for their 2 year birthday celebration.

 

The taproom in the back which is normally pretty sleepy on a weeknight was packed, and the backyard was packed as well.

 

 

The board was INSANE and I promised myself to only try three but... well...

 

 

Started with a 12oz pour of Evil Twins Imperial Stout "Even More Jesus"

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ColdStorage]

Then jumped over to Sours and had a 5oz "Grainstas Paradise" from The Rare Barrel

 

Followed that up with a "Tart of Darkness" from The Bruery

 

Then I was going to have a pumpkin sour but the owner talked me into trying the Peanut Butter milk stout. Was expecting pure gimmick but I got to admit it was pretty balanced and tasty! My phone died before I could get a pic of this pour but here is a kind of crappy pic of the tour pair at the bar

 

 

So, got home and charged my phone a bit. Couldn't leave Beercraft empty handed so I picked up this beast for the cellar.

 

Threw on Thin LIzzy, poured myself a Clown Shoes IPA and got started pickling!

 

 

 

Thin Lizzy lp ended so I threw on the Blasfemia reissue I finally picked up. Degenerate Columbian black death metal that sounds like it could fall apart at any minute. Great record!

 

 

 

 

[ColdStorage]

So, this is my first year with enough yard to do a garden and also my first time ever trying to pickle. Decided to do fridge pickles and not bother with processing as I plan to eay em up pretty quick and I wanted them to be as crispy as possible. My garlic which I thought was still good was actually sprouted so I substituted for garlic powder. Not a very controlled experiment but oh well, hopefully they turn out ok.

 

 

..and with that I had to race off to bed!

 

Sorry about the lack of pics of the denim... my wife was out at the Beyonce/Jay Z concert and I was left with my near dead iPhone, but I figured id share my adventure cause it was a great day. Next update will have more close ups, measurements etc...

 

 

 

[ColdStorage]

Since yesterdays update didn't get posted til today I got back to back updates for y'all. Going forward, i'll try to keep it to one a day...

 

Had to work today. Wore the dirt denim but i'll spare everyone the wild pictures of me sitting at a computer all day.

 

After work I stopped to play with one of my best friends... 

Marlowe:

 

 

Marlowe is a 7 month old Boston Terrier and we are inseparable. Since I work in a dog friendly office he is able to sit under my desk all day. Two or three days a week we stop at a great dog park on the way home so that he can run with other dogs, play ball, etc....

 

Marlowe mad a few friends and they wrestled. All three dogs were under 9 months old so it was a high energy romp.

 

Marlowes friends left and we played some ball. Also wearing my Strike Gold indigo crew neck which I think is coming along quite nicely...

 

[ColdStorage]

Play time was now over so I grabbed Marlowe to head home

 

Threw together a salad and it didn't look to hot so no pictures.

Then I pulled of the Dirt Denim to take some measurements and snapped a few pictures while I was at it. First off, here are current B.i.G measurements for the tagged 34 Trophy 1605 Dirt Denim:

 

Waist: 36"

Front Rise: 11"

Back Rise: 15.75"

Thigh: 12.75"

Knee: 9.5"

Hem: 8.75"

Inseam: 32"

 

And here are the pics:

 

I love the puckering on the lower half of the pockets from the lining pulling against the denim shrinking

 

Decided to finish my night like I normally do, with a drink and some music. 

Poured myself a Ballast Point sculpin IPA

and listened to some Industrial tapes. One is a Nurse With Wound/Hafler Trio collab... classic absurdist sound collage with raw source material from NWW processed by Andrew Hafler Trio. Other tape is a compilation tape called "Slutstationen" released on Swedish label Styggelse. An impressive roster with classic groups like Brighter Death Now, mysterious Swedish projects like Manaic Cop and heavy hitting new comers like Theta. A few dud tracks like Puce Mary but all and all, a very impressive effort!

 

Tomorrow is friday and i've got some exciting plans after work. See you all then...

 

[Seul]

Black metal and beer - nice 

[Megatron1505]

Great updates CS, looking forward to more 

[HoustonChris]

I would drink myself silly with Tart Of Darkness on tap.

 

Oh yeah- great updates! 

Edited August 8, 2014 by HoustonChris

[goodrain]

@ColdStroage: dog friendly office? where do you work?

[ColdStorage]

I work for a large bottling plant that mainly deals with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, but also some things like mustards, honeys, etc. We do a lot of private labels for companies so if you buy a store brand oil or vinegar, odds are it came from us. Obviously our bottling facility is no-pets allowed but our offices are a separate building and there are three people here who bring their dogs in regularly. Next week is my last week of full time though, then I have to cut back to 2 days a week because i'm going back to school.

 

Here is Marlowe, sitting under my desk. (Contest pair shown as well, gotta stay somewhat on topic here...!) He has to wear the cone when I can't keep a close eye on him, because he has a bug bite behind his ear which has been scratched raw....  

[Foxy2]

Great updates!

[hectic]

Great updates!

 

Yeah, lovely, real slice 'o life.

[hectic]

Quoting Marlowe too 'cos he is fricking awesome.

 

Since yesterdays update didn't get posted til today I got back to back updates for y'all. Going forward, i'll try to keep it to one a day...

 

Had to work today. Wore the dirt denim but i'll spare everyone the wild pictures of me sitting at a computer all day.

 

After work I stopped to play with one of my best friends... 

Marlowe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hectic]

Reminded me, I did this vid of my cat Jones doing his wood chomping gig:

 

[ColdStorage]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions...

 

A lot of my "exciting plans" didn't come to fruition and my documentation of the evening is a bit shabby but here is what I have for you.

 

Did inventory at work. There is a strict "no cell phones" policy in the warehouse (for reasons of safety and privacy) but I snuck this one HORRIBLE pic in the back corner. Behind the blurry dirt denim you can see a 275 gallon forklift tote of olive oil.

 

Then I got off work with the intention of picking up my organic samurai 710 and some records that were delivered from Japan... but the traffic was so awful I didnt make it to the post office before closing 

 

But on with the night... my childhood friend just opened a bar in Petaluma called Jamisons Roaring Donkey.

 

 

 

Their list is strong and it's only going to get better.

 

Started with a henhouse Saison

Then had a sculpin

Then tried some 101 North Naughty Aud imperial stout

After this the 101 North rep showed up and gave us three sample 22s of Heroine IPA and I quickly drank one... too quickly... no pic there....

 

...and here is where the night starts to fall apart...

 

wandered over to Petaluma market to buy a few special bottles cause I guess i'm the kind of guy that likes to bring sand to the beach. 

Picked up a boulevard saison-brett and a Clown Shoes "space cake" DIPA and headed back to the spot

I also had a 6 pack of "Bikini Beer" and 4 bottles of "Ryan and the Beaster Bunny" (both from Evil Twin) so I grabbed those out of my car and headed back to the bar.

 

My friend was a bit miffed about me trying to bring bottles in, just because he didn't want other customers thinking its ok so I was banished to the office to drink my naughty imports. Well... I drank through the ENTIRE bag of beers(!) but as I was documenting it my friend came in and was a bit worried about me taking pictures and was not too happy when I explained it was documentation for the internet so I was instructed that no pictures which showed the contents of the office could be shared....

 

so all the pics of the jeans are out I guess but here we are pouring the Saison 

and a bit of my Flathead type 2 cuff

and I guess this blurry pic kind of sums up the rest of my night...

 

and from there it was just SCENE MISSING until a woke up at 7am with a splitting headache. I recall certain weird things like getting a bit to friendly with a stranger who was wearing a t-shirt from a band I like, or interrupting two gals talking about their dog to profess my undying devotion to Marlowe.

At some point my wife drove down to the bar and got me out of there. Im a fool but I NEVER drive drunk. 

 

also... I woke up in the tour jeans... I guess my wife wanted me to feel the full impact of my decisions. She seems a bit irritated this morning, and I don't blame her... but it was a special occasion!

 

Supposed to work in the yard today but I cant even imagine getting out of bed. 

...and I gotta head down to the bar to apologize and pick up my credit card/settle my tab.

 

 

 

[ColdStorage]

Well, I finally did make it out of bed yesterday. The morning didn't have a nice start though... Marlowe made it downstairs unattended and My RedWings had to pay the price. He doesn't normally eat things he isn't supposed to, perhaps my wife put him up to it...

Oh well... I forgave him right away. I love my clothes but it's only stuff. I should have put them up higher it seams.

 

Grabbed a quick shower, pulled on the dirt denim and started my day.

 

Headed down to the Grab-and-Grow in order to pick up some compost to use as a soil conditioner in the yard. I love this place. We headed into the office to look at samples and get some advice.

 

And we decided to get the Organic Vineyard mix, an absolute steal at $25 for a cubic yard. After you pay they drive right up to your truck and just dump it right in. Whole thing takes less than five minutes.

 

We live in an ideal climate for gardening, but our soil is a nightmare. Clay soil, it's like working in cement. First I have to break it up with a pick

 

Then fill a bucket w/ compost

 

spread it out and then turn it with a shovel:

 

This compost is amazing stuff. I use their stuff in my veg garden as well and it's like rocket fuel. They bag it up too and their mango mulch sells in stores for $10 a sq foot so I am really lucky to be able to pick it up by the truck load for 1/5th the price. Great color, great smell.

 

After that we dropped in some plants we has picked up a few days earlier at Annies Annuals out in Richmond. I think it turned out nice.

 

The whole project only took about 3 hours but since I was a bit spent from the night before that was all I could do. Time to knock off... sit on the front porch and admire the work.

 

 

 

 

 

[ColdStorage]

After this I cleaned up, grabbed my second shower of the day (something about being hungover makes me want to shower repeatedly. I've been known to take up to 3-4 on really bad days...) and headed back down to Petaluma, first stop was the Roaring Donkey so that I could settle my tab and endure a bit of teasing. 

 

Then we headed across the street to Cafe Zazzle where I got a chicken salad for dinner. Not bad...

 

After dinner we decided to walk around downtown a bit. Here on the West Coast we dont have as much history as much of Europe or even the East Coast... but Petaluma is a nice contender with a history going back to mid 1800s. The downtown area we were in has many buildings over 100 years old, and nice cobble stone alleys running between. My wife and I hope to buy a home here one day, but it just keeps getting more and more expensive.

 

 

We always struggle when we walk past Lalas, me particularly as I seam to be slowly outgrowing many of my precious jeans, but tonight we couldn't resist the draw,

The have amazing home made icecream here. I got the Honey Lavender flavor, my wife got Cookie Dough...

 

Finally back at home my normal evening ritual. Some music... tonight was playing a lot of my black and death metal singles...

 

And a drink of course. Only one of my "Ryan and the Beaster Bunny" farmhouse ales had survived the night before... but its gone now!

 

After listening through my pile of singles I settled in on the couch to try to watch the second Hobbit film but I fell asleep within an hour. I'll get around to it at some point...

 

Next update will feature my favorite breakfast joint and a country music legend. See you then...!

Edited August 10, 2014 by ColdStorage

[Projectp]

Love Petaluma. Lagunitas make some excellent beers and is always well represented in DC. I enjoyed a few Little Sumpin' Extras last night.

[ColdStorage]

^lagunitas is GREAT and I love that they're dog friendly. I'm sure an update this month will include me and Marlowe sitting on the patio... (Me sipping a daytime and him with his waterbowl) since I'm there 2-3 times a month.

Between Lagunitas, taps, roaring donkey, beercraft, Russian river brew co, and the whole foods taproom (not to mention all the killer bottles at local markets) I feel like I'm one of the luckiest beer lovers in the world.

Edited August 10, 2014 by ColdStorage

[Projectp]

Life is so much better for beer lovers out west. I have a ton of family between Santa Rosa and Portland, and every time I go out (about once a year) it seems like 20 new places opened up.

[Seul]

ColdStorage: get your arse to Belgium... Free beer and good metal guaranteed... Mutiilation and Bölzer all night long 

 

Thanks for all the pics!.. 

Edited August 10, 2014 by Seul

[ColdStorage]

^one of my first and oldest contacts within blackmetal (15+ years now) is Midgaars from boersk blek metle lunatics Lugubrum and he has been trying to tempt me for ages but sadly I have not been able to make it work. I do hope to make it over at some point! But speaking of Belgium, I do think Paragon Impure, specifically on the two paniac EPs posted in my pic above, remain the greatest triumph of Belgian blackmetal and a top band for the otherwise bleak 00's era.

 

I don't really know Bolzer though I see they are on my friend Patricks label, I should check it out I guess. About Mutiilation... well... I suppose I should do a tour of my record room in an update soon...

 

But for now catching up on yesterday! Wore the dirt denim all day of course.

 

Started with my favorite breakfast place, the Midtown Cafe in Santa Rosa. A great restaurant because they do a very good Benedict using fresh sourdough, roasted tomato, spinach etc...

 

...and because they are dog friendly:

 

finished up breakfast and stopped for a car wash. Normally Marlowe just falls right asleep in a car but the carwash always puts him on edge...

 

Right outside the carwash is an interesting sculpture, a 100,000 lb base supports a 65 foot obelisk made from recycled bike parts. My pictures kind of stink though...

 

 

Finally done with errands I went home to finish the compost project out front and tune up the garden a bit...

carrots are going frustratingly slow...

 

After I was done with yardwork, decided to have a mid day treat. The Evil Twin "Bikini Beer" is pretty silly at 2.7% abv.. the whole "session IPA" thing is getting a bit out of hand, but I suppose its a good way to taste some hops without slowing down for the rest of your day.