This is Hawaiian Grill’s “Bread Dude.” Bread Dude? Seriously? OK. Wait, really? Bread Dude grill buns. I’m trying to imagine whose blood had more illicit chemicals in it, the person who came up with the idea, or the person who green lit it. – Thanks to John Aguilar for the photo.

I don’t always completely understand every XKCD comic, but I enjoy them anyway. – Thanks to Adam Crofts for the tip.

Some examples of water-release decals from the 60’s during the crossover of the hot-rod skateboarding fads. For sale now by Socal Speed Shop. I threw the weird surfer dude in there to make the cover image 4 panels. Something about those old head culture illustrators, they loved drawing normal guys whose eyes were bugging out in somewhat normal situations.

That’s the title of the video folks. Don’t be a jerk in the comments, Jocelyn has been known to lurk on S&A, and that concrete mini ramp setup in the background is actually hers.

Jeremy Scott and NHS reached a settlement over his pretty blatant copyright infringement on Santa Cruz skateboard graphics and other illustrations by Jim/Jimbo Phillips. Details are slim, as there was some sort of non disclosure agreement, but none of the fashions that Scott “designed” will be produced, and and the samples have been destroyed. Scott issues a lame, sideways apology as well. High Snobiety has additional comments from Bob Denike not found in the press release. – Thanks to Maple XO for the tip.

Lot’s of cats and other animals around here lately, especially cats. This one spotted at Forever 21. – Thanks to Stephanie “I swear I don’t shop at Forever 21” Murdock for the tip.

I don’t know what, or why, but here is an illustration by Dana Lechtenberg from the “Grunge Goat” series. Yes, that’s Tony Owl.

It’s the Cracked Guide to Skateboarding, published in the September, 1976 issue of Cracked Magazine. As a kid, not knowing the history of which came first, I still somehow managed to grok Cracked as a somewhat inferior imitator of Mad Magazine. That didn’t stop me from pouring over each issue I came in contact with. I’ve always associated Mad and Cracked with trailer homes at the lake where my cousin kept his stash hidden from plain sight in his closet. His mother would literally sneer when she’d see us reading them, and she often disapproved vocally of “that trash,” which lent them a small fraction of an illicit quality usually reserved for Playboy and the likes. Sure, there were the frequent Bill Ward illustrations featuring out of place dangerously endowed females, but for the most part it was just adolescent gags and smart-assed comments. Issue 135 of Cracked tackles skateboarding in typical Cracked fashion.

Bloody Nose Ballerina has an interview with adult film/photo actress known as Miss Ladie. I’m not familiar with her work, but apparently she has a fetish for skateboards. Miss Ladie is also into old VHS horror films, making jewelry out of “dead shit” and World of Warcraft. She also has a lifelong ambition to see where the Champagne of Beers is made, so she’s definitely classy. Let’s face it. Pabst sucks. Miller High Life all the way. – Thanks to Colin for the tip. (Don’t worry, Mrs Colin doesn’t read S&A)

An inmate at a minimum-security facility in Watsonville walked away and escaped the grounds Thursday morning and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help finding him. Stakeout the nearest DIY spot – Case solved. At least he didn’t get a company logo tattooed on his face. – Thanks to Coulter for the tip. [Source: Kron 4]