GOOD ART HLYWD » HLYWD http://www.goodarthlywd.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:30:39 +0000 en hourly 1 3 Skulls are better than none http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/21/3-skulls-are-better-than-none/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/21/3-skulls-are-better-than-none/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:37:56 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=1105 Seems I forgot to squeeze out this additional bit of HLYWD trivia from my post about Sly’s Expendables. I’ve been a fan of vegetable-dyed, hand sewn leather goods ever since my friend Eldon bestowed its few but exceptional virtues upon me. The stuff we use is made primarily for saddlery and tack gear, it’s a little stiff and a bit unforgiving at the start, but once you get some wear under your belt (so to speak) you’ll have yourself a leather piece to last a lifetime that feels as comforting as your grandpa’s hands ever did. There’s nothing like a perfectly worn wallet or key chain to make you feel at home until you get there. So that’s why we make things this way. We get our hides from a tannery that’s been doing it the same way for 140 years. No chromium, no weird caustic chemicals, just vegetable dyes in pots in the forest. We cut and punch everything out by hand and use two needles and thread to pull it all together. Earnest and study are the orders of the day when we’re making something from leather. And this Single Buckle Triple Skull leather bracelet is no exception. Start to finish, made by hand, cut and sewn, the Sterling Silver pieces cast right here in our little foundry, this like everything we make, is the genuine article. Expensive? No. Does it cost a lot, yep. But if this helps any, Sly can be seen wearing one most every day, and that includes in his latest movie. So if you want me to make you one too, go here.
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]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/21/3-skulls-are-better-than-none/feed/ 0 Sly’s Expendables http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/20/slys-expendables/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/20/slys-expendables/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:24:27 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=1090 Always up for a good fight and with a flair for going over the top, Sly classed up the screen this month with some GOOD ART in the release of The Expendables movie. I’m so glad that in a world of skinny jeans and latte’s, Stallone has the gumption to single-handedly keep lit the torch of mega action films. You go Rambo, er Rocky! You see what I mean, he’s not just legendary, he’s a bunch of legends. His lucky ring is a custom GA job; a large rose-topped Sugar Skull in Sterling & 22KT gold with propeller blades for eyes, lightening bolt brows, sticks of dynamite for cross bones and a bomb for a third eye. Subtle. What you won’t see in the movie is this huge bracelet I didn’t get done in time.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/08/20/slys-expendables/feed/ 0 Hockey & Punk Rock http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/04/20/hockey-punk-rock/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2010/04/20/hockey-punk-rock/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:15:12 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=758 The Vancouver Canucks were in LA today to deliver a whooping to our LA Kings. So of course with so many of my favorite Canadians here (and a special delivery of a beautiful Nucks Jersey from Langdon), I proudly went dressed as the enemy, and I loved it. We were but smidge of blue in a sea of black. Nice work Kings, we’ll (they’ll) get you next time! Also, the blimp is cool, the white towels are lame. However, what’s not lame… The Briggs. They’re a bitchen’ LA band, they played at the game tonight. And Jason LaRocca is my friend!

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]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/12/09/491/feed/ 0 AMG SLS UNVEILING http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/12/04/amg-sls-unveiling/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/12/04/amg-sls-unveiling/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:27:44 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=443 Tommy Kendall unveiled the new SLS at a sneak preview bash at the LA Auto Show tonight. Now I’m not Merc fan #1, but this is the first ever car designed ground up by AMG, and it’s sick.

]]> http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/12/04/amg-sls-unveiling/feed/ 0 Adrian slows down in HLYWD http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/11/25/adrian-slows-down-in-hlywd/ http://www.goodarthlywd.com/2009/11/25/adrian-slows-down-in-hlywd/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:46:46 +0000 JW https://www.goodarthlywd.com/?p=395 JW & Adrian.4crop.2.665On vacation from being one of the fastest men alive, Formula One driver Adrian Sutil spent some time in LA this last week. Sunshine, fat-arse foods, California girls… it didn’t take much to drag him away from Switzerland for a week. Adrian drove the 2009 season for Force India and he’ll start training again for the 2010 season in a couple weeks. Follow his progress this next season on his website.

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Thanks a million Moto, Hisashi, Jiro, Takuro, Teru and Toshi.

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