Head Porter Plus S/S 2010

February 19th, 2010 | Posted by Martin

I’ve been a bit obsessed with hpp lately. The 2010 S/S collection doesn’t exactly help my condition. I hope most of it reaches Europe (and especially Firmament, since that’s the closest place us Scandinavians can buy hpp now that Super Market in Gothenburg is closing and Wood Wood in Copenhagen will stop carrying it). Tres Bien Shop in Malmö is a beacon of hope in the Cheap Monday-infested Sweden, but sadly they suffer from the (aptly named) “looks-really-good-on-the-web-but-damn-the-physical-store-sucks-and-the-people-working-there-seem-a-bit-pretentious syndrome”, and even though they say they carry hpp I certainly didn’t see any when I was there. I much prefer the Firmament way, where they actually remove the brand from the brand list in their web shop when they are out of stock of said brand. You know, makes sense.

(Picture blatantly stolen from http://plog.honeyee.com/)

I want to go to Tokyo…

February 18th, 2010 | Posted by Martin

…and shop at the new Nike Sportswear by Head Porter Plus store that opens February 20th. It will be open for a year only, but that’s enough time for me to be able to pay it a visit later this year if all goes according to plan.

@ Lindvallen, Sälen

February 18th, 2010 | Posted by Martin

A bit cloudy, but still a great day for skiing!

Zorro…

January 20th, 2010 | Posted by Martin

…is awesome!

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Happy new year!

January 5th, 2010 | Posted by Martin

2010

Head Porter Online Store goes international!

November 9th, 2009 | Posted by Martin

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Just realized today that Head Porter’s online store (that until now was only for the japanese market) has opened its virtual doors for international customers. Beautiful bags and cases for everyone!

Head Porter Plus.

November 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Martin

I’ve found my new winter jacket! Tweed and down!
Now I just need to decide which colorway…

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2009: A great year for hip-hop!

October 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Martin

Thanks to my pal Jesper I’ve avoided sleeping on some great releases this year. When listening to the new M.O.P. and Raekwon I can’t help to think 2009 will be remembered as a great year for hip-hop, and as the year when the old dogs reclaimed the scene from the kids.

Some essential rap albums 2009:
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Raekwon – “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II”
Stand out track:  ”Gihad”

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M.O.P. – “Foundation”
Stand out tracks: “Crazy” & “Blow The Horns”

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Mos Def – “The Ecstatic”
Stand out tracks: “Auditorium” & “Pretty Dancer”

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DOOM – “Born like this”
Stand out track: “Absolutely”

New arrivals from Japan.

September 11th, 2009 | Posted by Martin

This book is actually quite fun. Hiroshi Fujiwara has got some nice stuff, that’s for sure. It covers everything from his Patek Philippes to his favourite rubber bands.

The parts about Eric Clapton are interesting! It almost seems a bit romantic the way he describes how they went to Hermès to order two guitar cases together, and how Eric special ordered an all black guitar from Martin & Co with the initials “EC & HF” on it.

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…and the latest Honeyee magazine with Hiroki Nakamura on the cover:

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Out in the woods.

August 31st, 2009 | Posted by Martin

The Woods!

Me and my friend Brun where out in the woods searching for golden chanterelles yesterday. It was such a great autumn day.  First, we rode our bicycles out to Nacka nature reserve. No luck there though, so we continued out to Älta, where I scored some records and a Sartre book (La Nausée) at a flea market. I love when it’s obvious that you are the first person to go through a crate of records at a private estate flea market: All the good stuff is still there!

In the end, we didn’t find that many chanterelles. Allthough more than are depicted here:

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The few we found, however, tasted heavenly fried in butter with some salt and pepper.

Fried Chantarelles!

And oh boy, there were lots and lots of lingonberries to be found (we didn’t pick any though)

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…and blueberries. Yum!

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Brun.

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