Today is National Methamphetamine Awareness Day. Remember Stephanie from Full House? Oh yeah, she’s a total meth head now. This hit home especially hard here at Frank, where we are mostly all child starlets.

Killing animals isn’t what it used to be. These days its all steel traps, high powered rifles, compound bows and other stuff we at Frank consider cheating. That’s why we have a deep respect for all those who practice the art of noodling. Also called hogging, tickling or grabbling, noodling says, ‘to hell with modern fishing equipment, I’m going in with what God gave me!’ The practice involves wading into shallow water and looking  for holes that house catfish. When a noodler encounters a possible catfish hideout he or she inserts a hand in as bait. Some noodlers wear gloves, but the purists insist on going bare handed. If a catfish is indeed inside, it will most likely bite the noodler’s fingers (this is actually desired), allowing the noodler to bring it to the surface. If this sounds ‘cute’, you’re not understanding that these catfish run about 25 lbs a piece. If that’s not enough to keep you out of the water, remember that other creatures inhabit those holes. One run in with a snapping turtle will make most first time noodlers retreat to their rods. Don’t be fooled by this video. Noodling is not all smiles and giggles. Just ask Frank’s resident fisherman, Stumpy.   

Starting today, we’ve got 3 colorways of the all over crackle print with removable flightwings from Mike23, available at Frank’s Chop Shop. Supplies are limited, act fast. Come through and peep other exclusives as well, from Stussy/Goods, Commonwealth, King Stampede, Recon, 10 Deep and others.

Crooks, thieves, burgulars, jackers, boosters, robbers and kleptos - learn from this guy’s mistakes.

We got a bottle of 42 Below delivered to the Chop Shop a few weeks ago. 42 Below’s claim is that some of the world’s purest water, right from New Zealand, goes into each bottle of vodka. It was indeed smooth, with minimal kick. They boast a 42% alcohol content to match the location of their distillery, 42 degrees south of the equator in Central Aotearoa, NZ. The vodka gets the Frank seal of approval. That alone should triple sales (maybe). But like most successful products, it’s all about the marketing. 42 Below has worked hard on their image. Some of their print ads include,

“There’s only one thing better than drinking 42 Below by yourself and that’s drinking 42 Below with friends. Nymphomaniac friends.”

“58% alcohol free.”

and

“Purer than the driven snow. Even if you drove it yourself from Colombia.”

42 Below has also unleashed a ferocious string of viral videos over the past few years. Though I hadn’t seen any before I logged onto their site, the videos allegedly caused a little bit of ruckus abroad. Those are available at 42below.com, so we chose instead to post the video from the 2006 Cocktail World Cup. With one semester left of college, I’m scrambling to change my minor to mixology. It looks like fun.

42 Below, started in 2001, was recently acquired by Bacardi for $91 million, cash. That’s a billion and change less than what Bacardi paid for Grey Goose, but I’m sure the good folks at 42 Below didn’t complain much. Afer all, we can’t all be Sidney Franks. The moral of this review? Start brewing your own vodka, be it in a distillery, bathtub, mop sink or toilet. One day Bacardi will pay you millions for it. www.42below.com

Simply Amazing

We’ve posted a few flix from the Chop Shop’s opening night photo exhibition. Mad heads turned out to show us love. Special thanks to all those in attendance.
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If there’s one thing that Ian Reid should be famous for, it’s for having a good time.  This dvd chronicles a solid 10 years of some real diversified footage.  So have a good time with Ian and friends as they span country and continent to enjoy the skate spots, women, aggravated assault, and all other sorts of wacky adventures in this diamond in the rough.  My favorite clip?  This poor candadian hoser getting the multiple leg drops to the face.

People in Japan are SERIOUS about video games!

 Swagger X Ghostface Killah X Frank151. On Sale at Frank’s Chop Shop your next pay day, Friday Nov 17th!