"At Everbrite Mercantile we are not interested in following trends. We also have no desire to be The Trendsetters. We are satisfied with the unfettered simplicity of forging our own path."How's that for pretentious, douche-tastic copy?
Sunday, January 30, 2011
i like the sound of my own voice
highest score ever
Why is this man such a Happy Camper?
He just scored 6609 in "Bonus Lane" rules on our United Coronado Bowling Alley
and won a vintage gold-tone Ronson butane lighter for his effort.
the girl with him got a 4225 score... which is a great score too - she also won something.
but 6609. That's an all time Store Best record.
He just scored 6609 in "Bonus Lane" rules on our United Coronado Bowling Alley
and won a vintage gold-tone Ronson butane lighter for his effort.
the girl with him got a 4225 score... which is a great score too - she also won something.
but 6609. That's an all time Store Best record.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
iPods R for p*ssies
In-store only, the coolest Buddhist songs EVER... in Chinese or something. I dunno.
Friday, January 28, 2011
someone stole my stretch limo
The big open top bling-ey white limo...so I had to add another big cat to "Battle of Monkey Skull Mountain" making it a man v. beast riff.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Everbrite Mountain
I name you "Mount Everbrite" and claim you for the Kingdom of France.
Thank you, snow elves
Thank you, snow elves
Monday, January 24, 2011
Caretaker of Olde Machines
I likes me them machines. New, old, re-mashed... as long as they "do stuff". Even if the stuff it does is pointless.
Functionally Pointless is perfect.
Most of the stuff at Everbrite Mercantile works. The few things that don't function are in the process of becoming something new.
You've seen this before: Our beloved late 60s Arcade Big Ball Bowler. Called a 'Big Ball' because it uses 4.5 inch diameter balls, not the smaller 3 inch Skee Ball size of earlier bowlers from the 1950s. It also has the cool arcade-style scoring options which gives inexperienced players a shot at winning.
This Beast requires regular maintenance to keep it going. Luckily I find the tracing of old schematics and cleaning of dirty relays and leaf switches a pleasant exercise in zen meditation.
mottttttorcyyyyycle. Of the 2 stroke variety.
I love these things and I don't even smoke. Bringing vintage lighters back to life is another one of my zen meditations.
It's a shame that they don't manufacture these classic designs anymore.
But we still have them - our collection of good old lighters is growing daily.
Harry Potter called. He wants his friggin camera back.
Okay, so we DON'T have a Scopitone machine in the store and we're not getting one. But I am so intensely fascinated by it that you will definitely find some Scopitone-themed thing in our store by Summer. Some sort of modern hardware mash-up to intrigue oldsters and confuse the young'ns.
We'll be heading out west in February to fetch more olde stuff.
Functionally Pointless is perfect.
Most of the stuff at Everbrite Mercantile works. The few things that don't function are in the process of becoming something new.
You've seen this before: Our beloved late 60s Arcade Big Ball Bowler. Called a 'Big Ball' because it uses 4.5 inch diameter balls, not the smaller 3 inch Skee Ball size of earlier bowlers from the 1950s. It also has the cool arcade-style scoring options which gives inexperienced players a shot at winning.
This Beast requires regular maintenance to keep it going. Luckily I find the tracing of old schematics and cleaning of dirty relays and leaf switches a pleasant exercise in zen meditation.
mottttttorcyyyyycle. Of the 2 stroke variety.
I love these things and I don't even smoke. Bringing vintage lighters back to life is another one of my zen meditations.
It's a shame that they don't manufacture these classic designs anymore.
But we still have them - our collection of good old lighters is growing daily.
Harry Potter called. He wants his friggin camera back.
Okay, so we DON'T have a Scopitone machine in the store and we're not getting one. But I am so intensely fascinated by it that you will definitely find some Scopitone-themed thing in our store by Summer. Some sort of modern hardware mash-up to intrigue oldsters and confuse the young'ns.
We'll be heading out west in February to fetch more olde stuff.
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