High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
Accessories and Traveling
Traveling internationally and the daily humdrum that comes with it, especially when it comes to packing and organising one’s essentials can be a chore. I like traveling light yet need sturdy gear to rely on, so the more …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
Be Spunki
No matter if I am traveling or how long my days are, in a bid to balance stress and all that comes with a busy schedule, I try to get exercise in whenever possible.
While it is more …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors - Quality Shoes
Ah, shoes!
Sure, there are many things that make an appearance but no matter if you are still in the midst of your adolescence growing up in underground subcultures wearing your Vans or whatever Hypebeast touts as …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors - Outlaw Soaps
Fragrances can be many things - enhancing mood and being a seduction tool being two of them. Now, my dear crust punks, what are the qualities that makes a soap good?
Sure, there’s the ability to lather, …
High Adventure in the Great Outdoors - Bellroy
When it comes to what is commonly being labelled as “Everyday Carry Essentials”, there is no shortage of self-proclaimed premium brands that look the part, however, when put to the test, most of them do not lend themselves to …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors - Nudie
Laid back with his mind on the money and his money on his mind, Snoop Dogg used to roll down the street, smokin’ indo, sippin’ gin and juice – without the latter of which, the whole thang would be a trite …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Vinylize
Fashion and music have never not gone hand in hand and with the merch game being stepped up like never before, the new millennium has seen musical acts sparking entire fashion movements, apparel lines and had purists and polemics throw …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
Steteco
My first visit to Japan was in 2004 – many more for different reasons follow. What was a formidable experience the first time around, only got better once one was able to discern and deep dive into the beauty that is …
What’s Sumatra with you? High Voltage Coffee.
As the Descendents put it ever so eloquently “I don't need no booze or drugs/ I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug”. Now, my first visits to the US in the early 90s and when those lyrics were penned, were certainly …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Footwear
We covered how much boots and specifically Dr. Martens coined underground couture in the 1970s and throughout the 1980s. However, with the advent of hardcore and straight edge, punk got a long needed overhaul – down to below the …
Turbonegro, Tom of Finland and High Gloss
My first exposure to Turbonegro must have been via the triumvirate that are the Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives, Helta Skelta and Never is Forever albums, which entered my rotation in the early 1990s.
However, it was not …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Undone
There are no two ways about it: The opposite of “off-the-rack” is gaining in popularity with customization being a feat of exclusivity and luxury. What in the world of bespoke tailoring with clothing being made to individual measurements of …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Lonely Planet
It has been almost fifty years since Lonely Planet was incepted, following Maureen and Tony Wheeler’s trip across Europe, Asia and eventually Australia and what has started with some stapled booklets, has evolved to becoming the go-to resource …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors
What makes great soap?
Well, there are certainly some basic that need to be accomplished in terms of making it fundamentally sound, however, there is a point when soapmaking becomes an art in itself and leave behind scientific foundations.
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