Local Snails!

As a part of our never ending quest to bring you new and cool zines we've stumbled accross a corker! I'm very pleased to announce that we are now stockists for a zine that is local to us here in Ippo Rock City! We now have some copies of the very marvellous Snailwell Gazette for your zine reading pleasure. Get more info here -
http://knowyourproduct.net/punk-shop/product_info.php/products_id/656

Banners!!!

BIG thanks to Tim at Custom Skins for making us this lovely banner that we're going to be using when we run stalls and bivoac in ditches when we play at scouts.

Eye Pee Freely

While Rikki is doing the hoovering I thought I'd grab a few minutes to let you know the new issue of IP1 Mag is now in our shop. It's a free magazine printed on fancy paper and it has a whole page article on us! There's more info on IP1 Mag here - http://www.ip1zine.com/

High Tech Rain Heavy Metal Rain Repellant System

Whether you're hurtling down a log flume or soaking up the sounds at a rock festival do it in style in this Pefect Circle poncho. Modelled by the delightfull Andrew Culture this plastic power rock poncho features all the appropriate openings, a hood and a sassy PEFECT CIRCLE back print. Be the envy of all our friends when the heavens open this autumn.

This item is on ebay right now! CLICK HERE

The kids are alright

Well they're not so much kids as wee hardcore punkers I guess, but check out how excited Matthew Aldous got when he saw our new clothing stock! Being the caring kinda shop we are we let him clean up using our executive wash facilites.

Meanwhile regular number 2 was checking out our new fancy studs and spikes and found a novel way of wearing the dragon claws that we've now only got a few of. I think it will catch on, whatcha reckon? Just remember where you saw it first!

Expansion and Disposal

The arse you see in this photo belongs to our good mate Dom who last night helped us cobble together another rack as the balancing act we've been doing with our CDs, and putting stock on a shelf so high nobody can actually see it didn't seem to be a very good way of convincing punters to actually buy stuff.

Sadly this development did mean that we had to get rid of our much loved chair, but then again we think a young lad might have pissed on it. Mitch (one of our regulars) offered to give it a home but in the end we had to get rid of it in a wicked hurry as we had less space in the shop than one of them fancy new flats they're building round the corner from us. So sadly it ended it's days in a big skip at the municipal tip, along with other fellow urine soaked bits of discarded furniture.

hey McFly!!!

Continuing our series of cool modes of transport we have Marty in his hot rod, obviously it's not a hot rod yet, but there's one under there bursting to get out! This shot actually took three attempts as each time he stopped outside the shop the lights changed just as I struggled out from behind the counter with all the grace of a a frog on a fork! Seeing this blue wonder makes me want to get a 1976 Dodge Monaco even more, I'd better get saving my pennies!

Oh in shop news, we've got a TON of great clothing comming in the next couple of days, and our online shop is starting to get pretty full too, check it out!

we're being watched!!

True! Check this out http://www.punknews.co.uk/forum2/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=36732;start=0#msg782866

Our first instore performance!

We've just booked Newbury Skate punks 'Second In Line' to play an acoustic set in the shop on November 10th, just before they head off for a set at the Steamboat. If it goes well we may well book more passing bands.

We made the news!

Well kinda, it's the front page news on http://punknews.co.uk/ still pretty smart!

Slut!

We've just got 8 copies in of one of my favourite zines Bubblegum Slut in, it's a local one too! Well Essex anyway, and is at the head of what seems to be a massive revivial of zines in that fair county.

More info here -
http://knowyourproduct.net/punk-shop/admin/categories.php?cPath=31

Zine and seen

I've just set up out second camera, it's not where it's going to end up but I decided to activate it anyway and stick it on our counter. You can have a gawp by going to www.knowyourproduct.net and clicking on 'webcams'.

I'm also dead chuffed that we just got in a bunch of copies of two of my favourite zines, Gadgie and Bald Cactus, and amazingly they only cost 50p each! Remember, we do free postage so that really is a steal!

Gadgie- http://knowyourproduct.net/punk-shop/product_info.php/products_id/504

Bald Cactus- http://knowyourproduct.net/punk-shop/product_info.php/cPath/31/products_id/503

Spy on us!

Huzzah, I finally got round to fixing the webcams! Well one of them anyway. To spy on us go to http://www.knowyourproduct.net/webcams.shtml If you click the wee link under the image you can even move the camera round! The camera is inbetween the two rooms of our shop so look left and right to catch all the 'action'.

NUFC & ITFC

Oo-er, some sneak has stuck a Norwich City FC sticker over the Red Flag poster!

Bin There!

Huzzah, finally our recycling bin has arrived! After upsetting the ladies at the Samaritans shop a few doors down but putting trash in their wheelie bin we've been storing up our waste then taking it home to get rid of! Finally we conceeded that we'd have to spend some money on a bin, unlike residential properties cos we're a business we don't get a bin, even although we still pay tax! Anyhew, as futher commitment to our ethical business we can now recycle everything! We might have to find a better place to keep the bin though!

We've been stenciled!!!

How cool is this! I'd like to think whoever the mystery spray can fan is made this wee ska man just for us :) We're really chuffed with this and there are cool of loads stencils spring up around town, just open your eyes! And yes, that pavement was far too hot to be sitting on, hence the face like a bulldog that's just spat out a wasp. Cheers to Nick the Greek for taking the photo.

Expansion

Sadly it's looking like the 'armchair of rock' might have to go to make way for some more cds racks, which is great for us but bad for your tired feet! As with last time we decided to indulge in some active recyling and go bin dipping again! As this is expansion though no ordainry skip would do, we had to go for a HUGE skip! There was easily enough wood in there to build half a shanty town! But we've decided just the cd rack will do! But this will mean more space for gig posters so keep bringing them in!

Get Dressed!

I can't remember if I've mentioned it yet, but we've got custom clothing! Our clothing is made by the wife of the chap that hand painted our lovely shop sign. Rikki is modeling a lovely tartan zip jacket, unlike some other zippy clothes our zips are real pockets! There's a bunch of other clothing we've got in and we can make stuff for you, just let us know what you want!

With a little help from our friends...

With a lot of help from Marc 'Aflightoremember' Newby we are filling up the online store. We're working our way through the punk section at the moment, but we'll be moving onto other stuff real soon! Cheers Marc!

is this a local shop?

Huzzah, we've got our local bands section off the ground, have a butchers here - http://knowyourproduct.net/punk-shop/index.php/cPath/44