Lady Gaga and Beyoncé “Telephone”

Lady Gaga is prolific at creating new music and videos. Her videos are as anticipated as her songs. Today is a big video day here at MOB. But I love Gaga’s creativity, whether you like her or not, you can’t ignore her. The newest video she teams up with the woman of my dreams Beyoncé.
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Two on Tuesday with Three Doors Down

Three Doors Down first hit in the US was “Kryptonite“. The band has since sold well over 16 million records worldwide since their debut album, The Better Life, which was released in 2000. They also perform more than 300 concerts a year! Thanks to Wikipedia

My second favorite song by Three Doors Down is “Here Without [...]

Two Tenors For Tuesday

Two Tenors  For Tuesday

Every once in awhile we tend to do what some of the many other blogs do in regards to traditions. On Tuesdays many blog have a feature called Two For Tuesday, hence the title. Most of these posts, the blogger picks out two of their favorite songs to share with their readers. Today [...]

She’s Back and Better Than Ever

After a ten year sabbatical, one of MOB’s favorite “In The Mood” songstress Sade (pronounced  shar-DAY) is back. And we proclaim better then ever.
In doing the preparation for this article it was necessary to tune into The View this morning to watch Sade sing her new single Soldier of Love. We included it below for [...]

R.I.P. Teddy

I am a bit late on getting this out to you. Today we all say good bye to Teddy Pendergrass . A voice that could send shivers up your spine and for women everywhere’s else. From his old days with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes  to his last offering that I could remember called “Truly Blessed.

The Philadelphia soul [...]

MOB Band Interview: Treadmill Trackstar

We had the chance last week to chat with , what MOB believes is the beginning of a ship that has yet to get launched. Treadmill Trackstar’s is one of those groups you can’t help but root for. Eclectic and distinctive, we believe you’re going to love them as much as we do. So sit [...]

The Ten Best Rock Bands and Songs Of All Time

While listening to the radio this afternoon I heard three songs in a row of bands that I will classify in, my all time favorite bands list. Being it’s Friday night  I thought it would be fun, to come up with a few lists of some of my favorites.  It’s much harder then I thought [...]

Sometime Today….

This is a big day for us here at Man Over Board.  So please excuse us for blowing our horn today.
This will be our first day that two milestones will have been achieved. The first has to due with traffic to our blog. We will have broken the 1000 daily page view hurdle for the [...]

Wake Up, It’s Sunday Night

The end of yet another weekend and for those who are younger then I, that could mean a night out of dancing and having fun, maybe even both nights of celebrating. Hell, I know I used to cut a rug every weekend. But alas now, I am more sedentary and of course spend all my free time working [...]

Unfamiliar Vintage: A look at Garbstore

A look at Garbstore’s AW09 offering, image courtesy of Dazed Digital.

Having founded One True Saxon, and helmed R. Newbold and Red Ear in the Paul Smith empire, Ian Paley’s reputation speaks for itself. His most recent venture, Garbstore enters its second year with the unveiling of ‘General Public’ for AW09. Now, I have heard a number of positive whisperings about the label but have not yet visited the store or really investigated the label at all aside from the odd forgotten mental note. Having seen the images for the latest collection over on Dazed Digital I have to plan a little trip to Portobello and will certainly not forget this label anytime soon!

Garbstore aspires to be and draws its influence from what they have coined ‘Unfamiliar Vintage’. The brand aims to create familiar garments, not outlandish pieces, garments with a foot in the past and look to the future, nodding at a couple of things along the way. “The whole idea is to recreate that idea of dead-stock altogether.” For their fifth own-brand Garbstore collection, they pay tribute to those that take pride in helping one’s community, hence the name ‘General Public’.

Garbstore’s use of original fabrics, US talon zips, five needle double neck tees, three hole button detailing and plantation Indigo denim pays homage to the craftsmanship tailoring of days gone by and this has to be applauded. I will leave you to marvel over the look book images for SS09 which I have only just stumbled across following a little label research.