Yo! Hope ya’ll had a great Thanksgiving! In case you were too busy rewatching the Carter documentary or stuck in a turkey-induced haze, here’s a look back at the week in Bloglin. I watched it, and think it’s a fascinating look at an artist and his relationship with drugs. I really like the part when he gets a crack tattooed on his forehead and he dances around saying, “I’m Frankenstein!” Heh.

• Black Friday has come and gone! A big thanks to all the Мишка fans and savvy shoppers alike who came out to 350 Broadway at the crack of dawn to scoop up items from the new Holiday line – which is available now in the online shop!!! If you haven’t already, check out the Holiday ’09 Lookbook featuring some wonderfully atmospheric photography by Marley Kate.

• Skateboard Jay of South Florida proudly joined the Мишка Tattoo Club with a fresh “Engineered to Destroy” piece. Fuck and Yes.

• In the news: Poor bastard Rom Houben was thought to be in a coma for 23 years. Turns out he was only paralyzed and completely conscious the whole. The fuck? – Syndicated radio host Alex Jones drops some inconvenient truths about climate and tyranny and yadda yadda yadda. – Cornholio still needs TP for his bunghole.

• Blame the Vidiot for the new Kill With Video: Old Dogz (F*ck You Like an Animal Megamixxx)!!!

• If you don’t check out the Back to the Future mod, Darth Vader is going to come down from the planet Vulcan and melt your brain.

• The Sludge/Stoner/Doom debates continue with Choice Is Yours Vol. 54: Crack the Skye vs. Blue.

• Wondering how you can win one of the 40 Мишка x Brütal Legend Tees Kotaku is giving away? Just click here for the info and be prepared to prove your metal!!!

• Top ranking reviews of the week: Sleeping and Hiding from Tor Lundvall, For the Sake of No One from Revelation, and Transition from Ryan Leslie.

Kotaku is giving away 40, that’s right 40 of the Мишка x Brütal Legend Tees! You all keep emailing, tweeting how you can get your hands on the, well here’s your best shot! These tees will not ever be sold, they’re strictly giveways, so if you really want one you’ll have to put a little more work into it besides busting our your credit card.

Here’s the deal from Kotaku:

All you have to do is drop in a photo of yourself in pure metal pose, proving your metalocitiy, in the comments to this thread. We”ll randomly select among the metal posers… ha…. 40 winners.

The contest is open to anyone in the world… who loves metal. No promise on which of the two designs you’ll land if you win or what size you’ll get. But we’ll try our best.

Now, get to the posing and posting. Submit your picture by Dec. 2 and we’ll announce the winners on Dec. 4.

Hurry up though, the contest is ending pretty soon! Send your submission in to editor@kotaku.com. Head over to Kotaku for full details on the contest

During the wild shopping Black Friday weekend sale here at 350 Broadway our good buddy, and artist extraordinaire Nick Gazin, stopped by the store chat it up for a bit. Nick being the proud artist and salesman that he is tried to make sure that the t-shirt that he designed for the Holiday collection Sweet Sweet Simon did well by inviting some our customers to purchase it.

But as awesome as the t-shirt is it didn’t sway these particular customs and after let’s say too much persistence the customers got a little fed up with Nick’s antics.

….then shortly after proceeded to beat him senseless with hangers. It sucks that Nick had to learn it the hard way. But we here at the Мишка store know that Rule #2 is. Мишка customers are nuttin’ to Fuck wit!

Мишка
350 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY

J/M/Z to Marcy Ave.
G to Broadway
L to Lorimer

Litfiba – Eroi Nel Vento

Goldie – Temper Temper

Digital Boy feat. Mc Fresh aka Mc Rage – Children Of The House (Live)

DJ Oddz – Strung Up V.I.P.

Ikonika – Sahara Michael

Bonus:
Alexander Nut – Rinse FM Nov. 21st Podcast

Even before the crack of dawn loyal Мишка fans and dedicated bargain hunters alike lined up at the doors at 350 Broadway to get their hands on all the goodies that awaited them inside. Black Fridays at the Мишка store are chocked full special treats for all those who were willing to weather the wait.

The excitement was building on the line as the clocked ticked down on the Black Friday sale.  Fans anxiously awaiting their chance to get their hands on the МИШКА x Phenomenon Leather Jacket, Malamute Snorkel Jacket,  Holiday T-shirts or any other of the new Holiday collection that debuted today.

Along with getting a whopping 50% off of all the new holiday collection all of the ambitious shoppers lucky enough to make it in first received a limited edition Death Adder Black Friday edition t-shirt. This special edition t-shirt was made in a super short run especially for or early morning shoppers, so if your looking into grabbing one of these in the future you’re fresh out of luck. The only way to get this tee was to be on line! Better luck next time.

Here we have a few happy campers enjoying their dope new Death Adder t-shirt getting ready to get a couple of brag n’ boasting points as they rum it in a friend or two’s face. But if you missed out on the free goodies that were being given out on Friday don’t be, because the Black Friday sale carries through until Sunday. So you still have a chance to scoop up some of your pieces from the Fall and Holiday collections at a great price!

Мишка
350 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY

J/M/Z to Marcy Ave.
G to Broadway
L to Lorimer

Tor Lundvall – Sleeping and Hiding (2009) [Dais] // Grade: A

I’ve written and deleted the phrase “Tor Lundvall paints music” no fewer than 15 times in the past 5 minutes. It’s stupid. It’s writerly. But listen to Sleeping and Hiding: it’s also effing true. Everything about this album is as textural and rich as thick paint on canvas; not watercolors but oils, not translucent pastels but midnight blacks. It’s a thing with Lundvall, this sort of nuanced layering; his dark, ghostly compositions have made him one of the most consistently interesting ambient producers of the past decade (and honestly, one of the most underrated).

Originally intended to be the third in a series of albums that started with 2004′s Last Light and 2006′s Empty City, and released now on very limited edition, hand-numbered vinyl, Sleeping and Hiding is classic Tundvall: both haunted and ethereal, an album that only gets darker as it moves forward. Opener “City Rain” is the lightest of the bunch, packed with sweet, sweeping atmosphere and Tundvall’s buttery violin strain of a voice (think Thom Yorke meets Erlend Oye). But then we get into “Spring Song” — an ominous thump that feels less like spring than some totally non-aggressive interlude outtake from The Fragile — and the ghostly throb of “Dark Roads.” Then the ominous whistles and steady sub bass of “Bird Girl.” And by then, the album is so immersed in pitch-black night, it’s difficult to remember that it started on a vaguely lighthearted note.

Which isn’t to say it’s not pretty — Lundvall is nothing if not a gorgeous composer. Or that it’s even all that inaccessible. Though he’s always been mired in the heaviest ambiance, Lundvall does, at heart, seem to love the sense and structure of a decent pop song. He just also happens to love stripping it of everything but its most basic elements and enveloping it in a warm, dark cave of barely there sounds. Or, you know, painterly. Like I said.

Toronto: Faktory w/ Udachi (Trouble & Bass)

London: Deadly Rhythm w/ Kode9 (Hyper Dub), Zomby (Hyper Dub), Alexander Nut(Rinse FM)

Paris: Booty Call w/ The Count & Sinden, Sharkslayer

Salem – Legend

Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar

Neon Indian – Terminally Chill

OMD – So In Love

Screen Vinyl Image – Fever

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A reminder for all of you currently in turkey induced comas. Our Black Friday Sale extravaganza will start at midnight online. Make sure you are signed up for our newsletter and Twitter to ensure you get special discount codes for our online customers. In addition to the 35-50% off for the entire weekend on all Fall apparel, our Holiday 2009 collection will also be debuting online at midnight!

In-store once we open on Friday, November 27th at 6am, every hour we will be slashing prices in-store on our brand new holiday collection for all of you early birds. See the schedule below for details on the sale schedule and remember the earlier you are inside, the bigger the discount! 350 Broadway will follow our regular weekend hours on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th.

November 27th Sales Schedule
6am – 50% off Holiday items
7am – 40% off Holiday items
8am – 30% off Holiday items
9am – 20% off Holiday items
10am – 10% off Holiday items
11am – Holiday at full price (but free gift with any purchase of a Holiday item, deal ends at noon)

**In addition to the discounts on Holiday from 6-11am, all other apparel in-store will also be marked down 35-50%**

Those who can’t make it into the shop before noon on Friday, the 27th fear not because there will still be loads of savings to be had. You’ll not only still get your first chance at our Holiday 09 collection but all other apparel in-store will be 35-50% off for the entire weekend.

The first 30 customers to the shop that morning will also walk away with a FREE limited edition Black Friday T-Shirt and we’ll be slipping in gifts all weekend long for any purchases over $150.

Like we said, it’s going to be heavy. Come bright and early!!!

And don’t forget to check out our Holiday 09 lookbook shot by Marley Kate and these other previews while you’re at it!

• Мишка Holiday ‘09: Jackets

• Мишка Holiday ‘09: Hats

• Мишка Holiday ‘09: Denim & Pants

Мишка
350 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY

J/M/Z to Marcy Ave.
G to Broadway
L to Lorimer