The Reference Council

Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 (2nd ed.)

Though The Reference Council is a men’s lifestyle mag you won’t find any of the usual “How to get that six-pack-look for the beach” or “How to pump your biceps-peak” bullshit here. Not because we are lazy fucks (well, sometimes we are), but because we do not believe in the mainstream-fitness-only-for-the-looks crap. What we do believe in, however, is lifting weights, heavy-metal and being true to ourselves. In comes Jim Wendler and his fantastic “5/3/1″ training template. Centering around the “big-4″ (no, not Slayer, ‘tallica, Anthrax and Megadeth) of lifts, this is a simple but highly effective and challenging training-system, which will not only make you the strongest dude at your gym and your muscles explode but make you grow as a person too. It’s a state-of-mind and it is about being a man. Hop over to Jim’s website or buy the book via amazon.com. And don’t forget: “If in doubt, play some Sabbath”.

Whiskey Blender

Whiskey Blender is a website / service that let’s you blend your own brand of whiskey based on 7 different stock whiskeys. Seriously, I haven’t been this excited all week. Whilst, the variety of usable whiskeys to blend with is seemingly a little small, this is still the best thing I have seen on the web all year. It’s designed in such a way to make the experiment enjoyable for even the slowest among us and I have bee fooling around with it for an hour already.

Check it out here.

Documentary About Life, Happiness, Money and Tech Metal

“Why You Do This” is a question I need not to ask anyone that has been or is a touring band – we all know. For those that don’t, and for those that want to remember, this documentary is an excellent low tech insight into the mind frame of exactly the above.

Watch it here.

Levi’s – Locals Only: Marseille

There is this huge story behind this video that I won’t get into here, those who need to know, do so, but to wrap it up: The head of the Black Lodges Marseille Chapter, Anthony Dettori, does some really good work on the Levi’s skateboarding project. I spent my summer down in Marseille with my crew- which was beyond awesome, and whilst we where there drinking and shooting the shit, he worked on a video project called “Locals Only” with Levi’s. It is hard to capture the essence of that great city and the spirit of the crew down there, but the film does do it justice. For some reason we even got a shout out at the end of the film when really, all we did was supply booze and spiritual guidance.

Anyhow, enjoy the clip, it is essentially about the Black Lodges Chapter in Marseille, but don’t tell anyone. Respect to Anthony & David.

Watch it here.