Eliot Murray, a good friend of the company, is our first guest DJ. He is an aspiring screenwriter and shade-tree musician living in Los Angeles. He writes,

So, given the recent re-embrace of unity among the leaders of the world via our nuevo presidente, I decided to wrangle some sweet “International-themed” music together. Some are local, some are foreign, but all dig into the cross-pollination of cultures to produce sweet results. Tchuss!

Can you imagine the day when you can read a newspaper on the internet? That’s ridiculous. Also, how will your monitor not get messy from all the ink?

Chad Hugo of the Neptunes drops some ‘Roc Boys’

Your grandfather had the pocket-watch (Don’t Call it a Comeback nominee) and grandfather clocks (obviously). Your mom had Swiss-Army watches and the metal-banded, beginner-bling Rolex. Your annoying sister had the Casio calculator watch. You, what do you have? They say size matters, and in some cases, smaller is better. This is one of those cases. You, lucky you, have the ring watch.
Fashion is always calling for accessories like purses, necklaces, and shoes, but who wants to wear a silly key on a chain or Kanye’s new hideous Louis Vuitton shoe? These ring watches are rings and on top of that, they’re watches. That’s two birds, one ring. It’s the most practical thing you can put on your finger, outside of maybe a bottle opener ring, but that won’t tell you what time happy hour even starts.

Major thanks to Julia Davis for this illustration

Scenario: You’re in Hong Kong. You want to call your boy, Vladimir Putin in Moscow, right now, to tell him about a secret Matt Miller concert that may not have happened yet in New York. Your grandpa Morty, mom Carol, and sister Gertrude didn’t have the technology to answer that, but you do. Just throw on your rings and you’re more than set.
This is why I submit the ring watch as the first entrant to “Don’t Call it a Comeback,” our returning to the spotlight trend tracker.

Do you have something you want to say? Something to promote? Something to demote?

Here’s our idea: Write a guestpost right here on Loose Lips, the loveliest new blog on the internet, brought to you by Cut & Sewn. Or another wonderful idea just came to us. You know how much you love our Friday playlists, but sometimes are thinking about a song that you wanted to hear. Make your own playlist and be our guest DJ! Contact lee@cutandsewn.com for more details. We look forward to hearing your voice!

That picture comes from this manual we’ve uncovered to hack construction signs. We’re not suggesting you do this, very illegal, but if you do, please send in your photos. (VIA geekologie).

Over at Flavorwire, I found a list of words that should be stricken from the English language. Have some to add?

Intrigued by Circuit City’s Liquidation Sale? Don’t be, it sucks.

With Cheney whimpering.

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Does Laughtoff = Laugh Lift Off? Let me know what you think about that one. Any way, although this is pretty late seeing as the first season has already ended, I wanted to put up a really funny cartoon, strangely showing on HBO. The Life and Times of Tim is the work of Steve Dildarian who provides the voice of Tim as he deals with neighborhood, assless pants wearing hookers, dogs pooping at work and pretending to be Hispanic. Check out the episode below.

Cut & Sewn hoodies scream, “Ask me where I got this hoodie!” This hoodie to your left is a Cut & Sewn original as worn by me, Lee Frank. Saying “karaoke kid” it begs the question, am I really a) a karaoke kid, b) like green and yellow shirts or c) maybe I’m just one of those kids that love kitchy, ridiculous clothing items.

Maybe with those silly glasses, you think c is the right answer. However, I am a monster on the microphone a. Although, I’d probably give half a point for b (green looks nice). Self-trained using Rock Band, I’ve been known to rock crowds like you rock a full-time job. Your next question, “Well then, what song do you sing?” My song, of course, is Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang.

With that in mind, I am often out in the streets wearing this hoodie. Like how it looks? You, too, could be rocking one looking just like this or even better, make your own hilarious phrase. Look below at what this hoodie won me recently, yum yum.

Although they formed just six months ago, Graydon is finding its place in LA’s crazy music scene. Packing places like the Hotel Cafe, they’re putting the fans in the seats. They’re about to hit the studio to record their first album, which from what I’ve heard from lead guitar/singer Matt Miller’s solo work, will be nothing short of awesome. He took the time to talk to Cut & Sewn.

Lee Frank: How did you get into music?
Matt Miller: Growing up there was always music around my house. My family is all musical. My dad’s a musician, a guitar player, my sisters all play music, too. I guess to start my career, I was in Italy and I had my guitar with me. Some friends decided we wanted to play at a bar there. I was living there for 5 months studying. We started playing some shows there and it was incredible. We played 3 or 4 shows and by the end of the semester, bars were packed and we played for tons of people. I could just feel it, for the first time that it was something I really wanted to do for my career.

You play the guitar. Do you play any other instruments?
I play piano. And I sing, I guess the voice is an instrument.

Who are your influences?
Like everybody else, The Beatles are a big one. That’s the first band I remember growing. I remember 4th grade, my dad had introduced me to Beatles albums. I remember listening to one with a bunch of friends in my class. We were listening to Magical Mystery Tour and I think as kids that’s a little bit weird, it looks kinda like a kids CD when you look at it. But I told my friends “we gotta listen to it.” And they were making fun of me because it was before they realized who the Beatles were. I knew for the first time in my life, I don’t even care what these people think, this is it, this is the real stuff. Also, I love a lot of old stuff like the Rolling Stones. Nowadays, I love Coldplay and Radiohead. I love bands that do something bigger, they capture something bigger than a couple hits. They have vision past hits on the radio, becoming something more than that.

After the jump the internet, belly dancing, and Little Richard. (more…)

So we missed a few weeks of playlists, major apologies. We’re making up for it big time this week with some fist-pumping, face-clenching rock jams.

This video might be very idealistic, but severly awesome as well. We really appreciate Lego videos.