Peace, Love & Podwars

The 60’s are coming to Major Toms! This Saturday (23rd January) we are holding the “Peace Love & Pod Wars” event.

The first 8 people to register by emailing majortomsbar@clear.net.nz will lock themselves down a 20 minute time slot to DJ via their ipod. All songs must be from the 1960s and you must must dress in 60’s attire. First pod-jockey starts at 9pm with the winner PJ’n for the last hour and taking home a prize pack from our buddies at Insight and a $100 bar tab at Major Toms, not to mention all the free love from 60’s groupies.

We’ll have some drink specials on the night, but only if you are dressed in 1960’s theme so get hitting those op-shops…..

www.majortomsbar.com

Major Toms is now open

We finally got Major Toms open on the weekend. Drop by for a beer, we’ll be open everyday over summer except Christmas. 297 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui.

www.majortomsbar.com

Major Toms

Within the next month or so there should be a new bar open in Mount Maunganui called Major Toms. It’s a project that my buddy Jay, my girlfriend Kaz and I are taking on. None of us know shit about the hospitality industry, but we reckon the Mount deserves a decent bar where the bouncer doesn’t tell you to take off your hoody (even though you’re clearly just wearing a jacket with a hood), you can listen to some decent music (not Britney Spears) and the atmosphere is relaxed and welcoming.

We’ve got a blog going documenting our progress, which is kinda funny as none of us know anything about building, painting, electrics, demolition etc either. You can check it out on majortomsbar.com.

This is the crazy piece of architecture we are taking on. What you can’t see in the photo is the whole thing is GOLD!

Fix this?

This funny cartoon was on monsterchildren.com a while back, I stumbled across it again today and still made me laugh. It seems not everyone is a fan of this fixie craze.

On the side of the road…

Some things I saw while doing a lap of the North Island

Insight Garage Artists Paparazzi

Insight put on an epic party last night in Auckland. I was official paparazzi guy. I posted a bunch of photos on my website ramboestrada.com.

Insight Garage Artists

Insights putting on an exhibition next week celebrating Garage Artists. I’ve got a black and white photo collage in there, so I’ll be there to drink more than my share of free beer.

You can check out my garage art piece on ramboestrada.com

Weng Weng

How is that I only discovered Weng Weng today!? I’d probably trade the wiener dog in for this little guy.

Vote for Blake

Whangamata grom Blake Myers has made the final of Stab magazine’s little weeds competition. He has entered as a film-maker, and this kid has got some skills. This is a surfing based competition, but Blake put together this little clip of my buddy Nanda and his famous Justy this week.

Click here and hit the Stab Ups button, if Blake wins he’ll get whisked off to Indo to film the Billabong team and make a movie for Stab.

Shipsterns Bluff - Tasmania

This place looks scary….