Friday Flush, Issue 6

I'm conforming to iWorld.Hey dudes and dudettes, I have exciting news for you all.

Check out my new digs—a pinstripe suit from our publication advisers Angela and Casey with a pair of navy oxfords to match!  Casey also got me what he thought was a “murse” but I think it’s a slightly oversized wallet.

Not only that, they got me a new iPhone.  What more could a toy ask for?  I want to give a shout-out and say thanks Casey and Angela!  You two are just far out.

Catch me in my new suit at our editor-in-chief’s commencement ceremony today, the upcoming summer weddings and the snazzier jazz clubs.

Glad for friends who get fashion.

This is my better side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60′s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.


Friday Flush, Issue 4

Folks, today I will cover the grooviest man alive at the intersection of jazz and toilets, John Hollenbeck.  The composer/drummer has contributed solid coverage of the best toilets to the jazz community at large in his 2010 review.  Below is just one of his descriptions of the top eight toilets (and urinals) from around the globe.  Don’t miss out on the full article from Ethan Iverson’s blog!

Karlsruhe Jazz Club in Germany (image courtesy of dothemath.typepad.com)

 

 

Keramag – Karlsruhe Jazz Club, Germany: Can’t go wrong with a nice green background! Keramag’s hipness creates a comfortable atmosphere where one can easily get in a “zone”.

 

 

A little birdie told me that Hollenbeck even had a Claudia Quintet album in the works with tracks named after toilets.  Righteous.  Unfortunately, the toilet companies shut that project down.

Mr. Hollenbeck, sir, keep up the good fight.

 

[EDIT] Dude, I saw that the Claudia Quintet released an album with some of the tracks named after toilet models after all.  Pick up a copy of Royal Toast to get hip to “Crane Merit,” “American Standard” and more.

 

Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60′s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.


Friday Flush, Issue 3

Hey, did you all make it through Frankenstorm?  I’ve been chillaxin’ on hurrication on the Upper West Side and couldn’t believe the pictures of Sandy’s work in other areas, like lower Manhattan and Haiti.  It’s a bummer that it didn’t wash out all the rats from the city along with everything else.

They say this might be the beginning of ratpocalypse, with the storm driving underground rats up to spread infectious disease.  Should I be worried?  Check out the Huffington Post video below for the deets.

Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60′s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.


Friday Flush, Issue 2

Hey dudes and dudettes—I’m back for the second issue of Friday Flush!

It hasn’t been easy keeping this beach body solid with so many happening barbeques in July.  And you know what a lot of hot dogs and burgers mean … more toilet usage.  Ever wonder what happens after you flush?

Courtesy of John Metcalfe, The Atlantic CitiesFirst, the water goes through sewer pipes to your city’s wastewater plant.  Then, it goes under various levels of treatment until released into the local stream.  FYI—flushing Kleenex, sanitary napkins and other junk is uncool, man.  Read The Atlantic Cities article by John Metcalfe here.

Anyway, my summer has been just phenomenal so far.  I watched the documentary Still Bill on the soul brother Bill Withers and found out that he had a job making toilets for 747 aircrafts before he became an American icon.  Right on.  I get stoked about stuff, while seating and thinking on the toilet seat; actually making toilets must be a whole other level of magic.

In Bill’s own words: “I installed cameras in those toilets … So if you’ve ever been to the bathroom on a 747, I know you very well—you understand?”

I want to give a shout-out to everyone that has sent suggestions for future flushes through email, facebook and twitter.  Keep them coming and you can comment below too!

Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60′s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.


Friday Flush

Here goes the first in a series of Friday Flush articles, where I will cover groovy topics that don’t fit under our chief writer’s Tuesday Toilet Talk.

Taken from mingusmingusmingus.comWe all know that Charles Mingus was a rad composer/bassist but dig this.  Mingus was a pioneer in more ways than one and paved the path for this publication, in his write-up of the Cat Toilet Training Program.

Once your cat is trained to use a cardboard box, start moving the box around the room, towards the bathroom. If the box is in a corner, move it a few feet from the corner, but not very noticeably. If you move it too far, he may go to the bathroom in the original corner. Do it gradually. You’ve got to get him thinking. Then he will gradually follow the box as you move it to the bathroom… Finally, you reach the bathroom and, eventually, the toilet itself.

Far out, isn’t it?  Read the rest of the four-step program to getting your cat to use the toilet on Mingus’s site.

Catch me next reporting from sunny California!  I’m stoked to cover our first Los Angeles edition at blue whale on June 25th to deliver the skinny on their toilets from the management, musicians and patrons.  Until then, peace cats!

Staff writer/model Ken® has appeared in the short, Hawaiian Vacation (2011), and numerous other features, making his first appearance in the 60’s.  He has been named (the boyfriend of) one of the most influential cultural icons of the century and is a true renaissance man, with skills ranging from leading safaris in the wild to shaving without gel in the concrete jungle.  Ken® currently resides in Manhattan but vacations frequently at his dream house in Malibu.