Bloody funny this..

Man writes blog, blog gets taken the piss out of by STW crowd, content ripped to bits, man fights back in “Awe C’mon Lads..” shokka.

You’ve been in this industry for donkeys years and now, and on STW you find time to comment on what we think about your blog? You sought US out to find out what WE think?
How did you do that Sonny? You’ve either been here before or our Temple of STW reaches the parts other Forums don’t reach.
C’mon, whadddddya expect ? Really? We will argue the toss about anything, really anything, but in essence it’s Banter, good old fashioned Banter and bloody funny Banter at that.
Secular and ignorant in thought, maybe, but there are more folks on here far more diverse and intelligent than they care to type out..

I’d like to wish you BoL with your Blog/Mag, but don’t be surprised at critics vehement comments, it’s what the Internet was made for.

I’ve never read MBUK BTW,
🙄

How did you do that Sonny? You’ve either been here before or our Temple of STW reaches the parts other Forums don’t reach.

I sent Jamie the link on Twitter.

I suspect there’s a circular reference, as I’m pretty sure CaptainFlashHeart stalks a few people from here on Twitter. I’d guess that he saw the link there so started this thread, then I saw this thread so posted it to Twitter.

Actually, it’s even more circular than that:

This forum exists because the magazine was crowdfunded online. I contributed to that because there was no magazine around at the time that covered MTB riding as I understood it.

Bloody hell JH is37 years old? I now feel positively ancient!

And I’m not going to explain my idea here, I’ve been working towards Thursday for three years, so that’s when it’s coming out.

Good luck with the new venture……. if you get tired of sniffing coke off models breasts you can always design a niche bike. 😉

Elsewhere on STW: a two page thread on slippers 🙂

miketually – Member
Elsewhere on STW: a two page thread on slippers

😀 Therein lies a part of my point! STW contains many people who really are connoisseurs of almost anything. They might even curate their slipper collection in an artisan shoe cupboard made with wood that just simply wasn’t the right colour for their woodburner. 😀

And yes, Mike, I did spot it on the Twit via someone from the bike industry that I follow. Thought it was an amusingly STW type of thing, hence posting.

FWIW, the ‘not washing jeans’ diversion was marvelously funny!

FWIW, the ‘not washing jeans’ diversion was marvelously funny!

I thought so too 🙂

And it inspired me to go jean shopping.

Mike, see section 4 of The Manifesto.

THOU SHALT NEVER, EVER, WEAR PANTALOONS DE NIMES. When you have progressed beyond fondling girls in the back seats of cinemas, you can stop wearing jeans. Wear fabrics appropriate to your age, and, who knows, you might even get a quick fumble in your box at the opera.

From another niche magazine for chaps. 😉

Honestly, this is the sort of ignorance you don’t get to experience in many places.

as I was alluding to in my bearded men in sheds building bike frames post, we all justify things to ourselves by various means. I cannot justify spending what I do on bikes to none cycling mates, to some STWers I could, other STWers would still reckon I spend too much and a few may scoff at my cheap ass ride. I can’t justify to myself spending £200 on a pair of jeans and there’s no chance the wristwatch elite on here could justify £2k time pieces to me.

We’re all different, I’m don’t think placing different values on jeans/bikes/axes/beards makes anyone ignorant and a bit of pisstaking seems fair, how many cyclists have had “you could buy a car for that”? we don’t (shouldn’t) get all stroppy about it and laundry “indulgence” seemed ripe for mocking. Beardy Mcaxerson was funny, but cockmonkey crossed the line.

I thought the dad thing was alright, I don’t own an axe (or have a need for chopped wood) and the other stuff just doesn’t appeal to me, like I said I doubt I’m your target audience.

Well since it’s now live and we’re allowed to know what it’s about

Reading through the blurb, IF it managed to avoid the pretentious, ‘method living’ (Great phrase that 🙂 ) pitfall, it could actually be an interesting read.

Anyway, as I’ve said above, I hope Jamie has success with it even if I can’t see myself buying into it (Jeans for £200! You could buy a stem for that! 🙂 )

What’s even more weird, is that people are actually backing it (well a handful have)…..

People probably said the same about those of us who put money towards getting ST mag started – especially considering how ‘prickly’ Shaun was….

RRP £9.99 for a magazine?

Good luck!

Selling my 32 x 32 reg. fit Hiut jeans if anyone’s interested. 😀

Pimpmaster Jazz – Member
Selling my 32 x 32 reg. fit Hiut jeans if anyone’s interested.

Unwashed, I hope!

#strangest

I love that people care so much about whether other people wash their jeans.

I do if I have to sit next to you…

Unwashed, I hope!

#strangest

Ironically, yes.

Worn about six times – I figured the new owner could have the pleasure of that first wash. 😉

Have to admit, I thought Beards and Axes was going to be a niche porn mag…

Ironically, yes.

Worn about six times – I figured the new owner could have the pleasure of that first wash

Oooooh, indulgent!

😉

(We all know what really happened….You bought 32×32 and now you’ve turned in to a bit of a biffer and can’t fit in to them any more!)

(We all know what really happened….You bought 32×32 and now you’ve turned in to a bit of a biffer and can’t fit in to them any more!)

😆

There’s an element of truth to that! I bought them, wore them a few times to break them in (they’re very stiff from new) but quite low – my middle-age handles d’amour were making a bid for freedom whenever I pulled them up. Gone back to Howies higher-cut jeans until I can shed a little bit of beer muscle.

I should add – good luck Jamie, looks like an interesting venture. Not sure the picky gits on here are the right market, but I do think there is one for the mag out there.

And yes, I also remember you in MBUK. Worryingly it was after I stopped buying it… 😯

Thanks guys, it’s all going shockingly well so far! Although I don’t like to jinx, so I’m not counting my chickens just yet as we’re only five hours in.

Cheers,
Beardy McAxerson

Hey, Beardy,

And although I got into rather a lot of trouble in those early teenage years – hampering sending issues to press and so on, laughing too much at the wrong moments – generally, I grabbed it and ran.

Tell us some good/funny stories about your time on MBUK and I might back you 🙂

How’s that for positive?

Umm, you are aware that the definition of “Beta Male” isn’t exactly something to put your face to?

“An unremarkable, careful man who avoids risk and confrontation”

Was it “Male 2.0” that you were going for?

Tell us some good/funny stories about your time on MBUK and I might back you

How’s that for positive?

😀

Yeah but my whole thing is that I want to change the definition of it, that’s kind of the point behind what I’m up to.

And mbuk stories? I was so long ago I can’t remember too much, but anything to do with Warner always stressed me the hell out. He broke too much stuff all the time.

Cheers,
Beardy McAxerson

For that alone, you deserve to succeed! 😀

I wish you the best of luck with that. It’s a fairly ingrained definition and the whole alpha/beta crops up a lot on Reddit and other forums.

I have to admit, I was disappointed in the title.

Mainly because I thought Beards & Axes was oddly brilliant 🙂

This thread has made me laugh lots, however I do feel a little excluded 🙁

Of course, the blog title is really about….

Quite right. Go and start your own ‘Slummy mummy’ mag 😉

I have to admit, I was disappointed in the title.

Mainly because I thought Beards & Axes was oddly brilliant

+1

Nah, beards and axes came from observing some of the wildlife on here though it probably needed to mention antiquated razors and wood burners. 😉

I could build a reader profile around a Beta Male though, and a cause to fight for, whereas Beards & Axes is too loose and too flash in the pan.

However saying that, I plan to have Beards & Axes as the name of my publishing house(!).

Out of interest, are you specifically trying to exclude ‘alpha males’ which I’d have though a lot of people who might otherwise be your demographic like to think they are whether they actually are or not?

I’m really not sure how I feel about the whole Beta Male thing, but this made me chuckle…

Pledge £500 or more
You’ll get a full page, just for yourself, to do whatever you want with, as designed by us, in collaboration with you, unless we deem otherwise. You will get interviewed for a feature in the magazine about the funding process, plus you’ll get a photo in there too (full details to be arranged nearer the time). Limited Edition full print version (RRP £9.99) of the issue with exclusive alternate cover with minimal coverlines (alternate to the one sold online/Apple Newsstand). You’ll get a headshot and your name on the contributors’ page within the magazine too (we can’t specify a size of the images at this stage unfortunately, as that depends on how many contribs we get!).

As a freelance writer I expect people to pay me when I write a full page of content, and I’ve never got £500 for a single page. Oh, and I also usually get a copy of the magazine free too.

I guess I’m missing a trick here. Anybody interested in kickstart funding a magazine for grumpy b*stards that have a cynical outlook on life?

Hmm, great thread. I have to confess that I took one, brief, look and thought of my all-time favourite cycling website:
Jahvahaah

But then, I am not your target market. I am, hangs head and lowers voice to whisper, a girl. Sorry.

I’m not trying to not appeal to people who might consider themselves an alpha male, but I am very deliberately trying to distance this magazine from the trappings and goals of people who would consider themselves an alpha male in the Wolf of Wall Street sense. Those people have enough magazines.

And 500 quid for a page is a thinly disguised way of selling ads – you’re not allowed by KS rules to offer rewards with a monetary value, so I’ve just offered a page ‘to do whatever you want with’.

So do you reckon you can avoid the pitfall of pretentious method-living type writing? You’ve listed a lot of prospective content (most of which sounds like it has potential) but no actual writing. Basically, are £200 jeans you don’t wash for months going to be indicative of the content?

(and clover wins the internet today for introducing me to that brilliant site 🙂 I particularly liked the sponsors and travel sections)

I have have a history of making poor investment* choices, so you’ll be disappointed to know I’ve pledged some money. Sorry for spoiling it like that…

Good luck. And why the hell not. Do what you love!

*gambling – I always lose. Even if I bet to lose, I’d win (and thus lose)