Hi all,

The publicity folks for this new scooter movie have given me a real nice prize package to give away:

A $25 gas gift card, Larry Crowne T-shirt (which is a very cool silhouette of a P200 by the way) & a notebook.

If you live in the States and want to see the film then be the first to e-mail me your mailing address at tips (at) scooterswag.com and you’ll be the winner!

The movie opens today (July 1) and rumor has it whoever wrote the script for this movie must of hung out with the real scooter crowd in LA as the characters go to some of the very same places and go on the same rides.

Here’s a trailer:

larrycrowne.com

Good luck!

And we have a winner! Karen J. in Maryland sent me an e-mail at 1:14 pm today. Congrats Karen!

We’re at five years and over 5,000 unique visitors too!
So here are some scooter cakes to celebrate.

Thanks to ScooterSwag’s own Cassie for finding these photos.

These stamps from Guinea Bissau were issued in 2008 and feature both vintage and modern Vespas as well as an assortment of Odd Scoots like the Peugeot (labeled incorrectly as a Vespa) and a Rumi. And they’re pretty easy to find using the Google thingamabob. Prices seem to be well under $10 per sheet.

Thanks to Julie G. for this find!

I always cherish it when two or more of my favorite things mash-up together. A prime example of this would be when Susie Bright, scooters and cats all came together in a beautiful collision. Susie Bright, for those who don’t know, is a sex educator and columnist. And she’s my all time favorite. (Dan Savage – you’re a close number 2.) She’s currently on a book tour for her memoir entitled “Big Sex, Little Death”

Anyhoo she came to Portland, Oregon and after corresponding with her for several years via e-mail, I got to sit down with her at a brunch at Bitch Magazine and chat a bit. She asked if I would get her coat from inside and that’s when I noticed that the cuffs and collar featured cats riding scooters. I squealed quite loudly and the photo above is the result.

Thanks Susie for sending it! The fabric is hard to find now, but diligent readers will be able to get a hold of a yard or two here and there. Good luck!

iTunes has added quite a few new mod compilations to their offerings and with some albums you get 30 or more songs for $9.99 and some scooter candy for your screen. From clockwise starting at the top left, here are the links for the albums pictured here:

It’s a Mod Mod World at iTunes

She’s a Mod at iTunes

Meet Me at the Scooter Shop at iTunes

Northern Soul/60s Mod at iTunes

Mod-eration at iTunes

Mod, the 60s Collection at iTunes

American Greetings has a new scooter card with a neat twist – each comes with a special code good for one song download from iTunes. So rather than get blasted by a sound chip when you open the card, you can blast whatever you want at a time of your choosing. Hurry though, apparently these are only available until September 20!

Thanks to Karla R. for this find.

Here are some cute (and free) time wasters for the gamers.

Thanks to Julie G. for these finds.

gameland4girls.com

simpledressup.com

Got this in the mail a week or so again. Thought it was pretty neat.

The ska band “GoGo13″ has a scooter album out. We’ve featured them in a past post about their work on the cartoon Yo Gabba Gabba .

merchcoonline.com

gogo13.com

This import CD is a bit pricey at $19.99 but if you’re a Blue Note fan and a scooter fan, you may have to have it:

Blue Mambo at Amazon.com