MILKCOW

[Plainy Janie]

MILKCOW is a new magazine that is being launched at the Ace Cafe on Wednesday 1st July (Hot Rod night). 

It is a complete UK guide dedicated to the 1940s and 1950s lifestyle and culture WITHIN THE UK.  It covers the entire spectrum of music, cars, bikes, fashion, shopping, pin-ups, art, tattoos, burlesque.  The first issue of milkcow will feature the Hemsby rock n roll weekender, the NEW rock n soul weekender and this years Viva Las Vegas.

It will be a monthly issue focusing on retailers providing products and services to the 40s and 50s scene, and of course the UK Gals.  Visit www.milkcow.co.uk

[panthershaun]

that looks good

[Plainy Janie]

I shall be there panther, covering the event for MMM!      

[Manky Monkey]

 

[Plainy Janie]

After a 3 hour journey in the car yesterday afternoon in all that heat, we finally made it to the Ace Cafe. 
There were cars, bikes, rods, girls, and it was busy, busy and very busy!!!  Queues for the food and drink counter inside, were beginning to tailback into the carpark!  Having forgotten to charge my camera before we went, I managed (I hope) to capture the atmosphere of the evening before the camera died.  Dave and I made our way home around 11:10pm last night, and still there were people and vehicles about.  I got the magazine, got the t-shirt, and hopefully Manky will have the pictures soon to show you!    I do all this for free you know!!! 

[Manky Monkey]

You forgot to charge the camera? We always carry spare batteries for ours. Thanks for being our roving reporter for the day hon. My disc drive's packed up, so off to PC World this morning to buy an external one to plug in & clear the backlog of photo discs we've got here! Keep sending them in though folks. We'll get everything online, eventually, promise. 

[panthershaun]

is the mag any good? and I love it when you call me Panther 

[Manky Monkey]

I'm a little confused by the name -is there some significance to "Milkcow" I'm missing?

[panthershaun]

a mate told me that Milkcow was the style of music that Elvis sang as in "Milkcow Blues"  as I'm not a big Elvis fan I had to believe him 

[Plainy Janie]

The magazine is excellent!  I've read it from cover to cover a couple of times now, and even took it on holiday with me. 

The word Milkcow was thought up by the magazines Creative Director - Danny Bedocs.  It was born from the song Milkcow Blues Boogie, that every one from Elvis, Sleepy LaBeef, Ricky Nelson and Eddie Cochran have since recorded. 

Milkcow magazine is not trying to compete with anything out there already, its just that the scene it is trying to capture has such a range of magazines dedicated to a specific element.  Whereas Milkcow want to cover everything, within the UK, that has something to do with the 40s and 50s lifestyle, in one publication, including retailers.