Although I am not a fan medication and this is certainly not new or ground breaking, Dioralyte is definitely one of the most useful and reliable solutions to the age old problem of the hang over I have ever come across. Before you start rubbing cod liver oil on your ears or jumping in an icy cold bath I would definitely suggest trying this stuff out. As the name suggests it is actually a treatment for Diarrhoea, and works by replacing lost water and body salts, effectively also providing a solution to the cause of a hangover. After a big night out, one sachet dissolved in water before bed and one in the morning if necessary and you will be feeling fresh as a daisy. Available at most chemists/pharmacies in the UK, also available internationally. Click the link below for an interesting article in the Daily Mail which gives more details about Dioralyte and other recommended hangover cures.

DailyMail - What Your GP Takes For A Hangover

While Supra have have made a habit of veering towards the more controversial colour palettes, starting off with the infamous Gold Muska Sky Tops some of their latest colourways have a slightly more subtle edge to them. A tidy white perforated upper will feature on 4 of their most popular models from the upcoming Spring '09 collection. First up, the Vaider Tufs (shown above) get the treatment in a stylish check perf pattern. They also feature a sliding metal supra logo on the tongue and matching metal accents. Click the link for more pics and info.

The Cuban's also follow suit, this time with an all over perf pattern, sett off again with a metal chain accent.

The Erik Ellington Pro gets a similar job, with the side panels and heal in clean white.

Finally my favourites, the Sky Top lows. These are all available now from the stockists listed below and all good skate/street stores.

Urban Industry (UK)
The Consortium (UK)
Zappos (US)

With the ultraportable computing revolution in full swing its seems almost every manufacturer under the sun is pushing a netbook, mobile internet device (MID) or UMPC (Ultra Portable Mobile Personal Computer) onto the market. However very few of them have been ticking all the boxes. Korean company Viliv however appear to have a winner on their hands with the S5. Running off of Intel's much reveered 'Atom' Platform the S5 runs a 1.3Ghz Silverthrone Atom CPU and sports a ludicrously high 1024x600 resolution 4.3 inch touch screen display. Chuck in 30/60GB hard drive storage options, Wifi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 plus GPS and optional 3G configurations and you have a seriously well considered bundle.

Floyd Lawson & The Hearts Of Stone were essentially unknown when they signed to Motown's VIP label in 1970. Despite other far more established artists not being honoured with an album release they received one which was was eventually produced by Henry Cosby. After achieving limited success with the release entitled, Stop The World: We Wanna Get Off they soon parted company with Motown. This Track is taken from a far more obscure 2nd album called 'Coming Out', which was originally released as a limited press of only 1000, but fortunately has only recently seen a re-release on Afro Kats records.

The record has a much grittier rawer funk sound as compared to the 50's/60's r&b/soul feel of the first album. Entitled 'Only Takes A Minute' the track was written and produced by 70's production team Lambert and Potter, and the original was a top ten hit on the billboard 100 singles chart in the US for Tavares, peaking at number ten, as well as reaching number one on the US R&B Chart. It would also rather unusually go on to be covered by British boy band Take That in 1992 and featured on their debut album 'Take That & Party'. It recently saw a 7 inch re-release on K-Gee records along with another track from the album entitled 'Air I Breathe'. Click To Listen, or follow the link for more info.