September 2010
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Get Out and Do Something
KCDC will be hosting Van’s Get Out and Do Something party this Sunday. Ray Barbee and the Mattson 2 will be performing followed by an undoubtedly irie set by Cardiel. Should make for an enjoyable day. They’ll also be giving a bunch of shit away seen in the flyer above. Just get out and go!
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Looking for that special someone
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Time To Get Awesome
Rattler’s a band out of D.C. that condones everything that has to do with Sex, Drugs and Mock and Roll. This Saturday they’re taking all the epicness they’ve been practicing and compiling it into a giant jagerbomb of a shit show. Make sure to swing thru and check it out.
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STEP YOUR BATHROOM GAME UP
Anastassia Elias uses toilet paper rolls for some spare time creativeness.
GROSS
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SONG OF THE DAY
Craft Spells is a great little duo out of Stockton, California which is a neat little town a little west of S.F. Their “Party Talk” 7” is due out this month on Captured Tracks. Until then, enjoy this single from the album, it’s pretty good.
Craft Spells - Party Talk
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Missed Connection?
Once Long realized that a day job and sucking Interstate 95’s dick wasn’t a good idea, the parties started getting good.
This Friday Night, in the Art District, tell your friends to get with my friends.
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Keds x Opening Ceremony x Richard Saja
In collaboration with Keds & Opening Ceremony, Richard Saja has created a new limited shoe specially for Fashions Night Out. The Camp Oxford as it’s called takes a mix of new and old perfect for the historically sound fashion fiend.
“Richard has been remixing and recontextualizing quintessentially French toile prints since 2001 when he first designed a set of toile-printed...
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When I Grow Up
An amazing video from Fever Ray, thanks Stephanie.
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Bassnectar Remix)
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Lissvik Remix)
August 2010
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Inside the Talking Head
I’ve just discovered the musically inclined David Byrne keeps an online journal filled with mildly frenetic and properly explained rants about what goes through his head. Random. Informative. Humorous. He covers things from the fall of print/newspapers to analogies like the interet/bandwidth and showers/faucets. He also releases a themed radio playlist every month, which is unpretentious...
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BLAAAHg of the Day : Voodoo Village
Master of desktop cleanouts…
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Happy Birthday Van
With too much soul, poured into a mold of gold, his legacy turned into albums sold. A lyrical ferver that rings though generations, he made sure to use his most gentle guns. Now decades later we continue to hear, what in many cases sheds the tears. Tears of joy or tears so true, well the point is Happy Birthday to you.
Here’s a personal fav…
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And God Created Women...
Pssshhh….
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STAYED GOLD
One of the most anticipated videos since Fully Flared, Emerica’s Stay Gold is now available on iTunes and will be available for purchase at your local skate shop on Wednesday, September 1st. Click here to purchase it.
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Fashion Tip by Arnold Palmer
Get on his level.
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DUB KWELI
Didn’t expect this at all, but after Max Tannone’s summer banger, MOS DUB, the producer gives us an end of summer treat, DUB KWELI is now available, click here to download it. And as always, props to the dude for continually bringing us amazing FREE music like this.
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The Wilderness Downtown
The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive film by Chris Milk featuring an Arcade Fire song “We Used to Wait.” You enter your address and it turns your hood into the setting of the music video via Google street view. Pretty dope use of web interactivity, but prepare for your computer to struggle a bit, intense on the RAM. Enjoy!
>via chewylives
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HELLO MS. HUNTINGTON
A long time ago, this thing called the internet was invented for the soul purpose that things like this could exist to all. NSFW (via)
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En Kärlekshistoria
Inspired by the recent video by Summer Camp, I was overwhelmingly curious about the background film that was used for the video. Did some searching around and discovered one of the most amazing little young-love stories that probably exists today.
En Kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story) is a 1970 Swedish film directed by Roy Andersson that stars two cute little Sweeds named Ann-Sofie...
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José Guadalupe Posada
… was a 19th century artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical nature and political engagement. Most known for his iconic folk art etchings with his signature calavera characters, he paved the way for a line of printmakers, political cartoonists, and tattoo artists.
Apprenticing at the early age of 16 at a print shop, Posada...
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Oil Spill Solution
If only it were so easy…Yasuhiro Suzuki created an amazing boat in the shape of the zipper that looks like it is unzipping the water. Pretty thweet.
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Canned Heat
Canned Heat from Woodstock, 1969.
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Back to School Essentials
The streets are filling up, lines are out the door to get textbooks, and you realize… I wore this same exact outfit to the first day of school last year. Sure its your favorite sweater, but its BACK TO SCHOOL TIME. Get that student loan and treat yourself, your worth it. Here’s some inspiration to start off with to make that crucial first impression.
CLICK ON IMAGES FOR LINK...
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DODGE THE COPS
How sweet would it be to nut tap a cop with a pond near by and then just peace? (via)
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BRAIN DRAIN RETURNS
Tomorrow night, Richmond’s infamous Brain Drain returns at The Hat Factory downtown. For more information, click here.
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WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
In 1929, husband and wife, Kansas “Joe” McCoy and Memphis Minnie recorded a song entitled, When the Levee Breaks, in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. It was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States.
Then, in 1971 and as a part of their fourth album, Led Zeppelin picked up their guitars at Headley Grange, where the band used...
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Hello Lindsey
I just stumbled across this nice little interview and photoset of Lindsey by Johnny Misheff over at Contributing Editor. Oh yes, and make sure to check out Lindsey’s latest creations. Perfect for the upcoming season.
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SONG OF THE DAY
Straight from Barcelona comes El Guincho who claims the sound of “…an upbeat, nostalgic pop jam for the beach, summer drives with friends and twilight BBQ’s”
His latest album, Pop Negro is a quantum leap into something beyond “alternative” or “mainstream”: sounding as lush and plush as anything by the biggest megastars of the 80’s and...
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Jailhouse Welding with Duane Peters
Natural born shredder and musician, Duane Peters, shows you how they’re supposed to be worn. via RBCrime
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David Downton
Hands down one of my all time favs. This dude can paint an image of a glamorous model in like 5 brush strokes. In his early days, Downton worked on a wide variety of projects ranging from advertising and packaging to illustrating fiction, cook books and, occasionally, fashion. In 1996, the Financial Times commissioned him to draw at the couture shows and since then David has become known for...
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Beavis and Butthead do Best friends day
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Electric Wizards
…are a are a metal band from Dorset, England that formed back in the hey day of grunge. I was first introduced to these delightfull jams over at Maracuja after Jocelyn’s timely dj takeover of the jukebox. I’ve been hooked ever since. Though it feels like they’re monotonous jams go on for a touch too long sometimes, It’s still pretty quality cannabis driven metal...
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Best Friends Day 9: Howard Tarpey
Our friend Howard Tarpey has an amazing eye, and better yet, uses film like no other. Last year he documented the fun at Best Friends Day with a Yashica Electro 35 and this year he’s back again along side with a crappy “waterproof” point and shoot 35mm that proved not to work so well. More after the jump!
You can see Howard’s entire set from...
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Fashion Tip by this Youngun
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Book Your Yacht Now!
This shit looks nuts, I’ll probably book mine within the hour, you should too. Get with it, we do this shit every weekend. Did anyone happen to catch Billy Gross in there somewhere? The Yacht Week seems to be the wildest vacation party ever. Check out the video and the siteto book your own yacht.
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Martin Scorsese for Chanel
The commercial—or sorry, the short film—Martin Scorsese directed for new men’s fragrance Bleu de Chanel starring a broody, moody Gaspard Ulliel.
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Remember Print?
Chris Thomas has created a great omage to printed matter with his blog Remember Print. With a non discriminant eye, he explores the greater aspects of owning and exploring words and imagery, including everything from magazines, books, and even cracker jack boxes. Def worth a page turn.
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Hugh Holland
Everyone and their mother has seen Hugh Hollands iconic skate imagery, whether you knew who it was or not. From his documentation of the legendary Z-Boys, to the inspiring pics of a lifestyle yesteryear. Long hair, short shorts, high socks, and vertical walls. The planets were aligning and Hollands was there to make sure it really happend. My favorite part of his photos is how he caught the...
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Song of the Day
Summer Camp - Round the Moon
Listen to more on their Myspace page.
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BLAAAHg Shop Update
FINALLY, new stuff at the shop !!! From Summer shirts, swimming trunks and shades, to Fall flannels and jackets. Check it all out HERE.
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SHRED OF THE DAY
Gravis just released a full length part for Dylan Rieder that is pretty incredible if you ask me. Click here to watch the super large HD version of it. It’s worth the click.
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Herman Miller Archive
There’s something satisfying about seeing the inner workings of a company, even better when the company has a rich history like Herman Miller. Lish Dorset from Craft magazine toured Herman Miller’s campus and was taken through the factory, design center and our favorite, the archive. Dorset’s photos revealed one-off designs, posters, catalogs, old textiles by Alexander Girard, advertisements,...
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Unicorns are Jerks
by C.W. Moss
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Best Friends Day: Chewy
Our good buddy Chewy somehow manages to capture the essence of life in Richmond and beyond better than most professional photographers we know. It also helps that our friends do some pretty crazy shit too and that Best Friends Weekend was this past weekend.
You can see Chewy’s entire photostream here for the rest of the goods.
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PopRally: an Evening of Skate Videos
In honor of the MoMA retrospective Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years, PopRally has invited producer and photographer Patrick O’Dell (of Epicly Later’d) to create a special compilation of seminal skateboard videos from the 1980s to today. Jonze, whose own contributions to the genre will be featured, notes that, “Skate videos have been a big influence and a big part of what I’ve done for a long...
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It's Better In The Wind
It’s Better In The Wind is a photo essay of life on the road from the perspective of the rider, which in this case is photographer Scott G. Toepfer. It’s being released as a book and is showing now in Los Angeles. The images look awesome. via ChewyLives
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World's Largest Conga Line?
If you missed the amazing day at Hadad’s Lake on Saturday for Best Friends Day 9, then you also missed a promising attempt as No BS Brass out of Richmond and friends attempted to set the world record for longest conga line. Did the Guinness Book of World Records show up, of course not. Bet they’re sorry.
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SUPREME F/W 2010
Supreme uses Jason Dill to give us one of my favorite collections I’ve seen from them in a while. Real NYC workwear blended perfectly with skate. And that Wrangler jacket, damn! Click here for the full preview.
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Stephen Grammell
You probably remember these images from when you were crouched under a table at the library unable to peel your imagination away from the Scary Story books back in the day. With a mix of what looks like charcoals and black ink, Grammell’s illustrations are forever engraved in that fragile part of my brain called childhood, and I love him for it. Not only would his images always creep...
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Nom De Guerre F/W 2010
This season Nom De Guerre has reverted to their darker military inspirations keeping with a bleak color pallette and a functional minimalist silhouette. But hey just cuz you gotta bust some heads doesn’t mean you can’t look good. A mix of formal wear and army gear make this season’s collection a classy route to fighting the coming climate.