Jose Rojo's bad day...
September 28, 2008
One of the hardest tricks in the world...
September 23, 2008
... is teaching people how to love. In an industry full of pessimists, shit talkers and triteness, Johnny somehow squeezed blood from a stone and people got real. Thank you for the inspiration and the things you've taught us, Johnny.
Kinda like skateboarding...
September 14, 2008
Try something, eat shit, get back up and handle it! Except usually, while you're skating, your friends help you (or at least ask if you're okay) after you slam. I kind of admire the entirely unfazed demeanor of this kid. Homie didn't even forget the word he was supposed to spell.
Random Maloof leftovers...
September 14, 2008
Found these clips of Paul Rodriguez, Stefan Janoski, Tommy Sandoval and Jake Duncombe from Maloof Money Cup lurking the hard drive. Really, worth the watch just for Duncombe's last trick.
TMA Linkback!
September 13, 2008
I noticed some incoming traffic last week from the super awesome new Tiltmode site and am gratuitously linking back to them, but not before I steal this artsy Jerry Hsu photo to include in my gratuitous linkback Tiltmode Army post. Gotta love that screen grab tool. Thanks, guys!
Blogwai!
September 10, 2008
Went to Mogwai last nice to witness some sonic epicness and bumped into some co-workers, ie: the Jeffersons! "What's Ako doing here," you ask?
Sticker Recall: A Collective
September 9, 2008
Sticker Recall: A Collective
"Fuct"
By Rob Brink
Skatebook #3
It was like ‘92 or ‘93. The heyday of huge clothes in skateboarding. I didn’t have money for some Blind jeans or Fuct shorts like everyone was wearing, so I rocked the carpenter-style ones, called “Big Yanks,” from K-Mart for $11. Knowing this, my best friend at the time, Mike, got me a pair of dark green Fuct shorts for my birthday. I was over six-feet tall and and really skinny and pale back...
Sky Ferreira
September 8, 2008
Sky Ferreira: Hurricane Lolita
By Rob Brink
Missbehave Autumn 2008
Prior to meeting 16-year-old Sky Ferreira in her hometown of LA, I mentally envision a sketchy Roman Polanski-esque aftermath to our first encounter. The V-card-holding model and soon-to-be-pop star chills in LA clubs that I can’t even get into. She can hold engaging conversations with people twice her age. She’s gospel-trained with the same vocal range as Mariah Carey and prefers Sarah Brightman to Cat Power. What’s not to desire? It’s practically a setup for “Catch a Predator.”
Boosh vs. Social Distortion!
September 7, 2008
Last Thursday at the Converse ASR party, Boosh took out Jonny Wickersham, the guitarist from Social Distortion, with a full can of Newcastle. An action that, moments later, resulted in a full-throttle attack from Jonny himself, six bouncers and two soundboard guys. Amazingly, no Booshes were actually harmed in the making of this video, they were only removed from the House of Blues and suffered confiscation of two beanies. Epicness...