tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69892044899855554642024-03-04T22:00:04.905-08:00Looking for the joke with a microscopemusic, skateboarding, politics, film, motorcycles, fashion, culture, judgement.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-39938483167754123362015-07-04T13:55:00.000-07:002015-07-04T13:55:27.708-07:00Picture us coolin' out on the 4th of July, and if you heard we were celebrating, that's a worldwide lie.<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's
time for a female president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
want so badly for that type of leadership, temperament and strength running our
country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But
I have to vote with my heart as well as my head, and being a progressive I have
only one choice in the primary, and that is Bernie Sanders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hillary
is a lot of things, some I love, and some I strongly dislike (all policy based,
none personal), but one thing she is not is a progressive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Should
she win the party's nomination I will wholeheartedly throw my full support
behind her campaigning, monetarily, and using whatever voice I have both on
social media and within the world as someone who has a larger audience than the
average dude on the street through what I've been lucky to achieve
artistically, but until that time that she is the nominee, I'm feeling the
Bern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a
longtime fan of his I identify with his support for working families, concern
for the P-word (The poor, a word most candidates fear not say lest the
Republicans say they support a welfare state), his sensible foreign policy, his
criticism of corporate greed and Wall St, his looking for a workable but humane
reform of immigration, concerns for the environment and education, and most of
all his support of a single payer health care. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">True
our current president whom I greatly admire is not so progressive himself in
some areas, and his presidency has been nearly lock-step with Wall St.,
HOWEVER, in my opinion he has been able to enact legislation that is moving the
country towards where I think it needs to go, and though a center-left
candidate and President, he's managed to do great things for women, the LGBT
community, working class families and all of us of progressive and liberal
persuasion. (Kagan, Sotomayor anyone???).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If
his presidency is followed by 4-8 years of a Democrat in office his legacy will
be cemented and he will go down as one of the greats, ESPECIALLY in the face of
the opposition, disrespect, and constant obstruction of the tea party and the
right wing who have all fallen in line to de-legitimize him every step of the
way, even going so far as to call into question his nationality. Truly
astonishing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There
are those who think that a vote for Bernie is the same as Ralph Nader, but
that's a false equivalence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bernie
is running as a Dem in the primary, and how he stacks up against Jeb is a
separate argument, but I can't vote in fear, I have to vote with my conscience.
Bernie is the one I most identify with in a blind quiz of policy and beliefs,
Bernie is the one I've always respected, and Bernie is the one who speaks for
the underdog, the 99% and most of my generation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If
you told me that should he win the nomination, Bernie could not beat Jeb and we
would have Republican rule which would possibly get to appoint a Supreme Court
Justice and seek to wipe away all of Obama's accomplishments and what they've
done for the average American, then I would take pause.... but again, I can't
vote in fear, and we've spent too long in the 2-party system voting for the
lesser of two evils and look what we've gotten......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An
endless war against a shifting and ever-evolving enemy we can't possibly
"defeat", the largest disparity between the rich and poor in history,
a divided country, a whole party who puts immediate gain and lobbyist interest
above empirical evidence of climate change and one who choses religious text
over science every time, a Congress frozen in paralysis, special interest and
gerrymandering at the local and federal level, and the list goes on....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
didn't vote for Obama because he was black. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He ran
to the left of Hillary and when I heard him spoke and met him I wanted him to
represent our nation, so neither can I vote for Hillary because of her gender,
not when there is a VIABLE candidate to the left of her whose values I closer
align with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again,
should she win the nomination, fantastic, I'm in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Regardless
of her past, shady dealings in Arkansas, her hawkishness and near neo-con
foreign policy, (not that far from the Obama doctrine, I should add), her
corporate and Wall St. ties, and the way Bill tried to inject race into the
primary to make Obama seem like he couldn't possibly win (I cannot WAIT to see
what John Lewis finally tells us when he dishes on what transpired in 08!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Regardless
of any knock you can throw her way (and not the personal, unkind attacks her
enemies and the right have which are usually sexist and baseless), I will
support her and help her win the presidency. Yes she acts like it's hers to
lose and she's earned it, yes she can be abrasive (what presidential candidate
hasn't! - also a very sexist-tinged argument which is dangerous), and yes she
is not a progressive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But
she is a Democrat, and I cannot see my country go to the hands of the
Republican Party and it's lack of concern for the poor, minorities, the LGBT
community and the 99% of Americans who aren't funding their endless campaigns
and filling their coffers. We need education, training, infrastructure, social
programs, THE EPA, immigration reform, to support unions, to make sure pensions
and Social Security aren't privatized, to stop military spending, gun control,
to become more isolationist and rebuild America before we police the world, and
to restore the middle class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And
the Supreme Court? Does Scalia need another ally? That's my biggest fear and
greatest issue for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
same judicial activism the right accuses every Obama and Democratic appointee
of showing and what they witch hunt for in the hearings is EXACTLY what Scalia
and Roberts practice every time they put on the robes, and I'm sick of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With
church burnings, racial tensions, police declaring war on black Americans,
income inequality, education being 3rd world in most US cities, climate change
reaching milestones we were warned of YEARS ago when we had time to change it,
a shifting, ever-browning electorate and civil rights finally being granted to
all, it is time for America to have a leader who can guide us through these
times which though not as perilous as the financial collapse Obama walked into,
is every bit as terrifying and even more so in many regards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
sincerely hope that this country heals and grows together and not further
apart, and that is exactly what will happen if a Republican is elected in
2016. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-7941927140594938532015-06-12T01:16:00.000-07:002015-06-12T01:19:27.272-07:00I got a room full of your posters and your pictures man, I like the shit you did with Rawkus too, that shit was phat.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When At The Drive In's album, Relationship
Of Command came out in 2000 it changed everything for me. I went back and
studied In Casino Out and Vaya like my life depended on it. I absorbed
everything this band had to offer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My band, Tape was a mixture of MBV,
Primal Scream, The Stooges and some 90's rap shit, but my stage demeanor,
leaping off amps and over the drummer, knocking into the guitar player and
basically having a fit was heavily influenced by Cedric Bixler (Before he went
by the hyphenated, Zavalas). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When they announced the first night of
the tour at the Glass House in Pomona I bought tickets for my whole band. Mind
you, back then money was tight and that was a big deal, but needless to say I
went with most of my band and my then girlfriend in tow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had played previously played to about
25 people in the small room next door, and that was just about the biggest deal
ever for me, so this was major. I got there early, claimed a good spot, and
though I missed the Murder City Devils (bummer), I was right in the middle of
the crowd, eager with anticipation when Jim gave his Ian MacKaye rap and with
that, the band launched into one of the most impressive sets of music I've ever
heard, even to this day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I later went to De Facto (their side
band) shows at the Knitting Factory, one of the 1st Mars Volta shows at the
Troubadour, and continued being a mega fan all the way until they broke up. I
never met the band, never needed to; the music was enough for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fast forward to many years later and my
band, She Wants Revenge managed to play at the same venue where I had first
seen them rock out at, The Glass House, selling it out each time we played. I
couldn't believe that. Seeing a packed house for ATDI blew my mind, and here we
were doing it ourselves. Crazy. Like truly never thought that was
possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Around this time my friend Juan, a
brilliant bass player mentioned in passing that he may audition for the Mars
Volta. He knew how big of an ATDI fan I was, and though he was totally into it,
I like to think that me freaking out about the opportunity and talking his ear
off about it saying how he HAD to do it helped push him towards it. Soon my
friend who I had played with was in this massive, immensely musical, beautiful
prog rock band, wowing audiences worldwide. So cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tim Ward, a dear friend who was working
with SWR at the time told me that I would totally get along with the singer
from the other hand he worked with, The Mars Volta. He told me that like
myself, he skated around on days off on tour, loved old skate videos like I
did, and that if we ever met we would totally get along. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He introduced us through text message
(if memory serves me), and we began a long and very cool text and social media
relationship. We spoke of getting together to skate, but busy lives always got
in the way. One day he met and later married a local girl I knew, and soon they
were off having beautiful children and joining that club of touring dad, a gig
I knew all too well. We stayed in touch, texted, made plans to make plans,
invited each other to some cool life things, but then one day he moved back
home to El Paso, and we never even got to skate Bronson Canyon as we said we'd
like to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then one day ATDI announced they were
playing Coachella, and I was over the moon. I tweeted a congratulations to
Cedric telling him how excited I was and then texted him and told him the story
of how I'd taken my band to see them at the Glass House and how moved I was by
their song, "Napoleon Solo". (Look up the story if you don't know
it). I told him that they'd better play it, to which he replied, "Of
course, just for you". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So when I was front and center watching
them tear up weekend 1 with my wife it was the coolest thing ever when they
started that familiar guitar riff and played one of my favorite songs. It was
really a full circle moment. Here was this dude who influenced me so much as a
performer, doing this song at a festival I had the pleasure and honor off
playing TWICE, something I never would have believed had you told me that back
when I played with Tape. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next weekend I was in bed with my
wife when my phone blew up with texts; "did you hear that?!"
"What the fuck?!" I didn't get it. What was I missing?
Oh, right...Coachella weekend 2. My friend Tyler told me that Cedric had
shouted me out from the main stage of Coachella. I was gobsmacked. I couldn't
believe it. Here he has told me he was going to play it for me, but a shout
out? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No. Not possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It wasn't available on YouTube for a
while, and when I finally found a recording of the show and the song I watched
eagerly waiting to hear what he said, and as the song's familiar stains began,
he spun around, and on the mic for everyone to hear, said, "This song is
dedicated to Justin Warfield". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just got goose bumps when I typed
this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I still can't believe that moment or
what it meant for the fan that bought his band tickets to see At The Drive In
to inspire them and him to reach for greater heights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That was one of the most magical rock
and roll moments of my life, and believe me, I've had more than I'm worthy
of. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thanked him over text and said we must
hang, and when I caught wind of his new band, Zavalas I said we should play
together, as my new outfit Dream Club would be a perfect fit. We continued to
talk on social media, and the more things we found in common the more we
couldn't believe we'd never met. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The capper was one day when I posted
pics of me with my Afro, jumping off amps with Tape. He liked the pics, and
said, "how did we never hang out back then?" That was so
fucking cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past Coachella, Drive Like Jehu
played, a band I could write a similar post about, but will spare you. What I
can tell you is I dragged my girl away from Jack White late into the evening to
see this band that blew me away in a bowling alley back in 1994 as a young
lad. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When we finally arrived after the long
walk to the Gobi, there was nobody there. Literally about a hundred or so
people gathered in the tent as they tuned up and line checked. Near the stage
in the guest viewing area there were about five people lurking around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But there, standing alone and waiting
patiently like the fan he was, was Cedric Bixler-Zavalas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I walked right up to him, grabbed him,
and upon seeing me we just laughed and hugged. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was totally amazing. Years in the
making, and of course, there we were, just two fans of music, waiting to see a
band who changed our lives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I said, "of course we're the only
two guys here". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And it was so fucking special. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I met Barack Obama as he was
campaigning for the presidency the 1st term I didn't ask for a pic, when I hung
out with Lou Reed I didn't dare ask for a pic, but after we talked about our
wives, our lives, our music, our kids, and how crazy that it had taken us this
long to meet, I looked to my girl and said, "you have to take a
pic". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Music is magic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-86062465835556249482013-09-12T09:31:00.000-07:002013-09-12T09:31:08.534-07:00Schizophrenic like Syd Barret, on one. Edgar Allen Ho screamin', "Reynolds", on one.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So happy to share with you the first video from the artist I've been working with for over a year now. </div>
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It has been an amazing experience watching her grow from an incredible but raw MC to a gifted songwriter and person with a bank account (but still no driver's license). </div>
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I'm so proud of our über-talented girl, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nova.paholek?directed_target_id=0"><span class="s1">Nova Paholek</span></a> and all the hard work she's done to get here. Congratulations kid, and to the best team in the world, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steveguttenberg?directed_target_id=0"><span class="s1">Jensen Karp</span></a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/musicandlyrics?directed_target_id=0"><span class="s1">Evan Kidd Bogart</span></a>, let's do this. </div>
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Produced by Chest Rockwell, managed by Jensen Karp (Hot Karl, y'all), and Executive Produced by Evan Bogart and myself, I present to you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dumbnova?directed_target_id=0"><span class="s1">Nova Rockafeller</span></a> in, "Problem".</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-26303088165233235922013-08-21T15:31:00.001-07:002013-08-21T15:32:48.540-07:00I guess it's just a thought, though my mind is kinda hazy.....my name is Justin, baby.<br />
20 YEARS<br />
<br />
We were sitting backstage at the Masquerade, a decades-old<br />
Goth leaning club we’d played many times before, the latter<br />
“we” being my band, She Wants Revenge, and the former,<br />
Jarobi White and myself. Jarobi, once known as “The Mystic<br />
Man” was a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest and an<br />
old, dear friend from my hip-hop years in the early 90’s. For<br />
those who only know me as the guy who sang, “Tear You<br />
Apart” and “the Popsicle song”, a little backstory…<br />
<br />
I released my first single, the QD3 produced “Season Of The<br />
Vic” in 1991 at the age of 17 and was immediately signed by<br />
Quincy Jones to his label, Qwest/Warner Bros. The song was a<br />
laid-back, California, sun-kissed hip-hop hippie tale of people<br />
taking your shit. I used my own name, dressed like Jim Morrison<br />
and was in love with the Jungle Brothers and their fellow Native<br />
Tongues.<br />
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The song got radio play, entered the urban charts, and was in<br />
heavy rotation on Yo! MTV Raps. I hosted Pump It Up,<br />
appeared on BET, would later perform on Soul Train and played<br />
shows throughout LA and the bay while coming up along<br />
fellow LA artists Wil-I-Am (then Will 1X), The Pharcyde, Cypress<br />
Hill, Kev Hicks and Mannish, Freestyle Fellowship, Ras-Kas, The<br />
Whooliganz, The Wascals, The Funkytown Pros, and House Of<br />
Pain.<br />
<br />
The song was a bona-fide hit, and despite comparisons to Q-Tip<br />
(a good friend at the time) was well received in most quarters.<br />
Before I’d even graduated high school I was a semi-famous<br />
rapper in one of the most creative and prolific moments in hip-hop.<br />
<br />
But in 2010, I was fronting She Wants Revenge, a band I’d<br />
started with another hip-hop kid from Los Angeles, Adam<br />
Bravin, which is where we began the story, in Atlanta, at The<br />
Masquerade.<br />
<br />
Jarobi was living there at the time, and had come to the show<br />
to catch up and see Adam and myself play. Before the show<br />
we talked story, laughed our asses off and it was like 1992 all<br />
over again, only now we were pushing 40 and had kids of our<br />
own. We discussed hip-hop, and he told me that he’d put<br />
together a group of his own with Dres of Black Sheep fame.<br />
<br />
Though still bubbling and undeveloped, I told him about the<br />
urge I’d been having for the last year: the feeling I thought<br />
would never return, the relationship I thought long-severed, yet<br />
still I heard myself say it out loud with Jarobi as witness, “I’m<br />
thinking about making a hip-hop album”. I went on to tell him<br />
that for the first time in ages I was feeling pulled, compelled if<br />
you will to do something.<br />
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The only caveat being I didn’t know what to talk about, and<br />
since hip-hop is at it’s best a vehicle for an artist with something<br />
he or she hasto say, a point of view given voice over beats,<br />
and that if you had nothing to say, well…then better to not say<br />
anything at all. (A point lost on some modern rappers, and<br />
more importantly, the ever-growing audience that gobbles it<br />
up).<br />
<br />
I told Jarobi I had the itch, but until I knew what I wanted to talk<br />
about, that it was nothing more than that, the faintest of ideas,<br />
an inkling of an idea. But for someone who had retired from<br />
rapping after releasing only one album and a handful of UK<br />
singles over the years, even considering it at all was a leap<br />
forward and verging on shocking.<br />
<br />
Fast forward to a bar in New York City, and Jarobi and I are<br />
yelling at the top of our lungs at a group of younger hip-hop<br />
kids we’re seated with, debating the “G.O.A.T.” or Greatest Of<br />
All Time to the layman.<br />
<br />
The debate spilled onto the street, and<br />
soon we were in a dark Soho club while Adam 12 and Stretch<br />
Armstrong played classic cut after classic cut and Jarobi and I<br />
reminisced about “that night at Red Alert’s club when shit got<br />
wild”, the uptown girls who’d bring us home-cooked soul food<br />
and nickel bags of “machine gun funk”, and about a hundred<br />
other stories from the glory days of hip-hop – reveling in our past<br />
like two hippies telling the kids about Woodstock.<br />
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And rightly so, because from the late 80’s to the mid-90’sthis<br />
was our Woodstock, but instead of The Who it was L.O.N.S,<br />
while they had Jimi we had Chuck and Kris, and our Janis was<br />
MC Lyte.<br />
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Back then when I went to NYC to meet with producers for my<br />
first LP, Jarobi, whom I’d met when I drove Tribe to their first LA<br />
show, was my guide and narrator, teaching me all about the<br />
city, it’s people and it’s hip-hop past. He brought me into the<br />
inner sanctum of the NYC hip-hop culture and introduced me<br />
to everyone, from Brooklyn to the Bronx as his “cousin”.<br />
I hung with Guru and Primo, De La, Black Sheep, The Flavor Unit,<br />
Nice & Smooth, Busta Rhymes, The Bomb Squad, members of<br />
BDP, Brand Nubian, Main Source, Chris Lighty, Red Alert,<br />
Grandmaster Flash, and many, many others. Needless to say<br />
my experience in hip-hop was first hand and with the people<br />
who created the music and culture. I was an 18-year-old<br />
member of The Universal Zulu Nation who’d travelled from<br />
Laurel Canyon to find like-minded people to make an<br />
unconventional hip-hop album.<br />
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<br />
But I digress. Back to the present. 2011.<br />
Several tours, a few bolts of inspiration and some great<br />
conversations with trusted confidants later and I found myself<br />
at the end of a co-headline tour with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus.<br />
It had been a great tour, culminating with Adam and myself<br />
joining Peter and his band onstage to play a cover of Bauhaus’<br />
“Dark Entries”, a dream on so many levels, both for us and the<br />
fans in attendance.<br />
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<br />
Later that night after the final show as we prepared to head<br />
home for the holidays I sat with a friend whom I’d known since I<br />
was 11 years old. We were discussing our plans for the future.<br />
It was loud in the bar so I leaned in close and half-smiling said to<br />
her, “When I get home I’m going to start recording a mixtape”.<br />
She smiled and went on to tell me how now was precisely the<br />
right time and why it was a great idea. Her encouragement<br />
was great, but saying it out loud was the important part. Now I<br />
had to do it.<br />
<br />
I went home, the holidays came and went, and on January 1st,<br />
2012, I went into the studio and recorded the 1st rap song I’d<br />
done in many years. Recently I’d been making some incredible<br />
beats, so I knew I still had that, but the rhyming was the<br />
unknown. Could I still do it?<br />
<br />
<br />
Not that I was ever the greatest rapper, but despite not being<br />
blessed with a God-given rhyming voice like Rakim or Jay-Z I’d<br />
managed to turn my private school intellect and obsessive<br />
fandom of all things hip-hop and pop-culture into a somewhat<br />
groundbreaking hybrid of music….at least that’s what people<br />
had been telling me for the last few decades.<br />
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<br />
The first song sounded good, and the second even better, but<br />
by the third it was clear to me that not only did I still have it, but<br />
that I was better than I’d EVER been, that my lyrics were<br />
sharper, my wit drier, my flow hotter, and my voice<br />
deeper….truly I had found my rap voice, both figuratively and<br />
literally, and any doubts about subject matter flew out the<br />
window when I found myself rapping about the only thing I<br />
could – what it was to be me at 39 - Happily married but having<br />
lived many heavy lives of love since I first called myself Teenage<br />
Caligula. The narrator was more hardened, and even though<br />
the lyrics of Drugstore Cowboy were at the time pure<br />
imagination, the years that followed made them almost<br />
prescient. The music and the rhyming was angrier, less<br />
polished, more impactful, funnier, smarter, more developed,<br />
and much, much more original.<br />
<br />
<br />
The years of songwriting, performing live shows around the<br />
world and working in rock & roll, indie-rock, pop and<br />
electronica paid off, as the sound was as one friend and early<br />
listener described, a mélange of everything I’d done before<br />
and perhaps the most honest piece of music I’d ever created.<br />
Here were the words of a father, a husband, a record<br />
producer, and a sober motorcycle-riding singer and from an<br />
internationally recognizable dark-rock band with an obsessive<br />
devotion to the Los Angeles Lakers and a Gossip Girl addiction<br />
to rival any tween from Malibu to the U.E.S. A life-long skater<br />
with equal affection for Jay Electronica, The Band, Broadcast<br />
and Jane’s Addiction whose Twitter bio still reads Universal Zulu<br />
Nation.<br />
<br />
The lyrics were from my life, my experiences, my thoughts, fears,<br />
feelings, rants, and freestyled flows come alive in the recording<br />
studio, just myself at the mixing board with a drum machine<br />
and a microphone, just as I had some 20 years before.<br />
I came up with a concept, The Black Hesh Cult, and started<br />
designing t-shirts and jackets, stickers and merch. It would be a<br />
brand based on the two cultures which were of great<br />
significance to me – the black biker set; motorcyclists from the<br />
bay area and Los Angeles who rode as outlaws in a<br />
predominantly white biker world, and the jean jacket wearing,<br />
bongwater scented Heshers of the San Fernando Valley where I<br />
grew up.<br />
<br />
The intersection of those two things set against a hip-hop road movie<br />
soundtrack started to shape a vision for not only the artwork for the<br />
mixtape and the segues that would join the songs, but for the brand as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
I made a shirt, and a song, and another song, and another….<br />
Soon I got busy with producing other projects, mainly Nova<br />
Rockafeller, which coincidentally was brought to me after<br />
playing her manager, Jensen Karp some songs, and as Nova<br />
and I continued to make music, the Black Hesh Cult Mixtape<br />
sat in waiting.<br />
<br />
Time passed, the NBA season progressed, lyrics about Andrew <br />
Bynum turned to lyrics about Dwight Howard, songs were<br />
discarded, beats changed, and new songs were born, and this<br />
mixtape started to become a real album.<br />
After having done all the tracks to date myself, I enlisted my old<br />
friend Balthazar Getty to send some beats my way, and after<br />
sorting through email after email of his tracks, I settled on 3<br />
bangers which spoke to me and felt appropriate, the beats<br />
which would become, “So” “.22”, & “Diary”.<br />
I told Adam from She Wants Revenge what I was doing and<br />
asked if he had any beats he wanted to send my way, and he<br />
sent what was to become, “Up And Bounce”, one of my<br />
favorites.<br />
<br />
<br />
I had a file of music set aside for segues to go between songs,<br />
and after carefully selecting the music and dialogue that<br />
would help move the narrative forward, I placed them<br />
between songs with the precision of a surgeon. Everything was<br />
important – the in’s, the out’s, the downbeats, each moment<br />
contributing to the overall feel of the piece.<br />
And when I listened back to the whole thing I was amazed to<br />
find that I’d not made a mixtape, I’d made an album, an<br />
album so close to Planet 9 that there was no question this was<br />
it’s spiritual follow-up.<br />
<br />
<br />
All in all with other projects popping up, both my own and as a<br />
producer, it took me about a year to finish the mixtape, but if<br />
you tally the time I spent actually in the studio making it, it’s<br />
closer to two months of man hours….but it felt like a lost<br />
weekend.<br />
<br />
It came so easy, from such a pure, unadulterated, imaginative<br />
exploratory place that it was almost déjà vu, for it was exactly<br />
the same feelings I’d had while making my first album so many<br />
moons ago.<br />
<br />
While sitting outside my friend’s guitar shop recently we began<br />
talking about the work he’d been doing in hip-hop. I realized<br />
I’d not told him what I’d been up to, so I said, “dude, I made a<br />
mixtape!”. Being that he was around and involved when I<br />
made my first LP, he was thrilled to hear this, but more<br />
importantly he dropped a question - “When’s the 20th<br />
anniversary of Planet 9?”.<br />
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The crazy thing is that before that moment it had never even<br />
crossed my mind, and before I could do the math he said,<br />
“dude, its next month”.<br />
<br />
I couldn’t believe it. Had it really been 20 years? Forget the age<br />
implications, I was simply blown away that I released an album<br />
so long ago it could be considered “vintage”. This was a<br />
milestone in my life; I’d just turned 40 and my 1st LP turned 20.<br />
A few tweets from some hip-hop bloggers with a love of the<br />
glory days, a dust-covered trip into my garage to dig through<br />
the archives and it was decided; I would release the mixtape in<br />
celebration of the 20th anniversary of my 1st album.<br />
Fitting. Appropriate. Like it was by design.<br />
<br />
<br />
I’d been waffling on whether or not to release this, as I had<br />
some other things I was working on which I was eager to share<br />
with the world, but in the end, documenting something that<br />
meant so much to me and letting people hear it felt right. If<br />
making it was so effortless and natural, why not let the kids hear<br />
the old man do his thing.<br />
<br />
<br />
I couldn’t be more proud of what I’ve created, both alone with<br />
my thoughts in a darkened studio, as well as with the help of a<br />
few close friends whom I’ve known since I was the teenager<br />
who first experienced this music. It all makes sense.<br />
<br />
<br />
Thank you to all who heard it along the way and voiced words<br />
of encouragement, because even though I was going to and<br />
had to do this regardless of what anyone thought or felt, it sure<br />
was nice to hear the feedback and know that perhaps I wasn’t<br />
crazy, and perhaps I’d not only found my voice and what to<br />
say, but that it might speak to others as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
In the weeks to come I will be releasing some rare b-sides and<br />
instrumentals from the Planet 9 sessions, and down the line, an<br />
accompanying essay, describing the making of the album and<br />
the back story that led to it.<br />
<br />
<br />
I’ve been archiving and going through the past, and there’s a<br />
lot there.<br />
<br />
<br />
In interviews across the country Adam and myself used to<br />
always say, “We’re just two b-boys from the valley”, and after<br />
20 years it was nice to know that some things never change.<br />
I hope you enjoy,<br />
<br />
Justin Warfield August, 21st, 2013<br />
<br />
And now, The Black Hesh Cult Mixtape<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So you’re going to complain
about Coachella? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Really? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Cause it totally sucks having
a rad 3-day vacation with your best friends wherein everyone is having fun,
eating your favorite food(trucks), dancing, smiling, bonding and sharing
memories all to a carefully curated live-music soundtrack for your listening
and viewing enjoyment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Yeah, that’s terrible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s instead look at the top
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you’d go see at the Echo or El Rey anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s talk about the bands
that have already played there in the past, let’s complain about the band that
we think in our infinite wisdom is reuniting solely for the money when really
we’re just pissed it wasn’t The Smiths. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s complain about ticket
prices when we’re all getting comps anyway. Let’s complain about the hip-hop
influence that’s pervading recent years while following A$AP on Twitter and
watching the video for Thrift Store when no one is looking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s complain about the Red
Hot Chili Peppers, never mind that they helped invent alternative music when
you were 3 and your older sister who now likes Deap Valley was super into New
Kids On The Block. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Let’s post ironic fake
lineups to hide the fact that you’re bummed your shitty band isn’t on the bill.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But it’s such a long drive,
and the traffic, and no one has reception, and the rooms are booked, and you
have to wait in line for a drink, and there’s no enough water, and there’s too
much dance music, and.....YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s fucking awesome. Get
over it, get over yourself and HAVE FUN. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I will be there with my
better half, as we go every year and have an incredible time, like an annual
honeymoon, kissing under the stars, knowing every inch of the terrain from going
year after year (Yes I went to the 1<sup>st</sup> one, very proud of that), dancing
to bands from all across the country, laughing, sweating, catching up with
friends, making plans to meet up at designated times then getting distracted by
something awesome and meeting up by accident later anyway, being at the outdoor
theater at Sunset, having flashbacks to playing there (twice, let me enjoy that, OK?), getting years confused when
discussing past performances, buying the app, getting a tan, beating the crowd,
knowing the shortcuts, having the special wristband, standing side stage,
saying, “remember that year when….”, living the dream and living our lives
instead of typing about it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And to those who say, "easy for you to say, you get the good passes, you can use the golf carts, you don't get get bullied by security and rounded up like cattle and told where not to go", I say - </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">"Exactly. I worked hard under-earning in middling bands and making good music for years to finally have a band be fortunate enough to achieve some kind of success and afford me the luxury of fading into obscurity with an artist wristband on my 39 year old wrist. And security doesn't discriminate, I have just as many problems in the Gen Pop area as I do in the shaded, beverage laden promised land. Having said that, I've gone with the worst passes and had the best time, so just suck it up and don't be a pussy. I'm old and need to be pampered, I don't like dust and hate being around other people, so I need a little more. Now can we continue?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">You say the
lineup sucks, I call bullshit on that and I'll take it one step further.....I think if you went you would have a blast, let your hair down, come home like Cameron after he wrecked his dad's car and just maybe your cold frozen heart would warm enough to realize that there's more to life than KindKreme and being against everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Here’s what I’ll be watching, no irony, no bullshit, just a list
of bands I’m curious to ecstatic to see. Color commentary is dead honest, not trying to be funny, but if it is, feel free to hire me for your writer's room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><u><b>Day 1</b></u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* The Stone Roses</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Blur</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Lou
Reed - (I know, but he’s Lou Reed, and I’ll be hanging out with him and you
won’t, so suck it Sweet Jane)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Grinderman - (People I trust love and apparently
awesome, but I’ve yet to hear them, much like I’ve never seen the Deer Hunter
or all of 2001 A Space Odyssey)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* HTDA</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Tegan And Sara - (I gave in)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Band Of Horses - (I think)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Beach House - (Do I like them?)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Foals - (I remember a really good song).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Tommy Trash - (I say I want to see this and
dance with my wife but we’ll end up watching someone else who’s on at the same
time so we can hang with that friend who we never get to see cause their friend
is the tour manager/tech/singer)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* EARL
SWEATSHIRT!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* SPARKS!!!! - (Age appropriate rock which will erase the memory of Squeeze last year)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Dam Funk - (He’s meant to be awesome, right?)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Palma Violets</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* IO MOTHERFUCKING ECHO!!!!!!!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* The
Neighbourhood!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><u><b>Day 2 </b></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Phoenix - (30 minutes ago I
would have said, "ehh", but in keeping with the spirit of the above
words I realized it will be a radical dance party and time to stop being a dick
and enjoy the Rich French Strokes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* New Order - (I’ve seen them be good ONCE, and
I was about as far from sober as I’ve ever been and it was in a palace in
England with the Chemical Brothers and Underworld, so that’s not an accurate gauge of how good they actually were, having said that Hooky isn’t in the band (as of
now), but it’s New Order, so you pray Bernard sings in key while you dance and sing
along. Meanwhile I’ll be dancing with one of my favorite people who happens to
be a lovely woman as well as their agent. - And while we’re at it, it is not
lost on me that my perspective is of one who is in the music industry and has
been for 24 years, so sorry if I say agent a lot, or reference managers and friends in bands. It's my JOB. If I worked at Starbucks I'd tell you all about how people pretend to order coffee only dip out when no one is watching to nuke the bathroom, OK?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Benny Bennassi - (Like 10 other I’ll list and say I want to see but in the
end I will end up missing for Kogi or waiting for a golf cart to meet up with
someone who’s no longer there)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* VIOLENT FEMMES!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* SPIRITUALIZED!!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Puscifer - (Friend of a friend, seems fun, never heard)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* THE MAKE-UP - HOLY SHIT FUCK I AM
DYING HAVE SEEN THEM 3 TIMES AND CANNOT BELIVE THE GOD SVENONIUS IS BACK WITH
THE GOSPEL YEAH-YEAH SOUND THANK BLACK JESUS AND BASED GOD!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Bat For Lashes</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Major Lazer - (Accept it, Diplo is a fucking genius)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* 2 Chainz - (White
people love ignorant black music even more than they love Radiohead).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Danny Brown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Trash Talk </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Pusha T - (Clipse is all-time, I ain’t new to this)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Baauer - (White people and
trap music, again…but this is where the good looking kids like AJ Anglais will
be, so natch I want to lurk).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* Action Bronson</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">* SAVAGES - (BEST BAND IN
THE UK, YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???).</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><u><b>Day 3</b></u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* RHCP - (Best live band in the
world, not debatable, shut the fuck up, how about you learn to play your instrument like
these guys, be on your own shit creatively for over 25 years without
compromise all while making more money than god, THEN come back and talk shit
you tempeh eating fan of bad music)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Bad Seeds - (I’m gonna be honest, I saw them
in the dusty field in one of the early, early ones, or an early Lolla – don’t
know a lot of their music, but I like the vibe a lot)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* VAMPIRE WEEKEND - (Four
words – GOSSIP GIRL SEASON ONE. Two more words – WHITE PEOPLE. One more word –
Graceland. These dudes are awesome, and apart from seeing them be very
condescending to a black security guard a previous year (basically just like
the scene in Breakfast Club where Bender mocks Carl the janitor), they are fun
and make you want to put a sweater around your neck, live off your father’s
Amex, punch Carter Baizen and eat a macaroon)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Wu-Tang Clan - (why not?)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Tame Impala</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* La Roux - (Again, will probably miss
for a Cool Haus ice cream sandwich I’ll put off until I can no longer stick to
my no-sugar diet)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Grimes</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Gaslight Anthem - (Same manager, good dudes, Bruce
adjacent)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> * The Faint - (Def subliminally influenced SWR, and I will rock the fuck
out hard when they play their Nebraska-wave dance macabre madness)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Dinosaur
Jr. - (Almost lost my hearing in the pit at Lolla 92 (I think 92) watching these
dudes. Now he has grey hair, what’s not to like?)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Raider Klan -(Don’t know but
sounds essential)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Disclosure - (If you don’t know and you say you like dance
music you are in a fraternity and drink beer inverted and have herpes)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Father
John Misty - (Same agent and he’s weird, right?)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* DIIV - (The future, even if it
sounds like the past. Same manager. I know...I know)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* Little Green Cars - (Best of the Irish-invasion, with the exception of Hudson
Taylor who should score a Graduate type movie that I should one day make)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">* White Arrows - (Never heard, but Mickey is a nice enough kid, and I like it when local boys
and friends of friends succeed). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 15px;">So see you there, right?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1996, maybe 5, but let's just say 96. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gianni and I are living on Arlington Road at the
corner of Parkway in the heart of Camden. I won't say Camden Town, because that
feels a bit '78, and besides, no one I knew actually called it that. This was
the HEIGHT of Brit-Pop, and the newsstand beside the pub we lived above had the
butcher boards bearing the news of the day, and on more than one occasion the
headline was about Blur vs. Oasis. (I never chose sides, I was too obsessed
with both to commit, and while What's The Story was worlds better than Parklife,
I would have to say at the time it was the big O, though a year later when
Graham Coxon caught wind of Pavement and Damon raided his CD collection, their
self-titled LP blur was a a revelation and incredibly ironic, but not in a Beck sort of way, literally ironic - for just a year before the band who sang about milky tea, mods, country houses and epitomized all things Britannia were now mining Slanted And Enchanted and name-checking Spiral Stairs. Bug I
digress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gianni was "dating" a girl. I couldn't
tell you her name, what she looked like, her ethnicity or any one thing in
particular about her, all I remember is that he was not in a good place and was
busy in his room and had no time for her presence, so feeling dejected and
bored she came to my room to say hello. I was busy myself, however my
activities were of the recording variety and didn't involve aluminium foil. (Obnoxious
spelling intentional). She knocks on my door and I push stop on my 8 track
Tascam tape recorder, set down my headphones and reluctantly get up to see what
she wants. She says hello, asks if she can come in. I say why not, hoping her
stay is brief; after all, I'm currently in a relationship, so it's not like I
have any business with his shunned girl other than listen to her complain about
by best friend and bandmate for what I hope will be a minimum amount of time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">She tells me he's busy getting high and is
ignoring her. I'm sure I nodded in acknowledgment and understanding while
feigning interest in whatever she was saying, but the truth is I would have
told her the bearded Italian from the valley was my gay lover if I thought she
would leave me alone and let me record, but instead I listened. But being that
she was British and not some rich girl from the valley (like the last one), she
spoke in short terse sentences, nearly devoid of emotion, so the kvetching was
mild and she mostly sat and looked around the sparsely furnished but very nice
living quarters these two strange Americans inhabited. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">She had a Walkman, yes, a real life Walkman if
you can believe, and mind you this was not only pre-"phone as media consumption
device", but headphones were a curved piece of silver metal with grey-black foam
over the ears, a far cry from painful white ear buds, and the only thing Dre was
making at this point was music. I asked her what she was listening to and she
said three words that looking back were sweeter than any three words a woman
had ever said to me before; My Bloody Valentine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">My interest was piqued, for all I knew of the
band was the album covers I'd seen in the closet whenever I went to my record
label and scavenged the bins for CD's to listen to or more likely, trade for
the measly living expenses of a 20-something in the 90's. I remembered the CD
art I'd seen beside The Flaming Lips, REM and Jane's, and I always remember
digging the artwork and the font, but for some reason I thought it was going to
be vaguely metal, so I'm pretty sure if I ever did grab it that the only time
it was opened was when they checked to make sure it wasn't an empty case when I
placed it on the counter at The Wherehouse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">But this time I was interested, mainly because
only weeks before, while doing press, a journalist in Paris told me that our
band's live show reminded him of My Bloody Valentine, both in terms of sheer
volume as well as the dizzying array of sounds coming from the samplers on
stage and bass and guitar overtones. (Mind you there were zero musical similarities, but he was French and he made it sound convincing and cool, and yeah,
we used samplers back then). So it was fresh on my mind when this sad looking
cute girl sat on the edge of my bed with her bad posture (probably a
contrivance to further this narrative, but it paints a more vivid picture) and
her Walkman in her lap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">"Can I hear?", I queried?
"Sure", as she handed me the Walkman, first rewinding it to the top. (I'm not entirely sure she did this, but I'm guessing she must
have, as it was cued to the very top of the first song). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I pushed play, and......<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">OK, wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'm not going to do that thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I'm not going to do that thing where I tell you
that the snare hit three times and my life changed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’m not going to do that thing where I tell you
that the cacophony that followed was so powerful and all consuming that it was
as if I'd mainlined Sgt. Pepper's, Pet Sounds and Houses Of The Holy all at
once.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It would be pretentious to tell you that I
actually saw and heard the music in terms of colour and this was as pink and
hazy as the cover I would later come to know and love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It would be so terribly predictable if I told you
I’d found my new desert island disc and the most important record of my
generation, an album that would make Nevermind look like The Bay City Rollers
on bad black tar and rendered them as irrelevant as Candlebox (I know the chronology is off, relax).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">But I did do that thing, and I am pretentious,
and I am predictable, and more than anything else, I am hopelessly sentimental.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">What I must tell you, simply because it is the
truth is that it felt like falling in love for the first time, that my entire
conception of what an album could sound like had changed and rather than kick
myself for being 5 years late all I wanted to do was lie in bed forever and
listen to this wonderful, wonderful cassette. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Now that the 33 1/3 intro, the post-Pitchfork obligatory
Christ like exaltation has been handled, I can state the facts:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">After those 4 snare hits the music started on a song I would later come to know was "Only Shallow". I got as far as
the vocals (24 seconds in) and pushed stop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I took off the headphones and calmly said,
"Can I be alone and listen to this, please?", to which she replied,
"Sure", got up off the bed, walked to the door and exited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I stood, walked to the door, shut it, lay back
on the bed, put the headphones on, rewound the cassette, closed my eyes, and
pushed play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I don't remember if it was the type of Walkman
that would automatically flip the tape (raise your hand if you remember
auto-reverse), or whether I had to physically flip it. I assume the girl went
back into Gianni's room and vied for his attention, but I can't be sure, all I
know is that I listened to the album front to back twice before I reluctantly
gave the Walkman back to her along with the cassette which had just cracked
open my 23 year old mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I don't remember when I went out and bought it
for myself, I feel like I walked up to Camden Lock to the nearby record store
only to find out it was sold out, but I can't be sure, and even then, I have no
idea when I actually purchased it for myself, but regardless of when I got my
first copy, I can tell you with 100% honestly and certainty that it was one of
the most beautiful, pure, and stunning musical moments of my life and remains
so to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am well aware of the fact that some
"important" albums suck, how some "must haves" are
overrated, and some "modern classics" are over hyped, but this is not
one of those albums. Sure there are those who keep their hard copy on hand like
a copy of Helter Skelter on the coffee table: a cultural signifier more than
indicator of one's true taste, like having an Unknown Pleasures shirt before
they sold them at Urban or a RHCP sticker on your bumper in '92, but that's
more to do with the listener than the music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The music is timeless, both in terms of how
fresh it still sounds as well as it's disorienting and swirly nature, swaying in and out of time,
all tremolo bar wobble and reverse reverb wash. The music is also wordless, as
no one truly knows the lyrics, and if they say they do they're lying. (Which is
also what makes it such a truly unique experience in the context of modern rock
and roll music, in that it elicits such great emotion and we feel a connectedness to the DNA of the songs purely through melody and
texture and the words are whispered signposts that merely point in a general
direction rather than tell you a story. We make our own stories from the sounds. Pretty heady stuff for a rock band that started out making fuzzy punky indie-rock).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I can be as cynical as the next guy when
listening to or talking about music, but when I just lay down in bed, laptop
on my chest, Beats By Dre strapped to my ears, and I pushed play, I got a similar
feeling as when sitting on the edge of my bed in Camden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sure, this time it
wasn't a revelation, it wasn't a "game changer" (definitely the most
overused term in relation to any media....apologies), on the contrary, it was
familiar, warm, comforting, and it brought a smile to my face like seeing an old
friend who moved away long ago but came back looking just like you'd
remembered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">So as we all listen to and digest this new My
Bloody Valentine record, "M B V", which was just released tonight,
the first TRUE My Bloody Valentine album since 1991, as we praise, judge,
debate in 140 characters, tag friends in battles and compare to the previous LP’s with the dry wit of a generation of cynics raised on cat memes and single origin espresso,
as we play armchair Greil Marcus and fancy ourselves the Lester Bangs of our
very own IP address, I thought I would share with you not my OPINION, but my
experience as outlined above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">So when I pushed play on my Macbook and listened
to the first song, "She Found Now", I smiled to myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It was all
there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I played the song till the end, and as the second song started I pushed
pause and wrote this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Whatever follows in the remaining 8 1/2 songs doesn't matter;
the friend was back in town and made us feel just like they did when last we
saw them, and t</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">o quote Lou Reed, "And it was alright".</span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-28901443026746817952012-04-19T14:12:00.000-07:002012-04-19T14:14:57.619-07:00Flow from blue bic and paper's wide rule.Part 2 of my interview on Tony Hawk's Ride Channel.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eH3k2IR4NG4" width="560"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-9989052134293712142012-04-03T02:10:00.002-07:002012-04-03T02:15:21.760-07:00LA Lakers, fast break makers, kings of the court shake and bake all takers, back to back is a bad ass fact, a claim that remains....intact.My favorite Laker. Congratulations, Silk.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueHbafF58_ACvGq1t7wOp8j319igQ9PbgDWgZLgntjGk1LxsPBYl8RWRsyP_b0d2uIki2GX1dX1jXOtE8Z9kfLpizqZZSHefSdNzNCS62oppJJ7zfJGBHV6u1ZFk9J657q0hPlLRnEVs/s1600/wilkes.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueHbafF58_ACvGq1t7wOp8j319igQ9PbgDWgZLgntjGk1LxsPBYl8RWRsyP_b0d2uIki2GX1dX1jXOtE8Z9kfLpizqZZSHefSdNzNCS62oppJJ7zfJGBHV6u1ZFk9J657q0hPlLRnEVs/s320/wilkes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727099446615684834" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-26400334514385313142012-03-15T12:01:00.002-07:002012-03-15T12:05:35.017-07:00I make the beats for Spade and King Tee, they say the funky fresh rhymes for me.Yeah, I know, it's been forevs.<br />Moving right along.<br />Here is part 1 of an interview I did with my friend Jesse Fritsch for Tony Hawk's new YouTube channel, Ride. Check it.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bziApQWGAok" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-62970056228070729792011-08-05T01:23:00.000-07:002011-08-05T02:38:11.824-07:00If I played guitar I'd be Jimmy Page, the girlies I like are underage.For sale is a 2000 Custom Shop Gibson ES446. (I think I'm dating this correct, but the serial number is clear in the pic if you would like to double check yourself).<br /><br />What I can tell you is this is a clean custom shop guitar that is no longer made, it is rare, and it is in very good condition.<br /><br />If you don't know about this guitar, it's somewhere between a Les Paul, a Johnny A, and a thinner, easier to play ES 137. It's does from warm and jazzy to rocking out. Acoustically it is super loud and resonant when not plugged in, and won't disappoint when it is.<br /><br />2 humbuckers, , fully hollow body. The top and braces are carved from spruce, and the body is carved out of mahogany (at least that's what I read, I don't know).<br /><br />The color is a strange variation on the standard sunburst, where the red is a bit more burgundy and the yellow is deep. This could be due to age or simply how it came straight from the Gibson Custom Shop.<br /><br />Overall it's in good shape, sounds great, and has a terrific vibe - easy to play, light as hell, nice neck, all it needs is a setup and some fresh strings.<br /><br />Only marks or blemishes are some minor marks near the straplock (see photo below), some dulling on the metal hardware, and light wear on the front and back from playing and not sitting in a case. Apart from that, the bone colored plastic circle that sits outside the toggle for pickups is missing. This is easy, and I probably have the part somewhere, but I didn't want to take apart the toggle as I knew I'd be fighting to get the stuff to stay in place once it was unscrewed. I'm not a tech, I'm a musician, so I leave that to the pros.<br /><br /><br />The pickups are great, the electronics in good working order, and it's ready to go.<br /><br />The tuners (as seen in the pix) aren't original, as someone replaced them with Grovers, and once it's set up it stays in tune pretty well.<br /><br />I've had it for years and would hate to part with it, but I have to finish my bike and have other guitars....and you can't hang on to all of em!<br /><br />Comes with the original custom shop case (The outside is a little beat up from touring, but still in good shape). The guitar has been kept in a studio for the better part of the last 5 years, and I've used it on many recordings with my band.<br /><br />All in all it's a really unique and rare guitar in great shape. If you're a collector looking for guitar show quality with zero imperfections then this is not your guitar, but if you want a really nice hollow body in great shape to actually play and not just hang on the wall, this is all you.<br /><br />I would like to sell it privately, but if need be it can be listed on the bay.<br /><br />Any questions message me on here or email me at -<br />thevalley@me.com<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT51ozHOEY7nax-Z3MobezLtulFtAeOjF6MZVjY-u7CTG_61Uf9i8_2Ni1PeQgWJsesxQGWZv5Nf69YREUO_fOFwpkAE4wJUyVQ9O8hhidhjkG5UAIKLH2_9wCB1ZvuFRu3JCXzbH4KsI/s1600/IMG_0477.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT51ozHOEY7nax-Z3MobezLtulFtAeOjF6MZVjY-u7CTG_61Uf9i8_2Ni1PeQgWJsesxQGWZv5Nf69YREUO_fOFwpkAE4wJUyVQ9O8hhidhjkG5UAIKLH2_9wCB1ZvuFRu3JCXzbH4KsI/s320/IMG_0477.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637285295583117554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIk-ARamZkwXBS6Jp31hPbh1DW_QaSlVl2Lx-HXo-zPKc4NPbLHvfpCimkKqIQV465B7DrpkOO1uOVdB7SGQUMnsezM4gxuJGVxWdD4TVtt4DXaXDmbdjO5-It-v-jF97CK1P1D4WwXxg/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCVyHLqEHtGUUqcXlHb7NiayzyFT7qkW-kY2cVwa8IXBE0qEp6248PJGCFP9UocFxczfBvXQrBF_gfp2OebaakAVxkM8T6gk4SbK0PNyV0rrwiTOVcGa9dA4Nq3tZVCxsJycYit26-8Y/s320/tumblr_loro0cSoOi1qa42jr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634333255894578082" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-25463102408576230532011-03-23T05:04:00.000-07:002011-03-23T05:13:48.717-07:00The future's open wide.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IEVgjNEHCEGs17TokGeDRLcP-HwYfdxzeLyFP3U87DU6W9vx1x0wA07JKYX20GIKA5X1zaT3rU9UrWh45vG0rKNQoT3v2UIQKZytKsloaTJ8lKpzCl_2_b_MGaDQELdtjsb6eu80ceU/s1600/justin%2526debbycopy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IEVgjNEHCEGs17TokGeDRLcP-HwYfdxzeLyFP3U87DU6W9vx1x0wA07JKYX20GIKA5X1zaT3rU9UrWh45vG0rKNQoT3v2UIQKZytKsloaTJ8lKpzCl_2_b_MGaDQELdtjsb6eu80ceU/s320/justin%2526debbycopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587246964963167218" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p>As of a few moments ago, my old and dear friend Steve Berra's website, The Berrics is hosting the world premiere of my band's latest video, "Must Be The One".</p><p> </p><p>It is a video I directed, and since all of the principal "actors" are actual skateboarders, it's fitting that it debut on the largest skateboarding website in the world.</p><p> </p><p>There is a funny back-story to mine and Berra's relationship and how we came to know one another nearly two decades ago, but I'll let him tell that story....</p><p> </p><p>I can't stress enough how pleased I am that this video which I'm so very proud of is premiering on a website I spend so much time looking at and deeply respect. I was actually kind of surprised when Steve agreed to post it, I mean, after all, there isn't much skating in it (Though the extended cut which will be out in a few weeks will have some serious bangers from the leads, Casey, Nakel, Sagan, as well as Cash, Lui, Lucien and some other homies as well as some cameos from some very cool kids and friends of ours who didn't make the tight narrative edit of the video), and though it's shot at the North Hollywood Skate Plaza, all you really see is kids skating, not really doing tricks or anything heavy - but after Berra saw it what was clear was that he connected with the feeling of the piece...he totally understood what it was I was going for and he felt it.</p><p> </p><p>To me what's important about the video is that it's real, at least a type of reality. It features real people. Real skaters, real girls - real kids, not actors or models, in fact, with the exception of two people, all of the stars are people who are either good friends or connected to me in one way or another, some even the children of my friends.</p><p> </p><p>It had to be this way. The video I was trying to make was about kids being real. Not necessarily in the way we're accustomed to seeing kids behave, but in the way kids behave when no one's looking - when we're not worried about how we look, if we're being cool or sticking to the script of what's hip or not. I wanted to show the excitement of a crush, a first kiss, the nervous feeling in your stomach when you get that call or text that he or she is there, and the ensuing anxiety of what to wear. </p><p> </p><p>I envisioned a somewhat idealistic view of the quintessential California experience of youth.</p><p> </p><p>Call it a webisode, a commercial for youth, a postcard of the San Fernando Valley - more than anything there was a tone and feeling I was trying to achieve, and with the help of a great team of people, I feel that we did just that.</p><p> </p><p>It was of course, all anchored by the song that we wrote, cause after all it's a music video, but it had to be more than just that, cause when you first hear the song it feels like it should be playing over the end credits of a film, perhaps a teen love story, perhaps a coming of age movie, maybe both.</p><p> </p><p>So when I was lying in bed in Aspen, Colorado thinking about all of these things in preparation for the video shoot that was less than a week away, it was only natural that it hit me like a bolt of lightning; Deborah Foreman, the Texas born beauty who embodied the San Fernando Valley like no one before or since in her portrayal of Julie Richmond in the motion picture, Valley Girl.</p><p> </p><p>Suddenly I realized that the scene in my video where the girls were getting ready to head to the skatepark and meet up with the boys was missing one vital ingredient - the mom - and what could be cooler than having Deborah Foreman play her? It would be a nod and homage to Colleen Camp playing Deborah's mother in Valley Girl - not only the single most important film of my childhood (whose soundtrack influenced my ideas about music, whose story told me all I needed to know about love at all costs, and whose theme song, "Melt With You" was played at my very own wedding when I stepped on the glass to cheers of Mazel Tov…but I digress.). More to the point, this was a film that undoubtedly echoed throughout the album my bandmate and I had just completed, our love letter to the place we grew up, Valleyheart.</p><p> </p><p>I sat up in bed and thought to myself, "If Julie Richmond was in my video, it would not only be completely full circle with her playing the mom and riffing on the scene where her and Stacey get ready before the big party at the beginning of the film, but it would be the cherry on top of what was already shaping up to be a video that put visuals to the sound and feeling of a full day and night in the San Fernando Valley in the summertime. Meta to say the least.</p><p> </p><p>With my mind going 100 miles an hour I Googled her and found out that not only was she a Pilates instructor living in Los Angeles, but that she was even more stunning than ever.</p><p>And the kicker - her email was on her website.</p><p> </p><p>"Dude", I said across the room to Adam who I was bunking with while attending the Winter X-Games, "Deborah Foreman....I'm gonna get Deborah Foreman to be in the video".</p><p>I don't remember his exact response, and though he loved the idea, he probably felt as I did, that it was a great idea, but too bad it will never happen.</p><p> </p><p>I returned to LA, got back to my life and pre-production for the video, and though I mentioned the idea to my wife, I didn't dare do anything about it. The idea of cold-calling one of your heroes can be terrifying, and though I honestly knew she simply HAD to be in it, I did nothing - that is until two days before the shoot date.</p><p> </p><p>As I sat down sometime around midnight and went over my shotlist, casting photos and visual references, I said to myself, "Fuck it", and wrote a very long, very honest, letter to Ms. Foreman.</p><p> </p><p>I told her everything.</p><p> </p><p>I told her that Adam and I grew up in the Valley and just how much her film inspired us and helped shape who we were as individuals and as a band, I told her that I knew of every single movie she'd ever done, including The Experts, I told her all about the concept behind Valleyheart, and that the album cover, album title, and the feeling within probably owes a debt to her and her performance in the film that had changed our lives, I told her that I knew every single frame, line, song cue, beat and moment from Valley Girl, and that there was literally no one who knew this film like I did.</p><p> </p><p>And finally, I told her that at the risk of sounding incredibly presumptuous, that I would do for her what Quentin had done for Travolta and what P.T.A. had done for Phillip Baker Hall, that if she wanted to return to acting, that this was the way to do it, and I was going to not only reintroduce her to the world, but that I would do so in a way that was deserving of her legacy, her beauty and her talent.</p><p> </p><p>I can't put into words how it felt when I heard the "ding" of my Mac Mail and saw the message in the inbox from Debby Foreman.</p><p> </p><p>A few emails later and she agreed to do it, saying, "why not, I'm in", and I was the luckiest boy in the world, on the verge of tears as I said over and over to my wife, "can you even believe this?” while we sat in bed tripping the fuck out that this was actually happening.</p><p> </p><p>When I set my mind to something it usually happens, that is if it's meant to be.</p><p>It's always been that way.</p><p> </p><p>I immediately got on the phone with Adam and we shared a very meaningful, "wow" moment.</p><p> </p><p>The next day I called Debby (as she prefers to be called), and heard the laugh I'd known since I was 10 years old.</p><p> </p><p>Then it struck me - I was speaking to Julie Richmond, the first girl I ever fell in love with.</p><p> </p><p>Two days later when I answered the knock on my front door, there she was. The same face, the same smile...it was truly dazzling.</p><p> </p><p>Everyone on my team had their own Debby experience, Adam, Stefanie, Brooke, Ari, Matt....I mean, how could you not? The original Valley Girl was in my living room - the same place that houses every lobby card ever produced, the framed movie poster, the framed LP, and the wedding portrait taken moments after Stefanie and I kissed for the first time as man and wife to Randy and Julie's getaway music.</p><p> </p><p>Around 7:30 AM, everyone had their coffee and got into wardrobe, and I spent some time going over what I had planned. I handed Debby and the girls a little 9-page scene I'd written a few hours before in the middle of the night. Debby laughed, asked if she was meant to memorize this in the hour before we began shooting and I told her no, it was merely a reference for the action.</p><p> </p><p>When it came time to shoot her, it was no less than magical. Watching her on the monitor and directing her was a dream come true. She had the same sparkle, charm, sweetness, and sense of humor that made so many of us fall in love with her when we first saw her on the screen.</p><p> </p><p>I simply cannot wait to release the long form extended cut with audio. Don't get me wrong, everything that is so wonderful about her comes through from the moment she enters frame (and what an entrance it is), but when you hear the dialogue between her and the girls, it's amazing - so real, so true, and so, so Debby.</p><p> </p><p>When she left the set we handed her a bouquet of flowers and hugged goodbye, Adam did a little interview, snapped some photos, and off she went, but when she drove off, we knew watching Valley Girl would never be the same again, yes it would still be one of the most important films of our lives, but now it had taken on a different meaning.</p><p> </p><p>Since then Adam and I have become friends with Debby, and we don't take that lightly.</p><p> </p><p>I plan to make good on my promise to make her a star again, and she and I are looking forward to working together on several other projects I have planned. She is my muse, and how fucking lucky am I?</p><p> </p><p>Adam and I have probably mentioned the soundtrack and film Valley Girl over a hundred times in interviews and it's actually something we discussed as a touchstone the first time we ever sat down to make music together, but never in a million years did we think that Deborah Fucking Foreman would be appearing in a music video of ours, let alone someone we talk to daily on Twitter.</p><p> </p><p>Life is funny like that.</p><p> </p><p>In the end, Valleyheart is a record about who we are and where we come from, and this video is a little piece of that.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you enjoy it</p><p> </p><p>Thank you to everyone who made it possible, especially Debby.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://theberrics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theberrics.com/</a></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-14236404528282602362010-12-25T01:31:00.000-08:002010-12-25T02:01:03.756-08:00I came to bring some Christmas spirit, I got a big bag now guess what's in it, somethin' for the rich, somethin' for the po, so merry xmas & ho-ho-ho.Sonny Liston.<br />This photo ruffled a few feathers in 1963.<br />In some parts of the country it still would.<br />#<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">teaparty</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5kfHrAnot_V7my9vaFNJfzc6LQZya6EC2GQt9gzKVEGgAyLNCvJGnZjcZCGg2h5b1NqdcpoE1v-vHEe2avNfwBnaSkxAKJSzw1Z2d6iRCW84Wkdm1D0xsF9pLd5HdIdVuKumULPb1EE/s1600/63-12_FirstBlackSanta.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5kfHrAnot_V7my9vaFNJfzc6LQZya6EC2GQt9gzKVEGgAyLNCvJGnZjcZCGg2h5b1NqdcpoE1v-vHEe2avNfwBnaSkxAKJSzw1Z2d6iRCW84Wkdm1D0xsF9pLd5HdIdVuKumULPb1EE/s320/63-12_FirstBlackSanta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554550454875231250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Last year I posted a Christmas mix.<br />Looking back, some of the songs were weak, so I've edited the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">playlist</span> down, keeping only the jams.<br />Enjoy - (And no, they're not links, this isn't a music blog, do the work yourself you lazy bastard).<br /><br />---<br /><br />* The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole (The whole album is epic, but this is the best, also not so Jesus-y, which is nice).<br /><br />* Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie (Corny but good).<br /><br />* Christmas Time - Stevie Wonder (A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">heartbreaker</span>).<br /><br />* <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Rockin</span>' Around the Christmas Tree/Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee (Classic).<br /><br />* Christmas Song - Joy Zipper (Reminds me of my girl, a plus).<br /><br />* 2000 Miles - The Pretenders (Best female rocker ever).<br /><br />* Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (Not a Christmas song, but the inclusion on Less Than Zero soundtrack, use during <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">xmas</span> in the film, and presence of sleigh bells qualifies it).<br /><br />* Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J (See above).<br /><br />* Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Joey <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ramone</span> (Needs no explanation).<br /><br />* Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty & The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Heartbreakers</span> (So good).<br /><br />* Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko<br /><br />* Endlessly - Mercury Rev (Not technically a Christmas song, but it feels like it to me).<br /><br />* Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (If you don't like this there's something wrong with you).<br /><br />* Christmas In Hollis - Run-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">DMC</span> (Best ever).<br /><br />* Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses (2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">nd</span> best).<br /><br />* <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Chrismas</span> Treat - Julian <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Casablancas</span> (Impressive cover of a Fallon/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sanz</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">SNL</span> skit).<br /><br />* Another Lonely Christmas - Prince (Go ahead, cry).<br /><br />* Christmastime Is Here (Vocal) - Vince <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Guaraldi</span> Trio (No matter how old you are).<br /><br />-----<br /><br />In conclusion, keep Christmas alive, say "Merry Christmas" to everyone you see....even if they don't celebrate it.<br />Do you ask everyone who sneezes whether they believe in a deity before you bless them?<br />No, so don't be a pussy and say, "happy holidays", that is unless you want the terrorists to win and the angels to die.<br /><br />Stay black, talk hard, and go <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Lakers</span>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-78501425968725680662010-11-01T19:57:00.000-07:002010-11-01T20:34:17.209-07:00I heard the captain's gonna sign him to Jive, and that's the truth.Sean <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Carasov</span> aka Captain <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Pissy</span>.<br />RIP.<br /><br />Jogger, A&R, Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Feliz</span> local, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mopar</span> lover, x-porn producer, once a roadie for The Clash, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Beastie</span> Boys tour manager, grumpy English fucker, and all around great dude who helped make hip-hop great when it mattered.<br /><br />You will be missed by many.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1jralqTQMNRVy3q59L7BdaY3lm5XxzjedJ8XF7B5juVFYRFkN_FjtTtTQBx73Vz89BpQ0SICFVhsUoDHkR1HC7qnBlKr1doh0rb1EhS57o26HLtaTQ1tqjX98bDhNT-zPdQeiLCRS1o/s1600/5893_1028437489949_1795708144_61874_5181781_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1jralqTQMNRVy3q59L7BdaY3lm5XxzjedJ8XF7B5juVFYRFkN_FjtTtTQBx73Vz89BpQ0SICFVhsUoDHkR1HC7qnBlKr1doh0rb1EhS57o26HLtaTQ1tqjX98bDhNT-zPdQeiLCRS1o/s320/5893_1028437489949_1795708144_61874_5181781_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534784393285429842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Though we weren't close, I met him at a crucial time in my life and he left a big impression. We reconnected online last year after a mutual friend took his life, and sadly, it is a year and change later that I write this in his memory.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />Captain,<br /><br />After Shawn M. passed I was trying to find you and rap about this Matt Dike project I was dreaming about. No one knew how to find you, so I lurked hard on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Interweb</span> and used my private eye skills and finally came across your AIM address in some sketchy 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">chan</span> K-hole and added it to my buddy list. Every day your screen name said, "away", but I still sent messages, just patiently waiting for it to pop up one day.<br /><br />Finally after probably a month or so, there you were, and you'll never know how stoked I was when your name finally showed as "online". I hit you and we typed for the better part of 30 minutes. We caught up and you told me how you'd spent the years since I'd seen you and I told you what was up on my end. We laughed about the onslaught of porn and racially charged words and images that popped up and overtook my computer like a fucking virus when I found an Anonymous link that you were responsible for, I told you how epic it was that you were the first of that organization to unmask yourself, and that only you would have the balls to pull something like that. You told me about Thailand, your struggles with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lyor</span> and the music business, and most poignantly, we discussed your last days with Shawn.<br /><br />You told me that you were just up the road from each other, and that you were both sick and had taken to trading <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">meds</span>, something you found most amusing. It brought me solace and some comfort the stories you told me of how you and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Mortensen</span> stayed close, and it was nice as one old acquaintance passed, I was back in contact with another. It is equally tragic that you both were in so much pain that you felt the need to check out the way you did. (I wonder if you both spoke of this?).<br /><br />Though we were never close, it pains me to think that this is the way you wanted it to go. We met through Sophia Chang, hip-hop and music, and you walked me into some amazing situations that I'll never forget. I called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Jarobi</span> when I heard, and we both didn't know what to say, what can you say?<br /><br />You were the funniest, most fucked up, craziest dude in Los Angeles. You were the King of Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Feliz</span> before anyone even thought of moving East, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">OG</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Mopar</span> lover, a jogging fanatic, porn-loving, crabby and wonderful son of a bitch. You will be missed by many, and I hope you and our other Shawn are laughing together peacefully.<br /><br />Lots of love,<br />Justin<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8eXhgeB6RviAbceXOFnjuHpLiC-64oaYBBH7oe9JinKQI9IxR10UjeQs2lf4VClh9VuD-Umo35fFWPkVSYnHNMl9BhIn-JRM1ZOYsbwZde01XzPWW0x7zrmZ1tQ0zpSB6_w0aVObJRw/s1600/18475_1102809549204_1795708144_202506_1748261_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8eXhgeB6RviAbceXOFnjuHpLiC-64oaYBBH7oe9JinKQI9IxR10UjeQs2lf4VClh9VuD-Umo35fFWPkVSYnHNMl9BhIn-JRM1ZOYsbwZde01XzPWW0x7zrmZ1tQ0zpSB6_w0aVObJRw/s320/18475_1102809549204_1795708144_202506_1748261_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534784397359260066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kH2vLVmHVRZAFqkp9WHT_UkKuQ6j3bRShDE-JCuE3ewd1x7xI3d_m92e2FbdaVYGuWTsf_HQQp7nlmPvXhyphenhyphenjlxRqhr2lqj8dgpn0z6wCTJGqnatvKruNrjGkuiAArsqZSAPJ2YTBnJw/s1600/5893_1028437449948_1795708144_61873_172004_n-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisca-2FDiX-mLWdCuFrlTAkMOjF9gt4LSuwm67dLbS5jl66rjSYDWhwfsW9-aJeYLDDb9d9N077YRiwalLOTO5OzkSZpl5JiVth3GO2-3i6nG3Wj2gMFiVsjRP7cLBBoHOUPeySIvf9XA/s320/5893_1027330702280_1795708144_59426_8356081_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534784380338371506" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-22896667932067370882010-08-27T00:36:00.000-07:002010-08-27T01:26:40.493-07:00Fuckin' blue lights, read 'em their rights, drama.Hendrix is one of those treats that you think you're gonna bum out on cause your buddy played the first two albums way too much back in the day and now you think it's all Purple Haze and all of that Axis bullshit, but when it comes down to it, if you were to throw on Electric Ladyland right now it would blow your mind.<br />This shot is just too good.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fR7mh6DWDR7ao10l12b-PDpKWxozKlYamFiQXxGqjShyphenhyphen6sih9ZfIeu3gvrLQ76AHXc2b_-PrVrcquYpd2xPF1TqehKW9Sduy40k43D7fsibhCFINLFcrMXaRoVc4XeFUydtDQSbaeHo/s1600/3379059440_2e00a0f73d_o.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fR7mh6DWDR7ao10l12b-PDpKWxozKlYamFiQXxGqjShyphenhyphen6sih9ZfIeu3gvrLQ76AHXc2b_-PrVrcquYpd2xPF1TqehKW9Sduy40k43D7fsibhCFINLFcrMXaRoVc4XeFUydtDQSbaeHo/s320/3379059440_2e00a0f73d_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509996617611966962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finally found and downloaded the entire 1983 Topper Carew documentary that predated Breakin' AND Beat Street....Breakin' N' Enterin'.<br />Filmed in Los Angeles and featuring breakers in Venice Beach, at the Radiotron, and out in the streets, it features Chris "The Glove" Taylor, Ice-T, and some incredible breakdancers, among them one of my favorite crews ever, The Dominos, from Los Angeles, CA featuring Kidd Tuff, a dude who was pretty much my idol back then. Tuff was a ridiculous breaker who made the dudes from Breakin' look like Rerun from What's Happenin', and besides being a sick breaker, Tuff was also the first person to ever punch me in the face, which is pretty cool.<br />The soundtrack is now available on itunes, do yourself a favor and get up on this important piece of B-Boy history.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu8OXTKj5ZVeeBgvCDW9zt9aDKBqYnR72Y-hAn88YyHfAWHTlQaIxLU8_Ik0E1bxzrUgNJ0sgUG4lQwDh7AYpuVRgUVFdIOnGvhySUQueuP1d9uaC7unJfaHVX7UpLm7H_gT5nWeA00k/s1600/breakin_n_enterin_west_coast_hip_hop_rap_electro_funk_breakdancing_video.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu8OXTKj5ZVeeBgvCDW9zt9aDKBqYnR72Y-hAn88YyHfAWHTlQaIxLU8_Ik0E1bxzrUgNJ0sgUG4lQwDh7AYpuVRgUVFdIOnGvhySUQueuP1d9uaC7unJfaHVX7UpLm7H_gT5nWeA00k/s320/breakin_n_enterin_west_coast_hip_hop_rap_electro_funk_breakdancing_video.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509996615749967458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />New Biltwell lid, good color, thinkin' about it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCzRKPd3Im6KQA2DFSvEwTrGbPfdTqKnY41ElUDl-Im3kAdOyPTVJxSCdc2LYezvPDcuEOFYkJbBaxvG6kadOMbE2mqE3Xt85Bqo-HBfDv6DyKf_NWKWnOkbPuyNtlY-Jnt_aX45Jlno/s1600/biltwell_denim.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCzRKPd3Im6KQA2DFSvEwTrGbPfdTqKnY41ElUDl-Im3kAdOyPTVJxSCdc2LYezvPDcuEOFYkJbBaxvG6kadOMbE2mqE3Xt85Bqo-HBfDv6DyKf_NWKWnOkbPuyNtlY-Jnt_aX45Jlno/s320/biltwell_denim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509996611339718866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Or the flat red. Can't decide.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYqp1IBWAJtAn_-3FQmMqreEnwNWzEBy4J6hsWqe1AIZH_-CldhmhNTWDQ6jnhXxQ2z9D6dYgMCJSIEaOu2ylPR5uPsPoLeCn188ae_ZfaNRUrfLsd7NTUmlOcSlu3rCYJ8w-p3kvffI/s1600/biltwell_primer_red.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYqp1IBWAJtAn_-3FQmMqreEnwNWzEBy4J6hsWqe1AIZH_-CldhmhNTWDQ6jnhXxQ2z9D6dYgMCJSIEaOu2ylPR5uPsPoLeCn188ae_ZfaNRUrfLsd7NTUmlOcSlu3rCYJ8w-p3kvffI/s320/biltwell_primer_red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509995746337135042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Want.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQml6E2V8C5B4xB3ve6MI2gmnl1AmwOAVabd2ti3zkkAr39XbSZSTPGXL6jnAn4ZgrqW_12e3RzMhBnWz1Zonq4_jzRC4jBglsIjzWGzTYAIuzph07Z3z-zoX4MEseHHMQTDTfNb8R1uA/s1600/8231_151704182733_148703617733_2813672_8368445_s.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQml6E2V8C5B4xB3ve6MI2gmnl1AmwOAVabd2ti3zkkAr39XbSZSTPGXL6jnAn4ZgrqW_12e3RzMhBnWz1Zonq4_jzRC4jBglsIjzWGzTYAIuzph07Z3z-zoX4MEseHHMQTDTfNb8R1uA/s320/8231_151704182733_148703617733_2813672_8368445_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509995743285995714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Need.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZyy1yIvr-tXQqnd9L0oGfhPCsSip6IyrN2i6s7uZfQ2rjsqac9qjaXP8w7OFP2YrqRHNrTgqbjxvFsrmeMjQ5TibFtznYnenRWeQ1V1EmKHeI-drWb4BkZE33sKcNnHkJ0Y8JkFurMY/s1600/800px-1987_Buick_Grand_National.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZyy1yIvr-tXQqnd9L0oGfhPCsSip6IyrN2i6s7uZfQ2rjsqac9qjaXP8w7OFP2YrqRHNrTgqbjxvFsrmeMjQ5TibFtznYnenRWeQ1V1EmKHeI-drWb4BkZE33sKcNnHkJ0Y8JkFurMY/s320/800px-1987_Buick_Grand_National.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509995737823044642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Old New York City hookers are awesome, I mean, minus the whole VD, heroin and AIDS thing.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22qUyjWUp7uyPE5o01stLts2yjJ_eUB6rJkm_kKprHJCdFJ353qDsk5LICNisux4vFDnIUHyh5RTRG9a964TyElIuQYrMTYNHp5mTtmX317gUSAXnpe4GizpHqm0tqkLvtJX5-XKg1Rw/s1600/hookers_times_square_signs_std.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22qUyjWUp7uyPE5o01stLts2yjJ_eUB6rJkm_kKprHJCdFJ353qDsk5LICNisux4vFDnIUHyh5RTRG9a964TyElIuQYrMTYNHp5mTtmX317gUSAXnpe4GizpHqm0tqkLvtJX5-XKg1Rw/s320/hookers_times_square_signs_std.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509995737086552178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Speaking of VD.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0QJXXQtfkV2imBepMJbC_aUZdjnViAJg3-FxZC-RDdBW19k4amM2Aw3LQI6AI-vCzzJprGwZqcfcYAXalHl-q3dKrqEMC58Nm2VYQ0xLR_Xj-iMnPpFEBzYQofku-154tAjl3_uMjys/s1600/s54_starburst_dancer_std.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0QJXXQtfkV2imBepMJbC_aUZdjnViAJg3-FxZC-RDdBW19k4amM2Aw3LQI6AI-vCzzJprGwZqcfcYAXalHl-q3dKrqEMC58Nm2VYQ0xLR_Xj-iMnPpFEBzYQofku-154tAjl3_uMjys/s320/s54_starburst_dancer_std.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509995727732584738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />It's official, I'm the laziest blogger ever.<br />Life has taken over, and child-rearing, recording an album, playing basketball, watching season after season of Friday Night Lights, writing two films and a pilot as well as trying to earn a living as a touring musician has rendered writing about shoes, motorcycles and The Hills obsolete.<br />I've gotta get my priorities straight.<br />The grey joints I've been wearing daily this summer are about to have some company.<br />Only 200 pairs are being sold, one to the kid.<br />Fingers crossed.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojkA7pCWQ5O18538J4zvU-xrz3Oi1Vzl1VHYxeFkZdmtF8Sb2EC-_FB32pwAc4pNtOJz_vtrNvL2rjd_yfQ-LwdR2xp0DCuv273fYOBQjIZATAdVuaGqeitK0laBD7mYd7SZuHRYcv44/s1600/arieder.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojkA7pCWQ5O18538J4zvU-xrz3Oi1Vzl1VHYxeFkZdmtF8Sb2EC-_FB32pwAc4pNtOJz_vtrNvL2rjd_yfQ-LwdR2xp0DCuv273fYOBQjIZATAdVuaGqeitK0laBD7mYd7SZuHRYcv44/s320/arieder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509990497520454290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Just saw this old shirt that Piscitelli and Dill did.<br />I was both totally stoked and totally bummed that they used an image from the poster for my dad's gay biker flick, The Pink Angels, as I've been planning on doing bootleg shirts of the poster forevz. Oh well, I think I'll do it anyway, I kind of have seniority on that one.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IQJoTXBhVYUxeXyu3jK7LCrksH1dZlyFJdNwrGL_ixGLPz1Ao3xmoInavjsRwxhP7LP3D9I8DbueRGQbucG6meBDoqGw_z4IhFRbEFuPd_ZDMSnOlKUKBsUNxhJeteAHM2wD4XS0HU8/s1600/278_product_medium_image_1766894505.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_IQJoTXBhVYUxeXyu3jK7LCrksH1dZlyFJdNwrGL_ixGLPz1Ao3xmoInavjsRwxhP7LP3D9I8DbueRGQbucG6meBDoqGw_z4IhFRbEFuPd_ZDMSnOlKUKBsUNxhJeteAHM2wD4XS0HU8/s320/278_product_medium_image_1766894505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509992385879068722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />And just in case you are wondering what movie I'm referring to...<br /><br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/htrYI-EDFXc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/htrYI-EDFXc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-83407830836980977852010-06-20T20:10:00.000-07:002010-06-20T20:45:01.430-07:00I'll give a little shout out to my dad.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XzOptUAweJYIv5He2mYXM8mwSnxJRY2VErtYhNNG9G7pc1ml8cdrN0TSl1EadclD_SZB0yJo9iAFzPTvsu8IJL0IIzVVNpgHILO9ScBp-Ruy7DEjhHhkvGZO38HwMzFWt3TOHM3QZL4/s1600/3generationsofwarfield.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XzOptUAweJYIv5He2mYXM8mwSnxJRY2VErtYhNNG9G7pc1ml8cdrN0TSl1EadclD_SZB0yJo9iAFzPTvsu8IJL0IIzVVNpgHILO9ScBp-Ruy7DEjhHhkvGZO38HwMzFWt3TOHM3QZL4/s320/3generationsofwarfield.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485066698006101458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tres Generaciones.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27JjDWEmtk7hEKdoq0QfpAh85W849_8SxB_eVjhqnQl3Wqk_QTotDMvTVHL-0lMpBcUl-5TIwsrV7y5h8EJwrAdA5LnaU3bJ_4hxn-QbyHRmPKOE7Hnp8iWv1r748DEnRFECxaruqJjg/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27JjDWEmtk7hEKdoq0QfpAh85W849_8SxB_eVjhqnQl3Wqk_QTotDMvTVHL-0lMpBcUl-5TIwsrV7y5h8EJwrAdA5LnaU3bJ_4hxn-QbyHRmPKOE7Hnp8iWv1r748DEnRFECxaruqJjg/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485059807542249218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes being on the road is tough.<br />Wishing I was with my little man today.<br />Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-2134335282639457832010-05-22T12:23:00.000-07:002010-05-22T13:22:32.827-07:00Who loved Popeye? Alice the goon.I recently had the pleasure of meeting Cynthia Plaster Caster.<br />Along with Pamela Des Barres, she is one of the most famous groupies of all time.<br />If you don't know how she got her nickname, you should look up her work.<br />I told her I had wanted to be one of her subjects since I was young.<br />She laughed, but didn't say no.<br />TBC....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnkFdyuYPVFYsvS30guGwqbNKxw7CDXWUXz7NkpkBsNavoML7-xsQ1b2TugBFnD0bJYgFTknMv60M3H5TPcohAyvKz0wQHOk3UeYvxa-XZD_hk2uUjvbV-i8mQqVcV7T807K6hmF12mk/s1600/cynthia-plaster-caster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnkFdyuYPVFYsvS30guGwqbNKxw7CDXWUXz7NkpkBsNavoML7-xsQ1b2TugBFnD0bJYgFTknMv60M3H5TPcohAyvKz0wQHOk3UeYvxa-XZD_hk2uUjvbV-i8mQqVcV7T807K6hmF12mk/s320/cynthia-plaster-caster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474188253636389474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some things are classic for a reason.<br />Un-fadeable.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-pK12-tCbW8WRrwHOzZuLhBBEK5RZzam7TmWe6fTAPVGzIvEvQyjD9kuYrEvGmxa1YjDcLzzlRd1FRIQQsAnyAWsfBrwvNmcn8dmc2qK0mj16D4o3x9P4B-dMqCXupFfSHO6dBylA1w/s1600/D5INAVB.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-pK12-tCbW8WRrwHOzZuLhBBEK5RZzam7TmWe6fTAPVGzIvEvQyjD9kuYrEvGmxa1YjDcLzzlRd1FRIQQsAnyAWsfBrwvNmcn8dmc2qK0mj16D4o3x9P4B-dMqCXupFfSHO6dBylA1w/s320/D5INAVB.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474182129004191474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I don't like this groove, try and give me something I can croon to, catch my drift?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvhqE7XwZfaGDpv57C77BnsFgnvaB5s2rzAeb66p8TmwA9BcsyI_UHbvp5WZTHwYfdGHg-Ibs-r1Ut-iew6a-4sliNiwexRpvQU3ug5BQwlUH_6C94bQe5aYHz_eNIPKy533E-DiM3sU/s1600/Dfzdm0FAGmbuc7bsnzpnpH8Vo1_400-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvhqE7XwZfaGDpv57C77BnsFgnvaB5s2rzAeb66p8TmwA9BcsyI_UHbvp5WZTHwYfdGHg-Ibs-r1Ut-iew6a-4sliNiwexRpvQU3ug5BQwlUH_6C94bQe5aYHz_eNIPKy533E-DiM3sU/s320/Dfzdm0FAGmbuc7bsnzpnpH8Vo1_400-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474182126101215362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />South Bronx, 1970's.<br />Total decimation, and these guys are having a conga jam to try and retain some sense of normalcy.<br />I was there in the late 80's and it wasn't much prettier.<br />Two things come to mind, the Gang Of Four Lyric, "To Hell With Poverty", and the words of Rick James, "Cocaine is a helluva drug". (Although Her-ron would have been the culprit in this era).<br />Domestic poverty is the one thing that will never be fully addressed in American politics, and it's a genuine tragedy.<br />How does the saying go,<br />"The measure of a society is how it treats it's poor"?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC8Kx5OYGUkoPOPrNJuXXfpxyJGZkFhmfqv1XdvsBQ_kcHbCI5JZo30BTqIozimusWlmH1-S5GuKKzrHX1UJtj5PQQJGbxFvAbpnX9J0krXdGVlQJXHw99KoGD2CsUA5bvGjfTZRRwNc/s1600/charlotte_street_cleanup_congas_std.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC8Kx5OYGUkoPOPrNJuXXfpxyJGZkFhmfqv1XdvsBQ_kcHbCI5JZo30BTqIozimusWlmH1-S5GuKKzrHX1UJtj5PQQJGbxFvAbpnX9J0krXdGVlQJXHw99KoGD2CsUA5bvGjfTZRRwNc/s320/charlotte_street_cleanup_congas_std.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474182121448779922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love this guy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7E7TsOOWZ6eRjZ2vOp1JADjw94eIiIXhMNe7c5qny8VDDZCM-eAWQ9-jCjV4U766AwnQpfpgFRSYic2gO_M0ZBXTqV0DDV8g8B_69cIdIXSqKMVxd7YJggb-bZlkT0SYlGqAO_gOd4M/s1600/vintage2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7E7TsOOWZ6eRjZ2vOp1JADjw94eIiIXhMNe7c5qny8VDDZCM-eAWQ9-jCjV4U766AwnQpfpgFRSYic2gO_M0ZBXTqV0DDV8g8B_69cIdIXSqKMVxd7YJggb-bZlkT0SYlGqAO_gOd4M/s320/vintage2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474186336782467618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The NRA needs a better publicist.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCECeWGwyy2psXwMekh__rymWEJ9xagGkp3eoytx6vGy6dRH92R8zC3TGDc0Pl2Kfi0T6LUdJs-YP-rOgnmvy8QFOuxm3LOaSsp7KdJ7ktd3udoSbZ-T1c1Nq3rNRqLtw_19uiqOc-qo/s1600/aabt001747.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCECeWGwyy2psXwMekh__rymWEJ9xagGkp3eoytx6vGy6dRH92R8zC3TGDc0Pl2Kfi0T6LUdJs-YP-rOgnmvy8QFOuxm3LOaSsp7KdJ7ktd3udoSbZ-T1c1Nq3rNRqLtw_19uiqOc-qo/s320/aabt001747.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474182109776422226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dudes.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAm_Qt90IXSpkWllSFtf652wa1U0VMvTM7IVD-liCxGonJrq17ciWoWCHbciq91zcopzpTq74otWqLbk25XFa1Gd1c0RKqRbmktrEb4AQ9tZeXEZBlZXTa0gePENRiz2ay_VN0k3MQo8/s1600/3766815351_52237fe941_b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAm_Qt90IXSpkWllSFtf652wa1U0VMvTM7IVD-liCxGonJrq17ciWoWCHbciq91zcopzpTq74otWqLbk25XFa1Gd1c0RKqRbmktrEb4AQ9tZeXEZBlZXTa0gePENRiz2ay_VN0k3MQo8/s320/3766815351_52237fe941_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474179535680891394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />If you were around, then you know.<br />Those 3 letters sent chills up the spines of many valley kids in the early 80's.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRGsYJtIB3W-6NgmIHah0z3S9vzYGQSxcbTa08GE7XOcbT-XRU1q4q_HR6csO6isNgY9Oh_qz4ct9VCrsIG7mGPQjuIecq6qokX5wKOf-bUIKABYPZqN7KjAAgS11wfYu2dJwNdxcoIY/s1600/9234_154555307380_557457380_2588035_729408_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRGsYJtIB3W-6NgmIHah0z3S9vzYGQSxcbTa08GE7XOcbT-XRU1q4q_HR6csO6isNgY9Oh_qz4ct9VCrsIG7mGPQjuIecq6qokX5wKOf-bUIKABYPZqN7KjAAgS11wfYu2dJwNdxcoIY/s320/9234_154555307380_557457380_2588035_729408_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474179519844858578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Attention Hollywood:<br />Stop putting The Smiths songs in your RomComs.<br />You're blowing it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ek76uX4vYqKMZZQT9yq-CgLRq_H6OiBoTNBFfY1dJYGA-xc8iQKwzhOCYqW8WYWeQ0JSxx4azTUymhLvXBhoKWyJ0ECe-CuZdOgE7waZVzQBAAQS7R5tEUnjpVz-qbcr2BNDT40B-eY/s1600/51UV1DDLoTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ek76uX4vYqKMZZQT9yq-CgLRq_H6OiBoTNBFfY1dJYGA-xc8iQKwzhOCYqW8WYWeQ0JSxx4azTUymhLvXBhoKWyJ0ECe-CuZdOgE7waZVzQBAAQS7R5tEUnjpVz-qbcr2BNDT40B-eY/s320/51UV1DDLoTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474179514336972514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />FDNY.<br />9/11/2001<br />Beyond.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjERdqzG-bob2zASlvg7O904mXVtNl88XyKKHLYfHy2IblTgR4eHqY7B3WoAHLfPCUT8p5_AGoDAYoDBeii8dAljfc31m1vxCqr5UZT__nvQv9qAaS-5DXAxHZ1uWbkJPrbJ1YSwnoYMU/s1600/26_wtc_911_fire_biker_std.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjERdqzG-bob2zASlvg7O904mXVtNl88XyKKHLYfHy2IblTgR4eHqY7B3WoAHLfPCUT8p5_AGoDAYoDBeii8dAljfc31m1vxCqr5UZT__nvQv9qAaS-5DXAxHZ1uWbkJPrbJ1YSwnoYMU/s320/26_wtc_911_fire_biker_std.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474179498776995282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Somebody just booked a one-way trip to Bonerville.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3SDNFMPpyG7Lg1mGYr7mbYz7K5T9bPz3Ut0MXs1BZlTIomkwzjOCIm5-U2coojBsRuk3H94GEDj6eLqfNBsvEV9kkB3y7xeVupBhc1t1SmJ3o-271WPGgIMo1Tfnx4klB64-Y9y7c0w/s1600/34.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3SDNFMPpyG7Lg1mGYr7mbYz7K5T9bPz3Ut0MXs1BZlTIomkwzjOCIm5-U2coojBsRuk3H94GEDj6eLqfNBsvEV9kkB3y7xeVupBhc1t1SmJ3o-271WPGgIMo1Tfnx4klB64-Y9y7c0w/s320/34.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474179510508345874" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-17592996635277745112010-03-10T05:49:00.000-08:002010-03-10T06:04:46.041-08:00Get outta my dreams, and into my car.This is not the first time this man's face has graced this blog, only this time it is with great sadness and fond remembrance of my childhood that I pay my respects.<br />Addiction is a motherfucker.<br />Rest in peace, Lucas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5r6uYuRzeLSDEMDZx3jRhnF32rg7hOvdnhJzjvo6UU_jDgm77KzWl7tX4rL51KhwbwdZj-zUsbkNdhoRV2tSgzrWGMsXz-OPIhkICoYjDwarddjxZLtnCgSLZNz1Oq-CR88V2JB7boY/s1600-h/Celebrity-Image-Corey-Haim-231199.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5r6uYuRzeLSDEMDZx3jRhnF32rg7hOvdnhJzjvo6UU_jDgm77KzWl7tX4rL51KhwbwdZj-zUsbkNdhoRV2tSgzrWGMsXz-OPIhkICoYjDwarddjxZLtnCgSLZNz1Oq-CR88V2JB7boY/s320/Celebrity-Image-Corey-Haim-231199.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447002181333426594" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-21499151302423670562010-02-25T16:27:00.000-08:002010-02-25T16:32:43.830-08:00We began to attack, the eggs did crack on Haze's back.An old friend, a huge talent, and an incredibly important figure, not only in the art world, but in pop culture as a whole.<br />If you don't know, do yourself a favor and Google my man Haze. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwdhavCkciyYThWk1LA81gE4RnP3KEhvfa-USu_0vK35nuz3ncoCnN7IAeD66jM7j6UG6VcIVfY-3czgqBKsr2ZLI2Sjg8LWzB5XKBtzA3c0G0satKf3L6r5opD18xBYNBCuw1RCPcJY/s1600-h/hazestussyknown.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwdhavCkciyYThWk1LA81gE4RnP3KEhvfa-USu_0vK35nuz3ncoCnN7IAeD66jM7j6UG6VcIVfY-3czgqBKsr2ZLI2Sjg8LWzB5XKBtzA3c0G0satKf3L6r5opD18xBYNBCuw1RCPcJY/s320/hazestussyknown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442342364901437122" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-17138578448043996112010-02-25T01:08:00.000-08:002010-02-25T01:14:11.657-08:00The greatest man alive.When trying to find a clip of Timmy Cappelo greased up and playing the sax for an audience of hacky sack playing Santa Crusties, a would be vampire and his comic book reading metrosexual younger brother, I came across what is undoubtedly the greatest thing ever produced on the interweb.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N9fH-nJi_Nc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N9fH-nJi_Nc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-68382023800829521022010-01-29T14:43:00.000-08:002010-02-10T00:49:06.148-08:00Let me clear my thrrrrrroat!I have set a goal that I will ride my bike to this event.<br />I wasn't able to go last year, and I heard it was epic.<br />My buddy Dan Druff won Best Pre-Unit, and everybody from SoCal in the moto world came out. This one promises to be even better. Check it out.<br />Now I just have to finish this god damn bike.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK18_Xd8NDSVIZBI_D3-U9cH_nnAmv_fIBq_n711TvSMlxGhC0WUqhzg6unRFMUYClML0UTXXN96jamxP8WUdeKrt9dSm37xWq4-H_EBUAX3AtWPi66h9SGsU3KRsO1FS3vNI3BqaBi9I/s1600-h/bornfree2010copy-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK18_Xd8NDSVIZBI_D3-U9cH_nnAmv_fIBq_n711TvSMlxGhC0WUqhzg6unRFMUYClML0UTXXN96jamxP8WUdeKrt9dSm37xWq4-H_EBUAX3AtWPi66h9SGsU3KRsO1FS3vNI3BqaBi9I/s320/bornfree2010copy-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519906384398146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Babe Ruth.<br />From Northern England in the early 70's, a ruling rock band who recorded the classic break,<br />"The Mexican".<br />Essential.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxQBK40klXsHfhNmKsuY2pbzgZO8y_3mVJt2jjfiXjV0dF3UMNV0D4gRwIHOVp-O7w0yP_vnziftFKj4Ll_VjoYj1MZrUmvAW6P0z6WM3ssCWH3cNqc1nb9zMcAOzseUTfVj2H4Plz_4/s1600-h/baberuthband.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxQBK40klXsHfhNmKsuY2pbzgZO8y_3mVJt2jjfiXjV0dF3UMNV0D4gRwIHOVp-O7w0yP_vnziftFKj4Ll_VjoYj1MZrUmvAW6P0z6WM3ssCWH3cNqc1nb9zMcAOzseUTfVj2H4Plz_4/s320/baberuthband.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519902011162386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The album artwork is simply incredible.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXrHKVDYh1qy64opnlg6fYjg7wKjCH1Gzk43s67IK80AKUeRdgpRZczPFm6SP9yLc15wWzf_RDJFHQyYh-Wc1cWRt9_nvF2_ktCXMEyoeEBhM4yHm0iZOK-eliz6Cp7-lh0bBsn-Ct8k/s1600-h/cover_413982572009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXrHKVDYh1qy64opnlg6fYjg7wKjCH1Gzk43s67IK80AKUeRdgpRZczPFm6SP9yLc15wWzf_RDJFHQyYh-Wc1cWRt9_nvF2_ktCXMEyoeEBhM4yHm0iZOK-eliz6Cp7-lh0bBsn-Ct8k/s320/cover_413982572009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436527612183288898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />While the recorded version is my personal favorite, this is just ridiculous.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ygDEiLq0TOs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ygDEiLq0TOs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Max Cady, a total badass, and my role model tattoo-wise.<br />I'm not kidding.<br />Although I'm drawing the line at, "Loretta".<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-_TNQ3UmrujV4geA-Ehn7ooR3tHpVd5Ftb81p1goIfjWZrgaRVcAxNXC_jwNeh85hevotd0xL4CH_9948NIjS6J6SsXDT6FFOo8lk3TBGmv3jdpdvIMk-m-AIq6TYe8_pudSCgj5cCI/s1600-h/a4qb2lf0ej34fleq.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-_TNQ3UmrujV4geA-Ehn7ooR3tHpVd5Ftb81p1goIfjWZrgaRVcAxNXC_jwNeh85hevotd0xL4CH_9948NIjS6J6SsXDT6FFOo8lk3TBGmv3jdpdvIMk-m-AIq6TYe8_pudSCgj5cCI/s320/a4qb2lf0ej34fleq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519341486529522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Though drastic and mean,<br />it really sums up how I feel when people push their vegan politics in my face.<br />If you don't want to eat or wear animals, fine, that's your choice, fantastic.<br />But don't feel like you have to tell me about it. Really.<br />It doesn't make you punk rock, and it doesn't make you Morrissey.<br />It just makes you vegan.<br />I don't rant about steak and ribs and how I wear leather,<br />so why do you have to politicize your seitan?<br />Cause the more you talk about it, the more it drives me to becoming Ted Nugent.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxC6oaxiXAniLdjnpTKOdh0svFk7KKGJ6TNr8f8sLXhqWpNm7xue0fkh2keNYbBg5H1KYcmTw0WsAw-prnFdvazwK76VacgJdxb6sUJjAyH15D2qi1_O2tuMsuglE8YBpYMv9YGmhvo4/s1600-h/40287414.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxC6oaxiXAniLdjnpTKOdh0svFk7KKGJ6TNr8f8sLXhqWpNm7xue0fkh2keNYbBg5H1KYcmTw0WsAw-prnFdvazwK76VacgJdxb6sUJjAyH15D2qi1_O2tuMsuglE8YBpYMv9YGmhvo4/s320/40287414.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519332926987746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Still my dream car.<br />1969 Chrysler 300, though I wouldn't kick a 70' out of bed.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1cu_C5cv1OM_DgLpVoMIdRXEPGac8GRJMzJi78xgIeUlv6EZSSbCwS6IoXHxp3mwJP1IjWGUz8QIcMZGQfgEO3TdzBGUkEdse1e2_5o3djAiXzbrcdThnOelsvnj_uMkx8_wq-5IFms/s1600-h/u-157.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1cu_C5cv1OM_DgLpVoMIdRXEPGac8GRJMzJi78xgIeUlv6EZSSbCwS6IoXHxp3mwJP1IjWGUz8QIcMZGQfgEO3TdzBGUkEdse1e2_5o3djAiXzbrcdThnOelsvnj_uMkx8_wq-5IFms/s320/u-157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436527610405399778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Saw the arabparrot at my boy DJ Adam 12's bday party at his 1985-1995 hip-hop club, Afex.<br />We may have made the no-fly list.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoF-29L_FBpDrBwRE_rThzf1c5Fq7VMA3Om5aBkh7wW69nIpyEIFyWvmx27I24p1GWxfjXO1YmQIXBlrpz-QshHNunxjkd9lFNLwAaHzejeT4lOcqoZbYaR_7lq7pR5oWLlIn0pBhD_E/s1600-h/22667_320660864936_697209936_4820313_7660609_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoF-29L_FBpDrBwRE_rThzf1c5Fq7VMA3Om5aBkh7wW69nIpyEIFyWvmx27I24p1GWxfjXO1YmQIXBlrpz-QshHNunxjkd9lFNLwAaHzejeT4lOcqoZbYaR_7lq7pR5oWLlIn0pBhD_E/s320/22667_320660864936_697209936_4820313_7660609_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519327535171714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />My boy Aaron Rose is kind of a fucking genius.<br />These are his new kicks he designed for DC.<br />Soon those crispy chocolate brown bastards on gonna be on these feet.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabb2ojMGcNnIYfE9XLlMF1lOLpECikhmoHX9_zEFEUikZW4817hWxoj_RddjkbNTvdEV-NuTjq9HAegNXJGnyZIpGEtxNJT89vBuBnGVnGgGdDu7bH27DArp8HjBdiYU4k9zs7HuxVfg/s1600-h/leathers.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabb2ojMGcNnIYfE9XLlMF1lOLpECikhmoHX9_zEFEUikZW4817hWxoj_RddjkbNTvdEV-NuTjq9HAegNXJGnyZIpGEtxNJT89vBuBnGVnGgGdDu7bH27DArp8HjBdiYU4k9zs7HuxVfg/s320/leathers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436527605121888242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The new HD Forty Eight.<br />I think I'm feelin' this.<br />Not sure yet.<br />Wouldn't turn a free one down (Hint x 2),<br />but I'm looking forward to seeing it in person.<br />One thing is for sure, if I got this and took it over to Evil Spirit, we could definitely turn it into something special.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBvXGEa0LkFG0StIbYAj35mJOcap-X4gJEI0icaV93bzr9dlll6IBoRMzzFrkMBTrRb5CCyi3RqRuhfWBFcoQD1-ziIg0R6_arzIQXx6wmBf03sO82sSzOGoodgVVneJ4nhAz15CPxx4/s1600-h/2010HarleyDavidsonFortyEightA.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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For me, mostly after.<br />Last month we lost a man who was arguably one of the greatest writers of all time<br />For me, it was Nine Stories that drew me into the mind and the world of this American treasure, but in the end, Franny And Zooey still holds a special place in my heart.<br />If you are dating a girl and she doesn't like this book, run.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UEwWOkxvVVA3M9rUDel5vcfzFSmgFs49or9ec_VAEeEWQOC4hHKTw8waMGJuW8ZIEUihxEoUcjeTJpBYllFMA45Drl_hn02r1eL5QkbYfvlAehmafYIeI_ff8cbkXGwU9hcYPXjYJ-o/s1600-h/franny.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UEwWOkxvVVA3M9rUDel5vcfzFSmgFs49or9ec_VAEeEWQOC4hHKTw8waMGJuW8ZIEUihxEoUcjeTJpBYllFMA45Drl_hn02r1eL5QkbYfvlAehmafYIeI_ff8cbkXGwU9hcYPXjYJ-o/s320/franny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432296221870154882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Terry and Donald.<br />I dig these guys a lot.<br />Nice to see them together in a pic.<br />Besides not being able to see your friends,<br />the only thing that sucks about living in LA is it's not New York.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT_HORMktvVaHwAU2z8u5NckdeDuNjDkZByGibT0_NigToj_gkMzu0MqDdGIMc4S2UqXAYNJr8i65gkn7B6gVtzXmrmpvTU1S9PmhLVqJ9yTqzwZYmSjyeuG6wxyHgEgBgjTRu8eSFc0/s1600-h/tumblr_ktstyhd3HJ1qzwof2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT_HORMktvVaHwAU2z8u5NckdeDuNjDkZByGibT0_NigToj_gkMzu0MqDdGIMc4S2UqXAYNJr8i65gkn7B6gVtzXmrmpvTU1S9PmhLVqJ9yTqzwZYmSjyeuG6wxyHgEgBgjTRu8eSFc0/s320/tumblr_ktstyhd3HJ1qzwof2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436527616100756338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Lost is back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5OAWb22lN_multw8ddrdLQYsfJY0eqk_s_5grOl6QPy1DvQeOkwC6iWdNcOq0YHeev2L_uK2ZsklvJzGC2xYIfhxZSp-9fI-narMtvjvRrF97CvxAhUUjO7-cSdyM4T6RtCbzlA3FTQ/s1600-h/Carazay4py-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5OAWb22lN_multw8ddrdLQYsfJY0eqk_s_5grOl6QPy1DvQeOkwC6iWdNcOq0YHeev2L_uK2ZsklvJzGC2xYIfhxZSp-9fI-narMtvjvRrF97CvxAhUUjO7-cSdyM4T6RtCbzlA3FTQ/s320/Carazay4py-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436519917324343906" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-23121615097430221752010-01-18T17:49:00.000-08:002010-01-18T18:45:27.665-08:00I'm on the one mission, to get a politician to honor or he's a goner, by the time I get to Arizona.Basic Instinct has been on cable a lot lately.<br />My favorite part of the flick isn't the crotch shot, it's the locations in SF.<br />Michael Douglas shoots almost every film there, always has.<br />Although I dig it, I think I like San Francisco better in the movies than in person.<br />On another note, I like this picture.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsA30dqM91LxnXdNzhkmzTq9fchNRZ_7wQ5fjH4OOPj4Nl3pnUpoQ0qk7QBT8QuA_91A3YV5o7zwWL83BgMOsQ3Jp4sVYcvPZeYIFbyb6KIKO0BqkqhUERZx06EXEWO-p10fMPa4LctI/s1600-h/07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsA30dqM91LxnXdNzhkmzTq9fchNRZ_7wQ5fjH4OOPj4Nl3pnUpoQ0qk7QBT8QuA_91A3YV5o7zwWL83BgMOsQ3Jp4sVYcvPZeYIFbyb6KIKO0BqkqhUERZx06EXEWO-p10fMPa4LctI/s320/07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264523379462786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a really important album for me as a kid.<br />Looking back, the movie probably did more harm than good, teaching middle class white kids in middle America what was lurking on the other side of town and providing a manual for how to dress, talk, and behave like a gangster.<br />I'd say this Dennis Hopper classic was ground zero for the "wankster".<br />Speaking of Hopper, "Billy" really dissed the ole' lady with the deathbed divorce thing.<br />Harsh toke to swallow after 13+ years of marriage.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfqD-h1EgrvQZerWxhD6qjVDWI4QYFBmR5savpfpUR_0TVrVjuGpGlvwwQi77LrId-AHxMjtrdyQ7OB7bcWQOJ-NCH_oL_Pa1lJaIk7Ytv3Q-SsXv1chhbLCky1I4p0H1z0h_CIA1S1M/s1600-h/colors.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfqD-h1EgrvQZerWxhD6qjVDWI4QYFBmR5savpfpUR_0TVrVjuGpGlvwwQi77LrId-AHxMjtrdyQ7OB7bcWQOJ-NCH_oL_Pa1lJaIk7Ytv3Q-SsXv1chhbLCky1I4p0H1z0h_CIA1S1M/s320/colors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264512657502994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Husbands.<br />Cassavetes.<br />Classic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi76UshGIf-oNpz4jElk4ZQzIi6IvoI1XvDr6n5sJgRwg9orj48QHDXVAW9aCjDYKXSz4HxFkYdKX-tjl6ndhsUthP9cunN-KuSLbgxV0gHk1mX7AymzQswvEbg4Mhu_W6w47DoXcD3s/s1600-h/john-cassavetes-husbands1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi76UshGIf-oNpz4jElk4ZQzIi6IvoI1XvDr6n5sJgRwg9orj48QHDXVAW9aCjDYKXSz4HxFkYdKX-tjl6ndhsUthP9cunN-KuSLbgxV0gHk1mX7AymzQswvEbg4Mhu_W6w47DoXcD3s/s320/john-cassavetes-husbands1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264504958948834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So nice, I gave it to you twice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsA30dqM91LxnXdNzhkmzTq9fchNRZ_7wQ5fjH4OOPj4Nl3pnUpoQ0qk7QBT8QuA_91A3YV5o7zwWL83BgMOsQ3Jp4sVYcvPZeYIFbyb6KIKO0BqkqhUERZx06EXEWO-p10fMPa4LctI/s1600-h/07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsA30dqM91LxnXdNzhkmzTq9fchNRZ_7wQ5fjH4OOPj4Nl3pnUpoQ0qk7QBT8QuA_91A3YV5o7zwWL83BgMOsQ3Jp4sVYcvPZeYIFbyb6KIKO0BqkqhUERZx06EXEWO-p10fMPa4LctI/s320/07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264523379462786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These lovely brass dog bone risers are up for auction on Ebay as we speak.<br />I happen to be selling them.<br />You should buy them so I can finish my bike.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajQdOb6onQ4OpvIlSzRteF8eaYwOilee45rDq-uOyRj23CtUyjAhhG7omS-4aiXLRczyK1mkVXYDYdZ-fyTVATutEJ1GY09dbSW4mioLhXLPVmQWoWOMlSBiuTqX0rPBPu5tOOAwi_Rg/s1600-h/dog3.JPG.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajQdOb6onQ4OpvIlSzRteF8eaYwOilee45rDq-uOyRj23CtUyjAhhG7omS-4aiXLRczyK1mkVXYDYdZ-fyTVATutEJ1GY09dbSW4mioLhXLPVmQWoWOMlSBiuTqX0rPBPu5tOOAwi_Rg/s320/dog3.JPG.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264528282921058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Also on ebay right now is one of my favorite bikes on the interweb.<br />Never seen it in person, and now I doubt I ever will, but some lucky bidder is gonna come up on this beauty.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlsP3cLwLjas5FEGoLus5-kQXqfjnERtH9GEmLux29hX1Fwf8rRuljNnO8l0r4mUyLYKAqcGT_B-6GAmnXuteurNC-_CHCCXfDemKX4Nq7Sx4ovgn8Sm_1Qfnn0rwCGh5WSv2TofOPas/s1600-h/nash+ebay.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlsP3cLwLjas5FEGoLus5-kQXqfjnERtH9GEmLux29hX1Fwf8rRuljNnO8l0r4mUyLYKAqcGT_B-6GAmnXuteurNC-_CHCCXfDemKX4Nq7Sx4ovgn8Sm_1Qfnn0rwCGh5WSv2TofOPas/s320/nash+ebay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428264517856076562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy birthday, brother. Thank you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtmIiH0k_atkJqgBCm9Nf1qrsy9Y8QRQO1m6q-Y06YGbXtgQgZ6w5r0FXGIRlTJX5zSpSaoGiDIIPxl66CLhqxMjGU1IEolNVFz5TRzqtK5GbcRw15Rac0Rzt7vn9IA3vyFD0Q_LVtkU/s1600-h/40679205_d6805f1eeb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtmIiH0k_atkJqgBCm9Nf1qrsy9Y8QRQO1m6q-Y06YGbXtgQgZ6w5r0FXGIRlTJX5zSpSaoGiDIIPxl66CLhqxMjGU1IEolNVFz5TRzqtK5GbcRw15Rac0Rzt7vn9IA3vyFD0Q_LVtkU/s320/40679205_d6805f1eeb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428274788752027378" border="0" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-14223924457876418122009-12-25T01:13:00.000-08:002009-12-25T01:50:30.650-08:00It was December 24th on Hollis Ave. in the dark.Two things.<br /><br />One -<br />I was informed that Justin Bobby's (If you have to ask, allow me to sigh dramatically and send you back to the last entry) - fashion cuts are from a legitimate motorcycle club out of Los Angeles. Not the Norcal MC of the same name that I mentioned, but another existing club here in town. This "source" also told me that the colors of the patches were orange and white, not red and white as I thought.<br /><br />OK, so it's hard to tell in the photo. But this still leaves the issue of bottom rocker claiming Los Angeles...still a bold ass move if you ask me, but since I'm talking to myself, it seems no one is.<br /><br />This source could be wrong, he could be right, I don't know, but I feel a journalistic duty to follow up when it's called for, I'm like Woodward....or Bernstein, only instead of cracking the case on Watergate and changing the course of political history and altering the fabric of America, I'm talking about a hairdresser who rides a motorcycle on a semi-scripted MTV show.<br /><br />Ugh.<br /><br />And two -<br /><br />Merry Christmas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vltwJ-Y77zsRrAOcdoY9Kdg2gfGJHe4_ZAjtVVQSUbRfHknCnnQ8aedEyqxoRxSeO6Zjb6LP95DmCdujKF4IUkPtp5nPTu1EtMFejIPxmdMYhSCDZrR46cIEt3NjBVa266DmPkSjMI/s1600-h/santa-claus-is-a-black-man.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7vltwJ-Y77zsRrAOcdoY9Kdg2gfGJHe4_ZAjtVVQSUbRfHknCnnQ8aedEyqxoRxSeO6Zjb6LP95DmCdujKF4IUkPtp5nPTu1EtMFejIPxmdMYhSCDZrR46cIEt3NjBVa266DmPkSjMI/s320/santa-claus-is-a-black-man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419104258684048786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />May you spend it with those you love and who love you.<br />Though it can be a stressful, sad, reflective, depressing, and lonely time of year, it is still my favorite. I like the way people treat one another.<br /><br />Like the lady who didn't know how to drive today - rather than honking and swerving around her, I simply let her drive like an asshole. That's the Christmas spirit.<br /><br />I'm off to Cabo with the family for some sun, surf (hopefully), fishing, and fun.<br />I hear you can rent Harley's, so that might be kinda bitchin', don't think the wife will hop on back, but I'm gonna try my hardest.<br /><br />For those of you hanging with family who are sick and tired of that Lawrence Welk bullshit....for those of you who have the Run DMC song and the Waitresses jam but wish you had more cool holiday music to spin, I present to you........<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJHF_BvARQ22P9RTanrgpmiUb-95VO-uF4lf0bafAms1AkskIkIOadHS8Sx2YF3jnJiqLb9LzhzjB1iJiRUCLh-01UzSxZ2IJrh6d0ERyf2THlDQVmIrOdVDB6PG6-hCBecx6inc1j78/s1600-h/istockphoto_4780627-audio-cassette-mix-tape.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJHF_BvARQ22P9RTanrgpmiUb-95VO-uF4lf0bafAms1AkskIkIOadHS8Sx2YF3jnJiqLb9LzhzjB1iJiRUCLh-01UzSxZ2IJrh6d0ERyf2THlDQVmIrOdVDB6PG6-hCBecx6inc1j78/s320/istockphoto_4780627-audio-cassette-mix-tape.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419103796228529538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Justin's Awesome Christmas Mixtape<br /><br />(I'm too tired to post links to the songs, but you're resourceful, you can find them.<br />personally would go to Amazon, then you can share the files rather than having them be write protected like they do over at itunes).<br /><br />Some of these are classics, some are new, some are covers, and some just remind me of Christmas and the holidays. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, and I hope you all have a very, merry xmas.<br /><br />The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole<br />Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie<br />Baby It's Cold Outside - Leon Redbone/Zooey Deschanel<br />Christmas Time - Stevie Wonder<br />Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee<br />Christmas Song - Joy Zipper<br />2000 Miles - The Pretenders<br />Last Christmas (Studio Version) - Jimmy Eat World<br />Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles<br />Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J<br />Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Joey Ramone<br />Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers<br />Merry Christmas Baby (LP Version) - Otis Redding<br />I'll Be Your Santa, Baby - Rufus Thomas<br />Hey, Santa Claus - The Chesterfield Kings<br />Run Rudolph Run - Keith Richards / Toots & The Maytals<br />Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee<br />Come On Santa - The Raveonettes<br />Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - The Polyphonic Spree<br />Little Drummer Boy - The Dandy Warhols<br />Endlessly - Mercury Rev<br />Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney<br />Christmas In Hollis - Run-DMC<br />Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses<br />Chrismas Treat - Julian Casablancas<br />Another Lonely Christmas - Prince<br />Christmastime Is Here (Vocal) - Vince Guaraldi TrioAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-11673543090637110302009-11-26T00:11:00.000-08:002009-11-26T01:53:50.349-08:00Alright, stop what you're doing, cause I'm about to ruin, the image and the style that you're used to.First off, yes, I am a grown man and I watch The Hills, so let's just get that out of the way first, all judgment welcomed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cY4q-XhAryxwjBDVXiF6v85EKUHWEec0H8PQlAT2Ji0L7rSpskvhlBnHW7EvUw_agXUddoREbUcA9M4YMjyDItDibWzCgs29pgtmoaGaVe0P5pIR2jtKGHDFM-smPj4XWeL4-viGk-Q/s1600/badideabro.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cY4q-XhAryxwjBDVXiF6v85EKUHWEec0H8PQlAT2Ji0L7rSpskvhlBnHW7EvUw_agXUddoREbUcA9M4YMjyDItDibWzCgs29pgtmoaGaVe0P5pIR2jtKGHDFM-smPj4XWeL4-viGk-Q/s320/badideabro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408309171321368610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Dear Justin Bobby (Née, Justin Brescia),<br /><br />While most people I know think you are a douchebag, I disagree.<br /><br />I find you fascinating.<br /><br />It's not the ever-present arched eyebrow, it's not the "just woke up" mumble, it's not the distant "I don't give a fuck" attitude, and it's not any of the other affectations that wow the under-20 set who tune in to watch the Paramore soundtrack intercut with Brentwood drama that passes for a television show.<br /><br />What I am referring to is just the entire phenomena that IS Justin Bobby.<br /><br />I for one as a heterosexual man nearing forty (four years, but who's counting), can view you from a purely academic angle, and enjoy what you bring to the show; good hair, humor, conflict in the hearts and minds of these tormented women, and what I'm sure is referred to in table readings (cause no one believes it's unscripted) board meetings, and the halls of MTV as, "that bad boy image".<br /><br />To be honest, the only problem I've ever had with you was probably not even of your doing, but rather a bit of magical editing that transpired in an episode where you were surfing and you managed to take off on a wave Goofy Foot and end the ride doing an air Regular Footed. (And it wasn't switch, it was a stunt double, let's be clear).<br /><br />I could tell you I don't like the frequency in which you display, as well as the choice in tattoo that you have, but hey, I lived through the 90's, and the only bad tattoo I didn't get was a tribal armband or a Chili Pepper logo, so I guess I can't say shit about the ITALIA plastered across your stomach. So that's off limits.<br /><br />Basically I'm pretty much backing all your bullshit, I think it's all top-notch, I'm a fan, I look forward to a long and fruitful friendship, and if I didn't cut my own hair, I'd probably let you do it, so long as you didn't wash my hair, cause that would feel gay given the amount of writing I'm doing about you at present, dig?<br /><br />But I digress.<br /><br />I'm not what you'd call a hater, I'm actually here to help you.<br /><br />No one minds the Harley with ape-hangers, the flaked out helmet, hell, we'll even let you have a pass on the overalls with no shirt on underneath, but when you started wearing top and bottom rockers with a center patch on your leather jacket, you just went too far, kiddo.<br /><br />If you haven't had it broken down to you already, allow me to, purely in the interest of saving you a beatdown or potentially worse, cause while the guys from Maroon 5 may think it looks "bitchin", I can assure you there are some guys who hang out far from the swank locales you frequent who wouldn't find it nearly as amusing.<br /><br />Right off the bat, a history lesson.<br /><br />3 patch jackets are strictly for Outlaw clubs.<br /><br />Period.<br /><br />If you want to start a club with your homies, better to adhere to the rules of what are known as "Family" clubs, and have 1 large patch in the center of the jacket, otherwise, if you rock your patches broken down into 3 it's a violation of the code.<br /><br />If you still don't know what I'm talking about, then let me expand. Top rocker = club, center patch = logo, and bottom rocker is territory.<br /><br />(iffy)You could even try doing a top rocker and a center patch and see how that works out for you, but the 3 patch combo is a bold affair no matter how you slice it, and on this front you fucked up five different ways.<br /><br />1st, by the design of your jacket you are claiming Los Angeles as a territory.<br />INCREDIBLY bold move, especially considering the heaviness of motorcycle clubs that operate in LA, and 2nd, you didn't check in with the predominant MC in the area to ask permission (one of the rules), and if you don't know who that is, you'll find out soon enough wearing the jacket.<br /><br />3rd, you chose an existing club's colors for your rockers.<br />This one is actually kind of funny, because if I have to tell you whose colors red and white are, then you may be in more trouble than I thought.<br />4th, not only are you going to offend the guys who wear those colors you adopted, but ALSO the guys who don't like the guys who wear those colors on their cuts.<br />Kind of a lose lose situation if you know what I mean.<br />And finally, 5th, there ALREADY IS a Hooligans MC, based in NorCal, so unless you started a Los Angeles chapter, I guess it's a case of, "whoops".<br /><br />Of course, I could be wrong.<br />There might be a heavy MC rolling the streets that I've just never heard of.<br />One that not only got the green light on flying Los Angeles on the bottom rocker, but also got OK'd to run red and white.<br />It could be, it's not like I'm the authority on such things.<br /><br />The whole thing could probably be avoided if you changed the color of the rockers and eliminated the MC on the back, then you could claim ignorance when confronted as to why you were claiming "their" city as your own. But having the MC makes it a Motorcycle Club that operates in the city designated by the bottom rocker, and being that you ride a bike and aren't just some d-bag getting bottle service at Playhouse trying to look hard, that would be tough to play dumb while hanging from your apes at a stoplight.<br /><br />If I were you, I'd make it a one-patch with the logo in the center and the name incorporated into the design, not as a separate rocker, and then take out the city altogether, but hey, that's just me, I like waking up in the morning and going to sleep at night.<br /><br />Cause while the girls from Laguna and Stacey the bartender probably dig it, I think you'll find that if you ride with it on outside of West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, and the occasional Neptune's Net run, you may encounter dudes that won't be nearly as stoked as Kristen.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989204489985555464.post-75915366754343384882009-11-10T02:35:00.000-08:002009-11-10T02:40:47.312-08:00So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge?My son will never believe that the New York he will come to know could have ever looked like this.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oGXcPMkBH2c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oGXcPMkBH2c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392645777105768196noreply@blogger.com1