HEAVY DISCUSSION

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Impalas, Cadillacs and Rivieras. In the Lowrider Coloring Book, you will color the classic and most popular Lowrider models. Lowrider culture reaches back to 1930s Los Angeles, where it became popular for style-conscious Latino-Americans to load their cars with sandbags to bring it closer to the road. Style was everything, and when lowered cars were banned in California in the 1950s, it became necessary to find a way to raise and lower the car simply to avoid fines. The solution was to use hydraulics from old fighter planes left over from World War II. The rapper Kid Frost showcased lowriding in the early 90s hit Lowrider, and since then, the cars are closely associated with hip hop culture. Today, lowriding is bigger than ever with thousands of enthusiasts in most parts of the world. All strive to outdo each other with the most elegant varnish, interior, hydraulics, chrome and rims. The custom cars you'll be coloring in the Lowrider Coloring book were converted by some of the best and most legendary enthusiasts.-via youtube link

Dope. Where my prisma markers at!?

2012-01-31T21:44:00.001-05:00

Screwboo reblogz.

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wheel in the sky

awesome shoes

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Raaaaddd

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whoa, whoa, whoa. Stacey Peralta's new film jam. It seems it's premiering at a couple of Westcoast film festivals.. we'll have to wait patiently on the East coast..

2012-01-29T02:18:00.006-05:00

Okay. This is probably the only time Christina Aguielera will ever be featured on this blog.. I felt I needed to point out how incredibly talented she is (vocally) but how incredibly inappropriately she is dressed for fucking ETTA JAMES' funeral. Or anyone's funeral for that matter.

Sometimes, one should know how to put themselves aside for the sake of others. Maybe in death? I think it's called respect for others.. But maybe it's a really sad generational reality that 30 year old pop stars feel wearing v neck blazers that travel well past the sternum during a funeral is what people want to grieve to. Sorry but despite talent, I can not look past females that can not keep their clothes on. I mean seriously.. musicians, artists, whatever.. WOMEN that can not keep their clothes on bother me. You'd think talent can speak for itself, but it's a sad reality to know that the products people sell, sell better with cleavage and the prospect of nudity. I don't care what you're selling- you're still selling sex. And I'm not trying to buy it. Because it's fucking bullshit.

I can't imagine any of the great female musicians of this century with their fake tanned, lumps of boobs hanging out while they were singing. And you know, even Tina Turner had insane style in some revealing numbers. And maybe that's what these silly pop stars lack is genuine, classic, style. It's just more or less straight bootleg, uncreative, Vegas stripper steez and it bums me out. The whole lazy ass stripper with their tits hanging out look is fucking later'd. Can't personal style match talent? Is that so naive?

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Had to happen. Crailtap!

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Hell yeah Lorena! Representin' out in Barcelona for sure. Throwing down some shit on some serious spots!

2012-01-26T12:39:00.002-05:00

Canada doin' it. Shit. I got raw party footage of the Autumn Bowl laying around here somewhere..

2012-01-26T10:40:00.005-05:00

The Killing of America (1982) Original, uncut footage.

"A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more. This documentary has never been released, distributed, televised nor made available for sale in the USA, it argues that it is all started when John Kennedy was assassinated in Texas 1963 combined with poverty, racism, the Vietnam war, and gun violence."

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Sheesh, finally.

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TOPRAMEN

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19th century political cartoon charging Chinese labor with unemploying American labor.
"Why the United States will Never, Ever Build the iPhoneARTICLE
Via The Atlantic.

The past few days I've noticed a surge in articles pertaining to Apple and it's choice to manufacture in China. From The New York Times' feature " How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work" to The Atlantic's own smaller feature, "Why the United States will Never, Ever Build the iPhone" , all articles explore reasons why it's not just cheap foreign labor that have consistently won the manufacturing edge over the United States.

I think The Atlantic's article is straight to the point about why the United States and many other countries have been outpaced in the manufacturing sector.

" For Foxconn, the global manufacturing behemoth Apple pays to assemble its products, it's the ability to hire thousands of new workers in a single day. It's being able to wake up 8,000 employees, herd them out of the company's on-sight dorms, and order them pull a midnight shift fastening glass screens onto phones. In China, workers are cheap, plentiful, and -- most importantly -- mind bogglingly compliant in ways that America's culture and its tightly enforced labor laws simply wouldn't allow."

In addition, the article elaborates about the absence of a once vital supply chain that existed in the United States. Today, because most of that supply chain has been put out of business, it is very hard to compete with China, who's supply chain also now eclipses ours and perhaps most of the world's.

"Those sorts of statistics should bring into cold, clear focus why America's education system is at such a disadvantage when it comes to manufacturing. The problem isn't a lack of elite graduates. We have those. It's our unskilled working class. "

I could go on about the article but it's really best to read it yourself. I know I'm not the only one who would love to one day manufacture in the United States, or even be able to support more companies that do, but to get there, Americans have to realize where our weaknesses are and how we might be able to affect it.

CHEAPLABOR

On another note, the phrase "Cheap Labor" totally bothers me. The phrase to me almost minimizes the humanity of people that make your shit. And I really hate that. Because the phrase is synonymous with "poorly made" it is entirely dismissive to individuals that are capable of producing a quality product. Though iphones are made by "cheap labor" it would be the same train of thought that would lead us to the logical conclusion that iphones are of poor quality and assembled to fall apart or explode in your hands. But of course this isn't the case. You can clearly purchase products that are well made that have employed cheap labor. I think the issue with the stereotype of cheap labor is that people automatically assume it's made in a sweatshop by a toddler in a foreign country filled with people who work for nothing. What about "cheap labor" in the United States? It definitely exists yet somehow America is above "cheap labor" when it comes to other countries? Like we don't have a history ( and present ) of cheap labor and racism? Basically, cheap labor is an easy way to vilify others, and I think it's bullshit.

Kind of random. Two weeks ago I was visiting my friend at the Supra store, an old guy put on a sneaker and said to his wife ," These aren't a size 10. This is tiny. Was this was made for a Chinese foot?"

2012-01-24T02:41:00.001-05:00

Nevermind that this beat reminds of the Ghostbusters beat. Heard this song at Westway tonight, hung out with a dude named Snipe who's grandmother used to turn this shit on to clean the house in the morning. I BE STROKIN'

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Thanks to Manute for posting this on FB

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LUNCHMEAT

Super rad idea. Conceptual art win-Sandwich "artist" tributes.

VIA LOWCOMMITEMENTPROJECTS

2012-01-23T15:55:00.001-05:00

This photo is genius "fashion" commentary on so many levels

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OTHERSTORIES

Putting photos up from the past week is like taking a giant number #2. You kind of dread the process but the more you wait, the more accumulates. But after it's over, your camera's sim card feels about 10 pounds lighter. Wildman at the Fish. I mean Joshua Gentleman.

Went to Spanky's art show at Lit/Fuse Gallery. The Blackouts were playing, duh. I should also mention that this show was Spanky and his girlfriend Nina's art show. They had some really cool shit up.

A lot of ink pieces. Can't go wrong with that. Started asking people for their photos in front of their favorite pieces.

This one was a good one for sure

Tino sighting! Reunited NY, and it feels so good!

Y - E - S

Ran into Lee. Hyped he's living in New York!

Tino, Othelo ( apparently my former-from-the-back doppleganger ), and Lee. Shotfaces

Andrew, Gentleman, and a dude who I still owe a handmade wallet to.

43 Magazine's Allen

It's an art show so I should show more art, right?

Drunken footwear observations. Ah yes, the Janoskis. A popular choice for inner city skateboarders.

Todd showing his favorite pieces. These were rad like paper machied looking figures. The pink one was drizzled in painted watermelon seed detail.

Andrew and his pick

I get so lazy about changing the settings on my camera. Everything looks so blown out. Oh well.

Closer looks

Met this dude Chioke who just moved here from Chicago. He told me he'd been skating the Tf a bit, and that made me sad because I just thought about an empty Autumn storefront. As far as I'm concerned E.9th is haunted.

This was a crowd favorite. "Always stretch before you shred

Matt Lilly's favorite piece

Gorilla Giraffe hybrids

Always rad to see Bridgette

Black, Asian, White. What up Earth?

Shelly and Spanky's dad. It took me a while to figure out that was Spanky's dad.

The Duo of the hour. I asked Spanky what his favorite piece was and this is what he picked!

Double fisting brews, texting on her phone at an art show. New York!

Eric's pick

Tune selection debriefings

At the Chrome store. Shit. Known this dude David from Wallenberg 2000 A.D. and maybe even before. He used to skate Wallenberg like everyday for years and I'd always see him shredding. Then I remet him in New York a few years ago. He's in the band The Dardys and the first thing I said to him when I saw him at the Chrome store was, " I see your fucking stickers EVERYWHERE". Which is true- I do.

Bruggle Vision version 1.0

"If you steal my shit, you are a loser."

I wonder how much shit she gets for wearing that beanie? For real.. when you're a female wearing shit like that, dudes take it like an open invitation.

Jason Tormos playing a shitload of early 90's hip hop. I was expressing how I felt why it was important to play hip hop in bars.. To keep individuals healthily in check I guess is how you can put it. Maybe even to keep myself in check. Like when people start to leave because Gang Starr is playing- well shit you probably should leave if you don't like Gang Starr! As much as I love the Talking Heads and Fleetwood Mac, peoples' reaction to 90's hip hop can actually yield some interesting clues about strangers. Like if someone knows the lyrics to a song, in my mind I can get a better sense of what the person may have been like back then. Maybe it'd be easier to just ask myself this question when I meet new strangers, " Would I have liked this person in the 90's?"

I liked it when things would become popular organically, from the roots up, not like a technological viral sensation. A time where you found your musical interests more or less on your own, or at least through the references of friends you would actually call to make plans with on a landline. As much as I was indifferent to the 90's when it was happening, I can look back and appreciate the naivete of a socially less connected era. The good thing is that I am pretty certain all my friends I have today are people I would have liked in the 90's. I must have said "the 90's" about ten times in the last two paragraphs.

JB looks super tiny compared to this monster limo

Late night decisions

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ECONOMICCREATIVITY?

Shedding light on SOPA/PIPA.

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Haha! This is hilarious.

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VIA DAVE'S WEARHOUSE

New Shut graphic designed by Twilliger. Am I writing his last name right? Sick.

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D'OH

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WEIRDSANTA

How the hell did my Tompkins rave video that I put up 2 years ago get 48,000 hits in like one week? Insane. Virtual mob.

The less popular follow up version of RAVE ON.. STILL RAVING

UPDATE: With some stealth work from Bill Pierce, I found out this video was linked on VIDEOGUM and BUZZFEED. There's some pretty epic comments.

jwormyk | Posted on Jan 17th
There is a scene like this in every movie where someone gets put into an insane asylum. Except everyone is usually wearing a hospital gown, the room is brightly lit, and the music is some old fashion time music, but otherwise exact same thing.

Chris Trash | Posted on Jan 17th
Holy crap! Everyone in this video could be a viral star yet they fit so well as a group. This is what it must have been to see Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the 60s.

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Ned's Atomic Dustbin, man

Last trick is sick.

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"When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps." — John Lennon

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Whistle While You Lurk. TF report

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This part has been floating around the internet for a few weeks. From San Mateo to Love Park, Mark Suciu's six minutes of cross country skateboarding.

And from the less serious, " you don't see that every day" side of trick selection comes Colin Fiske's Grindstorm part. Still sick in it's own way ( fakie shuv it fire crackers down three stairs to properly flicked flip tricks) . Weirdo Eastcoast vibes for sure. And I mean that in an endearing, I'm never going to know their inside jokes, kind of way.

2012-01-16T10:31:00.003-05:00

Elissa Steamer in her video part from the Paradise video. Paradise features the Brotherhood Skateshop team & revolves around skateboarding in Fort Myers FL. Produced by Rob Hoovis & Brent Sanders. Directed/edited/ filmed by Rob Hoovis. Additional filming of Elissa by Matt Winterberg & Biggs.

Elissa. Holy shit never seen this part- style for miles.

Switch hill bombs?

Posted this Sean Young clip a while ago, but while on the subject of hill bombing- a classic.

2012-01-15T15:47:00.002-05:00

Not the hugest football fan. But I am the hugest supporter of all things San Francisco sports related. I'll be wearing my 49ers jacket all week.

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Saw this on the plane to Hong Kong last time. It was actually a pretty rad movie. Some urban alienbusters shit.

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Greg Ginn 1983

Minor Threat

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BEAUTYANDTHEBEAST2

Between thinking about ways to stop racism, indulging myself in youtube videos, and reblogging photos, I like to watch skate videos. Beauty and The Beast 2: Full vid

2012-01-13T01:10:00.001-05:00

FALLINGDOWN

Circa 1993: 101 video feat. Adam Mcnatt, Andy Stone, Eric Koston, and Gabriel Rodriguez

2012-01-13T00:27:00.004-05:00

HOW TO STOP RACISM

Admit racist tendencies. Educate yourself. Work on it. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

2012-01-11T23:13:00.003-05:00

Pvt. Danny Chen, 1992–2011

The Life and Death of Pvt. Danny ChenNY MAG'S Feature link

I don't really understand why some people think it's okay to make racist Asian jokes. I guess in a way it's easier to say racist things about Asian people because collectively, Asians have survived in America by being typically passive about offensive shit. So logically if you were to choose a race to make fun of, you'd pick the one where you'd statistically be less likely to get your ass beat. So I guess in a sense, when you see stand up comedians doing their Asian language impressions or whatever, they're just doing it because it's easier to make an Asian joke because our eyes are all funny looking and shit. And since every other race on Earth does not possess the strange eye slant of the Oriental, everyone else can easily laugh at that hilarious, unifying, thought.

But then again when the internet tries to tell me that racism is dead, or that racism is a relic of the past, I distrust it. For the past month I've seen little articles about about this 19 year old kid from Chinatown who joined the army only to be victimized and eventually shot in the head by his racist superiors on tour. According to the article he was singled out and tormented almost every day while he was there. Eight soldiers were charged in his death. I can't imagine having to fight the fucking taliban in the middle of the desert, while enduring racial slur abuse from eight other American soldiers. He was called things like "gook", "dragon lady".. Not sure why they would call him a dragon lady as clearly he is a male. Dragon Lady sounds pretty dated- I'm sure a 1930's East Asian stereotype is very pleased it's making the headlines again in 2012.

Fuck all these god damn racists. What a bunch of life ruiners. They can take all their antiquated Asian stereotypes and shoot themselves in the round eyes. By the way..

ROUND EYE: Slang invented by GIs during the Korean War and later popularized by Hollywood as a slang used by Asians and Asian Americans to describe the "white man" or Americans of European racial background. The claim that Asians or Asian Americans use this slang to refer to "white" folks is completely without merit. This slang is primarily used by White Americans and never by Asian Americans.

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Some women's sneakers I designed for Fall 2012. Hopefully they make it to retail. Vulcanized saddle shoes.

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Papa John's apologizes for receipt's racial slur

Wait.. your name ISN'T Lady Chinky Eyes??

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MANCREATES

Why Man Creates is a 1968 animated short documentary film which discusses the nature of creativity. It was written by Saul Bass and Mayo Simon, and directed by Saul and Elaine Bass.
The movie won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. An abbreviated version of it ran on the first-ever broadcast of CBS' 60 Minutes, on September 24, 1968.
Why Man Creates focuses on the creative process and the different approaches taken to that process. It is divided into eight sections: The Edifice, Fooling Around, The Process, Judgment, A Parable, Digression, The Search, and The Mark. - wikipedia

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Studio Color Theories

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Official Autumn Week on the web. Supported my local (online) skate shop. Fastest web delivery ever! Keeping the dream alive one t shirt purchase at a time. Hopefully Dave will make enough product to hold me over til' Spring.

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Cute knitwear out of Brooklyn! Textilewise. Gameboy dreamy.
ALLshop

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BYGONES

100 years in 10 minutes. Incase you didn't get to live through the last 100 years or was able to look at every major headline the last two and a half generations.. Here is another chance to revisit the past through the interwebs. I dig history. What I don't dig is how much war and devastation people bring onto each other. The agent of a bad trip. I probably wouldn't watch this on psychedelics.

Speaking of agents of bummer, reading "Empire of the Summer Moon" by S.C.Gwynne. Almost done with the book. And I hardly ever finish books because often times I lose interest or forget I'm reading them. This book is focused on the Comanche Nation of the Great Plains. It showcases the lives and dynamics of war chiefs, white settlers, and the soldiers that populated the American West. The Comanches were not only exceptionally skilled horsemen, but they were also exceptionally brutal when it came to ritualistic scalpings and post-battle mutilation practices. For four decades they were responsible for delaying the government's plan of westward expansion. The author never fails to paint a vivid moment of this tumultuous time by using actual detailed accounts ( or historic translations ) from all sides. How such an infamous culture of warriors and chiefs that once struck fear into the hearts of those who would risk their lives to explore Indian territory, got chalked up to Pendleton blankets and movies like Dances with Wolves is beyond me. The repeated betrayals of the U.S. government to the Natives Americans of this country with all the bullshit treaties, undelivered provisions, and ultimatums were just so clearly unjust and criminal, that it is actually fucking depressing to remember that America was forged by a bunch of heartless, greedy, "God fearing" exploiters.

But the story isn't just one about sadness and violence, it does manage to relive the better, more beautiful moments of America's heartland at least for a few sweeping pages throughout. Of course if historical accounts are not your thing you'll probably just end up looking at the 6 black and white photos this book has to offer.

" By this time, thousands of mounted warriors could be seen concentrating and forming themselves into a wedge-shaped mass, the edge of the wedge pointing toward us. In this sort of mass formation, with all their war paraphernalia, their horses striped with war paint, the riders bedecked with war bonnets and their faces painted red, came charging in full speed toward our columns...
When within a mile of the head of our procession, the wedge, without hitch or break, quickly threw itself into the shape of a huge ring or wheel without hub or spokes, whose rim consisted of five distinct lines of these wild, untutored, yet inimitable horsemen. This ring, winding around and around with the regularity and precision of fresh-oiled machinery, approached nearer and nearer to us with every revolution. Reaching within a hundred yards of us at breakneck speed, the giant wheel or ring ceased to turn and suddenly came to a standstill."

This maneuver was enormously impressive to the white people, not least because it amounted to a test of faith. The giant, spinning wheels-within-wheels formation was a trademark of plains warfare, and the sight of it whirling ever closer would have been eerily familiar to the soldiers who sat their horses in that long parade line. There was also a hint of sadness in all of the martial pomp and circumstance, and many who were there sensed it. The very purpose of the council was to end once and for all this sort of behavior, or to render it meaningless and ceremonial. Such an exhibition, indeed would be witnessed only a few more times before it passed forever into myth and history and phonied-up in traveling shows like Buffalo Bill's. -Empire of the Summer Moon

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Angel faces at the Whitman Busenitz' household. Julia orchestrated an awesome home cooked meal!

Rune kindly showed me his Thomas the train set up. So cute.

I've been terrified of lounging in their custom built ( Dennis built it ) oversized hammock that covers the ceiling of their living room. But that night I finally got in and Rune did a couple of somersaults into me. So epic.

Trader Sam's Bar on Geary. It should be noted that this bar serves tiki drinks in large chip bowls with colored straws that awkwardly lay flat in the bowl as you drink them. It's almost like serving alcohol in a dog bowl. Richmond district bar, sadly it is one of the nearest bars to my mom's house. This dude is sleepy.

God dammit I love Asqew Grill on Haight. The Cilantro chicken on mashed potatoes is my jam! I love it I love it I love it. I wanna marry it.

New little dead end spot at the end of Haight. Skated some flat ground here and a curb ( not shown ). These ledges are too high for me now. Curbs only! Now I can watch dudes do like no big deal nollie crooks on these things and just think about how bad I suck now. +wah+

This is what you look like on your cell phone in a dark bar. Ha! The homie Sarah.

I made them take pictures with my new Amoeba purchases. Yes. One person still buys cd's and that's me. Super hyped to support Amoeba!

Fuckin' Lomax in the mix. Shit, Kentucky to SF ( 10 years deep ) represent! This dude was at the Haight street spot the whole time I was there and we didn't even know it.

Ray Potes at Beauty Bar. Epic image maker, duh.

Garrett and Zoobers? Shit I forgot his name. Zeus?Z. Something. Shit sorry. Bad with names. At Delirium of course. This fuckin' place is like a vortex. I back Sunday nights though- hip hop night. It got overtaken by a gang of break dancing, popping and locking Filipinos and Kahim. So tight.

It must be so kooky to take pictures of trash on the street. Anyway- this is what SF is to me. Discarded beer cans and 40's on the street. Sad brown bags and just an overall sense of youthful alcoholics with a littering problem. Everytime I go back to San Francisco I always get weird encounters where people LOVE to claim being from San Francisco, which is totally fine if you are from San Francisco. But then I'll get all hyped and ask them questions like "Where'd you go to high school" in a curious way, not in a shitty way- cause you might know someone I know and that's always fun to figure out.

Case in point, this young asian dude in a beanie was screaming on 16th and Valencia he was from SF and that he didn't give a fuck about anything. So I asked him as we paralleled each other on the street, " Rad! Where'd you go to high school?" He paused during his brazen drunken proclamation and said "Westmoore". I stopped walking and pointed out as we got on the sidewalk, "I don't think that's in San Francisco." He admitted it wasn't ( Because I think that's in Daly City ) and he got all butt hurt like I was trying to call him out. Which I wasn't trying to but he ended up making himself look like a 'tard. Why must people insist on making public their own bullshit? You don't catch me yelling drunk on the streets of New York that I'm from New York. You just don't do that kind of kooky ass shit. But somehow in San Francisco people love doing it. I guess it's easy to think you're a ruler of the land when you freely drink 40's on the streets, kick over trash cans, and haunt dolores park after hours. Maybe that's actually what it means to be from San Francisco to outsiders. Being a professional derel(ict)?

Looking up lien's name on google. Sickest google name image result for a human. Gray aliens.

Garrett checking ids. One of the first people I ever met skating at 13 years old. "Time flies" is an understatement.

Dudeface of a guy who just spent 6 months in Central America lurking via cargo ships on narcotic trafficked seas.

Drinkers

Too lazy to change the camera setting. Garrett's face is inhumanly bright. Ran into Chef Pierre at Ocean Beach before noon. So random! So epic. We did not find Pierre eating crabs by the ocean. Between these two dudes surf talk radio for real. I think Pierre's been surfing for decades on decades. Who else would have "dazed and confused" tatted right over his adam's apple? local legend status.

Met up with Dave Chami and Sam. Had some non alcoholic hot totties outside of Outlanders in the sunset. The outer Sunset has come up in the "weekend brunching" ranks. Newer retail stores, coffee shops, Williamsburgy restaurants, and of course the staple Indian Buffet and 7-11.

Sf Tatted. You know..!

Brett Land and Gabrielle sighting! New York in San Francisco. It's happening.

Autumn Lifestyle sales rep

Wait.. I know this dude! Just kidding. It's Matt with his Bud Light hat.

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What California looks like to New Yorkers. -Via Quartersnacks! About time someone took the time to set the record straight.

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Dannngg..

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MIRRORSIN

If you haven't started watching Portlandia, then at least watch this. I'm not against all bikers, just the ones that give me shit for riding my board in the bike lane.

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A sad day has come. Actually it came and it went Monday. The official closing of Autumn skate shop in the East Village. Autumn Dave returned the keys to the landlords, and so an era has officially come to a (temporary) end. I say temporary because Dave is supposed to open back up come Springtime. And I hope he reopens with unmistakable Autumn flare. Having used to work at Autumn for two years, by far, it was one of the raddest work/lurk experiences. If you want to call working at a skateshop "work" I guess. Especially since Autumn is ( at least online it still exists ) one of the best skate shops out there. Aside from cleaning up after groups of both middle aged men and pre adolescent boys' and their discarded mountain dew cans and oily paper 99 cent pizza plates, having to throw together completes for both capable skateboarders and tourists alike, the shop could get pretty busy during the warmer months. Having one worker at the shop, allowed for a lot of genuine interactions with those that would frequent Autumn regularly or those that would stop in from out of town looking to camp out at the Autumn Bowl. It was also the same allowance of time and space that could equally cement my own dislike for certain individuals as well. Kooks is what I think people call them.

There was a strange charm that lurked between the walnut stained shelves and exposed brick. Autumn would systematically undergo visible changes when (Hurricane) Dave would decide to rip out fixtures and remake them on a moments notice. The creative energy of Dave and has ability to cleverly humorize ( not sure if that's a word ) many a situation has resulted in the decade long string of iconic Autumn t shirts that followers of the shop seek out. Whether it was last minute collaboration pop up shop with Quiksilver on Mulberry St. where Dave decided to mimic an aesthetic of a literal "ripping out the shop walls of the E9th location" and placing them in a pristinely white walled gallery, Autumn's creative sensibility has always reflected one of both thoughtfulness and lightheartedness.

UPDATE: Brett Land's confirmed, hand penned, web of awesome. Just another day at the shop November 2009

And maybe that's what makes Autumn different from so many shops and even companies that exist in skateboarding. The fact that the shop never seemed to have a real plan to "kill it" or make a shitload of money was reflected in a widely held belief that most of everybody who had been skating for more than two or three years in the East Village was flow for Autumn. I even had experiences working at the shop where somebody would come in, name drop somebody that worked at the shop years prior, and expect a discount. Fucking kooks. The nonchalant, non serious attitude also applied to the infamous Autumn Bowl, where random shows, contests, and all around 24 hour "key holder" seshes would happen in a seedy Greenpoint warehouse space. And like everything else in this town, the rent increases got out of control. So after a notable run, despite years of barely keeping the place together with a vulnerable paying key holder list, the bowl was finished.

And as for individuals that might comment on message boards about how Autumn had workers with attitude, either Brengar somehow snuck behind the counter to log in to facebook, you were probably trying to ask for a discount, or you were just kind of blowing it. Basically, If anyone ever thought Autumn carried an attitude, they obviously didn't go to skate shops in the 90's. And if that's the case, somebody should transport you to the 90's to punish your softness.

Plagued by a sore economy, harsh winter months of declining sales, and a penchant for hooking people up, it is no wonder how hard it can be to keep a small skate shop open in a place like New York City's East Village. The seemingly sudden demise of Autumn has caught a lot of people off guard. Sometimes we all can take things for granted as it is easy to get used to things, but in these weird times, it's important to not forget the little businesses that give communities the character people so often overlook. Anyway, I'm not going to get my Autumn namesake tattoo just yet. I'm still holding out for it's revival in the Spring.

For now here is a link to the newly redone Autumn webstore that will undoubtedly help out the shop get back on it's feet in the Spring.

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QUARTERSNACKSautumnarticle written by Galen DeKemper

2012-01-01T18:09:00.007-05:00

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Been on a holiday vacay back in SF. The ten days have flown by! And updates have been less compulsive due to my urge to not be on a computer. Stopped by The Popular Workshop in San Francisco. One of the owners, Nate Hooper aka the homie, showed me around this Tenderloin art gallery slash creative space.

The grizzly insides.

We trippy mane! Video projections. I want a permanent video projection in my room.

Sorry Nate- this photo is too funny!

Hand drawn ginormous piece by way of graphite pencil.

Graphite strokage

Epic

A flyer from their opening show "Degausser" by Hunter Longe.

Visit THEPOPULARWORKSHOP online

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Wake up and smell the mallards!

Jay's epic knit sweater

He got layers! (Also a cabin in Bodega? hell yeah!)

Daisy's army

Karl getting rad; cheersing the loser with the camera ( me )

I probably didn't mention Karl and I bought a three pack of high intensity tactical flashlights from Costco. Yes, that happened.

Most importantly, it came with a third setting of like flickering rave, clubby lights. It was on

Combination of manning two flashlights and getting my camera to work.

This kind of looks like a weird Tesla science experiment. And somebody's goggles are itching.

Matt gets down with the Branca. I think he swore off drinking the next day.

Karl getting rad! Obviously his power shirt is working.

There was a projector in the mix.

Aka dancing.

Bottles

Karl; king of goosefeathers

A few of us were up til past 4am and started wondering where everyone disappeared to. Sleepytime gets the last word.

Next day. Gorgeous Bodega Bay !

No big deal.

That's a cactus because it's pokey

Wrapped up with an epic Marina Sub in the city. Toasty and extra avocado for the unstingy California sandwich.

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