Archive for October, 2011

I posted a new online exhibit at elephont.com for Halloween.

Please check it out when you get a moment.

It’s Halloween and this is how the Costa Mesa community likes to celebrate!

Click here to see more photos from the “Halloween in Costa Mesa” series.

Like skateboards, tee shirts and other things that you can put on your body? Well, if you’re in the LA area on Saturday check this out. Stacks, Heel Bruise and The Quiet Life (their new line is up on their site) are having a BBQ and blow-out sale. Get the goods before they are gone.

With the help of Josh Roberts, Rubbits, Alex Campbell and Skateboarding Australia we have this sweet little puppy all up in the websticle. Incase you don’t know already (and yep you are about to find out) Alex is one of the most gifted skaters in the world right now.

“Everyone has those zones where they feel comfortable. You know those locals where you know the traffic flow, know where the ledge grips, where it slides, where the kinks or cracks are, you even know where to put your rubbish or get a sneaky drink of water. It at is those comfy spots where people can really shine on their boards with the purest skating. To investigate the linkage that we form with these familiar places we have decided to do a little visual survey of where some of Australia’s top skaters feel at home: A total of ‘Three Spots’.

What better a way than to begin this regular than with Alex Campbell? See him regulate Woolstores, manipulate Montreal Street Skatepark and reinterpret the Perth CBD. This was deftly filmed and smoothly cut by the one and only Lord Geldoff (Josh Roberts). If you are a connoisseur of finesse, speed and power then I’m pretty sure this will tickle your fancy.”

Click this line of text to get teleported to Alex Campbell’s Three Spots video.

www.sba.org.au

I don’t normally work with video, but my friend Justin Clowes and I recently co-directed a music vid for up and coming Philly rapper Zilla Rocca’s new single, Full Spectrum.   We shot the whole thing on super 8 film in Asbury Park, NJ, the day after Hurricane Irene blew through town, leaving a few spots without power and more than a couple of trees knocked down.  Asbury ‘s a cool town – pinball museum, paranormal museum, the Wonder Bar, good pizza – and provided a pretty cool backdrop for a rag-tag group of misfits  running around it’s streets with outdated super 8 film cameras.  People were friendly and the towns got a good vibe. Good times, good times. The song features a guest verse by Has-Lo and is taken from his Nights and Weekends EP, which is definitely worth checking out.  Hope you dig it

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PHOTO © NOAH ABRAMS

Great write up in NY Times Magazine on our good friend Noah Abrams Skate Kabul photo documentary.

Portland-based Grove and I teamed up for the newest iPad 2 leather cover cases, featuring one of my Northern Grizzly Bear Men characters.  Check it out here. They come in both London Tan and Black and are available for the holidays for $79.00.  Anyhow check out Grove for artist series cases and/or to design one of your own! You can upload and customize your own iPhone or iPad case.

From the beautiful haunting voices, and sweet melancholy poems of Brooklyn based band “The Gypsy Curse” comes a new album titled, “From These Broken Hands”.

Recorded live at the Cabin in Höör, Sweden, and produced by The Gypsy Curse. The album launches December 10th, 2011 but the band have released a sneak peak of two songs on Bandcamp.

Check them out here. One listen and you’ll be hooked too.

Photo by Scott Irvine & Kim Meinelt.

I’m sure you’re all aware of the amazing work Skateistan is doing in Kabul, but some of you may not realise that the organisation branched out into Cambodia earlier this year. I’m now volunteering with the team here in Phnom Penh, along with a couple of other guys and girls, and personally I haven’t had as much fun skateboarding for years.

The recent history of this country is well documented and tragic, but Cambodians are moving forward in incredible ways, especially as the youth become more educated and empowered, and skateboarding is proving to be a hugely positive tool for youth development and social rehabilitation. There’s lots to be done, but there’s loads happening already.

Check some of our projects out here kh.skateistan.org and here facebook… it’s only gonna get bigger and better.

AR4T Gallery is proud to present a vocal and poignant solo show from Los Angeles based artist Corey Smith. Turning his focus from celebrity obsession and obsolete dreams to the unnamed citizen, Smith exposes the soft underbelly of Americana without losing the gloss.

Inspired by get-rich-quick schemes, exercise equipment, absurdity of extreme sports, weight-loss plans, and modern strategies for success and happiness, this collection exhibits Smith’s signature clean and minimalist techniques. “My work is about sharing,” he said last month while preparing the all-new works, which will be showcased all month. “I have a lot of ideas and I need to manifest them as immediately as possible, life is short.”

COREY SMITH | BECOME A BETTER YOU
November 3rd – November 27th, 2011

Thursday, November 3rd | 7:00pm – 10:00pm

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