Archive for July, 2008

Bob put together a tour threw the Okanagan with a bunch of Awesome skaters, there were two vans. One with all the good dudes in it and then the other one with us.
Aaron Chan, Calen Knauf, Greg Papove, Connor Brady, and Dario Philips

Were you alive in 1986? Did your entire life revolve around skateboarding? If you’re like me, seeing your 80’s skateboard heros at the expo vert ramp was probably the best thing a 9 year old brain could fathom. Fast forward to the year 2008, when my friend DJ Science stumbled upon this piece of history immortalized on VHS video tape. It was shipped to us from A to Z Video in Brooklyn New York and we were half expecting to see Mos Def and Jack Black trying to skate with cardboard backgrounds a la “Be Kind Rewind”. What we did receive however is probably one of the best things my eyes have ever had the good fortune of viewing. There’s vert freestyle and even Seylynn bowl jam, and let me tell you you’ve never seen Seylynn skated so amazingly. I could write 20 more pages about how awesome this movie is, and now that we’ve transfered it to DVD format it will never ever wear out.

A friend of mine recently moved and hired the best moving company EVER! You may have heard of them – they’re called Tranquility Movers. Doesn’t ring a bell?

Well maybe because they are better known as two of the dudes from metal band Infernal Majesty.

(Infernal Majesty @ The Cobalt 2006)
I had a good laugh seeing the contrast in the two websites:

www.infernalmajesty.ca (To stand against evil means you stand alone)

www.tranquilitymovers.com (For that calm peaceful serene move)

Oh, and apparently they kick ass in the moving department as much as they do on stage.

Playland is a Vancouver staple… like rain and mountains, it’s always there…

Going to Playland on a really rainy summer afternoon is a guarantee that you’ll never ever have to wait in line.

Also, like a lawless western town, Playland in the rain brings out the funny bone in everyone…

Everyone should experience Playland!

Wu Tang’s newest member tagging it up in Kits.

But remember, The Streets is watching…

Last Saturday, Vancouver based artist Ben Tour and Livestock released a series of limited edition artist t-shirts. The shirts turned out to be amazing and on the same day of the release we found Ben just down the street from the West 4th store, on the roof of Noodle Box working on a Mural for the restaurant. Now you can enjoy a new T while eating a spicy peanut and prawn box along with some Ben Tour artwork at the same time. The mural is still in progress So i’ll post some new pics when it’s all done. (still in the works but it already looks killer…)

  
(Ben working on the mural) 

      
(Sketches got covered in paint) 

Being someone that’s down for the reggae (either you love it or you hate it), I felt compelled to join a few friends at the 21st Annual Caribbean Days Festival in North Van’s Waterfront Park on Sunday. I dropped in at noon to see Daddy Roy The Messenger under warm overcast skies, followed by a beer garden session featuring frosty Carib and real-deal Jamaican beef patties—forget them Pizza Pops.

no excuse, go to the VAG now ….

( Vancouver in (on) the house !)

( is this McGee stuff even part of the exhibit?kinda tucked away and lookin like unofficial street art)

http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_krazy.html

ps, make sure to check upsatirs too , lots of other good exhibits, like the infamous Chinese artist Zhang Huan

pps, if ya got kids go on a Sunday, lots of activities and extra attetion paid to the short people.

PPPS- Of course Michelle Evers comes through with the real info on the McGee stuff

“Hey – just wanted to say.. that McGee stuff in the VAG has been running for well over 5 years (at least!). Apparently he painted them while installing a Margaret Kilgallen (his departed wife and artist) retrospective. They never buff it, despite the exhibition.. Makes you wonder what other little secrets the VAG has.. ”

cool

A little update on the 2nd open art project going on over at Booooooom! Got quite a few submissions from people who busted out the flashlights and did some light drawings! Keep those submissions coming!

Frank went and watched Vancouver beat Yakima at Nat Bailey Stadium on Monday, QBit and I went and watched them get beat on Tuesday but I think we all kooked it and went to the fireworks instead of going to the game last night to meet the world famous San Diego Chicken who made a special appearance!

In this city we are so close to nature it blows my mind! This trip turned out pretty crappy cause the river was too low but its a blast when its high!