Archive for June, 2009

Don’t Sleep’s Liam Mitchell is stepping his game up big time with this baby.  Here is the new video for Faunts “It Hurts Me All The Time” Music Video for Friendly Fire Recordings

p.s The shittake is back up for those who know what i’m talking about

Too excited!!!

Seylynn Bowl 30th Birthday Party from Deer Head on Vimeo.

Our friends at Pyramid Power are releasing their long awaited 6th issue and they are having a party to celebrate.

… almost literally!!! If you’ve been following you know I’m on the hunt for the urban chickens. I want to see photos of urban chicken coops and I want to hear stories about people who are urban chickening in Vancouver.

As luck would have it our very own Cherchez (who brings you our ALMOST FAMOUS features) got ahold of a friend who has a friend who actually knows me and who I think is going to let me pop by their house to take photos of their coop! And – get this – this person lives 4 blocks from my house in wonderful Mount Pleasant. What better place to raise chickens than the ‘Plez?

Feature coming soon? We’ll see what happens…

NOTE: I think that this is a photo of a rooster, not a chicken. Maybe when I visit the urban coop they’ll set me straight and teach me all about the biology of these flightless winged beasts that we now share the city with.

I ll see you tomorrow.

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Thank you to the almost 3,000 skateboarders that came through to Emerica’s first international Wild In The Streets in Vancouver, Canada. It was truly an epic day for skateboarding in our city as Emerica team riders Andrew Reynolds, Heath Kirchart, Ed Templeton, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Bryan Herman, Leo Romero, Jerry Hsu, Brandon Westgate, Jamie Tawncony took over the streets with Vancouver’s skateboarders. The mass ride throughout the city and events of the weekend was meant to raise awareness for skateboarding and for Lee Matasi, a local skateboarder who was murdered in 2005. Through donations, food, and t-shirt sales, $7000 was raised for the Lee Matasi Foundation and Leeside, the skateboard park built in his memory. We believe in the ability of skateboarders to empower themselves to do great things, and everyone stepped up.

Timebomb Trading Inc would like to thank the Emerica team, Michelle and Antisocial, Sole Technology, the Timebomb staff, NLA, Mayor Gregor Robertson and Sarah Blyth for declaring it Skateboard Week, the Vancouver Police Department for letting us do our thing and the police escort, Underworld, Color Magazine/SBC/Concrete for the coverage, Red Bull for the sound and hot dogs, all the media that helped push this event, Cyrus Thiedeke, Mike Mckinlay, everybody else that we missed. Thank you for supporting!

Official Wild in the Streets Video by Mike McKinlay

Photos and coverage on the Emerica site

Photos on the Timebomb Trading site

One of the music industry’s most visionary figures is also one of Vancouver’s own. The co-founder and CEO of Nettwerk Records (famously founded in McBride’s Kits apartment in 1984) has managed some of the biggest artists in the world and also keeps a steady roster of the best Vancouver and Canada have to offer as well. With a big chunk of ideas on digital technology, intellectual property rights and the future of music distribution and a big fan of worldly & spiritual music and yoga, its no surprise that McBride also shares a deep love for his hometown.

What high-school did you go to?
Steveston High in Richmond.

What makes Vancouver so awesome?
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Part 1 of the “Making The Mag” series on Push.ca/skateboarding shed some light on Concrete Skateboarding‘s Issue 100 cover. MTM Part 2 is now online and looks at the issue itself: An insider’s inside look at the trials and tribulations of putting out a 20-year print retrospective, content intentions/summaries, and a brief run though the lengthy print history of this locally-based, free skate mag. You’ll find Part 2 here, and you’ll find #100 on newsstands and in skateshops across the land.

Yesterday I let you know about Prince Charles coming to town. A few weeks back you might remember that Prince Eddie was here and I said that if anybody could send me an ALMOST FAMOUS photo of themselves with him they would receive a TBD prize pack worth $100.

Our very own North Van correspondent, Trevor Clarke, answered the call… kinda. He sent this photo of Prince Eddie shaking the hand of somebody he knows receiving an award from him at some sort of ceremony.

Not exactly the “Check it out, I’m chillin wit’ Prince Eddie!” photo I was expecting but, Trevor, I will give you something nice as a prize nonetheless.

Filter Samples by Jessica Eaton | Archival pigment print

Thanks to Sara Distin of the Jen Bekman Projects for letting me know that that Emily Carr educated artist, Jessica Eaton, now has a limited edition print available for sale at 20×200. Jessica currently has a show at the LES Gallery called Variables. This is a rare opportunity to support an artist at the beginning of her career and aquire work from one of her first shows, affordabilly, as their prints start at $20 USD. Check it out here.

One of the most collected things when it comes to Olympics (throughout history) is the posters. I’m still saving up for some of the original ones from Los Angeles 1984, today you can get a limited edition giclee print of the official Vancouver 2010 poster for only $150 (I don’t understand why or how it’s so cheap), or a regular print for $15.

Our next featured local creative is our very own Skateboarding Editor and overall rad person, Frank Daniello. Frank moved to Vancouver from Winnipeg in 1998 and had his first written piece published in SBC Skateboard a few years later. He is now the associate editor at Concrete Skateboarding magazine, and also contributes as a writer to SBC Skateboard. He’s had work published in American magazines, Skateboarder and The Skateboard Mag, and also has a regular column on Push.ca. Here is a glimpse into Frank’s day-to-day life in and around Vancouver.

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