Archive for July, 2009

We just moved, so we don’t have nearly as much stuff as we used to… but we do have some cool stuff for the upcoming garage sale in Mt Pleasant, and lots of kids stuff… maybe my kids too if they don’t smarten up and this heat continues on…

There’s some never worn New Era hats, cause no matter how hard I try, I look like a dick when I wear them, some new t’s, some DC shoes (7.5), kids books, stuffies, puzzles, and I’m looking for some other stuff too… now where’d I put my cassette tapes?

This one’s for the fans of the wood-wheel. C1RCA footwear posted this “Introduction”  video featuring Scott Decenzo. The second half of the vid has the footage from this shoot. Pretty damn sick…

Yeah, sorry for the lack of posts but I’ve been up to my neck in work lately especially on this new project. It’s been a little delayed from the June opening that we had originally thought of, but looks like we are possibly only a week or so away from a soft launch. I wish I could say more, but you may just want to CLICK HERE and just listen.

We are also hiring on all aspects of this business now so feel free to send a resume to gman88@shaw.ca (oh yeah, also e-mail me if ou want to subscribe to the haps on fortune) with whatever your expertise is and stay tuned for more.Until we get the website straight, unfortunately the most info you will find is on this FACEBOOK group (join for the updates and soft opening launch).

Thanks to Kenta Goto for the logo, Randy Laybourne and Bob K for the grafix thus far, Science for the site, Andrea for the words, Orangutang for the build out, Shepard Fairey for the instal, Rick Klotz (Freshjive) & Livestock for the VIP, our friends that have helped work on the space, and the best for the last…Funktion-One for the sound…an all star cast. Thank you all for the support and see you soon and I can buy you a drank

I was visiting UBC recently and was reminded of all the awesome gigs I saw there. The sub ballroom has some good memories, and is probably the most identifiable UBC venue. But for me the best place to see a show was the Thunderbird ice arena. In 1986 I saw the Cramps play the there, and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen.

I had Bad Music for Bad People on repeat in my Walkman and when I heard the Cramps were playing an all ages show, I saved up my money and bought a ticket at Glass Onion record shop in Richmond. I also bought The Cramps Totally Destroy Seattle, which I recently saw selling at Dandelion Records for $600!

We had no way of getting there being only 13 so like the punk rockers we were we had to have my friends parents drop us off right in front of the building. What I liked about the venue was it was a very clean and suburban location crawling with people in mohawks and Braineater t-shirts. I had no idea Vancouver had such a Discharge type punk population. Everywhere you looked there was teenage anarchy and I loved it.

I remember buying a Cramps full colour zine, a sticker, people drinking booze out of fake binoculars and being amazed by Lux and Poison. The Ice arena is a rad venue years later I saw Fugazi at a North Van arena and that was cool as well, as you could stand on the floor or sit just about anywhere in the stands. The Thunderbird arena is still there and has been updated into a great hockey venue, and they still play gigs there, so go out to UBC make some memories.

Calgary had the Jamaican bobsled team, Vancouver is set to have the “Snow Leopard of Ghana”. His real name is Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong and he’s the only athlete from the country of Ghana who has ever made it to the winter olympics!

Best of luck, Kwame! We’ll be following you in 2010!

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In these tough economic times the one piece of advice I’d like to give to you (aside from telling you to visit our flea market this weekend for some killer deals) concerns decorating: simply put, DIY! This mural I found recently in an alley looks to be the product of a couple cans of house paint and a single can of spray paint, and I’d venture to say that it turned out to be a pretty beautiful looking landscape.

In case you missed last night’s fireworks, it was the UK’s turn to light up Vancouver’s night sky over English Bay.  Their presentation was a well-timed dance of music and pyrotechnics entitled, “Parasols Over The Pacific.”  The soundtrack was a bit clichéd as far as fireworks competitions go, but suitably rousing.

Even though the fireworks were quite spectacular, I think last night will be most memorable for the thickness of the night air, courtesy of the hottest July 29th on record in Vancouver!  Don’t forget, this year’s Celebration of Lights concludes Saturday with perenial powerhouse, China.  Should be another hot one!  More photos after the break…

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