Austin Tejas get ready! Here is an annual showcase of great artists, killer jams, and just all around great folk surrounding each other. Big ups to Sloke, maybe next year QBA will be on the bill! By the way click on the link above (Title) and it will redirect you to Sloke's page.
Been hearing about this event from homie big SLOKE out in Austin Texas. Its an annual graff art show w/DJ's, MC's and B-Boys. The show is filled w/great artists such as my boy SPIKoli from LC.BY.RTD, SLOKE from CBS, MEZ from HAD, Chemist, Rei, News, Dmise, COLER from out of H-Town and many others. Its a must see showcase of heat.
EMERGE-Annual Graff Art Show August 27, 2011 Pine Street Station 5th St & Waller St AUSTIN TEJAS
So over the past few days I have been out and about checking out some new things that I have NOT since our arrival in Colorado. Peeped the Nature and Science Museum in Denver which was really cool. This place too me back to my younger years of wanting to hunt for dinosaur bones and the chemistry or makeup of modern day animals. During that time I fell in love with Elephants. Anyhow, got to wonder around that place for a while and really enjoyed it. I hate to say but the collective that put that place together did absolutely ZERO justice to the Native American History portion. I am normally one for awe while staring at old and new Indian artifacts and well......totem poles. The health and human display was pretty cool and eye opening.
Yesterday had a crappy day due to an illness I contracted temporarily from California Pizza Kitchen. BOO! Better now though. Last night my better half brought home to me a new iPOD Nano! YAY! Last night spent some time loading and syncing the music for future journeys....
Today we have a great day to enjoy. GOing to the house and then off to paint. Thanks FUSE from AWR, WCA.
Been hearing about this event from homie big SLOKE out in Austin Texas. Its an annual graff art show w/DJ's, MC's and B-Boys. The show is filled w/great artists such as my boy SPIKoli from LC.BY.RTD, SLOKE from CBS, MEZ from HAD, JABER, NEWS, DMISE, COLER from out of H-Town and many others. Its a must see showcase of heat.
EMERGE-Annual Graff Art SHow August 27, 2011 Pine Street Station 5th St & Waller St AUSTIN TEJAS
A few weeks my fam and I were looking at movies and upcoming films. My wife being the true die hard Tribe fan she is was like YO! ATCQ has a movie coming out named "Beats Rhymes & Life-The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest." We were both stoked but the fact that we now live in a place that is culture and color of life deprived we do NOT get t here. In Denver, is that surprising. Should NOT be! Saw ATCQ in Califas a few years back on the Rock the Bells Tour......UH-MAZING! I'll get some personal photos up a bit later.
Anyhow, the controversial new documentary about legendary Hip Hop group A Tribe Called Quest entitled Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest is set to premier in front of audiences this summer. The film’s director, actor Michael Rapaport, has chosen to roll the film out in a road-show format, according to Billboard.com. This means the movie will hit different cities across the country throughout the summer.
Watching the video and listening to Ace it was pretty cool to learn how he was turned on to Tribe. I was actually the same exact way, Left My Wallet was the beginning for me and Tribe. Man I remember hearing it and then seeing the video I was buggin out!
Who can forget another banger!
Please go out and support and get educated if you dont know. A Tribe Called Quest will remain a staple in Hip Hop for life in my eyes. Thanks fellas for all you have done and hopefully will do in the near future.....
I have been a long time fan of LRG over the years just never thought I could pull it off. Over the last year I have grabbed a few pieces from LRG. Stuff is only getting better thats for sure. Recently LRG lost a dear and respected part of the fam. Jonas Bevacqua, who co-founded the popular street clothing brand LRG in 1999 and presided over its rapid rise as a major fashion force among certain demographics.....
If you all are a fan then check dudes page out if not click the title and it will redirect to Vizies ish.
The opening release of a phenomenal book named "The History of American Graffiti" with TAKI183! Maybe not the worlds most famous but homie made a staple in graffiti NO DOUBT! Real respect real and may this form of expression or whatever YOU'D like to name it LIVE ON!
An Underground Battle between one of my Elite SKMZ members, TEKNYC & K-MEL from Boogie Brats. This is how it goes down in the Bboy Dance World. An exchange of Styles not “Moves.” Again, for those that are new to what they are seeing…This is a straight up Style battle…Obviously here it is a Grudge Match. Hope you enjoy and don’t be scared of HipHop/Breakin’ People..its still a True Expression. We hold this dance in our hearts and when we express ourselves it can seem as if we are about to fight. But 95% of battles (give or take) are Truly non-violent. Peace and Respects to all."
I have been really trying to re-submerge my artistic being back to where it was a while back. Been a great and rough time doing so. Here is an awe inspiring and memory jogging flic from MTN and homie Apexer from the good'ol Bay Area.
"This one's to help all our friends and families affected by the events in Japan.
Leader Bikes and iMiNUSD have come together to raffle off a 2011 725 track frame, i806A fork and a Red iMiNUSD Chain Tee for $5. For every $5 raffle ticket sold, $5 goes directly to the Japan relief fund. Raffle will end Monday 3/21 @ 7pm.
Raffle winner gets to pick any size and color for the frame, fork and shirt. We will contact the winner as soon as the raffle ends. Each raffle ticket purchased will get your name written down on a piece of paper and put into a hat we will pick a winner from. No limit on how many tickets you can purchase."
Get your raffle ticket now @ iMiNUSD! (Click on the TITLE to re-direct to the raffle)
Everyone know how this is going down right now. Be blessed iMiNUSD for doing such a thing to help! So even if it may be the Leader frame that entices you to get a raffle ticket so do it. This is to help those around us. Dont forget to lift those up in Japan.
While seeing many Nago's this has been the first time I have feasted my ocular cavity on such a sled. Angelo, I must say hats off to you. While your blue Can was clean and sleek lookin this has topped your prior build bud. Congrats and happy riding. Enough talking peep the link and these pics.
Men's Keirin There were two stories in the Men's Keirin. On the one hand, Sir Chris Hoy won the Gold at a canter - powering away from the bunch out of turn 3, he was uncatchable. After the disappointment of the Sprint competition, it was a real boost to the Scot's confidence and you could see the weight lifted from his massive shoulders - despite what had happened behind him. Coming out of turn 4, Peralta of Spain clipped Awang of Malaysia and, in the ensuing chaos only Hoy escaped completely unharmed. Australian Jason Niblett of Jayco was clipped by a falling Eddie Dawkins of New Zealand but managed to regain control and cross the line in second. Dawkins went down, along with Peralta, Awang and Kuczynski of Poland. Kuczynski and Awang got back up and rode across the line - Awang pipping the Pole for third place - and Dawkins and Peralta carried their bikes over the line. Peralta was relegated for causing the crash and Awang, having made it to turn 1, stopped again, only discover a huge wedge - splinter doesn't do it justice - of Siberian pine through his calf and out again through his shin. Initial reports are that the wound was clean and went with the grain of the muscle, so although it will be extremely painful, he should recover well. Awang clinched the World Cup series with the third place and we at trackcycling wish him a speedy recovery.
--FULL VIDEO LAST RD-
THE FINISH: Final 1 Chris HOY SKY 2 Jason NIBLETT JAY 3 Azizulhasni AWANG YSD 4 Kamil KUCZYNSKI POL 5 Edward DAWKINS NZL REL Juan PERALTA GASCON ESP 7 Gregory BAUGE FRA 8 Roy VAN DEN BERG NED 9 Josiah NG ONN LAM MAS 10 Rene ENDERS GER 11 Kazunari WATANABE JPN 12 Kot ASAI
Heres the video of that crash....as Hoy blasts to the finish!
Leader has recently updated their 725TR frames. For 2011 they look cleaner than they have for a while now. Clean welds and better clearances for wheel base and crank sets. They also recently added a new stock color the Sea Foam Green featured below. It looks ill and I love this color. I built up another bicycle w/the celeste line of kit I bought around the states. Now, would I rock one.....Uh YES, no doubt. It would be a good thing if they did a fork for this frame. As far as color goes that is. Anyhow, great job LEADER, its getting better and better for you guys. They also recently went through a merger lack of better terms. Here is the info listed to purchase from them or just peruse the isles.
Link to LEADER through COGhouse: http://coghouse.com/
-Telephone (619) 446-6552 Monday thru Friday 10am to 4pm pacifc time
Here is a recent build by Marcus over at Leader. And if you LEADER are reading this, send me a Frame Fork set to T&E.
I like LEADER bikes but was never really a fan of the 727TR frame. It looks col here though thanks to the framed up vid by local Chicago bicycle shop The Bike Lane. Ghosted. Looks cool man.
The Bike Lane -PHONE (773) - 888 - BIKE (2453) -ADDRESS 2130 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60647 -HOURS Mon - Sat • 8am - 8pm Sunday • 10am - 6pm Mass • 8am - 5pm
-OVERRATED! Pharell and BMW has been doing it up lately. Im sure you all have seen the prior photo releases etc on these guys. Im NOT a fan. Plus its a GRIP of bones!
Leather, serious?. BOOOOOOO.Fail.
This Domeau & Pérès Gangsta track has seriously been sitting in Brooklyn's shop for months. I never thought it would drop but as Highsnobiety reports, it looks like it has.
Lastly. The FAMINE! New album dropping soon! Sneak peek of a video!
The Famine's new music video for their song "Ad Mortem" is premiering exclusively now on Noisecreep.
Link to SOlid State and the FAMINE! http://www.solidstaterecords.com/artists/45/The_Famine/
The song is from their upcoming album "The Architects of Guilt" which is available in stores and online February 15th! There's still a little time left to check out the pre-order options are available now at the Solid State Store where you can pick the album up by itself or bundled with a T-shirt.
Been a minute! Have been anticipating these to drop since I first laid eyeballs on them! PEEP!
These are slick man! Sleek lookin, easy lines not a lot of unecessary stuff on them and they are not hella bulky. Peep the link either through the title of this post of simply cut and paste the link provided below.
LINK to DVS: http://www.dvsshoes.com/Details/316/FOOTWEAR/MENS?p=1336
"Keirin is the spirit of Japanese professional cycling. Dating back to the 1940’s, Keirin began as a betting track race in which six to nine riders go head to head in a timed sprint. Like a horserace, each contender is assigned a number and a color; giving each race a unique color palate. in the Keirin tradition, DVS produced a line of convicts in 9 exclusive colors— mimicking those used on the tracks of Japan."
Just ran across this awesome video on Prolly's site. Its a video capturing the dream of sharing cycling w/the International Cycling Community from the founder and owner Doug Emerson of University Bicycles in Boulder Colorado. Which is a great place by the way.
This is the year for me to hit the Velodrome and I pray it the year to try the Boulder Velodrome. Their site is going LIVE on February 5, 2011. Here is the link bouldervalleyvelodrome.com or you can click the title of this post to re-direct you straight to it.
I love sneakers. As of late DVS has had some mad sick collabos. Here is a sneak peak of a collabo w/Cinelli! Yes, none other than Cinelli! These are sick and I cannot wait to scoop a pair up! Only crappy thing is its a FALL 2011 release! Anyhow, feast your eyes!!!
