Archive for May, 2008
OG STEVE OLSON ROCKS NYC!
Tonight in Willyburger at the infamous KCDC skate shop there celebrating the release of my boy Steve Olson’s sneaker with Vans. Steve was skater of the year in 1978, he was the first cat to introduce punk rock stylings into skating ( along with Steve Alba and a few others) the first person to [...]
Read More..>>10DEEP X WALE EVENT
Peep the Mixtape it’s pretty ill:
http://10deep.com/WALEMIXTAPE/
Here’s a lil something the fellas at the Deep created for WALE
The boys at the Deep are at it again……..10Deep X Wale event , Wale’s gona drop a few joints from the new mix cd and the wine will be flowing…..be there or be L7
Read More..>>JIMMY MCGRIFF REST IN POWER
One of the all time great organ players Jimmy Mcgriff passed away on May 25th. Jimmy Mcgriff was one of the tastiest people to ever grace the Hammond with his soul. The guy helped invent soul jazz, he gigged until he couldn’t walk and was one of the funkiest cats ever. He played [...]
Read More..>>SLICK RICK GETS GRANTED A PARDON
Another reason Elliot Spitzer getting caught out there was most excellent……..David A. Patterson I’m starting to like this guy. First he admits he used to get high on multiple substances then he frees Slick Rick plus he’s from Harlem…….It’s about time the eased up on the ruler!
Peep the NY Times:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/governor-pardons-hip-hop-pioneer/?hp
DICKIES EUROPE CATALOG BY RICKY POWELL
My main dude Ricky Powell shot some stuff for Dickies Europe and I had the honor of being one of his models or something like that. Ricky is having a cool show of his work at Milk Studios in June and I wanna big him up cause Ricky is one of the illest people I [...]
Read More..>>ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG PASSES
Robert Rauschenberg one of the greatest artist of our times passed on th 14th of May. His legacy is amazing and his multi media output speaks for itself. Check out the NY Times obit on one of my all time favorite artist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/design/14rauschenberg.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
G SHOCKING IN NYC
Went to the 25th anniversary for Casio and the Gshock. Party was cool got to see Kanye perform for the 2nd straight night and got drunk waaaaay to early. Saw a bunch of homies in rare form and had a pretty silly evening. Word to the wise don’t give out glow sticks they inspire a [...]
Read More..>>JEREMY HENDERSON, DEATHBOWL TO DOWNTOWN AND MORE……
By now the whole world knows about the flick DEATHBOWL TO DOWNTOWN and whatever you feel about the final result this week was a special week in New York with a bunch of OG’s coming to town to check out the film and the events surrounding it. Saw a bunch of old friends, went [...]
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