TRADE SHOW BUSINESS
Trade shows I love them and I hate them. I dig seeing the people I only see a few times a year and I don’t dig the Vegasness of it all if that makes any sense. Don’t wanna be too judgemental but Vegas is somewhat devoid of art/weirdo/cool guy culture and based on a glam and glitz corniness I couldn’t ever figure out even if I wanted too. Imagine the Vegas strip as a worse 27th st. I mean like way worse but way better if that makes an sense This is city where Ed Hardy and Affliction shirts,fake titties,bottle service and cocaine fueled strippers rule the terrain and the bedazzler is all mighty.
All of this said I have some good friends that live there and like every city I visit I fall in with the locals who hold me down. I have to give props to my boys Stone Rock and Grahm Funke who always make Vegas way more tolerable and actually pretty fun and all my other friends from around the glob I bumped heads with. Took some pics had some fun and like the cliche they say what goes down in Vegas stays in…… Way more pics to come just been on the road back in the rotten scrapple manana…..nuff said
Shoutouts: DJ Vice,Five,Kenn,Karma Loop Will, Pro Keds Team, Nick Diamond,10Deep fam,Felix Arguiles,Hellz Bellz peoples, Aron and the weirdos,Stash and this guy…..Just call him the Godfather…
This guy started it all and his name is Shaun Stussy bow down……
Party people Kunle Irak and Semen Sperms
Mordichi and Harry Pegleg
Steven Vogel my brethren from across the pond in Germany!
Sperms and Weirdo Dave 2 super weirdos in effect
Aron and Scott Saso owner of 10Deep…2 of the most creative people I know
Kenn Knew,Stone Rock,Five and Grahm Funke aka my Vegas team….These cats got jokes…Stoney and Grahm where is my man Carlos Duran at?
Luis Tolentino high ollie champ/NY ripper and the future of NY skating…Big shoes for the kid but he can handle no probs…Luis is the link to the past of NYC skating and the future….Big things for the kid down the road!
Bumped in to this kid……Asher Roth….I don’t love college……I do like Asher!
Superstar DJ Neil Armstrong stopped by the Pro keds booth to show love!
My friend and the man from Miami Ink Chris Nunez…. He has a new show coming out with the rest of the Miami Ink cats…..Good shit Chris I’m proud of yall…they use to hold me down in Miami way before the show and they still do…..Good things can happen to good people!
Stonerock and his lady the lovely Lauren…..
My favorite Hellian…Lanie Mz. Hellz Bellz to yall…….
Best shoes I saw in all of Vegas…..Like woa…..
2 legends in the game…..Note the Phillie’s blunt shirt… If you don’t know these guys ya better go ask somebody…..
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas……The art of keeping a secret displayed by the lovely Sandy…..Like Biz said shes just a friend…..real talk
And with that I’m off to LA for a few……
Trade show business….Every 6 months it comes around like the flu or something…… I hate/love it, it’s part of the game. I don’t sleep for a few, I have a 3 day hang over and I eat a lot of free meals…..Could be a lot worse right?
Enjoy
Dante Ross
Soon to be back in NYC
March 14th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Came across the post looking for information on tradeshows. Looks like I can have more fun than I thought. I was thinking that it was all business.
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Does anybody know that this year i Vilnius will be the first International Baltic art fair. The name of fair is ArtVilnius. Where will be about 100 galerists.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Great photo diary! Looks like a lot of fun! Keep up the great work!