Grotesk

I was up early today to do some work for extra cash so I've been sitting here since 8:3oam waiting to go to my normal job at 10 so i've just been surfing checking out some stuff. I'm not a huge hypebeast viewer but I was on the site this morning and found this.

Collection of artwork from Brooklyn's Kimou Meyer, aka Grotesk. In case you didn't know Grotesk also did the art for the Cool Kids album Bake Sale. A lot of his work is pretty funny and quite sarcastic. Check out his flickr to see some more of his art as well as some amazing New York street art and graffiti.

While your surfing around you can check this too. My friend Jude reps this mag called Frank151 which I think is visual stunning and very entertaining to read, they have a new hat colab with New Era 59Fifty. While on the frank site I found these videos by Jack McBrayer called Livin' Neath the Law, this one is How To Rip Off a Drug Dealer, so good!

Christmas Party

It was moguls Christmas party on Saturday at one99. more to come but this gives you and idea of what it was like

photo by jim waddington

Shoot To Thrill

ok so, Red Bull Shoot to Thrill like I said earlier is a 72 hour film project with 10 teams from 10 cities across the country. What I didn't mention before is that there is a digital entry as well. Teams doing digital movies only had 72 hours to film, edit and submit the project. Where as the 16mm entries were giving a limit of 10 rolls of film and 72 hours to film and a week to edit and submit the final project. I love digital but I want to focus on the film portion of this spectacular project, it's more raw, and since I recently got a sweet 16mm cam im stocked on it. That and the edition of Colour I'm reading is specialy devoted to the whole event and is my main source of info, it also focuses on the film submissions.

What was your concept?

Reflections, for every single shot, in glass, water, chromed objects, mirrors...so that made everything complicated of course.

interview with Director Fred Mortagne by Jay Revell, Color Magazine

This is my favorite,

Team Vancouver

Filmer/Director —	French Fred Mortagne
Photographer —	Dylan Doubt
Skaters —	Rick McCrank Sponsored by: Girl, Thunder, Momentum, eS, Matix, Antisocial, Bones
—	Bradley Sheppard Sponsored by: Emerica
—	Torey Goodall Sponsored by: Livestock, Emerica

I think it's awesome! Get Stoked!

Mirrored

Here is a teaser for the winner of the contest, the Grizzles from Surrey, BC.

COLOR

I got the new Color Magazine yesterday, it's filled with content from the Red Bull Shoot to Thrill 72 hour film project and it is amazing. One of the best issues by far.

I'm going to make a full post about is later because I love it so much but just to give you a little background till then Shoot to Thrill is a 16mm film project of 10 groups of skaters, photographers and filmers from 10 different cities across the country. They are givin just 72 hours to shoot a film and then only a week to edit prepare and submit the finished product. The end results are amazing and the latest Color reflects that. It's also jam packed with all the suculent goodness found in every issues.

Freeze....

uh, I mean.... STOP, in the name of the law!



Pat and I got stopped by the Cops one night for having the same colour jacket on, Dave Jo was with us and had the same colour hoody on. Went kinda like this.

COP: "Hey, whats with the jackets?"
ME: "Uh, nothing we like the same colour."
COP: "That's pretty gay, you guys go to the bathroom together too?"
ME: "No, we actually work at the same shop and run events for youth and these are our unofficial shop coats."
COP: "Huh, carry on"

Translation..."Hey you cute kids that I might of tried to take advantage of had I not already been caught for touching drunk teenagers at a party I was breaking up. I'm a redneck perve that has nothing better to do than bust your balls for having a better fashion sense than me."

Moral of story: Get a real job. Or rather, do your real job, not the one you saw on tv when you signed up.

le chat doré

My best babe Emily Marie is chillin in the South of France living the life, exploring and spending some time on a traditional farm getting to know the finer details life. Recently I added her new blog to my links on the side, some of you may have noticed it already. There she has a little collection of photos and thoughts as we follow her journey. It's called Le Chat Doré and you should tottally look at it!

Here are a couple of friends she has met.

tele phone

I uploaded the pictures from Sonia's phone for her today. This is a collection of my favorites.
Sorry they are not the best quality.


first day of school


Liam Neeson, Laure Linney and Antonio Banderas and the World Premier of The Other Man. Front row center at the Toronto International Film Festivil. A very special thanks to Sonia's mom for the priority seating tickets.


haha, and this guy. Sonia knabbed a couple of shop lifters at the shop and grabbed their pictures. This guy rocks my world.

NEW CONTEST: If you could name this guy what would it be?

Cool Kids + Q-Tip

Yo what up man? Saw Cool Kids play with the legend Q-Tip last night at the Phoenix, just down the street from our place. Such a great show, it is Jenna's birthday today so Sonia, Jenna and I went and jammed out. Cool Kids consists of Chuck English & Mickey Rocks and hail from Illinois. Filled with fresh beats and quirky lyrics, they rock. Album's called Bake Sale and
all the BMX riders will love these guys, unless you already know then good on you. Peep the Black Mags Video.

Check them out here.



And then there was Q-Tip... the boys put on some weight but who cares, overflowing with energy. Spittin rhymes like he was born doing it. For those of you who don't know Q-Tip comes from the best hip-hop group every A Tribe Called Quest. Tip's new album is called Renaissance, it's fresh, I dig it, Check it!

100th Post

So I have reached 1oo posts since launching this blog after my first one was reformatted. I have noticed that I must be a pretty big loaner because lately I've been posting a lot of myself. Not to fear I finished a film roll recently so that will follow shortly. That and I'm trying to make friends...

In the mean time check this out. Lost Format Preservation Society


Oh and Happy Birthday to Paul over at So Hip It Hurts!

Flickstr

I have posted my full series of photos for my final photography assignment on my flickr as well as some other fun ones Sonia and I took one night at home.

Explosion

Explosions in the Sky have a few new t-shirt designs available in their online store. All drawn by there resident artist Esteban Rey.

On a side note I'm done school till January!