POS gets grungy in his studio with this live version of Pearl Jam’s “Why Go?”. His new album Never Better is going to drop on April 27th. Check out Drumroll here, it’s fucking bangers!
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Author: Crossfire
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Gallows trailer
Gallows have got some mad film shit gwan…
Get pussy off your minds…
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Fresh Crayons
Crayon Skateboards have unleashed a new promo today celebrating their new distributor Rock Solid Distribution.
Check out the edit here that kicks off with footage from last year’s Crossfire Gap Jam at Meanwhile 2.
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Birdhouse in Oz
The Birdhouse Team are down under smashing the place up. Check out some footage of that gnarler they call Jaws, David Loy and East Coast ripper Shaun Gregoire here.
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Double Vision
Danny Jack and Jamie Bolland entertain you in this Double Vision clip from The Harmony.
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Yeah fuckers, this is hot off the cloth press, Jerry Hsu’s new signature plaid. Tell you what, there’s only so much you say about a shirt, this one however, does all the talking for you! It’s a nice cut, stylish fit, lightweight and has a banging appeal to it.
I highly recommend you get one of these for summer 2009, you can hit the streets in search of fresh ‘crete and afterwards you can hit them beer gardens and get yourself hooked up with fresh toosh. All of this will work out brilliantly if you rock Jerry’s clothes, he rules on skates and has a mammoth lesbian following, get the shirt and feel the power!
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Crawl…Walk…Skate
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Here comes Charlie!
Never walk backwards into a mad mans nightmare. You never now what you will find.
Friday 13th is the most apt date to start an art show of one of Her Majesty’s most notorious guests. Charles Bronson has been the tabloids “face of evil” for as long as I have been alive, and it wasn’t until the media hype of his movie that I even thought to think “what is he inside for?” Do you know? Does it matter?
If ever art was a tool of expression, look no further than Here Comes Charlie. This is the largest collection of Bronson’s art, and its all here at the Amuti Gallery to see and is very open to interpretation. Oddly he has been dubbed “the ultimate outsider artist” but since he hasn’t spent much time outside solitary in the last three decades, he should take the crown of the ultimate INSIDER (con) artist.
The works on show here are akin to a comic book like Viz, but make no mistake, this isn’t mere scrawl. Since realising the pen is mightier than the sword, Bronson has turned his energy towards, writing award winning books, poetry and art. Having pretty much 24/7 on his hands gives him plenty of time for these pursuits, but having the mental strength to stay motivated and produce so much work is a feat in itself.
One almost constant feature is his nightmares and madness, Bronson constantly pokes fun at the fact he is a “loony” even penning a book “loonyology”. His visions take on an almost Monty Python style quality with thoughts jumping out of heads being just the start of the surreal scenes.
Most of the pieces are based around being in a maximum secure unit, hardly surprising as it is the only reality he has know for half his life, highlighting the constant security camera presence leads to wonder if he knows society has resorted to existing underneath big brothers watchful CCTV eye too…….
The Amuti Gallery is showing the work until the end of the month, and although a small gallery, they have plenty of Bronson’s (and others) work to view. Some pieces are available via their website and there will be some limited prints available any time too. If you’re a fan of art, or the notoriety of Bronson, the work is definitely worthy of checking out for an amazing insight in the creative mind of one of history’s major “hardmen”.
Where?
The Amuti Gallery
10 Woburn Walk
London
WC1H OJL
www.amutionline.com
www.freebronson.co.uk
Philip Procter
Words and photos by Philip Procter
It’s Grim Ooop North and no cobbled Yorkshire town is grimmer than Dewsbury, or more aptly known as Doomsbury. The credit crunch didn’t start in America, its been manifesting itself in recession up here since the miners strike and guess what? Nobody up here cares one little bit. The Ripped Skatepark defies local, and world crisis and plods from one month to the next scraping together barely enough loot to keep the doors open, let alone the electricity on.
So on to the jam, this place has maximum crashup factor during busy sessions, add in a jam format and your always going to get carnage, this is no place for tight trucks. The local kids showed out in force and eagerly waited for the out of towners to struggle with the skateparks own brand of challenging obstacles. The main focus was the Death Box and countless wallride combos, Death’s Moggins persistently kept at the 8 feet high vert box to pull a frontside tailblock that Grosso would have been proud of at the Turf. Riot Squads Alex Barton unexpectedly exchanged his clean style for gnarly and took the best trick comp with a barrage of indy nosepicks, front tail slides and a blunt rocks on the box, with a notable mention to Jay Andrews for sticking with his back disaster and pulling it in the jam, and winning a set of wheels for his troubles.
Barrow-in-Furness’s Joxa pulled out some unorthodox lines around the park and without even sessioning the death box managed to chuck in gap to disaster and front rocks after attacking every vertical surface in the park. Little Alex Decuna took the now mandatory game of s.k.a.t.e. and tirelessly hit every obstacle in the park for good measure.
The local park sharks had the spot on lock, hitting closed off areas without fear of reprisal and definitely took some chunks out of the gnarly authentic pool copin. Music on the day was DJ’d by Livewire, who killed it on the 1200’s with some Vadim enthused hiphop beats while Mury P and Bane from No Pretence held it down on the mic, looks like there is a strong local hiphop scene up here that’s worth keeping an eye on. Props to Lovenskate, Death, Lakai, DVS and Matix for gladly supplying flow of proddy for the toss and prizes for the rippers.
Jams like this are the lifeblood of smaller skateparks, and it’s only a matter of time before the influx of council endorsed outdoor comes to an end, plus British weather only allows us to skate them for what? Half of the year? So indoor parks like the Ripped really need all the support they can get, especially after the effort put in to keeping this place open, skaters really need to mark Ravensthorpe on the map when planning road trips this summer or sadly, it will die.
Hit it up….RIP IT UP!!!
Peep the Spot Check of thispark here and visit www.myspace.com/savetheripped to help make a difference.
Footage below by Phil Procter and Claire Wilson.
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The Kids are United
If you want to check out the talent of unsponsored kids in California right now then watch the video below featuring locals at the Elemental Awareness National Contest series in Long Beach.