The premiere of Concrete Poets latest video offering Writer’s Block is happening on 20th September. The video will be unleashed to the crowds at Slam City Skates from 7pm
Click on the trailer below to have a sneaky one and get ready for it.
Himsa’s new video, for the track Unleashed Carnage, is online. Who do you reckon would win in an argument between them and McEnroe?
Author: Ben Elton
Pocket Books
Ben Elton will always will be one of those outspoken, intelligent comedians who will now and then pop up on your TV screen with his dry humour and leave you with a smile on your face. But TV is not his only forte, he can also write a good book to as he has also proved over the years.
Popcorn came out in 1996 and is a fictional, comedy thriller based on America’s selfishness. The story is based on Hollywood film director Bruce Delamitri’s rise to fame from the success of his latest tongue in cheek, killer-flick ‘Ordinary Americans‘. In the build up to Delamitri taking the honours, two serial killers are at loose traveling around various states blowing people away for no reason and are heading for LA.
On the night of the Oscars, the director feels the highs and lows of making such violent movies and whilst accepting his new Hollywood status also feels the pressure from the media and various families that hold him responsible for a new wave of violence that have terrorised their lives. Someone is always to blame and that is where the deviant, white trash Wayne Hudson and girlfriend Scout ride into town.
The story is reminiscent of the famous Manson deaths back in the 1960’s where on one sunny evening; Hollywood was broken into and murdered. It leads with excess mutilation and fronted by vicious characters but is also packed with many quotes and situations that will have you in stitches due to the naivety of the blameless American Dream.
This book had sat on my shelf for years until I realised I should pick it up and spend time with it. I was not disappointed; in fact I could not put this book down until the siege was over. It works as a comedy and also as an action packed thriller, go get your Popcorn today if you like it sweet.
Chuck Bangers
13.09.07
Let’s face it, the Magnum 1’s are probably one of the most praised shoes of 2006 so to follow up such an achievement, Globe have come back with a shoe that is even better, the Magnum Puzzle Series.
These Puzzle series Magnum’s have more padding in the sole and heel and have a bigger tongue making them a desirable and comfortable vehicle for your feet to ride in whilst you ride your skateboard.
The grip underneath is second to none, the flexibility is much the same, leaving you with a skate shoe that will generally make most skaters appreciate what has gone into the production of this model with it’s vulcanised sole and a simple, but cool appearance.
There’s seven skaters involved in this ltd edition Puzzle project – Globe giving each of them the chance to pull out their own colours on the Magnum skate shoe but the preferred burgundy red colourway picked by myself to review is sported by Darkstar rider and all out destroyer, Paul Machnau.
These Globes are probably the best the Australian based company has come up with yet, go check these shoes and their staunch skate team out at www.globe.tv and look out for more collaborations with Magnum 2’s in the not too distant future.
Visit www.globe.tv for more.
Chuck Bangers
13.09.07
The boys from Gallows have recently posted up some tour diary videos from their time in Texas at SXSW. Check out all 5 episodes below:
London Town to Nike Town
Flap And Foreskin
Pricks In Texas
Beer In A Sock
Talking To My Nan
Krooked’s Bobby Worrest is featured on a little documentary called Behind The Griptape on the DLX website, and shows how great a human being he is, on and off his skateboard.
He can do everything, he really can. He even got a little girl off drugs and back in school, that’s how awesome he is.
Not content with being a man who raps shit, Ja Rule is now talking it too.
The husky voiced loser has told Complex magazine that MTV and Viacom need to be spoken to because they are playing shows that promote homosexuality. He went on to say that his kids can’t watch it and finished his tirade of bollocks with:
“Dating shows that’s showing two guys or two girls in mid-afternoon. Let’s talk about shit like that! If that’s not fucking up America, I don’t know what is.”
We know what’s destroying America – ignorant people like you!
“Jacob who?” I hear you ask? Yes, Jacob Rosenberg is the latest interviewee on the VBS Epicly Later’d series.
And if you don’t know who Jacob Rosenberg is, he’s the man behind the lens of those little video productions Questionable and Virtual Reality.
“Ohhh, Jacob Rosenberg!”
A track from the new Wu Tang album 8 Diagrams has been put online.
To say it’s underwhelming is being nice, but you can make your own mind up by clicking here and check it out.
Jason Adams has a really nice site with some of his artwork on it.
Some great portraits of the American greats, including Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Duane Peters and Christian Hosoi, so click over to www.jasonadamslh.com