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xo
Thursday 31 December 2009
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Tuesday 29 December 2009
stay gold.
Saw this and it got me thinking about what I'd put in my own window/shelf display. Opening a shop of my own is feeling more and more like a good aim to shoot for, what with my time at Art School passing by swiftly.
I chatted to a couple friends about what they would want to sell in a shop and they said coffee and music (I feel those are awesome ideas). After working in Boots for at least the last 4 years I'm certain I don't want to live by working in that enviroment for the rest of my life. I feel I'm good with people but the constant barrage doesn't feel natural. I think the worst thing about being a "till monkey" is when I get the feeling I'm becoming someone I really don't want to be...unsympathetic and cold.
I feel to own an independent shop and introduce people to stuff I love (books/graphic novels/music/food/toys/art) would be a dream come true. I could put on events in store and build awesome relationships (pretty much what I consider the most important thing in my life).
I hope I'm not being naive and unrealistic but it's definitely something I'm going to consider much more.
xo
Benny Gold in your fuckin' head!
"The idea came from the mantra "Stay Gold" and keeping that way regardless of age. Our youth mentality and the things we hold dear are the real gold inside all of us."
awesome!
xo
Sunday 27 December 2009
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Thursday 24 December 2009
Christmas eve bro-down.
Had sweet hang outs today with awesome friends which has put me in a great mood before Christmas day. Giving friends gifts has definitely become one of my favourite things to do. My good friend Mr Brooks generously gave me these items which I am stoked on! I've been listening to "Decode" on repeat this evening and will be rocking the shirt tomorrow for sure.
2010 will be the year of rad hangs.
xo
That's the core, what about the rest of the apple?
I was chatting to my friend Tom (http://nogravebutthesea.blogspot.com/ I am useless with html) earlier about skating. It seems neither of us skate particularly often but we both share an appreciation of the culture and he brought this article to my attention which I found interesting.
"I like to capitalize the “S” in “Skateboarding” because I think it deserves it. It’s like our collective grandfather that gave us life and showed us the world, I think it earns the respect.
I’m still not sure if it’s a sport, as most of the mainstream tends to categorize Skateboarding now.
To me, Skateboarding was always more about the culture than actually mastering an inward heelflip. I was never the best at Skateboarding, but I got by. I had my go-to tricks, I’m still better at certain switch tricks than doing ‘em regular. Berra remarked that that’s the general truth across skateboarders. Most of ‘em really aren’t that good, but they stick around because they can connect with the lifestyle and culture around Skateboarding. Which is a mentality that I was familiar with, growing up in late ’80s and ’90s skate.. but for the most part, has lost its essence. You see it, the 14-year-old kids who can huck themselves off a 20-stair, but don’t got soul, or attitude, or style, or appreciation of any of that. At it’s core, Skateboarding is about skateboarding. But that’s the core, what about the rest of the apple?
What happened to Skateboarding’s marriage to the creative community? …The intellectual, driven, passionate rebels who drew their own graphics, and were drawn to Skateboarding as a means to express themselves as Creatives, not because they were striving to be a technically proficient athlete? And what happened to pure Skateboarding companies and brands, and shops for that matter? Did Nike save skateboarding or did they have a hand in dismantling it? All I know is I grew up in an era where Skateboarding and the Swoosh couldn’t be on more opposite ends of the spectrum. Now, they are undeniably one and the same.
Skateboarding, as I always understood it, was about the grassroots guys with irreverence and ingenuity. The ones who were innovative and driven enough to Do-It-Themselves and push Skateboarding forward. These days, the skateboard industry (the very idea of a skateboard industry is odd) is a well-oiled machine, systematic, programmed for profit. Robotic. And predictable." (http://www.thehundreds.com/wordpress/)
Next summer I definitely want to skate more!
xo
"I like to capitalize the “S” in “Skateboarding” because I think it deserves it. It’s like our collective grandfather that gave us life and showed us the world, I think it earns the respect.
I’m still not sure if it’s a sport, as most of the mainstream tends to categorize Skateboarding now.
To me, Skateboarding was always more about the culture than actually mastering an inward heelflip. I was never the best at Skateboarding, but I got by. I had my go-to tricks, I’m still better at certain switch tricks than doing ‘em regular. Berra remarked that that’s the general truth across skateboarders. Most of ‘em really aren’t that good, but they stick around because they can connect with the lifestyle and culture around Skateboarding. Which is a mentality that I was familiar with, growing up in late ’80s and ’90s skate.. but for the most part, has lost its essence. You see it, the 14-year-old kids who can huck themselves off a 20-stair, but don’t got soul, or attitude, or style, or appreciation of any of that. At it’s core, Skateboarding is about skateboarding. But that’s the core, what about the rest of the apple?
What happened to Skateboarding’s marriage to the creative community? …The intellectual, driven, passionate rebels who drew their own graphics, and were drawn to Skateboarding as a means to express themselves as Creatives, not because they were striving to be a technically proficient athlete? And what happened to pure Skateboarding companies and brands, and shops for that matter? Did Nike save skateboarding or did they have a hand in dismantling it? All I know is I grew up in an era where Skateboarding and the Swoosh couldn’t be on more opposite ends of the spectrum. Now, they are undeniably one and the same.
Skateboarding, as I always understood it, was about the grassroots guys with irreverence and ingenuity. The ones who were innovative and driven enough to Do-It-Themselves and push Skateboarding forward. These days, the skateboard industry (the very idea of a skateboard industry is odd) is a well-oiled machine, systematic, programmed for profit. Robotic. And predictable." (http://www.thehundreds.com/wordpress/)
Next summer I definitely want to skate more!
xo
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Monday 21 December 2009
PMA 'til I'm DOA
I really wish I could be at art school right now so I could screenprint Joy Division shirts and tote bags with angry grizzlies on them.
xo
Sunday 20 December 2009
Monday 7 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
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