David Garibaldi

If you are NOT on this, please get on!!! This man's work is on fire!!! David Garibaldi....genious!

Check him out at www.garibaldiarts.com

Ali Boulala

World famous skateboarder, Ali Boulala, has been sentenced to 4 years in jail with a non-parole period of 2 years for a motorcycle crash back in March 2007 that killed up and coming skateboarder, Shane Cross, and critically wounded himself.

Pretty sad stuff when it definitely wasn't intentional. But I would have to agree with the judge when he told Boulala, "You were therefore aware of the potential ramifications...You threw caution to the wind at a later stage on this evening".

Ali was so critically injured that he had to be put under a medically induced coma for 65 days until his vital signs were stable. It still isn't certain if he'll ever be able to get on a skateboard again due to a severe brain injury.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23596008-5005941,00.html

Cross Your Fingers!!

Okay, so I'm just starting this blog and still trying to work out what direction I want to go in. So it dawned on me, "do something that you absolutely love". Art, skateboarding, video games, photography, writing, music...urban culture. So my plan is to pretty much turn this blog into all of that and more.

I came across a guy named Phill that works at the Sunoco that I pump my gas at most days. I walked in to pay and noticed him drawing a design on a Converse. It was the best art I'd seen in a while. I went home and started of thinking of different blog ideas. I knew that I HAD to have his artwork incorporated into the blog, and I also wanted to profile his work on the blog because trust me people, it's just that fresh.

I ran the idea by him briefly on my home and he was down with it. Hopefully soon I'll be able to showcase a little of Phill's work on this blog. So keep your fingers crossed!!!

Other than that, I really want nothing but the freshest graphic artists, skateboarders, bands, lyricists, etc on here. So if you know someone or if that someone is you, definitely get at me.

Til later....

Good Music Gone Bad

Can someone tell me when the dissolution of music began? What happened to the Temptations? Al Green? Marvin Gaye? I mean, I know what happened to them, but what happened to our generations music. It's so bland and lacks a little bit of everything. It's like eating a meal and not feeling as full as you'd like to be. I'm starving for some innovative, ground-breaking, rejuvenating sounds.

I love the bands that don't conform. Prime example, Gym Class Heroes...originality from all angles (which is totally just my opinion). Even the new refreshing voices of R&B such as Estelle and Chrisette Michelle. But these are only a start. How can we get rid of, do away with "cranking that soulja boy", "dun dun dun dun", or some kid asking you to "google" her?

Can anyone help? Music is dying. I'm talking about the good shit. The stuff that's worth your time listening to. The kind that makes you feel some kind of way after you've finished listening to it. The kind that brightens your day, puts you in a good mood, and KEEPS you there.
I'm conducting a survey on this topic and will post the results once I've gotten all the responses in.

The search for good music continues....