WHEN I WAS A TEEN AND MADONNA HAD COME OUT WITH HER FIRST ALBUM, THEY MADE A VIDEO FOR "BORDERLINE". IN THIS VIDEO DENIM WAS BIG, SO SHE WORE THE SICKEST LEVI JEAN VEST AMD A GRAFFITI JEAN JACKET, BUT THE DUDE WHO WAS HER BOYFRIEND WORE THE SICKEST GUESS JACKET. I ATTACHED THE VIDEO. HIS JACKET WAS A MIX OF DENIM AND LEATHER, SO SICK, BUT THESE JACKETS COST LIKE $250 AND WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY. I WISH I HAD A JACKET IKE THAT NOW, BUT MAYBE CHANGE UP THE FIT. ITS CRAZY TO ME THAT NO ONE HAS TRIED TO RE MAKE JACKETS LIKE THIS, GUESS WASN'T MY FAVORITE BRAND, BUT THEIR DENIM HAD SOME CREATIVE LOOKS. ALSO NOTICE AT THE END OF THE VIDEO HE'S WEARING A WHITE JACKET, WHICH IS JUST THE JEAN JACKET INSIDE OUT, I REMEMBER SEEING PEOPLE WEAR THEM LIKE THIS. PRETTY SICK TO GET PEOPLE TO WEAR YOU JACKETS INSIDE OUT CAUSE IT SAYS GUESS REAL BIG ON THE BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THESE, BUT THEY WERE SICK. I REALLY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THEY DON'T BRING THEM BACK, THAT FASHION IS BACK.
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST IS ANOTHER FAVORITE WITH THE DE LA SOUL, THE WHOLE MOVEMENT WAS GREAT, PROBABLY EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND ONCE AGAIN THE ARTWORK THEY USED WAS SO GOOD, AND ESPECIALLY THE WAY THEY DRESSED IN THE AFRICAN FABRICS, SUPER COOL, I HOPE THAT COMES BACK.
DE LA SOUL
I LOVE DE LA SOUL, THEY RULE. THEY ARE SO INSPIRING BECAUSE THEY PRETTY MUCH CREATED A WHOLE NEW TRIP ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER GROUPS, THIS IS AWESOME, IMAGINE SAYING IM GONNA MAKE SOME MUSIC AND DRESS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHATS POPULAR, AND JUST DOING IT. THAT SOUNDS SCARY TO ME, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF NO ONE WOULD HAVE LIKED IT? BUT THEY DID LIKE IT AND I THINK IT OPENED A LOT OF PEOPLES MINDS TO BEING DIFFERENT, OR REALLY, JUST BE YOURSELF AND YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG. FOR ME BEING AN ARTIST MAYBE MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE ARTWORK AND COLORS THEY USED, IT JUST MADE YOU HAPPY LOOKING AT IT.
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - LOSE YOURSELF VIDEO
THIS IS A COOL VIDEO, I LOVE MUSIC VIDEOS THAT ARE LITTLE MOVIES, AND THIS ONE HIT THE SPOT, NOW I GOTTA CHECK OUT THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE VIDEO. YOU SHOULD TOO
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
B.R.M.C. IS THE COOLEST BAND, THEY HAVE A COOL NAME AND A COOL LOOK AND THE SOUND IS AWESOME. I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TRIP, AND THAT'S IT. HERE'S A COUPLE COOL INTERVIEWS, I REALLY DIG ARTISTS LIKE THIS, THEY DO WHAT THEY DO CAUSE THEY LOVE IT, NOT FOR GLORY OR MONEY OR POWER, BUT, BECAUSE THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND SHARING IT WITH PEOPLE, AND I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. CHEERS..
DURAN DURAN - WILD BOYS
I SINGLED OUT THIS VIDEO BECAUSE IT WAS THE CRAZIEST ONE. A MIX BETWEEN MAD MAX AND BARBARELLA (2 OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER), THEY BASICALLY MADE A SHORT FILM ABOUT REBELLION, AND THERE WERENT A LOT OF SHORT FILMS AROUND. AND I EVEN REMEMBER HEARING THAT SIMON ALMOST DIES FILMING IT WHEN THE WINDMILL HE WAS TIED TO STOPPED AND HE WAS STUCK UNDERWATER, THATS BAD ASS.
DURAN DURAN - SOME OF THEIR BEST VIDEOS
ANOTHER BAND THAT WAS CRUSHING IT IN THE 80S WAS DURAN DURAN, WETHER YOU LIKED THEM OR HATED THEM, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THEY MADE SOME CRAZY VIDEOS. SOME OF THEIR VIDEOS WERE LIKE MINI MOVIES, NEW TECHNIQUES BEING USED IN EVERY ONE. ESPECIALLY "PLANET EARTH" THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST ONES AND I CAN REMEMBER JUST TRIPPING OUT, CAUSE IT WAS LIKE A SCI FI MOVIE. THE VIDEO FOR "GIRLS ON FILM" I THINK WAS EVEN BANNED FROM MTV, AND SO WAS THE CHAUFFEUR. IT WAS ALL ABOUT NEWNESS, CAN YOU IMAGINE MAKING SOMETHING TODAY THAT WAS TOTALLY NEW, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD EVEN LIKE IT, BUT I HOPE THEY WOULD, I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT CREATIVITY IS COMING BACK INTO STYLE. BUT FOR NOW HERES A FEW VIDEOS TO GET LOST IN.
SIMPLE MINDS - UP ON THE CATWALK
THE 80S WAS THE PEAK OF MTV, THERE WERE A LOT F MUSIC VIDEOS THAT WERE ARTISTICALLY AMAZING, THIS IS ONE OF THEM. BACK IN THIS TIME IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE THINGS THAT WERE NEW, CREATE A LOOK OR A SOUND THAT YOU HAD NEVER HEARD BEFORE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COME BACK INTO STYLE, THE ALTERNATIVE TO MASS PRODUCTION.
RESPUN LACE
IN THE YEARS OF DESIGNING I HAVE COME ACROSS A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CREATIVE PEOPLE, LACE IS ONE OF THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARN NOW TO BUILD ART OR CLOTHING BUT THE SMALL FEW THAT ARE REALLY CREATIVE DO IT ALL. WITH A BACKGROUND AND THE SCHOOLING TO BE A REAL DESIGNER, SHE'S ABLE TO CREATE DESIGNS AND BUILD THEM FROM CONCEPT TO A SEWN GARMENT, OR A PAINTED CANVAS. A TRUE ADVENTURER, SHE SPENDS HER TIME LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CREATIVE EXPERIENCE, SHE 'S A REAL INSPIRATION FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY. GO OUT THERE AND GET IT, IS HER MOTTO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE CLOTHES? THEN DO IT, OR TRAVEL THE WORLD LOOKING FOR WAVES OR GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS TO PAINT CANVASES, THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND A FEW YEARS CREATING WITH HER AND SHE STILL AMAZES ME EVERYDAY, AND THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. HAHA. GO AND CHECK OUT HER STUFF, SHE MAKES IT ALL FROM CLOTHES TO JEWELRY TO BIKINIS. IN FACT THIS NEXT SPRING YOU WILL SEE A BIKINI CO LAB WITH RUSTY. GOOD WORK RESPUN LACE.
JACK DENNY - WORLD JUNGLE
GROWING UP IN LAGUNA BEACH IN THE 80S, EVERYONE KNEW JACK DENNY, HE WAS THE MAN, BEST SURFER IN TOWN AND HE WAS A GREAT DESIGNER, REALLY TALENTED. JACK WAS ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT, SO, YOU WERE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1998, AND THE SURFING WORLD LOST AN ICON AND HE WAS OUTSPOKEN ON THINGS HE BELIEVED IN, I THINK IF HE WERE STILL HERE, THE INDUSTRY WOULD BE DIFFERENT, MAYBE MORE CREATIVE AND LESS BIG BIZ. HERE IS AN OLD ARTICLE I FOUND THAT HE DID, ITS PRETTY COOL TO HEAR WHAT DESIGNING FOR A SMALL SURF BRAND WAS LIKE BACK THEN, BEFORE THE INTERNET AND BACK THEN THERE WERE REALLY ONLY A FEW SURF BRANDS.
POTTZ...
THERE IS SO MUCH I COULD SAY ABOUT MARTIN POTTER, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF ALL THE THINGS THAT POTTZ DID FOR SURFING AND HONESTLY THE YOUTH THAT WANTED TO RIDE SURFBOARDS. THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS RADICAL WITH ABOUT 20 EXCLAMATION POINTS, HIS LIFE WAS RADICAL, TURNED PRO AT LIKE 13 OR SOMETHING CRAZY, FIRST ONE TO GET TOWED INTO A WAVE AT THIRD REEF PIPE, THE FIRST GUY DOING PROPER AERIALS AND BIG ONES, THE FIRST RADICAL SURFER TO WIN A WORLD TITLE. POTTZ WON THE WORLD TITLE IN 89, AND THAT YEAR HE WON ALMOST EVERYTHING, HE WAS AN ANIMAL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE JUDGING DECIDED THEY WOULD SCORE HIM ACCORDINGLY, KIDS COMPLAIN NOW THAT THE JUDGING SUCKS, BUT BACK THEN A BUNCH OF SMALL TURNS WOULD BEAT A BIG TURN OR AN AERIAL, THE JUDGES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN HE SURFED, IT WAS ALL NEW. SECONDLY POTTZ WAS RADICAL IN HIS LIFE, HE RAN AT 100 MPH AT EVERYTHING, HE CARRIED AN ATTITUDE THAT STOOD OUT, HE WORE BRIGHT COLORED CLOTHES HAD LONG ROCK AND ROLL HAIR, HE HAD AN EARING, HA, WHICH BACK THEN WAS PRETTY CRAZY, AND HE RODE FOR GOTCHA WHICH WAS THE MOST BADASS BRAND OF THAT TIME. BASICALLY POTTZ CHANGED MORE THAN THE WAY WE SURF BUT THE WAY WE SEE SURFINGS POSSIBILITIES , I DONT THINK PEOPLE GIVE ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THIS, WITHOUT HIM IN HISTORY, SURFERS MAY ALL BE POLITE ATHLETES WHO ADHERE TO EVERY RULE AND WOULD BE RIDING WHITE BOARDS, WHICH WOULD SUCK, CAUSE FLAMES LOOK GOOD ON A SURFBOARD AND I LIKE THAT KIDS THESE DAYS ARE ABLE TO EXPRES THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR SURFING. THANX POTTZ, IT HAS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING WATCHING ALL THESE YEARS.
TOMMY GUERRERO'S NEW CD TOMMY GUERRERO - "PERPETUAL"- I ALWAYS WANT TO CALL IT AN ALBUM, BUT I THINK THATS OUTDATED?
TOMMY GUERRERO HAS A NEW CD CALLED PERPETUAL, IF YOU DONT OWN IT GO GET IT, EVERYONE SHOULD OWN ALL HIS MUSIC, HE RULES AND HAS MORE STYLE THAN MOST. I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT REGRET GOING OUT AND BUYING ALL HIS MUSIC, ITS GOOD AND WHEN HE MAKES THEM, THE VIDEOS ARE ALWAYS COOL TOO.
TOMMY GUERRERO - COOL INTERVIEW, AS USUAL
I FOUND THIS COOL INTERVIEW ON THE "THE HUNDREDS" WEBSITE, I THOUGHT I WOULD BORROW IT TO SHARE, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
CORRUGATED BAMBOO ROOFING SHEETS - THIS IS A REALLY COOL IDEA, WHY AREN'T WE ALREADY USING THIS, WORLDWIDE
GETTING COLORFULL
HALF OF THE FUN OF GETTING A BRAND NEW SURF BOARD, IS ALWAYS GETTING TO PAINT IT!!!
DAY MAN, THE FUNNIEST THING EVER...
A MASTER OF KARATE AND FRIENDSHIP FOR EVERYONE? THERES MY NEW GOAL.
GERRY LOPEZ AGAIN, BUT THS TIME AT ULUWATU
IF YOUR GONNA SHOW VIDEOS OF GERRY LOPEZ, YOU CANT LEAVE OUT SOME GOOD TUBERIDING, AND THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS WHAY WE LOVE ULUWATU SO MUCH. AND THE MUSIC IS REALLY COOL TOO.
GERRY LOPEZ IS THE MAN.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED GERRY LOPEZ'S APPROACH, IN LIFE AND SURFING AND YOGA, HE SEEMS TO BE SO RELAXED AND I THINK TRULY JUST BEING WHO HE IS. THIS IS A COOL LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT YOGA AND SURFING AND HOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
PROOF LAB IS THE BEST SHOP IN THE WORLD, IF YOU ARE EVER IN MILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA, GO THERE.
PROOF LAB IS A SURF/SKATE SHOP IN MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA OWNED BY A COUPLE GUYS (WILL HUTCHINSON AND NATE MCCARTHY) THAT GREW UP IN THE AREA THAT WANTED TO BUILD A BUSINESS THAT WOULD LET THEM LIVE THE LIFESTYLE THEY WANTED AND WOULD ALSO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU WILL TRIP WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THESE TWO GUYS HAVE DOWN OVER THE YEARS, ITS TRULY INSPIRING. ITS A SURF SHOP WITH LOTS OF BOARDS AND GEAR AND A SKATE SHOP WITH A SKATE RAMP IN THE BACK. ITS A CORE SHOP FOR ANYONE INTO ANYTHING REALLY, THEY SELL IT ALL AND THEY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND NOW YOU CAN EVEN GET A TASTY COFFEE. THE COOLEST THING TO ME IS THAT THEY BUILT THE PROOF LAB OUT OF AN EXISTING SURF SHOP THAT WAS THERE FOR YEARS CALLED THE MARIN SURF SPORTS, THEY BOUGHT IT AND KEPT THE SPIRIT OF SURFING IN MARIN ALIVE. I THINK A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THIS SURFING WORLD NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE GUYS, THEY ARE HERE TO TEACH US ALL, THAT FOLLOWING YOUR PASSION WORKS, AND THAT IF YOU GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THEN THE COMMUNITY TAKES CARE OF YOU. I SEE THESE GUYS GOING STRONG FOREVER. KEEP IT UP GUYS, YOU KEEP US INSPIRED.
INDIA SIGN PAINTERS - SO COOL
IM SUCH A HUGE FAN OF THE SIGN PAINTERS IN INDIA, THE LETTERING IS AMAZING AND THE ART IN GENERAL IS SO COLORFUL, ALMOST TOO COLORFUL. I WISH WE HAD MORE SIGNS LIKE THIS HERE. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHAT HAPPINESS LOOKS LIKE.
