WE RECENTLY WENT TO SEE BOW WOW WOW, WHAT A GREAT BAND. I STARTED LOOKING BACK AT THE OLD FOOTAGE AND PICS OF THEM, SO COOL. THE SINGER IS ANNABELLA AND I CAN REMEMBER HER BEING SUPER COOL BACK IN THE DAY, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT HER INTO ICON STATUS, THE MOHAWK, THE CLOTHES EVERTHING ABOUT HER WAS ORIGINAL, AND UNIQUE. HERES A FEW PICS TO ENJOY. AND GO LISTEN, IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
BOW WOW WOW - ANNABELLA LWIN
THE MINDS EYE WAY DOES ARTWALK AT LANDMARK SURF CO, LAGUNA BEACH
CUSTOM HATS
WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH DYING HATS LATELY, AND BESIDES BEING SUPER FUN, I THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME OF MY FAVORITE STUFF YET.
GET THE MESSAGE - ELECTRONIC
GET THE MESSAGE WAS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SONG FROM THE AMAZING BAND CALLED ELECTRONIC, AND OF COURSE WITH THE SINGER FROM NEW ORDER AND THE GUITAR PLAYER/WRITER OF ALL THE SONGS FOR THE BAND THE SMITHS YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. I ALSO LIKED HOW I THINK THEY WERE ACTUALLY CALLING OUT TO THE WORLD TO LOOK AROUND, AND IT'S SAD TO ME THAT EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO IS PROBABLY STILL AN ISSUE, STARVING CHILDREN, TOO MUCH TRASH AND POLLUTION, AND I THINK BASICALLY, THIS WORLD IS OUR CHILDREN'S, SO, WE SHOULD KEEP IT LIVABLE FOR THEM. BUT ANYWAY, ENJOY THIS GEM...
BURN THE FRIGGIN BOATS - TONY ROBBINS
I CAME ACROSS THIS THE OTHER DAY, AND FOR SOME REASON, IT DOES HIT YOU RIGHT WHERE IT COUNTS. USE THIS INSPIRATION FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED, BUT I THINK IT IS JUST GENIUS, TO TRULY SUCEED, YOU NEED TO TAKE ALL YOUR SAFETY NETS AWAY. AND BURN THE FRIGGIN BOATS...........
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - JAMES BROWN
I THINK THIS VIDEO IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES FOR A FEW REASONS, FIRST THE SONG IS AMAZING, SECONDLY JAMES BROWN WAS RAD, BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE THE CLOTHING THEY WEAR IN THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING, IT LOOKS TO ME THEY ARE WEARING MOSTLY STUSSY AND SOME GOTCHA CLOTHING, WHICH IN THE 80'S AND EVEN TO THIS DAY IS SOME OF THE BEST DESIGNS EVER DONE, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. THE REASON THOSE BRANDS HAD SUCH GOOD DESIGNS WAS BECAUSE THE SURF INDUSTRY WAS SO SMALL THAT THEY DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT DEPARTMENT STORES OR ANY OF THE BIG CORPORATE MONEY, BECAUSE THE CORPORATIONS HADN'T SHOWN INTEREST YET, SO, THE DESIGNERS WERE FREE TO MAKE WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO, THEY COULD BE CRAZY, BRANDS WERE DRIVEN BY DESIGN, NOT BY SALES. I MISS THAT.... MAYBE IT WILL GO BACK TO THAT WAY SOME DAY, FINGERS CROSSED, WE NEED DESIGNERS TO GO BACK TO THOSE WAYS, TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO BE CREATIVE AGAIN AND NOT JUST FOCUS ON PROFITS.
THE CULT LOVE....
THE CULT'S LOVE ALBUM MAY BE MY FAVORITE MUSIC OF ALL TIME. IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, GIVE IT A LISTEN, SUCH A GREAT SOUND. AND SOME OF THE BEST ALBUM ARTWORK EVER.
SHAWN STUSSY / THOMAS CAMPBELL
I JUST CAME ACROSS THIS, EVEN THOUGH ITS FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. ANOTHER GREAT COLABERATION IS SHAWN STUSSY AND THOMAS CAMPBELL MAKING A COUPLE BOARDS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE IN PERSON, VERY COOL STUFF.
THE CULT / RICK GRIFFEN - MY FAVORITE BAND IS THE CULT AND IN HIS LATER YEARS RICK GRIFFEN DID SOME ALBUM ART ARTWORK, SUCH A GREAT COMBO.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIL SCOT HERON
TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN GIL SCOT HERON'S 67th BIRTHDAY, WE MISS YOU BROTHER. ONE OF MY STRONGEST INSPIRATIONS, HE SPOKE THE TRUTH.
MARKETS ARE BACK ON!!!!
HAPPY NYEPI TO BALI....
NYEPI IS BALI'S NEW YEAR, AND THEY HAVE A BIG PARADE OF DEMON FLOATS CREATED BY THE PEOPLE OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD THEN AT THE END OF THE PARADE THEY BURN THE FLOATS TO EXERCISE THE DEMONS ON THE WHOLE ISLAND AND THE NEXT IS CELEBRATED WITH A DAY OF SILENCE AND SELF REFLECTION SPENT IN DOORS, NO ONE IS ALLOWED OUTSIDE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS, THEN GET OVER THERE, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S USUALLY IN MARCH, SO CHECK IT OUT, IT IS SO FUN, AND UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
LEONARDO PART 2
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SPEECH, WE CAN ALL PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL, THAT IT'S MADE UP TO MAKE MONEY, BUT GLOBAL CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND IT'S FIXABLE IF WE WORK FOR IT. WE ARE IN A TIME WHEN WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WILL FIX OUR PROBLEM, BUT WE NEED TO ACT TODAY, RIGHT NOW. LIKE GHANDI SAID BE THE CHANGE, WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE, IT'S NOT EVEN HARD TO FIND, IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU DO THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE WORLD, THINK OF THE FUTURE, HOW HAPPY OUR CHILDREN WILL BE THAT WE CHANGED OUR WAYS AND GAVE THEM A PLANET THAT IS THRIVING AND NOT DYING.
SANDWICH MAN - ALLAN LAW
ALLAN LAW IS AMAZING AND A TRUE HERO. HE'S DOING A JOB THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY IS NOT GONNA SAVE THE WORLD, SO WHY BOTHER, BUT TO THE PEOPLE IN HIS AREA, IT'S SAVING THEIR WORLD AND THAT'S HOW YOU CHANGE THE WORLD, ONE PLACE AT A TIME. AND IF MORE PEOPLE GET INSPIRED BY THIS AND DO THIS WORK IN THEIR AREA IT COULD SPREAD AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL SAVE THE WORLD. I REALLY AM BLOWN AWAY BY HIS WORKS, HE SAYS HE SLEEPS FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS A NIGHT, AND IT'S IN THE FRONT SEAT OF HIS MINI VAN, HE HASN'T SLEPT IN A BED IN 13 YEARS. HE SPENDS ALL HIS TIME MAKING AND DELIVERING FOOD TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. THIS IS THE WAY WE ALL SHOULD LIVE, BUT SADLY, HE IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WHAT A GREAT INSPIRATION TO LIVE BETTER, EVEN IF YOU WENT OUT TODAY AND GAVE OUT 1 SANDWICH OR 1 TOOTHBRUSH, IT'S A START, AND YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE. SPREAD THE WORD, I THINK HE DESERVES A MEDAL OR WHATEVER IS THE HIGHEST REWARD FOR BEING A GREAT HUMAN BEING. BUT AT LEAST IF MORE PEOPLE TEL HIS STORY, THEN THE MESSAGE CAN MOVE ON TO OTHERS AND INSPIRE THEM TO HELP ANOTHER. ALL THE THINGS KILLING THIS WORLD ARE NOT CREATED BY BAD GUYS, THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE WE STOPPED CARING FOR EACHOTHER, THE WORLD WILL NOT BE FIXED BY PRAYERS AND DONATIONS, IT WILL BE FIXED WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE THAT HELPING ONE ANOTHER ISN'T THAT HARD, AND WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT EACHOTHER YOU WON'T WANT TO POLLUTE AND DESTROY THINGS, OR KEEP EVERYTHING TO OURSELVES, AND YOU WILL REALIZE HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO SHARE AND TO HELP OTHERS. THANK YOU ALLAN LAW, YOU ARE AN ANGEL SENT TO INSPIRE US ALL.
MAURICE WHITE R.I.P.
MAURICE WHITE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AND THIS PLANET LOST AN AMAZING SPIRIT. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE WAS AMAZING, THEY MADE SUCH FEEL GOOD MUSIC WITH A GREAT MESSAGE. I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE ANOTHER BAND LIKE THAT AGAIN, THEY WERE TOO GOOD, SO MUCH TALET IN THAT GROUP OF DUDES. IT IS SAD TO SEE HIM GO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TOO, WITH A VOICE LIKE THAT HE WAS AN ANGEL TO BEGIN WITH, SO, HE WAS JUST GOING HOME. R.I.P MAURICE YOU MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION ON MY LIFE, AND FOR THAT, I SAY THANK YOU...
KELLY SLATER
I SAW THIS INTERVIEW WITH KELLY THE OTHER DAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL, HE'S NOT SUPER OUTSPOKEN, BUT HE SPEAKS HIS MIND. I LIKE HIS PERSPECTIVE ON WORLD ISSUES BECAUSE HE'S CONSTANTLY TRAVELLING THE WORLD AND I'M SURE HE HAS FRIENDS IN EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH, SO I THINK THAT MAKES HIM VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ON WORLD CULTURES AND HOW WE CAN'T JUST LABEL PEOPLE AS GOOD OR BAD BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION OR SKIN COLOR. ALL CULTURES HAVE MOSTLY GOOD PEOPLE AND THERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW BAD GUYS, BUT DON'T LET THE FEW BAD GUYS TURN YOU AGAINST ANY CULTURE OR YOU WILL MISS OUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE. BUT AS FAR AS VOTE FOR NO ONE, THAT WORKED IN THE MOVIE "BREWSTERS MILLIONS" BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL WORK IN REAL LIFE. THE PART ABOUT MONSANTO BEING EVIL IS DEFINATELY TRUE, THEY MUST BE STOPPED FROM DESTROYING MORE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL EARTH. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK KELLY.
TANTRA II - A PLACE CALLED TAROT
I THINK THIS ONE IS OBSCURE, THE BAND IS CALLED TANTRA AND THEY ARE ITALIAN, WHICH IS COOL, ITALIAN DISCO. I'M SURPRISED I NEVER HEAR OF THEM BEFORE, THEIR MUSIC IS GOOD, BUT A PLACE CALLED TAROT IS AMAZING. AND THIS IS ON 10 YEARS OF TIRK ALSO, MAYBE JUST BUY THE 10 YEARS OF TIRK AND YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE.
ARCHITEQ - BIRDS OF PREY
I CAME ACROSS THIS SONG FROM A COMPILATION FROM TIRK RECORDS, CALLED "10 YEARS OF TIRK". THIS SONG IS REALLY GOOD.
LUKE INSECT - ARTIST
I ACTUALLY FOUND THE BAND THE TIME AND SPACE MACHINE BECAUSE OF LUKE INSECT, I CAME ACROSS HIS ART FROM A STUSSY TEE AND WHEN I RESEARCHED HIS ART I FOUND THAT HES MY FAVORITE ARTIST. HE USES SO MUCH COLOR AND IT WORKS, IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR THE EYES, BUT IT ENDS UP JUST RIGHT. HIS LETTERING IS AWESOME AND THE IMAGES HE MIXES JUST FLOW SO WELL. GIVE HIM A LOOK
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