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Guess Who?
From Large Ray’s Large archive of photos.
The Waste
This seems like a no-brainer to throw in here because the lead singer of Municipal Waste, Tony Foresta, has a blog on this website called Sounds Good. He’s probably not going to do it himself, so I thought I’d throw a video in here from “the waste”. This one had over 400,000 views, not too shabby. They’re currently touring Europe right now, then off to South America and Japan. Follow Tony’s adventures on Twitter @Tbuzz666.
Print is dead!
The debate between Print Media and It’s online counterparts, seems be a topic discussed more often online than anywhere else. The idea that Print is dead, is fine by me, and can hang out with the age old catch phrases- Disco’s not dead, it just sucks real bad…” or “punk’s dead- your next”.
Regardless, the independent spirit, and the DIY ethic will never die, and with that, I am glad to bring up several new print zines of stellar presence, Born Ugly Mag, HoleShot, and most recently Case Magazine out of the UK. All filled with original content, great photos and layouts, and done out of a labor of love, rather than as an attempted return on investment.
Check out these sites-
Born ugly Mag
Case Magazine
Holeshot
and learn more about creativity, execution, and awesomeness!
Good Music, Good Cause…
Confirmed bands-Billy Bragg, Dr. Dog, The Mountain Goats, Rogue Wave, Delta Spirit, Senses Fail, Anti-Flag, Man Man, Dead Prez, 7 Seconds, Kimya Dawson, Torche, Anvil, Japanther, Strike Anywhere, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Sea Wolf, Dr. Octagon AKA Kool Keith, Dead Confederate, A Wilhelm Scream, Portugal. the Man, Samiam, Leatherface, Crime in Stereo, Matt Pond PA, Dead to Me, Smoke or Fire, Fruit Bats, Bear in Heaven, Freelance Whales, Broadway Calls, Cobra Skulls, Small Brown Bike, Glint, Stars of Track and Field, Danielson, Twin Tigers, Black Sheep, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, James Husband (of Montreal), Signals (ex-The Mae Shi), Ortolan, Mercury Program, Off With Their Heads, The Loved Ones, Past Lives, forgetters, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Assholeparade, Defiance Ohio, Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves, Bomb the Music Industry!, Dear Landlord, Young Livers, David Rovics, The Riot Before, This Bike is a Pipebomb, Des Ark, Ben Davis & The Jett$, Shellshag, Weatherbox, Holopaw, Hawks & Doves, Angelo Spencer, The Blacklist Royals, Lemuria, The Measure [sa], Paul Baribeau, Algernon Cadwallader, Your Heart Breaks, Fin Fang Foom, Yula Beeri, The Future Virgins, Good Luck, The Menzingers, Capsule, Ben & Vesper, Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Mike Hale, Street Eaters, O Pioneers!, Army of Ponch, Virgins, Gatorface, Protagonist, American Cheeseburger, Savage Brewtality, Brainworms, New Bruises, Tubers, Cory Branan, Look Mexico, Yesterday’s Ring, Whiskey & Co., Worn in Red, Ninja Gun, Grabass Charlestons, FIYA, Spanish Gamble, Anchor Arms, How Dare You, Slow Claw, Heads Held High, The Casting Out, Low Red Land, The Itchy Hearts, Yardwork, Panthro UK United 13, Mumpsy, The Beauvilles, The Tim Version, Tiltwheel, Dan Padilla, The Future Now, D.P., City of Ships, Sloane Peterson, Too Many Daves, Pretty Boy Thorson, Nut Nut, Ornate Escape, and Mike Bernos.
Learn More at www.harvestofhopefest.com
Vinyl
Check out pressing of some great tunes like this Mouthbreather/Environmental Youth Crunch-Split Repress at www.rorschachrecords.net
From Hessians To Hippys
Some more stuff to listen to that you’ve probably already heard, but still awesome. If anyone has any music they want to see listed here hit me up (derek@leastmost.com). We’re trying to keep this blog updated with new tunes, even if they’re old tunes. Music is good.
This old Sleep song is the textbook definition of stoner rock. Everybody I know loves this song, especially Matt Beringer.
High On Fire, one of the bands that formed after Sleep broke up. These guys went the heavy route. They remind me of a modern day Motorhead.
While the other band that emerged from Sleep’s ashes, Om, went straight to outer space. This is from their newest album “God Is Good” that came out a couple of months ago. Weird but awesome. I saw these guys play and their new drummer is one bad mofo.
Harry Leary Turbo
In 1988 I bought a Harry Leary Turbo off this kid for $50. It was brand-new, he got for his barmitzvah and didn’t didn’t even know what BMX was. I raced it once and bent the cranks right off it and took out the whole gate except one guy. I made it into a freestyle bike and entered 2 or 3 AFA contests on it, with one Moto mag on the back, a tuff wheel on the front and a whole bunch of bad pegs. I eventually threw it in the trash. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a guy who restores Bikes and he knows somebody overseas who bought one for over $25,000.
When I got the bike from the kid it was right out of the box and never ridden I should have left the bike up in my attic…- Ray Schlechtweg
In Bloom: Orchid Footwear
Derek Adams (left) and Mike Clarke at Van Homan's 30th birthday
Mark Noble over at ESPN just posted up a great interview with Derek Adams about the history of Orchid Footwear. They cover everything the inspiration for Orchid, the evolution of the brand as a whole and what Derek has planned for 2010 and beyond. Check out the interview over on the ESPN BMX blog.
Rappers Worthy of Action Figures: Part 1
My friend Bob owns this Madvillain action figure. Not because he’s into collecting toys or anything, more because he knows that Madvillain (aka MF Doom aka Danger Doom aka Viktor Vaughn) is one of the illest MC’s ever to strap on a metal mask. He’s almost in his own league if you ask me, I can’t even compare him to anyone else. His flow is crazy, at first it sounds like words jumbled together just because they rhyme, but the more you listen they’ll start to make more sense than you thought. This is not new news, but maybe somebody out there is hearing about this for the first time. Who knows. Music, just like bmx, is best with a good variety. Part 2 coming soon.
I swear to god this is the best Youtube video I’ve ever seen.
For more just search Youtube, almost everything is up there. And yep that makes 2 rap post in a row for me.
Psycho Circus
@jaredsouney posted up a rad Northeastern photo archive over the weekend. I was a little too young to make the 3-hour drive to ZT Maximus, but I remember fruitlessly calling the skatepark for business hours, likely years after they closed, after I finally got my drivers license. The convoluted park name had me picturing a carousel amidst whatever wacky circus-themed ramp setup they had, but the pics & story paint a starkly contrasting portrait. Definitely recognize a few of these guys from the old MSC skatepark in Westfield, Mass, though. Check out more pics & other assorted radness at jaredsouney.com.
Lungfish
Random Youtuber!
