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Charles Wright and the 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself

Gwen McCrae - 90% of Me is You

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Marlena Shaw - California Soul

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2008-12-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Labi Siffre - My Song

2008-12-23T17:36:00.000-08:00

Leon Ware - Why I Came to California

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2008-05-06T21:22:00.001-07:00

PROMOTING:

Singles I have heard have been excellent. Don't sleep.

Curating the Lost Ten Years exhibition at Meltdown.
Opening: Saturday, May 3, 2008 | 7 -10 pm
Meltdown | 7522 Sunset Blvd. | Los Angeles, CA 90046
Featuring work by Adikt, Asylm, Atlas, Cab, Codak, Eyeone, Friend, Geoff Oki, Iker,
Jorger, Kara Marks, Kozem, Luna, Modem, Neo, Panic, Patrick Martinez, Precise,
Rick Rodriguez, Sherm, Swank, Tommy Ruets, Unit, Vyal, Worth, and Yem.
lost.seekingheaven.com | www.meltcomics.com

2008-05-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

AEROSPOKE'D

Is the 'spoke up to the hype?
Or is it an Aero-joke....
(yeah, sweet joke, I know)

2008-04-24T23:05:00.000-07:00

time/space travel tuesdays

hanging out with TK and skateboard P

"mama say mama sa mama ku-sa!"

then this dude crash landed

devastated

shit was exploding

desolate land it was

visitor

doubles

good mornin'

I think he made it home alright

2008-04-24T20:37:00.000-07:00

High Seas Adventures

arrrgghhh matey!!!

LAND HO!!!

disco roller-party

2008-04-09T00:23:00.000-07:00

Moded

since day one

2008-02-22T00:48:00.001-08:00

blurry photos

S. Chow

visitor

wish I had a better camera on Wednesday

2008-02-19T22:10:00.001-08:00

not bad

30 bones and 20 miles

2008-01-25T09:41:00.001-08:00

holiday

cakes

cute dogs

don't mess with Texas

things

man vs wild

best bbq ever...no joke

I think I was at a rave?

this building exploded

people got married

exercising the brain

night market

cute food

sweet single speeds

peckinese

scenic views

did I mention cute dogs?

don't fuck with my scooter crew

wish I could hang

*Maeve gets photo credits for anything cute

2007-11-30T11:59:00.001-08:00

day at the track

going up

coming down

of course I led the pack (won't catch me in full spandex)

not really...Mike was killing it

anybody look at this anymore? I don't.

2007-10-23T16:25:00.000-07:00

Oct 29th

2007-10-21T23:21:00.000-07:00

I'm back...SD 1000 part II

volcanoes are pretty standard

happy birthday old man

I don't find this very effective signage

it's been a minute holmes....

word?

got caught

stoked at Zuma 7 duuuuuude

meat

who looks at paintings anymore?

Malibu is burning

2007-10-10T19:04:00.001-07:00

pomona ride

I thought this trash can was pretty cool

note to self: a bike is not a skateboard

2007-10-10T18:49:00.000-07:00

it's been a minute....

rode bikes with some bros

ghost ridin' at 2am

music at a hipster convention

meet Maeve

dookie G-rope

just some people

KB

UCLA

yeah...not too exciting...time for a digi

2007-10-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

workin' on it

2007-09-21T00:38:00.001-07:00

PARTAY!!!

If I didn't have to study until my eyes bleed, I'd be blowing it out with these ladies tomorrow night...so stop by and raise your glass.

2007-09-17T02:13:00.001-07:00

weekend in LA minus digi-cam

Eyer

Twizzles

Taco Time!!! in DT culver

3/4 of the Jackasses were there

somehow this was the best photo of the roll...accidental on Venice going about 10mph

beautiful people at the fair

apparently God endorses deep frying anything

so Wallgreen's disposables failed me this weekend...1:1, I'll see which way the final roll goes this week.

2007-09-15T21:02:00.001-07:00

you think you're a Kanye fan?

still no digi-cam...I know I'm late on these, some pretty cool templates to ensure your hotness in the club.

second set if you got a really big head...I should really be studying

2007-09-14T00:53:00.001-07:00

still no digi

but here's a bomb ass party to hit up in 2 weeks...wish some bomb ass girlies a bomb ass 26th.

2007-09-03T22:49:00.001-07:00

night in SF

took the burrito challenge at Ferilito's in the mission...all I need to say is the burrito can stand by itself

picked up Yumi

got a slice

Soul party was on

Y-Slice approves

some shit goin on...

I wish I could remember what was so interesting

G moded?

NEVER!!! HELTER SKELTER!!!

it was like a Benetton ad in that room

(all photos on a Wallgreen's disposable...is this the end of digital?)

2007-09-03T22:48:00.001-07:00

PLANTATION WHAT!!!

Mechanic Seamstress birfday.

(photo credit to Crystal's camera...my shit is still lost)

2007-08-30T01:12:00.001-07:00

my camera was stolen tonight....I'm bummed, but I guess I get to get a new camera?

(insert soccer photos at Home Depot Center)

2007-08-27T11:32:00.001-07:00

brain fuel

gotta keep that blood sugar up for adequate learning capacity

2007-08-22T01:49:00.000-07:00

1:53 am

Procrastination set in and this tiny spider was more important than ventricular action potentials.

I realized how much I hated spiders and was letting this one slide cause it was tiny and cute...I proceeded to flick it off my notes.

I'm probably gonna wake up with a thousand spider bites

2007-08-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

Back to the Po

still the best Mexican I've found in out here

three is harder than 2

2007-08-12T13:36:00.001-07:00

almost forgot

that I skated
(photo credit to Graham...somewhere in AZ sometime ago)

2007-08-12T12:49:00.001-07:00

dear summer

ridin'

Emily, hobo-hipster, Fat Gums goto airport

Glozer

this dude had the jams

breakdance circle

this made the ride funnerest

Eyer

back to school

2007-08-08T10:49:00.001-07:00

43rd and Leimert

jazz, blues, OE, soul food buffet...every Monday, don't sleep

2007-08-07T22:01:00.000-07:00

back to the cabin

made it back to the cabin

it was relaxing

did a better job with food this time

everything was calm and quiet

until these guys showed up

wii until the early hours

contemplative

time traveling

nobody wore a shirt for 3 days

Beau likes to drive the boat

Kevin and Ash like to sit on it

Haji and Andrew drink on it

when not driving, Beau's the flag girl

Haji incorrectly using the knee board...

but correctly using the wake board

2007-07-31T17:57:00.001-07:00

back from the grave

rebuilt the Mercier w/ new B/B, cranks, bars, saddle, seat post, and cute little brake

homies (Ray and Jamal) provided some new decals

not too shabby

Vivalo got some new parts as well (tires and drops)

might need to adjust those bars, haven't ridden drops in a year

2007-07-30T16:37:00.000-07:00

sunday funday

Fat Gums and V-Nice put on a BBQ...Ray endorses canned Steel Reserve for your information

I slept here for about 2 hrs and got my face burnt

woke up now and then to the see what was goin on...downtown's over there

then Beauregard got off a plane and turned 25

2007-07-30T16:10:00.000-07:00

please...entry

tower suites are for chumps

plush

living room

gotta have a bar area

my room

separate room for shower...

...and tub

other room

other bathing area

the misters out here were tight

I don't think anybody plays golf between 11am to 5pm

caught a show with the soundtrack from some band

2007-07-23T20:41:00.001-07:00

sneakers

I got a problem

gonna make some $$$

2007-07-23T20:30:00.000-07:00

weekend

ate some raw fish w/ Der

rode bicycles

within the next five minutes I ate it twice, once into Der, luckily both bikes were fine

shot shit with my dad

2007-07-21T10:25:00.000-07:00

homies

happy bday

welcome back

2007-07-20T11:35:00.001-07:00

ceremony

parasols were in order

beautiful couplr

wedding party

cuttin' up the rug

man of the hour

hotel lobby

pizza wasn't enough for Landy

afterparty...our room

2007-07-17T10:18:00.001-07:00

lurking

got off the plane, crashed my car, went on a bike ride

2007-07-17T00:23:00.001-07:00

SUPER JAPAN POST
(hope you're bored...hella pics)

first stop was Ichiran for ramen dinner

stayed at the Excel again

sitting in Harajuku for no reason

fixies in front of Recon

super track outfitted...but why the back break?

Yu took us to eat in a building behind a giant video screen

Issei, Chiharu, Kimi

thanks Kimi

peace dudes

stumbling home

I guess public drunkeness is an offense in Japan

Ueno park lake

that's me in the pink one

caught a little league game as my pants were altered

ran into this guy

took me to eat this

foreigner party

lowrider parade

Dal was confused in the techno club...so was I

sick whips everywhere

new hoes for Dal

Chris terrorizing people trying to get home

being a dipshit at 6am is pretty easy

Dallas is the king of Shibuya-Ku

mandatory Skyline photo

this dude roasted some bomb ass fish for us

National Art Center Tokyo

looked like a scene from Star Wars

crazy tofu dinner with the Fukahoris

pathway to the shrine in the back

bros

"Spirited Away"

thanks everybody...off to Akita

I went diving in the Sea of Japan

check the transverse process

reminded me of some people I know

1m

coast

they had one of these

and one of these

gettin' my cultural experience on

visited the kindergarten

Matais treatin' me well

took a visit of a hospital...where I was completely unprepared

had to borrow clothes...thanks to Inobu and Mika

lunch

famous unagi

another hospital

party in the yard

endangered?

no problem

thanks for the great hospitality

back to Tokyo

baller

Yoko and Hitomi took me to a super steak

really nice landscaping

live tiger shrimp from Hokkaido

clams (I'm sure they were rare or endangered something)

check the marbling

makes a mean piece of meat

corn

didn't even need to chew

only restaurant I've been to where desert is served in a separate room

mine

Yoko

Hitomi

Roppongi

Hitomi is an excellent chef as well

lady on the left was smoking a ciggy a second before I snapped this

kinda fresh

kinda

yeah

made it back here in the rain

did it correct this time

this guy was in town

coffee break

wouldn't be a trip w/o some curry

English lesson

I'M OUT!!!

2007-07-16T00:40:00.000-07:00

Taipei

way too much shitty air food this trip...usually it ain't this bad

this lady was bummed on me, she needed full coverage to avoid me

off the plane straight to the night market, one of the few places where walking around chompin' chicken feet and spittin' bones everywhere is ok

Taipei fixed gears

cousins took me around

partying with Taiwan been, Cam'ron, and chicken feet

hotel was alright

public trans

OG DTF was bumpin'

best tour guide ever...took me around the city during my stay

mango

went and prayed for everyone

street noodles

101 is a giant Rodeo Drive indoors...almost

kinda tall

took a stroll through Taiwan University

shark fin/beef soup w/ smoked shark meat

spent a few hours look at relics

shreddage

went down to the water...

to eat this...

and look at this

more night market...hella crowded

mushroom hotpot

most painful hour of my life

I don't think anybody at the tables knew each other

lunch

big boss and fam took me out to the countryside

shit is tropical here

used to be an old mining town, now it's all tourists buying crap and eating

beer o' clock

ancient home

my last meal was a crazy mushroom restraunt

it's tight when you buy so much booze they throw in a suit case to carry it all in

booze and kanye, heading to Japan

More food pics and Japan coming

2007-06-29T23:55:00.000-07:00

iwhore

So I got lame and waited for 3 hrs for this piece. Will it be worth the wait and the heafty price tag? I guess I'll find out. Anyways, I had to be stuntin' as hard as I could in the streets of Taipei and Harajuku. Peace...I'm out!

2007-06-29T01:16:00.000-07:00

dancing clips

As promised clip of white girl dancing from the Hollywood Bowl. Wow, I was seriously bummed on her

encore clip: What the hell is that chicken wing thing she is doing around 20s? Does she have Huntington's?...Why am I such a hater?

2007-06-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

off to the lake

took a weekend trip midweek with Harrison

shit is picturesque

how did we get back to Hollywood?

we only ate meat for 3 days

took a cruise on speed boat

wake

I'm serious about only eating meat

seriously

walked into town for booze and bait

ducks up here are like squirrels at UCLA...be cautious

recipe for a good time: beer and fishing

casting off

I took a trip to shore

drinking and driving is even more fun on a boat

the gloss came out so Hamson needed a life-vest in order to fish (for safety reasons)

he took a dip in the lagoon

then romp'd around shore

then took us back to the cabin..."I drive well"

bye bye Bass Lake, we shall return

2007-06-27T22:52:00.001-07:00

"Hard Sell" at the bowl

Carlinhos Brown seriously sucked, especially his head dress, but not as bad as the people dancing to the crappy music (vids shortly)

Shadow/Cut Chemist were underwhelming (too dark for photos) so I ate my sorrows away at Mel's, and immediately developed adult onset diabetes

2007-06-27T22:12:00.000-07:00

peace to LA

see you in the 'Sco

2007-06-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

the next generation

fresh out the oven

tired mike

tired nancy

happy family

loud megan

sleepy megan

my locks are serious

2007-06-15T00:54:00.001-07:00

IRVINE RIDE 2

schwinn cruiser

what a trooper

not quite Kyoto

earned some sweet sukiyaki

it's about to go down

2007-06-10T10:30:00.000-07:00

RENDITION

shoulda printed more larges

eye

skypage

slim co-signs

so does G

optimated

man of the hour co-signs

ender w/ the OG homies

2007-06-06T22:46:00.001-07:00

support

be there Saturday.

2007-06-06T01:36:00.000-07:00

arts & crafts

after almost a year I got the press working

2 colors set with a heat gun...D.I.Y.

looks like I work in a dungeon...well pretty close

2007-06-03T22:25:00.001-07:00

kinda official

this'll do for now....

2007-06-02T19:53:00.001-07:00

Western Prom '07

homies

no people

some people

dance party

afterparty

couples

more couples

me and my date (not really)

phil being interesting

after the party it's the hotel lobby

goodnight

2007-06-02T19:50:00.001-07:00

Mr. Donut

24 hrs

damn delicious

2007-05-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

night w/ asians

trueno + turbo

why was I in whittier?

this is why I can't lose weight (2am)

glad I checked before sittin' down this morning

2007-05-29T15:19:00.001-07:00

alternative medicine

studying about this stuff and Hamson is a master of chelation

yeah, lookin good

15 min later

mandatory exam weekend pic of Shoib sleeping

2007-05-26T02:06:00.001-07:00

RIBS

you my only friend

2007-05-21T20:11:00.001-07:00

future of music

I know I'm late on this...

the other 5 things were cool too

Y-slice looking at something

Graham posing for a myspace photo...what a PAP

2007-05-19T13:46:00.001-07:00

I'm moving to Hacienda

Harrison

Mike

delicious at 3am

2007-05-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

coming up

it's a little early, but I'm gonna start promoting now for the homie...you'll see this flyer again

2007-05-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

back to being a jackass

200+ varieties

homies and a lotta eyeliner

western dudes

Phil wanted to stay in, but I think he was glad he didn't

good luck in NY Hiro

happy 33rd

do things taste better in tiny portions?

chowder w/ cheese egg rolls?

small amts of meat

it said 1000 layers, I only count 4

I hope to be this cool in 40 yrs

'Bergers

time traveling to DJ Assault and porno on the wall

2007-05-10T09:22:00.000-07:00

neuroscience is over

and summer has started (kinda)

2007-05-09T01:23:00.000-07:00

summer nights are the best thing about L.A.

2007-05-01T18:32:00.000-07:00

homebody

I've been stuck inside pretty much since last Wed grinding for the last big one of the year...so here's some stuff from around my house.

mini hornet's hive, yet again, this time w/ 2 hornets instead of one

more black widows, always at the same spot in my garage, nice hourglass belly
gonna have to take care of some insects w/ Hamson this weekend

chickens that live next door that come over to graze on my back lawn

and my sweet sweet ride, no more set back, straight Campy

I jock my bike so hard

and since the NY Times says fixies are cool, I turned the LeMonde into a single speed. Fun, but less control...I dunno

1,000 visits da hell? I know about 990 are from me looking at myself, who are the other 10 of you?

2007-04-29T21:12:00.000-07:00

another birthday

I'm not even gonna get into this

2007-04-25T16:51:00.000-07:00

neeeeeeexxxtt...

this was in one of those boxes...minor scuffs

crusty headset

but it's lugged Italian steel

making the conversion

when did this blog go from party to bikes and food? maybe this is better
by the way...when did I become a bike collector?

2007-04-25T12:44:00.000-07:00

I got 99 problems

but a bike ain't one

I was gonna do a step by step photo thing of me building it but excitement, problems, and cursing prevented me from doing so...but it rides real nice.

2007-04-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

mail

it was my birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and any other present giving holiday you could imagine

2007-04-21T22:22:00.000-07:00

happy b-day manh q

thanks for the party favor

2007-04-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

hajime

are you kidding me man? you got up like 1/4 of that thing and did a 6in. 180

man, I swear I've seen him do switch outward heels higher than that

kinda did something...kinda

lesson to be learned: don't give an ex tech/ledge street skater turned mechanical engineer a snowboard. Or if you do, don't post clips on the internet for his jerk friend to find.

2007-04-18T13:12:00.000-07:00

intensity

I know I'll be sick of this club banger in about 30s but that muffled descending/slowing xylophone sound got me hyped.

2007-04-17T11:56:00.000-07:00

neuroscience 2

took the afternoon off, met up with KB to run errands in cool LA

business call

my back and Beverly

it took me about 15 tries to get a decent photo, I need a head cam

youth of UCLA: why is she giving me the "tough peace sign?"
learning from Tad's vision

Eric and Charles checkin' the show

Kiwi + Bambu + Fatrick = Native Guns

things went downhill after this

I quit drinking for real

2007-04-15T00:58:00.000-07:00

hood chef at 12am

my take on chicken parmigiana:
frozen "Buffalo Style" chicken tenders
Kraft Swiss (smelling great)
Ketchup (2 varieties from different packets)
Toast (that I discovered to be moldy after eating it)

rating: tasted about as good as it looks

2007-04-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

30 minutes a day keeps the crazy away

LeMond Filmore: on loan from the M. Tsoi collection. Carbon fiber fork works nicely.

super-bike still in progress.

I wish I had more time to ride.

2007-04-13T17:47:00.000-07:00

exam weekends

this is what my living room usually looks like weekend before exams (shoib and phil)

fuckin genious

no, serious

*UPDATE: he slept for about 9 hrs

2007-04-07T11:01:00.000-07:00

the guiltiest of guilty pleasures

perfect ratios

but it's cool cause McDonald's skates

2007-04-03T10:01:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 26th

priceless

2007-04-02T09:46:00.000-07:00

sixty something hours

JFK

Matt had a rough night so I went to get a bite

expensive ass French toast

busy Matt = cruisin' down 9th

Lifer was in town, so we hung out in SOHO

discussed life over bree/ham baguettes and coffee (I'm such a tool)

BK lager has a nice cascade

zuccini fries

she's in there somewhere

shio ramen

MJS hookin up the loaner ride

aww...how cute, I have a brake

get out the way tourists

bagel party

westside bike path

I can smell Jersey

Central Park is cute, but not as cute as Matt's manny in the wind

about 30s after this photo things got intense

brews at the seaport

sweet rides in front of a sweet shop

pork chop

JPK is now art director

Ally showed up too

prosciutto wrapped asparagus

if you don't know, now you know

black spaghetti with shrimp is tasty but comes out black, which is alarming at first

Ally would not approve of that comment

strange Fader party

Aziz and Huebel

Diplo's in there and we're not

Clem's is sweet, but I'll refer to it as BEOK bar from now on

I can't hang in NY

wasted a slice

half this kabob is still on 1st

across from 342

Jone's serious omlette

chicken parmigiana as the Bruins sucked it up

Matt and Noah at the Four Faced

Noah's bumpin' some serious blue grass in the volvo

I felt like Matt at this point, but I didn't have red tights to rest on

waitin' for the transport

I've decided New York is rougher on the body/mind/spirit than Vegas

2007-03-28T20:03:00.000-07:00

Nature

mothra attacked one night, and of course Bentley tried to eat it

aww...how cute, ducks in my pool

thanks for leavin' this enormous watery shit, I hope the chlorine kills you

I've almost had him for a year now, but I will forever get a kick out of Bentley taking a dump

well...off to NYC

2007-03-28T18:37:00.000-07:00

SD 1000...finally got a new digi

1st pic...G rockin' out

A&A at La Cita

haven't see this dude in a long time

this is around where I lost and found my keys

shoping carts are fun but dirty

big stick and bong

quesidilla and guacamole...thanks ash

moving crew

met that dude Alex, thanks for reppin'

Jay handlin' it

yup

I think Alfred was bummed I tried to shake his hand in the bathroom

wish I had a few bucks

parking lot sesh

they got weird shit at taco bell now

G makin' music/magic

hipster pho w/ Naglar

hung out with some rap legends at Fat Gums'

serious collection