So Cal Sundown

So Cal lately has been about Heat, Earthquakes, & Sweet Sunsets.

Burnt Game (Documented Digging)

Not cool. I thought that this was just a temporary reality TV fad.  But over the weekend I encountered the entertainment industry manufacturing fake treasure hunting/American picking situations twice in two days.  Maybe it's the economy that has generated more interest towards alternative ways to make and save money purchasing goods outside of the typical retail environment.  The reason I love it is because it's modern day Indiana Jones treasure hunting.   Obscure vintage stuff you never knew you wanted or needed is presented before you as though it was fate.
 Even in this age of technology and instant access to online price guides,appraisals & valuations. Still some of the rarest items(art &collectibles) are usually hard to value quickly online. They slip through the cracks, and end up on the floor at the swap meet/flea market. There's still virgin/pristine/untouched treasures out there, but the TV shows aren't helping keep crowds down. It's actually a good time to be a seller out there lately. With hoards of  new folks out there paying retail/or beyond retail for minor collectibles. Fortunately I'm from So Cal were swap meets are everywhere all the time. Lots of random/interesting vintage items to get inspired by. I don't know anywhere else you can find such a variety of old school crap in one place.  Anyways Hollywood should stop burning the picking game.  The experience is a lot more fun/real/true and adventurous when it's not considered in vogue by hipsters worldwide. 

Doom Gov'Nor Video

New Video from the JJ Doom Album

Ian Walsh TV (Big Wave Rider Red Bull Badass)

Episodes 1 & 2 of Online Web Series on Big Wave Charger Ian Walsh. Great Big Wave Charging Footage. Be sure to "Turn off" (Push Pause On) the Sigur Ros Video 3 Posts back (After Agenda Trade Show Post) as it's on Autoplay and I can't control it)

Dracula's Deuce & The Gouls Surf Rock LP

Dracula's Deuce LP w/Monstrous Vocals and Instrumentation by the Gouls. Scarce Surf Rock LP on Capitol Records. Hear the Whole Record Below.

Agenda Trade Show Long Beach Summer 2012

Agenda Trade Show Long Beach 2012. Some of my favorite things were the Glow in the Dark Pants by "The Unbranded Brand" Jean Co., a Chicken Nugget Skate Deck, the Homer Roskobb Santa Cruz Deck, and the Dabs Myla Mural in the Lobby.

Sigur Ros & Ryan McGinley

8 Minute video for Sigur Ros by Ryan Mcginley

Fishbone @ Fingerprints (Long Beach, CA)

Fingerprints Record Store in Long Beach has a bunch of solid instore performances. Tonight Ska/Punk/Funk/Rock Band Fishbone performed Live. They are really entertaining live.

Laguna Hurley Store

The Laguna Beach Hurley Store at 225 Forest St. has a Dalek wall and a bunch of sick punk photos up around the store. They said that they change the art every month. Nice Edward Culver Photos (but 2 of 3 weren't for sale)

Late 1960's Graff Vandals Doc

Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence, 1967-1972. When art became a democracy and self-promotion became an art. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/409159696/wall-writers-graffiti-in-its-innocence

The Art of Buying Records FUSE TV's Crate Diggers

Record Collecting Addiction with Peanut Butter Wolf, Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Beatminerz & more... There something about just seeing a wall of records even.... it's like seeing 1000 flavors of ice cream, or a pallate with hundreds of color options. So many variations of sound in one place within an arms reach. Makes you want to go dig for more records.

Summertime Trophy Finds (Madrid/Natas Boards)

I found these bad boys while digging for records around SoCal. Madrid "Fiberglass Model" with Original Stage 1 Independent "T" Trucks.   A Skate collector from Texas told me that the Madrid was his "Grail.   The Natas was 80%-85% All Blacked Out. With hardly any of the graphic visible (It was in 5%-10% acceptable Good- condition).  I starting carefully chipping off the black paint on the surface with a credit card and unveiled all of the green bushes on the top, all of the triangles and flowers on the bottom half of the deck. The jaguars head wasn't even visible. First the teeth appeared from underneath the black flakey old black gloss spray paint on the surface, then the eyes... Was stoked. Most fun/rewarding restoration ever. It came out much better than I thought it was going to. I wondered why anybody would ever paint over such a classic. Then this dude from HB told me that back in the day (1987) parents weren't too stoked that their kids were riding Natas boards (cuz his name spells satan when read in reverse) So some parents took those boards away from their kids or painted over them and gave them back. Such a random find because it had those lame 2 dollar Kmart trucks on there on top of it being spray painted all black.