SASQUATCH MUSIC FESTIVAL

I could only wish to be at this event... instead my man Evan from Randum will be there for the entire time and will give us his story after he gets back. With a name like Sasquatch, it sounds and looks like an amazing place to be be. It's about 3 hours east of Seattle at a place called The Gorge in George, Washington. It starts on Saturday and ends Monday with a diverse line up. Check it below. 

Saturday, May 24th
R.E.M. / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / The New Pornographers / The National / Ozomatli / Beirut / Dengue Fever / Fleet Foxes / The Breeders / Okkervil River / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Destroyer / Kathleen Edwards / The Whigs / Dead Confederate / Newton Faulkner / Grand Archives / David Bazan / Joshua Morrison / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Throw Me The Statue / The Shaky Hands / Grand Hallway / Rich Fulcher / Jerry Minor / Tim Meadows / Horatio Sanz / Matt Walsh / Matt Besser / Upright Citizens Brigade presents ASSSSCAT / Sean Conroy

Sunday, May 25th
The Cure / Death Cab For Cutie / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Presidents of the United States of America / Christmas On Mars (Flaming Lips Movie) / Cold War Kids / Blue Scholars / 65daysofstatic / Tegan & Sara / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / The Kooks / Mates of State / Rogue Wave / White Rabbits / The Heavenly States / What Made Milwaukee Famous / The Morning Benders / The Blakes / Sera Cahoone / Cancer Rising / The Cops / J. Tillman / "Awesome" / Truckasauras / Brian Posehn / Morgan Murphy / Reggie Watts / Andy Haynes / Kevin Hyder / Aziza Diaz / Derek Sheen / Andy Peters / The Maldives

Monday, May 26th
The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / The Mars Volta / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Built To Spill / The Hives / Matt Costa / Yeasayer / Dyme Def / Ghostland Observatory / Jamie Lidell / Battles / The Cave Singers / The Little Ones / Pela / Thao with the Get Down Stay Down / Delta Spirit / Kinski / Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground / Say Hi / Siberian / Whalebones / The Choir Practice / The Moondoggies / Michael Ian Black / Michael Showalter / Eugene Mirman / Marc Maron / Seattle School presents "Recession!"

HOW IT WAS

I am not going to sugar coat this. I miss this fucking kid!!! Chris Blank aka KING WEEP. He passed in November 2005 and things have not been the same since. It is like that when good people and good things pass regardless. This dude was special though... you could see it in his eyes. Soft spoken, fragile, righteous, soulful, skinny, loud, talented... you get it. People gravitated towards him as if he was some sort of soothsayer... a saint who had come to tell you that everything will be o.k. no matter what goes down. He was a chick and  a dude magnet, if you will.  A light would shine on him and he made people feel warm around him. Granted sometimes I really wanted to kick his ass in, but that's what brother do... right? 23 years is a long time to be close friends with someone. We stayed pretty close and solid from the beginning... High School, Skateboarding, New York, Snowboarding, Vermont, Skateboarding, Arizona, Skateboarding, New York, Skateboarding, Philly, Skateboarding, Wyoming, Snowboarding, Skating, Climbing, Fishing, Mountainbiking, Music, DJing etc...Damn those were great times. Getting too heavy... this kid was solid and he is missed by many people that he met everywhere he was. Let's all tilt our heads up and praise the man KING WEEP. He is always with us. Take it light and stay righteous... PEACE MY BROTHER.

Paxil

Dirty Vinyl

Ghost

VIDEOLOGY

DJ Solly cutting it up in every way!

BARRY McGEE AKA TWIST

I am a long time admirer of Twists' art and I think everyone should check him out.

You Ain't Artsier Than Me-EdiT

POSITIVE

This is part of the change I was talking about in my last post. A little bit of outdoor exercise and cleansing of the soul and some powder in May. This has been a long time coming. Thanks to Russ' persistence and a little... I mean plenty of snow in the mountains, we set off on our trip. Although we did not summit, we still had an amazing time. We definitely are looking forward to some more trips in the mountains. MGMT was the soundtrack of our our trip. These guys have mad style and they are definitely one of my favs right now... check it!

MGMT-Time To Pretend

CHANGE HAS COME

I have said "change has come" quite a few times in my life... since I probably started skateboarding when I was 15. I am pushing 40 now and the change is upon me once again. I will not go into details of my personal life, so with that said, I am in the mists of making a new mixtape. It's ok to call it a mixtape, I swear. This is not a type of mixtape that you make when your trying to get your girlfriend back but a mixtape for your listening pleasure or however else you want to get down to it. I will drop a couple of tracks here until I actually have the mix completely dialed... hopefully sooner than later. Thanks for listening because sometimes I have a hard time... peace. 

Photo by art aficionado Jeff Grainger

Pase Rock-Sexy Motherfucker(Gordon Bombay Remix)

Bassnectar-Yo(Feat. Kristina Maria)

The Ting Tings-Great DJ

Kanye West-Work It Out(Atlantic Connection Remix)

MY MAN DEAN

ME AND MY GUN=INSPIRATION

Dustin Varga is a great friend of mine. He plays music for himself. if he didn't play music, he would probably not feel right. He goes by the name of  Me And My Gun. I dropped a couple of his tracks here. Check them out and leave him a comment. Good shit!!!

Elephants and Mice

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