Art All Night D.C. 2011
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Drake "Take Care" Artwork
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Drake Say's:
Feels like it’s been so long. Is life moving so fast in this generation that when we desire something it begins to move in slow motion? Are we just used to getting what we want right away? Or do we require one another to feel right about all that is going on around us? Maybe our anticipation is justified by the fact that we genuinely cannot wait to share a moment again? Either way, your life and mine are scheduled to meet on October 24…I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
See you soon.
Drake
Via: OVO
Adidas Y-3 Honja High – Black – White Dots
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Adidas and Y-3 continue their run of solid joint releases with their Honja High. This long running collaboration proves to be successful.
Via: YTHN
Adidas Originals By Jeremy Scott – JS Winged Attitude Camo
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Adidas continues their Adidas Originals campaign with ther latest release of the JS Winged Attitude Camo. This is yet another release of their collaboration with Jeremy Scott. By this time most of you should be familiar with this silhouette that features the immediately recognizable wings that are attached to the eyelets with shoe laces.
Via: FM
Video: A$AP Rocky "Peso"
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Just heard of A$AP yesterday but he seems to have a good movement going. I can see him doing big things in the near future.
Video: J. Cole ft Trey Songz "Can't Get Enough"
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Cole and Trigga Trey link up for this island inspired single. I see you Ri Ri!! #ColeWorld
Via: MTV
Sneakerness Vienna 2011 Recap
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I'm sure many of you are familiar with Sneaker Con but there is a new name in town and it's called Sneakerness. This growing convention is adding more stops with each year that passes. Stay on the look out for this one as it may pass through your city in years to come.
Via: SN
Video: Tabi Bonney x M.U.R.S "How to Dress"
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Tabi Bonney and M.U.R.S take us on a shopping spree sponsored by Adidas at one of their signature stores.
Via: YHTN
Nike Air Maestro Flight
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Nike is set to release a new iteration of their Air Maestro Flight that was originally released in the mid-1990's. This new release features a few alterations with a grey upper, black sole with solar red accents.
Via: PREMIER
New T.I.$.A Snapbacks
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T.I.$.A just released some new snapbacks on their site. In case you didn't know, T.I.$.A has played a major role in the resurgance of the snapback. So, if you can afford it, invest in some of these as they will undoubtedly garner some resale value amongst enthusiasts in years to come.
Via: T.I.$.A
Capital Vices "Pyramid Skull" Sweatshirt
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Virginia based clothing line Capitol Vices is set to release this "Pyramid Skull" sweatshirt for their Fall/Winter 2012 line. The official release date is slated for November 19, 2011 just in time for the change in season.
Via: CVC
Audi 2012 RS5
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Rolly Ibanez Says:
Audi has given the vast internet community an advance look of its new RS5 model albeit it’s slated for a global début at the forthcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Updated with a new face, the coupe model features re-styled headlamps, new daytime running lamps, revised lower fascia, and singular fog lamp. Hand-built at Audi’s Györ factory, the RS5 uses a high-revving V8 engine that’s closely related to the high-performance V10. Numerous exclusive features for the interior are also added which includes carbon design package for engine compartment, adaptive cruise control, Audi side assist, adaptive light, MMI navigation plus, Bluetooth online car phone, and the Bang & Olufsen sound system.
Via: HB
A Bathing Ape x BBC T-Shirts
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A Bathing Ape and Billionaire Boys Club are two brands whose creators share a close relationship but have yet to collaborate. This all changed after they enveiled their T-Shirt series at the BBC Fashion's Night Out. The brands utilized their recognizable logos and added a few different twists to breathe new life into their famous designs.
Via: BBCBLOG
Video: Kid Cudi x Surface To Air "Mr. Rager"
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The Cudder man does it again with his latest visual for his song "Mr. Rager"
Events: Art All Night "Nuit Blanche"
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Art Whino Says:
"Join ART WHINO and URBAN ARTISTRY along with artists from around the world for a collaboration of live art, dance and music during this year's ART ALL NIGHT DC www.artallnightdc.com
Beginning at 7:00pm on Saturday 9/24/2011 this creative city street will transform into a live production featuring seasoned artist www.scotty76.de on one side parallel to an impressive list of both local and international artists sponsored by www.artwhino.com
Scattered along I street between the spectrum of international visual artists and graffiti writers that will line the sidewalk that evening, performers from Urban Artistry along with students, local dance crews and other movement specialists will cypher the night away to the funky, soulful sounds played by a local favorite, DJ Baronhawk Poitier http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/DJBaronhawk
Travel for Scotty76 has been made possible with generous sponsorship from The Goethe Institute in Washington, DC www.goethe.de/ins/us/was/, please visit their site for the full list of programs Scotty will participate in during his stay.
Artist materials have been provided by PLAZA ARTIST SUPPLIES www.plazaart.com and International Soul Society Festival 2011 www.internationalsoulsociety.com.
For more information on this collaboration and other events during DC's first ever Nuit Blanche visit www.artallnightdc.com or like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/artallnightdc
Art Whino will be showcasing 8 artists. Each artist will be painting large scale installations live ranging from 10 to 20 Feet in length. Along with the installation each artists will be exhibiting original artwork."
Art Whino Participating Artists :
Blaze One
Eric B. AKA Viceversa
Gregg Deal
HKS181
Jazirock
Lightup
Pore
Limited Edition Nike Air Mag 2011
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Style Engine Says:
"For the past 22 years, sneaker heads around the world dreamed of a day when the Nike MAG would release to the public since it’s first siting in Back to the Future Part II.
Starting today for 10 days, 150 pairs will be auctioned off on eBay with all proceeds going directly to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. A total of 1,500 pairs have been made and bids are already in the thousands.
They feature an electroluminescent outsole, space-age materials and a rechargeable internal battery good for 3,000 hours. And while they are not recommended for playing sports, these highly limited shoes will very likely command attention wherever they are worn.
For those of our readers who simply must have them, start bidding now at eBay."
Video:"Oh My" (Remix) DJ Drama ft Big Sean x Trey Songz x 2 Chainz
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"That booty so retarded"
Marc Jacobs X Native Jimmy Duck Boots – Exclusive Edition
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Marc Jacobs for Native - A special edition Jimmy boot from Native Shoes on Vimeo.
It is always great to see two established and respected brands join forces and release an exclusive item. Native Footwear and Marc Jacobs will be releasing their Duck Boots just in time for the change in season on the east coast as well as New York Fashion Week. These will be available at the following locations:
Marc Jacobs
163 Mercer Street
New York NY 10012
TEL #: 212-343-1490
Marc by Marc Jacobs – Men’s
382 Bleecker Street
New York NY 10014
TEL #: 212-929-0304
Marc by Marc Jacobs – Women’s
403 Bleecker Street
New York NY 10014
TEL #: 212-924-0226
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Video: McFly's Closet
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Could this be a sign that Nike plans on finally releasing the iconic Air McFly's that were made famous by Michael J. Fox in the "Back to the Future" movie series. Sneaker heads have been waiting on these for decades, but Nike could just be messing with our heads. We'll keep you posted. Via: DOCEMMETTBROWN88
Ron English: The Popaganda Dunny
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HBTV: Ron English - The Popaganda Dunny from HBTV on Vimeo.
The artistic mind behind Kid Robot discusses what inspires him to create and how he brought the underground world of designer toys to the mainstream. Via: HBMaloof Money Cup at RFK
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The Maloof Money Cup made it's first ever stop in DC this past Sunday and did not dissapoint. They created a great atmosphere for skatboard enthusiast and for folks just looking for a fun time. The competitors put on a show performing new tricks and getting big air all over the new course that has now been donated to the DC area. Check it out next year. This is one of the highest paying events in the industry and they only hit a select number of cities. Their next stop is South Africa.
Skaters made riding the rails look easy as they slid down and did tricks jumping from one side of the rail to the other.
No surprise, we loved the airborne tricks over the Vans trash can.
More big air...
Doug E Fresh showed up and did what he does best. He beatboxed, rapped, and showed the crowd how to REALLY dougie. Hats off to one of the greatest MCs of all time.
What's better than a trophy? How bout a sheet of cash so fresh it aint even been cut yet!
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These trophies must have been designed by Lil John. WHAT!?!?! OK!!!!
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HBE Spotlights: Ron Cameron (Artist & Designer)
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I'm all excited for this Maloof Money Cup event this weekend. A lot of the top professional skaters are in town this weekend, so downtown will be a showcase for Xtreme sports enthusiast. But let's not forget about all the supporting industries that make skateboarding so interesting and appealing, most notably art and music. This week we bring you an interview with Ron Cameron, an artist and designer who has worked with countless companies including Nike SB, Warped Tour Music festival, and Heckler magazine...
Skateboarding continues to evolve. It seemed to bloom then die off a little when I was young, now its back to having a very strong presence in our subculture and popculture especially in inner cities in the midwest and on the east coast. What do you think contributed to that the most? And what do you think the skateboarding world contributes to society?
Skateboarding seemed to go in the typical 'boom and bust' roller coaster ride every ten years or so since it's birth in the 1960's. It stabilizes more and more every time so the peaks and valleys aren't as severe as decades go by. The boom in the 60's was aligned with a pop subculture (surf craze, attitude, fashion, music); then the 70's boom made even stronger ties to pop culture (all the entertainment icons including Farrah Fawcett and Leif Garrett were seen on skateboards). Plus the whole Skateboarder Magazine / Z-Boys vibe was everywhere, as Glen E. Friedman quoted the statistic that Skateboarder was the #1 selling news stand publication in 7-11 convenience stores in 1978... that's HUGE! The boom in the 80's is what seemed to lock it in for good. I mean everything from bands, clothing companies, shoe companies to video production, etc... were being started and run by people with a passionate history in skateboarding. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time, and of the right age (a teenager and sponsored skateboarder) to be directly involved with the 80's boom. Every aspect of the underground skateboard culture ran through my veins at that time... and still does - I can't stop!
Oh man... we could go on and on about what skateboarding has brought to the culture and society at large in the 1990's and in to the 2000's. Just look at all the skater slacker attitude in all the T.V. commercials and packaging nowadays. The street clothing take-over. Most innocent bystanders have no idea it was rooted in skateboard culture. Look how many inventive musicians come out as having been skateboarders when they were younger when interviewed for magazines or whatever.
It's all because skateboarding is one of the most free, creative and exciting things to be a part of out there. People that stick with it become obsessively passionate about it. You have to LIVE it. Your observational senses seem to become expanded. You create fun stuff out of rubble. It's endless.
You’re a self-taught artist, you’ve been able to reinvent your style and the style of different companies. What influences your art?
Re-inventinting myself the first time started out of despiration when I had to let go of Blockhead Skateboards in 1990 to start Acme Skateboards with Jim Gray. I was so damn proud of the weird art style that I slowly built up for Blockhead that I figured that if I was to start a new company it had to look completely different; sort of out of respect for my Blockhead style. So I went the opposite direction, I switched to all clean lines, type-set typography, and auto racing motives. When Acme didn't work out for me, I started Grape Netwerk and tried to pull a 180 again for a lot of the same reasons as before. After that it just became habit. Like when me and Pat Tenore started RVCA Clothing in 1999, I didn't want people to know I was doing it, I wanted it to look like some outsider golf company came in from Mars to start a clothing line. That's why the R V C A lettering looks alien-like, or with a cryptic graffiti tag vibe. I would say at the end of the day I just want to blow peoples minds and stoke them out; and make products that I would actually be proud of using. Make the world a more fun, interesting, and exciting place... while at the same time encourage them to look around at the world around them, and make them want to invent a new and better one.
What influences my art? Wow, what a HUGE question. I'd have to say everything around me, from old cartoons, cars, old magazines, animals, record covers, people, TV, attitudes, politicians, feelings; the biggest one probably being music. I've been a hardcore collector of unusual music since the 1980's. I'm working on my graphics retrospective book right now [NOTHING IS COOL - the Perplexingly Rebellious Slacker Skateboard Graphics of Ron Cameron], and I'm putting a lot of my influences in there, showing connections and telling stories.
What was your involvement with Nike SB?
I'd have to say the connection there was Michael Leon, he's a skateboard artist that worked for Nike SB. His first skateboard graphic was for my friend Christian Kline's company called 510 Wood. I'd also done a couple graphics for 510 Wood when he it started in 1994, after he wasn't doing Blue (pre-Stereo) with Jason Lee and Chris Pastras anymore. Michael remembered me from way back then and contacted me in 2008 to see if I'd be interested in doing a "Ron Cameron Collection" for Nike SB. Since I used to wear Nike a lot back around 1985-1990, I said sure - I've always loved to design clothing and shoes!
I got a chance to check out two of your unreleased SB designs. The design with the eyes was sick. Bright colored and creatively designed shoes are in right now. Can we expect more designs like that in the future? Where can someone get some Ron Cameron designed kicks?
The whole collection was worked on back in Fall 2008, the designs are about 80% done, but it all got put on hold after Michael Leon left Nike SB in early 2009. I can't wait to finish them, I haven't even seen any samples yet! I know there were a lot of colorway changes to be made, Michael wanted to go early 80's with CMYK (Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, Black... plus I think green), and I really wanted to go with colors I was into in the late 80's with my Blockhead art which are more weird ugly bright colors. The Dunk design I did was based off a shoe that Chris Miller had hand painted in his TransWorld Skateboarding interview around 1987. It was the mostly black Air Jordan with royal blue trim, he painted one heel aqua green and I always dug that. That was the starting point, I expanded it a lot from there. The all black areas have clear charcoal colored "eyes" art, almost transparent. Then the heel piece has a big Tragicomic character with some spray paint. It should look really good when we finally do finish it.
Like I said before, I love designing shoes, I've been doing it since working with Sin [Sinisa Egelja] at Airwalk back in 1989. I'm in the process of launching another clothing line right now and I already have 5 shoes designed for it. I have sketchbooks littered with shoe design ideas as far back as 1987.
I think Circa Shoes licensed some old Blockhead art from Dave Bergthold and slapped them on shoes last year (2010). I haven't physically seen any official production models, so I'm not 100% sure if they ever came out or not. Dave showed me rough versions and I gave some consulting opinions; there was a Hard Times, Nothing Is Cool, and one with that Streetstyle Grumpy Old Man character. All the art was from 1988 and 1989.
Do you create your own shoes just for fun? Are there any designs in your personal collection that you can share with us?
It was the big thing to paint pen marker your shoes and griptape if you were a skateboarder around 1986 and 1987. Mark Gonzales, Neil Blender and Chris Miller were big on that, so everyone followed, including me. I'll go through my storage and take a photo of some tan china-doll hippie slippers that I drew Blockhead art all over with a Sharpie pen back in 1988, no one outside of Sacramento has ever seen those!
Are you a sneak freak? If so, what are your Top 5 favorite kicks?
I love designing shoes, and hunting down unusual shoes that I want to wear myself, but not really in the sense of "sneak freak". I will say skateboard shoe design finally started to come back in a strong design way again in the mid 2000's. In the late 1990's it was very difficult to find a pair of skateboard shoes that I liked, much less be able to skate in. I tend to go for that area right between "classic" and "unusual".
Any suggestions/words of wisdom for up and coming sneaker artist?
Just blow minds and have fun. Most importantly: DO YOUR OWN THING. The rewards and satisfaction will be monumental. (IF the production actually comes out right!).
I got a chance to check out your website (www.roncameron.net). It has a very unique styling and feel to it (music, layout, etc). What was the thinking/concept behind it?
A few people actually had me create that monster of a website back in 2007 to work on getting investors for a project. A lot of people didn't know all that I did over the past 20 years or so, so I guess I tried to show my work and explain myself a bit. They mainly wanted me to show all my involvement and connections with the skateboard world and youth culture market in general. It REALLY needs some attention; some major streamlining and overhaul is in order. My favorite part was listing all the music that has influenced me in my life in the form of music reviews (in the Personal section).
The personal section is my favorite part, especially the photo of you in front of the White House which you labeled “the most corrupt place on Earth” (AGREED). Any plans on coming back to D.C. anytime soon and for what?
I love to travel but rarely have the cash to do it, so if anyone out there wants any projects done that include travel... art shows, wall murals, The Way Out DJ sets, design speaking, whatever... Ha!
What’s next for Ron Cameron?
Wow. As usual I try to do way too much stuff. In the next year I'll be moving to Los Angeles full-time, finishing my graphics book, launching my new clothing line, getting more acting gigs (I've been studying for the past 6 years), developing a weekly radio show (The Way Out), more painting, more skateboarding and enjoying life!
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Maloof Money Cup Comes to Nation’s Capital
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Maloof Skateboarding and Events DC, the official convention and sports authority dedicated to attracting premier events to the District, announced a multiyear agreement to host the Maloof Money Cup, presented by Vans, on a world‐class skate park to be built on the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds. This skate park, to be named Maloof Cup Park, will host the world’s best professional skateboarders at the inaugural Maloof Money Cup D.C. September 3‐4. Tickets for Maloof Money Cup D.C. are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.
“We’re excited to bring the Maloof Money Cup to our nation’s capital,” said Joe Maloof, creator of Maloof Money Cup and owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. “This location at RFK Stadium was ideal and we thank Vans and Events DC for making it possible for the park to remain as a permanent structure in the community. We invite everyone to come out Labor Day weekend to the first‐ever Maloof Money Cup D.C. It’s going to be an incredible contest with the world’s best skaters competing on a brand new course inspired by D.C. skate spots and landmarks.”
Designed by Pro Skater Geoff Rowley and Joe Ciaglia’s team at California Skateparks, the 15,000‐square‐foot skate park is the first major skate park in Washington, D.C. and is inspired by Freedom Plaza and the architecture up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.
“It was important for us to take design elements from real D.C. skate spots and try to replicate them and hopefully complement them as much as possible,” said Rowley. “The local skaters will recognize some of these influences like the Freedom Plaza Ledges and the Golden Rail made famous by legendary locals like Pepe Martinez, Chris Hall and many more original D.C. rippers,” said Rowley.
Maloof Money Cup D.C. represents the first new event attracted to the District since Events DC rebranded as an organization last month. Following the contest, Maloof Cup Park will be available to the community as a recreational facility throughout the year. Events DC will oversee maintenance of the park and will look to attract other special event programming at the venue.
“This partnership speaks to our ability to deliver on our promise of creating economic and community benefits for the District of Columbia,” said Gregory A. O’Dell, president and CEO of Events DC. “In a short time, the Maloof Money Cup has grown into a global event and we look forward to hosting the world’s skateboard community in Washington, D.C. this fall. And most importantly, the city will now have a world‐class recreational facility for the skateboard community to enjoy throughout the year.”
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