New Vans Sk8 Pool Service out for iphone!

Just released! Looks pretty cool. More here.

Erik Braun Art Opening!

Erik Braun - Everything Tastes Like Gold from Erik Braun on Vimeo.

Our good friend, Erik Braun, is having his first solo show in NYC this Thursday at Stand Alone Gallery, 521 W. 26th St., from 5-9pm!  Go Erik! Check out the cool time lapse video of Erik and printer Mark Herschede of Haven Press Studio putting together some of the work for the show. And more on this unique new gallery space here.

Making love to the President!

These are fuckin' great! Check out more of artist Justine Lai's work here! It's a series depicting her doing it with past Presidents! Will she be so bold as to "do Obama"?

Holy Shit! Save us Jesus!

Oh wait a minute, you're not looking! Not fair!

Hey Jesus, we're down here and we need your help! All I need is a miracle, all I need is you...

More here.

Oh Hell Yeah!!!

This looks like another Spike Jonze masterpiece! Way to go!

Pretty Much Awesome!

Work to Do Opens Tomorrow!

Royce Bannon, The Endless Love Crew, and a whole host of friends group show of current NYC street art at The Combine @ 112 Greene St. in Soho opens tomorrow March 26th, 6-10pm. Afrika Bambaataa reunites with Soulsonic Force for the opening to perform "Work to Do" a tribute to our new President Barack Obama. Check a little preview here. And more from ELC.  Looks sick! Be there!

iRI5's Recycled Cassette Tape Portraits

Pretty cool...here.

¡APESHIT! @ Santos Party House Tonight!

¡APESHIT! first, Child Abuse last....with DJ sets by Bjorn Copeland from Black Dice...should be a rad night...a late one as well!!
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette St
doors @ 11pm
21+
$10/$5 if you RSVP to : sessions@santospartyhouse.com

Rekiem Skateboards

REKIEM handcraft factory of skateboard from jeremy hugues on Vimeo.

Cool little video on hand making skateboards from rekiemskateboards.com, directed by Jeremy Hugues.

U.N.K.L.E. "Heaven" by Spike Jonze

Heaven (Fully Flared Intro Video Remix)
by UNKLE_UK

You've probably seen this on the Lakai video "Fully Flared" but here's a remix. Check it.

Midinite Snacks Recap!

Special thanks to Brian Hubble for putting it together and Andy Wilhelm for putting it on! The show looks great and the turn out was fantastic. A good time was had by all and the after party at Boulevard Tavern was a mess of $5 bud and whiskey shots. The consensus was that Paul Ketterman's piece was the raddest, followed by awe and respect and a strong desire to possess for Kevin Cyr's work.

Midnite Snacks Retraction!

Sorry folks but I've just been informed that the free shuttle service from Bedford Ave. will not be available. Get off at Graham on th L and walk, it ain't that far.

Father Guido Sarducci on Art School

Slow day on the blog, blast from the past. Don't remember the last time I slept in until noon!

THE NASTY!

Just in time for the Midnite Snacks show! Featuring an awesome interview with Pat "Splat" Berran on his art, singing for ¡APESHIT!, skating and more; a selection of artists from the upcoming Midnite Snacks show, opening this Sat. at No Globe, and a darkly humorous or a humorously dark essay by Paul Ketterman. Just click on the link "ZINE" above and enjoy! Also please let us know what you think and if you're interested in contributing hit us up, here!

Virtual Insanity Opening @ Cinders Gallery!

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Lucky Dragons, Michael Bell-Smith, James Howard, Olaf Breuning, Kathy Grayson, Jill Magid, John Michael Boling and Tiffany Malakooti

Curated by Maxwell Williams

March 20 - April 19th 2009

Opening Reception Friday March 20th 7-10pm

More here.

Midnite Snacks NYC Opening @ No Globe!

It's here...Come on out for some good art, friends and times...see you there!

This group show is a collection of artist sketches, works in progress, or studies that were not necessarily created with the intention of being shown. These works, though interesting on their own and revealing the creative mind at work, have often led to larger pieces and cultivated ideas, pushing each artist's practice.

FREE shuttle service from 6-7:30 from the Bedford L train. Just call 646.244.9503 when you get there.
Or take the L to Graham Ave. B24 stops a block away too.

Artists include Brian Hubble, William Williams,D.B. Wood, Jr., Dave Choi Jon Elliott, Andy Wilhelm, Josh Hester, Cecilia Biagini, Andy Cross, Matt Terrell, James Davis, Pat Berran, Whitney Lynn, Jason Demarte, Sterling Hundley, Andrea Wicklund, Johnston Foster, Amie Cunningham, Candice Hoeflinger, Austin Watts, Mat Thomas, Pete Corrie, Zach Sammons, Paul Ketterman, Kate Horn, Jerome Spinner, Mike Force, Shane McAdams, J.B. Elko, Sto, Berthold Schwartz, Dan Delboy, Matthew Kovalcik, Jean-Pierre Roy, Hyla Skopitz, Tony Eaton, Kevin Cyr, Dan Deslover, Bruce Wilhelm, Nick Lamia, Robert Meganck, Amanda Scuglia

Put Your Body Where Your Mouth is...

Concerned about the energy crisis? Global warming? Overseas oil? Artist Andrei Molodkin, wants your body! This Paris based Russian artist, whose work you may remember from collabs with Supreme and Burton, has a high pressure machine that can render your dead body into oil to run your car(not that you'd be driving it, you'd be dead!), light a lamp, or into raw materials that he can then use to make into sculptures! Check out an article on this project here and more of his work here. So far he has a few willing participants but he's looking for more!

Erin Go Bragh!

Please, if you see this today---RUN! No beer should ever be green, especially on St. Patrick's Day! I'm all for Irish pride but this is the opposite. Not sure what part of getting drunk on St. Patty's is when it comes to being Irish proud but sounds good to me! Just don't do it with this stuff.

The aftermath...

Two new tats! 

Sweet goat head on top is from Big Steve @ Daredevil Tattoo as part of their Friday the 13th $13 tattoos ($20 w/mandatory tip). Pretty fucking rad for $20!

On the bottom is my $40 zombie tattoo from Annie Lloyd @ Three Kings Tattoo. I love it! Thinking of going back to get "Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive" tattooed around it! Damn right it's the Bee-Gees motherfucker! 

Thanks to both artists and shops for continuing to do something so cool. 

The Nasty Sneak Preview!

So the zine is about to drop! Here's a little taste from our interview with Pat Berran...

Pat Berran, artist, musician, skateboarder, and friend. Proudly hailing from Woodbridge, VA, Pat currently resides in Brooklyn, NY after recently getting his MFA from Hunter College. I sat down with Pat to fill in some of my own gaps in who he is and how he got there. We discussed his early beginnings in those areas of art, music, and skateboarding and how they continue to shape his outlook on life. What I found most interesting and informative was how he became involved in all of them at about the same time. By the time he was 8, Pat was already skating, listening to the punk music that still inspires him today, and embarking on a lifelong relationship with making art. Now 20 years later Pat is still skating (and surfing and snowboarding), singing for the awesome band ¡Apeshit!, and making some serious abstract paintings that may just surprise you, coming from someone you might not expect.

A pic of his work...

Suppers
Acryllic, Oil, spray paint on panel
24" x 24"
2007

And a snippet of his rad deck collection...

Pat loves JFA!

More to follow...

AND if you're in Baltimore tonight, Richmond tomorrow, or D.C. on Sunday don't miss...

¡APESHIT!

03-13-2009 20:00 at Baltimore
632 s. montford, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost: $5
w/ 1994!, caestles and one more_House Show!

03-14-2009 20:00 at Rumors
Harrison St, Richmond, Virginia
Cost: $5 (?)
w/ Stink Eyes, one, two more bands

03-15-2009 20:00 at Girl Cave
tba, Washington DC, Washington DC
Cost: Donations
w/ Tideland and more

DO IT!!!!

Also Midnite Snacks Group Show is set to open next Saturday at No Globe Exhibition Space... 

The Nasty is featuring a healthy dose of the artists in the show. It's gonna be insane, some great work! We'll post another teaser on Monday!

Friday the 13th!

You know what that means...friday the 13th TATTOOS! Yeah, they're not exactly $13 anymore but two shops are doing some deals today. First for $20, Daredevil Tattoo in Manhattan and in Brooklyn Three Kings is doing a bit larger ZOMBIE tattoos for $40! DO IT!!!

Weapons of the Weak! Grass Mud Horse Lives!

Want some weird mixed in with your anti-censorship? Asia rules! Power to the people! Check out these two articles, here and here, and get lost in hundreds more I'm sure as the Chinese use the subtleties of language to stick it to their man. Internet censorship in China is so strict that the government can shut down offending speak with the relative ease of flipping a switch. So the citizens of that country have created an internet sensation out of a children's song (with some beats and rapping!) that uses the similarities between certain words, some innocuous and others with dirty double entendre! Probably helps to know the language but fun nonetheless. And these videos are bizzare especially the last one where at one point it appears that a conference call is going on between a whale tail and a blaxplotation martial artist, with avibrating phone in the middle. Awesome!

Died Young, Stayed Pretty

Documentary on underground poster artists and their work. U.S. premiere at SXSW at the Alamo Lamar 3 on March 14th at 12pm and March 18th at the Austin Convention Center at 2pm. Looks amazing!

David Choe!

From Upper Playground Walrus TV...discussing learning how to spraypaint, doing dirt, and working hard. Great stuff from a cool brand and talented and one of a kind artist, David Choe. And if you're in SF this week or next check out the SF International Asian American Film Festival's screening of Dirty Hands, a documentary almost 10 yrs in the making of David and his work. Awesome stuff.

Urban Art Guide by Adidas

Launching March 20th in Berlin and made specifically for Berlin, this iphone app gives you graff and street art spots. Hmmm? Berlin's rad.

Bikin' in tha Citay

Pic of Affinity friend, Tone, on an Affinity track low pro!

Interesting article on cycling in the city. Recent city mandated improvements that benefit not only bikers but pedestrians as well. The everchanging relationship between cyclists and drivers and pedestrians as more people start biking, not only for fun and health, but commuting as well. And finally safety suggestions that would not only benefit cyclists but others a well. Having worked on a bike before I agree with messengers that it's not always feasible to follow certain rules of the road, like one way streets. But I do have to say that I personally hate going against traffic, as I'm sure most do, except for some crazy motherfuckers out there. Riding on the sidewalk is just not cool. And I'm not one to terrorize pedestrians in crosswalks by blowing past them all super close. But I do run lights. Pretty funny anecdote about the old lady crossing the street. The author is clearly waiting at the light and she's all nervous and confrontational, saying "are you gonna stop?" "How do I know you're not going to go?" And then as she's going 2 other cyclists blow past her and she turns to the author, still waiting, and says "See? You were going to run me over!" WTF? Reminds me of a time in Chelsea when I was rolling up on a red light, slowing to a stop cuz of traffic, not going more than a couple of miles an hour, and not near anyone when some huge chelsea gym queen took it upon himself to rush over and kick me off my bike! Fucked my back wheel up. I didn't hesitate and I punched that motherfucker right in the face before remembering that I had things on me that wouldn't go down too well if the popo showed up so I took off. I wanted to kill that fucker. And this was right after almost getting killed by a bus, earlier in the day. Ah livin' and bikin' in the citay.

Skateboard Show @ KCDC!

Rare boards and art from the 90's. @ 90N. 11th st Brooklyn, KCDC.

WTF?

So money rich (is there any other kind? rich in friends? love? ok there are) gangsters in Russia have taken to tatting their cats as status symbols. For real? I mean it looks cool as fuck like you're straight up outta 007 Spectre shit but c'mon. Put the rubles back in the briefcase and go home already. Tacky. Oh and the cat looks doped up cuz it still is in this picture, from sedation. Nice.

Cable's fixed! CBGB RIP

No cable=no posts. Oh sadness. So I went to the John Varvatos store, the old CBGB, last night with some friends to see some lame band and drink free PBR. A friend of mine is in the employ of said brand. Weird going in there for the first time. Great that it doesn't smell like god knows what anymore but not sure how to feel about the change. It's not like JV bought the place out from underneath CBGB. Hilly Kristal was old and we all know about the rent increases. I guess in a way it's "cool" that someone like JV came along and tried to preserve some of the old place even if he's using it as a way to lend cred to his capitalistic venture. But hell, CBGB's became a brand itself so nothing new there. And it's cool that JV is bringing in bands, every Thursday from what my friend says, even if they are lame. Once again, nothing new there. CBGB's was always an easy gig for less than stellar bands. So like I said, who knows. They've got some cool rock posters up, check out the Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Melvins poster. Ok crowd, hot downtown girls and free crappy beer. Just wish the music was better.

Tats Cru!

MTV Shows

From The Elements: NYC Graffiti on MTV

Ryan McGinness @ Deitch!

March 7th @ Deitch Projects 18 Wooster, opening 6-9pm. Through April 18th. Go here to get more info and a closer look at the above piece.

Crayons!

Artist Christian Faur uses hand cast wax crayons to create these stunning three dimensional photorealistic "pixel" pieces. Wow!

24kt Gold Track Bike with Swarovski Crystals!

WTF for real? 24kt gold plated with 600 swarovski crystals. Hand delivered and guaranteed for 10 yrs (against theft?) all for the ridiculously low price of 80,000 euros! Get on it!

Amazing pics from Carnivals from around the world

photo:Reuters/Eduardo Munoz More here.

Hellride Films "Track Bike Troops"

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"1/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"2/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"3/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

From Sapporo Japan, mmmmm ramen noodles and sapporo beer!

iSkateboard App!

Now for your iphone...a worldwide listing of skate spots, with detailed info and directions. Great idea but not sure if it's necessarily a good idea to highlight spots like this. Not sure what the locals will think. More here.