| EXPEDITION ONE - BEST TRICK CONTEST | ||
| Expedition One is hosting a best trick contest at the Vancouver Plaza next Saturday, May 24th at 2PM. Check the flyer for more information. | ||
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| DC NATIONALS | ||
| Its back again for another year. Get your practice on now to win some of the $20k cash purse. Go to dcnationals.com to find the qualifier near you. | ||
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| KUSHY AT 4:20 | ||
| Vancouver has a bright future. See here from the Bronx Cheer posse. | ||
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| SKATEBOARDER SAYS HE'LL TAKE JAIL BEFORE PAYING FINE | ||
| Lots happening in my hometown of Fredericton this past month. First a major flood, and now this. | ||
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| KITSCH x BEN TOUR @ BLASTRAMP! | ||
| Summer is just around the corner and if these photos from last week at the bourbon are any indication -- we are ready! We're kicking it off this week with kitsch skateboards to celebrate Mike Hastie, Aaron Johnson, and Geoff Dermer's portrait pro models... a lot of reason to celebrate this week so see you there thursday! | ||
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| "GAMERS SKATE BACK INTO ACTION… THIS TIME ON THE NINTENDO WII AND DS" | ||
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From the people that brought you skate comes... SKATE IT! "‘Skate It’ Delivers Popular Flickit Controls and Introduces Support for Wii Balance Board to Deliver Unique Skateboarding Experience." "The Wii remote becomes a skateboard and reacts to gestures that mirror actual skate flips and moves. Players can also deepen this experience by planting their feet on the Wii Balance Board. " "Skate It will ship in 2008. The game has not yet been rated by the ESRB." "Separately, Skate 2 is also currently in development for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system. " Skateboarders rejoice! We are one step closer to THIS!!! |
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| GREETINGS FROM ABROAD | ||
| Greetings from the Mediteranean, me and my fellow travel companions graham and katina have been enduring rigorous travels for the past two weeks now. Fourtunately we've found ways to keep ourselves entertained during the long trips, and have even picked up a few foreign dance moves long the way. We've gone from Greece to Egypt and to Istanbul and have now returned to Athens to settle into our apartment for the next month. Stay tuned for more updates... | ||
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| SFU SUMMER PUBLISHING WORKSHOPS | ||
| These workshops have been going on since before i was born. I was honored to be asked to speak this year and teach a full day workshop on magazine design. There's over 35 workshops at Simon Fraser University between the dates of July 2 and August 2. If magazine design isn't you cup of tea see for yourself. | ||
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| ETNIES SLB RISES FROM THE ASHES | ||
| Thats right. A real classic shoe is getting some new life. Along with In4mation the two have worked together to create a nice little package. Click here to check out a cool little video from the man behind the shoe. SLB. | ||
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| OXY COTTONTAIL | ||
| A few months ago I was in Vegas and met a very official New York DJ, Roxy Cottontail. She's just updated Roxy Radio and it's got everything from RBL Posse, to Bikini Kill up in that. Playlist also includes one her own tracks. | ||
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| ART SHOWS COAST TO CAOST | ||
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there are a few mildly epic openings going on soon. if you are in seattle, check out our buddy brayden's show. further south, there is another banger happening at the hamburger eyes epicenter. and finally, super8 gururick charnoski has an opening in new york at the elk gallery. sounds like a good time for jet setting, or traveling through wormholes! |
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| DANISH? I EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST | ||
| everyone's favourite noseblunter has found himself living in copenhagen for a month doing an artist residence. you can keep up with his goings on here. | ||
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| DUDE, WHERE'S MY BOARD? | ||
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despite all the good times on saturday night, there is a bit of a bad taste in the air because some fucker stole scott's cruiser board, and i have to admit that it is partially my fault. sorry buds, i guess i owe you a beer. the reason for this post though is to try and get that baby back. if you woke up, wondering what it was doing in your bed, please let it find it's way to antisocial, where there will be no questions asked, i promise. |
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| OFFICIAL STRANGE BREW WEBSITE | ||
| As some of you may know, the much anticipated skate film, Strange Brew is nearing completion. Kurtis Filippone has launched a website to keep you all up to date on the latest on its progression. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, or if you find yourself asking yourself, 'What's Strange Brew?' - You best head over to the site now and check it out. | ||
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| MOB x COLETTE x REEBOK FREESTYLE HIGH | ||
| Soo, in case you didn't know yesterday was a big deal for female sneaker freakers, the Married To The Mob x Colette x Reebok Freestyle High dropped at midnight and totally sold out long before noon. If you were core enough to cop one of the signed 50 pairs available on Mob Shop run them on heavy rotation and get youself on Cobrasnake. That way the whole internet will know you had 'em before the 300 drop on Colette starting on May 9th until August 1st, or until they run out. | ||
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| TURBO CRUNK | ||
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I don't know, but I've been told that "lazer bass" is the new shit. Check out Megasoid's remix-soundsystem and live-PA type thing from Montreal. |
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| a ROLLING PERSPECTIVE. | ||
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This past saturday was the first of 5 shows for us. all were in attendance in the late evening at antisocial for complimentary coors light and wild horse canyon. the mayhem continued after a good hill-bomb down to livestock then on to the sweatshop where the 3rd installment was viewed, more of those drinks were had and the party of the year continued. click HERE for photos. and don't forget to pick up your Livestock X Color tee shirt with photo by Jeff Thorburn — you can only get these at Livestock. |
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| 5/20 PHOTOS | ||
| last thursday, may 1st marked (to the day) 5 years since the first issue. it was on this day in 2003 during Slam City Jam that we hosted "burning bridges", Color's coming out party at Atlantis. The lineup consisted of 5 bands and 3 deejays with 3 Inches Of Blood being the headlining band and my!gay!husband! being the new kid deejay in the city. It's with my great pleasure to present to you photos from last week at blastramp with resident deejay my!gay!husband! | ||
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| ARTO ON ALIEN | ||
| Strange right? Arto Saari is now riding for Alien Workshop. | ||
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| ALPHANUMERIC RELAUNCH VIDEO | ||
| Jarvis sent me this video from the Alphanumeric relaunch party last weekend. Check it out. | ||
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| Contact '08 | ||
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The annual Toronto Photography Festival Contact starts today and extends the entire month of May. This year over 500 artists will exhibit photography at more than 200 venues across the city of Toronto. To kick off the festival Steve Cardy along with Caitlin Free, and Kareem Aiani open at the Jerome Jenner gallery May 3rd, with The Pin-Up Tattoo Show. These photographers and artist have created new works inspired by their personal approach to tattoo culture. I’ll be there in the flesh and in photograph, rubbing elbows with the Cities able artists and prominently tattooed. Checky check the Junction this Saturday evening. |
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| THE ABBOTT GRACES VANCOUVER | ||
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oh shit. this may be old news, but i just found out that the rza is coming to town. june 25th. mark your calendars kids! |
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| COACHELLA RE-CAP | ||
| It was hot, the people were crazy, and all the bands from Architecture in Helsinki to The Black Lips gave everything they had. But I was blown away by this man(?)'s 2+hour performance. | ||
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| NEW SKATE PLAZA IN CITY OF BRANTFORD | ||
| On Saturday, May 10th, the City of Brantford and local skateboarders will be celebrating the grand opening of their new skate plaza. | ||
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| BEST CONTEST EVER... FINALLY! | ||
| yep, the video is finally up! | ||
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| MONKEY SAY! | ||
| new monkey say out now too... | ||
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| LITTLE GIANTS | ||
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our buddy bob k has been prolific of late. not only is he keeping busy with his great podcast series for mumble, but he is now bringing it to video. i don't know how he could possibly find time to walk his dog! |
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| ALPHANUMERIC RE-LAUNCH AND AFTERPARTY | ||
| This saturday the 26th underworld is hosting the relaunch of the epic ALPHANUMERIC brand. The drink and snacks are at 8-11 the afterparty following at lucy mea browns with djs tyler fedchuck and kutcorders, amongst others. Make it rain! | ||
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| DINNER AT KALAMATA | ||
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Stephen and Sean, who were featured in issue 6.1s Helter Shelter department, were nice enough to invite myself, Jessica, and Chapeau over for dinner on Saturday. Not only can these guys skate well, but they can cook! Here are the photos. |
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| FOUR LETTER WORD. | ||
| Premieres for the BTL Shop video have been announced. click for the trailer. | ||
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| LEO FITZPATRICK AT BLASTRAMP | ||
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| UW SUMMER CONTEST SERIES | ||
| Back by popular demand is the Underworld Summer Contest Series. Having a look at the flier, it looks as though they've cut back on a few contests and moved more of them into August. Nonetheless, there will be tonnes of prizes and should be a great time. Mark those dates on your calendar. | ||
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| ALPHANUMERIC RELAUNCH PARTY | ||
| Next Saturday, April 26th, there will be a relaunch party for Alphanumeric at Underworld (860 Granville St.). The party goes from 7-10 at Underworld, then moves to Lucy Mae Brown (862 Richards St.) at 10. Should be a good time, RSVP to uwvancouver@underworld-shop.com. Click here for the flier. | ||
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| SPECIAL GUESTS AT BLASTRAMP TONIGHT, APRIL 17th | ||
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Tonight is the pre-party for the Patrick O'Dell photo show To All My Friends opening tomorrow night at Antisocial. Altamont and Color Magazine present an exclusive deejay set with: LEO FITZPATRICK [Larry Clark's "Kids", The Wire] from NYC with special guest PATRICK O'DELL [vbs.tv] Plus, resident djs MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, BENJAMIN and IAN WYATT The Bourbon - 50 W.Cordova St. flyer here |
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| SHINE YOUR SHOES | ||
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Get your dancin' shoes on for the premiere of 'Save That Drama For Yo'Mama,' monthly bootyshakin' parties, hosted by MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, Lindsays Diet, and Youth. The dance party will be in a different hidden location every month, so you will want to stay in the loop. This month's party will happen at The Sweatshop on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 11p.m. and goes 'til LATE. Local Deejays M!G!H! will keep everybody movin' with MC Curtis Santiago. More info here. |
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| WIN STEPHEN MALKMUS TICKETS | ||
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You could win a chance to see Stephen Malkmus's and his band the Jicks in Portland. Enter to win the Stephen Malkmus Ace Hotel Package Deal here. The winner gets two tickets to the show, a room at the Ace Hotel and the full Malkmus catalog, including the new album. The contest is courtesy of Matador Records, The Stranger and Ace Hotels. The former Pavement front-man will be in Portland May 1, Victoria May 2 and Vancouver May 3. Click here for more info. |
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| JORDAN HOFFART IS NAKED. | ||
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Well not really, but he needs a new clothing sponsor. |
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| COLOR SPONSORS VID | ||
| We are happy to announce the production of Blue Tile Lounge skate shop's new video and we have helped sponsor it! 'Four Letter Word' will be out in May, keep a watch for it. | ||
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| BLOW'N IT. | ||
| if you can't figure out where this pool is, or you don't have a trick to shoot on it with dylan then don't bother. For everyone else, there's a pool to skate in van! | ||
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| KING OF THE PLAZA | ||
| Looks like there's going to be a best trick contest at the new Highland skate plaza in Bellevue, WA on May 16th. There's $3000 up for grabs, and the Nike SB team will be in attendance for a demo/signing. Click here to see the flier. | ||
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| PATRICK O'DELL IN VANCOUVER APRIL 17th, 18th | ||
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Patrick O'Dell [Thrasher/Vice/Epicly Later'd] is coming to Vancouver and he's bringing his friends with him. Mark these dates on your social calendar. THURSDAY, APRIL 17:Start your weekend off early at Blastramps To All My Friends pre-party. Altamont and Color Magazine present an exclusive deejay set with: LEO FITZPATRICK [Larry Clark's "Kids", The Wire] from NYC with special guest PATRICK O'DELL [vbs.tv] Plus, resident djs MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, BENJAMIN and IAN WYATT The Bourbon - 50 W.Cordova St. flyer here FRIDAY, APRIL 18:Head over to Antisocial for Patrick O'Dell's show, brought to you by Altamont,Color Magazine,Timebomb Trading, and Vice. Then, later that night cruise on over to Richards for the official Altamont/To All My Friends after party. Its going to be a crazy couple of nights so we're giving you lots of time to prepare for the madness. |
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| INTERNATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION | ||
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The F-Stop Festival is an international photography festival in Leipzig, Germany. Their second annual festival will be July 16- 20 this year, for four days of art and photography. The international contest is still open for submission until April 15. The theme is 'Fallen.' Get more info here. |
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| "CARTS OF DARKNESS" | ||
| These guys are crazy. Check out 'Carts of Darkness,' a wild documentary about bottle collectors who rip North Van hills on shopping carts. This group of binners have created their own extreme subculture for a new kind of cart racing. Murray Siple tagged along and caught all the madness. Showings are at Vancity Theatres, check out dates, times and purchase tickets here. | ||
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| BRONX CHEER TONIGHT. | ||
| Every Tuesday night in Vancouver's Montmartre Cafe (main st @ 28th) Bronx Cheer hosts a helluva night of live entertainment and laughs. | ||
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| VANCOUVER FASHION WEEK | ||
| A week of events and fashion show starts this Monday April 14 for Vancouver Fashion week. All of the shows will be at Chapel Arts, with the first show on Wednesday. Check out local and international designers debuting their fall and winter fashion lines. For tickets click here | ||
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| RDS SAMPLE SALE | ||
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A massive week-long sample sale is happening at RDS The sale started on Saturday Apr. 5 and it will last until this Sunday Apr. 13. Click here for more info. |
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| THEY LIVE - OBEY | ||
| A movie called They Live is about how a flannel and 501 wearing all american dude stumbled upon a box of ray bans that reveals to the wearer who is an alien and who is not. Also i think its the inspiration behind the brand Obey. Watch the video titled "im here to chew gum and kick ass". | ||
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| SKATE INDUSTRY JOBS | ||
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Spectrum Skatepark Creations is hiring for a couple of positions. They are looking for an office manager/administrator and skilled construction workers. Email Jim Barnum about the office manager position at, jim@spectrum-sk8.com and for a construction job email, info@spectrum-sk8.com. For more info check out their website here . |
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| ISSUE 6.1 CONTEST STILL OPEN | ||
| Last issue's contest is still open. A "head to toe" WESC prize pack will go to the first person who can prove they are a hardcore Ray Barbee fan. If you know the name of Barbee's most recent album and the name of his last full video part, email your answers to contest@colormagazine.ca to win! Contest closes May 10. | ||
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| OLSON & PAPPALARDO OFF LAKAI | ||
| Alex Olson and Anthony Pappalardo are off the Lakai team. Confirmation on the Lakai website yesterday simply says "It's TRUE. Best of luck to both you guys, thanks for everything," and links to a SLAP magazine forum. | ||
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| ORIGINAL ADIDAS/MARINONI BIKE AUCTION | ||
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An adidas and Marinoni collaboration on a fixed gear bike last year is for sale. The bike was created in August 2007 in celebration of adidas Original's store opening in Montreal. Bidding starts today and will last 10 days. The auction is open to bidders worldwide. Starting bid was $20, although much higher by now, and all proceeds will be donated to the MS Society of Canada. Click here to bid or for more info contact info@breadwinner.ca |
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| HARMONY KORINE | ||
| Check out this video of Harmony at the age of 19 taking Letterman to school! He was such a cute little timid baby! | ||
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| MONTHLY SKATE MEETING AT ANTISOCIAL | ||
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The Vancouver Skateboard Coalition is having their monthly meeting at Antisocial tomorrow night [April 2]. They are always looking for more people to join so be there at 7p.m. Antisocial - 2425 Main St. |
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| SUGAR BEAR | ||
| oh yeah, and it's keegan sauder's birthday. happy birthday, buddy! oh shit! look at this . | ||
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| RIDE THE SKY | ||
| we all know that the fallen team has been working on their first full length video for a while now. peep the trailer, and bask in the light. Tommy Sandoval, you are a fucking monster. | ||
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| RIDE THE SKY | ||
| BlackBox has done it again. Looks like THIS is going to be a good one. | ||
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| LIFETIME PARTY | ||
| This Saturday, March 29th. There will be art installations, drinks, deejays playing good music, and fancy footworking on the dance floor! Sounds like a party of a Lifetime! 1666 West 1st. | ||
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| CONCERT AT THE SWEATSHOP | ||
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The Flatliners, The Rebel Spell, Vicious Cycles, and The Hycoprits will play an all ages show at The Sweatshop on Monday, Apr. 7. Click here for more info. |
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| IDEA GRAD SHOW '08 | ||
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We received a nice package today from the folks at Cap College'sIllustration/Design: Elements and Applications program. Check out the IDEA grad show April 14 to catch some fresh designers in their formative years. |
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| SKATE PARTY AT THE SWEATSHOP | ||
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There will be a skate party this Friday at The Sweatshop. This is one of the first parties in their new location on Hastings. The event will get going around 9p.m. and a killer line up of live acts will surely keep the party going well into the night/morning. Bison, Grass City, China Creeps, Impeders of Progress and DJ Al Pocalypse will provide the music. For more info click here. Friday, Mar. 28 at 9:00pm The Sweatshop 1947 E Hastings St. |
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| KITSCH x BEN TOUR | ||
| Kitsch has some new pro model decks out featuring art by Mr. Ben Tour. Roll by the Kitsch website and have a look around at the new decks and other new proddy - lookin' good! | ||
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| SAM FLORES & MUNK ONE COLLABORATE FOR OBAMA | ||
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The 008 and Upper Playground teamed with artists Munk One and Sam Flores to create limited edition screenprints of Barack Obama, in support of his democratic leadership campaign. The new limited screenprints are apart of a series of artist collaborations in support of Obama's presidential bid. The prints are available online. All posters will be signed by the artist, and are made in a limited quantity of 200, retailing for $200. Proceeds from the sales go towards creating more T-shirts, posters and stickers by artists who support Obama's bid for President. For more information or to purchase a poster, click here. |
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| BLASTRAMP ANNIVERSARY PARTY | ||
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This Thursday, March 27, marks one year of BlastRamp, our Thursday night at the Bourbon the - ONLY true skater friendly night in the city. A party to celebrate a good year with stand out live performances by international friends and guest deejays. It's always a night of singalong songs to start the weekend off early, with BlastRamps champ deejays MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, BENJAMIN and now IAN WYATT, playing those indie : disco : rap anthems, AKA no rave. Don't miss this Thursday when THE GOOD NEWS perform as well as the rest of Vancouver's best indie skid deejays. BlastRamp Drink Specials: $3.50 HiBalls $4.50 Doubles $10.25 Pitchers The Bourbon 50 W. Cordova St. |
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| BOOGIE PHOTO EXHIBITION IN NYC | ||
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Famed photographer Boogie will be releasing his new book, simply called, 'BOOGIE' tonight at the powerHouse Arena in New York. In a special collaboration with 10.Deep, the two have produced limited edition tee shirts and fanzines to sell at the event along with the new hardcover book. 'BOOGIE' is produced in a limited run of 500 copies and 10.Deep's BOOGIE fanzine is limited to 100, and will only be available with the exclusive tee shirt. Copies of the zine and tee shirt will be available on the 10.Deep and powerHouse websites on Monday, March 24. |
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| PING PONG TOURNAMENT | ||
| Saturday, March 22nd. Hosted by Vancity Skateboards at their newly expanded location - 419 Abbott St. There will be music and beers - but more importantly this is your chance to rule as a ping pong champion of the universe! | ||
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| SOME INSPIRATION | ||
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Nope, this time it's not Cardiel that I'm talking about, it's Obama. No need to be a political junkie to follow this one. If you are a human being that cares about your life as well as others lives, watch this. I'll have my fingers crossed until November. Barack Obama-March 18th |
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| BRONX CHEER EVERY TUESDAY | ||
| I don't want to be the one who blows this thing out and ruins a good thing, but um... here goes. Every Tuesday night in Vancouver's Montmartre Cafe (main st @ 28th) Bronx Cheer hosts a helluva night of live entertainment and laughs. | ||
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| LOTS OF HALF NAKED CHICKS | ||
| it's how they got me too... this one's for the ladies... preview the Aritzia Spring/Summer ’08 Runway Show. | ||
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| JUST HOW HOT IS HOT? | ||
| check out this little tidbit that blew under the door of the color offices last week. nice to know that our friend scott pommier has still got it! | ||
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| 1 YEAR OF BLASTING! | ||
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Thursday, March 27 marks 1 year of Blastramp! , our Thursday night at the Bourbon – the ONLY true skater friendly night in the city. It’s been a good year with stand out live performances by international friends/guest deejays FLOSSTRADAMUS, ANDREW W.K., TITTSWORTH, SPANKROCK, CHROMEO, MASEO of DE LA SOUL, PRETTY TITTY and legendary skater BILL DANFORTH. Locals; THE GOOD NEWS, HUNG JURY, THE CLIPS, SPORTS, JAWS and ARTEMIS JACKSON playing live on the newly built Bourbon live stage. It’s always a night of singalong songs that starts the weekend off early with Blastramp!s champ deejays MY!GAY!HUSBAND!, BENJAMIN and now with IAN WYATT playing those indie : disco : rap anthems AKA no rave. Don't miss next thursday, the 27th for THE GOOD NEWS live performance +19 of Vancouver’s best indie skid deejays. email rsvp@colormagazine.ca for guestlist. be sure to put 1YR of BLASTRAMP as your subject. check out the deadly front and back of the event flier. |
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| a ROLLING PERSPECTIVE. | ||
| for those of you asked, or wanting to be in our little show that's actually really huge and awesome. Deadline for submissions is today. email me if you might need more time, or get that in to us pronto pronto! thanks. | ||
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| BEN'S BLUE WASH SERIES | ||
| For limited time you have the chance to buy some pieces from Ben Tour's Blue Wash Series at the store on his website. These aren't prints, they're the real deal yo. | ||
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| MULE FIESTA! | ||
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i have to admit that i wasn't always the biggest fan, but i think i may be coming around. peep the ellington battle commander here. |
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| BEST CONTEST EVER?!! | ||
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there should be a contest to find out what contest could have possibly been any better than the business that went down last night in the back room at antisocial last night. my deepest apologies to anyone who missed it. not one boring run the whole night and the line between winners and runners up was certainly a blurry one, but somehow the numbers had the team consisting of the brothers mckinlay and george faulkner on top, winning a trip to the skate destination of their choice, accompanied by myself. there was talk of NYC, but we'll see... the highlight of the night may just have been the polish drop-in. but that is a blurry line as well. i'll try and get photos up soon, but in the meantime it may work to check out rhiannon's photos here. oh yeah, and some dirty little bugger made off with my board, so if you see anyone skating a bamboo habitat with deep smith grind marks on the thunders please make sure that the marks are their own. more soon. stay posted... |
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| RCRD LBL | ||
| RCRD LBL might look like another mp3 blog at first glance -- and a good one -- but they've got a whole other thing going on that's pretty new and amazing. They've struck up deals with a variety of top-notch labels (Warp, Fool's Gold, Kompakt, Modular, Dim Mak, Downtown) and artists (already too many to name) to distribute free, exclusive mp3s. I've already managed to get lost in their archives, and they're releasing new stuff at a furious rate. I can see this site becoming a big deal really fast. | ||
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| EVERY MAGAZINE | ||
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| TIME WARP! | ||
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There's no better time than now to discover the creative mind behind one of skateboarding's most influential madballs. soak it all in because before you know it, there'll be a lot less time for Ryan Smith to keep up his blog. |
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| CARDS AND KEEGS!!!! | ||
| Want to give yourself the shivers? Check out the new Cardiel episode on VBS. Beyond gnarly!!! Keegan's in there too!!! Off The Wall!!! | ||
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| BUMMED ABOUT CRYSTAL CASTLES CANCELLATION? | ||
| If you are feeling an emptiness after the cancellation of the Crystal Castles show, you should make sure you make it to Blast Ramp Thursday at the Bourbon this week featuring LO-FI-FNK. Should be quite the party. | ||
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| Godammit | ||
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Tomorrow night's Atlas Sound/White Rainbow/Valet show in Vancouver is cancelled due to a snowstorm. I don't know where the snowstorm is. It's sunny here. If you were planning on going to see Crystal Castles and Health instead, there's more bad news. Crystal Castles has cancelled all their dates until the 14th due to injury. Huge bummer. |
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| THE POWER OF 3 | ||
| sign up quick for the team mini ramp contest at antisocial. contest is this weekend, so gather the troops, and work on your choreography. | ||
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| SITE UPDATES | ||
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a couple site updates for contributing photographer buddies, jeff comber and alex irvine. have a look... |
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| ALMOST A CONTEST. | ||
| in addition to the Lewis Marnell pro model giveaway advertised two spots below this post. We had an other Almost product toss just before last weekend. It was at BLASTRAMP's Color party where we gave away a complete cruiser setup the old fashioned way (throwing it to the crowd). David Lang got this photo. | ||
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| HIGHER-RESOLUTION YOUTUBE VIDEOS | ||
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While the project was announced last year, it appears that YouTube is taking early steps at providing higher quality videos. They have millions of videos to convert, so it might take some time. Here is an example. (notice the &fmt=6 at the end of the web address) |
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| OH SNAP, WE'RE GIVING STUFF AWAY! | ||
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Almost Skateboards recently added a new pro to their roster and we just so happen to have one of his new pro model decks here at Color. Here’s what Daewon Song had to say about Lewis Marnell: “Lewis Marnell is pro… It’s about time! I know… Lewis’ attitude alone towards skateboarding is amazing and his skating… well we all know. His two recent parts [Volcom/Nike] on top of past parts have been an inspiration for me as well… doesn’t mean I’ll be switch BS flipping tables on flat, well maybe in my dreams! Congratulations Lewis!” —Daewon Song Now you can win a limited edition tee (modelled by OG Color contributor Kyle Shura) when you send in the title of 1 of Lewis’ top 12 songs on his own personal mix tape. If you can name all 12 and you didn’t receive the same press release we did. And you don’t own the cd yourself… then you are seriously calling out some favors and you deserve to be sent this deck. (Only while supplies last.) |
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| SUPRA PRESENTS A 4STAR CONTEST! | ||
| don't be a sucker! | ||
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| TOURZ | ||
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Spring comes early on the west coast, and Spring means the beginning of concert season. Atlas Sound just put out one of my favourite albums of the year so far, Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel, and they're on tour right now and playing here in Vancouver March 5th (that's next wednesday) at Pat's Pub. Not only that, but they're bringing Portland drone guru White Rainbow and psych-blues goddess Honey Owens (aka Valet), who just put out a totally wicked album called Naked Acid. Both of those bands are awesome. The only thing that might possibly deter you from going is the Crystal Castles/Health show the same night at Richard's. Tough call. If you're not in Vancouver, the dates for the rest of the tour are on Atlas Sound's myspace. In other upcoming local shows, K Records post-post-punkers Mahjongg are playing in Vancouver this saturday (also at Pat's) with one of my favourite local bands, No Gold. Again, all other dates on their myspace. |
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| NEW MAGAZINE = BIG PARTY! | ||
| next thursday is this thursday. | ||
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