Photos: Jake
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Funkafied Black Album
Bike riding isn't my only passion. Making and mixing music is a close 2nd. This is a mash-up I did a few years ago of Jay-Z's Black Album with The Meters (aka the godfathers of funk). I'm a huge fan of The Meters and I always thought their music would be perfect for an MC. So, I gave them one. I pretty much just chopped, stretched, and matched up Jay's verses with the structure of the The Meters' songs. In some cases, I rearranged the verse and chorus of the instrumentals to match up better with Jay's lyrics. The last song of the album "My 1st Song" is mashed up with the Modest Mouse song "Dramamine." I really wanted to mix that song, but I couldn't find a Meters' track in 3/4 time, so I had to use something else.
I have uploaded a few of the tracks that you can listen to by clicking the players below. If you dig it, you can download the entire album by clicking here. Long live the funk!!
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On a related note, there were a lot of quality remixes of The Black Album. The most famous (and probably the best) was Dangermouse's "Grey Album," which was The Black Album mixed with The Beatles' White Album. That thing is pure genius. I think it really helped show what hip hop sampling is all about. Sampling is not simply "stealing" music. Sampling at its best is the creative use and arrangement of prerecorded pieces of audio. Real sampling is art. Check that thing out, if you haven't already.
Steez Of The Week - Continued
Dillsy again. Same trick, different pic.
Rider: Dave Dillewaard
Photo via vital bmx
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wolf Parade
If you're into indie rock stuff, I highly recommend Wolf Parade's "Apologies to the Queen Mary." It's definitely one of my favorite albums. The video is crazy, because indie vids have to be, right?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
What is taters?
Tater has this sign in front of his house down in Louisiana... or, wherever it is he's from down there. He seriously didn't come out to the trails the other day because he was going to a crawfish boil. Yummy.
Dig
I had the pleasure of riding these trails a few weeks back. Some of the sickest trails that I've seen in person. They get about 10 times gnarlier as soon as A-Rev lands that hip and takes off to the left.
Rider: Alex Reveles
Photo: Sterling Lorence
Monday, March 24, 2008
Keepon
I was browsing for Spoon videos and stumbled upon this. It looks simple enough, but it's actually a very complex robot called Keepon that is "designed to interact with children by directing attention and expressing emotion." And it dances... probably better than I do. Check the beatbots website for more info on the little dude.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Chase Hawk
Jake caught this crazy pic of Chase at Pinter's trail jam last weekend. Such a rad looking trick. Is he wearing a beanie in So Cal??? Actually, it was pretty damn cold (50 something and windy... we're spoiled).
Rider: Chase Hawk
Photo: Jake
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dirt Art
Zach and the crew are up to more dirt sculpting in Gnar Cal. Something about the red dirt surrounded by the pine trees just makes this place look amazing.
KSU
My alma mater just pulled off a huge upset victory in the tourney over USC. I'm pumped. Beasley is a freak. He's kind of like Mike Aitken on a bike... it just comes easier for him than for everybody else.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Whip It Real Good
I posted a pic of Lil Larry similar to this awhile back. This one is different, but still just as dopealicious.
Rider: Larry Edgar
Photo: Potato Grande
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
UFO
Ride BMX dubbed this picture from Pinter's Jam "UFO - Invert." But, if you follow LD, you know that steez could only be Bretty Boy. He and Andrew both were holding their own with the big dogs... I don't think he'll be a UFO for long.
Rider: Brett Auerbach
Photo via ridebmx.com
Steez Of The Week
Hucker has been having some bad luck lately. First hidden gets plowed, then he breaks his hand, and then he loses all his hair (well, maybe he did that one on purpose). But, he still has some of the sickest dumped 3s in the game.
Rider: Mike "Hucker" Clark
Photo via his myspace page
Monday, March 17, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Holla For Ya Dollar Jam April 12th - 14th
I haven't seen any info on this posted on other sites, so here it is. Atomlab, Black Market, and others are hosting a jam in San Diego April 12th - 14th. Liquid Dirt will be there... will you? Check Thrashbike.com for more info.
And wait until you see pics from the jam we went to today... can you say Aitken, Bohan, Hawk, and Nyquist?
Friday, March 14, 2008
Get Down With The Hound
I can't understand this exactly... but, it's a beatboxing basset hound that you can control. One of the silliest and freshest things I've ever seen. Click here and watch him get down.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The Wall That Was
I don't think I ever posted this pic of Brett up on the wall, but it's pretty rad. Unfortunately, you can't get to the wall now because of the damage from the rain. But, I think there are few of us dedicated to getting this place up and running again. Skeleton will rise from the grave... BWAHAHAHA.
Rider: Brett Auerbach
Photo: Jake
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Road Trip
We took a little road trip up the coast this weekend. We met up with Zach Dank and rode with some rippers at four different trail spots. It was off the radness the meter for sure. Zach got some pics and some footage for his upcoming video "From Dusk 'Til Dirt." Which, from what we saw this weekend, should be insanely good. Zach, Alex Reveles, Ryan Howard, Brandon Semenuk, Jaime Goldman, Greg Watts, Cam McCaul, and Brian Miller were all shredding like it's going out of style. We finished off the trip with a party and fire on the beach. Good times.
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