RIP

Jun Seba better known to the world as Nujabes has passed away sometime in late February due to a car accident. Once again the world has lost another amazing individual and producer. I'm thankful that I was lucky enough to have found and fallen in love with the music that Mr. Seba has produced and I know that many people around the world feel the same way. Rest in Peace Jun Seba, you will live on forever through your works.


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Chat Roulette

Kings of Convenience

I like to share music that I’m personally listening to so I compiled a list of songs from three different albums created by this Norwegian Band named Kings of Convenience. Those three albums are Versus, Riot on an Empty Street, and Declaration of Dependence.

If you enjoy chilled out early morning wake up songs with smooth guitar riffs, piano keys piercing through the fog, and a dash of violin loveliness then I just found what you’ve been searching for.

MEGAUPLOAD">MEGAUPLOAD <—- This is where you download the sampler

Track list:

1. Boat Behind

2. Freedom and It’s Owner

3. Gold for the Price of Silver ( Erot Collaboration)

4. I don’t know what I can save you from (Royksopp Remix)

5. I’d rather dance with you

6. Leaning Against the Wall (Evil Tordivel Remake)

7. Live Long

8. Misread

9. Peacetime Resistance

10. Scars On the Land

11. The Girl From Back Then (Riton Remix)

12. The Weight of my Worlds (Four Tet Remix - Instrumental)

Logged into FB and an old friend/former co worker found me. Little did I know Miles is about to graduate for a degree in illustration/animation. Mr Dulay is going to be a concept/visual development artist. He’s extremely talented and his stuff is definitely worth a peep.

Work of Miles Dulay

Sorry about the long absence

*I've been real busy lately and haven't been around to really update the blog. Me or hopefully someone else will be back around soon to post the cool stuff we see around the net.*

Anyway today I was over at Giant Robot on Haight and stumbled into their art gallery featuring an artist named Rob Sato.

Check out some of his work at his official website.

It's some really trippy and impressive stuff.

Mavericks Surf Contest Live Stream

*UPDATE* Looks like the contest is over and about fifteen bystanders were swept onto the beach by huge waves exploding off the point. Broken bones and random injuries were the result of said waves, but thankfully no one is missing after this powerful display of nature.

As you all sleep the Mavericks surf contest is exploding over in Half moon bay. The waves are supposed to be the largest they've ever been and thankfully one of the news broadcaster located in the bay area are streaming it live. Just get on over to the site below before 1pm today (Saturday) and you'll get to see some awesome stuff.


MAVERICKS 2010

Junkan (Tokyo 2 Osaka Mini Film) Via Good Magazine

Good Magazine ran a feature on Tokyo 2 Osaka. You remember Tokyo2Osaka right? Well we've been following it for a while and a friend of mine is in the film. He told us it was coming out soon and a new trailer would hit any day now.

Unknowing to us it was a full on short version of the feature film. It's basically a must watch for anyone who says they like bikes, adventures, or Japan. Don't miss it and stay up to date with the tokyo2osaka site for details on upcoming screenings and locations.

Thanks to SWEETBREAMS for the tip

Do What You Love, And Fuck The Rest..

I might have to stop doing these. I think all these blog features are starting to get a little out of hand. It seems like nowadays everywhere I turn everyone and their moms have a blog about something, but I mean hey we all need to feel like we're important somehow right? With that said I'd like to introduce my good friend Alex Dale Kato. Now that all of you people of the internet have been introduced I suggest you do the polite thing and get to know Kato a little bit. Check out his blog see what he's about and in time I'm sure you guys will become close friends. I mean if you find my posts even remotely interesting then I'm sure you and Kato will have a blast talking about yo-yos and skateboarding and clothing and retractable backscratchers.

For those of you who don't know that the bright blue highlighted words are links here you go all nice and obvious for you: http://squarebearshares.tumblr.com/

The Bathroom Reinvented / NYC / SF

Part 1 of a doc on public bathrooms and how they are slowly being reinvented. You're probably thinking "bathrooms? why do I want to watch a video on bathrooms?". Well don't knock it before you watch it. Trust

Codehunters

A short film directed by Ben Hibons under axis animation for MTV Asia. This is the entire short and it's absolutely fantastic. It may seem rather shallow since it's mostly action scenes, but try to immerse yourself in this world and figure out what's going on. That's how I got sucked in and I'm sure you will too.

Old Fangs (Sundance Film Festival Entry)

This short story is about an adolescent wolf who hasn't seen his father for a long time venture back to where he was raised to try and reconnect.

It's trippy, fantastic, and mesmerizing. However make sure you watch it in silence as the sound and ambiance plays a major role in the atmosphere the director probably spent countless hours trying to create.

Tonight!

Don't be late

Little Kids Suck

After I got back from a ride today I fell upon this little video of some folk surfing around Hawaii. At first I thought to myself okay these guys are good. Then I noticed that they were children. Some looked to be too young to have even earned the title of teenager.

Upon that discovery my little mouse cursor was on that close button faster then Russel Crowe shot those dudes in 3:10 to Yuma. However right before I pressed down on the key I stopped and decided to just finish it. I continued to watch and was blown away. These kids were immensely talented and to be honest I was envious that I wasn't doing the same things they were doing at their age.

After a little thought I realized that the older generation will always despise the younger generation for one reason or another. It happened to us, it's gonna happen to them. The reason why is because with each generation things change for better or for worse and for whatever reason the young ones don't listen to the older ones because they feel the older gen doesn't understand them.

Hayao Miyazaki expressed his opinion (I'm gonna paraphrase here) that the move from generation to generation is like a relay race. Each generation holds the baton for a time, makes it theirs then passes it on to the next generation. That generation takes the baton for what it is, personalizes it then passes it on to the next one. It's a constant cycle and it's sad that us guys and gals that just ran the circle will be ignored by the ones we just handed the baton to when we try to warn them about that bump on the track.

Bomb Squad

I think this picture pretty much sums up what my friend Paul Han's blog is all about. Skateboards, yoyos, and radical. I mean how can you go wrong with that right? If you have some time (I sure do say that a lot huh?) you should definitely check that out because it's an amazing site full of mystic wonders that will make all of your wildest dreams come true.

Here's the link for his site: http://bombsquadyyf.tumblr.com/page/4

It's finally here (Tokyo 2 Osaka Official Trailer)

Without further ado the folks behind nothing you've ever heard of have released the trailer to their debut film. If you don't recall it's about a group of track bike enthusiasts/cyclists that embark on an epic journey from Tokyo to Osaka (that's over 400 miles). As a friend of a rider or two that went on this trip I can safely say that they had the adventure of a lifetime. I'm thoroughly excited to finally see the film and if all goes well it might debut somewhere around here for all to see.

Unfortunately as with all films of this magnitude (I'm sure they have hours and hours of footage) the actual release date is most likely way, way up in the air so I don't personally expect to see it anytime soon. However the release of a trailer at least reveals that the ball is rolling in the right direction.

For more info on the film check the Official Site

PS. Thanks to Tara@Sweetbreams for the lead!

Flashback: Interview with Hayao Miyazaki 1999

Stumbled upon this short compilation of interviews taken from Hayao Miyazaki's trip to North America back in 99'. It's been over a decade since then and just now am I learning what's behind the white hair and thick glasses. Here I thought he was just a bag of tales featuring a young guy or girl and the struggles or benefits of growing up, but goodness was I wrong. Similar to many great men and women, Miyazaki's words hold truth and provoke thought even a decade later.

Tahiti Love

I'll be honest with you. I don't surf. However that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the sport for what it is. Maybe one of the things I admire so much about surfing is the fact that those who participate in the sport are men and women who ride earths energy and the fact that it's the type of sport that makes the participant a traveler of distant lands. I love the ocean to death and think I'd have to live by it for the rest of my life. Unfortunately I'm also scared to death of it, which is why I don't surf.

Anyway check this video shot in Tahiti. It's shot beautifully.

Tokyo

It's been almost 3 years since my last visit to the land of the rising sun. I'd love to go back, but we all get tied down every once in a while. Anyway this video did a great job of bringing back some of the memories of kicking it in Shibuya or waiting for the JR after a night of painting the town red.

Metal Kinfolk

My homie Shane owns two hip hop barber shops in a city called San Mateo. It's about 10 minutes south of San Francisco if you haven't heard of it. Anyway this was a video just showing his daily commute and chill spots. Check it out!