shame on you shady parkers

what is it with people and their imaginary right to hog parking spaces? so we have street cleaning every week on our block...this means everyone has to park on one side of the street the night before. "certain vehicles" every week hog the middle of the curb space when there is clearly space for two cars...this extends the length of the whole damn block and forces people (like myself sometimes), to park hella far or to wake up early and move your car before the street cleaners come.

so i made these neat little cards thanking these people using a combination of MS Word, a paper cutter, the laminating machine at Kinko's, and an hour of my time well spent. the first batch went out tonight to a lucky few.

one grin and two dimples come free with each of theseseriously, what the hell dude

LA Brakeless grand re-opening

LAB opened up their new shop in Mar Vista this past weekend with a "Grand Re-Opening" party. the space is dope...they're at 12220 Venice Blvd so come by, bring your bike, and kick it.

Cool Hand Luke

flicks from the shoot with Luke for Pretty Damn Dope

Luke

Papa Bear of P.D.D.

Rock the Bells @ The Gorge, Washington

this venue was AMAZING.  the stage looks out over the river running behind it in the canyon.  the view was incredible.  the air is clean, no smog.  Washington, you and your apples will be missed.

the view from halfway up the seats

overlooking the river

view behind the stage

backstage

a glimpse into the future?

so i was at Turntable Lab with Shaun today and saw this goodie bag of records on the ground.  so i took this photo with my phone and wondered...is that what i'm gonna look like in the future?  

he looks so happy

messy

this is what my living room looked like the other day...it was a combination of gear being used for different shoots.  i was lazy...and felt as long as i could get in and out of the front door the cleaning could wait a bit.  my roomie John has been out of the country, which is why it was able to look like this for a day.  but he gets back tonight.  damn...