Wear & Tear

Today I took time out of cutting templates to hang out with Arthur and beat him at pool...I actually did.

Monsta Wallets!

This isn't some lame funky road-cone student thing, there were roadworks literally in the middle of the pub...dunno what was going on.

I have recently watched 'The Color of Money' and my eye was on the prize, I was Paul Newman......

.....he was Tom Cruise.

This guy does SICK graff.

Eternal Youth

why do those small photos always make people look like crackheads.

ROCK THE BELLS

Sofi made me PROMISE to take Rock The Bells in to Donuts when i got it so we can watch it in the shop. If you haven't seen this and are into Wu Tang you NEED to own it, i got it for like £3 on Amazon. Get it. Heres the trailer.

On the Grinds

So! Compared to heavyweight blogs like SOFI DONUTS or the BNTL guys this blog is about to get "knocked the f**k out". I realized after completing 10 questions of a 70 question myspace 'get to know me' quiz that i spend far too much of my time online WASTING it. One thing I will say is that the new Monsta stuff will be available for online sales reeeeeaaaaaallll soon! and I will be keeping updates on here as often as possible!!!

London X Tomb Crew

Ok, so...before it gets far too late to blog...(which it kind of already is) I went to London last weekend basically just to kick it and see some Family. I met up with Manik from Tomb Crew on Friday and we went to a few stores (Upper Playground, New Era etc etc). Manik was looking for Nerds (y'know, the sweets that went from 30p to Golddust in a couple of years)...frantically...I mean...Nerds are this mans Crack Rock. We found some eventually but they weren't the right ones...he wanted the Rainbow Pack DAMNIT!!! pssshhhhh......Manik told me to come to Night Slugs cause Tomb Crew were playing and after very little convincing i agreed (If you haven't heard Tomb Crew yet i suggest you check them out HERE!). After a night of sick music I went back with the Tomb Crew guys and vaguely watched Deathrace 2000 (a film where Rocky gets points for running over people). After actually going out again in London I am fully looking forward to going back!! Thanks to the Tomb Crew guys for letting me crash on your sofa!!! Heres some pics anyway:

I saw this fella actually PAINTING this cake....

Manik clucking for some Nerds.

Me showing you all how versatile my face is.

This is how you watch futurama in comfort on a National Express back to Bristol...i saw the jealousy in the other passengers eyes!!

Banner I made for Sofi Donuts

This blog is sick. SRSLY. yhir.

FELIX MONSTA x INNOCENT SMOOTHIE

So, this morning I get a phone call from F telling me to get my ass online and check something out. He links me to the innocent smoothie blog (Felix swears by innocent smoothies) and sure enough the first picture up is a Monsta one! so obviously I go 'what the hell!!?' and basically he's one of 100 people to win a visit to the Innocent Smoothie empire. They even linked Monsta on their page! crazy. Felix is king hustler. one.

FELIX MONSTA X FAR*EAST MOVEMENT

Another drum remix by Felix!!! The song gets cut off cause his comp crashed but check it anyway, its amazing, check his '88' by The Cool Kids one too!

Bobby Hundreds on Ian Mackaye

Check out the new post by Bobby Hundreds on Ian Mackaye here. If you don't know who Ian Mackaye is and what kind of impact he has had on subculture, apart from being in Minor Threat and Fugazi, it's really worth looking into it and also on the page is a link to Steven Vogel's interview with Ian Mackaye.

I recently had to write an essay on subcultures and it's really a learning experience to actually analyze and contextualize your influences, inspirations and experiences within subculture on paper. For me, as a designer, I've learned where the roots to what i produce come from and it's really impressive to see someone from similar roots producing and succeeding within this field. I recommend looking it up.

THE HUNDREDS

CLOVERFIELD

The Lix and I fully rocked an 11:20Pm showing of Cloverfield and that sh*t is INCREDIBLE! If you don't see our boy HUD in action on the big screen you are losing out.



After the film some CHUMP said "aaah, it was ok, i thought it was like Half Life meets 9/11", IF he fails to get this quote on the DVD box when it gets released I will be stunned, don't listen to genius's like this, they don't know how to enjoy cinema. This film is sick!
Get your tickets.

Sofi Donuts on The Youth of Today

I was blog browsing this afternoon as I usually do and i came across this:

YOUTH OF TODAY (ISH)

This is a blog post by Sofi (co-owner of Donuts in Bristol). I met these guys late last year and it's been real inspiring seeing them going from strength to strength with their store. This blog post struck a chord with me as a person who, in the past, was seriously confused about what i wanted to do with my life. All i can recommend is don't worry about money, take risks and get creative!

Please read the post, it's worth it. Also check the links she threw up and if you're into streetwear definitely tab the blog.

Monsteasers!!!

FELIX MONSTA X THE COOL KIDS

This is Felix blasting out '88' by The Cool Kids. Represent.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE: A TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE

EVERYONE HAS TO CHECK THIS OUT!!!! UNDER THE INFLUENCE: A TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE

BILLAWRONG

Ok, being ripped off by small time stuff is bad enough, but when companies like BILLABONG are doing it.......this is some SORRY God awful stuff.


Whoever designed this for billabong needs to get his head checked. Click on the photo to go to the JC page for more info.

BANNERS

These are our banner, i took a few off the page so ima store them here! copy and paste the code to use them!






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Trapstar X A.IN.T

this is like Obi-Wan (Guinness not McGregor)teaming up with Vader and telling Yoda to get a fucking job, AMAZING. Double Trouble TRAPSTAR X A.IN.T collabo. I think (from myspace whispers) Donuts got some new Trapstar in today, go check both brands out NOW if you cant afford it just go and learn.

photo from Trapstar/A.IN.T myspace


shhhhhh!
A.IN.T