Our friend PaperMonster just gave us the heads up on a preview before his solo show for DirtyPilot.com. The preview can be seen here (CLICK HERE) and you can catch some photos of several of the pieces below. Make sure to mark down that PaperMonster’s Solo Show will take place on 9/14 until 10/17.His work is very exciting and he is an artist to stay tuned for more incredible works of art. To catch more from PaperMonster catch him on MySpace (Here)
http://www.dirtypilot.com/backroom/papermonster.html
Check out PaperMonster’s work below:
Here’s some love for our Russian fans:
http://skater.ru/news.php?id=1617
It’s a site going over the Summer’08 line for all those Russian speaking Nikita lovers out there. Have at it!
And….here’s some disco:
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Mike Meyers vs. Chris Brown (stop drooling ladies) dance battle at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards and Peppa was there. Not only was she there - she was on stage. She’s on Mr. Meyer’s side in the striped purple and yellow get-up (yeah, it’s Nikita).
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1588375&vid=237142
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If you think snowboarding is dead for another 6 months, you are wrong bucko. Mack Dawg’s newest item on the menu is Down with People, and Seshn is down with MDP. If you haven’t cruised over to the new Snowboard Teasers section you are missing out on life. Peep it now and spend a couple hours on there cuz it’s good stuff.
We’re thankful to be busy… and love our jobs. Find out why at cypher13.com and check out what our homies are up to at joyengine.com!!! Remember this… SESHN is the bomb, yo. Peace.
Here’s a short clip from Listen skateboards involving a little mini-ramp action. Not exactly going big, but a lot of fun if you ask me.
Ah yes, Hawaii, land of beauty and pork. Not exactly what you would think of first when thinking about Hawaii, but I love their pork down there. I went once, and had an all you can eat experience that has never been matched since. I could have closed the place down, but I was so full….and well….nevermind. Here’s a video of the DC skate crew hitting Hawaii; those lucky dudes.
I got to work work today and dove head first into my Outlook, per usual, but today there was a link from the family in Iceland saying, ‘check it out’
http://www.nikitaclothing.com/whazzUp/item.aspx?id=352
Earthquake!? Woah.
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Crystal Castles
Self-titled
Last Gang Records
You may know Crystal Castles by their packed live shows, which blend rave, old school videogame sound effects, and a disco backbeat. Crystal Castles’ self titled 2008 release, the duo’s first on Last Gang Records, captures the essence of He-Man and Donkey Kong Jr. throwing fireballs at each other in Bowser Castle. Mixing Mario-esque musical samples and a microphone, Crystal Castles displays the talent of Toronto team Ethan Fawn and Alice Glass. Glass’ vocals draw from a diverse number of styles including punk, hip-hop, and noise, while Fawn’s keyboard sounds like it has an arcade machine chip inside it. Named after the fortress in the sky in which She-Ra, The Princess of Power dwells, Crystal Castles conjures a world of 8-bit videogames, eighties synth-pop, and sword-wielding cartoon characters with muscular figures wearing only their underwear. The only problem I have with the lyrics is that they are largely unintelligible, and the only resemblance to a theme is hinted in each song’s title. Still, the vocals remain beautiful, and the album packs an abstract intensity only matched by the combo of He-Man and She-Ra themselves in a tag team battle against the Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong. – Jonathan Mendick, Mannerist Zine
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I know, I know, I’m late on posting this by a long shot, but it’s still relevant. The DC Nationals video from last year, is here. DC Skate Shoes’s DC Nationals skate contest. Not bad, not bad at all.
