Nick McPherson Meets Battalion of Saints

I got offered to art direct the new Battalion of Saints tour poster along with some tees, stickers, and other promotional items. I rang up Nick to do all the free hand stuff and explained to him that he just neeeded to lean more towards the Rat Fink style characters and this is what he came up with. Keep in mind these are roughs, but I just wanted to show people the process from the beginning.




Nick's work is typically a bit softer and more suttle, but he just went to town on some of this stuff and the final product is gonna shape up real nice.




Rough concept of ticket guy.




Various character comps of zombie punk kids.

Stupid $hit of The Month

Now anyone that reads SDTW faithfully knows I don't really discuss "streetwear" at all regardless of my work history and involvement in the clothing business. Anything negative about "streetwear" has already been said and the complaints all sound like broken records.

But...

When I come across something so lame that I actually take the time to publicly acknowledge it then you know it has to be monumentally dumb.

Case in point. The "collab" between ultra cool guys Bounty Hunter and Commissary. The tee features the tagline "All Other Stores Suck."

Really?

By "other" stores you OBVIOUSLY mean stores besides the stores that are brands that they actually carry like: Stussy, Supreme, and Undefeated to name a few.

Not to mention that if you search through some hype website you'll probably find at least 2 "collabs" with other stores.

I mean printing tee shirts doesn't exactly make you the Yakuza of retail.

Way to go you guys are officially SNORING!!!

A little piece of friendly advice: Don't put down the demographic that supports you and don't do t-shirts that are about as cool as a bag of dicks.

Coming Back from Cali

I'm coming home tonight after 2 weeks in SD. I have pics galore from the whole trip. Big shouts to everyone: Nick, Matt, Carly and Lou, Icepick, EJ, Justin, Brian, Petey, Germs, Nokso, Unite, Dash, Rashy, Marcus, Jester, Peril, Drew, Cat, Crystal, Adam, Kristy, Vince, Trademark, Derrick, Chauncey, and everyone else.


On the tarmac during sunset.
P.S Don't ever fly into San Jose for a lay over



The next day it was bbq time at Vince's crib in downtown



Custom capris by Justin



Lenox thizzin



Large up



Boom




Trademark on his iPHONE, rubbing it in mind you.



The Super Twinz



Baby snatchers



As the Japanese would say "Barrrrrrrriiiiinnn."



Brett and Ms. Ya'll Know Who



Petey in front of STM avoidng lurkers...


This is part 1 of probably 10 photo posts from this trip. Gotta a plane to catch.

W.A.S.P

Hip hop is like hair metal right now. Give it 5 years and it will get its shit together and start sounding good again. Replace the dude from W.A.S.P with MIMS and this clip becomes extremely prophetic. It's like looking into some creepy mirror of the future.

From way back

Check out my man T-Kid 170 explaining graff from way back when. Dude is still going strong after all these years.

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I can't find my camera cord and I can't upload any flicks without it.

Check back soon.

Nothing Special

Just some random links. I should have some cool flicks up soon.

Diggin' In The Links:

The U.S Dollar drops to all time low versus the British Pound
Ed* I wonder if the $200 million dollars a day towards the Iraqi "occupation" has anything to do with that? Hhhmmmmm?

Mega Don't
Ed* Ahhh Vice Mag

The Simpsons got the internet goin' nuts

Summer in SD

Nick Mcpherson and I are doing a new design project with the legendary 80's hardcore band Batttalion of Saints from SD. It's gonna have zombies, titties, dead things, politics, and everything else you'd expect from B.O.S.

I'm in SD for vacation and for work, but I'll still be posting some goodness for the next 2 weeks. I'm off to Street Machine. Have a good weekend.

P.S Chuck E. Cheese mega post coming soon...




Diggin In The Links:

Rupert Murdoch gets sonned
Ed* Dude scares me.

Juxtapoz x 7th Letter
Ed* Juxtapoz finally gets it right and just lets The Letters take over a whole issue. I read lots of graff books and the like and this issue was a far better read then anything I've gotten in a long time.

Sonics pick Kevin Durant
Oh how sweet this was. It's only $10 to watch this kid go off at Key Arena next season. Hyped!
I think The Pubs explains the signifigance a bit better then I do.

Dennis Brown "The Promise Land"

The Prophet.

Leaving on a jet plane

Me and the familia will be leaving for San Diego tomorrow afternoon.

Things I plan on doing while in SD for the next 2 weeks:

Eating at Phil's BBQ (ungodly good ribs ironic I know) lurking at Street Machine, work on the T-Kid 170 doc (what?), hang with the squad, see a movie or two, eat a carne asada burrito at Roberto's, surf (cliche), write on something, pool party at the folk's house for Little L while watching my Aunt Patty get hammered, do some new designs with Nick, same with Justin, hopefully get a new tat, eat some sushi at Nobu's, go to Bar D for Sunday Night Dancehall and lastly, just enjoy the company of my fam and friends.

Diggin In The Links:

Cost of War Meter
Ed* Out of control

Dude tried to sabotage Shepard Fairey show
Ed* Jealous ones envy

The CIA is watching
Ed* Only q50 g's for Fidel's head? Lame.

The Cool Ruler

If it weren't for youtube I'd never find gems like this.

Steve's Feck Shit Feck B-Day Party

Last night everyone got their butts down to The War Room to celebrate the born day of Steve.





The Man of the Hour arrives via Yamaha.



J.R's newest masterpiece. This is one of those moments when the bar for great tattoos is raised instantly. The only thing that can even hold a candle to this would be a child sized Eazy E riding a big wheel with the words "Life Ain't Eazy," under it.



Double fisting is sort of mandatory in Seattle for some reason. But Sapporo 22's Pheed?



I think I've seen this guy before.



This jacket is more patriotic then Uncle Sam water skiing in a red, white, and blue speed boat through a river of 100 dollar bills.



That's the sound of the beast.



The Pubs with some shiny broad.



Clown car status. I wanna say there was at least 9 maybe more in the whip.



Paper, Rock, Scissors, beer caps. Rock beats scissors.



Shot gunning and nipple grabbing.



"The American flag makes me so wet." = Abs

This was one of the best nights in Seattle so far. Happy b-day Steve.

Trash Rappers

Oh the sheer irony of this message. Now I half way agree with this billboard in terms of "talent" but I have to disagree entirely with a church using slander as a means for promotion seeing as the message comes across as a bit hypocritical.

I'm digressing from my main point so I'll get right to it.

The "ironic" part of this whole story is that by paying for ad space from Clear Channel to state that you and your congregation are against "negative" rappers you are in actuality paying the very corporation that exploits and promotes said rappers.

Also let's not forget how "chic" it is to rally against rap at the moment. I personally am not really listening to anything new as far as the genre is concerned, but I can certainly tell you that there are much bigger culprits involved in "negative" rap then the rappers themselves.

That's all I'm gonna say on that matter.

Touche' South Sabina Church way to stick to Twista? Who the hell is listening to Twista right now?

Full Story Here

Barrington Levy

Above: Record cover for "Bounty Hunter"

All of the following tracks are taken from "Moonlight Lover" but first appeared on Barrington's first LP "Shaolin Temple" that was released only in Jamaica, but came to the U.S under the new title "Bounty Hunter" with most of the same tracks intact save for alternate lyrics on some of the songs.

Run em'.

Barrington Levy "Bounty Hunter" mp3

This is probably the biggest tune from the album. The fact that Barrington was all of 17 when this was recorded is just mind numbing.

Barrington Levy "Jah Life" mp3

This tune is sort of the sleeper stand out on the album for me because Barrington really gets the show off his vocal range and hit those super high falsetto notes that he's so well known for.

Barrington Levy "Walk 2000 Miles" mp3

Alternate lyrics over the same "Bounty Hunter" version that appears on this album. I've always liked it when an artist flips new lyrics, but uses the same vocal melody.

Everyday I'm Hustlin'

3 days a week I work my "other" job at the Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. I don't discuss it on SDTW that much because it's a $hit job that pays just enough to make it worth it and the things and people I see on a daily basis are nothing short of spectacular.

I finally decided to take my camera down to work and the market made good by providing it's usual ruckus.



Case and point right next to the hot dog stand two bike pigs started searching this guy which turns out the dude had a decent amount of crack on him. So after he shoved all of it into his mouth the cops decided to choke him out against the van and then on the concrete.



I have to hand it to the guy because he kept chewing and chewing even though he was getting a full on sleeper hold by two cops in shorts.



The next day I had to work the Freemont Fair thus the reason for pic of the old naked man trying to spit at this worthless belly dancing stunt double that smelled like bad cheese.


And in second place came this dude and the 100+ other knobs that were wearing kilts.


This is easily the biggest dog I have ever seen. I don't know where you can buy Irish Wolhounds but make sure you have a stable if you do.


I have no problems with gays just the crazy ones.



And last but not least dude with the ventilated work out pants just in case in got too "hot" in Seattle, WA.

Sing Sing Friday

Got down with the get down posse at the last Sing Sing to be held at Chop Suey's to check out Nick Catchdubs, Four Color Zack, and Pretty Titty spin some booty shake joints.

Good times with J.R, Kosh, Hoks, Ray and all the fly girls........ppprrrrrahhhhh


P.S So bandanas around the neck are still cool as long as you have a second one around your wrist? Really?



Zach (backwards) Titty on the decks, and Catch hiding behind him turning shit out


When you get a tattoo like this you can pretty much scare anyone at your work by ripping off your shirt in an argument and shouting "Well step-up, step-up, c'mon Craig step the f*ck up." Epic.


A rare sighting of a Baby Hoks


Oh wow! I really came through on this one. A photo of this is more rare then a jar of crocodile tears.

Peep the Pubs

Big shout to Catch for playing a banging set and giving me a spanking new copy of the new Kid Sister vinyl

Look for big things from Nick's new record label Fool's Gold

Check it:
Fool's Gold
Catchdubs