The Ben Raemer Foundation checks in with Skater called SMiLe interviews where they talk about the ups and downs of mental health. It showcases popular names in skateboarding opening up about mental health and their journeys in life on and off the board. Today we got a SMiLe from Elissa Steamer.
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I’ve been fasting since Monday so it’s only natural I start watching foodie content on youtube to torture myself and I came across Matty Matheson. I’ve seen dude for years online and in that hulu show, the bear. Never dug too deep on the guy but I like his style and tattoos.
That’s kind of myself when I see someone interesting, I see them and just watch from afar for a bit to see if it’s just an act or if they’re the real thing. Matheson has been popping up and coming across as this rugged dude that knows how to cook/actor/internet personality and messes with motorcycles.
So yesterday finally I typed his name into the ol’ YouTube search bar and a living proof interview popped up. Instantly I was like I got to see this! Living Proof hasn’t failed me yet when it comes to introducing me to interesting people and if they’re during an interview with Matheson this guy must be real and have a hell of a story. And for sure it was! Peep this.
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Directed by: John Singleton
Watch Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson and Michael Rapaport as they leave home for the first time to head off to college. Facing issues on race, sexuality, and identity as they try and figure out their first semester. See what happens when they are faced with challenges and how every individual deals with them and what the guidance from an educator can do for young men and women when lost along the road to find themselves.
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Tracklist
Two matches ft ab-soul by mac miller
No report card by ab-soul
A pleasure by the railway children
Monica’s light by the railway children
Treasure in the hills by leon thomas
When did you stop loving me, when did i stop loving you by marvin gaye
Nothing burns like the cold ft. vince staples by snoh aalegra
Free man by vince staples
Take me home by vince staples
The first day of school(intro) by ice cube
Surf ft. kilo kush by vince staples
Dead president II by jay-z
Simple man by lynyrd skynyrd
Weepin’ mama blues by felt
Luz by la santa cecilia
Sonora by hermanos gutierrez
Feel like makin’ love by roberta flack
Angelitos Negros by roberta flack
Something for junkies by killer mike
Nineteen eighty7 ft. schoolboy Q by stalley
Unexplainable by foushee
Manic depression by jimi hendrix
Tush ft. missy elliott by ghostface killah
Love by ghostface killah
Freak thangs by ludacris
T baggin’ skit by ludacris
Neighborhood hoez by freddie gibbs
Come on Over (skit) by ludacris
What’s your fantasy by ludacris
Untitled 05 by kendrick lamar
So[rt] by knxwledge
Momma by kendrick lamar
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KAZMALOOP has interesting perspective on Vince Staples
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
This nihilist perspective has caught my interest, as I find myself somewhere between nihilism and pessimism. Everything around feels superficial or performative. No one wants to be honest while simultaneously no one can be. To truly be vulnerable is to show weakness, and if both our backs are against the wall the majority of people will exploit your weakness if it means they can be a step above you. No matter the relationship with the person. All relationships are power dynamics with an ever-shifting scale.
So what do you do when you think you have to be the toughest in the room if it means you’ll be at peace? You come into every room prepared for war, with a layer of armor so thick that not even you yourself can remove it. Ready to destroy anyone if they challenge or cross the line with you. Look at our music, look at our movies. Every character is a balancing act trying to appear sane amongst the insanity of the reality we participate in daily. No different from the people watching to escape their own reality.
There’s a cost to be free, it was I think Nietzsche is getting at. You can’t stare into the abyss and believe what you see as normal. The only way out is to know the abyss, without losing your sanity. To live in this duality, where what you know you are doing is wrong but it’s your means of survival. To be wrong and be alive at the cost of your sanity long enough to find peace.
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Tracklist
“New Years” by Slay Squad
New Balances by Wale
Boswell by Westside Gunn
Adam Page by Westside Gunn, Stove God Cooks
Outlander by Westside Gunn
Algo Como Tu by Kaydy Cain, Los del Control
Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon
Fountains ft. Tems by Drake
Summer Over Interlude by Drake, Majid Jordan
Sunday Morning Drive ft. Curren$y & Dom Kennedy by Larry June
Weekend ft. Miguel by Mac Miller
Bumpy’s Lament by Mack Browne & The Brothers
Treasure in the Hill by Leon Thomas
Lava Lamp by Thundercat
Black Qualls by Thundercat
Sober by Childish Gambino
Down South by Wale
Jethro – Chopnotslop Remix by Thundercat
Bussin’ by Devon Morrison
Creme’s Interlude by Pink Siifu, Fly Anakin
Can’t Stop by NxWorries
Girls Need Love Remix by Summer Walker
Don’t by Bryson Tiller
Redbone by Childish Gambino
All Night by Beyonce
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If you’ve been tuning into the radio show, you may have picked up on some of the songs we played from Leon Thomas. Honestly I wish I could just play you the entire album “MUTT”, Leon’s sophomore album. It was a surprise to me to know that he was actually making music when I rediscovered Leon Thomas. When I saw Leon Thomas’ face I quickly realized that he was the actor on Nickelodeon that was always carrying a guitar. I believe he had played some performances on Victorious but I hadn’t heard anything as far as a personal album ever come during that time or anything after his period on Nickelodeon. Plus that was over 10 years ago at least. Leon has gone from a child actor to a full blown artist as well as a grown man. Even if he had made an album I don’t believe that it would be as soulful as MUTT is today. Artists need time to live and understand a bit of pain and love to make an album like MUTT.
This morning on February 20th, 2025 Thomas’ performance at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert was released on Youtube. Showcasing what years of carrying around that guitar and life experience has culminated into.
WOW, Treasure in the Hills if definitely going into the library for me.
Set List“VIBES DON’T LIE”
“YES IT IS”
“MUTT”
“Breaking Point”
“Treasure In The Hills”
If you like me and you hear an artist, love their music, and instantly want to know more about them, I found an interview with the Breakfast Club from a month ago where Leon Thomas sat down and spoke about his time on Broadway and Nickelodeon, his production and his history that most of us probably aren’t familiar with.
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The 12th installment in the Hitler Wears Hermes series by Westside Gunn.
Some songs that caught my ear from the first play through:
2. Bosewell
3. Adam Page
10. Outlander
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Jake Phelps was the face of thrasher and since his passing, it’s hard to think of thrasher and not think about Jake. I think the staff at Thrasher knows that, I mean Jake was a literal human encyclopedia when it came to Thrasher history. It’s nuts! There’s a clip somewhere of Rowan talking about calling Jake and asking him about a photo from an old magazine from the nineties and Jake, without hesitation, knew exactly what Rowan was talking about. There’s a few times that this has happened. Jake’s life was the mag!
Since then Thrasher has done a beautiful thing keeping his memory alive with the series, Still Watching. Where skateboarders talk about their favorite memories with Jake. What he meant to them and what it was like to be around him. The week it was with Greyson Fletcher, a skater that I wasn’t the must hype on when he first came across my screen but over the years and watching him skate and watching his interview, I’ve come to like the guy. He is completely different from what I thought he would be like, whatever my wack mind came up with at the time, but dude’s a ripper. Greyson Fletcher shares what Jake did for him on a trip to Brazil and how he helped him get a gnarly feature in magnified.
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The Victory Light podcast continues its tear as they bring up MIKE for today’s episode and I died laughing. With hosts like Rainey and Mero you’re always going to have a couple of laughs but when MIKE felt the vibe it was like they just bro’d out and laughed at everything from MIKE’s first time in Japan, to MIKE touring in the UK. Laughter was today’s therapy for sure. Love the pod for bringing MIKE on. MIKE is a real one.
Burning in paradise 