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Tag: burning in paradise
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Neckface w. Living Proof New York
Neckface sat down with Living Proof New York, a podcast out of New York that interviews different artists and skateboarders. They seem pretty raw and real, asking genuine questions with minimal set up. Nothing feels overly produced but there’s a genuine curiosity for whoever is sitting across the table. Neckface sat down with them a while ago and it made for good conversation.
Neckface has been around in skateboarding since forever. I don’t remember when I was first introduced to him (via online video) I just thought he was just some skate homie around thrasher that people liked. He was funny never taking anything too serious. Reminded me of some people I know in my personal life. Eventually I found out he was an artist. When you see his art, it’s uniquely him. I haven’t seen anything like it.
I haven’t really seen him sit down with anyone and really talk about his origin story. What got him into art and graffiti? Influences? Stuff like that. But my favorite question he answered was, “how does he balance his passion for art as a job?” I think he gives the best answer I’ve seen so far!
It’s a good watch, check it out!
Here’s some bonus footy of Neckface out hitting up some spot in New York
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Andrew Allen talks Movies with Quartersnacks
Quartersnack sat down with Andrew Allen to talk about some of his favorite movies and the references that he’s pulled from them over the years. Board graphics, video part songs, magazine ads, a bunch of stuff that I didn’t realize were references to films I had seen before. I should probably pull things from my favorite films or television shows and see what I can do.
Movies mentioned in the video:
Point Break
The Lost Boys (1987)
Heat
Goodfellas
Terminator 2
Twin Peaks (1990)
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Searching for My NorthStar
It’s been a few years since I stopped practicing my faith and since then I’ve been wandering around searching for a northstar. Somewhere to plan my flag, a foundation to push off on. I’ve left religion for philosophy, reading the bushido code, Huey P. Newton, watching video essays on Carl Jung, and nothing feels quite right. But I think I’m closer today than I was ten years ago. Or maybe I’ve been building my own philosophy, my own code. Every man needs a code. A set of rules that they abide by out of internal conviction rather than external obligation.
That’s what religion brought me. An unquestionable way of life that can’t be challenged, or at least that is the way it was presented to me. Everyone tries to live a certain way, following the rules of the bible.
What I found in reality was no one was living the lifestyle. Though everyone was trying but when emotions ran high the real person bleed through. The person they were trying to leave behind, the person their religion told them was no good, was still there under their Sunday’s best. The person never changed, they were just repressed. Push down under as far as he could go but eventually coming up for air.
I don’t think that religion or at least the way that it addresses the human condition in the church, doesn’t address a man’s soul. It leaves everything to imagine and metaphor, open to interpretation. Their examples don’t always translate to the individual but rather sets a standard of what it’s expected. It draws a finish line with no map and no contexts.
Man is meant to be tested and come to his own conclusions after conscious contemplation and reflection. How else can he know his limits and his capabilities? He doesn’t want to find his limitation when it’s life and death. A moment that challenges his entire being doesn’t want to be a split moment decision like in the movies. That means making mistakes, having regrets, not trying to imitate a god-like man. Originally and self-experience built character
But then I start to question, how does a child find the basics, morals, valves, right and wrong? Is it the duty to the parents or society, community or history? And even then these things are sliding scales. Some parents lie to their kids to preserve their innocence. They say the Easter bunnies and Santa Claus, tooth fairies and what not. Killing a human can be viewed as honorable if it’s done for your country.
The best option is just to lead by example and show the child, rather than teach them. Be patient and explain when necessary.
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Radio BNP101X: Ep. 8 Love Songs -1
We Belong Together – Robert & Johnny
American Wedding – Frank Ocean
Anytime – Ray J
La La Means I Love You – The Delfonics
Lost Me – Giveon
Love Song -1 – The Internet
Violet Nude Women – The Internet
I Want You Back (Remastered) – Don Julian & The Larks
I Wish You Love, Pt. 1 – Joe Bataan
Difference – Ginuwine
Use Your Heart -SWV
I Think – Tyler the Creator
Snooze – SZA
Me and Your Mama – Childish Gambino
Yo Love – Vince Staples
Player Ways -Vince Staples
Infatuated – Memphis Bleek
When He’s Not There – Kehlani, Lucky Daye
Calls – Robert Glasper, Jill Scott
We Belong Together – Robert & Johnny
Oh My Angel -Bertha Tillman
Nobody But You – Jorja Smith, Sonder
Sparks – Coldplay
Die Hard – Kendrick Lamar
End – Frank Ocean
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Ep. 7 Love Me By Friday
Tracklist
Burning – Tems
Black Bonnie – Wale
Suicidal – YNW Melly
Silkk da Shocka – Isaiah Rashad,Syd
Conversation – Khruangbin, Leon Bridges
When Sparks Fly – Vince Staples
My Favorite Part – Mac Miller, Ariana Grande
Cocoa Butter Kisses – Chance the Rapper, VIC MENSA, Twista
Trippy – Anderson .Paak
Backseat – Ari Lennox
Cherry Wine – Nas, Amy Winehouse
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
The Panties – Mos Def
Candy Drip – Lucky Daye
TURiSTA – Bad Bunny
Estas En Mi Pasado – Yahritza Y Su Escencia
If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
Girl – The Internet
Vixen – Miguel
Damage H.E.R.
Love T.K.O. – Teddy Pendergrass
Banking On Me – Gunna
Crazy in Love – Beyonce
Karma – Lloyd Banks
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Black at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
The problem that some of America is having with Kendrick Lamar’s performance is a problem that America has created itself through intentional ignorance. Not everyone is in the know when it comes to Kendrick Lamar, which is part of the indent of an artist being televised. Artists are given these moments to share their contribution to music to a wider audience. The Audience is then, if curious suppose, to look up the artist and browse their catalog. Playing their top songs or listening to an album. Some of America’s audience didn’t not want to do the footwork, which is fine, personally I didn’t look into Maroon 5’s or Shakira discography after their performances. Not that I didn’t enjoy the performance, I just wasn’t compelled to at the time. But in an age of technology where a google search is in your pocket and this halftime show has been advertised for months, you can’t complain about the performance after the fact.
What some Americans don’t like is that they were not included. They wanted “They Not Like Us, but they didn’t want Kendrick. They don’t understand what was happening and they don’t see themselves on that field. And what does America do when they don’t understand something? They hate it. And instead of doing a little research, and trying to understand who Kendrick Lamar is and what songs he’s performing, they see it as an affront to what they believe should’ve taken place for the Super Bowl Halftime Show performance. They pick apart the thing they now have decided to hate because it should have been easy for them (the audience) to feel a part of.
At the end of the day, the Halftime Show, is a 15 minute performance to debut an artist on one of the worlds biggest stages. It is their 15 seconds of fame to show the world what they got. Like it or love.
Kendrick Lamar has always been this kind of artist. Anytime he performs in front of white America, there’s always people that find offense even though they are both from the same America. Instead of asking the right question with the intention to understand, they make their assumptions and run with it. The same thing happened with Malcolm X, Colin Kaepernick and any other African American that does something that doesn’t fit within white America’s idea of Blackness.
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Ep.6 The Charlie Brown Shuffle
Tracklist
Given Up On Me – The Weeknd
Life We Chose – Nas
Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan
I want You Back(Remastered) – Don Julian &The Larks
I Don’t Trust Myself(With Loving You) -John Mayer
aruarian dance – Nujabes
Chiney Brush Instrumental – The Alchemist
Hair Down -SiR ft. Kendrick Lamar
Lost and Found Freestyle 2019 – A$AP Rocky, Tyler the Creator, Nigo
Coastin’ – Victoria Monet
Best Of Me, Part 2 – Mya, Jay-z
Happy – Ashanti
JUST LIKE THAT – Snoh Aalegra
On Sum – TOKiMONSTA, Anderson .Paak
Jungle – Drake
Changes – Charles Bradley
Speedline Miracle Masterpiece – Tunde Adebimpe, Sal P, Sinkane
The Only – Static-X
God Gave Me Feet For Dancing ft. Yazmin Lacey – Ezra Collection
Gal Teacher – Chico & Frisco Kid
Salio El Sol – Don Omar
Na De Na – Angel Y Khriz
Llora, Llora – Tego Calderon
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Lone Skaters
One of my favorite things about skateboarding, outside of the actual act, are the personalities behind the skaters. A few people are dicks, most people are humble and super cool, and then some people are just loners. People that skate alone and don’t skate for the social interaction of meeting homies at the park or to have a community/family to rely on. These lone skaters don’t skate any different whether the camera is on or off, or wait for the homies to hit them up to hit the park they skate. They skate cause it’s what they do. It’s their therapy, it’s their solace.
I don’t know when I became a lone skater, but most of us start skating alone. When you’re first learning how to skate, it’s a lot of trial and error trying to figure out the basics. Over time you find a crew of friends and you guys usually meet up to skate somewhere, playing games of SKATE (or HORSE, for non-skaters), hang out and try to progress as skateboarders. But if you really want to get better you have to put in your own time outside of those crew sessions. You need to focus, not that you can’t with friends around but there’s a different level of focus when you are alone.
A lot of artists and creatives get lost in the comfort they find alone. With an unrelenting focus they can make their dreams or ideas a reality. One of the unofficial principles of skateboarding if you ask me.
A few weeks ago I watched a clip on Max Schaaf. A lone skater that came up skating a vert ramp in his living room in oakland. He had a long career, successful as a skateboarder and even a videographer. About 20 mins into the video they discuss what being alone did for him and his skateboarding and how it may have looked on the outside looking in. Then later in life what that solitude did for him as he moved into different avenues in his life.
I think you’ll like it, check it out.
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Ep. 5 The Ups and Down of the Spin Cycle
Tracklist
Open Heart – The Weeknd
Then we could be free.. – Mike
Every Morning – Max B
Cycle Dance – Friction
Cool Out – Style P
Lifetime – Paul Hardcastle, The Jazzmasters
No Horse to Ride – Luke Grimes
Track 2 from CASIOPEA (self-titled) 1979
Moon River – Frank Ocean
Texas Sun Khruangbin, Leon Bridges
Power – Roc Marciano
Dead Presidents II – Jay-Z
Name Ring Bell – Wale
What It Be Like – Stalley ft. Nipsey Hussle
Chun Li – Wale ft. Nipsey Hussle
Smoke Break – Curren$y
Find Your Wings – Tyler, The Creator
Ridin’ Round – Kali Uchis
Back to Me – Kanye West
Wolf Like Me – TV On The Radio
Banned in DC – Bad Brains
Awake – Trash Talk
We Roll Deep – The Conscious Daughters
Her Light – Cleo Sol
That’s Why I Love You – SiR, Sabrina Claudio
Blackbiird – Beyonce
Burning in paradise 