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vclub bmx – For The Sake of the Video – Trailer from Vclub Clothing on Vimeo.

Curtis Mayfield

The Beatles

Robert Wyatt

Check one two..heads up to the frizz hippie at seventies for the tip.

This is a sneak preview trailer for a one off exhibition of 3 deckades of skateboard art that howies and Shiners Distribution are curating at howies 62 Queens Road store in Bristol running from April 17th.

Chris Allen of Shiner has kindly agreed to let us have access to their whole archive of decks. We’ve chosen over 200 favourites which will be on show for a month. With boards from every deckade that Shiners have been distributing the biggest names in skateboarding to the british public it will be a treat for any skateboard fan and graphic freak . There will be decks on show from
Dogtown, Sims, Sant Cruz, Powell Peralta, Vision, Schmitt stix, G & S, Zorlac, Alva, Santa Monica Airlines, plus a host of others.

There will also be a series of one off decks painted by guest artists that will be auctioned for unicef at the end of the exhibition. All boards are hand painted,  Jim Phillips, Geoff McFetridge, Pete Fowler, French, Kev Grey, Will Barras, Mr Jago, China Mike, Marcus Oakley, Andy J Miller, Chris Bourke, Mr Bingo, Bowlegs, Millie Marotta, Gav Strange, Danny Wainwright, Jethro Haynes and Nigel Peake’s boards will all be on show for the month.

Dont miss it.

Joe has ridden for howies for a while now, the new season is nearly upon him and schedules are being planned, races booked and fitness tuned. Here’s a little bit of fun he had on the wee bike riding around the streets of his home.

I just saw this over on the greenormal blog, it’s got a USA theme but makes sense no matter where you live.

This Mortal Coil-Song to the Siren “Cocteau Twins”

Richard Hell- “The Kid with the replaceable head”

Lonnie Donegan-”Puttin on the style”

I’m a big fan of Lewis Carroll so i was pleased as punch to hear the BFI have released the 1903 film version. Here’s the lowdown.

The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet.

With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), ‘Alice in Wonderland’ was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film’s original colours for the first time in over 100 years.

Music: ‘Jill in the Box’, composed and performed by Wendy Hiscocks.

Ruben just reminded me of this, a moment that i would hope would not be lost on anyone who has set themsleves a task that has an element of chaos tacked in for good measure. This wasn’t for the win either, it was just to finish.