Fixed Gear Culture: Greg Cox, UK.

So the new craze amongst the youth of the nation is to ride fixed gear bikes at ridiculously fast speeds through moving traffic. Using bikes known as fixies, they are modified to be as light as possible to gain maximum speed - with NO brakes. I decided to hook up with one of Coventrys most well known fixie kids DJ Obvious to see what it's all about.Itchey Labels: So what actually got you into

U-N-I-Supreme 2.0

The first leak off U-N-I and Ro Blvd’s upcoming offering A Love Supreme 2.0 comes in the shape of a quality cut that unmistakably highlights the duo’s creative handwritings. Entitled Supreme 2.0 the track indicates that Hip Hop fans will receive a rewind-worthy mixtape as it boasts poignant lyrics coupled with a progressive beat. A Love Supreme 2.0 comes along with a physical release of A Love

Supra Skytop II 2010 Preview

Supra unveils a couple of new colorways in its Skytop II silhouette via a recent feature within the pages of Complex. Both a navy blue/gold and black colorway make themselves visible, each showcasing the newly re-designed uppers of one of the more popular skate models in sometime, although as of late they’ve become more known for their fashionista sensibilities. Look for these new joints to drop

Kitsune 2010 Spring/Summer Suede Belts

CHromme babbby!!!

State of the Art

Hollister long sleeve Fleece

Hollister Button Downs

Shoes of the YEAR!!

Vanss Era!!

BITARTAEN con Amaia Garrosa y Iker Ormazabal

BITARTEAN Danza: Amaia GarrosaMúsica en directo: Iker OrmazabalFicha Técnica: Danza Butoh, Ambient Noise.Sinopsis: Bitartean es el espacio-tiempo que existe entre dos unidades. Entre los límites físicos que desaparecen, las profundidades de expresión que se exploran, el instante que resuelve. El inconsciente se mueve, la atmósfera también respira.Amaia Garrosa comienza su investigación en

Tiger, I'mma Let You Finish …

This is called "Killing three (current events) birds with one stone."

The Exotic Menace

Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Sunshine State AwardsFirst Place, Front Page Design, Large NewspapersThe Daytona Beach News-Journal Kelly Ann Markowitz, Jennifer Cason & Octavio DiazComments: Very clean and balanced overall look on all pages. Rail on left is well-illustrated and easy to navigate.Nice use of shading and headers on info boxes and refers to avoid making packages too

Financial advice

Music: A day with Pint Shot Riot in London.

So this was the first time I'd worked with Pint Shot Riot in over a year. The band were in London for PR meetings, interviews and a gig that evening in Shoreditch. In the daytime, Pint Shot Riot had a Pod Cast interview with Game Spot to discuss the bands music being played on EA Games 'FIFA 10' and 'The Sims'. The PSR boys being interviewed for the Game Spot Podcast.When the guys had finished

Music: The Original Rude Boy.

Legendary Neville Staples of Coventry 2-tone band The Specials made a return journey back to his hometown for a book signing collaboration with the recently opened Vans store on Coventrys Burges. Releasing his first book about his life in the band was a piece of cake as fans of the world renowned 'The Specials' flocked to the store for autographs and photos with the original 'Rude Boy'. The

Night Before Christmas 2009

Goes with a parody of Clement Clarke Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas.”(Click image to enlarge.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Street Life: Swimming with the fishes.

So I was teaching English in a school in the Ramkhemheng area of Bangkok. One day after I had finished teaching, I had a photography job to do in the Lad Prao area of Bangkok. As I was leaving the school I teach in, I received a call from an American friend telling me they had pulled a body out of the river so I took the boat up to Mahad Thai bridge. As I got of the boat, there was a crowd of

Street Life: Death in Hong Kong.

So on my last day in Hong Kong, I walked into Tshim Sha Tsui (A district in Kowloon) to get my self a McDonalds breakfast and continue reading Richard Bransons autobiography. On my walk home, I was just admiring the view of the harbour when a dead squid caught my eye. I was looking at it in amazement, because I was watching some mad documentary the previous night on giant squid in America.

Growth Rush of 2009

Developers seek land-use approvals before Hometown Democracy goes to voters.

Travel: Hong Kong ♥

Hong Kong, is my second favourite city in the world behind Singapore. I spent a week there and it was wicked! It was very similar to the UK. Road signs, buildings, etc. The girls were hot! (As expected) But the thing that really blew me away was how fashionable people were there. Everyone was dressed to perfection whether it was indie kids, streetwear kids or the punks. What was really HOT was

Travel: Super Singapore!

So I went to stay in Singapore for a week and it was amazing. Singapore located at the southern tip of Malaysia is one of the financial powerhouses of south east asia. The streets are clean, public transport is efficient and always on time and I'd say Singapore would be a wicked place to live. The girls are hot, but not as fashionable as there Hong Kong counterparts.If you like drugs, Singapore

Company holiday parties

Restaurateurs are hopeful about holiday party bookings.

Traffic tickets

Weird things you can get ticketed for.

Halloween safety

Travel: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Okay, so basically, I had to leave Thailand on a Visa Run as my visa was due to expire on October 19th. You can get buses to the Laos Border, Cambodian border or just fly anywhere. I decided to go to Singapore, not by plane, but by a bus. Three buses to be precise. Bus 1 from Bangkok to Haad Yai. Bus 2 from Haad Yai to Kuala Lumpur and Bus 3 from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore - a total of 36 hours or

Time Out Magazine

www.timeout.catEl refugi de l’art urbàBase Elements és una galeria del Barri Gòtic que promociona artistes amb passat grafiter i que també amaga una perruqueria i una boutique. Per Laia BeltranFoto de SCOTT CHASSEROTEl germen d’aquesta història es pot resumir en dues línies: dissenyadora gràfica catalana resident a Califòrnia coneix escultor local, s’enamoren i, per iniciativa d’ell, decideixen

How Bout Dem BLazerss!! HELLA BOMMB!!

Monkey See! Monkey Do!

From Base Elements we want to thank to our artists Pedro Cuevas, Andrea Noferini/Alter Krapp, PezKhamino and Kuke, for such an amazing performance, those nights are the soul of the gallery. And an amazing opportunity to see these artists painting, creating, performing, acting, ......and also a goodbye party to Pedro Cuevas who has been 3 weeks painting at the gallery and now is back to his

Happy 50th anniversary, Twilight Zone!

On a Friday night in October 1959, Americans began slipping into a dimension of imagination as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. They’ve never really returned.

New work from Pedro Cuevas

Our friend and artist Pedro Cuevas is back on a 3 week visit to Barcelona. It has been wonderful to have him at Base Elements working on his new paintings, in the new series of work, he put away his collage technique that inspired him while living in Barcelona to focused only on the purest painting (brushes only).It seems it was yesterday when he and his family went back to his hometown Buenos

Cómo se hace un PEZ?!!!!

Pez nos demostró como se hacen sus peces, ......y sus fans disfrutaron muchísimo!!!!!!!!!!

The Virtual Fall in Florida Experience

Florida lacks a real fall season, so for those who want to see the leaves changing colors and feeling that cool snap in the air, there’s The Virtual Fall in Florida Experience! Here’s the sketch.

Mystery Meat

Some restaurants have been fined for seafood violations, serving surimi, made from fish protein, and passing it off as crab.

Louis Vuitton "Kanye West" SHoes

VIP packages

Bands are using VIP packages to give fans more bang for their buck.Freelance job for Riverfront Times.Here’s the sketch.

Apple touch screen netbook rumor

I want this computer.

The Litigation Engine

Not doing too well in today’s economy.

Happy Labor Day!

DOPEE!!! I want these!!!

Scary Stories

Asking readers of the Daytona Beach News-Journal to submit their scary stories. Winner is chosen and his/her story will be illustrated and will run prior to Halloween.

My THouGhtS Of ThE DaY

WATT UPP! Its yo boii Jordin. Today was really weard. My friends, my teachers even the work. I really do not like my science teacher. My homework that was due today, was suppost to be turned in right when you walk in. So I turn it in 2 minutes later and he said that its late so I get a 0. UGHHHHHH!!! WE did some weard work in english. We have to draw faces with different emotions on a plate and

Altier La Durance Jeans...DOPEE!!!

The Luxurious Life

Okay now. Who wants to live here. This house is so DOPEE!! I wish I could live here. Check THe pool. I would be in that all day. Comment on this house. Tell me if you would want to live here! DAMNNNN!!!!

G.E.N.I.U.S

My ThOuGhTs Of ThE dAy

Dopee weekend so far. Friday I went to a high school football game. Gorman vs. Durango. Then on Saturday I had a third funraiser with my football team. After everyone came to my house to go swimming. Saturday night we went to the UNLV game. It was alright. Sunday was preety chill. Well I'll tell you later how today went. For the followers tell other people about this my blog. Trying to get a lot

PoNy 2010 SpRinG Collection

Humour FashION GeAR!!

THe Google 1Phone!!

CHeck THese OUT!!

My THouGhtS Of ThE DaY

School today. I wasn't that bad. Got to see the friends. My science teacher says burpble instead of purple!!! HAHA. God I really want to go find one of these Ed Hardy Binders. The Bulldog one Is so damn DOPEE!!! I was suppost to go to the gym but now I got a massive headache. Follow. Subscribe. Comment. Do what you got to do. PEACE!!

2009 Dodge Challenger Vapor

My ThOuGhts OF tHe DaY

Today was just a chill day. Just did some chores around the house and hung wit the family. School again tomorrow. I guess we have to do some work this week. I hope that there will not be any tests on the 2nd week of school. Today I did go to the sideline sports store and got a fresh Buc hat. Well once again it was just a chill day so i didnt do much. Comment for some dope ideas for the blog. Ill

Ed Hardy Takeover

Ed Hardy is killing the market with their school supplies. Binders, Folders, Notebooks, Pencils, and Bookcovers.

Time for Bobby Bowden to Retire?

Crowns. A royal pain.

University of Florida Gators football preview

Summer Vernissage

Join us this saturday for our Summer Vernissage with PezKhamino & friends. Lots of spontaneous energy, drinks and music. All day!

If you exercise, you’ll live longer

Miami Senior High Class of 1969, 40-year Reunion

I designed the cover of the Memory Book.

Summer Edition Circuitisme Gòtic

Once again the association of Circuitisme Gotic has celebrated the 12th edition, an opportunity for people to get to know the artist studios, art galleries, fashion boutiques, restaurants, bars, all in a circuit with red carpets, flowers, performances, music, culture.www.circuitismegotic.comNeus Vives the coordinator of this association and its events. That was a lot of work, meetings, permits

Lost in Barcelona

Check this out!!! Lost in Barcelona a weekly magazine online filmed their 5th episode here at the gallery. www.lostinbarcelona.tv "Super cool!!!!!"The making of at www.lostinbarcelona.tumblr.com ( Pictures All Rights Reserved to Lost in Barcelona)Antonia Folguera interviewing Rober Burt owner of Base Elements Urban Art gallery.The Crew at Base Elements.Jersinho......Where do we start?ACTION!!!

Sick at Work

The Concept Album Makes a Comeback

Magic’s Dwight Howard as The PuppetMaster

Borrowing from The Godfather movie poster.

Explaining the Sell-by Date on Food Products

Hot Dogs

Whistle Blower

Credit Card Meltdown

Companies jack up fees, rates in advance of new law.

Daytona Dream

For the 50th anniversary of Daytona International Speedway, we imagine what it would be like to watch a “Dream Race” of the best drivers of the Speedway’s past.

Tallers Oberts Ciutat Vella

Empieza la jornada de Puertas Abiertas a los Talleres de Creadores de Ciutat Vella 2009. 30-31(sábado/domingo) de Mayo y 6-7 (sábado/domingo) de Junio. Horario 11-14h. y 17-21h.www.tallersoberts.netPor fin este año después de 6 años en Base Elements participaremos en Tallers Oberts, en el mapa somos 43F. Robert explicará su criterio de selección de artistas emergentes de Barcelona, y mostrar la

CEO Pay

CEOs are taking a hit from the recession but their companies are making adjustments that could mean fatter paychecks in the future.

Who Are You?

Illustration to go with story about how one fits in the world social networking and microblogging.

Pez at the beach

Getting warm up for the summer!!!

Yuri's new assistant

We have Yuri using half of the gallery as an art studio, and Dylan got fascinated by him working and wanted to help him with choosing the color paint, stencils....he only called him 50 times, Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri! Yuri!...and Yuri is the best with kids!

How I Got Started With Photoshop

When it comes to graphic design and illustration, Adobe Photoshop is the weapon of choice for today’s artists. However, the software itself is a quite tough nut to crack, and extremely hard to master. The concepts are not always intuitive and it’s not always clear when to use what tool and how to use it effectively. In fact, a lot of the trial and error in Photoshop usually takes much time to

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

BarcelonaAfter studying Various Graffiti works throughout the cities we have visited this semester. I studied how different graffiti effects public space. What I discovered is how it can actually change public space. Here we see 2 pictures in Barcelona on a street, during the day the shops are open and business is running, but when they close and the garage doors go down the environment of the

Morocco FesOn our field trip to Fes we spent 6 days tour around the city. I looked for Graffiti and soon realized that instead of it ever being considered to be toloated it is considered a crime against their culture and heritage. The buildings are considered profane and the only act of displaying Graffiti is through the carving of coligraphy and inscribtion in Arabic in homes and in Mosques.

April is National Humor Month

Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame

For a story about why some musicians are not inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

10 Newspapers That Will Survive The Apocalypse

A recent story from Business Insider mentioned that there are plenty of local newspapers that, after cutting newsroom bloat, would be very profitable. The story goes on to say that these local newspapers just need to stop spending on trying to find their way out and instead they should focus on running their current good business.The story named ten newspapers worth acquiring, including my

Using Technology for Job Search

Taxing the Online Travel Sites

Government officials want to collect more bed taxes from online travel sites.

Graffiti BilbaoThis graffiti art was photographed in Bilbao on our way to the Winery's. The Language is in Bask and has a very interesting style. It has a geometric concept to it that isnt relevant in any other graffiti I have photographed in Spain. It is composed of several different geometric patterns that are filled either solid or lightly shaded. In the back ground of the photo you can see

Graffiti BarcelonaThis graffiti was photographed in Barcelona. I think this method of spray painting is most interesting because it comes alive at different times of the day. Since the graffiti is done on the garage doors of restaurants, and retail centers. They are only open at certain hours of the day. So the experience is only seen during closing hours, siesta, and on Sundays. The work is

Graffiti Art MeridaSorry for the quality, This was a night shot. This was the only graffiti I found in Merida. It was located by the Roman Aqueducts and was very incredible. This was the most beautiful work I found along our trip to southern Spain. The location seemed to be more private then public since it was behind some bushes away from the Aqueducts. But the art was amazing, It had

Granada SevillaThese were taken in Sevilla of the empty spaces from 1992 Exhibition. You can see here that there is no real hierarchy of graffiti art here. The place is a location where several artists come together to express their art together in integration. It combines a portrait of different styles and feelings of the artists together. It is a perfect location to do this also. After 1992

Graffiti SevillaThought I would add this from the recycling bins

Graffiti SevillaThis Graffiti was taken in our trip to Sevilla. There was alot of interesting Spray paint done in this city. But this caught the most of my attention because it was a targeting idea. These small structures purpose were for recycling. There were several of these throught the city each spray painted differently. They were not mainstream sprayed with any type of companies or

Graffiti Located In GranadaThis next location I choose to photograph because the location seemed perfect. It was on the route to the Alhambra and Unlike the Madrid Graffiti that looked permanent this seemed to be almost a temporary exhibit. It was sprayed on a building under-construction so the artist knowing the it probably wouldn't last long did a quick Tag of a word (in Spanish and complicated

Graffiti MadridThis Photo was taken During our Visit to Madrid. Location was on a small public square. You can see the large mural was probably done in pieces because of the detail it could not have been completed in one night. It seems to express a portrait of a graffiti artist and an eye. In between them I can make out one word in English that says Soul. The other word of above this I cannot

Busted in El Salvador

In 1979, I went on my first trip to El Salvador. Since the early ’70s, we had heard stories from other traveling surfers about Punta Roca, a fabulous point break discovered by Miami surfer Bob Rotherham, who first stumbled upon this little speck of surfing nirvana while traveling through Central America in 1972. He totally fell in love with the country and the surf and married a local woman and

Foreclosure Scams

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

To see the outcome of this epic battle between Notre Dame’s leprechaun mascot versus U2 frontman Bono, click here.

My piranha

Metal sculptor produces fantasy bike

By OCTAVIO DIAZStaff WriterDaytona Beach News-JournalEver dream of soaring down the highway on the back of a giant metal eagle? Or getting by with a little help from your dragon friends?Key Largo metal sculptor Kim Brandell's motorcycle creations may help you do just that.Brandell is exhibiting his unique metal creations, the Screaming Eagle and the Dragon bike during Bike Week at an Easy Riders

Halloween 2008

Cover for the Beachside Resident (Cocoa Beach, FL) as well as my Halloween e-card.

Gregg Allman and Friends at Destination Daytona

Last Saturday night March 1, 2009, as part of Bike Week events, rock and blues musician Gregg Allman performed at Destination Daytona. Although not my kind of music, I went to check it out anyway, since he was originally from Daytona Beach and I wanted to see him play for a hometown crowd. Plus, the newspaper gave me a free ticket.He and his band Gregg Allman and Friends performed a solid,

Surfing Through the Years

From the 1968 high school yearbook, when I was a junior.South Beach sequence, 1978.Wilderness, Puerto Rico, 1987.Middles, Puerto Rico, 1988.Playa Jobos, Puerto Rico, 1990.Playa Negra, Costa Rica, 1993.

OD’s Birthday Party Invitation

I am also adding that it was my birthday weekend and I am now 23 and Old. We had a great night on Thursday and tonight we are heading out for the festivals this weekend that are happening in several different cities. We hope to return on a 6am train, but we have finished all our work.

I have been currently out of commission for a computer, mine has fried. But southern Spain was incredible. I had said previously said that my blog would be centered around graffiti. I took several pictures of graffiti throughout our travels, taking the best shots i could in each city. It has shown that graffiti artists tend to have the best works in public squares. And most art around that

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Friday 13th