In Memory of Hunter S. Thompson

The man, the myth, the notorious outlaw journalist....other wise known as Hunter S. Thompson. 3 years ago on February 20th,
Hunter killed himself at his humble bunker, the Owl Farm. Despite what
so many people theorize about his death (murder, set-up, blah blah
blah), i am simple bummed and upset that one the greatest
journalist/writers is dead! I remember when it happened. A distraught
friend phoned me and explained the tragedy, i didn't know what to say.
I got off the phone and remained in a coma for awhile shaken by the
news....i couldn't register what happened! My idol, my hero, my
inspiration for writing...killed himself.
Many people know HST for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - a true tale about Raoul Duke's (aka Hunter) brutal journey to the heart of the American Dream along with his savage Mexican lawyer (Oscar Zeta Acosta) referred to as Dr Gonzo and Samoan for his protection. This story was documented by Hunter's own recorder, and there were countless amounts of recording stashed away in his Compound in Colorado. He allowed nobody to have access to them. Hunter was suppose to cover a motorcycle race (Mint 400) in Vegas, but, 3 days later, all he turned into Rolling Stone were numerous notes and writings to be put together by the staff. That's how Hunter rolled. Fear and Loathing was a macabre hysteria-drug-induced demolition derbywtihout limits, without regrets, and without sobriety. Wish i could've been there!
Other novels worth checking out are:
-Hells Angels. Hunter's along for the ride with the most violent biker gangs
in America, by the end, he gets STOMPED! Still have never read it's
entirety!
-Curse of Lono. This true story makes Fear and Loathing in Vegas look like an overpriced appetizer. Takes place on Hawaii and involves nothing short of barbaric lewd acts. The ending is pure insanity!
-Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail of 72. I'm still reading this one,
but it's multiple journal entries of Hunter covering the Campaign of
72, specifically the Democratic Party. It's a slow reader, but it shows
Hunter's gonzo journalism in practical abuse!
-The Rum Diary. His first novel. Wrote it in Puerto
Rico while he was a newspaper writer on the only newspaper in the city.
It's a crazy saga full of cursing, riots, rum, and lust!
There are certainly others, find them yourself....
I miss Hunter S. Thompson. A few years back i wrote an "On the Road" piece that read like Fear and Loathing, except, i was totally sober. I always had meant to send the story to Hunter just for the hell of it. I wish i had! Here's to you Hunter, you'll never go unspoken of and you'll always have enemies!
"There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die."
—Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, 1988

How to stage a 2-Person Mass Protest

Hit this link and learn how to stage a protest against the police! COPWATCH

Shrink-to-Fit 501's son!

You cannot fuck with LEVIS 501's.....
Fuck a $100 jeans, i gets mine at Fred Mizzles for 30bones! Can't front on the starch, can't front on the 5th pocket, can't front on the redtab, can't front on the XX, can't front on Genuine American Denim. Ya gotta cop your pair at corporate outlets, don't get that Urban Outfitter style, get ya 501's down at Freddies!! Shrink-to-Fit is the premium denim not to be washed, don't wash em, trust me! 501 XX bitch!

Cuba & Fidel Castro 101 - A Tribute

So Cuba's President is finally resigning due to age and ill-health. Castro can hardly even take care of himself, let alone an entire country. Some people are so happy about this and believe Castro has been nothing but a tempermental-marxist-egodriven-dictator. Well, so what if that's true. He's been a better leader than: Nixon, Johnson, Reagan, Bush Sr, and Bush Jr combined!!!
Many people give him such an awful time, and for what reason!!? - They think he is an evil communist....what the FUCK is wrong with Communism, if operated correctly Communism is far more fair and balanced than America has ever experienced!! Go read up on Communism and Marxism....
Back to Cuba:
Fidel Castro fuckin' liberated the people from corrupt, elite, capitalistic pigs! (This liberation is what America needs today) He put together an army of Revolutionaries and they threw a coup. (Yes a coup, an act of overthrowing the Government, an act that results in possible freedom, an act that hasn't been successful in America for hundreds of years, if any!) This resulted in the elite, facist, rich dictators to lose power and stability. Fidel and his army were successful in overthrowing Cuba's former government. This meant that the national debt was erased, all the prisoners were released, and that capitalism no longer reigned over Cuba. Instead, there were no more rich, no more poor. Now for some, this is an issue, but for others, this was freedom! Many people immigrated to the US, a mere 50miles away. Ever watched Scarface....there are real news scenes in the beginning of the film showing hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to Florida to discover the American Dream and leave Castro's control.
Bay of Pigs:
Prior to this mass immigration, Castro and Russia were tight friends, so tight that America freaked the fuck out and decided to try and overthrow Castro and his army....this "COVERT" event has been known as the BAY OF PIGS. It was a SECRET WAR by the C.I.A to assassinate Castro and restore Democracy to Cuba, and to wage war against "Evil Communism" which falsly threatened America. I think the Cuban Missle Crisis happened before or after this covert war, which by the way, the C.I.A. lost. That's right, America was defeated in it's own secret war. I recommend you dust the shelves for this COVERT-OPERATION, there's plenty of undisclosed documents about this!
Cuba and Russia:
So Cuba were allies with Russia, and Russia had beef with America, so they armed Cuba with missles that could be launched toward the US at the push of a button-)or so the American public was told.) This was some serious COLDWAR-Dr.Stranglove-type shit. America, Cuba, and Russia had major beef with one another, and a nuclear holocaust was foreshadowing the Globe. Thankfully, the countries never launched Death-in-a-Rocket, and that credit is due to JFK, a president hated by his own government.
Black-Balling Cuba:
We then told Cuba we would never do any more business with them. That meant, that we would not buy Cane Sugar from Cuba! This is like telling Japan that we are no longer going to buy any electronics from them...it's a tremendous blow to the economy and job market!! Cuba's MAIN exporter was Cane Sugar, and we were the major importer for them...so we fucked them....we straight BLACK-BALLED Cuba (yes, blackballed, a rap term used to describe a rapper NOT able to sell/market/promote themselves due to another rappers constraint/power/control.) It's no wonder Castro hated America, the US caused Cuba to go into poverty and economic crises!
Another Gold Star for us!
Re-cap:
Castro couldn't do anything about it, he didn't have any sort of leverage on America and he didn't want America running Cuba, much like America is running some of the Middle East and Afghanistan right now. (history lesson 101 for the US gov!)
So America destroyed Cuba, alienated the people of Cuba, and blackballed CAstro, all because he believed in running the country in a Marxist/Communist manner, which unfortunately began to backfire, because his dictatorship began to wear thin on the country....he's been the President since he was a young man, since the 50's i believe! Give it up for Cuba, and give props to Castro, a President that got a bad rep in many History books, on many News Stations, and in many Newspapers/Magazines.
Castro liberated his people and restored equality among a nation which was previously ruled by money-hugnry-tyrants......way to go Castro, America is still far behind!

Che and Fidel - revolutionaries

Classic Necro w/uncle howie

this video is macabre and just another look into Necro's brutal-rap antics. Never seen him live, but hear he has beef in seattle, maybe that's old news. Nevertheless, Necro has a gangload of fans who idolize his death&violence temper, it's not for me, but everynow and then, i like to hear about bloody icepicks, shooting crack, gouging eyes, or any of the like. LAst night...was one of those times, however, it was only a 20min session.....

Dead Prez are fuckin' g's....

KiroTV NEWS Article-
They fuckin' call Dead PRez a Anarchist Hiphop Group....WTF....that's the media for ya....what more do i have to say!
Check the video link HERE

Police Car Destroyed In Olympia Riot

POSTED: 7:35 am PST February 15, 2008
UPDATED: 2:32 pm PST February 15, 2008

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A riot erupted during a hip-hop concert in Olympia early Friday that ended with a police car being overturned and looted.

Police said a band called the Dead Presidents was playing at Evergreen State College when a fight broke out within the crowd at about 1:30 a.m.

As a campus police officer responded and tried to make an arrest in the brawl, she was surrounded by a crowd of concert-goers.

Police said as she struggled to remove the man from the crowd, the band onstage started playing a song called “F___ the Police,” and the audience became increasingly agitated and combative.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Brandy Kessler said the crowd surrounded the officer’s car, demanding for the arrested man to be released.

The officer called for backup. Thurston County deputies responded and removed the campus officer from her car and released the arrested man.

When a deputy’s car failed to start, the crowd overturned it, breaking out windows and ripping the car apart. Officers were pelted with rocks during the melee.

Officials said a deputy's laptop computer and a radar gun were stolen. No weapons were lost.

Troopers and a Thurston County SWAT team dispersed the crowd. No further arrests were made.

One officer was hurt by pepper spray in his eyes.

Pics and more pics:

T.I. translation

Courtesy of MVRemix.com, i think it's worth a laugh-

Chorus:
What you know about that
Ay, don't you know I gotta key by the three
When I chirp shawty chirp back
Louie nap sack where I'm holding all the work at
What you know about that
Hey I know all about that
Loaded 44 on the low where the cheese at
Fresh off the jet to the 'jects where the G's at
Hey what you know about that
Hey I know all about that

Translation:
You lack the understanding as me regarding certain matters of importance
Are you aware that I purchase cocaine in large volume?
Whenever I use my Nextel phone to "chirp" © a female she immediately "chirps"© me back
If you are looking for the aforementioned cocaine, I keep it in my designer Louis Vouiton bag
Again, you lack the same understanding as me regarding certain matters importance
To protect my money, I keep a .44 magnum hidden and prepared to use
I am always around tremendous amounts of money whether it is flying around in a private jet or dealing drugs in the Projects.
Pardon me, but you still lack the same understanding as me regarding certain matters of importance
I am cognizant of all important matters

Supra is pushin' its shoe game:

I've been feelin' alot of the Hi-Tops that SUPRA has been releasing lately, even if it's similar in design to Creative Rec, Alife, or Lakai. Anyway, the skate company is dropping some freshly unique styles, like the 24K Gold Hi's that were released a couple months back. It seems like the hi-tops are being hustled the most.
Right now, hi-tops are fashionable, i mean emo kids sport the fuck outta them, hiphop heads, hardcore kids, NYC hipsters...hi-tops are killing the shoe industry. Everybody is marketing them to an extreme and collaborating with other labels to present that "Fresh" pair of kicks that every consumer "must" have. It's a little overkill sometimes, but i understand, it's a business and it's not just marketed to bball players/enthusiasts and shoe fiends anymore....every subculture is exposed and marketed to now. It'll be interesting to see how long the hi-top mainstream scene lasts. Reebok, Nike, Puma, Vans, Cons, Alife, CR, Adidas, etc. I mean don't get me wrong, hi-tops have always been lucrative and sought after, just not to the PRESENT-DAY extreme...that's my observation.
Back to Supra - Their lows don't impress me a bit however, they look like typical skate shoes that are affordable. All the hi's seem very marketable to skaters, but mostly to trendy street fashion conesuers. Peep some of the hi-tops for yourself:






p.s. i'm glad New Balance are not trying to jump on the hi-top game.

ATO Cow Hide Boot...

shit doesn't even drop in the states til Jan. 09....but if ya got over $200, then ya can order these cow shoes at: OKI-NI, some Kanye shit right here. I'd rather have a fresh pair of dunks still!

WHEAT PASTE 101

I made Wheat Paste a long time ago so that i could go paste cool magazine pics on the surfaces of walls. It was simple enough to make, and i enjoyed practicing on my apartments laudry room walls....nobody ever complained. Anyway, i'm gonna get back into it, so that i can plaster some shit round here in PDX. It's effective, cheap, easy, and is practically permanent so long as all the edges/corners are flattened to the surface. Here are actual instructions how to create it. When i did mine, i kept it in a bucket in my closet...needless to say, it rotted and stunk up my apartment, the smell was horrible, so don't do that....just use it all and throw any extra away! Have fun
HOW TO COOK IT

you need:

* hot plate and a little pot
* beater (or fork)
* flour (white, preferably)
* water
* sugar


..so here's how to do it:



:: take 3 tablespoons of flour



:: add cold water and stir, until it's a runny mix


:: put one cup of water in your pot, heat it until it's almost boiling.



:: put the cold wheat-water-mix in it slowly while stirring constantly with the beater/fork. (leave the pot on the hot plate while doing this)

::bring to boil (just for a minute or so)


:: keep stirring!!



that's it.

if you want, you can add a tablespoon of (white) sugar while it's still hot, for extra strenght.