Watch: “Parra – Short for Paranoid”

Via Hypebeast.tv:

The name Parra should resonate with any person relatively well-versed in the realm of street culture. With an influence spanning art, sneaker design and even more recently, furniture, the Amsterdam-based artist has had the uncanny ability to make many things he touches into a solid hit. We focus on the efforts of Parra in the past and more recently as well as his background.

Watch: Bruce Lee’s Lost Interview from 1971

The Lost Interview: Bruce Lee on The Pierre Berton Show, circa 1971 — the legendary martial artist’s only in-depth television interview.

“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

A.D.D Live Podcast w/Aaron Marable

Mammoth Life by Aaron Marable

• A.D.D Live Podcast w/Aaron Marable
The Jackpot Saloon (943 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Monday, October 18, 9-11pm

From the Organizers:
A.D.D. will record live at the Jackpot Saloon! Jason Barr will interview Aaron Marable about his current art & lifestyle! Mammoth Life will also perform 2 new tracks from their upcoming record! Only $3!

Watch: The Preview Video for Ferris Plock’s “Rest For The Wicked”

The opening reception for Rest For the Wicked will be held at The Shooting Gallery on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 7-11pm. The exhibit will be on display through September 4, 2010 and is free and open to the public.

Exhibition Statement:

Highly inspired by bedtime stories and comic book consumption as a child, Ferris Plock‘s resulting nostalgia drives the creation of his art today. Plock utilizes his art practice as a mental and emotional outlet, where he illustrates the childhood spirit of make-believe and fantasy. The artist, a storyteller by nature with a formal education in creative  writing and modern literature, easily capsulates a full narrative voiced  through a single character. He breathes a sense of humor and cheer  into his pieces by depicting unexpected characters (such as Tuff Taco), monsters and animals in everyday human conditions. He cites Japanese comics and cartoons as consistent influences for his work as well as traditional Ukiyo-e wood block prints. His works are primarily on wood panels, canvas and found objects in which he often times employs the use of unconventional materials such as house paint, wood stains and gold and silver leaf.

Read an interview with Ferris Plock about his upcoming show here

Watch: D.I.Y. America’s Interview with Os Gêmeos

About D.I.Y. America:

D.I.Y. America is a serialized show focusing on leaders in the youth/punk/DIY movement. Subjects include over two decades of leaders from the skateboarding, punk, grafitti and hip-hop worlds. Assembled using footage shot for (but never included in) the Beautiful Losers film. Examples include: Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Glen Friedman, Tony Hawk, etc.

See more episodes of D.I.Y. America here

Artist Bio:

Os Gêmeos (Portuguese for “The Twins”) are identical twin brothers from São Paulo, Brazil. They started painting graffiti in 1987 and gradually became a major influence in the local scene, helping to define Brazil’s own style. Stylistically, Os Gêmeos are heavily influenced by the cryptic art of the São Paulo–based pixação graffiti movement as well as American hip-hop, which the twins grew up with in Brazil. The brothers have gained international fame, displaying their work in exhibitions in major cities in the U.S. and Europe, including Deitch Projects in New York and Tate Modern in London.

See more of Os Gêmeos’ work here

posted by: Harold Johns III