Don't Do It In The Park

RENO stand up! Yep this guy pretty much tells it like it is for our little burg haha....this dude is seriously the posterchild for SMOKE WEED GET HEAD


ps I went to the middle school across the street and had some of the wildest/vilest times a 13 yearold horndog could have I fucking love that park always have

Gal, Ohs

When I first saw the trailer for M. Night Shamylyan's The Village.....I figured it was gonna turn out something like this.....man o man it gives me a bad taste in my mouth, but Im also wondering if they may have been as into Avonlea as much as I was as a kid

Rebel - Harmony Korine James Franco

Some photos and video from the set of the new Harmony Korine and James Franco project, Rebel.
"The duo is reportedly planning to stage a fight between actual L.A. street gangs and they might allow the gangs to use real weapons and hurt one another. The battle will reportedly take place at an iconic location like the Griffith Observatory"
Heard about this just after James Franco, Emile Hirsch, and Dakota Fanning were here in Reno last month filming for The Motel Life, a film based off of Reno author Willie Vlautin's 2006 novel... and it looks as if Korine's bmx motif is only getting better. I can't think of much that could top holographic rims on wheelchairs, but violent Warrior's style themed bmx gangs with machetes could do it..

and a new to the world tap dance video of korine in 2001 from avant-garde cinema great Jonas Mekas..
word to the always great harmony-korine.com

Back Away From The Future

Nothing says you live in a dystopian sci-fi future-hell, like seeing a white guy fresh from the air force in a Rasta Baja, listening to Bob Marley, selling crack pipes to a Paiute juggalo at the most illegal corner store in Reno owned by some of the biggest assholes Bangladesh has ever produced.

Cult of the Boognish

If you want a good appraisal of the 90's just youtube Ween videos that aired on televison shows, i just need to a figure out a way to dub these to vhs and Ill be set

Ill Omen Naughty

Daily dose of vitamin reality is brought to us today by B.O.B very eloquently said my man

Gooble Gobble

In the spirit of the Holidaze, I will show thanks to my favorite albums of this year. Like any "best-of" I could do, this isn't super definitive and I am sure there are a couple of ones that I forgot that I will regret. I will probably do at least one more of these by the end of the year. Happy Thanksgiving!


Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan-Hawk

I have talked and talked about this album and listened to it waaaay too many times to write anything about it now.
Pitchfork did an alright job talkin it up so go ask them. Anyways yeah it's real real good.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan from DUKOFF on Vimeo.

Wild Nothing-Gemini

Man this band crept on my hard and rapidly became one of my favorites. They encompass the term "sleeper" in almost anyway you can come up with. I paid no attention to the band when they put up their Kate Bush cover, which is odd. And then when the album came out, I liked it but didn't give it too much thought. It wasn't until the three-song Evertide ep, that I really got a good hold on them. Three songs and each one of them could have been a smash-hit, Duran Duran-big radio phenomenon...In an alternate, much much cooler universe. Revisiting the album I realized each and every song on the motherfucker was just about as good, and it was variated enough to not be monotonous, which is not the easiest thing to pull off when you are playing soft somber shit. It's all over the news, NOSTALGIA is waay big with the current generation and im a fan myself. Anyways this shit will definitely make you feel like you're living in whatever idealized past/future you've created for yourself.

WILD NOTHING - LIVE IN DREAMS from John Paul on Vimeo.

Big Boi-Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

-I knew this one was gonna be great by the steady stream of singles that came out damn near a year preceding the album release. But actually a lot of the end of the album tracks have become my favorite, the whole album reminds me of why I fell in love with songs like Skew It On the Bar-B, B.O.B, Trans DF Express(remember that one?), and pretty much all Outkast in general. I find myself putting this album on more than others, oh and the below song will forever remain my personal anthem, I smoke weed and flex in my room by myself to this shit.

Big Boi - Fo Yo Sorrows VIDEO ft.Too Short,George Clinton,SamChris from SNORTTHIS.COM on Vimeo.

Joanna Newsom-Have One On Me

In time this album could very well become my favorite album of all time. The problem is that it is sooo dense and packed to the brim with imagery and harmony and swirling strings and all that and more that even nearly 10 months later I have not been to fully grasp all three albums. I just take off a chunk or so and chew on that for a couple of months, but honestly I haven't really been able to get past "Good Intentions Paving Company" which is one of those songs that just plucks every heartstring I have, in a fashion probably not too different from the way she plays the harpstrings. But what in the hell is up with all those sex symbol press photos?! That is definitely not the spritely elf singing about clams my junior year. I mean can't say I'm objecting, I just never imagined she'd intentionally give dudes boners to sell her music, but like I said I'm not complaining.


No Age Everything In Between

I came into this album with little to no expectation beacause I wasn't that big of a fan of their earlier shit. That's what suprised me the most is because I wasn't really looking for anything in their vein, but they brought it so hard that I liked it anyway. It rocks way harder than their other albums, more concise I think. It sounds like a band really honin' in on their own sound, it's cool to listen to. They've always tried to that pulsing white-noise build up into structure thing, well I think they pulled it off the best they've ever done it on this album. They shift seamlessly from amorphic to anthemic throughout the album.

No Age - Glitter (not the video) from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

Dum Dum Girls-I Will Be

I was an early fan of these guys especially of that song Ship of Love, but I tell you what the recording on those early releases was pretty bare-bones. This record continued the great songs from the demo and whatnot but with just enough polish. My only complaint would be that more of the older stuff wasn't re-recorded. I know bands usually get flack for that, but Im usually all for it.

Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

Sun Valley Above The Rest

as with most towns the real gold usually lies in the outskirts, the fringe. where people don't get shit so easily. anyone who grew up in Sun Valley/Lemon Valley/Stead/Fernley/Cold Springs/Spanish Springs/Carson/Dayton or whatever corrolary applies to your world...I see you. fuck yeah keep doin you and flash on the rest.

AMERICAN ART otherwise known as AMERICA LIVES!!!!

I dont know how the rest of everybody else feels but I still love America and think it's pretty fuckin tight! im glad prop 19 didnt pass lets keep the weed to the punks and faggots haha. ive been thinking alot lately on how tight sex is. All us boys used to dream of it and we all know when we finally crossed the flesh-hold we came immediately. and lsd !!! come on what happened to everybody just eating THAT shit every weekend. I think we need to call the snow storm off its killing the colorful eyes of americans. here is some good american cinema from americas primal years of america.THE JERKY PARTY.




I HIGHLY SUGGEST TAKING ALL HALLUCINOGENS ESPECIALLY D.M.T. THE SPIRIT MOLECULE: AN ULTIMATE TEST.

That's Noose To Me

America at the Dawn of a New Century

Came across this a night or two ago, don't have much information and I can't remember where I originally stumbled upon it. From what I can gather it is a homemade movie of a weekend in Michigan with a group of people. Seemingly innocuous, it is actually probably the best summation of America that I have ever seen....completely blown away.
It's like gummo, but real.


and the soundtrack is fucking spot on

Grass Egg-Fried Widow

Grass Widow - Fried Egg from Kill Rock Stars on Vimeo.

Get Naked You Beezy

Dr. Laura, what can be said that you haven't already said yourself? appreciate the n00dz though!

Ye Olde Programme

Lovin' It

Young Til I Die

Do you believe in reincarnation? Well I entertain the thought like I entertain most others, and I figure if I am a reincarnated person it was most likely some Ozarkian grandmother with a whole heapful children's songs and a scratchy, cocklely voice. Ever since I can remember Sunday School songs, Bluegrass, and general old-timey Americana folk music has resonated with me real hard. Something in the way they sing just hits that absolute center of my soul, hard to put into english...I also like the stories, I love the way they blend super adult-themed stories but color them with frogs with mice for uncles or rings of rosies and pockets full of posies. "There was an old woman who swallowed a fly" was a favorite as a kid, and the story of Don Gato has always sparked my imagination....

This all brings me to an album I just found called "Old Mother Hippletoe" which is a collection of children's songs and the ilk, all recorded back in the day by children's choirs, and real-deal share-croppin', god-fearin', butter-churnin', chitlin' cleanin' salt-of-the-earth type of folks. It has Little Rooster as performed by Almeda Riddle if you needed any more indication of what you are in for. Anyways this little ditty right here is just about as definitive on the subject of Children's Folk Songs as I've ever seen and I must once again praise Times Ain't Like They Used To Be for turning me onto some shit that my soul needed for sure.
Gather Round

Robin Hood and the Peddler, Old Granpaw Yet, Go To Sleep Little Baby, and Mister Rabbit are some of my favorite tracks so far...

and if you've never heard the tragic tale of Senor Don Gato...

Eating Snowflakes with Plastic Forks and a Paper Plate....of Course

they just dont like em

The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore

NPR
A teen bandit from the small Washington island of Camano has been on the run for 20 months and is being touted as a modern-day Jesse James. Police say the young outlaw is an amateur criminal — but a master escape artist.

The last time authorities had Colton Harris-Moore in custody was in April 2008. At that point, he was serving time in a halfway house for youth offenders, just south of Seattle. He'd been convicted of theft and possession of stolen property.

It was bed-check and he was in his pajamas. But soon after the nightly routine, he climbed out a second-story window and into the night.

Since then, the now-18-year-old fugitive has eluded police in Washington, Idaho and Canada, repeatedly vanishing into the woods. Police suspect he's stolen at least two planes, two boats and several cars, plus broken into more than 50 homes. Yet the only thing growing faster than Harris-Moore's alleged rap sheet is his legend.

Lawless But Loved

"I don't understand it, myself," says county sheriff Mark Brown. He bristles at the mention of Harris-Moore's exploding popularity.

"Reasonable people would not want to idolize somebody or sensationalize somebody who's a thief," he says.

Harris-Moore is wanted in five counties on multiple charges. But 10 of those charges are in Harris-Moore's hometown of Camano Island — Brown's jurisdiction.

Over the years, police say Harris-Moore has evolved from a petty thief stealing food and blankets, to what he is today — a convicted felon on the run.

During a recent appearance on a local Seattle radio show, Harris-Moore's mother, Pamela Kohler, said she has no idea where her son is hiding.

"And I like it like that, because that way I don't have any information to give to the police," she said.

Kohler says she's writing a book about her son's exploits. She plans to use the profits to open an animal shelter for abused pets, something she says her son had dreamed of doing. Kohler also claims he's a genius.

"He took an IQ test a few years ago and he's three points below Einstein," she says. "And if he flew those planes without lessons. I am very, very proud."
But he's not a boy only a mother can love. He has a growing legion of fans — and not just locally. Harris-Moore's fame reaches far beyond the small Puget Sound community where he is accused of invading homes and stealing credit cards. Feelings about Harris-Moore run the gamut from locals who are tired of the story — and of answering reporters' questions — to fierce fans enamored with the growing myth.

People have even written songs. The lyrics to "The Ballad of Barefoot Harris" read, "But he'd never hurt a fly, and he'd never kill a man, and he never will be found."

Fans as far away as Greece, Italy and Australia extend open-door invitations through the magic of Facebook. To date, there are more than 16,000 members of a fan page for Harris-Moore.

Girls, taken by his almond-shaped blue eyes, beg him to visit their homes and offer to be his girlfriend. Guys mock the law enforcement agencies who have failed to capture the 6-foot-5, 210-pound teen.

Aidin Stephens is also rooting for the runaway. And not just because Stephens sells T-shirts bearing Harris-Moore's picture for $15 each.

"Being good doesn't really get you very far," Stephens says. "It's a kind of a sucker's swindle."

"There's haves and have-nots in the world, and whether he's a mastermind or not, he obviously was never going to have the kind of opportunities that some people might have to have a Mercedes or to be a pilot," Stephens says. "I mean, it's an expensive hobby to have an airplane."

Legend's End Still Up In The Air

Nobody knows that better than Bob Rivers, whose plane was worth $150,000. That was before Harris-Moore allegedly stole it — then then totaled, it.

It took police almost a year to link Rivers' 4-seater Cessna to the wanted teen. But despite their assertions, Rivers, a Seattle host for CBS Radio, is not entirely convinced Harris-Moore is really responsible. And he's reluctant to add to the fugitive's growing legend.

"There's a saying in aviation: There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots," Rivers says. "Colton has clearly done some bold things, but could he learn to fly on the Internet and then crash-land several planes in a row, in rugged terrain, and walk away each time without a scratch?"

The story — if true — is what makes Harris-Moore's life the stuff movies are made of. Just last month, a documentary film crew landed on Camano Island to interview locals. A slew of production companies are courting Kohler for access to her son.

Of course, this isn't a movie. With each new crime that's attributed to the teen, the stakes get higher and the potential for a dangerous confrontation increases. Authorities and Harris-Moore's mother are hoping for the least cinematic ending — the one where the 18-year-old quietly turns himself in.

and remember maurice clemmons