West Bay Invitational

Stoked on California Games being back...in Wii form. Getting a picture while getting shacked isn't as easy as it may seem.

At the Movies

Out of these surf DVDs, Mikey DeTemple's Picaresque takes the prize. The other two are good, but goddamn, I find myself re-viewing Picaresque at least once a week start to finish.

We're the Crew

My nephew on the boardwalk...

Bees of the Mind

I've gotten a lot of good records lately, but haven't had a chance to review them, so I thought I'd start with my favorite one of the lot. Two copies of this record were on my doorstep the other day and being that I was out of my mind excited to hear it, I it's gotta come first. Any description of Secret Cutter would not do them justice, so rather than come up with some clever analogies or stupid comparisons, I reccomend you visit their myspace and listen to all of their tracks.

http://www.myspace.com/secretcutterusa

I didn't think there would be a record that would top Fresh Meat's "Leather Daddy", but this one comes awfully close (Two completely different records, I know). The tracks on the record are the same that were available for downloadable demo, so if you've got that, you won't be hearing anything too new, but it is a must, nonetheless. Go see them live too. They are insane.

Finally, support Square of Opposition Records. Chris puts out a lot of good stuff that is way better than that stupid Artic Monkeys or Pearl Jam record you were going to waste your money on.

A Hell on Earth

A couple scenes from the Atlantic City airshow. There aren't many good ones, mainly because I was discovering that sitting on a boat in the bay makes me extremely nauseous. The Longport Bridge:

AC Skyline:

City of boats:

A-Alikes

Just in case your math skills have been getting rusty over the summer, let me add up the lame points on this car for you:

1) It's a Scion.

2) It's has a hardtop BODYBOARD case.

3) It has an airbrushed picture of a wave for its liscense plate.

To provide some commentary, I spotted this car yesterday after surfing in the a.m. I know that the owner of the car is a dude, because him and his buddy usually bodyboard the spot I was at. When I say bodyboard, I mean sit on the inside and get in everyone's way who is actually sitting where the wave breaks. I'm sure they're nice guys and all, but they completely clog things up. The liscense plate is so awful, that its almost hipster ironic, but since its attached to a Scion, instead of say, an old VW or Volvo, I know that its not supposed to be. Secondly, who has a hardtop case for their BODYBOARDS?? I've never ever seen that before, since, well, you can fit your board in your car, unlike a surfboard. I guess to let everyone know you are a serious sponger. I defy you to find a worse surf vehicle.

Stay Gold

Some horrible cell phone pictures from the show last night. Opener Tim Barry, formerly of Avail, doing the acoustic-guitar-guy thing. Very cool, but not really my cup of tea. He did a couples songs out in the middle of the crowd, which was cool. I was probably a real dick for hoping he'd play something off of 4 AM Friday.

Lifetime played next and I can honestly say I don't think they missed a song I wanted to hear, other than maybe "Records at Nite" or the song off the Anti-Matter comp. My favorite set of the night. Yemin gave a shoutout to Blacklisted and Witch Hunt which was cool.
Not that you can see it, but Scott Golley was wearing his LVHC shirt. Stoked!

Didn't take many pictures for the Bouncing Souls, mainly because I didn't want to get my phone annihilated by some random bro. Here they were covering "Hybrid Moments". It was weird that a lot of people didn't know the words.
Not only did hurricane Bill and the five surfers in attendance get a shoutout, but they played a handful of songs off of "The Good, The Bad..." which was nice to hear. Closed with "Gone" and I was glad to get out of the Troc, before I had heat stroke.