Go Ducks.

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- Nick

Dem Is Fire never gets old.....

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Be sure to catch up on all of the latest Dem Is Fire sightings by checking out the tab at the top of the page.

Here's the latest entry....

Owner of the Adam Bomb/ Jordan III Tattoo Reflects!!

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Ah yes, the reason we all still follow streetwear: To watch as idiot kids dress like clowns and make amazingly terrible life choices.

Today's lesson is brought to you by: The kid that got the Adam-Bomb-wearing-Jordan-IIIs-on-top-of-SB-boxes tattoo.

Now a year later, the owner steps up and admits that...perhaps...yeah...it wasn't executed as he envisioned.

We'll let him [aka "ride2diedagreat"] explain....

(Gold lines in bold for your convenience.)

"MAN YA'LL STILL GOING IN ON MY HUNDREDS TAT!! LOL!!

Yea that was my first tat & I thought it was super dope & unique. I mean no one else I know have a hundreds bomb with Jordan III's on them.

But I did get messed up & ripped off by the artist. It was my first tat & I didnt know much about lines and shading and all that. She charged me a grip too, $480!! I thought I was paying for the worth, since everyone saying don't be afraid to pay, because nice tats aren't cheap, but did I get screwed over!! HAHA!!

I'm still trying to figure a way to probably clean that tat up somehow or get a nice cover up, but with it being so black, cover up seems almost impossible. Its looking horrible now too, the ink is fading and there are so many dark & light patches all through the black ink. The III's kinda started to somehow warped. Any advice? And I see exactly what everyone was saying about the boxes and the lines being so uneven and out of shape! It pissed me off, and when I went back to the artist & demanded a touch up, she tells me its because I been in the sun & it messed up my tat! The sun has nothing to do with your CROOKED lines woman!! I was heated. But since then, I got a couple more tats by a way better artist. I need to get my hands on a camera and take some pics when I finish. This is the guy thats doing my tats now, great work! www.myspace.com/angeltat2

I don't regret my hundreds tat, well not the idea atleast, I wish it was executed to perfection like I imagined it, but it didnt. haha"

A Classic:



- Nick

Thanks.

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Be good Chuck.

- Nick

Sam Adams!

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Been close to years probably since I was last heard from or mentioned here...doubt anyone is looking very often anymore but I finally had something to post!

What I have for you is a new artist rising in the music scene from Boston. His name is Sam Adams. Hailing from the bean, he's putting his name on the map with his new EP Boston's Boy. I'm not going to sit and write some review -- this EP is heat. A new kind of sound, great lyrics, great to listen all the way through. It released today and immediately went to #1 on Hip-Hop albums on iTunes. And its only $7.92!!! So go buy its!




- Dane

HELL YES -- Beauty Bar in Portland

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For the past two years, Ira and I have taken a liking to a spot called Beauty Bar.

(YES -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE MOST SUSPECT PHRASE OF ALL TIME.)

With Bars in Vegas and SF that are absolutely awesome, we always figured that Portland would be an ideal destination to open up in next.

Considering every experience there has been filled with hipsters, PBR, skinny jeans and awkward dancing....Beauty Bar finally figured it out...and this Saturday they'll be opening the doors to a 2,400 sq ft PDX spot off SW 1st Street.



- Nick

Boom.

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This vinyl kills.




- Nick

Recent Releases

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The other day a good friend of mine said "You still buy cds?" when I showed him my newest pick-ups. I wanted to reply with an emphatic YES, but that isn't the case much anymore. However, this past Tuesday saw the release of the Keith (hopefully highly) anticipated Freeway & Jake One album "The Stimulus Package" and a local PDX friends (Tope) newest concoction "Soul Music." I hadn't purchased a cd in almost 6 months I'd say, but without hesitation I hurried my money across the counter to get both of these in my possession.

It has come down to this, on the rare occasion I do buy cds, it's to support a local artist or something that has been cared for and thought has truly been injected into the process to create it. I am extremely happy with both cds and think you should consider picking them up too. The packaging is too nice on the Freeway & Jake One cd to not have two copies. I got a little giddy and opened mine up before taking a picture of it in plastic. It comes with a "blackcard" that gets you a free download of the Jake One instrumentals. Tope's cd is great and is truly some nice underground work. You'll find he produces a number of his own tracks as well! Links to where you can cop the cds are below.

http://www.fifthelementonline.com/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/Tope

Look What Showed Up!

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ALL GONE 2007 & 2009

My initial reaction to the texts is that there was much more TLC put into the earlier edition during the layout phase. AG 2009 feels a bit more thrown together. As if at this point LaMJC can do as they please and people will still purchase. I did. Suffice to say, both editions are crafted amazingly with thick paper and bounded by elegantly rugged hardcovers. And the reason we buy it, the content, well, as expected that is on point. Here's a couple shots I took. Both books feature around 250 pages of pure indulgent substance.

-Ketih

Tonight: The Woodlands Grand Opening

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The fellas at Hecklewood are getting their grown man on, and re-branding their store as The Woodlands, where they'll be carrying a collection of supplies, textiles and of course their selectively chosen garments and leather goods.

Grand Opening tonight at 7.



- Nick

He Still Got It.

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Now:


Then:


- Nick

Where Amazing Autographs Happen....

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I'm gonna make a post. What the hell.

I bought a few books today. (And still have 700 pages to go on The Book Of Basketball...)

One of those books was Personal Foul, by 70+% accurate bettor/ NBA Ref Tim Donaghy.

Stumbled upon an autographed copy currently on eBay....

Moral of the story: Tim's auto is SWEET.



This brought me to a great tangential topic of the day:

Awesome Autographs.

For example, Al Thornton of the Clippers:


And Maurice Ager, who's stay in the league was about as long as his signature:


And then there's Andres Nocioni. Neither his first or last name start with an 'S.'


And then there's non-basketball sports.

With what I like to call "The Long Division."

Vernand Morency FTW.


- Nick