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American Juggalo from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

There was this 23 minute short that has been circulating around the internet for the last couple days, but I just got a chance to check it out. I am super interested in Juggalo culture, as it is so bizarre and ridiculous. This doc gives a give look at what these "ninjas" are like, though I had no idea that there were straight edge juggalos. Here are some quotes that I found worth noting:

“I want to find a skinny ass little bitch, and make her fat, and we can lose weight together. And we’ll bond.”

“I’ll tell you what. A juggalo and a juggalette is someone that is down with a clown until they are dead in the ground. Ughhhh. That’s what’s up.”

“I meet this girl, who is here with her boyfriend, baby daddy…but she likes me better.”

“I’ll be here all fucking day, doing the same shit: drinking and blowing stuff up.”

“I met a brain surgeon here. He was tripping on acid.”

“I heard an old man tell me that there was nothing good left in the world. And I actually believed that shit, until I came here and seen alllllllllllllll the titties. All the weed. All the fast food. I mean, this shit the bomb.”

“It says titties for a dollar. My boyfriend wrote it. Yeah, I show my titties to everyone.”

Ralph = Vomit

A while back, when Alan and Ralph got on Substance, I was in one of my drawing modes and was just doing weird drawings for the fun of it. I decided to draw some graphics for them, totally unsolicited, and while they seemed to like them, I don't think Harley was too psyched on them. Then again, they were more humorous and not quite like the image I think he was going for.

This was the one I did for Ralph:


This is the graphic I did for Alan. He plays the (electric) piano and is a Bjork fan. I had to add the Bjork logo so that people knew who it was. To some, it was obvious. To others, they had no clue. I thought the goose dress was a dead giveaway.

Oh yeah, Alan did the lettering for his name himself.

Speaking on Alan, here is some vintage footage of the man himself. Hopefully that works since it is a Facebook link.

While I was looking for the images of the deck graphics I came across this photo of Taji. I think it was from the Nike video premier.



So Alan and I ended up getting that key to the Autumn Bowl and I have skated it twice so far. Seeing as though I haven't skated it in a year and a half, I still haven't gotten my bowl legs back yet, but you definitely appreciate grinding more than you do on a miniramp, or bowl with metal coping. I am not psyched on 5 or 6 dudes showing up (all to skate) when only one of them has a key. Bringing one or two people is fine, but that place gets crowded really quickly. I didn't see anyone donate any money either. When I used to go with key holders I would always drop some money into the box. In fact, I don't think I even saw the box...hmm. Anyway, I will be skating there a lot more for the next month or two. I mean look at the forecast!



Also, I am going to be working on a documentary about the DIY skatepark/spot movement with a friend from Seattle. He is leading it up, but I am going to help out, especially with the NY coverage (footage, interviews, etc.). I am going to cover the Autumn Bowl, the Brooklyn Banks, and the one off spots build all around the city. I will keep you updated with the developments on that.