Posts from November, 2003

  • 16
    Nov    1

    Wish List Item #23: Spike Jonze DVD
    Is there anyone cooler than Spike Jonze? BMX riders can claim to be the first to know Jonze’s work, way back when he worked with Andy Jenkins at long forgotten “Freestylin” magazine. In 1991, he collaborated with skateboarding’s resident art-weirdo Mark Gonzales on the Blind “Video Days” skate flick. His unique photos were also turning [...]
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  • 15
    Nov    1

    The Struggle, the Challenge and the Successes of Keeping it Real
    According to Sleepy, the Toyota Scion is the poor man’s mini. I checked out Toyota’s site to see the dope new car but was just as curious to see how they’re marketing it. The homepage of Scion’s site, shows two hipsters sitting at a diner table, with a blurred Scion parked against the curb. The [...]
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  • 7
    Nov    18

    Rise Again
    Howard Dean’s first “major” gaffe may have lost him a few supporters, but has given me another reason to like him. His crime: announcing “I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.” Sure, it was a clumsy way to make a point, as he later said. But [...]
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  • 3
    Nov    0

    Don Mar Redux
    The South Congress strip has really exploded over the past few months. First Thursday has become so popular you have to wonder if the city will soon need to close sections of the city’s preeminent avenue. The most dramatic change has been the space between Amy’s Ice Cream and St. Vincent’s. The creative and colorful [...]
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