Hybrid Creatures

Italian artist Francesco Sambo creates ultra realistic pictures of hybrid creature. Amazing.

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Arts, Farts & Fauxtography, WTF?!?!

11th Annual Gathering Of The Juggalos

You know what separates The Gathering from all those bullshit P4K, Bonaroo, Lollapalooza, Coachella and all that other music festivals? It’s the magic in the air dawg. The feeling of 10,000 best friends around U. It’s the comradery, the family, the love,the Faygo and the Gangsta Rap has-beens. Also, you’ll probably get laid but I can’t promise if it’ll be with a Fat Floppie Titty Bitch or a Necksnapa. But Friday night is Ladies night at The Gathering, so get to it ninja, Whoop Whoop!

In all seriousness I joked about it a lot but, I got festival passes, and Im going to to IL on the 11th for 5 days to cover this disaster for TOAL. If I come back as a Juggalo, Im sorry in advance…

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Concerts & Festivals, Juggalos, WTF?!?!

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Jake Stangel

The breathtaking images of Jake Stangel’s ongoing photography project “The Pacific” provide a stunning look at surfing in Oregon.

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Arts, Farts & Fauxtography, Surfs Up

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Wegener “Alaia” Surfboards Giveaway

My surfing has become a daily ritual now. There is truly no better way to start your day. Wake up, grab my board and hit the water. I have been lucky enough to been given quite a few boards to shred on through the blog, as most of you have seen. But this is something that I just needed to try for myself. Surfing in the ancient style on a finless wood board has been overlooked for many years now. In Hawaii the board was called alaia. In Japan it was called itaka. There is evidence of early surfers riding this style from all around the world but in the early 1900’s this style vanished. The thin, flat rockered board moves across the wave very quickly. The hard edge of the rail bites into the wave like a long fin and the gentle curves on the bottom hold the board into the face of the wave. The board is as light as possible so it accelerates quickly and the wood is sealed with oil which is slippery in the water. This makes the board move faster through the water like a fish. The ancient Hawaiians had a special word for how to surf the alaia. It was “lala.”. It is the controlled slide in the pocket. The way you do it is you use the edge of the board to hold in across a wall, then break free for a controlled sideways slide in the pocket, then grab the wave again to gain forward momentum. When you want to continue with forward momentum, you put weight on the inside rail and the board grips the wave and takes off again. Last week I received my very own Alaia from Jon at Wegener Surfboards. I won’t lie, I was sceptical at first look. But that disappeared quickly once I got it in the water. I can’t thank Jon enough for hooking me up. And now in a partnership with my friends J.F. & Vivian at CRUX Magazine, we are gonna hook you up! Head over to their site for more details on how you can walk away with your very own Alaia right now!!

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Contests & Giveaways, Special Delivery, Surfs Up, Swag

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Bandit -1$M Lookbook/Catalog

So I got an invite from my friends the 123Klan to be apart of their lookbook/catalog for their upcoming brand collection for Bandit-1$M. Both the lookbook and catalog are being photographed by my homie, and talented artist Meka. I have been sworn to secrecy and really can’t show you very much other than a behind the scenes shot from the shoot, but get excited! I saw a bunch of the line and it’s beyond amazing. If your in Montreal you can join me at the launch event on the 5th of August here in Montreal, other wise you can read about it on the 6th.

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Arts, Farts & Fauxtography, Fashion

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Bacon Burger

Everyone please take a minute, take a breath, and behold the almighty bacon burger!! Geek Dad columnist Matt Blum set out to make a burger with a patty made only of bacon. 19 bacon slices, an egg, and some cutting, grinding and broiling later, the Bacon Burger was born.

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Bacon Bacon Bacon, Food & Drink

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Heavy MTL

Once again this year The Rockstar Mayhem tour collided with Heavy MTL to put on 2 days and 50+ bands of fucking metal in the city. Slayer, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Anvil, just to name a few. I was given all access passes to the event both days, but opted out of Saturday, because I knew hanging with all my tour buddies Sunday would make for a big day. Homie Big B rolled through with Hatebreed, while Jim Lamarca rolled through with Chimaira. I hadn’t seen Jim since I toured with him and his band in 2008, so it was a pretty sweet reunion. I spent most of my time on stage with the bands, taking shots. The rest of the time was spent with B. Now I love this dude. He loves Mishka. He loves food. He loves me. We watched our homies preform, we kicked it, and we ate an almighty fucking pizza cone!! It was a seriously good day. I got a slight bit emotional at one point, if you remember last Dec I posted about my friend Jimmy dying. This was the first time I had seen my A7X tour buddies since, and with out Jimmy it just wasn’t the same. Regardless of how I feel about the new album Avenged stole the day with their performance (1st since Jimmy passed) and I got some seriously amazing pix. Super stoked I was able to get so close. It was a great day, with tons of old friends.

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Concerts & Festivals, Montreal

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Sand Sculptures

Jamie Wardley is an English artist who creates gigantic sand and ice sculptures around the globe, both for competitions (seriously) and private commissions. Hit the link to see a larger portfolio of his work, ranging from larger-than-life beings to full-scale pyramids. And you thought burying yourself up to the neck and fashioning a pair of sand-mermaid tittays was an accomplishment.

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Chris Is A Liar

Posted in: Architecture & Design, Arts, Farts & Fauxtography

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Honey Pie

Now I’m not one to judge — seriously, my life’s messed up in ways that would make some people seek solace in the warm confines of prescription meds and a vacation at Arkham Asylum. And usually people that feel the greatest need to tsk tsk tsk others are the most twisted of all — like you know those senators that spearheaded anti-gay legislation, and then had to retire because they were A) soliciting gay love in a Minneapolis airport; and B) sent weirdo perv IMs to male interns? Minors, at that? Now that’s some messed up shit — why would you persecute the very same activities which you actively enjoy? How much do you hate yourself, guy? You don’t see me trying to ban videos of bad ass graffanimation or stop people from manufacturing Tie Fighter Replica Helmets, do you? Still, there are some activities I have to question. Case in point: should you find yourself frequently sticking your genitals into inanimate objects, and bestowing upon said object human feelings and emotions, it may be time to seriously question your life choices. Honestly, that’s what they make hookers for (male and female). I’m not questioning Matt McMullen, the artist that sculpts these sex dolls, guy is obviously talented — his work is like a more realistic, acrylic, female David. But those lonely souls out there popping out $6,000 to make slow and gentle love to a hunk of plastic? Albeit a very authentic looking, hot naked girl piece of plastic…? Like I said, there’s a reason prostitution is the oldest profession in the world. Everybody, and I mean every body, needs to stick their wiener in something (or be stuck by a wiener), but try to make it a willing, consensual adult human, that’s all I ask…that and someone buy me one hahaha.