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An Eternity of Skateboarding

by Anthony Johnson I clearly remember my mother showing great concern for me when I was 9 years old. While she was pumping gas, I grabbed my skateboard, jumped out of the car and started skateboarding around the gas station parking lot. She was concerned that I was addicted to skateboarding. Her concern may have [...]

Mash SF

MASH is a dvd documentary directed by Michael Martin and Gabe Morford that celebrates and reveals the inside scoop on fixed gear (one gear – no brakes – designed for track racing) bicycle riders in San Francisco. What started as a project to gather footage of friends and other riders, turned into a brilliantly designed [...]

Birds who inspire me.

We all grow up listening to music that speaks to us and that music in turn weaves itself into the fabric of our being. Tell me what you isten to and I’ll tell you who you are. Rachel Williams, the mastermind behind Birds Fled From Me, was gracious enough to let House of Cat in [...]

Nick Drake – Family Tree

Nick Drake is one of those quiet giants of my music collection. He gets thrown into “died too soon heroes of ’60s British folk” circles – and rightfully so, but something sets him apart. He uses multiple guitar tunings to create his unique sound, and his lyrics are cryptic and poetic and timeless, but there [...]

Karen Dalton – In My Own Time

Karen Dalton is a great heartbreak legend – a musician who graced us with the awesome power of their soul through their music, and felt all too deeply, her own trouble in mind. Sadly, the story goes that Karen died homeless and broken on the streets, abandoned in the despair of a gentle, feeling soul [...]

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