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OK, maybe that’s hyperbole. Or maybe it’s a metaphor for how sorry the state of our American news media is. Did it take a footwear company to correct the conventional wisdom and negative media narrative about Detroit? Palladium Boots, with the help of Vice magazine’s advertising agency Virtue has produced an eye-opening short film about the city that everybody loves to feel sorry for. But instead of blindly recycling file footage of Devil’s Night fires or bombed out city blocks, director Thalia Mavros opted for an original take on the city: something positive.
We’re typically pretty skittish about running sponsored videos except when the material is simply great. Personally, I can’t think of a better example of that in recent memory. The 30-minute Detroit Lives, hosted by Jackass’ Johnny Knoxville (no, I’m not stalking him), focuses …
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When I was a teenager, my friends and I would head down to LA’s Pan Pacific Park, a large green space in the Miracle Mile that doubled as a flood control system. We’d ride our chrome and alloy BMX bikes and sometimes catch up with this beast of a kid named Eric. The fearless teenager would propel his 20-inch bike at full speed then do stretched out tabletop dives down the side wall of the giant grass pit. He had balls the size of cantaloupe and we didn’t even attempt his stunts. Eric was a bad ass in his own league.
In some ways, BMX trick riding legend Mat Hoffman was that prototypical teenage rebel. From an early age in Oklahoma City, he combined aerial acrobatics with bone crunching grit. Playing at the LA stop of the Bicycle Film …
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Not to be outdone by our friends to the north (Seattle, San Francisco) or back east (New York), LA comes correct with director David Rowe’s To Live & Ride in LA, a first-of-its-kind fixed-gear flick. Locally shot and produced, this is an authentic look into the what, where and now of aggressive urban biking.
You can catch a screening at the Los Angeles leg of the Bicycle Film Festival on 9/3.
From the official release:
To Live & Ride In L.A. features talented local riders tearing up the streets with first-time visitor Keo Curry (Fast Friday, Macaframa), one of the living legends of the sport. From races through rush-hour traffic to midnight loft parties, To Live & Ride In L.A. is a fast-paced trip through the busy streets and back-alleys …
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There’s been some negative news and videos online about the gatecrashing/rioting teens-out-of-control occurrences during Electric Daisy Carnival this past weekend. But what hasn’t been discussed much is how one of our own pick for, um, Worst of EDC, rapper/MC and Benny Benassi cohort Lil Jon, actually stepped up big time when it counted. And in my book, he should get a “Best of” for sure.
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