Check out the interview Pant did with Vandal Hostel HERE.
Portland’s finest OBLVN comes through to let us know whats what. . .
1. Tell us who you are ‚what you do and how long your doing it ?
Goddamn! You ever get to that point in your day when you are super anxious to do something but it isn’t whatever you’re doing right now? Perhaps its working? I feel like that right now. I want to be doing something creative, just not what is going on at work today. Most days I don’t mind being at work, I mean it is a means to an ends, right?
I have friends who boost and hustle for a living and you know, they work real hard. And the successful ones come out on top with little to no hassles and a good amount of money in the paypal account. I stumbled upon my own classic scam where I went to school, learned all these skills and now people actually give me money (more that I would have thought) for doing things that I sort of always did.* They say that the best job is one that you would do for free; something you love to do. I suppose design work is sort of the best scam there is and I don’t really hate my job. I get paid to draw and make letters and pictures work together. I do it on the side, I do it in my sleep. I have been doing this since I could hold a crayon and probably will until I can’t hold one anymore.
More and more I find myself in the role of the illustrator and the handmade typographer. I think that deep down I am an “artist” but I always had issues with succumbing to that title so I stuck to design. I am glad that I did, because if the art thing doesn’t work out, I can always do production work. Gotta always think about how bills are going to get paid.
2. Favourite 3 colors?
Hmmmm. I am big on lists so heres a few (More than 3…):
Grabber Green, Rusto Outdoor Redwood, Hardhat Purple, Harbor Blue, Peacock, Coral…
3.Favorites
Anything by Curve
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Smash
Denim
Myth
And These Guys…
5. Favourite food / drink /?
I love SANDWICHES! All kinds. Ruebens, Croque Madam, Cubano… The list could go on. And drinks, hands down my favorite is a Cold Coke, either 12oz can or mexican coke in the bottle. Nothing beats it.
6.Biggest Vice?
Lately my biggest vice is probably collecting. Records. Books. Knick-knacks. Weather its antique stores, estate sales or ebay.
7.Biggest Gripe?
The damn internet! Kids these days…
8.Favourite shoe?
I just got some Black Leather Mid Janoski’s. Great shoe, all colors/styles.
9.Favourite Music?
I can’t narrow down my favorite music to tracks. I celebrate Black Sabbath from S/T thru the lesser popular last two Ozzy albums Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die along with the Dio ones, Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules. Nothing beats that catalogue and probably never will.
11. influences?
So many influences and inspirations. And you know, I am going to leave it at this statement “you are only as good as your reference”.
12. 3 people you would like to have a pint with?
Cliff Burton. Basil Wolverton. HP Lovecraft.
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
Life is what you make of it.
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
Caught? I hid for 4 hours in an AC unit.
16. 5 things within arms reach right now…
iMac, Scanner, Markers, Fridge, Phone.
17.What would you grab from your burning house?
“Burn baby burn”
18.3 things to do before you die?
If you’re not doing those things, you’re not living.
20.Upcoming stuff?
Lots of stuff in store, always something new from Winner’s Circle, Clout/High Gloss, 1AM Gallery in SF, Nike SB, lots more but loose lips sink ships…
Check out the recent interview 12 ounce prophet did with Earsnot HERE.
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?
Ape. HDA. From that weird stoned city in the south called Barcelona. Right here, losing my time painting since more than 10 years ago.
3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)
4. Favourite city and why ?
5. Favourite food / drink /?
6. Biggest vice ?
7. Biggest Gripe ?
8. Favourite shoe?
9. Favourite 5 tracks ?
10. Perfect day?
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with ?
13. 3 things you cant live without . . .
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
17. What would u grab from your burning house?
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
19. Earliest memory
20. Any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !
Currently killing it in Dublin, we caught up with Cesk to hear what he has to say . . .
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?
1. I’m Cesk. I like to write on things, been doing it for about nine years now or something like that.
2. Favourite 3 colors?
2. Chrome, black and more chrome!
3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why?
3. This is a tough one, anything at all by Kegr,
or Cazter, I love how there is this ‘careless’ vibe to his stuff altough he knows exactly what he’s doing – no cut backs just strong lines
Very old Cta throw-up from 3A4EM crew, that shit is just so nice in my opinion – still my favourite throwie to this day
Anything by Dumbo, its especially great to see flicks of his very old stuff
and anything by Honet
4. Favourite city and why ?
4. I like a lot of different places but Paris would probably be number one for me, the atmosphere there is just so nice and chill and plus I’ve been listening to french rap since I was very little so its natural that I love that place. Stockholm and Naples are definitely worth a visit aswell.
5. Favourite food / drink /?
5. Pasta Carbonara / Mojito
6. Biggest vice ?
6. Booze
7. Biggest Gripe ?
7. Booze
8. Favourite shoe?
8. Nylon Nike Cortez’s are great for running away from the pigs.
9. Favourite 5 tracks ?
9. Wu Tang – Cream
Nas – Memory Lane
Looptroop – Thief
Supreme NTM – Seine saint denis style
Buju Banton – Murderer
10. Perfect day?
10. Wake up to a sunny day, chill at a barbecue with some cold beers and good music, acquire some free paint and do some nice spots after.
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
11. My mother, she’s been on sky news before.
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with?
12. Chuck Palahniuk, Harmony Korine and Rianne Ten Haken
13. 3 things you cant live without . . .
13. Chocolate, beer and sun.
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
14. I’m lucky because last year I bought an original Stone Island jacket on the street for 30 euro.
I’m unlucky because I live in Ireland, the scene is so fucking retarded here, its all gossip drama and no action.
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
15. Got caught creeping on some bird with massive fake tits in Lidl couple days ago. I’m not really into big tits even its just they were so big I couldn’t stop stearing and when she caught me looking I picked up a pair of kids shoes off the shelf pretending to look at them.
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
16. Nothing interesting really – my ancient phone, punctured bike tube, stack of paper, cup of coffee, vector minded book.
17. what would u grab from your burning house?
17. I’d definitely try save my book collection and my dog.
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
18. Do a one man whole train,travel all around America on freight trains and set a police car on fire or some shit like that.
19. earliest memory?
19. Stealing cigarettes from my parents because smoking is cool.
20. Any upcoming projects- shouts – final words ?
20. Thanks for the interview. I’m working on a new Forever Wet zine and some t-shirts so keep your eyes peeled. But in general I would just like to say fuck your jams and your legal walls, fuck your arrows, connections and cut backs. Shouts to WKIDS, ПОСТ crew in Russia and everyone who had some beers and did some chromes with me.
ACAB is the only way. UEK rules the world.
Nice article here on the making of this album – insightful dun !
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?motelseven 40HK, painting since 2004
2. Favourite 3 colors?
dark red, yellow, orange
3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)
i could probably pick any dreph piece, but i like this one a lot. his pieces have a lot of personality
i don’t think this needs explanation!
a fan of all his stuff….playful graffiti ftw!!
i got subway art for my birthday when i was 14/15, this wholecar was mindblowing to me at the time. i still think it’s pretty mindblowing actually!
all round superstar
4. Favourite city and why ?
copenhagen….their accents…parties…beer
i’d have to say cape town too, home is home
5. Favourite food / drink /?
popcorn, red wine
6. Biggest vice ?
alcohol, cynisicm
7. Biggest Gripe ?
muesli related things
8. Favourite shoe?
vans
9. Favourite 5 tracks ?
mountain goats-no children
william elliot whitmore-old devils
16 horsepower-black soul choir
wurm tel zechen-disko arschgezicht
the cramps-human fly
10. Perfect day?
spending a day with my family. i don’t see them very often.
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
can dominoes pizza be a person?
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with
special agent dale cooper
david mitchell and robert webb
lemmy
sex drugs and rock n roll
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
i’m just lucky. except when it comes to scratch cards
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
drinking milk from the carton
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
norwegian dictionary, printed ticket to london, painkillers, water, wall
my passport and driving license. i hate standing in queues.
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
go to japan/paint in brazil
eat black/white truffles
be happy
19. earliest memory
i asked my dad when i was 5 or 6 if it was possible to actually fly….he said sure if you try hard enough. he even made me fairy wings…..i would do a run up and then jump into the air, thinking i would take off. i really really really believed i could fly.
going to be painting at an all female jammy jam in london in march. hello: balrog, playone, inkfetish, toe, sure, unik, jasik, gfunk, atch, ebske, roid, chucky, nope, tiws, soten, take2, tres, acis, pols, sport, mester, mickey, rime, socrome, baby, jones, massage, tatscru, faith47, falko, enos, 1up, crabz, risk, and every other writer i have met that has been cool, and inspired me to do what i do. eat your greens! thanks getnloose!
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been
doing it ?
Skary. I’ve been writing on things that don’t belong to me for almost 9 years now.
2. Favourite 3 colors?
Dulux – Bright Chrome
Australian Export – Gloss Black
Ironlak – Eureka
3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)
Impossible to answer. Here’s a list of people whos pieces I admire :
Scram, Amaze, Twist, Myth, Bates, Enron, Shem, Tres, Honke, Akuze, Great, Soten, Ruets, Tiws, Rime, Persue, Mine, Aroe, Noah, Pose, Smart, Pure, Niche, Banos, Reals, Sento, Seiko, Slow, Kaput, Jaes, Dondi, Skeme, Spot, Ghost, Kem5, Kegr, Zomby and the list goes on…I could really spend all day putting down names.
4. Favourite city and why ?
Too many amazing cities in this world. Here’s a few i particularly love.
U.S.A – NYC, SF and Miami (especially Miami – my 2nd home)
Europe – London, Barcelona and Copenhagen.
Australia – Brisbane/Gold Coast and Melbourne.
5. Favourite food / drink /?
Mexican. Mums Schnitzel. My girls Spaghetti.
Whiskey (Scotch or Irish).
6. Biggest vice ?
Booze.
7. Biggest Gripe ?
Selfish, self righteous people.
8. Favourite shoe?
Any Vans…Especially Chukka low or high
Doc Martins
9. Favourite 5 tracks ?
That is impossible to narrow down. I decided to just open my I Tunes and pick 5 songs from the first alphabetical letter that it opened to, that letter being the letter ‘B’. Love each of these songs for very different reasons. Enjoy.
10. Perfect day?
Sleep in…full english breakfast…meet homies…paint/drink…mexican meal/sangria…throw-ups…watch a shred band in a dank small venue…party with free booze etc…sex…repeat.
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
“Pffft…I aint no name dropper.”
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with ?
Shane McGowan
Bon Scott
Eddie Murphy (80’s only)
13. 3 things you cant live without . . .
My health
My lady
My friends/family
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
I’m lucky because I’m still alive (few close calls).
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
Got caught pissing in a blokes doorway in an alley behind the bar last weekend. Dude was not impressed, got a little pissy hahaha. Swear I didn’t know there was a flat there.
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
Text books
Phone
Scanner
Dis Dick and Deez Nuts!
17. what would u grab from your burning house?
Mac, comic books, photos.
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
Become a costumed super villain.
Make bank.
Take over the world.
19. earliest memory
Pilfering candy from my parents store after closing time.
20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !
I’m doing some work for a couple of ‘zines. Also doing some designs for ‘Read It & Weep’. They’re set to boom in 2011 so watch out for that! Love to my homies around the planet, thankyou again if you’ve ever helped me out. Stay icy!
We managed to track down the globe trotting freshmakers Blok & Pant from Doing Only Crooked Shit and they kindly answered our 20 Questions.
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?
2. Favourite 3 colors?
6. Biggest vice ?
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PANT:
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
Heres an interview with one half of the Butterz crew Elijah
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been
doing it ?
My name is Elijah, I am a very big fan of Grime music. To stop my brain imploding from the excitement this music gives me I DJ on Rinse FM once a week on Thursday nights and release it on my label Butterz that I run with my twin Skilliam.
2. Do you find you get a different reaction while DJing outside the UK?
Yea most of the time its peoples first time hearing a full Grime set, so people are either going nuts or standing there like wtf?! This isnt dubstep, play some dubstep!
3. Favourite 5 songs?
In the last 3 weeks my most played songs are
Wiley – Its Wiley (Royal T Remix)
Swindle – Mood Swings
TRC – Oo Aa EE (Royal T Remix)
S-X – Woooo Riddim (DJ Q Remix)
Royal T – Orangeade
TRC – Oo Aa Ee (Royal-T Remix) by butterz
4. Favourite city and why ?
Sounds cliche, but New York. Its the modern day Rome.
5. Favourite food / drink ?
A full Jamaican breakfast is a rare thing in my life, so when I get that I am the most happy person. Drink, its ginger beer without a doubt
6. Biggest vice ?
Sweets and twitter
7. Biggest Gripe ?
Talented lazy people
8. Favourite shoe?
Nike – Air Force One
9. Favourite 5 DJs?
Lets just say that Logan Sama & Plastician are my biggest influences as DJs. I like way too many DJs to name a top 5.
S-X – Woooo (DJ Q Remix) by butterz
10. What are your plans for Butterz in 2011?
More releases and events. Hopefully there will be a lot of opportunities for people to see a selection of the roster play together at nights all over the UK and abroad if we are lucky. Just really continuing what we were doing last year, growing organically. Hopefully we get out to put out some vocals this year, that is my achilles heel at the moment.
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
I wouldnt even want to embarrass them
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with ?
Bruce Lee, Tony Hawk and Spiderman
13. 3 things you cant live without . . .
Sugar, Sun, Skilliam
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
Im lucky because I didnt die in Ibiza when I could of drowned last summer.
I am unlucky because I can’t get no sleep.
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
Im a ninja. Nobody can catch me
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
My iPhone, DJ headphones, my world takeover plan book, my hard drive and my iMac.
17. what would u grab from your burning house?
My hard drives, and my records. Nearly everything else I own is replaceable. Bit sad.
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
Write a book, do a set with D Double E, do some sort of sky diving.
19. earliest memory
Listening to the radio in my Mums car.
20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !
Right now we have Royal T – Orangeade and S-X Woooo out now, Swindle – Mood Swings will be out very soon!
Royal T – Music Please (Devil Mix) by butterz
Check out Elijah’s TWITTER, The Butterz WEBSITE and their RINSE FM show
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?
Steroid Msk Ha , here and there since 99
2. Favourite 3 colors?
Black, White, and a Warm Grey
far too difficult to answer…there are too many pieces in the past to remember…and too many people doing good shit now.
6. Biggest vice ?
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
Got caught staring at a nice girl on the train about 3 hours ago… did a really shit attempt at a style-out and quickly looked straight up at the ceiling as if that was a normal thing to do.
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
17. what would u grab from your burning house?
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !
1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?
What’s up I’m Cecs and I’ve been doin’ the do since nineteen eighty tw……..four.
2. Favourite 3 colors?
These colors don’t run.
3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)In no particular order
This, because I enjoy it’s simplicity and size. Not to mention it compliments my hardwood flooring. 
4. Favourite city and why ?
Home is where the heart is. Camden, New Jersey is delightful in the spring though.
5. Favourite food / drink /?
Southern fried chicken with macaroni & cheese and cornbread stuffing. Double starch. Double shot of espresso. To go.
6. Biggest vice ?
Torpor.
7. Biggest Gripe ?
My favorite cereals are always on the top shelf.
8. Favourite shoe?
Goretex fur-lined crocs for supreme comfort in the yard. My back yard.
9. Favourite 5 tracks ?
10. Perfect day?
11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?
My mom.
12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with ?
Elliot “Steamboat” Spitzer, Stevie Nicks circa 1974, and my grandfather.
13. 3 things you cant live without . . .
Fast cars, hot women, money.
14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .
I broke a mirror about a year ago and things have been kind of weird ever since. Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall.
15. Last time you were caught doing something ?
Curiosity killed the caught.
16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?
The world is at my fingertips.
17. what would u grab from your burning house?
A bag of marshmallows.
18. 3 things to do before you die ?
Take off shoes, take off socks, take off pants.
19. earliest memory
20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !
Big shout out to my barber for keeping my hair-cut fresh. Shout out to the bodega dudes on my corner for making solid bacon egg and cheeses. I see you Carlos! Gentle whisper to the kid I saw throwing up on the subway platform last night, get your weight up. Shout out to every bartender who’s ever bought me back a round, and last but not least big up every like-minded savage I’ve met along my travels that’s let me crash on their couch and shown me what’s up in their city. Peace and love in the 10?
