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Avi Buffalo - What’s In It For

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

About four years ago, DJ Stress called me up to bring him some punk mp3s for a gig he was doing in Westminster (ironically across the street from the cemetery where Brad from Sublime is buried). Anyway, in the other room next to where DJ Stress was spinning was this teenage band from Long Beach rocking out. Stress and I watched these kids and were totally blown away by their talent. The lead singer, Avi, had this unreal stage presence I had never seen before. He was totally on fire, singing and play guitar like a mad man.

We hung out with them after their show and shot the shit. Anyway, I heard Avi on the radio today and I was like Yay! he is getting air play…

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The Grouch - Artzy

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I really enjoy the animation in this video. I will have to say The Grouch is an acquired taste. I really like his honest, no BS style. But if you are not into underground hip hop, he might not do it for you.

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Wooden Wheels by The Head Change

Monday, November 9th, 2009

ToobBox.com has a long history with El Skate Shop. This song in particular was “freestyled” at El Skate Shop back in 2004. The famous DJ Stress was jamming with resident guitarist El Jefe and came up with this tune on the spot. Stress was starring at a Shorty’s “Legalize Skateboarding Clock” on the wall at the shop a suddenly got inspired to blurt out this song.

This song is dedicated to the millions of skateboarders who have been hassled by cops day in and day out. It’s for that 12 year kid who has been thrown to the ground, kneed in the back and hand cuffed by that 40 year old, severely obese cop. It’s for Shon Rueter, who spent a few days in LA County Jail because of skateboarding tickets. It’s for all the skaters who have had their personal property confiscated by the boys in blue. This song is for you.

Skaters: Chris Hernandez, Chris Treiber, Robert Brune, Mike Davidson, Matt Bublitz, Abe Olague, Danny Ramirez, Chris Joya and John Thomson.

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Do I Have A Penis

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

My roommate recently muttered the grandest universal question of all time last night while foraging for milk in the fridge. While he was bent over with his head in the meat box, he quietly sputtered the words:

“Do I have a penis?”

I replied, “well do you?”

His response was the following: “ah man I’m just talking to myself….”

Naturally, I stroked my chin and said, “hmmmm…..”

So I figured if you ever have a similar subconscious brain fart, here is a simple recipe to check if you in fact have a penis:

1. Pull down your pants.

2. If you have a finger like appendage hanging from your mid-section, you probably have a penis.

3. If you have one to two wonton looking things hanging from that appendage, congrats you have testicles (or at least one testicle)!

4. If you urinate out of that appendage, you definitely have a penis!

Pretty easy isn’t it?

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