Mar 16, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
The mungbox
Hahaha, I present Anthony Malvasio's first edit, with gopro footage from last summer at the mungbox, downtown milwaukee. He's been talking it up for weeks but he finally finished it and honestly I think it turned out really great, especially the clips where I'm talking out of my ass.
Mar 11, 2012
Tofu!
After some experimentation, my best success at making tofu from scratch, from dried soybeans. What I've read is true - fresh tofu is way better than the stuff in the package. And there's a lot of variables to work with, it's like fresh cheese making, it seems simple but when you get down to it, it's pretty complex.
Mar 9, 2012
Solar energy course
I'm taking a solar energy course, which I paid for, but it's all anonymous and online - so if that by chance interests anyone, I can give you the info and then you can log into my account and watch the lectures online for free. They are vimeo videos, they are just protected so you can only watch them from their site logged in. It's a 101 type course.
Mar 7, 2012
Revolution via food
"Authentic change is more than a brand switch".
The economic philosophy of food
And I add to the above article:
I think one of the easiest and most revolutionary acts we can do is to take control of our own food. I can't count how many times I've had some ignorant, minimum wage security guard tell me that he's kicking me out because he's gotta eat. Motherfucker, I gotta ride, so it's time you find another way to eat...
Food is THE number one way that this capitalist system gets you by the balls. You can do without everything else, you can improvise a lot of things, water to drink and places to crash, but food - even stealing it you'll get caught up at some point.
All these "progressives" sit around bitching about Monsanto taking over the world, or big banks fucking the small farmer. But who do you motherfuckers buy your food from? The same people and system you bitch about, and those industrial brands you buy greenwash your ass by adding "organic" to the label. Genius! - to convince someone to submit to the same industrial system while getting them to believe they are creating change. If you want a revolution, make it yourself. No one is going to do it for you, no matter how long you waste your time "occupying" some Manhattan park.. If I've learned anything from freestyle, it's that.
The simplest way to take control of your food is to cook - to take food preparation out of the hands of the anonymous, whether it's frozen food prepared in a factory far away, or food prepared in your local chain restaurant. Americans waste 50% of their food budget going out to eat - to translate, "Americans completely relinquish control over their own food 50% of the time". At this moment in history, cooking is as much a revolutionary act as it is good for you.
The next level would be to process our foods ourselves - to make our own smoothies, pizzas, and even tofu or cheese, beer, etc. With very little effort we can make 90% of our food from raw, unprocessed ingredients.
On the side of food production, we can try to localize our purchases as much as possible. The closer we are to the food source, both physically and socially, the better. When you buy directly from the farmer you kill The Man.
And at the deepest level, we could even take up growing our own food, in part or majority. In fact, just as a thought experiment, think about growing your own food, the effort and thought it would take, the care, and all of the pollution you would want to avoid touching your food; now remember that you currently trust all of these decisions to an anonymous, only-based-on-profit system.
The economic philosophy of food
And I add to the above article:
I think one of the easiest and most revolutionary acts we can do is to take control of our own food. I can't count how many times I've had some ignorant, minimum wage security guard tell me that he's kicking me out because he's gotta eat. Motherfucker, I gotta ride, so it's time you find another way to eat...
Food is THE number one way that this capitalist system gets you by the balls. You can do without everything else, you can improvise a lot of things, water to drink and places to crash, but food - even stealing it you'll get caught up at some point.
All these "progressives" sit around bitching about Monsanto taking over the world, or big banks fucking the small farmer. But who do you motherfuckers buy your food from? The same people and system you bitch about, and those industrial brands you buy greenwash your ass by adding "organic" to the label. Genius! - to convince someone to submit to the same industrial system while getting them to believe they are creating change. If you want a revolution, make it yourself. No one is going to do it for you, no matter how long you waste your time "occupying" some Manhattan park.. If I've learned anything from freestyle, it's that.
The simplest way to take control of your food is to cook - to take food preparation out of the hands of the anonymous, whether it's frozen food prepared in a factory far away, or food prepared in your local chain restaurant. Americans waste 50% of their food budget going out to eat - to translate, "Americans completely relinquish control over their own food 50% of the time". At this moment in history, cooking is as much a revolutionary act as it is good for you.
The next level would be to process our foods ourselves - to make our own smoothies, pizzas, and even tofu or cheese, beer, etc. With very little effort we can make 90% of our food from raw, unprocessed ingredients.
On the side of food production, we can try to localize our purchases as much as possible. The closer we are to the food source, both physically and socially, the better. When you buy directly from the farmer you kill The Man.
And at the deepest level, we could even take up growing our own food, in part or majority. In fact, just as a thought experiment, think about growing your own food, the effort and thought it would take, the care, and all of the pollution you would want to avoid touching your food; now remember that you currently trust all of these decisions to an anonymous, only-based-on-profit system.
Mar 5, 2012
Thoreau
These are for LJ on his travels by foot:
One says to me, "I wonder that you do not lay up money; you love to travel; you might take the cars and go to Fitchburg today and see the country." But I am wiser than that. I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot. I say to my friend, Suppose we try who will get there first. The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety cents. That is almost a day's wages. I remember when wages were sixty cents a day for laborers on this very road. Well, I start now on foot, and get there before night; I have travelled at that rate by the week together. You will in the meanwhile have earned your fare, and arrive there some time to-morrow, or possibly this evening, if you are lucky enough to get a job in season. Instead of going to Fitchburg, you will be working here the greater part of the day. And so, if the railroad reached round the world, I think that I should keep ahead of you; and as for seeing the country and getting experience of that kind, I should have to cut your acquaintance altogether.
...
.. No doubt they can ride at last who shall have earned their fare, that is, if they survive so long, but they will probably have lost their elasticity and desire to travel by that time. This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet. He should have gone up garret at once. "What!" exclaim a million Irishmen starting up from all the shanties in the land, "is not this railroad which we have built a good thing?" Yes, I answer, comparatively good, that is, you might have done worse; but I wish, as you are brothers of mine, that you could have spent your time better than digging in this dirt.
One says to me, "I wonder that you do not lay up money; you love to travel; you might take the cars and go to Fitchburg today and see the country." But I am wiser than that. I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot. I say to my friend, Suppose we try who will get there first. The distance is thirty miles; the fare ninety cents. That is almost a day's wages. I remember when wages were sixty cents a day for laborers on this very road. Well, I start now on foot, and get there before night; I have travelled at that rate by the week together. You will in the meanwhile have earned your fare, and arrive there some time to-morrow, or possibly this evening, if you are lucky enough to get a job in season. Instead of going to Fitchburg, you will be working here the greater part of the day. And so, if the railroad reached round the world, I think that I should keep ahead of you; and as for seeing the country and getting experience of that kind, I should have to cut your acquaintance altogether.
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.. No doubt they can ride at last who shall have earned their fare, that is, if they survive so long, but they will probably have lost their elasticity and desire to travel by that time. This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet. He should have gone up garret at once. "What!" exclaim a million Irishmen starting up from all the shanties in the land, "is not this railroad which we have built a good thing?" Yes, I answer, comparatively good, that is, you might have done worse; but I wish, as you are brothers of mine, that you could have spent your time better than digging in this dirt.
Reid Stark / Anthony / JeffK
The moves in here are seriously fucking sick, not one filler clip. Probably the only 4 seasons edit I've ever enjoyed watching. That 450 reid does over that hip is unreal, you have no idea how steep and stupid that hip is, people don't even jump it straight. Jeffk's tooth overhanger into the bank both ways was a great line. And anthony's bump jump 3 over the barrier wasn't filmed well - it's way better in person.
Mar 3, 2012
Google street view
I'm a big fan of google street view compilations. Below is a sampling of the link. Also, I'm pretty sure 100% of the hooker photos posted there are from france, which is funny, but not surprising. Also, you can probably tell I don't have shit to do right now; it's been snowing.
Mar 2, 2012
Dope graphics!
Day/night images of population in chicago and new york. The higher/brighter the color, the more people. Especially in chicago, you know the loop is near empty after 10 pm, these maps remind me of that FEELING of cruising empty streets.. gotta hit those one more time late night this summer, even if it's solo..
And I love maps in general. This dude is doing some dope maps/graphics/etc for a variety of publications.
And I love maps in general. This dude is doing some dope maps/graphics/etc for a variety of publications.
Pills vs. food
My neighborhood has, by far, more pharmacies than grocery stores. Antidepressants have become more important than food. Americans spend 16% of their income on healthcare; 9% on food. What if they spent 16% on food - and got out of the fucking car every once in awhile? Maybe one day people will realize that savings on food = increases in illness and thus healthcare costs..
What we spend per month
According to time magazine, the average american adult spends $3,710/month. Unreal! $44,000 a year to waste life away and eat bad food?.. That's at least 5 times what I spend - and somehow I squeezed in 5 months of international travel last year.. The average american also spends $281/month on food alone. How the fuck are people spending that much on non-organic food?! I spend less than that without the chemicals. Seriously, I don't think I can handle another person bitching about how "expensive" organic food is and then blowing $5 on another shit burger at mcdonalds. THINK MOTHERFUCKERSSSSSSSSS
Only $10!
If you want that $40 classic book for nothin, go to Mayfair Barnes and Noble and scoop it in the bargain section. I never buy art books, they are way too expensive, but my soft spot for style wars overcame me in just seconds.
I should share a good idea for those of you who read.. if you want a certain kind of book on discount, just go to neighborhoods that would never read that shit. It seems like barnes and noble stocks most things in every store. So you go to some bullshit yuppy suburb and you get graffiti books on deep discount; you go to some redneck suburb and you'd be amazed at how many vegetarian cookbooks are on sale. Also, ignorant suburbanites don't seem to write, so blank books go on sale there too. Etc.
I should share a good idea for those of you who read.. if you want a certain kind of book on discount, just go to neighborhoods that would never read that shit. It seems like barnes and noble stocks most things in every store. So you go to some bullshit yuppy suburb and you get graffiti books on deep discount; you go to some redneck suburb and you'd be amazed at how many vegetarian cookbooks are on sale. Also, ignorant suburbanites don't seem to write, so blank books go on sale there too. Etc.
Die yuppie scum!
Haha, this photo is in the news today, and the sheriff is "looking into it". It's amazing how doing something as small, and as funny, as writing on a wall will now prompt psychotic parents to take their kids out of school and launch a police investigation. I want to congratulate this kid - I especially like the "3" in place of the "E", hilarious! It's good to know that not every wisconsin child is totally sedated. Tell that kid to watch style wars!
Feb 29, 2012
It's impossible to ever permanently delete a facebook account, you can only "deactivate" it but all your info remains.. so I've decided to see what it takes to get banned. Here's my first attempt:
Feb 28, 2012
Fuckin gaaabage
To be a consumer you must necessarily also be a waster. They are inseparable. The consumer is simply a caretaker for soon-to-be garbage. The soul-less objects that fill the modern home are in a perpetual state of soon-to-be-thrown-away. Yet there is no "away". The mall and the dump share the same space. The stench and the sight of our "hidden" landfills can be felt just as easily as we make our purchases. That plastic pizza wrapper, that cardboard cereal box, or even the gasoline in the car - they are all just waiting to be turned, with the flick of the wrist or the turn of the ignition, into a substance that we don't want, can't deal with and can never get rid of. All capitalist consumption is waste. To stop wasting requires you to stop buying, and then the machine just.. stops.
Here's a nice little video with some objective info on why recycling is just some bullshit, liberal "feel-good" move to sucker you into believing that you are really "acting" to save the environment. In case you didn't know, recycling, like all green-washing campaigns, was invented by the industrial polluters themselves. No authentic environmental movement will require capitalist consumption. Waste is a problem of consumption. If you believe that buying will lead to social change, or any large-scale industrial "solution" for that matter, your mind has already been co-opted..
We need to change this bullshit mantra that "you vote with each purchase" to "you vote each time you don't purchase". Just like the political realm, it's best to vote for no one and nothing in 2012 - but in this present moment, and doing something that matters right here, no longer waiting for anyone (the government, the community, workplace, friends, parents, family..) to do it for us. Because they won't. Because they are more sedated than you can imagine. Maybe all we can do is run around drawing dicks on the wall with a can of spraypaint - but at least it's somethin.
Here's a nice little video with some objective info on why recycling is just some bullshit, liberal "feel-good" move to sucker you into believing that you are really "acting" to save the environment. In case you didn't know, recycling, like all green-washing campaigns, was invented by the industrial polluters themselves. No authentic environmental movement will require capitalist consumption. Waste is a problem of consumption. If you believe that buying will lead to social change, or any large-scale industrial "solution" for that matter, your mind has already been co-opted..
We need to change this bullshit mantra that "you vote with each purchase" to "you vote each time you don't purchase". Just like the political realm, it's best to vote for no one and nothing in 2012 - but in this present moment, and doing something that matters right here, no longer waiting for anyone (the government, the community, workplace, friends, parents, family..) to do it for us. Because they won't. Because they are more sedated than you can imagine. Maybe all we can do is run around drawing dicks on the wall with a can of spraypaint - but at least it's somethin.
Feb 27, 2012
"TLB leftovers" - I'm going to be honest, this edit is hideous. I'm mainly posting it for danny's manny to ice-pole-jam (2:37) at the infamous west allis maccarty park last summer (the center of the world). Otherwise, I think the grammatically incorrect description on the TLB site is dishonest - Jeffk hardly rode with his 'crew' at all last summer. I know because I was there - and it was my crew. Even with my broken shoulder I pedaled around and managed to get a few hundred clips of the boys - doin it for the streets.
TLB LEFTOVERS! from The Level Below on Vimeo.
Feb 25, 2012
French travelers
Somehow I seem to get along with the french more than others. When I was in auroville all my friends were french. I've kept in contact with one guy that I was hanging out with for a few weeks there named gwen, he's a funny awkward dude that was also the most straightforward person I met there. He sent me his blog. It's in french. Granted you don't know him, but he's on a year long trip and has gone through some crazy countries, including Iran, so if you are into a french perspective on Asia check it.
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