This is a cool project by Fixerati Antwerp/Brussels and Opel. After 70-80 years without making new bike models, Opel is now collaborating with local Fixerati on the production of a new fixie bike. They’re closely documenting the whole process. Episode 1 has been fittingly titled “the briefing”, it gives a quick run through for the [...]
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Tagged: adam, adam fix, adamfix, antwerp, antwerpen, bike polo, bikes, brussels, fixed gear, fixerati, Fixeratie Antwerpen, fixie, fixies, Gent, kuipke, LDV United, opel, opel adam, opeladam, riding fixed, z6sdaagse
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- November 27, 2012 – 18:34
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- By Andrew
Movember is coming. Time to register and show your support in a way you find fit. We know we will. Movember embraces the mustache to fight cancer. For those unfamiliar with the cause, one month after numerous brands and organizations went pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, a number of men start growing [...]
Categories: Codes,Events,Everyday life,OutoftheBlog.com
Tagged: Belgium, mo bros, moustache, moustaches, movember
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- October 26, 2012 – 09:57
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- By Andrew
From 13th -19th August 2012, See No Evil saw top street artists present their work to the world on Nelson Street, Bristol. See No Evil is the UK’s most ambitious and diverse permanent street art project featuring some of the biggest names in the industry. A great recap popped up earlier this week…
Categories: Art,Codes,DIY,Documentary,Events,Exhibit,Gathering,Graffiti,Heroes,Movies,OutoftheBlog.com,Skills,Street art,Travel
Tagged: 2012, Bristol, see no evil, street art fest, street art festival
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- October 25, 2012 – 21:08
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- By Andrew
Mentioned Pixacao a while back with a great documentary. Filmmaker Ben Newman also documented the lives of pioneering Brazilian graffiti collective, The Pixadores. More info one the Puma x Asos collab here. ASOS Puma ‘Os Pixadores’ from Pulse Films on Vimeo.
Categories: Codes,Documentary,OutoftheBlog.com,Rebellion,Street art,Street culture,Travel
Tagged: Asos, Asos x Puma, Brasilian, puma, The Pixadores
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- October 10, 2012 – 10:00
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- By Andrew
Since we started to intensively use spotify a while back we’ve collected a wide range of playlists. As autumn is in the air we thought it was about time for a new playlist and as happens with such lists, we reckon this one might be stuck on shuffle/repeat for the next couple of weeks. For those [...]
Categories: Advertorial,Branding,Codes,Connectivity,Entertainment,Everyday life,Mixtapes,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Reviews
Tagged: autumn, Music, play button, play list, play lists, playlist, playlists, review, soundtrack to autumn, spotify, spotify unlimited
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- September 14, 2012 – 10:04
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- By Andrew
Above gives his own view on how social media has gotten a grip on our lives: People look at me like I’m from another planet when I tell them I don’t have social media like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. In the eyes of social media I’m severely outdated, lost and not ‘connected’. Not partaking in the [...]
Categories: Codes,Connectivity,DIY,Exhibit,OutoftheBlog.com,Rebellion,Skills,Street art,Technology
Tagged: #socialmedia, Above, artist, Copenhagen, Denmark, Facebook, GALORE, GALORE festival, instagram, opinion, social media, timelapse, Twitter, view
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- September 5, 2012 – 10:26
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- By Andrew
A day dedicated to the world’s best salty, savory, and crunchy version of the other white meat? This Saturday you say?! Yes Baconistas, there truly is a day dedicated to our beloved pork treat. Oh bacon, how we love thee and according to Wikipedia we have devoted an entire day to celebrate your scrumptious existence. Well, [...]
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Tagged: bacon, bacon day, crispy bacon, international bacon day, pork, respek, spek, swine, the other white meat
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- August 30, 2012 – 09:30
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- By Andrew
Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen and Lance Mountain are just a few of the legendary members of the original Bones Brigade team. Thanks to Stacey Peralta, and his new documentary full of archive footage and commentary from the original members, we’ll soon get a comprehensive look at the team that dominated skateboarding in the [...]
Categories: Codes,Documentary,Heroes,OutoftheBlog.com,Skills
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- August 25, 2012 – 14:13
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- By Andrew
The Street Art & Graffiti Festival returns to Hasselt this summer. Throughout August you will be able to hear the rattling of spray cans around Hasselt as there are several activities scheduled. Kick-off is this Friday the 10th of August as Art In The Streets #2 will be opening at the Alley Gallery in the Dorpsstraat. Show consists of 10 [...]
Categories: Art,Codes,DIY,Events,Graffiti,OutoftheBlog.com,Skills,Street art,Street culture
Tagged: Hasselt, street art festival, street art festival hasselt
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- August 7, 2012 – 10:00
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- By Andrew
presents STORM THORGERSON June 22 – September 1 Fort Napoleon - Ostend As a kid we would spend lots of time in record stores, flipping through albums, often judging compact discs on their album artwork (and lets be honest, nowadays with iTunes, Spotify & blogs we often have other influences, and the artwork sometimes becomes secondary). [...]
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Tagged: A&G, A&Gallery, album sleeves, Angels, anthrax, art work, artwork, audioslave, ben van alboom, Black Sabbath, cranberries, Fort Napolean, Ghosts, led zeppelin, Mars Volta, Offspring, oostende, ostend, pink floyd, Storm Thorgerson, The Offspring, visit oostende, Ween, Wombats, wouter van vaerenbergh
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- June 19, 2012 – 10:00
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- By Andrew