For a while now I’ve been following Ross Kemp on Gangs over on Discovery (needles to say one of the greatest channels on the digital screen). As the subject has always fascinated me I also started reading his books on the matter. Fascinating!
For that reason I have also been meaning to blog about this other [...]
Categories: Codes, Everyday life, Movies, OutoftheBlog.com, Politics, Street culture, Tattoo
Tagged: bloods, crips, crips & bloods, crips and bloods made in america, Documentary, forrest whitaker, gang culture, ghostdog, made in america, on gangs, ross kemp
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- March 9, 2010 – 19:47
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- By Andrew
Last Thursday we saw the birth of a new mag in BE (or at least it marked the launch with a nice little shindig at Eskimo in Ghent). Our fellow blogger On Point finds (& lately also record label owner bringing JtotheC’s finest work to date) himself at the heart of this operation. Besides writing [...]
Categories: Bookreviews, Consumer products, Entertainment, Everyday life, Movies, Music, OutoftheBlog.com, Photography
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- February 7, 2010 – 20:50
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- By Andrew
Adidas Originals is kicking off 2010 by welcoming you to the neighbourhood, the street where originality comes to life as artists, athletes, and celebs celebrate their style. Everyone’s invited to our street corner along with some special guests, who travelled from a galaxy far, far away to launch a years worth of celebrations. In other [...]
Categories: Ad of the day, Advertising, Branding, Codes, Consumer products, Entertainment, Heroes, Looks, Movies, Music, OutoftheBlog.com, Sneakers, Sports, Street culture
Tagged: Adidas, star wars
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- January 17, 2010 – 11:12
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- By Andrew
“Wax on… wax off. Wax on… wax off.” is one of the memorable quotes of the karate kid. Mr Miyagi explaining the ideal car waxing technique and how it teaches you karate moves. Hilarious (or at least when I was a kid it was). Mr Miyagi always was a figure that interested me as a [...]
Categories: Movies, OutoftheBlog.com, Trailers
Tagged: 2010, jaden smith, karate, karate kid, kung-fu, mr miyagi, the karate kid, trailer
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- December 29, 2009 – 18:58
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- By Andrew
‘Art should be aggressive, it should be intelligent, it should be interesting and it should cause a stir in the emotions, you know? And if it doesn’t, then what’s the point?’ A quote by Frank Carter, the lead singer of London post-punk band Gallows, and opening quote for Lives of The Artists, a feature-length documentary [...]
Categories: Branding, Codes, DIY, Documentary, Everyday life, Gigs, Heroes, Movies, Music, OutoftheBlog.com, Photography, Rebellion, Skills, Sports, Tattoo, Travel, Youth culture
Tagged: gallows, relentless, relentless energy
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- December 28, 2009 – 19:16
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- By Andrew
