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 night I found myself at NTGent, spending an evening with Henry, Henry Rollins that is. Now for those of you who are not familiar with this 40-something pissed off tattooed hardcore punk-rock icon on Vans, Google and YouTube him as you might learn a thing or two. You might then find out you know [...]
Categories: Entertainment, Everyday life, Gent, Ghent, Gigs, Heroes, Music, OutoftheBlog.com, Politics, Rebellion, Street culture, Tattoo
Tagged: black flag, Gent, Ghent, henry rollins, ntgent, spoken word
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- January 25, 2010 – 19:24
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- By Andrew
Artwork by Shepard Fairey aka Obey
So the world stood still (did it?!) once again today as the Swiss voted against minarets in a referendum. Now I must admit I hardly know anything about the country. I grew up learning how Switzerland was a haven of peace and neutrality. I’ve been in Zurich in transit travelling [...]
Categories: DIY, Events, Everyday life, OutoftheBlog.com, Politics, Rebellion, Street art
Tagged: Graffiti, i build minarets wherever i want, islam, minarets, obey, referendum, shepard fairley, Street art, switzerland
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- November 29, 2009 – 19:23
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- By Andrew
Today marks Donald Duck’s 75th birthday. Now, I don’t have a grudge against Donald (or Disney) and always loved the cartoons he’s featured in. What I regret though is the fact that there is a side to Donald Duck and Disney that often doesn’t get any attention anymore, namely the Disney work that was produced [...]
Categories: Animation, Entertainment, Movies, OutoftheBlog.com, Politics
Tagged: der fuhrer's face, disney, donald duck, eduction of death, mgm studios, propaganda cartoons, world war II
- Published:
- June 9, 2009 – 18:47
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- By Andrew
I’m a huge fan of Gregg Michael Gillis, who most of you might know as Girl Talk. I first head his album NightRipper about two years back and was sold as soon as I heard the first tracks. This guy produces mashups/remixes like no other, in which he blends over a dozen tracks through [...]
Categories: Entertainment, Music, OutoftheBlog.com, Politics
- Published:
- May 6, 2009 – 19:59
- Author:
- By Andrew
