Photo: Jimmy King How I found out about David Bowie and his music was quite organic. I would pop in VHS skateboarding videos and watch skaters skate fluidly to his songs. The most memorable skate part to me was Arto Saari's double feature in "Sorry" where he used two of Bowie's hits "1984" and "Rock n'...
Agenda is a tradeshow that comes to Long Beach twice a year where skate, street, and lifestyle brands come together to showcase their products in their unique booths. People anticipate this tradeshow every year to see the lastest from brands such as Flexfit, Staple, Hurley, Lil Bullies and Yesterdays Co. to name a few. My...
I discovered Annija Veldre's work when I was scrolling through Bored Panda. I had to do a double-take on her photographs because they were so surreal. I found out she is a 21- year-old self taught artist from Latvia who takes self portraits outdoors. She manipulates it in Photoshop to capture the essence...
The Church of Santa Barbara in Llanera, Asturias, was abandoned for many years and was deteriorating from neglect. With help from online fundraising and Red Bull, a collective called 'Church Brigade' helped refurbish the place and turned it into a beautiful public skate park called Kaos Temple. The walls and ceilings were covered by artist...
Couple weeks ago, Zion I drove from the Bay to LA to perform at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. A nice way to meet your favorite artists is by attending their performances at small local venues. It was just down the street from my house so there was no excuse not to go. Trying...
Happy Thanksgiving from the Imprint team! We are thankful for your support and reading our blog posts. Here are some deals from our incubees and partners going on during Thanksgiving break. Have a safe and wonderful weekend everybody! Each $50 Knock Box contains at least 4 pairs of sunglasses (1 Premium, 1 Fort Knocks,...
Last week’s Live After 5 event was pretty cool. Every second Thursday of the month, bands and performers take the stage and put on a show for the public in the heart of Downtown Long Beach. This event was across the street from our office at the Promenade parking lot so getting there was...
One of the contributing artists from Pow! Wow! Long Beach, Tristan Eaton has a solo exhibition titled “Legacy” that is currently up at Subliminal Projects Gallery in Los Angeles. Detroit’s Library Street Collective presented Eaton’s artwork and explained that it pays homage to those who came before him and is for current and next...
Yoskay Yamamoto is a distinguished self-taught artist from Toba, Japan. He moved to the U.S. when he was a teenager and is currently living in Los Angeles. He curated his most recent exhibition at GR2 called “81 Bastards” and currently has an installation piece at the Japanese American National Museum for Giant...
