That's Some HEAVY Shit

In response to my earlier post on 'Heavy Manners', here are some photos featuring a few select designs of the line. Featuring a classic Kevin Lyons graphic (top) is his signature 'stylee' as an ode to the sweet cheeba... the rest are designed by yours-truly. The name 'Heavy Manners' is inspired by the classic reggea album of the same name by Prince Far I- meaning "State of Emergency" in Jamaica. I'm excited how everything turned out. The print quality is brilliant, a mixture of waterbased and high-density prints to give it texture (and a lack there of). The line just droped a week ago and we've already made some great accounts most recently Bodega in Boston, as well as Karma Loop, Versus, Street Machine and a growing number of others... if you can't find it in your area, check our web store at HMBrand.com.

Going Back to London

Tomorrow... I will be leaving the sun drenched shores of San Diego for the cold grey skys of London, and I couldnt be more excited... shit is about to get crackin... shouts to Dan Magee and everyone at Slam... catch you soon homies.

Biters

motherfuckers be bitin! haha... this is a photo of my "lil brother" Knox Godoy reppin the shirt last halloween, side by side with the Expedition shirt that shortly followed... but Im not hating, I like what they got going on over at the Kayo Corp... DGK, Organika, and Expedition are all well designed companies with great teams... not to mention mine came out better...

New Street Machine 'HausParty' colorways

Heres some new colorways in the Street Machine "HausParty" shirt.

Morrissey in Tijuana

The Man, The Myth , The Legend - Morrissey performed last night at El Foro in Tijuana... For those who don't know, I am an obsessive fan of The Smiths and the Moz himself... obsessive not being an over-statment. This was quite possibly the best fucking show I've ever seen in my entire life, and I've seen A LOT of shows. I saw the Moz in San Diego a few months ago, on my home turf, if there was one- Embarcadero Park... it was a show plagued by bad sound, an underenthusiastic crowd, and meathead security (although I got some really good photos from it, that I may post later). The show last night had none of that, it was on some real TJ shit. It was the first time Morrissey has graced TJ with his presence, and in a country that probably houses more fans of the Moz than anywhere else, it was assured to be a good show. The crowd was littered with fine young Mexican Moz girls and lots of greasy pompadores. The way it should be. I love Tijuana (shouts to the crew- T$ set) its one of the realest places I've spent time, and is often my refuge from the States... It was a great performance with a great city providing the atmosphere... shit was off the fuckin chain son.

HEAVY MANNERS

Heavy Manners is a company I've been working on for some time now, with my accomplice and business partner Skip. The brand is based out of Seattle and is being released right now as I speak... Everything turned out brilliantly, the printing is second to none and without seeming like a self-consumed ego maniac the designs are pretty good. The line also features designs from the "Lord and Savior" of modern design Kevin Lyons as well as the photographic stylings of Vernon Schmitt... I'll have pics of the shirts on here soon enough... or in the mean time check the website at HMBRAND.com... or simply click the image above.

Street Machine Stickers

Street Machine just recieved a shipment of new stickers designed by yours truly... Shits came out hard as fuck... Shout out to Graphics Lab for the production... SWOOSH!

Blueprint Big Push Trailor

Blueprint is a Skateboard company from London, England that I've been fortunate to have worked with for the past serveral years... This is the trailor for the Big Push event hosted by Document Magazine. Although, I didn't work on this particular video, hats off to Dan Magee... shit is fuckin hard son.

The Smiths/ Big L Mash Up

I'm not quite sure what to make of this or mash ups in general for that matter... but anyone who knows me also knows my undying love for both Big L and The Smiths... I'll even go out on a limb and say they're my two favorites acts. So this bizzar trainwreck of tempo actually seems quite ironic to me... but c'mon "How Soon Is Now?" the one Smiths song even diehard fans of the Moz can't listen to anymore. If nothing else, I guess, it breathed new life into 2 tracks that I wore out years ago, if only be it for a single post on my blog ...
Now all I need is a Crass/ Bun B mash up and my life will be full.

Street Machine x New Era

Street Machine is a skateboard shop with three locations; Paris, France- Copenhagen, Denmark- and here beautiful downtown San Diego... 5th & Broadway where there is never a dull moment. The first store was started in Paris in '88 followed by ours in '95. Ive been the designer for Street Machine for more than a few years now and its one of the best jobs I could have. Working with the homies, doing what I love, and smoking loads of cigarettes in the process...
Anyhow, enough of me ranting, I just wanted to give a slight background on the shop itself but this post is dedicated to the Street Machine New Era hat I designed. Rather than just using our standard logo (which is featured embroidered opposite the NE logo) I wanted to make a more MLB inspired logo, the original inspiration was the St. Louis Cardinals logo as can bee seen by the 'S' with the small 'T.' but everything is custom lettering... I'm actually pretty excited about how this turned out.

PLAY FROM YOUR FUCKING HEART

I decided to have the late great Bill Hicks introduce you, he can put things in a way I never could... So I thought it was a fitting way to set the tempo for my blog. "The Iron Curtain" will be an ongoing collection of my design works, inspirations, travels, and rants... and I asure you there will be a lot of them...