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4.05.2011
Get HYPHY, it's time to RYDE
These are my top 3 fave builds from Blk/Blk. Variated like whoa. If you don't know what Blk/Blk is, they might just be the sickest moped gang in the game right now.... other than the Hell's Satans, of course.
Some Mad Max lookin shit.
Check out the underside of this one.... I don't even understand it, all I know is I love it.
And this one is so fucking pure evil.
If you like these, check out the rest at The Shred Shed
When I'm not going to the Outer Banks to go jogging on the beach, I'll be at my garage spot, playing mopeds. Maybe we can all ride sometime soon.
3.30.2011
Is it too much to ask...
to have your morning after breakfast brought to you on a hand made, salvaged cherrywood FOOTED PLATTE (cutting board/serving platter)?
I've been looking a lot on Etsy recently and getting really excited that there are so many amazing artisans making really beautiful objects out there. Here are a few more that I like:
3.23.2011
3.12.2011
Andrew Fladeboe
Years ago, I was hanging out with my friends Mike Garten, Matt Miller and their friend, Andrew Fladeboe. We were walking around taking pictures at Manassas Battlefield Park in northern Virginia. Andrew is an amazing photographer. You might of seen his work in the Vice Photo Book. This was one of my recent favorites (of so, so many) off his flickr site:
3.09.2011
The first cut is the deepest
Yeah, i used that as a title. But check this out! My friend Marshall Higgins got a bunch of rad artist friends together to make this book. I've got a few things in there, so check it out!
3.01.2011
Pizza Pow Wow
4 cups bread flour (makes for a crispier crust, but all purpose works too!)
2 cups warm water (helps activate the yeast)
1 packet of dry activate yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1 glob of honey
1 tablespoons olive oil
sift the bread flour and sea salt into a large mixing bowl
combine warm water, yeast and honey together, make sure everything is dissolves into the water.
make a little well in the flour to pour some of the water potion into. gradually pour all the water in the mixture.
stir with hands until everything makes a nice big ball of dough. if too sticky, add flour, if too dry, add water. do this in very small amounts.
knead with floured hands and surface for 10 to 12 minutes.
drizzle the olive oil in another very large mixing bowl. put that little ball of dough in there!
cover with either plastic wrap or a clean damp cloth in a warm, non drafty place. i like using the oven and preheating it to super low, then turning off.
let it rise for two hours. optional: separate into thirds and let rise for another hour.
this kind of dough likes to be cooked at 500 degrees with all your fave toppings. it also works the best as a personal size pizza!!!
enjoy!
2 cups warm water (helps activate the yeast)
1 packet of dry activate yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1 glob of honey
1 tablespoons olive oil
sift the bread flour and sea salt into a large mixing bowl
combine warm water, yeast and honey together, make sure everything is dissolves into the water.
make a little well in the flour to pour some of the water potion into. gradually pour all the water in the mixture.
stir with hands until everything makes a nice big ball of dough. if too sticky, add flour, if too dry, add water. do this in very small amounts.
knead with floured hands and surface for 10 to 12 minutes.
drizzle the olive oil in another very large mixing bowl. put that little ball of dough in there!
cover with either plastic wrap or a clean damp cloth in a warm, non drafty place. i like using the oven and preheating it to super low, then turning off.
let it rise for two hours. optional: separate into thirds and let rise for another hour.
this kind of dough likes to be cooked at 500 degrees with all your fave toppings. it also works the best as a personal size pizza!!!
enjoy!
2.22.2011
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2.09.2011
MORE HYPE
Two-Stroke Blacktop | Articles/Archives | Articles/Archives | Style Weekly
Film pours gas on the fiery Richmond moped scene.
by Wayne Melton
Pat Lowery is the brash leader of a moped gang in a new short film called “Satan Since 2003.” It’s no surprise when the Richmonder has a similar attitude on the phone during a recent interview from the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where he and the film’s director, Carlos Puga, are screening the work in late January.
“You’re from Style?” Lowery interjects at the beginning of the conversation. “Let’s get something straight first,” he says. He has a beef with the magazine, he says, something about a correction to a previous article concerning a Richmond bicycle group that Lowery’s gang, the Hell’s Satans, is friendly with. It’s difficult to tell how serious Lowery is, however, because he quickly drops the subject. “OK, you’ve got one more question,” he says soon after, to which he responds, “What kind of question is that?”
It’s fairly clear that Lowery, who sports a bushy red ZZ Top beard and heavily tattooed arms, enjoys playing the role of the imperious miscreant, which he gets to do for most of the 20 minutes of “Satan Since 2003.” In the movie he’s frequently seen barking orders to, when not pontificating about, his fellow Satans, a group made up mostly of young men, often shirtless, who cruise around Richmond on mopeds with loud two-stroke engines when not downing Pabst Blue Ribbon near the river.
The film’s central narrative concerns the Satans’ origins and incipient rivalry with other moped gangs around Richmond — hipster, punk and African-American factions who, Lowery explains on camera, have staked claims to various parts of the city. The Hell’s Satans have an especially volatile enmity with the punk group over turf and pranks taken too far. In one scene, Lowery lounges in a chair while another Hell’s Satan leisurely paints over their graffiti — payback for an offense. Later, Lowery’s best friend, Hippy, is purposefully run over by the rival gang. Plotting more revenge, Lowery constructs a homemade bomb from a milk jug and batteries.
Most of the scenes feel so authentically Richmond, it’s difficult to tell the doc is a fake. “Satan Since 2003” is a mockumentary, concocted by director Puga, whose previous work was for MTV’s “True Life” series. Directing reality TV helped him integrate truth with fiction to the point where it’s not easy to tell the two apart.
Evidently the Hell’s Satans themselves are real, in that they really is a group of moped enthusiasts, about 20-30 strong, that really does like to party. (The group took its name from a parody on “The Simpsons.”) Everything else is exaggerated. There are no rival gangs, at least not official ones.
Taking a break from a hectic Sundance schedule, Puga says he’d been searching for a mockumentary subject long before he met the Hell’s Satans, something like “True Life” that he could “inject some fun into.” A circuitous route through several friends and cities brought him to Lowery and his group. The two presented the film to audiences at Sundance as a real documentary, though Puga says the truth always came up during the Q&A. “Most everyone thinks it’s totally real,” he says.
For his part, Lowery thinks “the final product turned out great,” though he regrets that the movie doesn’t reveal the real Hell’s Satans. They do charity work, too, Lowery says: “I’d much rather be known for that.”
For information on “Satan Since 2003,” go to standardarts.com.
Film pours gas on the fiery Richmond moped scene.
by Wayne Melton
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| Revving with the devil: Carlos Puga’s 20-minute mockumentary, “Satan Since 2003,” tells the irreverent story of a Richmond moped gang called the Hell’s Satans. Photo courtesy of Carlos Puga. |
“You’re from Style?” Lowery interjects at the beginning of the conversation. “Let’s get something straight first,” he says. He has a beef with the magazine, he says, something about a correction to a previous article concerning a Richmond bicycle group that Lowery’s gang, the Hell’s Satans, is friendly with. It’s difficult to tell how serious Lowery is, however, because he quickly drops the subject. “OK, you’ve got one more question,” he says soon after, to which he responds, “What kind of question is that?”
It’s fairly clear that Lowery, who sports a bushy red ZZ Top beard and heavily tattooed arms, enjoys playing the role of the imperious miscreant, which he gets to do for most of the 20 minutes of “Satan Since 2003.” In the movie he’s frequently seen barking orders to, when not pontificating about, his fellow Satans, a group made up mostly of young men, often shirtless, who cruise around Richmond on mopeds with loud two-stroke engines when not downing Pabst Blue Ribbon near the river.
The film’s central narrative concerns the Satans’ origins and incipient rivalry with other moped gangs around Richmond — hipster, punk and African-American factions who, Lowery explains on camera, have staked claims to various parts of the city. The Hell’s Satans have an especially volatile enmity with the punk group over turf and pranks taken too far. In one scene, Lowery lounges in a chair while another Hell’s Satan leisurely paints over their graffiti — payback for an offense. Later, Lowery’s best friend, Hippy, is purposefully run over by the rival gang. Plotting more revenge, Lowery constructs a homemade bomb from a milk jug and batteries.
Most of the scenes feel so authentically Richmond, it’s difficult to tell the doc is a fake. “Satan Since 2003” is a mockumentary, concocted by director Puga, whose previous work was for MTV’s “True Life” series. Directing reality TV helped him integrate truth with fiction to the point where it’s not easy to tell the two apart.
Evidently the Hell’s Satans themselves are real, in that they really is a group of moped enthusiasts, about 20-30 strong, that really does like to party. (The group took its name from a parody on “The Simpsons.”) Everything else is exaggerated. There are no rival gangs, at least not official ones.
Taking a break from a hectic Sundance schedule, Puga says he’d been searching for a mockumentary subject long before he met the Hell’s Satans, something like “True Life” that he could “inject some fun into.” A circuitous route through several friends and cities brought him to Lowery and his group. The two presented the film to audiences at Sundance as a real documentary, though Puga says the truth always came up during the Q&A. “Most everyone thinks it’s totally real,” he says.
For his part, Lowery thinks “the final product turned out great,” though he regrets that the movie doesn’t reveal the real Hell’s Satans. They do charity work, too, Lowery says: “I’d much rather be known for that.”
For information on “Satan Since 2003,” go to standardarts.com.
1.26.2011
I know, right?!
I got away from art for a while after art school. I guess I just got burnt out on making art and concentrating on what I was saying to people through it. Over the holidays I decided to start drawing again, but not for art's sakes, just for myself and my friends. Here are a couple of drawings of friends for friends. You know what these drawings say? Hello fwiend, I love you.
just about a 8x10
5x7
1.24.2011
BELIEVE THE HYPE
From Richmond CBS 6 News
The article in the local paper: "Satan Since 2003" | Richmond Times-Dispatch
From Some Blog
"The Documentaries are always my favorite so I stepped in to watch Satan Since 2003, Negativipeg, and Grandpa's Wet Dream. Satan Since 2003 was awesome. Yes, awesome. It was about the moped gangs of RIchmond, VA and one in particular called Hell's Satans. The story goes from you just thinking these crazy ass guys are just out to have a good time to suddenly sitting in your seat saying "What the fuck?!" out loud with the rest of the audience. I feel the need in the next few days to do some research on what happens when the camera stopped rolling. Negativiped wasn't that good, not sure what the programmers were thinking about that one. Grandpa's Wet Dream was alright, it is about exactly what you hope it isn't about. It wasn't that great, but if you want a good laugh about an old guy doing porn, have at it! "
The article in the local paper: "Satan Since 2003" | Richmond Times-Dispatch
From Some Blog
"The Documentaries are always my favorite so I stepped in to watch Satan Since 2003, Negativipeg, and Grandpa's Wet Dream. Satan Since 2003 was awesome. Yes, awesome. It was about the moped gangs of RIchmond, VA and one in particular called Hell's Satans. The story goes from you just thinking these crazy ass guys are just out to have a good time to suddenly sitting in your seat saying "What the fuck?!" out loud with the rest of the audience. I feel the need in the next few days to do some research on what happens when the camera stopped rolling. Negativiped wasn't that good, not sure what the programmers were thinking about that one. Grandpa's Wet Dream was alright, it is about exactly what you hope it isn't about. It wasn't that great, but if you want a good laugh about an old guy doing porn, have at it! "
1.19.2011
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