There's a big storm sweeping through our state today and it has produced a gigantic tornado that got caught on film by 9 News (KUSA). It's quite spectacular to watch.
The massive tornado ripped through Weld County, Colorado bringing with it golfball sized hail and leaving at least one person dead and an unknown amount of injuries. Lets hope those numbers don't rise. It's reported that there were up to 7 tornados from this storm. Visit 9news to stay updated.
So tonight I had the good fortune to attend the Thrice concert in Denver. It was a great show. Thrice truly has a great stage presence and performance. I also had the good fortune of receiving a photo pass. This is the first show I've got to shoot and it was great fun. I have a lot to learn when it comes to shooting a concert with the low lighting and all, but I'd say it was a good first try. Stay tuned for the full story (and maybe even an interview). As for now here are some photos to wet the appetite.
Circa Survive did a nice job of continuing to warm up the crowd after Pelican opened.
"There's a new terror loose in the streets of the city! Probably the most organized attempt yet by children to dominate the world!"
This 1965 news report in Toronto talks about the new fad coming from California, it's called sidewalk surfing. In the clip CBC's Lloyd Robertson interviews an 18-year-old activist who rolls onto the screen in a dress and bouffant hairdo, if I had a time machine I would probably go back and marry her. The anchors compare 'skurfing' to hoola-hooping as well as make a projection that the fad is already dying out... Oh little did they know!
Here is my second choice of the snowboard video trailers to show you. It's coming to us from Germany. The guys over at Isenseven always impress, and this new trailer is no exception. Here's what they have to say about it:
It's been a while but we're back with some moving pictures for you again. This time literally. We put together an exclusive selection of moments from our past trips into a little story, read like a book, just without any climax. You can enjoy a journey to Norway, Austria, New York, Washington, Idaho, Vermont and Quebec cut down to just one night and one day. This new teaser for "Teenage Love Graffiti" (DVD release fall 08) is availbale for download in HD or iPod format at www.isenseven.de as always.
So it's been a good two and a half weeks since my last entry. Sorry. I know you browsers of the internets can't handle not having new content everyday. I'll be working on that. During this two weeks and some odd days of blogging drought i've learned a lot about myself. Kind of... I've learned what my problems are, but haven't been able to figure out the solutions yet. For some reason I'm either completely motivated or not motivated at all. And worst of all I haven't figured out a way to control it. It just comes and goes as it pleases. I know in my head the things I need to and want to get done, but at the same time, that very head cannot get my body to actually do any of it. So I'm going to try and take a new approach; Just plain and simple self-discipline. For instance, right now I have absolutely no motivation to be writing this entry, and it probably shows in the quality of this post. But I also know that waiting for my next spurt of motivation isn't going to get anything accomplished. Research shows that it takes 21 days to form a new habit, so for the next 21 days (excluding the days I have no computer) I'm going to be adding at least one entry a day, after that we'll see if it's become a habit. If it doesn't? Well, I'll be trying again for another 21 days because as of right now, I'm the only one here to do it. Wish me luck!
Updates About the Site
So as most of you have probably noticed not much has changed on the site since the addition of the ShoutBox, of which is not getting much attention, so go show it some love. However, there are some updates coming over the next week. Here's what to keep an eye out for:
So keep an eye out for these new updates. I'm also going to be trying to get the Symposiarch up and running this coming week so make sure you're enlisted on the homepage. I'm extremely excited about the new interview. The new article isn't quite as exciting, but it's a gem in the fact you can't find it anywhere else on the interwebs. So Keep checking in!
Thanks for the continued support!
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Hahaha. Oh crap! This could be a good game at the next SIA. That is unless it's already been played, which I'm sure it has, you crazy bastards!
A Russian man got a nasty surprise when he returned home after a drunken night out - his wife found a knife in his back.
A friend of Yuri Laylin had thrust the blade into the 53-year-old after playing a variation of Russian roulette.
The game involved the players drinking vodka and dancing round a blindfolded man carrying a knife.
Mr Laylin said he did not feel any pain until he went home.
He said: "We had a few vodkas and I remember playing some silly games and someone had a large knife.
"I came home, went to sleep as usual and woke up when my wife started screaming.
"Only then did I realise what had happened."
Doctors said the knife went four inches into his back but missed his vital organs.
"The alcohol he drank must have acted as an anaesthetic, otherwise he would have been in great pain," one of the doctors said.
His alleged attacker reported the crime to the police himself.
As Reported On News.Sky.com
So it's that time of year again. The slopes are shutting down one by one here in the states and the hundreds of production companies are starting to, one by one, release their trailers for this falls offerings. Keeping up with the rise and fall of all the snowboard video companies is a full-time job. One that I don't want to take on, especially when Exile over at Snowboard-Mag.com does such a stellar job at it. So for all you who need to see the hundreds of trailers, make sure and keep an eye on his post, it's updated as the trailers are released. For everyone else, that trusts my judgement, you can keep checking back here where I will be sporadically posting my favorites.
To kick things off, I just wouldn't feel right featuring any trailer but Travis Rice's "That's It, That's All". I've been anticipating this release ever since seeing "The Community Project". Sit back and enjoy.
Hey all. I know it's been a while since my last post so I thought I'd drop in for a quick second and give you an update on the things going on around here.
I'm sure you've noticed the addition of the "Shoutbox" on the homepage, so go use it! I'm going to go ahead and make an unofficial presumption that it is going to become the official shoutbox of the industry. I'm am not going to accept the credit for this brilliant addition, all credit goes to the fellas at Elm Company. They used to run a site called Blunt Snow that back in the day featured the official shoutbox. They have now passed the sword on to me, so I will do my best to do it justice. It's only going to be a matter of time till someone's feelings get hurt, and oh I can't wait!
Some other updates in the pipeline are rss feeds, new categories in the links directory, user comments, and some new articles.
As always, thanks for the support. Every bit helps me stay motivated, which is a hard task, doing this site single handedly gets a bit overwhelming especially when people aren't feeling it. So thanks again for the love.
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It's been a big week for me. It started with the official launch of Idiom Life and is now being followed strongly by the release of my first fitted hat.
Yeah yeah yeah. I know it's Wednesday and I said it'd be official on Monday, but what do ya do? Basically I've had no life the past month; between trying to wrap up this site, multiple projects for multiple clients, attempting to have a social life, and the always precious time with my girlfriend (yes I love my G5, but it's just a computing machine). So cut me a little slack. This entire site is me. The design, the development, getting the content together, the beta testing, the marketing, basically this site is gigantic and it takes time. So thank you for your patients.
So everything should be good to go. No empty links. All the content that there is going to be for a little while. A nicely functioning blog. Yay. I'm happy enough with the site to finally cal it official!
Make sure to enlist on the homepage for your chance to win monthly giveaways. This month's giveaways include a year subscription to Snowboard magazine (only the best here at Idiom), a Bataleon Snowboards swag pack, a Nixon Modical New Era, and some prods from Elm Company.
Make sure and check back tomorrow (Thursday) for the special announcement.
As always, thanks for the support!
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