some of the fellow employees put together Obey's first annual Halloween pot luck and costume party.. There were def some ghouls and geeks floating around the office today.
first place went to this guy!!! you be the judge!
happy halloween from OBEY.... be safe out there!
Last Friday, we celebrated one last party at The Crosby for OBEY Radio's weekly residency which lasted for three and a half years. We're not at all going away.. just going global! Please make sure you check back to see OBEY Radio in your hood! Chris (Free The Robots) and I are so grateful for the opportunity to work with such talented artists over the years, there's so many to name... but an extra special thanks to Shepard Fairey and OBEY Giant Crew, The Gaslamp Killer, Nosaj Thing, Flying Lotus & Brainfeeder, Dam Funk, Scotty Coats, Mr Hyder, NoMSG, My Hollow Drum, Nobody, Low End Theory, Ikey Owens, Matt Goldman, DJ Franchise, J-Logic, Jamie Strong, Chris Haycock, Shawn Drew, The WARhouse Gang, The Crosby Staff, The Crosby Owners, The Bums, The Mutants, The Babes, The Bouncers, The Police and Fire Dept, and the City of Santa Ana for everything... I know I'm forgetting some important people, but I'm also going a bit HAM right now... THANK YOU!!!
To end the night off right... Special Guests THE GASLAMP KILLER & NOSAJ THING poppped in to do their thing... (photos by JON FURLONG)
We are finally ready to release a 4 part series we made on the trip Shepard and the OBEY crew took to Copenhagen, Denmark in August for Shepard's show at V1 Gallery. A lot of stuff happened during this trip that was talked about all over the media. The videos cover the installations done around Copenhagen, the show itself and afterparty as well as all of the drama in between. We are releasing Part 1 today but stayed tuned in the coming weeks for the the rest of the videos.
CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO WATCH OBEY COPENHAGEN PART 1
Over the past weekend I rented the Hasselblad 500 and shot with 120 color & black and white film.. I've only shot with 35mm growing up, so this is a whole new world.. No manual, just grabbed it and went to town!! All in all I think I did alright, except after I was done with a role I didn't know to make sure the flap needed to be taped down, so a couple roles had some pretty bad light leaks... I kind of dig it - no instagram crap for me!!!!
I started off slow and got better as I went
lil color
Last Month, Vanski Transki posted BLANDA's NYC opening for her OBEY Collection launch. Blanda continued the party in her hometown of Zurich Switzerland. With the help of our Swiss Posse, some old friends, and of course, Blanda... The party popped off.. With tunes blaring, the alcohol spilling, and people just having a grand ol' time. Photo credits to Olivier Bonnet, Masta P., and Blanda E. in providing some photos to help us visualize this great night and helped us imagine we were right there with them... hey ladieeeess!
"This past Saturday, on Oct 8th, we celebrated the Swiss release of the Blanda for OBEY artist series collaboration at it-spot Gonzo in Zurich. It turned out to be one of those rare nights everyone kept buzzing about for days. We were dancing to beats by Nadeeya, Kutmah, David Suivez and Ngoc Lan into the early morning hours. All of my closest friends and family were there (even my grandmother stopped by for a glass of prosecco:) I can't describe how special it was to present this collection in my hometown to the people I love." - B
Blanda and Her Family!
Pierre & Ngoc Lan
Blanda & Melanie Winiger
yuppers!! thank you to everybody involved in OBEY Radio Zurich!!!
- ROAM
Nobu from OBEY Japan stopped by the And A Gallery in Shibuya to check out our friends Curtis Kulig (Love Me) and Mint and Serf aka Mirf. These guys are all a bunch of goofballs and I wish I could have been there for this trip.
Huge installation up front
Nobu and Curtis rappity rappin. These guys talking about an upcoming collaboration for Spring? I guess we'll know soon.
Ah yeah, check that good looking Mirf shirt!
Nobu's little dude shredding the rad already.
Peter Pan Posse, check out their zine if you can get a copy.
Fire! 21 Gun Salute! Serf, Curtis, and Mint. Stay classy fellas.
Our friend Greg Roman from Failed Athlete just sent us over a new video he did for the man, the myth the legend Saber. The video documents Saber building a giant American flag consisting of 64 protest signs for the occupy LA protest.
Check the video here
Im sure everyone has heard about what went down in seal beach yesterday? I live about 50 yards from there, so it's pretty trippy to think my home is now next to the biggest massacre in Orange County history. Very sad, people are fucked up in the world! I don't understand it, I don't think I ever will...
anyways...
its boiling outside, throw on a tank grab a beer and -
Sat in traffic for about an hour on the way home from work last night. Finally made it home, ate some pizza, slammed a beer then I packed up my gear, grabbed some more beers and hit the road to do some night shooting down by the marina.
as I was taking this shot, I saw a little pepe la pew fucker running around the parking lot behind me so I thought, hey lets try and get all nat geo and get some Shunk shots.. Didnt turn out how I planned!! I chased him around bushes, cars, trees, everywhere! There were people leaving the restaurant looking at me like im some crazy loony bin chasing a shunk around trying to get a photo at 10pm hahahha... I finally got him cornered and was going in for the shot and that little shit turned and sprayed!!.. I was lucky enough to turn just a bit, so I only got hit a tiny bit on my elbow. After all that and I still wasn't able to get a decent photo of him! at least it was fun!
lil bastard
get ya next time!!
Last Week Shep and the dudes hit Asbury Park for his show and All Tomorrow's Parties. Below is a little bit of the aftermath.
Thanks again to Lobo Jones for covering the show.
I'm not sure if our warehouse crew plan this, but for some reason these 3 really resembled that really crappy (but great) movie with Brendan Fraser - AIRHEADS
we'll let you be the judge...
only thing missing is the toy guns and a puka shell necklace
I took a short-lived hiatus from the city lights to revitalize my subconscious and reconnect with the universe.. confirming my existence, testing the bounds of reality, etc. etc.. It's amazing how many possibilities present themselves when you take off the blinders.
a fire in the distance. there is beauty even in death
my time traveling vessel sitting beneath the cosmos
different Gods sharing the same night sky
mirrored wilderness between darkness and the morning light
O, CANADA!
