RT @cacophonyart Wow, I can’t believe this find. All back issues of Dwell from Oct 00-Nov 08 that you can read online. http://tiny.cc/cdMmL (via @saymayday)

Also, look at our kid DJ Greyboy on the cover of the July/August 2007 issue: (while you’re at it, you can read the whole damn thing)

Corey Martinez behind the lens and pro skater Chris Cole on some smith grind action. If I was a skater, i would probably be irritated by bmx’ers calling this a smith grind. Actually, I was a skater back when this bmx grind came into being and I was ecstatic.

Kids are stupid.

Wow, so the Fantasy Factory episode featuring homies Greyboy and Truly oDd (and Dave Mirra and Jim Bauer and Francis De La Pena and Keith Mulligan and Fuzzy Hall) was on tonight, and now “sidehack” is the #1 hot trend on Google right now. WTF, that’s awesome. Grey and Truly have been doing this sidehack thing for a while and I’m super stoked to see them get some recognition and furthermore, some tangible interest. I can’t wait to be able to buy one of those sidehacks, even though I have to go to walmart to get one. Follow @impaktbmx and @herculesbmx on twitter to find out the latest in the sidehack world. And whatnot. Click here to see a sweet promo from last year for Hercules Sidehacks, their higher end sidehack company.

Apropos of nothing, here is me and Greyboy crashing on a sidehack.  I was going to go fly out for the Fantasy Factory shoot but ended up having to work. That’s probably fine because I probably would have killed myself.

Absolutely no credit check for those who have “less than sparkling credit” and yet can afford a luxury vehicle. BOOOM!

via: AdFreak: Forget the recession and go lease a Bentley

I arrived maybe 20 minutes early and there were 40 people in line already. By the time noon rolled around, there were easily 200 people in line. Pictures of FOOD AFTER THE JUMP!!!!

The people standing there in the street were at about the point you could see the full extent of the line, and people just stood there chastising themselves and wondering what the hell they were going to do for lunch now. (by the way, that asian girl in the street has NO IDEA how to use Twitter). In any case, since there were so many people, they limited people’s orders to one per person, which meant that of course I was going to have to buy a hot dog to supplement this if I was going to have any hope of making it through the afternoon. I did get a fist-bump from one of the dudes in the truck because I was wearing an LA hat. I was thinking of parlaying that into another order, but civility prevailed.

Sure, but how about the food? I waited for TWO HOURS in LA to try the tacos and it was well worth it. I love food and I hate hype, so it was bound to be a disaster, but my spicy pork tacos and short rib tacos were WELL worth it. The familiar juicy korean bbq meats paired with the tortillas and cabbage from a taco truck, but then married with some sort of chili/sesame/soy salsa that just takes it into the stratosphere.  This is the Kogi BBQ experience that I have been raving about, the tacos worth waiting two hours for. This is the Kogi BBQ experience that I wanted all those New Yorkers in line with me to have, if this was to be their first experience, it had better deliver on all that hype.

The Kimchi Quesadilla was alright, but seemed a bit ham-fisted. I’m not sure the cheese was a proper foil for the cooked kimchi, the overall texture was a little eh. I like my kimchi either snappy and fresh, or grilled up with some pork belly and some sort of dipping sauce.  Where the tacos are an inspired marriage of culinary traditions, the kimchi quesadilla seemed like something one of my stoner friends would throw together in a pinch. I know they’re working out of a borrowed space and whatnot, but… I was just hoping they’d represent PROPER.

Holy hell the Dessert Truck chocolate mousse was amazing though.

Someone said that someone from Top Chef was in the truck, but I never watch that show, so I have no idea. Tell me in the comments.

**edit* Lee Ann Wong is going to be executive chef of Kogi BBQ East Coast! *ahem* from Top Chef.

I am going to be in LA to visit family, eat good mexican food, and attend the International Old School BMX Reunion & Show this weekend, which (if last year was any indication) was a great time with lots of really nice old vintage bikes to look at, cool people to hang out with, some nice Southern California weather, and most importantly (to me at least), bike riding.

You should all come out! Details and flyer after the jump…

What: International Old School BMX Reunion & Show

When: June 6, 2009

Where: Peck Park, Arcadia California

Time: 8 am to 3:30 pm

Attendees who would like to enter bikes in the show must be registered and set up by 10am. Judging will begin at 10am.

jim and sharon bauer and the wedding party. how awesome is this picture?

Sort of funny I just posted that I Hate L.A. video, eh? Well, I do. Shut up.

I am SO OVER LA, (except for maybe the lakers), last time I was there, I was ready to come back to NY after the first day–but I still thought this was funny. Oh, but the pleasant weather, I do sometimes miss that.

“crossroads of the world, my dick”

Little did I know they were illegal. I guess all good things are.