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posted on 21.10.09 Blitzen Trapper @ The Fox Theatre

I had the pleasure of seeing Blitzen Trapper at The Fox Theatre here in Boulder last night and must say that the show was all I hoped it to be and more. The six piece band from Portland, OR filled the stage quite nicely with a tight and well orchestrated sound. Although it was great to hear a few of my favorite Blitzen tracks live, including Furr and Black River Killer, it was the barrage of lesser known tracks that really caught my ear. I was really brought back to a sound reminiscent of the 70’s with their flawless harmonies and country folk-rock sound.

Although this show did not bump Bon Iver from the leader board of shows we’ve been to at the Fox this year, I would give it a well deserved second place. Upon walking out I stopped by the merch booth and scored the new “Black River Killer” EP on Vinyl for $10, which also came with an access code to download an mp3 version of the EP. 2X Bonus! If more artists did this I would buy everything on Vinyl, who really wants a cd anyways?

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posted on 28.09.09 SOUTH BRONX DURING THE 80S AND 90S BY RICKY FLORES

Ricky Flores has an awesome series of photos from his life growing up in the South Bronx. Some of the people were friends of his, some just members of the community but all with a swagger we wish was still around today.

Here’s the full collection on his Flickr: Rigglord

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posted on 20.07.09 Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Cité Mondiale, Bordeaux A wee planet Avenue d'Italie and Rue du Tage, Paris

Alexandre Duret-Lutz, a French photographer, specialises in creating what he calls “Wee Planets” He uses software to stitch together up to 100 separate exposures to create each planet He explains: “All these pictures are 360-degree x 180-degree panoramas projected to look like small planets” He uses professional equipment that includes a Pentax K10D with fisheye lens and a 360-degree tripod.

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posted on 06.07.09

Hope everyone got all the draft beer and s’mores they could choke down this weekend! Regular BDN programming will resume tomorrow…

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posted on 18.06.09 Ken Block Gymkhana 2 Project - Subaroozing, Ugh!

If you are anywhere in the know about DC Shoes owner Ken Block, you know he is mentally unhinged when it comes to rally driving. Aside from being a rally driver for Subaru America and racing around the globe, he has also been seen hitting 70 foot kickers at Snow Park in NZ (check out the cover shot from Snowboarder,) overshooting and 171 feet off a dirt jump for the Stunt Junkies series, and recently jumping under a back-flipping Travis Pastrana .

His newest contribution to awesome, the Gymkhana 2 Project, falls somewhere between “WTF” and “OMG!” Although being loosely catalogued as an “infomercial” for the new line of performance clothing and shoes based on his rally outfit (which totally suck btw,) the video is more of a Hollywood showcase of his godly driving skills than anything else. 360’s, 80 mph horizontal burnouts, near death drifts, fluorescent lights, crash dummies, explosions, Rob Dyrdek and a paintball gun…this video has it all. Thanks to RadCollector for the heads up.