A super awesome homeless dude’s ode to Menomena’s ‘Dirty Cartoons’.
created by: Trevor McMahan, Blaine Kneece, Kelly Brickner, and Amalia Luyet.

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HOW THIS WORKS:
The four teams are made up of a total of six skaters—four pros and two ams.
Each team is given nine days in a warehouse with the same set of obstacles.
Each team is allowed one art director on site.
Each team is assigned one TWS photographer to shoot a feature article for the magazine.
Each team is allowed a film crew to produce a video for skateboarding.com.
The final photo and video product is judged by the TWS edit staff (minus S&C coordinators Skin Phillips and Josh Brooks) on the level of skating, creativity, the use of obstacles, and overall image and video quality.
The winner gets the cover of the magazine and will have a spot reserved in Skate & Create 2011.

Here is Adidas’ version.

ADIDAS:SKATE AND CREATE from kevin brown on Vimeo.

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Photo by Brandon Lee

With songs about trolls, tigers, bullfighters, Egyptians, tropical birds and coyotes, it’s clear that Miniature Tigers aren’t taking this stuff too seriously.  That’s not to say that these guys aren’t good musicians – they definitely are.  But on their second LP Fortress, the Brooklyn via Phoenix quartet is truly focused on entertainment.

Incredibly playful tracks designed with a back-to-basics sensibility are what keep this record enjoyable.  Jangled guitars and harmonic vocal choruses give this album a depth that keeps it out of the kitsch category.

Combining with members of Neon Indian and the Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers recorded the album at Dreamland Studios in upstate New York to ensure the weirdness was not lost in some massive corporate sound stage.  The result is a lighthearted and enjoyable mix of future alternative rock.

F O R T R E S S from Miniature Tigers on Vimeo.

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