Active is also doing an Altamont D.I.Y. Tie Die Tee Contest.

And Atamont also has an Active industry profile.

Exploding out of West Berlin, Germany in 1980, Einsturzende Neubauten's unique approach to apocalyptic noise made them one of the most important and impressive industrial bands of the 1980s. In contrast to their forebears, like '70s British group Throbbing Gristle, who worked with a lot of electronics, Einsturzende Neubauten's sound realm employed more real-world objects. Starting out very crude and cacophonous, their music gradually became somewhat more melodic and palatable as the decade wore on.

In a live setting, in addition to the occasional guitar, they would never hesitate to bust out power tools like jack hammers, plus myriad other materials like shopping carts and random pieces of scrap metal found before each show. One time when I saw them, they even gently poured gravel down inclined lumber during the quiet part of a song, and their bass player was well-known for sweating buckets.

Their first album, Kollaps (1981), is completely packed with grating sounds derived from all manner of the aforementioned found scrap metal, while other tracks feature the band beating on tunnel walls accented with caustic, animalistic growls and screams. The follow-up, Drawings of Patient O.T. (1983) tempers the onslaught with slightly more convential elements, and dare I say a few hints of melody. Halber Mensch (1985) even welcomes a grand piano into their increasingly well-tempered din. Fünf Auf der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala (1987) sees Einsteurzende Neubauten segue into an area of subdued, atmospheric songs with the tension piled on so thick, you couldn't cut it with a Texas chainsaw.

Ending the decade with their most palatable effort so far, Haus der Luege (1989), the band pushes forward with an array of grating yet rocking and occasionally danceable(!) tracks on side one, with more elegantly restrained atmospherics on the flip. Tabula Rasa (1993) virtually reverses its predescessor, with numerous tracks of gentile songs leading up to the final 15-minute scalding industrial rock of "Headcleaner."

More convential song structures, melody and harmony are bandied about on Ende Neu (1996) and Silence is Sexy (2000), while Perpetum Mobile (2004) returns to temper the harsh sounds with the moody, airy ambience of Funf. Alles Wieder Offen (2007) offers up more robotic rhythms with noise outbursts to display a perfect example of "sophisticated modern composition-meets-downtrodden pop song."--All Music. Originally only available as downloads, the tracks on The Jewels (2008) were composed by a card game containing music playing instructions that band members kept hidden from each other, and dream-inpsired lyrics, which results in another album of unmistakable Einsturzende Neubauten.

Timeframe: Post-Altamont.

Public Impact: Although Einsturzende Neubauten were far from the first ship to sail under the industrial flag, they managed to weave an original, caustic tapestry of sounds into an ultra-gritty urban music that stoked out and inspired a whole generation of followers.

More: Discogs, Official, MySpace, Last.FM, Unofficial, YouTube

Photos provided by BrIan Jones.

Check out Fucked Up performing live at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ, February 18th 2010.

Look for some special Fucked Up Altamont pieces coming soon!

Meanwhile, catch Fucked Up on their remaining February tour dates:

• Tuesday Feb 23rd: St. Catherines, ON @ L3 Nightclub with Leatherface, Yesterdays Rising & Orphan Choir
• Friday Feb 26th: Toronto, ON @ The Opera House with Kurt Vile

Enjoy a few photos from Altamont contributor Tim Kerr's art show called Truth: A Kill Souless Bullshit Happening on February 13, 2010 at Family bookstore in Los Angeles.

Tim's eye-popping paintings--mostly portraits of people that inspire him--completely covered the walls of the mini-gallery in the back, which also featured a guest wall with the work of Exene Cervenka, Charles Pegot, Chad Keico, Mike Watt, O, Rich Jacobs, Chrissy Piper, AJ Nesselrod, Marsea Goldberg, Russ Pope, Michael Coleman, Tod Swank, Jason Adams, GSD and Craig Jackman.

Some loud, noisy rocking also went down between Tim, No Age and Mike Watt, and Tim lead a an old time session full of long, minimal country jams out on the sidewalk. Altamont also commemorated the occasion with a lavish, hard cover art book called Your Name Here printed in a super limited-edition of 112 copies. See if you can find one!

Stay crispy Thee-Thee!

Art

Exene Cervenka, Charles Pegot, Chad Keico, Mike Watt, O, Rich Jacobs, Chrissy Piper, AJ Nesselrod, Marsea Goldberg, Russ Pope, Michael Coleman, Tod Swank, Jason Adams, GSD, Craig Jackman, Tim Kerr.

Music

No Age and Mike Watt
Tim Kerr leads an old time session
Triple Chicken Foot

Dates

February 13 - March 10, 2010.
Opening party: February 13, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Location

Family Backroom Gallery
436 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, California

Tim Kerr

What are you doing to participate? That is the question asked by longtime legendary Texas musician and artist Tim Kerr. A founding member of pioneering hardcore band the Big Boys, who ignited intense audience sing-along and dance participation from 1979 to 1984, Tim has, in the quarter century since, continued to participate by playing guitar in a long list of obscure yet revered outfits.

Grunge pioneers Poison 13, the bluesy The Monkeywrench, the soulful Bad Mutha Goose, cover band Jack O' Fire, the '60s garage punk-inspired Lord High Fixers, the garage rhythm 'n' punk of the King Sound Quartet, and the soulful Now Time Delegation and Total Sound Group have all been maniacally infused by Tim's creative six-string slinging.

Not only has Tim played in these bands, he has probably recorded at least 10 times that for others own records. And all along, he's gainfully employed a paintbrush to render loving, text-adorned portraits of his mentors. Just another way to participate. So, start splashing some paint yourself, make a fanzine, invent your own clothing company, or, as the Big Boys always said, go start your own band! Your move.

(invisible: man)

Andrew Lee makes the cult favorite brand (invisble:man). Don’t think he’s riding a dark side trend – he started it. Ten years old now, (invisible:man) is admired by those who’ve created the history and smelled the rank underbelly of the streetwear beast…plus legions of followers worldwide who like Lee’s attention to detail and quality, and the fact that he never, ever compromises.

Lee has previously lent his collaboration design skills to brands like Stussy, Neighborhood, Real Mad Hectic, T-19, Kinetics and Mad Foot to name a few. He also owns and operates the strictly friends-and-family-brands-stocked mini-empire that is Commissary Stores in San Diego and Costa Mesa; the Commissary Bar / Gallery in Costa Mesa, and the (invisible:man) store back home the East Village of NYC. Now Andrew adds Altamont to his friends and family.

Ralph Steadman

In his early life, the United Kingdom's Ralph Steadman was held hostage by an overgrown insect known as the Great Bug of Creativity. Instead of trying to escape back into the creature comforts of the moribund workaday world, young Ralph eventually saw the light and wisely chose to become an artist instead.

Soon after, his star really began to rise. Ralph became well-known for his pictorial contributions to American author Hunter S. Thompson's writings. Together, they created gonzo journalism—an unpolished, exaggerated, profane form of literature that blends fact and fiction, and in which the reporter becomes a main character.

In the 1970s and '80s, Ralph's distorted, chaotic drawings perfectly mirrored Hunter's corrosive, stream-of-consciousness words in such gonzo classics as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in 1971 and the lesser-known The Curse of Lono in 1983. In print for only a short while, the latter was re-issued in 2005, due to Ralph's popularity, complete with a large number of his drawings and paintings.

Altamont is honored to partner with Mr. Steadman to bring you this special T-shirt series scarred by his infamously gonzo illustrations from the notorious Thompson novel, The Curse of Lono. Now, get bit by the Bug yourself, and go find your own author to draw for!

Add to this introductory signature pieces from Brian Hansen and Garrett Hill, joining brand-new items from Andrew Reynolds and Bryan Herman from our skate team, plus more from returning Altamont contributors Neck Face and No Age.

Also, don't miss the loads of other brand-new denim, hats, hoods, jackets, knits, pants, shorts, sweaters, t-shirts and wovens in the Altamont Spring 2010 Collection! Choose your favorites right now and buy 'em down at your favorite local stockist.

All photos enlarge.

Mr. Rob Brink was kind enough to kick down this clip of Theo staying crispy in the TF during the recent epic rains in LA.

Bless the ledge, Theotis!

yo! we got a problem! i was at wendys the other dat , and this super prepy kid walks in wearing ae jeans, a holister shirt and an altamont hoodie!!!!!! what the fuck is up with that? we have to stop this from happening agen!!!!

--Ethan C.

Hm, well that's not good. We apologize for this unsightly scene developing in front of your eyes.

However, there is a solution to prevent future occurences. The following steps should help you get started:

1. Buy a small pair of scissors, like the ones used to trim your moustache.
2. Hide the scissors in your pocket and carry them around with you at all times.
3. If you see any more goofballs like this disrespecting Altamont, you run up to them with the scissors and cut off the Altamont tags. You have to be quick though. If you have more time, just cut up their gear altogether. That'll teach em.

There! Three steps and it's solved!

Thanks for your message, Ethan.

--Altamont Help Desk

Peep the video above then go check out the story on Active's site!

Late 1800s The advent of recorded music, via the phonograph, wax cyclinders and the first crude discs.
1897 Thaddeus Cahill invents the Telharmonium, a crude forerunner to the synthesizer.
1924 Leon Theremin invents the Theremin.
1928 Maurice Martenot invents the Ondes Martenot, an electronic keyboard for the orchestra.
1920s Edgard Varèse dreams of using electronic sounds in his music, but must wait two decades for the tape recorder to be invented. The advent of the 78 rpm record.
1935 The advent of the Hammond organ.
1939 John Cage composes “Imaginary Landscape #1” for turntables, cymbals and piano.
1948 Pierre Schaeffer invents musique concrète with turntables and a disc lathe. The advent of the long-playing (LP) record.
1950 The advent of the magnetic tape recorder.
1952 John Cage composes “Williams Mix” for magnetic tape. The first public concert for magnetic tape is performed by Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening.
1953 Iannis Xenakis uses a computer to compose the instrumental piece “Metastasis.”
1954 Edgard Varèse composes “Deserts” for magnetic tape and orchestra.
1955 Louis and Bebe Barron compose the Forbidden Planet film soundtrack using electronic sounds exclusively.
1957-1962 Iannis Xenakis composes his groundbreaking electro-acoustic pieces "Bohor," "Orient-Occident," Concret P-H" and "Diamorphoses." Raymond Scott composes minimal, rhythmic electronic music that predates Kraftwerk and techno by decades.
1958 Edgard Varèse composes “Poéme Èlectronique” for the Philips Pavilion at the Brussels World Fair.
1959 Pierre Schaeffer, Luc Ferrari, et al open the Groupe Recherches Musicales in Paris. Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening open the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York.
1960 John Cage and David Tudor pioneer the use of electronic music in live performance with “Cartridge Music.” Karlheinz Stockhausen composes “Kontakte” for electronic sounds, piano and percussion.
Early 1960s Lejaren Hiller, Max Matthews and James Tenney compose early computer music. Raymond Scott composes Soothing Sounds For Baby, which is early ambient music. Terry Riley composes minimal trance pieces featuring tape loops.
1965-1966 Steve Reich composes the classic tape loop pieces “It’s Gonna Rain” and “Come Out.” AMM includes electronics with instruments to perform their groundbreaking free-improvisation, followed by Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV). Robert Moog invents the Moog voltage-controlled synthesizer. The Beach Boys use a Moog-Theremin on “Good Vibrations.”
Late 1960s La Monte Young begins to use sine wave drones with instruments and vocals. Psychedelic rock groups begin to use tape manipulation, feedback and other electronic effects that avant-garde composers pioneered 15 years earlier.
1970 Several pavillions at the Osaka World Expo feature the electronic music of Arne Nordheim, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, etc.
Early 1970s Kraftwerk pioneers electronic pop music, which paves the way for techno.
Mid 1970s Throbbing Gristle pioneers industrial noise music. The compact disc is invented by Philips and Sony, but is not marketed until 1983.
1979 The Fairlight CMI, an early digital synthesizer sampler, appears.
Early 1980s The advent of the desktop computer.
Mid-late 1980s Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson usher in techno. The advent of house and acid house.
Early 1990s Dance music branches out into endless variations like deep house, hardcore, garage, gabba, ambient dub, trance techno, breakbeat, jungle, goa trance, trip-hop, ambient, illbient, trillbient, not to mention happy hardcore.
Mid-late 1990s The dance madness continues with drum ’n’ bass, drill ’n’ bass, techstep, turntablism, minimal acid techno, etc. The advent of Powerbook laptopcore: Oval, Pita, Fennesz and Farmer’s Manual form very interesting sound-blankets from digital glitches. The advent of the World Wide Web, mp3 files and digital downloading.
2000 The DJ Dubble R hooks a speaker array to a metal kite and flies it in a thunder and lightning storm. He dies for the cause.

Head on over to The Skateboard Mag and check out some photos and video of Altamont contributors Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman, Theotis Beasley and the rest of the Baker / Deathwish teams ripping it up during their Christmas demo.

Altamont contributors No Age joined forces with Ed Templeton to create a very special colorway of his Emerica shoe, The Archer. Emerica recently held a big contest to give away a pair with a grip of other Templeton-signed goodies, and they just announced the winners! Stay on the lookout for a very special big contest with No Age here on the Altamont site next summer.

Visit TransWorld Skateboarding and grab a wallpaper featuring Altamont contributor Garrett Hill.

Congratulations to Jorge O. of Moscow, Idaho; Kameron M. of San Antonio, Texas; Nicholas Z. of Las Cruces, New Mexico; Nic A. of Hermiston, Oregon; Daniel M. of Escondido, California and Zach O. of Lodi, California for winning our Tony Hawk: RIDE! Win It! contests. Each winner received a free Tony Hawk: RIDE video game courtesy of Activision.

Keep a cyclops eye out for an interview with Altamont contributor Brian "Slash" Hansen in issue 71 of The Skateboard Mag.

Hey, whats up, guys! I usually write you more often and I was the one who sent that letter with the naked Dallas girls. Ha-ha! Anyways, since the last time I contacted you, I had a major loss with my dad passing away on the sixth of November. My father is totally the reason I enjoy art, music, skating, and being as creative as I possibly can while I'm on this Earth. I have told you guys before my dream would be to grow hydro legally and intern and find a permanent position with Altamont. This is still my dream. I tried to get my dad involved in this dream by having him help me design a colorway for the Deathwish contest. Unfortunately, the jail he was in at at the time I sent him a letter sent it back, because I had pictures in it that were plastic and they couldn't let him have it.

When he got out, I moved him back in his house and talked to him about growing, because he was a very creative man who had grown in the past, as well. I told him about Altamont and receiving the package you guys sent me with the stickers and some of the apparrel, and for the first time, I think he realized how into skateboarding and art I really am. That was the last time i saw my father. I loved him so much and now he is gone. I am happy that I at least got the chance to let him know how passionate I am about skateboarding, music and art and how he influenced me so much in everything I do today.

Sorry for having to use you guys for a vent, but I am planning on doing a tribute tattoo and I want to use the Altamont font for it. Angelone will look so sick in that font--especially the A. So I was going to let you guys know that I really love your company and it means a lot to me. I know my dad would think it was sick to do it that way. Anyways, thanks to whoever reads this and I will have a video and pictures to send when I get it done. Thanks again for being such a sick company and keeping it real. It means a lot to me.

--Giovanni A.

Hey Giovanni,

--Altamont Help Desk

Brainticket was an experimental quasi-Krautrock band who were belched out of the hub of the Switzerland spiral galaxy in 1968. The band released an astounding psychedelic / musique concréte artifact in 1971 that sports the unlikely and awkward name Cottonwoodhill. Although Swiss in origin, it easily crosses over into neighboring Krautrock borders in most people’s minds. After a couple of shortish, four-minute psych rock jams that prominently display soothing flute melodies, spastic organ outbursts, rocking bass, drums, tablas and heavily distorted electric guitar, this group of Swiss acid gurus launch into a hyper-intense 25-minute masterpiece of psych / concrete insanity.

A very repetitious, distorted electric guitar line backed with tabla serves as a nice rhythmic backdrop for a myriad of concrete sounds: glass smashing, motorcyle revving, sirens wailing, crowds cheering, school bells ringing, electronic swirls flitting, some insane reverbed laughing, rain pouring, water rushing, bottles crashing speaker to speaker, vigorous toothbrushing, gargling, spitting, cars crashing, bells tolling, glissing potentiometer havoc, machine guns and bombs blasting, a chimpanzee laughing, a snatch of Beethoven’s fifth, some rather “techno”-sounding voices fading in slowly while drowning out the music and intoning the word “Brainticket” over and over then fading back out again, trains clacking and explosions exploding. All this while a young, breathy British lass delivers a lengthy monolog regarding life, love, LSD and other universal concerns—hamming it up in a most emotionally over-the-top and erotic way.

“Advice: After listening to this record, your friends won’t know you anymore. Warning: Only listen once a day to this record. Your brain might be destroyed!”

Timeframe: Post-Altamont.

Public Impact: After releasing three albums during their late 1960s / early '70s heyday, Brainticket dissolved and re-coalesced a couple of more times in the early '80s and 2000s, and Cottonwoodhill went on to effortlessly carry the band into the hall of Krautrock legends. And that album continues to blow minds to this day.

More: Amazon, Discogs, Last.FM, MySpace, YouTube

I just went to my third Jay Reatard show. Seeing I've been an Altamont enthusiast since it dropped, and I was wearing it at the show, I shouted down from the balcony to Jay (prior to the show starting), asking him if he rode for Altamont now. All I got was a cracked smile, but it led me to believe he was a new addition. I know he toured with No Age, so maybe they hooked it up? Anyway, I've got a pic of him wearing the Eriberto Oriol I Have a Dream shirt. Also, I'm glad Altamont isn't at Urban (I work there) anymore, but you wouldn't believe how many people ask me if we carry what I'm wearing. Seriously, I'm like a walking advertisement for you! I just wanted to say I love Altamont and Jay Reatard fn rules, along with No Age! Keep snatching up the talent, Altamont.

--Justin B.

Justin,

--Altamont Help Desk

Congratulations to Ivan O. of Gardena, California for winning our Win the 10.Deep Collection! contest, including the Deep Hoody, Deep Woven, Deep Scarf, Deep Cap and the Security and Voyage t-shirts.

Burning just a little bit brighter than that blue sky-tinted fire emanating from your stovetop, The Blue Flame rocket car was the fastest land vehicle on Earth for most of the second half of the 20th century. On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, it set a land speed record of 630.388 mph on October 23, 1970--a challenge that went unbeaten for nearly three decades, until 1997! The Blue Flame really was just a rocket on wheels. Indeed, its engine generated 22,000 pounds of thrust, which equals 58,000 horsepower. How many horses does your ride have?

Timeframe: Post-Altamont.

Public Impact: Although its long reign as the King of Speed is over, the Blue Flame went on to inspire the Thrust SSC, a jet engine car, to break the sound barrier at 763 mph on October 15, 1997, and continues to inspire others to surpass the 1,000 mph mark. Will they succeed? Or will they flame out and crash in a blaze of glory? Only time will tell. Any way you slice it, though, the Blue Flame led the way.

In keeping with Fucked Up's annual tradition of dropping a Christmas-themed single, they have released a rousing cover of the 1980s Bob Geldoff classic, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" For the single, they have assembled an all-star cast of indie hipsters such as Andrew W.K., David Cross, Bob Mould (Sugar), Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), GZA, Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio), Tegan & Sara, Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), and Yo La Tengo.

Like last year, 100% of the proceeds from this release will go to charity. The money from the sale of this mp3 and the 7" will be split between three groups, Justice for the Missing and Murdered, DTES Power of Women, and Sisters in Spirit. So, please don't illegally download this song, spend the $0.99 and purchase it on iTunes. Thanks.

hey guys!

its me agen just telling you how amazing you guys are agen hahaha. at school today i almost knocked a kid [out] today cuz he was talking shit on altamont, if my teacher wasent their i would have laid him out! i plan on geting ALTAMONT tattooed on mt for arm wen i turn 18 next year! i cant wait!

peace out,

ethan c.

Ethan,

--Altamont Help Desk

Tony Hawk: RIDE's motion sensing skateboard lets you control the action with your feet just like you're really skateboarding. Lift, tilt, and turn the board to pull off amazing tricks. The Casual difficulty setting makes the game instantly fun to pick up and play. Then move on to Confident and Hardcore modes for tougher challenges. RIDE six locations across the globe and master over 100 tricks, and explore the deepest create-a-skater ever in a Tony Hawk game. Get on board and RIDE. Enter your contact info on the contest page for a chance to win a Tony Hawk: RIDE video game on the PlayStation 3 platform! Two lucky winners will be chosen. Hurry, because this contest will RIDE away on December 14, 2009.

Congratulations to Stephen B. of Los Angeles, California for winning our Win the Eriberto Oriol Collection! contest, including the America's Most Wanted, I Have a Dream, Thinker and Welcome to California t-shirts. Enter the Win the 10.Deep Collection! contest right now. It ends on December 14, 2009.

Congratulations to Altamont contributor Sammy Baca, who can be seen raging a mean crail slide across some fat-ass coping on the cover of the January 2010 issue of Thrasher. He also scored a sick Converse ad inside. Then dive into the overwhelmingly huge, mega-epic, 24-page "Lowlife" tour article featuring Sammy and the rest of the Altamont + Baker + Deathwish squads. Peep all of the burly photos and read about their encounters with "amateur rappers, pre-teen club promoters, slutty moms, hippies and even a few acid casualities." Dudes are killing it!

Tony Hawk: RIDE's motion sensing skateboard lets you control the action with your feet just like you're really skateboarding. Lift, tilt, and turn the board to pull off amazing tricks. The Casual difficulty setting makes the game instantly fun to pick up and play. Then move on to Confident and Hardcore modes for tougher challenges. RIDE six locations across the globe and master over 100 tricks, and explore the deepest create-a-skater ever in a Tony Hawk game. Get on board and RIDE. Enter your contact info on the contest page for a chance to win a Tony Hawk: RIDE video game on the Microsoft Xbox platform! Two lucky winners will be chosen. Hurry, because this contest will RIDE away on December 7, 2009.

Altamont contributor Fos has launched the new Heroin Winter 2009 catalog. If you like the graphics he's drawn for Altamont, you'll love this stuff. It's full of bright colors and will make you smile. Go give it a gander!

Liberty Boardshop gave the Altamont Holiday 2009 Collection some love over on their site. Buy some now!

A new truck company called Theeve has announced its team, which includes Altamont contributor Garrett Hill.

Walden Affairs presents
Indoor Life
Curated by Tom Godfrey (UK)
November 29 - December 6, 2009
Preview: Saturday, November 28, 7:00 p.m.

Taking its title from a late '70s synthesizer and trombone-led band heard late one evening by Tom Godfrey whilst observing Indoor Life scroll across his digital radio, this exhibition will bring together both new and existing work from 14 artists based in Nottingham, London, Frankfurt, Berlin and Los Angeles respectively. Responding to the gallery's domestic past and the remnants of that history which still exist, Indoor Life will explore ideas relating to the display of art that exists within or poses as a domiciliary and gallery environment. At times, the exhibition may resemble a film set, a building site or even the home of a private art collection--all with the common purpose of investigating the varying realms between fact and fiction, form and function that an exhibition and domestic space can operate within.

Indoor Life will include works by:

Tomas Chaffe (UK)
Nicolas Deshayes (UK)
Tom Godfrey (UK)
Tobias Gunn (UK)
Eloise Hawser (UK)
Candice Jacobs (UK)
Matt Jamieson (UK)
Simon Lewandowski (UK)
Richard Paul (UK)
Yelena Popova (RU)
Simon Raven (UK)
Garry S. Davis (USA)
James E Smith (UK)
Andreas 'Sorry' Steffen (D)

Walden Affairs
Zuidwal 52
2515 XT Den Haag
The Netherlands

Opening times: Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Don't miss the massive 12-page interview with Altamont contributor Justin Figueroa in the December 2009 issue of Skateboarder. Figgy drops some bangers in the photos and gets tortured in the Q&A. Buy it for sure!

Jay Reatard rocks the Altamont Wrektime sweater from our Spring 2009 collection.

Tony Hawk: RIDE's motion sensing skateboard lets you control the action with your feet just like you're really skateboarding. Lift, tilt, and turn the board to pull off amazing tricks. The Casual difficulty setting makes the game instantly fun to pick up and play. Then move on to Confident and Hardcore modes for tougher challenges. RIDE six locations across the globe and master over 100 tricks, and explore the deepest create-a-skater ever in a Tony Hawk game. Get on board and RIDE. Enter your contact info on the contest page for a chance to win a Tony Hawk: RIDE video game on the Nintendo Wii platform! Two lucky winners will be chosen. Hurry, because this contest will RIDE away on December 1, 2009.

Altamont contributors No Age wrap up their All Tomorrow's Parties 2009 adventure by hanging out and jamming with Bob Mould, then enlisting Bradford Cox and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch(!) for an impromptu Neil Young cover.

Upcoming No Age Tour Dates

November 20, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, Illinois

November 27, 2009
8:00 p.m. with Ganglians, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls
Art Fag Fest
San Diego, California

December 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
Butlins Holiday Resort
Minehead, England

Altamont contributors No Age give us a tour of the creepy Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York, which looks like it's straight out The Shining. Then they have a fanboy moment with director Jim Jarmusch and jam with Bob Mould.

Upcoming No Age Tour Dates

November 20, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, Illinois

November 27, 2009
8:00 p.m. with Ganglians, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls
Art Fag Fest
San Diego, California

December 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
Butlins Holiday Resort
Minehead, England

Ride with Altamont contributors No Age in their tour van through the rain on the road to All Tomorrow's Parties 2009 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York. They got to play Husker Du songs with Bob Mould there back in September. Check back soon for part two.

Upcoming No Age Tour Dates

November 20, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, Illinois

November 27, 2009
8:00 p.m. with Ganglians, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls
Art Fag Fest
San Diego, California

December 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
Butlins Holiday Resort
Minehead, England

Unwavering senses of collective individuality and personal strength are what birthed hip-hop, skate, punk and graffiti – and every youth movement of the last 30 years. Altamont Apparel Ltd. is proud to announce the release of the 10.Deep and Scott Sasso for Altamont Collection. Through gritty, utilitarian fashion pieces and critical, oft-provoking graphics, the 10.Deep collection continues to reflect the contrarian ideals of the cultural movements from which both brands were birthed.

The 10.Deep for Altamont collaboration by Scott Sasso continues this tradition. Taking cues from the namesake Altamont tragedy of 1969, Scott invokes the event and the era through motifs like a raceway checkerboard pattern, a bloody arm, psychedelic imagery and a reference to the infamous event security, or lack thereof. All these elements are incorporated with Scott’s signature 10.Deep attention to detailing and unique patterns to create a completely modern brand mash-up.

Enter your contact info on the contest page right now for a chance to win it all, including the Deep Hoody, Deep Woven, Deep Scarf, Deep Cap and the Security and Voyage t-shirts. The contest ends on December 14, 2009.

Linda Perhacs is a singer and songwriter who released one lone album of fragile, beautiful acid folk in 1970, then disappeared for the next four decades into the wonderful world of dentistry. I first heard said record, Parallelograms, in 1999 on a bootleg reissue CD. I recall the gorgeous singing and great depth of poetry and emotion on display brought tears to my eyes, and the occasional patches of otherworldly electronic effects set my head aloft into a mysterious, airy, lavender bog. I never guessed that this music would be played live a decade later, but, indeed, it did during Linda's first-ever public performance!

On October 7, 2009 at the REDCAT theater in the back of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, Linda was joined by a cast of dozens of friends for a multi-media re-interpretation of Parallelograms. Encompassing music, dance, film and a slide show, the event produced a seemingly endless parade of unpredictable, modern and downright strange sights and sounds. In fact, the entire album was covered in a totally non-lame manner by quite disparate means, including gentle wafts of synth and vocals, a full-blown dance troupe, acoustic guitar-led ensembles, acapella vocals with a wine glass backing, an all-out rock band, a huge women's choir and so much more. It was a wonderful night of creativity that I'll never forget. I hope it comes out on DVD someday so others can experience it.

Timeframe: Post-Altamont

Public Impact: Although Linda Perhacs recorded her lone album in 1970, it wasn't until three decades later that it really took off and inspired a whole new generation of freak folk artists.

More: Anthology Recordings, Arcane Candy, Forced Exposure, Last.FM, LA Weekly, MySpace, Official

Altamont and KCDC present A Guide to Brooklyn Skate Spots. Whenever you're in Brooklyn, be sure to visit KCDC at 90 N. 11 Street at Wythe, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.

Remember: Altamont is available in Brooklyn exclusively at KCDC.

Delve into the massive eight-page "20 Questions" interview with Altamont contributor Garrett Hill in the November 2009 issue of TransWorld Skateboarding.

Enjoy this interview with Altamont contributors No Age conducted by Nylon magazine. It was done a few weeks ago in our New York showroom in SoHo around the same time as No Age's live performance--some of which is included in this clip--at MoMA during An Evening of Skate Videos.

Get an evil eye full of this limited-edition Neck Face Devil's Disciple t-shirt (based on his recent art show of the same name) by Altamont and available only at the OHWOW gallery while supplies last. (Note: This t-shirt is not available online.)

Get an evil eye full of this limited-edition Neck Face Devil's Disciple t-shirt (based on his recent art show of the same name) by Altamont and available only at the OHWOW gallery while supplies last. (Note: This t-shirt is not available online.) Busy P, who played the afterparty with The Goat, rocks the finished product in the photo above.

Dean Spunt of No Age rocked the Altamont What it Do flannel shirt at the recent Evening of Skate Videos afterparty at MoMA in New York. The same shirt is on sale now at a deep discount at Sun Diego through November 9, 2009.

Altamont contributor Neck Face just threw up a big art show called Devil’s Disciple on Halloween down at the OHWOW gallery in Miami. Cast an evil eye on some photo galleries over at Hypebeast, Miami New Times (where there's also a big write-up) and OHWOW. (On OHWOW, click on the two links down on the bottom left.) Oh yeah, and be sure to sink your claws into a copy of Neck Face's The Devil Made Me Do It!!! book and peep this teaser for his upcoming flick.

Whoa! Altamont 's What it Do flannel shirt is available at a deep discount at Sun Diego. Get it from them while you can, cuz this price is only valid through November 9, 2009!

October 29, 1969 - It was 40 years ago today that a small group of ultra-nerds working for the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency first attempted to log-in on the ARPANET (a network of computers they created for military and scientific use) and crashed their own small, fledgling, yet visionary system. But, fortunately, the next attempt worked! A few years later, this system spawned the INTERNET proper and email, followed by USENET and electronic bulletin boards in the '80s and the World Wide Web (a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed on the INTERNET) at the beginning of the '90s. The whole shebang has since grown into a global pop culture phenomenon that today plays a much more important role. Check out the full story at Computer History, National Geographic and Fox Business.

Photo: Cover of Computer magazine, September 1979.

As if the launch of No Age's new colorway of Emerica's The Archer shoe and their contest giving you a chance to win it (and some hand-drawn Ed Templeton goods) wasn't enough, now the band has popped out a new Losing Feeling video. Buy the full album on Sub Pop and watch the No Age Video Game Challenge at Rolling Stone. Then catch them live:

October 30, 2009
8:00 p.m. Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, California

November 4, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
The Hollywood Palladium
Hollywood, California

November 7, 2009
8:00 p.m. Fun Fun Fun Fest
Austin, Texas

November 9, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
The Fox Theater
Oakland, California

November 13, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
The Paramount Theater
Seattle, Washington

November 16, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
The Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, Colorado

November 20, 2009
8:00 p.m. with The Pixies
Aragon Ballroom
Chicago, Illinois

Altamont contributors No Age came up with a special collaboration colorway for Ed Templeton's Emerica shoe, The Archer. Head on over to the Emerica site to enter for a chance to win a pair and a bunch of other stuff signed by Ed!

In what has become an annual Toronto tradition, Altamont Fall 2010 contributors Fucked Up will be celebrating Devil's Night and Halloween with an epic weekend of shows containing a laundry list of awesome bands, including the world's greatest hardcore group, the Cro-Mags, as well as a reunion of Toronto punk rock pioneers Youth Youth Youth (we're talkin' 1982 here). This will be a weekend completely chock-full of utterly amazing chaos. It all goes down from Thursday, October 29, 2009 through Sunday, November 1 at various venues. Check Facebook for all the info including lineups, set times, after parties, etc. You will live a long life of regret if you miss out on this!

Go watch the No Age Video Game Challenge over on Rolling Stone.

Congratulations to Alex L. of Willowbrook, Illinois for winning our Win the Bill Owens Collection! contest, including the Acid $1, Naked Guy, Rollin' Stoned and Super Beetle t-shirts, plus the Rollin' Stoned fleece and cap. The winner was chosen by Mr. Bill Owens himself! Enter the Win the Eriberto Oriol Collection! contest right now. It ends on November 6, 2009.

Check out Altamont contributor Theotis Beasley in this new Thunder commercial. "If you don't got Thunders, sorry for ya."

Join Jeremy Wray for his first-ever art show this Friday, October 23, 2009 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at Hero’s Pub, 714 E. Adams Boulevard, Suite 101, Huntington Beach, California.

Altamont got some props over on Karmaloop's video show called The Daily Loop.

Look for Altamont contributors No Age on tour over in Europe--plus two shows in Austin and San Francisco--and read an interview with them over at The Village Voice.

October 19, 2009
8:00 p.m. Scala, London, England

October 21, 2009
8:00 p.m. Deaf Institute, Manchester, England

October 22, 2009
8:00 p.m. West Germany, Berlin, Germany

October 23, 2009
8:00 p.m. Betong, Oslo, Norway

October 24, 2009
8:00 p.m. Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland

October 25, 2009
8:00 p.m. The Exchange, Dublin, Ireland

October 30, 2009
8:00 p.m. Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California

November 8, 2009
8:00 p.m. Fun Fun Fun Fest, Austin, Texas

Enjoy a few snaps from the An Evening of Skate Videos show, featuring influential skate flicks from the 1980s to today, that went down at MoMA in New York City on Thursday, October 15, 2009. View some more photos of the panel at CCS and No Age's set on Flickr.

Damian Abraham of Fucked Up talks about a Toronto record store called Rotate This that fueled his obsessive vinyl shopping ritual and gave birth to his love of punk rock. "Record stores are awesome, because you can go and still find that pure, unchaste musical experience. That's why I can spend hours and hours in a record store, because I might find a record that's going to enrich my life."--Damian Abraham

Unwavering senses of collective individuality and personal strength are what birthed hip-hop, skate, punk and graffiti – and every youth movement of the last 30 years. Altamont Apparel Ltd. is proud to announce the release of the 10.Deep and Scott Sasso for Altamont Collection. Through gritty, utilitarian fashion pieces and critical, oft-provoking graphics, the 10.Deep collection continues to reflect the contrarian ideals of the cultural movements from which both brands were birthed.

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The 10.Deep for Altamont collaboration by Scott Sasso continues this tradition. Taking cues from the namesake Altamont tragedy of 1969, Scott invokes the event and the era through motifs like a raceway checkerboard pattern, a bloody arm, psychedelic imagery and a reference to the infamous event security, or lack thereof. All these elements are incorporated with Scott’s signature 10.Deep attention to detailing and unique patterns to create a completely modern brand mash-up.

As an adolescent in New York City, Scott Sasso, founder of 10 Deep, found his inspiration and built a brand to reflect the ideas and ideals of youth street culture. Launched in his college dorm room, the name was ultimately chosen from a list of 50 because of its bold sound. As a slang term, 10.Deep describes a group of 10 people brought together in a show of force. As a brand, the name is a reference to a person's 10 fingers and the power of a single strong individual to affect change.

Take a gander at the two videos from another fellow Altamont contributor, Patrick O’Dell (Epicly Later’d). He captures Scott discussing the tribulations of growing up and the ever constant desire that has fueled him to create something original.

Join Altamont contributors The Goat for a free show at Incision Tattoo, 5414 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, Arizona on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Get ready to get buck!

The Goat's first full-length album, The Goat Speaks, will be howling on Werewolf Heart records soon. To celebrate, the band have released a video of one the songs, called "If You Could." Don't forget to roll over then click the bottom right corner above to download an additional free song called "Luh Dat Shit!"

Enjoy a new gallery from Altamont contributor Boogie.

Eriberto Oriol's photos have a strong sense of perspective and composition. This formal sensibility merged with a gift for capturing the raw essence and realities of L.A. latino street life. With the Eriberto Oriol for Altamont Collection, he chose four iconic images from his catalog that represent his cultural roots and environment, and applied them to t-shirts with symbolic captions: America's Most Wanted, I Have a Dream, Thinker and Welcome to California. Enter right now on the contest page for a chance to win 'em all. The contest ends on November 16, 2009.

Altamont contributor Andrew Reynolds and Emerica pro Jerry Hsu take a First Look through the latest issue of Thrasher!

Delve into a new interview with Altamont contributor Theotis Beasley over at Thrasher. Topics include frowny photos, OCD, homeschooling, life in the hood, the Baker house, and much more.

Check out this sick Chris Johanson poster! Want a copy? The only place they're available is at An Evening of Skate Videos show on October 15, 2009 at MoMA in New York. Enter our contest right now for a chance to win one of these posters, two tickets to the show and a No Age concert.

Altamont contributors No Age will perform an original live score as accompaniment to the film The Bear at the New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York City. It all goes down on Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., the day after An Evening of Skate Videos.

Enjoy some photos and an interview with Altamont homie Chet Childress over at SkateNC. Then go getcha shred on!

No Age

Bryan Herman, Sammy Baca, Kenny Hoyle, Garrett Hill

Check out the brand-new Altamont Holiday 2009 Collection, featuring:

The 10 Deep Collection, featuring the Deep Hoody, Deep Woven, Deep Scarf, Deep Cap and the Security and Voyage t-shirts. Photo enlarges.

10 Deep + Scott Sasso

The original goal of the 10 Deep brand was to reflect the ideas and ideals of youth street culture surrounding its founder, Scott Sasso, as an adolescent in New York City. Launched in his college dorm room, the name was ultimately chosen from a list of 50 because of its bold sound. As a slang term, 10 Deep describes a group of 10 people brought together in a show of force. As a brand, the name is a reference to a person's 10 fingers and the power of a single strong individual to affect change. Unwavering senses of collective individuality and personal strength are what birthed hip-hop, skate, punk and graffiti, and every youth movement of the last 30 years. Through gritty, utilitarian fashion pieces and critical, oft-provoking graphics, the 10 Deep apparel line continues to reflect the contrarian ideals of the cultural movements from which the brand was birthed.

The Eriberto Oriol Collection, featuring the America's Most Wanted, I Have a Dream, Thinker and Welcome to California t-shirts.

Eriberto Oriol

A top art critic from The Los Angeles Times called Eriberto Oriol "a people's aesthete for his discerning eye." Eriberto's photos have a strong sense of perspective and composition. He's been published globally, including Juxtapoz and Warp Japan, along with the aforementioned newspaper and The San Francisco Chronicle, just to name a few. He continues to live and work in his hometown L.A.

The Andrew Reynolds Collection, featuring the A. Reynolds Signature jacket, Covert 2 and Outsider flannels, and various denim and pants. Photo enlarges.

Andrew Reynolds

Arguably the biggest influencer in modern street skateboarding today, Andrew Reynolds' skateboard has taken him to the city streets of his hometown, Los Angeles, and across the globe. Those streets and the people he has come across as a professional street skater have left their mark on him. This influence can be seen in his creative vision as the owner of Baker Skateboards and as the Head Designer for Altamont Apparel. Andrew, not content to simply ride for a traditional clothing sponsor, pursues a passion for design and clarifies his vision even further through Altamont Apparel.

Also, don't miss the loads of other brand-new denim, hats, hoods, jackets, knits, pants, shorts, sweaters, t-shirts and wovens in the Altamont Holiday 2009 Collection! Choose your favorites right now and buy 'em down at your favorite local stockist.

October 15, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
MoMA Theatre 1
11 West 53rd Street
New York City
Age 21 and up only

If you're 21 or older, enter right now on the contest page for a chance to win two tickets to join Altamont contributor Patrick O'Dell and Spike Jonze for An Evening of Skate Videos, featuring influential skate flicks from the 1980s to today--including Jonze's own legendary contributions to the genre. A panel of significant skateboarders and filmmakers, including Jonze himself, will discuss their work.

Guests of this event will receive an exclusive limited-edition poster by Chris Johanson.

A live performance by No Age will follow.

You must be 21 or older to enter this contest. One winner will receive two tickets to this sold-out event. The winner is responsible for their own travel and hotel expenses. The contest ends on October 12, 2009. The winner will be notified by 6:00 p.m. on October 12.

Join Altamont Spring 2010 contributor Tim Kerr, plus Michael Sieben, Russ Pope and Matthew Rodriguez for a group art show called If, Then Maybe on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Needles and Pens, 3253 16th Street, San Francisco, California. There will also be a musical performance by Tim and others.

A window display by Altamont contributor Neck Face has been frightening the whole Winwood neighborhood down in Miami, Florida lately. It's actually a promotion for his upcoming art show sponsored by Altamont called Devil's Disciple featuring a large-scale haunted house installation. The opening celebration is on Halloween, October 31, 2009 at the O.H.W.O.W. art gallery at 3100 NW 7 Avenue in Miami. There will also be an Altamont team skateboard demo onsite and The Goat will be playing the afterparty! Be there or be a fraidy cat!

Enter over on the Concrete site for a chance to win a Sammy Baca prize pack from Altamont, Baker, Independent, Cons and Mob Grip. The contest is open to Canadian residents only, valid only where not prohibited by law, and ends on October 30, 2009.

Congratulations to Cory C. of Laughlin, Nevada for winning our Win the Hippie Collection! contest. Cory received the Acid Rock, Filmore, Hippy Chick and Livin’ On t-shirts, a Friendship belt and a pair of Altamont denim of his choice. Get ready for an Eriberto Oriol contest coming up soon.

Frankly, you have a SICK logo.I was wondering if I could get some free stickers for my skateboard, maybe a poster. Hey, if you want, you can even send me a small mammal. I'll take whatever you send. And I'll treasure it for always, and torment my friends with its sheer awesomeness. I really enjoy looking at your logo. It makes little colors appear out of my socks toes when I stare at it too long, and I find that very special. Please make my life more special! I beg of you! My favorite color will be determined by the color of the item you send. So, please don't leave me without a favorite color. All of my friends already have one, so I feel left out. I Love you guys, I really appreciate all your efforts and endeavors, and I would like to support you, as long as it doesn't cost me more than 18 cents, because thats all I can find in my couch cushions right now. DANG SPRING CLEANING! As I wait for your response, I will eagerly chew on my pet turtle named Oscar the Second. Thanks for your wasted time, and understanding nature. I have problems, and might turn into a insecticidal psychopath if you don't send stickers or a poster. Help out the world and send them already. It could save a butterflies VERY LIFE.

Mr. Ben S.
Cobble Hill
British Columbia, Canada

Ben,

--Altamont Help Desk

Altamont is proud to present the release of 10 daily video parts here on our home page documenting our road trip from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas filmed and edited entirely by contributor Patrick O’Dell of Epicly Later’d.

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Unlike your typical skate tour, the Altamont tour was a mash-up of days spent skateboarding and nights of energetic live music, featuring the Altamont skate team and contributor bands No Age and The Goat making their way out to this year’s annual South by Southwest music festival.

One new part will appear on the Altamont home page every weekday from September 21 through October 2, 2009.

Schedule

Part 1: Monday, September 21 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 2: Tuesday, September 22 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 3: Wednesday, September 23 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 4: Thursday, September 24 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 5: Friday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 6: Monday, September 28 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 7: Tuesday, September 29 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 8: Wednesday, September 30 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 9: Thursday, October 1 at 11:00 a.m.
Part 10: Friday, October 2 at 11:00 a.m.

Who's got the greatest kickflip of all time? Take a guess then watch the video clip over at The Skateboard Mag to see if your guess matches up with the general consensus of skateboarding's best experts.

Check out this video clip from Shred or Die featuring a short Q&A and some skating from Altamont flow rider Riley Hawk, plus a special guest appearance from his dad. Enjoy!

Check out this sweet Altamont "A" logo tattoo on Ian L. Remember that bigger one on Josh's arm? If you got some Altamont ink, send in a photo!

Come check out original ping-pong paddle artwork by Lance Mountain, Ed Templeton, Deanna Templeton, Chris Pastras, Eric McHenry, DLXSF Artists, Russ Pope, Todd Bratrud, Michael Hsiung and many more. Free Colt 45 and good times to be had! It all goes down on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at Krochet Kids HQ Warehouse, 1930 Placentia Avenue A5, Costa Mesa, California.

Check out an awesome new article about Altamont contributor Boogie over at the New York Times.

When they're not busy battling common household fungi, Altamont contributors No Age like to get together with legendary rockers from decades past and kick out the jams. This past weekend, Dean and Randy joined Husker Du's Bob Mould and played each other's songs at All Tomorrow's Parties 2009 in New York. When you're done watching that lil' clip above, read the full story and view a bunch of photos over at Brooklyn Vegan.

Harry Smith (1923-1991) was primarily an artist, filmmaker, musicologist, archivist and record collector who was best known for compiling the Anthology of American Folk Music for Smithsonian Folkways in 1952, which was a huge influence on the folk music revival of the '60s. Harry also gained fame in underground film circles (and squares) for creating a series of colorful, abstract, animated shorts starting back in the 1940s.

Available on a release called Early Abstractions, they span from 1941 to 1957, and predated another major '60s explosion: psychedelia. Originally paired with the jazz of Dizzy Gillespie, and later, pop like the Beatles, these films completely cry out for the viewer to silence the sparse, dank, improvised Teiji Ito Shaman soundtrack on this volume and crank up whatever music he or she thinks will most appropriately accompany the visuals. I imagine Merzbow would mesh quite well with the first three films. No. 1 is all gritty, organic, watercolor-like, and fast-paced; full of ever-changing, amorphous shapes that unfurl themselves across ultra-detailed backgrounds. Likewise, circles dance across myriad corroded backdrops in No. 2, while diamonds and squares take up residence in No. 3.

Teiji Ito's dimly-lit soundtrack really synchs up with the visuals in No. 4, which is imbued with a much slower, live-action feel. It all starts out as the lens jumps around on a squirrelly painting for a moment, followed by white circles and squares that flit about on a black background. At this point, the stark imagery and sprightly flute music mesh together perfectly.

No. 5 is a color sequel to No. 4 with yet more music-matching magic. Lots of circles, squares and triangles with grillwork morph over clean yet complex layers and dominate No. 7, while No. 10 makes a clean break from all the others. It features cut-out clip art people, animals, and everyday objects that romp around in a surreal Buddhist reverie. Maybe the aforementioned Beatles would work best with that. Overall, Harry Smith's Early Abstractions comes highly recommended for any and all film students, psych heads and flat-out fans of color and motion.

Timeframe: Pre-Altamont.

Public Impact: Although Harry Smith is certainly not a household name, his strong influence in the fields of musicology, filmmaking, painting, anthropology and collecting (paper airplanes, Seminole textiles, string figures and Ukranian Easter eggs) still reverberates today.

More: Official, Perfect Sound Forever, Wikipedia, YouTube

Altamont contributor Patrick O'Dell joins Spike Jonze for An Evening of Skate Videos, featuring influential skate flicks from the 1980s to today--including Jonze's own legendary contributions to the genre. A panel of significant skateboarders and filmmakers, including Jonze himself, will discuss their work. A live performance by No Age will follow. It all goes down on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at MoMA, 11 West 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, New York City. The event is in conjunction with the museum's mid-career retrospective of Spike Jonze's work, titled Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years, taking place from October 8-18.

Altamont Apparel and it's contributors,

You all have inspired me is so many ways. Too unimaginable to ignore. I have decided, along with another dear friend, that we are going to make a clothing company based on our ideas, our styles. We want it to pop out from most other companies, we want to be unique and show our image to the world and show what we can do as humans. Our company is also going to live by your rules: "Cut from a different cloth." I'm messaging you to also get some encouragement from some of your team riders or just the man or woman who answers these emails. We have no idea how to go forth about this, but I think it will work. Please if you can get Drew to message back or something to quickly talk to me about this. Thanks again for making such an influential company.

Yours truly, Darius H.

Darius,

--Altamont Help Desk

If you're in Groningen, Holland anytime through October 4, 2009, please check out the work of Altamont contributor Boogie and many others in the Noorderlicht Photo Festival at Noorderlicht Photography, Akerkhof 12, 9711 JB Groningen, the Netherlands, telephone +31 (0) 50 3182227.

Coverage from FYF Fest 2009 is already getting thrown up all over the face of Flickr! Check out all of the snazzy snaps from the following shutter bugs:

erikhustad
jenny crystal ball
joiseyboyy
Menjules
Misfires and Strange Errors
panorady
Carl Pocket
vntnslcno
youngthousands

Don't miss the FYF Fest this coming Saturday, September 5, 2009 in beautiful downtown Los Angeles, California. Join Altamont and its musical family No Age, Mika Miko, Fucked Up and many more. The goal for this year's FYF Fest is to provide a low-cost event of great entertainment and to help save California state parks from closure. The schedule is listed below. Hope to see you this weekend!

FYF Fest Presents: Save Our State Parks
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N Spring Street
Los Angeles, California (Chinatown)
Tickets only $20

Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
Box office opens at 12:30 p.m.

FYF Fest Schedule

Stage 1

Black Lips 11:00 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.
No Age 10:05 p.m. - 10:40 p.m.
Tim & Eric 9:05 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Fucked Up 7:55 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
The Strange Boys 7:05 p.m. - 7:35 p.m.
Times New Viking 6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Dan Deacon 5:10 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.
Wavves 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Crystal Antlers 3:25 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Woods 2:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Avi Buffalo 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Stage 2

Dillinger Escape Plan 10:35 p.m. - 11:25 p.m.
Converge 9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.
Torche 8:25 p.m. - 9:05 p.m.
Lucero 7:20 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.
The Thermals 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Mika Miko 5:20 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
Carbonas 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Darker My Love 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Dios 2:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Grabass Charlestons 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Stage 3

Glass Candy 10:40 p.m. - 11:25 p.m.
Telepathe 9:50 p.m. - 10:20 p.m.
Cold Cave 9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Peanut Butter Wolf 7:55 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
Lightning Bolt 6:55 p.m. - 7:35 p.m.
Japanther 6:05 p.m. - 6:35 p.m.
NinjaSonik 5:45 p.m. - 6:05 p.m.
Har Mar Superstar 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Comedy 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Food Drive Winners 3:25 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Nobunny 2:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Kurt Vile 1:55 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Eat Skull 1:30 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.

There will also be booths by Origami Vinyl, Territory Records, Ooga Booga, Vacation Vinyl, Secret Headquarters, Family Bookstore, Stories Bookstore, Hydrahead Records and so many more. Plus, a kissing booth, dance-off, ice cream, high-fives and a promise that this will be the best day of Summer!

Tickets

Tickets are still available for purchase. They will be $20 in advance and $24 dollars at the door. We highly recommend purchasing them in advance since they are selling very fast.

VIP Passes

A very small amount of VIP passes are still available for purchase. The VIP pass includes onsite VIP parking, access to a full cash bar, and prime hang out area in between the main stage and the side stage. Even better, you enter through the VIP parking area, which means you won't have to wait in line at the front gate. FYF Fest is an all ages event, but you must be 21+ to purchase VIP tickets.

Children

Tickets are free for those under the age of 12 accompanied by an adult.

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Check out Altamont contributors Garrett Hill and Kenny Hoyle in the September 2009 issue of Skateboarder. Garrett offers up his In 'N' Outs, while Kenny faces off with Kelly Hart.

Don't miss the FYF Fest this coming Saturday, September 5, 2009 in beautiful downtown Los Angeles, California. The schedule is listed below along with a new contest that will give your band a chance to play at the FYF Fest and two ways to go to the FYF Fest for free. It just depends where you live and when you were born. Hope to see you this weekend!

FYF Fest Presents: Save Our State Parks
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N Spring Street
Los Angeles, California (Chinatown)
Tickets only $20

Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
Box office opens at 12:30 p.m.

FYF Fest Schedule

Stage 1

Black Lips 11:00 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.
No Age 10:05 p.m. - 10:40 p.m.
Tim & Eric 9:05 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Fucked Up 7:55 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
The Strange Boys 7:05 p.m. - 7:35 p.m.
Times New Viking 6:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Dan Deacon 5:10 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.
Wavves 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Crystal Antlers 3:25 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Woods 2:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Avi Buffalo 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Stage 2

Dillinger Escape Plan 10:35 p.m. - 11:25 p.m.
Converge 9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.
Torche 8:25 p.m. - 9:05 p.m.
Lucero 7:20 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.
The Thermals 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Mika Miko 5:20 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.
Carbonas 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Darker My Love 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Dios 2:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Grabass Charlestons 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Stage 3

Glass Candy 10:40 p.m. - 11:25 p.m.
Telepathe 9:50 p.m. - 10:20 p.m.
Cold Cave 9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Peanut Butter Wolf 7:55 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
Lightning Bolt 6:55 p.m. - 7:35 p.m.
Japanther 6:05 p.m. - 6:35 p.m.
NinjaSonik 5:45 p.m. - 6:05 p.m.
Har Mar Superstar 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Comedy 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Food Drive Winners 3:25 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Nobunny 2:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.
Kurt Vile 1:55 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Eat Skull 1:30 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.

There will also be booths by Origami Vinyl, Territory Records, Ooga Booga, Vacation Vinyl, Secret Headquarters, Family Bookstore, Stories Bookstore, Hydrahead Records and so many more. Plus, a kissing booth, dance-off, ice cream, high-fives and a promise that this will be the best day of Summer!

Tickets

Tickets are still available for purchase. They will be $20 in advance and $24 dollars at the door. We highly recommend purchasing them in advance since they are selling very fast.

VIP Passes

A very small amount of VIP passes are still available for purchase. The VIP pass includes onsite VIP parking, access to a full cash bar, and prime hang out area in between the main stage and the side stage. Even better, you enter through the VIP parking area, which means you won't have to wait in line at the front gate. FYF Fest is an all ages event, but you must be 21+ to purchase VIP tickets.

Children

Tickets are free for those under the age of 12 accompanied by an adult.

Does Your Band Want to Play the FYF Fest?

We have one slot open at the FYF Fest and we are going to give it to the band that brings us the most cans of food. Our food drive will run from 8:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, September 3. All cans will be donated to the LA Food Bank.

Our office is located at
3020 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90026

The band / team with the most cans of canned goods (all vegetables / no meat!) will win the midday slot on the FYF Fest. For real! We don't care what band your band sounds like or if you are even in a band. Hell, if all you want to do is tell jokes, play guitar hero, tap dance or meditate on stage, we are all for it. We are just trying to reach our goal, which is to donate 5,000 cans of food to the LA Food Bank! Five runners-up will receive a pack of four VIP tickets and high-fives. Hit us up at fyffest@gmail.com if you have any questions. Spread the word about this!

Two Ways to Get Into the FYF Fest For Free!

1. If you live in one of the following cities, we invite you free of charge to the FYF Fest!

• Barstow, California
• Reno, Nevada
• Visalia, California
• El Paso, Texas
• El Centro, California
• Flagstaff, Arizona
• Victorville, California

Send us an email with the name of your city in the title. Please scan a photo ID and a bill or paycheck and have it attached to the email. If you can't provide one of those, a school ID will work. If you don't have a school ID or a job, just send us something that proves you live there. This will be good for one ticket. We are serious about this! Call every friend that you know that lives in one of these cities! The deadline is Friday, September 5 at 12:00 p.m.

2. If it's your birthday on September 4, 5 or 6, we will give you a free ticket. Just prove it and we will get you in. Maybe we will sing happy birthday to you.

We are offering a free subscription to Death & Taxes magazine for those who go to the FYF Fest. We will have a booth set up. Make sure to stop by. It will be worth it. They are our pals.

If you have any questions, hit us up. This is gonna be the best day of summer.

Enjoy this clip of the Altamont Back to School Bash at the Skatepark of Tampa on August 27-28, 2009, featuring an Altamont team demo and an am contest. Check their site for a full photo gallery.

Skate with Andrew Reynolds and the Altamont team at the Skatepark of Tampa on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Also, register right now to enter the Altamont Back to School Bash! the next day, Saturday, August 29, 2009.

Trophies will be awarded up to third place in each division: girls, 8 and under, 9-12, 13-15, 16 and up, and sponsored. Open practice and registration is at 9:00 a.m., and the 8 and under division starts at 10:30 a.m. The entry fee is $20 in advance and $25 the day of the contest.

We'll be giving away $1,000 worth of free Altamont Apparel to the contest winners, and there will be a free barbeque, too. Also enjoy amazing deals on Altamont products all weekend long.

In 1970, sunny Southern California beckoned Charlemagne, where he enjoyed a brief stint at Cal Arts. While there, he studied gamelan and voice, and discovered the instrument that would make the biggest impact on his musical life, the Bosendorfer imperial piano. Back in New York in the early ’70s, Charlemagne began to surround himself with his trademark stuffed animals as he literally bloodied his hands during a series of extended, ritualistic solo piano performances. He recorded his first album, Four Manifestations on Six Elements, in this style, as well as his most well-known and classic work, Strumming Music. Around 1980, the colorful creatures took over and forced Charlemagne to concentrate most of his creative energy on the visual art world, which included soft sculpture, multi-media installations and videos.

Living mostly in Europe during the ’80s and early ’90s, Charlemagne lectured at various universities and concentrated on his visual art almost exclusively until the mid ’90s, when a younger generation of musicians coaxed him back into recording and performing music. Since then, an explosion of Charlemagne Palestine albums have been released for public consumption, including new works--like the field recording / drone classic Jamaica Heinekens in Brooklyn—plus re-issues and first-time issues of unreleased vintage recordings.

Also of more recent vintage is one of my all-time favorite books about one of my all-time favorite artists, Sacred Bordello, which covers all of the above and more. In an explosion of color and stark black and white, it chronicles the whole life and insanely multi-hued career of the man. Via vivid, multi-layered graphic design, a dizzying array of music gigs, gallery installations and street performances are presented for your ultimate viewing pleasure. A biography and interviews with the subject, plus a list of exhibitions, concerts, performances, recordings and a bibliography wrap up a compelling story of one of the most colorful performers of all time, and a true artist in every sense of the word.

Timeframe: Pre and post-Altamont.

Public Impact: Although Charlemagne Palestine never sought nor enjoyed the wider commercial success of his peers like Phillip Glass and Steve Reich, his intensely personal and uncompromising explorations in music and art will always strike a majestic chord within any kindred spirit who cares enough to dive headfirst into this challenging miasma.

More: Forced Exposure, ESTWeb, Perfect Sound Forever, YouTube

Head on over to Sub Pop and listen to a free stream of Altamont contributor No Age's upcoming EP called Losing Feeling. (You can also pre-order a copy of the vinyl due out on October 6 for $8.00.) Be sure to keep an eye out for the band in an upcoming Altamont tour article in issue 67 of The Skateboard Mag and watch for a special collaboration with Emerica coming soon.

Check out this teaser for the upcoming FYF Fest featuring Altamont contributors No Age, Mika Miko, Fucked Up and many more bands. When you're done watching it, read a lot more info about the event.

FYF Fest
September 5, 2009
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1245 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, California

Have you ever wondered what kind of music Randy and Dean of No Age buy when they go record shopping? No? well, you're going to find out anyway right now when you watch the little video clip above from Amoeba Records in Hollynormal.

Join Altamont and its musical family No Age, Mika Miko and Fucked Up at the FYF Fest to save our state parks on September 5, 2009 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park. The goal for this year's FYF Fest is to provide a low-cost event of great entertainment while raising awareness of the possible closure of up to 100 California state parks.

Due to the recent budget cuts, California state parks are left without basic funding to stay open. Another aspect of the festival is the volunteer program, which will place focus on educating the public about local organizations who are working hard to create a positive change in the community. For tickets, complete line-up and general information about the FYF Fest & "Save Our State Parks," visit their site.

FYF Contest – Two ways to win!

Altamont and the FYF Fest are very excited about this year's line-up and the first two contests. One involves taking the best road trip of the summer for a chance to win a grand prize of $500 cash. In the other, you send a message to the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, for a chance to win VIP tickets to the festival.

Contest #1: Summer Dayz Road Trip

This festival started as an idea I had when I was 18, on a road trip with a group of friends in Fall 2003. If it wasn't for that trip, I wouldn't be writing this and the festival wouldn't be happening. That experience changed my life for the better. In this spirit, I want to make it possible for you to come to Los Angeles for the festival, in hopes that you'll have a similar experience to mine.--Sean Carlson, FYF Fest

So, let us bring you to the FYF Fest! Write us a paragraph and tell us why you want to get away. The best letter will receive the following:

$300 for gas
$200 cash
2 nights at a nice hotel
4 VIP passes
4 tickets to see the pride and joy of our city, the Dodgers, on Sunday, September 6.

All submissions should be sent to FYFcontests@gmail.com. Please include your full name, phone number and address. The winner will be picked on Friday, August 28. Runners-up will receive VIP tickets to the festival. It doesn't matter where you live or your age. This contest is open to all.

Contest #2: Keep the Parks Alive

On July 28, the Governor signed the state budget. It contained an additional six million dollar cut to state parks, bringing the total general fund cut for this budget year to $14.2 million. It is expected that this will result in the closure of more than 100 state parks.

This contest is being held in conjunction with the California State Parks Foundation to get you to contact your legislative representatives and the Governor to let them know how much California's state parks mean to you. We are putting together some amazing prizes for those who draft and submit the best stories about their time spent at any of the 279 state parks across California.

The grand prize winner will receive a gift bag consisting of records and CDs by the artists performing at the event, a huge CARE package including backpacks, watches, magazine subscriptions, etc. And four VIP passes for the festival. 10 runners-up will receive passes to the festival.

This is how you do it:

1) Visit the take Action Center on the California State Park Foundation's site.
3) Submit the letter.
3) Forward the response letter that automatically gets sent to you to FYFCONTEST@GMAIL.COM and you will be automatically entered in the contest.
4) For an extra special prize, customize the letter and talk about the most fun you have ever had at a state park and send it with your entry letter.

About the FYF Fest

FYF Fest began as F Yeah Fest when Sean Carlson was 18 years old in 2004. In 2006, he teamed up with his friend Keith Morris (singer of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks) and together they curated the past three years of the festival. Now in its sixth year, the fest has grown out of its original location in Echo Park and moved to the Los Angeles Historic State Park in Downtown L.A.

The FYF Fest is an independent festival booked entirely from Sean's bedroom in Torrance, California with help from a few friends. Keith is still a huge part of the festival, but has never once made the trip to Torrance, where he was born four thousand years ago, to hang out with Sean, who still lives with his Dad.

FYF Presents also does shows throughout the year in Los Angeles. Please check the Other Events section at FYF Fest for more information.

Head on over to Skate Warehouse and check out a little clip of Larry's Employee Pick featuring the Altamont A. Reynolds Wilshire Signature and A. Reynolds Alameda Signature denim. Buy some while you're there!

Jay Reatard was spotted a while back at a gig donning an Altamont Solo Pitbull t-shirt by Boogie. View a whole slideshow over on Flickr.

Weekend Pacifists is an art exhibition featuring the work of Andy Jenkins, Russ Pope, Chris Pastras, Michael Sieben and Mike Meyers at the Subliminal Projects Gallery, 1331 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The opening reception is on Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. The show will be open through September 19.

At a recent stop on the Baker + Deathwish Low Life Tour, The Boss bestowed a brand-new Baker pro model upon Sammy Baca. Yeah, Sammy! Congrats.

Altamont contributors The Goat's first full-length album, The Goat Speaks, will be howling on Werewolf Heart records this coming September. To celebrate, the band have released a video of one the songs, called "If You Could." Don't forget to roll over then click the bottom right corner above to download an additional free song called "Luh Dat Shit!"

Altamont contributor Fos recently stopped by United Boardshop in Anaheim, California and threw some paint around. Next time you're in the area, stop by, give it a gander and buy some Altamont goods while you're at it!

United Boardshop
1660 B Katella Avenue
Anaheim, California
(714) 636-7331

Open Monday thru Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Shake Junt crew been keepin' it code during the Baker + Deathwish Low Life Tour 2009 with a whole chicken shack worth of updates.

Crackberry 1
San Antonio
Houston
Crackberry 2
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Crackberry 3
Atlanta

And there's still two more dates of the tour left!

August 12 Sinister Cornelius, North Carolina
August 13 Exodus, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Check back in this same news item for more links to updates coming soon.

Sometimes you can't even dance without getting hurt, as No Age's Randy Randall demonstrated during a stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last Friday on their latest tour. Seems he slipped on a wet floor and dislocated his shoulder. No Age has played a couple of shows since then, so Randy should be fine. Don't miss their next three shows:

Saturday, August 29, 2009
8:00 p.m. Street Scene 2009
San Diego, California

Sunday, September 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. Bumbershoot Festival
Seattle, Washington

Sunday, September 13, 2009
8:00 p.m. All Tomorrow¹s Parties
Kutsher's Country Resort
Monticello, New York

Skate with Andrew Reynolds and the Altamont team at the Skatepark of Tampa on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Also, register right now to enter the Altamont Back to School Bash! the next day, Saturday, August 29, 2009.

Trophies will be awarded up to third place in each division: girls, 8 and under, 9-12, 13-15, 16 and up, and sponsored. Open practice and registration is at 9:00 a.m., and the 8 and under division starts at 10:30 a.m. The entry fee is $20 in advance and $25 the day of the contest.

We'll be giving away $1,000 worth of free Altamont Apparel to the contest winners, and there will be a free barbeque, too. Also enjoy amazing deals on Altamont products all weekend long.

If you missed Altamont contributors The Goat on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit show last week, don't fret. It's on their web site now! Go watch The Goat get down!

Head on over to Baker Boys Distribution for photos and videos from the Baker + Deathwish Low Life Tour 2009. The tour's not over! Look for them at a shop or skatepark near you! Remaining dates:

August 5 Humidity, New Orleans, Louisiana
August 10 Ambush, Kennesaw, Georgia
August 11 New Gen, Easley, South Carolina
August 12 Sinister Cornelius, North Carolina
August 13 Exodus, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Our latest "Cut from a different cloth" web clip, filmed by Altamont contibutor Patrick O’Dell, is now on the home page. See and hear fellow Altamont contributor Kenny Hoyle discuss a diverse array of subjects, like how he got on Altamont, his preference in pants, why he's "always the different one" and how he's okay with that, and most revealing, find out exactly gives Kenny a lot of his "spark."

And for even more Kenny, be sure to read his fat-ass six-page interview in issue 66 of The Skateboard Mag. If you can't track down a copy, head on over to Rob Brink's site and take a gander.

Congratulations to Cody M. of Thornton, Colorado for winning our Win the Boogie Collection! contest. For his effort, Cody received the Crack Gun, Eye, Good Rat and Solo Pitbull t-shirts, a Stroll hood and a Rounds tote bag. Enter your creative photo in our Win the Bill Owens Collection! contest right now! It ends on September 4, 2009.

Enjoy this random sampling of photos by Altamont contributor Bill Owens. View plenty more over on his site. Don't forget to enter your own photo in the Win the Bill Owens Collection! contest. It ends on September 4, 2009.

Enjoy a trio of snaps of Altamont contributor Justin "Figgy" Figueroa well on his way to fifth place at Zoo York's Am Getting Paid contest at Le Taz Skatepark in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

Altamont contributor Fos worked for two days painting some artwork at Tom’s Skateshop in Amsterdam, Holland. As you can see in the pictures, the design is based on his Altamont Jammin' t-shirt. Fos even mixed in some Dutch artists names like Herman Brood, Johny Jordaan and Andre Hazes. If you're ever in the area, stop by and check it out!

Enjoy a few snaps from the Altamont team signing at Jack's Garage in Huntington Beach, California on Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

All of you Southern-fried Baker and Deathwish heads better beware! Both teams will be traversing the lower half of the United States this Summer. Look for them at a shop or skatepark near you!

July 27 Cowtown, Glendale, Arizona
July 29 Crooks, El Paso, Texas
July 30 Goodtimes, San Antonio, Texas
July 31 Mustache, Austin, Texas
August 1 Southside Skatepark, South Houston, Texas
August 3 Rukus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
August 5 Humidity, New Orleans, Louisiana
August 10 Ambush, Kennesaw, Georgia
August 11 New Gen, Easley, South Carolina
August 12 Sinister Cornelius, North Carolina
August 13 Exodus, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Enjoy a a lot more pics from Timebomb and Flickr of Fucked Up playing live at the Phoenix Concert Hall in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, July 16, 2009.

Enjoy a few pics straight from a camera phone of Fucked Up playing live at the Phoenix Concert Hall in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, July 16, 2009.

Pop’s Playground is located on the corner of E. Huntington Street and Trenton Avenue in the Fishtown / Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Like many old public parks in Philadelphia, Pop’s was your standard run-down, abandoned, forgotten neighborhood park that had been plagued by the things that people do in these types of places. Also like other neighborhoods in Philly, the local residents made a decision to clean up the park and make it a better, safer place. Part of this clean-up was also to give the kids something, and since there hasn’t been a legal skateboard park in Philadelphia, Laura Semmelroth from the New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) got in touch with Steve Miller, who is the owner of Exit Skateshop, to try to get some info on how to make this happen. Read the rest of this story on the best-named web site ever, KillerBrah!

Take a close look at this five-page interview with Altamont contributor Andrew Reynolds in issue 10 of Bitchslap magazine from Denmark. View full size:

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Expedition recently posted up a video clip called Hello Hello Hello which covers their recent tour of China. Altamont contributor Kenny Hoyle has some standout footage! Go take a look.

Look for The Goat--Andrew Reynolds, Kevin Long, Beagle, Shane Heyl and Atiba Jefferson--as they get buck on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit show on Monday, July 20, 2009. The Daily Habit is shown each night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern (6:00 p.m. Pacific) and is repeated later in the evening at 12:00 a.m. Eastern (9:00 p.m. Pacific), and the following weekday at 2:30 p.m. Eastern (11:30 a.m. Pacific) and 5:30 p.m. Eastern (2:30 p.m. Pacific).

Now let's take a look at next week's weather with Channel A's very own Monsoon Mike.

Thanks, Bob. The Altamont Accuweather™ forecast calls for a torrential downpour of Sharpies during the Altamont team signing at Jack's Garage, 101 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. It might be a good idea to bring an umbrella, there, big guy! Back to you, Bob.

Saturday, July 18, 2009
3:00 p.m. Stinkweeds Record Exchange
Phoenix, Arizona

Saturday, July 18, 2009
8:00 p.m. Library Bar & Grill
Tempe, Arizona
with Health and Monotonix

Saturday, August 1, 2009
8:00 p.m. Flying W Airport & Pool
Medford, New Jersey
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Sunday, August 2, 2009
8:00 p.m. Jelly Space 2009
Brooklyn, New York

Monday, August 3, 2009
8:00 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theater
Millvale, Pennsylvania
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
8:00 p.m. Southgate House
Newport, Kentucky
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
8:00 p.m. Rhino's All Ages Music Club
Bloomington, Indiana
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Thursday, August 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. UW Madison Memorial Terrace
Madison, Wisconsin
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Friday, August 7, 2009
8:00 p.m. Turner Hall Ballroom
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Saturday, August 8, 2009
8:00 p.m. Lollapalooza
Chicago, Illinois

Sunday, August 9, 2009
8:00 p.m. Logan Square Auditorium
Chicago, Illinois
with Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

Saturday, August 29, 2009
8:00 p.m. Street Scene 2009
San Diego, California

Sunday, September 6, 2009
8:00 p.m. Bumbershoot Festival
Seattle, Washington

Sunday, September 13, 2009
8:00 p.m. All Tomorrow¹s Parties
Kutsher's Country Resort
Monticello, New York

Get Fucked Up at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. on the Aluminum Stage at Union Park, 1501 W Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, at the corner of Lake Street and Ashland Avenue.

Head on over to Val Surf for a little peek at their photo gallery from the Altamont team signing that went down on Saturday, July 11, 2009.

Altamont sponsored this Fucked Up show and, in kind, the band made these special collab t-shirts! Maybe you can buy one at their next show.

Bill Owens (born 1938) is a world-renowned artist and photographer known for his 1972 classic photo documentary, Suburbia. Bill is now making digital movies and has a few more books up his sleeve. He is a father, a brewer, a gardener, and founder of the American Distilling Institute. For 17 years, he published America Brewer Magazine. His favorite toy is his Daisy BB gun and he recently spent three months driving across the USA to photograph the New Suburbia.

In 1969, Bill was on hand to document the concert at Altamont Speedway that would come to symbolize a turning point in youth culture. The Bill Owens for Altamont collection (pictured above) is comprised of some of those photos. Enter right now for a chance to win it! Just submit a photo in the form on the contest page of anything--a suburban scene, interesting-looking people or concert crowds, for example--and Bill Owens himself will choose a winner. The only rule is that you have to take the photo yourself. Time to get creative! Hurry, though, cuz this contest will shutter on September 4, 2009.

We're sad to report that upcoming New York artist Dash Snow passed away yesterday, Monday, July 13, 2009. Read the full story on the New York Times.

Altamont contributor Fos recently stopped by Revert skate shop in Haarlem, Netherlands to give the place a little facelift. Now it's your turn. Head on over and buy some Altamont if you're ever in the area.

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Introducing Altamont's Framebox™, a totally new concept in skateboarding photo sequences. Featuring our patented Click-Thru™ technology, Framebox™ demands closer study of each frame of the sequence in a thickbox format, which allows better understanding and appreciation of difficult maneuvers, such as this classic frontside flip by Altamont contributor Theotis Beasley. Congrats for scoring sixth place in the Am Street event at the Maloof Money Cup 2009, Theo!

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It's Sharpie time! Get ready to get inked by the Altamont team on Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Val Surf, 169 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California. Don't miss the special deals on Altamont products at Val Surf Pasadena on July 11, 2009 only.

Look out for Altamont contributors Bryan Herman, Justin Figueroa and Theotis Beasley at the second annual Maloof Money Cup this coming weekend at the Orange County Super Fair! It all goes down from Friday, July 10 through Sunday, July 12, 2009.

If you'd like to check out the best parts of the contest from the comfort of your own home, you can watch the webcast live in HD on Fuel TV on Saturday, July 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and on Sunday, July 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The NBC coverage will be showing on Sunday, July 19 at 11:00 a.m. Also, more extended versions of the Street and Vert events will be showing on MTV2. Vert is on Wednesday, July 22 at 9:00 p.m. and Street is on Thursday, July 23 at 9:00 p.m.

Global warming? More like global cooling! Especially down on the beach in San Diego, California, where the Altamont "A" logo was spotted over the fourth of July weekend getting pelted by a phalanx of flakes during a freak snowstorm. Seems the whole beach got blanketed with the soft, white stuff. By the time it melted on Monday morning, all of the swimsuit-clad locals had died from exposure--except for the "A" logo, which will always stand strong.

Animated gif by Alexander L.

Altamont contributor Boogie recently paid a visit to his hometown of Belgrade, Serbia and all we got was these awesome photos.

Look for the photographic work of Altamont contributor Boogie on July 9, 2009 at 18 H. in a group art show called When Crooks Roam the Streets at Galerie Olivier Robert, 5 rue des Haudriettes, Paris, France. The show will be open through September 26.

Congratulations to Sean H. of El Cajon, California for winning the Win the Humberto Liechty Collection! contest. For his effort, Sean received an Icon cap, Berto Knotted Necklace, Santa Muerte t-shirt, Double Odd jersey and BL Chino pants. Enter the Win the Hippie Collection! contest right now! It ends on July 10, 2009.

It's Sharpie time! Get ready to get inked by the Altamont team on Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Val Surf, 169 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California. Don't miss the special deals on Altamont products at Val Surf Pasadena on July 11, 2009 only.

Natey Fresh got some serious Altamont love! Check it out over on his blog. Thanks heaps for the props, Natey!

Get a load of this sweet Altamont "A" logo tat spotted on Go Skateboarding Day in Kansas City, Missouri by Rob Brink.

Time: The mid-1970s. Place: The Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. On the downside, it was a scum and grit-encrusted, crime-splattered no-man’s land full of bums, drug dealers, petty thieves, pimps, prostitutes, thugs and other assorted, felonious flotsam. On the upside, huge, empty lofts were up for rent at bargain basement prices, pizza was 50 cents a slice and musicians and artists from all over were flocking to this murky mecca to participate in a myriad of spontaneous performance art and contemporary art shows, music concerts, underground film and video screenings and other assorted happenings.

By this time, the idealism of the 1960s had been brutally battered, as it quickly licked its wounds and floated off into a grey haze. Although a reactionary movement, punk rock, was on the rise, the public at large was unaware of a parallel, even more visceral, vital movement that, at its genesis, had no name. In short order, it was bitch-slapped with the moniker no wave. The most well-known no wave bands— James Chance and the Contortions, DNA, Mars and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks—got corralled by Brian Eno into a studio to record their shrill, slashing, grating, anti-rock for a genre-defining compilation called No New York.

Aside from gig flyers, photos, articles in the New York Rocker and other random tidbits, No New York was the only official document of this impromptu anti-everything scene. Other important players like Rhys Chatham of the band the Gynecologists and performance space the Kitchen, and Glenn Branca of the Theoretical Girls, went on to form massive guitar armies who played deafening minimal symphonies in alternate tunings. In turn, they—along with the no wave bands—gave birth to Sonic Youth, who took that sound, put their own spin on it, and delivered it to the masses in the decades to come.

It should come as no surprise, then, that Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore and longtime music writer Byron Coley (Forced Exposure, Spin, Arthur) would publish a book on this scene that they witnessed firsthand, and that inspired them so much. No Wave--subtitled Post Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980.--covers the half-decade-long era largely through Thurston and Byron’s super detailed story, which is peppered with lengthy comments from dozens of people who were there, the most prominent being Teenage Jesus’ own Lydia Lunch, who, in addition, penned an insanely clever, incendiary introduction. Sample quote: “The anti-everything of no wave was a collective caterwaul that defied categorization, defiled the audience, despised convention, shit in the face of history and then split.”—Lydia Lunch

The rest of the story is told through large, gorgeous, black and white photos and gig flyers encased in stark, elegant graphic design that perfectly compliments the subject matter. A no wave family tree, plus a list of bands, people, places and venues wraps it all up.

Timeframe: Post-Altamont.

Public Impact: Although the brightly burning no wave scene was brief, its legacy went on to inspire a whole generation of noise rockers and transgressive visual artists and filmmakers. Overall, this book is one of the best and most beautiful examples of scene documentation I’ve ever held, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in a very tasty slice of the musical history of Manhattan, before it turned into a mall.

More: Amazon (No New York), Amazon (No Wave), Hyper Real, New York No Wave Photo Archive, Wikipedia

Look for Altamont contributor Sammy Baca in the fat-ass 12-page "A Pirate's Life" article in the July 2009 issue of Thrasher. Covering a Converse trip to the Canary Islands, it's chock-full of swashbuckling photos of Sammy and the rest of the 'verse crew.

Check out the coverage that's piling up for Altamont's No Age and The Goat show at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver on Saturday, June 20, 2009. Keep checking back in this same news item for more. Post links to your photos and videos in the comments below and we'll add them to this list.

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Lindsay's Diet
Underworld
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Timebomb

Also, definitely don't miss all of Emerica's Wild in the Streets 2009 Coverage.

Ashbury eyewear just announced the addition of Theotis Beasley to their team. He joins fellow Altamont contributors Bryan Herman and Garrett Hill; plus Lizard King, Billy Marks and Adam Alfaro. Congratulations.

On Saturday, June 20, 2009, a huge crowd of several hundred alcohol-soaked animals packed the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver to get their ears punched in the face by The Goat and No Age. As smoke from a machine filled the air, and the sweat and the beer flowed, all eardrums began to beat and ring to the scathing, punishing sound of real, raw, rock 'n' roll. Luh dat shit, indeed!

First up is an Emerica team signing on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Underworld, 860 Granville Street, Vancouver followed by a session at LeeSide right after.

Then The Goat play a show with No Age that same evening at 10:00 p.m. at the Biltmore Cabaret, 395 Kingsway, Vancouver.

The next day, June 21 at 1:00 p.m., join everyone for Emerica's Wild in the Streets 2009 at Vancouver's Downtown Plaza.

Enjoy a little photo gallery handpicked especially for our site by Altamont contributor Boogie. Check out his Altamont collection at that link you just passed, and view many more of his beautifully stark photos over on his site.

Congratulations to Dominick L. of Maywood, New Jersey for winnning the Win the No Age Collection! contest, courtesy of Altamont and Sub Pop!

Dominick received all of the following free prizes:

No Age Hisham t-shirt (Altamont)
No Age Matthew t-shirt (Altamont)
No Age Sam t-shirt (Altamont)
No Age Tour t-shirt (Altamont)
Spring 2009 catalog with the No Age 10" vinyl record (Altamont)
No Age Nouns CD (Sub Pop)
No Age Eraser 7” (Sub Pop)
No Age Teen Creeps 7” (Sub Pop)
No Age tour poster (Sub Pop)
Altamont + No Age + The Goat tour poster (Altamont)

The seven runners-up--Zach O. of Lodi, California; Nick J. of Los Angeles, California; Nico D. of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Thao T. of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ron F. of Costa Mesa, California; Nick B. of Montclair, New Jersey; and Christopher T. of Seattle, Washington--each received:

No Age t-shirt of Altamont's choice (Altamont)
No Age Nouns CD (Sub Pop)
No Age Eraser 7” (Sub Pop)
No Age Teen Creeps 7” (Sub Pop)
No Age tour poster (Sub Pop)

Thanks to everyone who entered.

I'm from Chicopee, Massachusetts, a decent-sized city with a whole lot of diversity. I've been wearing only Altamont Apparel since the beginning of my freshman year (I'm going to be a junior in a few months).

Altamont is the most comfortable clothing I have ever worn. Currently, I own at least 20 Altamont t-shirts, and had 10 of your pants. The fit and feel is incredible. I just went to Theory (my local skate shop) yesterday and bought The Goat and the Occasional Others t-shirt, the Camoflage t shirt, and four stickers.

You have inspired me to begin my own company. It's called Alias Apparel. We have a few designs, and we're working on more. Alias will never come close in comparison to Altamont, and that's fine. I'm just glad to be doing what I love, skating and making clothes.

I just wanted to send you this email and say thank you for all of the inspiration. I appreciate it, and as long as you keep making the best fitting clothes in the world, I will continue to buy them.

--Nick B.
Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Nick,

--Altamont Help Desk

Oh wow, man. Did you hear the news? The Altamont Hippie Collection is up for grabs. Groovy! Just enter your contact info on the contest page for a chance to win the Acid Rock, Fillmore, Hippy Chick and Livin’ On t-shirts, a Friendship belt and a pair of Altamont denim of your choice. Hurry, though, cuz this hippie will get a haircut, a job and magically transform into a yuppie on July 10, 2009. Far out!

Get a load of this lengthy video interview with Altamont contributor Justin Figueroa conducted by none other than Active's own Erica Yary.

Debacle is an all-am, all-high def video production by Nike SB featuring Altamont contributor Theotis Beasley going buck wild, as well as a short list of past and present Altamont flow riders like Justin Brock, Daryl Angel, and Shane O'Neill, in addition to David Clark and Grant Taylor.

View the Debacle trailer and get all the info for the U.S. premiere tour dates and locations through June 19 featuring Theotis and the team. And in case you can't make it out to any of the premieres listed, check back on June 24 to watch the full video premiere online.

Until then, enjoy a sweet little interview with Theotis about skating in China, getting sponsored by The Boss, turning 18, G-code and much more over at Skateboarder.

Attention, all you Pacific Northwest heads! Experience Altamont contributors No Age and The Goat live on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. at the Biltmore Cabaret, 395 Kingsway in Vancouver, Canada. Don't miss the Emerica team signing earlier that same day at 2:00 p.m. at Underworld, 860 Granville Street, Vancouver. And get ready to rage some more with the Emerica team at Wild in the Streets the very next day, June 21. Meet at Downtown Plaza in Vancouver at 1:00 p.m. Rain location: Leeside.

Well, well! Look who's moving up in the world! No longer confined exclusively to MySpace, The Goat just erected their very own Facebook page. Ha-ha. Luh dat shit! Time to celebrate! Peel off your clothes and get buck! Shake Junt, son!

Holiday 2009 Altamont contributor Eriberto Oriol will be showing his work this month in three photo exhibits and you're invited!

First up, the Folk Tree has selected one of Eriberto's photos called "First Love" (shown above) as part of the cover for their invitation to a group photo show called Retratos y Recuerdos. Featuring the images of Eriberto and many others, it runs through July 3, 2009 at The Marengo Collection, 494 S. Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, California.

Next, Crewest's The Legendary Belmont Tunnel exhibit, a tribute to the birthplace of Los Angeles graffiti art, features the work of Eriberto and many others through June 27, 2009 at Crewest Gallery, 110 Winston Street, Los Angeles, California.

The third exhibit, another big, self portrait-themed group show called Installation Five, is traveling the United States as we speak. It's currently at Anno Domini in San Jose, California through June 20, 2009; followed by T&P Fine Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from July 3 through July 25, 2009; Igloo in Portland, Oregon from August 6 through August 28, 2009; and Scion Installation L.A. in Los Angeles, California starting on September 12, 2009.

Big-ups to Father Damian / Pink Eye of Fucked Up, who donned some sweet Altamont Apparel last week at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. Primavera is one of the premier music fests in Europe, showcasing some of the best in newer music and drawing enormous crowds every Spring.

Head over to the Vans site right now and vote for Altamont contributors Tim Kerr or Neck Face's Off the Wall logo!

Mika Miko

Andrew Reynolds

Kenny Hoyle

Theotis Beasley

Sammy Baca

Check out the brand-new Altamont Fall 2009 Collection, featuring:

Off Bowery Productions

Off Bowery Productions is an expression of Aaron Bondaroff¹s Community. Is it an artists' collective? Is it a music label or film production company? Is it a clothing label? No, OBP is simple: Get to the weapons, and use them any way you can. We know you won't break the rules, because there aren't any. But remember where you are: This is New York City, and death is listening, and will take the first man that screams.

Aaron Bondaroff¹s Community

A lone warrior searching for his destiny...

A tribe of lost children waiting for a hero...

In a world battling to survive, they face mediocrity and inauthenticity determined to rule. Hold out for A-Ron. This is his greatest adventure. Welcome to Aaron Bondaroff's Community. Like us, they are trying to put the fragments of truth together in the right order, taking all the damaged parts and using them to make an undamaged whole.

Aaron Bondaroff

Aaron Bondaroff is 31, part Puerto Rican, part Jewish, Brooklyn-born and a high-school dropout. His life weaves through the most elusive subcultures of lower Manhattan. A-Ron, as he is also known, is one of those individuals who embody a community. He's not a designer, nor an artist, nor a photographer. A-Ron is something more. He's a scene builder and an impresario working to create something bigger, like the cultural noise made by the Beats in the 1950s or Andy Warhol's Factory in the 1960s or the bands and fans that clustered around CBGB in the 1970's. Being a key member of the '90s era Supreme store posse, he knows a little something about the rebel underground. Welcome to Aaron Bondaroff¹s Community.

Altamont concert, December 6, 1969. Photo by Bill Owens.

Bill Owens

Bill Owens (born 1938) is a world-renowned artist and photographer known for his 1972 classic photo documentary, Suburbia. Bill is now making digital movies and has a few more books up his sleeve. He is a father, a brewer, a gardener, and founder of the American Distilling Institute. For 17 years, he published America Brewer Magazine. His favorite toy is his Daisy BB gun and he recently spent three months driving across the USA to photograph the New Suburbia. In 1969, Bill was on hand to document the concert at Altamont Speedway that would come to symbolize a turning point in youth culture. The Bill Owens for Altamont collection is comprised of some of those photos.

Altamont concert, December 6, 1969. Photo by Bill Owens.

Also, don't miss the loads of other brand-new denim, hats, hoods, jackets, knits, pants, shorts, sweaters, t-shirts and wovens in the Altamont Fall 2009 Collection! Choose your favorites right now and buy 'em down at your favorite local stockist.

All photos (except Naked Guy) enlarge.

Altamont flow rider Tyshaun Johnson gets featured in a Thunder on Radar segment.

Sir Richard Bishop & His Freak of Araby Ensemble.

Huntington Park, California
Saturday, May 30, 2009

This show was originally supposed to go down at some place called Gilbert’s, which I’ve never heard of in my life. Even Google Maps couldn’t find it, and neither could I after an hour or two of driving around in circles. I’m convinced it doesn’t exist. Luckily, a gigantic carnivorous insect landed on my shoulder and whispered into my ear a rumor that the show got moved at the last minute to the Escarpment--a rad, raw office / warehouse set-up in Huntington Park. By the time I got there, a good-sized crowd of at least 200 teens and 20-somethings had gathered. Earthless had just finished, which was a bummer, because I’ve always wanted to catch one of their sets.

Wolf Eyes.

A few minutes later, Sir Richard Bishop & His Freak of Araby Ensemble took to the stage. After numerous solo acoustic guitar tours over the past several years, Richard embarked on this, his first tour with a full band after the demise of the Sun City Girls, and it’s great to see him show off his highly skilled, intricate fretwork in an all-electric setting. The band, which consisted of guitar, bass, drum kit and a hand percussionist, offered up a short but sweet set that recalled the most melodic, perky, Middle Eastern-singed Sun City Girls instrumentals.

A big-ass crowd of smokers.

The second half of the show was dedicated to a legit, non-stop noise fest for the kids. Complete with a coonskin cap, a double sax machine, snarling vocals and electronics, Wolf Eyes fed the feedback-hungry crowd a deafening, hour-long, abstract electronic tonic. Black Dice followed suit with more of the same with the addition of an electric guitar and a psychedelic film that battered every pair of eyes in the house with 6.8 billion images per moment. That’s one image for every person alive on the Earth every second.

Black Dice.

Saturday Night Fever.

The most amazing part of Black Dice’s set came near the end when a random girl behind the crowd started dancing to the tune of the electronic maelstrom, wildly flailing around and falling down in the process. The only bummer about this place was that they sold alcohol out of a back room. I would have been more stoked on a vegetarian burrito. Anyway, this show was a rousing success. P.S. I was really stoked on all of the old, rusty steel fences out back, some sections of which looked kind of like sculptures.

Check out these mp3s of the Rolling Stones playing live at the Altamont Free Concert in Livermore, California on December 6, 1969. Billed as the "Woodstock of the West," and marred by violence incited by the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, it turned out to be "one of the largest rock disasters ever." Although the sound is super lo-fi and the bass and drums are barely audible, there's some nice banter and crowd sounds from this historic event--including a couple of songs that get interrupted by all of the chaos. When you're done listening, watch Gimme Shelter and contemplate the end of one era of youth culture--the idealistic 1960s--and the beginning of another, more realistic one.

North County Invitational is an art show featuring the work of Jo Jackson, Andy Jenkins, Chris Johanson, Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Clint Peterson, Russ Pope, Roger Seliner and Tobin Yelland opening on Friday, June 5, 2009 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Cal's Pharmacy, 11 NE Hancock Street in Portland, Oregon.

Win a chance to hang out with No Age for every $25 you spend on Altamont Apparel at Anti-Social at 2337 Main Street, Underworld at 860 Granville Street or The Boardroom at 1745 West 4th Street--all in Vancouver, Canada. The drawing will be held on June 19, 2009. You must be 19 or older to enter.

Tune in to Altamont contributor Brian Hansen as he manhandles the tip-top of a giant satellite dish on the cover of The Skateboard Mag issue number 64. Perfect reception.

The man on the right, wearing an Altamont The Goat t-shirt, is none other than Animal Collective's own Panda Bear (also known as Noah Lennox). Noah's solo record, Person Pitch, was the best record to come out in 2007. Says who? A large, flightless bird with an IQ of 300 that just landed on my shoulder. The Altamont plague is spreading...

Fall 2009 Altamont contributors Mika Miko recommend their favorite bands, including The Goat, and other junk over at Dazed Digital.

Yep, that’s right! Here’s your chance to clad yourself from head to ankle in Altamont Apparel for free! Enter for a chance to win over at +1 Magazine. The contest closes on July 10, 2009.

Hey, you with nothing to do but stare into your computer screen. It's about high time you got involved with a lil' hocus pocus fokus featuring Altamont contributors No Age over at the Glob. What in the hell does that mean? Well, there's no other way to explain it than to say it's a funny-ass pair of interviews with Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, so go read 'em and weep tears of joy.

Altamont Fall 2009 contributors Mika Miko have been busy as a housefly lately, and you can be, too! Download a free song at Pitchfork, buy their new album, We Be Xuxa, read their blog, and go see them on tour in the United Kingdom now through May 26, and all around the United States and Canada from June 2 through July 29.

May 16, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at the Drowned in Sound Festival, Sheffield, England

May 17, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at The Globe, Cardiff, England

May 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star, Times New Viking at TJS, Leeds, England

May 21, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Barfly at the Liverpool Sound City Festival, Liverpool, England

May 22, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at Crawdaddy, Dublin, Ireland

May 23, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at Oran Mor, Glasgow, Scotland

May 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at Academy 3, Manchester, England

May 25, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Lady Fortune at the Masonic Arms, Shrewsbury, Midlands, England

May 26, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Black Lips, Gringo Star at Electric Ballroom, London, England

June 2, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Trunkspace, Phoenix, Arizona

June 3, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Cirq Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 4, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Bash Riprock’s Lubbock, Texas

***Beginning of tour with the Strange Boys***

June 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Rubber Gloves, Denton, Texas

June 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Red 7, Austin, Texas

June 7, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Mango's, Houston, Texas

June 8, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Saturn Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana

June 9, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, Georgia

June 10, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Square One, Greensboro, North Carolina

June 11, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Comet Pizza, Washington DC

June 12, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Talking Head, Baltimore, Maryland

June 13, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
The Market Hotel, Brooklyn, New York

June 14, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
The Cake Shop (21+), New York, New York

June 15, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Danger Danger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 16, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Ralph’s Diner (21+), Worcester, Massachusetts

June 17, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
La Sala Rossa (19+), Montreal, Quebec

June 18, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Casbah (19+), Hamilton, Ontario

June 19, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Sneaky Dee’s, Toronto, Ontario

June 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Cafe Bourbon Street, Columbus, Ohio

June 22, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Beat Kitchen, Chicago, Illinois

June 23, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
First Avenue (21+), Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa

June 25, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Jack Pot Saloon (18+), Lawrence, Kansas

June 26, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Hi Dive, Denver, Colorado

June 27, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, Utah

June 29, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
The Smell, Los Angeles, California

July 8, 2009, 9:00 p.m.
With Ty Segall, The Moonhearts at The Smell, Los Angeles, California

July 15, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Audacity at the Casbah, San Diego, California

July 29, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
With Audacity at Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, California

Sit back, relax, crack open a cold one and enjoy a super sick slide show from the Friends art show, featuring Tim Kerr, Bill Daniel, Cynthia Connolly, Rich Jacobs and Michael Sieben. If you're down in Texas anytime soon, go see the show in person! It runs through June 4, 2009 at Domy Books, 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas.

Congratulations to Christopher J. of Santa Maria, California for winning our Reynolds Pants and Shorts Contest! Christopher received one pair of the A. Reynolds Alameda Signature, A. Reynolds Cord Alameda, A. Reynolds Signature Five-Pocket, A. Reynolds Wilshire Signature, Reynolds Denim Cutoff and the Reynolds Signature Shorts. Enter the Win the Boogie Collection! contest right now. It ends on June 5, 2009.

To celebrate the upcoming second annual Maloof Money Cup on July 10-12, 2009, Rob Brink just posted a bunch of photos and animated gifs from the first contest that he lagged on last year. Check out this collection featuring Reynolds, Herman, Figgy and others. Look for more on Brink's main page.

Boogie started photographing rebellion and unrest in his hometown of Belgrade, Serbia in the early '90s. His first book, It's All Good, documents gang members and drug addicts in Brooklyn, New York. His first child, daughter Maya, was born in 2007, and is the most photographed baby in the world. Boogie lives and works in Brooklyn and the world.

Just enter your contact info on the contest page for a chance to win the Altamont Boogie Collection, including one Stroll hood, Rounds tote bag, and Crack Gun, Eye, Good Rat and Solo Pit Bull t-shirts. We'll also throw in one Boogie photo book. (The winner may receive a different book than the one shown.) The contest ends on June 5, 2009.

Check out Altamont contributor Garrett Hill and his brother Gantry in this teaser for the upcoming Feel Free video.

Peter Sutherland is a New York City-based artist. His work employs some of the techniques of traditional documentary photography to capture the hidden beauty of ordinary objects and everyday situations. He's released several publications and films, most recently Buck Shots and Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project.

Sutherland has shown in group exhibitions at Rivington Arms and Guild and Greyskull in New York City; Circleculture Gallery in Berlin, Germany; V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark; and the travelling Tiny Vices show, curated by Tim Barber. His solo exhibitions have been on view at the Someday Gallery in Melbourne, Australia; MU in Eindhoven, Netherlands and Gallery White Room in Tokyo, Japan.

Peter Sutherland Hot Coals Only will be on display from May 10 - June 10, 2009. The opening reception will take place on Sunday, May 10 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Hope Gallery, 1547 Echo Park Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The opening will include a street barbeque. A complete catalog of the exhibition will be available at the gallery, published by Seems Books.

The Maloof Money Cup wants you to vote for their Wild Card entrants. Altamont contributor Brian "Slash" Hansen is on the list! Vote for him right now!

A ton of coverage is pouring in for the opening reception of famed street photographer and Altamont brand contributor Boogie’s latest exhibition entitled The Best of Times, plus the Murphy's Law gig later that night. Check it all out!

A Moment Only
Art Coup
Black Rainbow (Preview)
Fecal Face (Preview)
High Snobiety
Brian Jones
LTD Magazine
Oz Goes to NYC
Rad Collector
Dante Ross
Dante Ross YouTube
Slam X Hype
Upper Playground

On Thursday, April 30, 2009, Altamont presented the opening reception for famed street photographer and Altamont brand contributor Boogie’s latest exhibition entitled The Best of Times.

A diverse crowd of over 400 artists, art aficionados, skaters, models, drug dealers, musicians, hang-arounds and a veritable who’s who of the OG downtown New York hardcore scene came out to view a mix of over 700 of the Serbian-born, Brooklyn-dwelling photographer’s new and older work presented in a ‘zine style format throughout the Altamont showroom's basement gallery.

A live performance by the legendary L.E.S. hardcore band Murphy’s Law hurled the typical SoHo art show theme out the window and whipped the eclectic crowd into a smiling, moshing frenzy as over 1200 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon were crushed in what event attendee Dante Ross called, “The best shit to hit New York in a while.” The Best of Times, indeed!

Read this lil' one-page interview with Altamont contributor Brian "Slash" Hansen in the June 2009 issue of Skateboarder. He talks about going pro, riding motorcycles, his nickname, the Green Room and filming, among other things.

Attention, all you Pacific Northwest heads! Experience Altamont contributors No Age and The Goat live on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. at the Biltmore Cabaret, 395 Kingsway in Vancouver, Canada. And get ready to rage some more with the Emerica team at Wild in the Streets the very next day, June 21. Meet at Downtown Plaza at 1:00 p.m. Rain location: Leeside.

Is this really the new Slash ad from Deathwish? Hmmm. We think it might be a fake. What do you think? Either way, it's awesome possum.

Congratulations to Trevor C. of Flemington, New Jersey for winning our Kurabo Denim Contest! Trevor received three pairs of Altamont Kurabo denim pants of his choice. Enter the Win the Humberto Liechty Collection! contest right now. It ends on May 15, 2009.

Altamont and Boogie present Murphy’s Law on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. at the Altamont Showroom in SoHo, 29 Greene Steet, between Grand and Canal, New York, New York. You're invited. Free beer provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon. Boogie's Best of Times photo show will also be there!

Altamont presents The Best of Times: Photographs by Boogie on Thursday, April 30, 2009 from 9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. at the Altamont showroom in SoHo, 29 Greene Street, between Grand and Canal, New York, New York. You're invited. Drinks and entertainment will be provided.

No Comply skate shop in Austin, Texas just posted another set of photos. This batch shows off The Goat's rooftop shenanigans during the No Age and The Goat Tour last month. Go get buck and keep an eye out for more!

No Comply skate shop in Austin, Texas just posted their first set of photos from the Altamont team's adventures in town during the No Age and The Goat Tour last month. Go have a look and keep an eye out for more.

Please join us this coming Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at Family for an intimate evening with Mike Mills in honor of the release of his new book Graphics / Films. A short presentation of retrospective films, videos and graphics will be followed by an informal conversation about his work in all mediums.

Family
436 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, California
(323) 782-9221
Open noon to 9:00 p.m. daily.

Set in the 25th century, the story of THX 1138 takes place entirely inside a vast, technologically advanced civilization constructed under the Earth's surface. This gleaming white dystopia is chock-full of a population of humans who are forced by their government to shave their heads, wear all white clothes and consume a daily regimen of sedative capsules to keep them in line. Mindless production and consumption are the norm, while sex, love and emotion are forbidden.

The main character, a man named THX 1138, holds down a job as an assembly line worker who helps build the nuclear-powered robot police that control the society. His roommate, a beautiful woman named LUH 3417, becomes disenchanted with the prison-like existence. So, she rebels against the system and stops taking her meds. LUH then replaces THX's capsules with placebos, and when the sedatives wear off, the two share a few tender, passionate moments and have sex, which allows their humanity to show for the first time in their lives.

The powers that be, who monitor the entire population via omnipresent video cameras and medical sensors, quickly find out, and the duo is charged with drug evasion and sexual perversion. (The only form of sexual release permitted is administered by a machine that is synched-up with a hologram of a naked dancer.) Deemed incurable, THX and LUH are whisked away to detention inside a vast, white void, where they await their final sentence. They encounter another screw-up there named SEN 5241, a computer programmer who had previously taken a shine to THX.

Seems SEN had been cast into the void for illegally tampering with the computer system to assign himself to replace LUH as THX's roommate. Amid an assortment of disturbed miscreants in the void, LUH delivers a bit of shocking news to THX, while a plan is hatched that sets the extended chase scenes of the movie in motion. This action is aided by another malcontent named SRT 5752, an actor who appears as a hologram in the repetitively vapid entertainment programs which run the course from comedy to sex to violence.

Since I don't like spoilers, that's all of the plot I'll give away. Overall, though, I can say the main theme involves the attempt to escape oppression and the comfort of familiarity to experience the ultimate freedom. On an aesthetic note, the super basic dialog, visuals and plot make THX 1138 is an utter classic of icy cool minimalism. Also, the movie's innovative electronic sound design and techno-laced graphics peppered throughout foreshadowed an explosion of electronica music and album covers of the 1990s by a good quarter of a century.

Timeframe: Post-Altamont.

Public Impact: THX 1138 was the first feature-length movie written and directed by George Lucas of Star Wars fame. Filmed in 1969, released in 1971 and based on a student film he made a bit earlier, this feature bombed at the box office, but gradually found its audience as it turned into a late-night TV cult classic. I remember watching THX 1138 as a little kid in the early '70s and it tweaked me like nothing else since the Twilight Zone.

THX 1138 was available on VHS and laser disc for many years in the '80s and '90s, and finally got a deluxe 2-DVD treatment in 2004 with a ton of bonus features. This set replaced the original version of the film with a director's cut that included numerous CGI enhancements, which, of course, angered purists. Too bad George didn't include both versions. Despite that, as the omnipresent bureaucratic deity in the movie intones, "Buy…and be happy."

More: Amazon, Geocities, Official, THX 1138.org, Wikipedia

You know that odd object laying in a pile of junk in your older brother's room that looks kind of like a space age waffle-iron? That's actually a Sony Discman, an "obsolete" device from the late 20th century that plays music pressed into little five-inch frisbees called compact discs, which sound a whole lot better than mp3s.

And what about that huge contraption out in the garage buried under cardboard boxes and covered in so much dust that there's no way to tell what the hell it is? That's a turntable, an even older machine that plays huge, archaic slabs of plastic called vinyl records. When they're in excellent shape, they sound even better than CDs.

So, throw out your iPod and dust off the CD player and turntable, because this coming Saturday, April 18, 2009 is Record Store Day! This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music.

Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet-and-greets with artists, parades, DJs spinning records, and much more.

Plus, you just can't get gorgeous, printed, large format artwork and liner notes with mp3s, so you're missing out on a big chunk of the experience! Find a participating store and discover the wonderful world of record collecting.

Daniel Higgs made his first appearance in the '80s hardcore punk band Reptile House, who broke up in 1986. Lungfish emerged in 1987 and released the Necklace of Heads 12" on Simple Machines. Almost immediately thereafter, they found their permanent home at Dischord, where for the next 20 years, Higgs and company created music that was challenging and thought-provoking. The most prolific of any Dischord band, Lungfish recorded 10 full-length LPs for the label before going on hiatus in 2006.

In the time since the pause in the Lungfish journey, Higgs has been pursuing a solo career, often playing just a feedback-drenched banjo and a jaw harp, and setting about to record his newest masterpiece, as well as working on a continued partnership with longtime musical / artistic compatriot Asa Osbourne in The Pupils. Most recently, Higgs has been gathering notoriety for his artwork.

Daniel Higgs
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.

Family
436 N. Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, California
(323) 782-9221
Open noon to 9:00 p.m. daily.

Bill Owens is an internationally renowned photographer living in Hayward, California. His most famous work, Suburbia, has been exhibited in museums around the globe, but it is just one part of his dynamic creative life.

Five Decades of Photography is the first exhibition to feature Bill’s photographs from the Peace Corps in the '60s to the Rolling Stones at the Altamont concert (some photos of which made it into his upcoming collaboration with Altamont Apparel) all the way to his newest video work.

Bill is a vibrant "people person" who shows us our real selves with wry humor and wit. If you only see one exhibition this year, this should be the one! Learn more about Bill Owens.

Five Decades of Photography runs from April 17 to June 18, 2009 at Photo Central 1099 E Street, Hayward, California, phone (510) 881-6721. Reception: Friday, April 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Gallery hours: Monday, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Saturdays 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and by appointment.

The Berrics has a Deathwish! Support legit, skater-owned and operated companies. Watch this rad video interview with Baker Boys Distribution heads* Jim Greco and Erik Ellington, then go out and buy a Deathwish deck today.

*Andrew Reynolds is also part-owner.

Congratulations to Andrew T. of Fontana, California for winning our Win the Mike Jones + Mikhail Bortnik Collection! contest. Andrew received a free Altamont Ratings hood, Home Invasion t-shirt, Nightmare t-shirt and Young and Ruthless t-shirt. Enter the Win the No Age Collection! contest right now. It ends on April 13, 2009.

Domy Books is pleased to present Friends, featuring Tim Kerr, Bill Daniel, Cynthia Connolly, Rich Jacobs and Michael Sieben on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Domy Books, 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78702. The show runs from April 23 - June 4.

This exhibition was conceptualized by Tim Kerr, one of the five exhibiting artists. Simply put, we have been friends for years and our friendship was struck by our admiration of each other's artwork and the vision we each have. I met Tim in 1983 when he came through DC with his band, the Big Boys. He was the only other person that I knew who was involved in the dispersed punk scene who also did art, which at the time were NOT synonymous or generally accepted.

I met Rich Jacobs in about 1997. He contacted me to include me in a show that he was curating. I’m sure that Rich knew me from the punk music scene and the People From DC and Their Cars show. I met Bill Daniel in the mid '90s in San Francisco, where I was trying to track him down while looking for old images he shot of a band called Minor Threat hanging out with the Big Boys in Austin Texas.

Rich knew Tim through the old punk scene, and Michael Sieben through the Austin art scene. Rich says, “I had done art for a Big Boys record called Wreck Collection and met Tim through that, and also through Sieben’s cooperative gallery, Camp Fig. I had a show there and told him if anyone from the Big Boys came in to tell them to take any piece they wanted, just for fun, and kind of half thinking they may never see it. But Tim did!”

Michael and Tim know each other from the Austin art scene. Bill knows Tim from seeing the Big Boys play an outdoor show in 1980 next door to a skate shop where he was working. They became friends and Bill went on the band's first California tour. Bill met Rich through Tim. Bill met Michael a couple of years ago in Austin. Cynthia is about to meet Michael at the exhibition install. Now we are all together in a show called Friends.--Cynthia Connolly

Enjoy a few sequences of Altamont contributor Justin Figueroa killing it at GvR 2008. As you can probably tell by these photos, Figgy was the MVP of the Goofy team! Photos by Rob Brink.

Ciao! Manhattan is a scripted art film based on the life story of an early super model named Edie Sedgwick, who fell in with Andy Warhol's Factory crowd in 1965, starred in some of his underground films, and got hooked on hard drugs, only to enter a slowly decaying orbit. After staggering through a series of mental hospitals, electro-shock therapy sessions and endless amounts of drugs and alcohol, her ravaged organs gave up the ghost in Santa Barbara, California in 1971.

Holed up at a California mansion in an empty swimming pool covered by a makeshift tent and filled with gigantic photos of herself and friends from her glory days in New York, Susan Superstar (who is really just Edie playing herself), filmed in full color in 1970, tells her life story to a young, naive Texas drifter named Butch through a series of black and white flashbacks filmed in 1967. After years of severe substance abuse, Edie is a sloppy mess with a quivering voice who stumbles around and can barely stand up, let alone walk. Although Edie was 27 years old at the time of filming, she comes across almost child-like.

The black and white segments feature gorgeous footage of Edie in her prime as she floats like a beautiful thistle through the uber-hip New York art, fashion and drug spheres. (There's even footage from the first Central Park Be-In from Spring 1967!) A couple of random side-plots involving Butch's fascination with flying saucers, and Edie's "paranoid fantasy" of an old tycoon named Mr. Verdecchio, who conducts video surveillance on her and some of the other characters, are weaved into the mix in a pleasingly confusing manner. And, almost as a bonus, the bitchin' soundtrack includes lots of weird Moog freakouts and tape head echo.

Timeframe: Pre and post-Altamont.

Public Impact: Sad yet captivating, Edie Sedgwick's tragic story was an early blueprint for today's ubiquitous celebrity meltdowns. More importantly, she'll always be remembered as Warhol's superstar, and as one of the most beautiful models ever. And if you can deal with flimsy plotlines and enjoy generous amounts of general chaos, Ciao! Manhattan may just be your next Netflix rental. The DVD packaging includes an eight-page booklet full of liner notes by David Weisman and gorgeous photos of Edie, plus bonus features like exclusive never-before-seen footage, staff interviews, production stills and a trailer.

More: Amazon, Girl on Fire, Official, Rotten Tomatoes, Wikipedia, YouTube

Timber! No, a tree is not about to fall on you, but an art show is! Featuring woody-inducing artwork by Chad Eaton at Hibbleton Gallery at 112 West Wilshire Avenue in Fullerton, California from April 3 - May 3, 2009. Opening reception: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Congratulations to Troy K. of Chicago, Illinois for winning our Win the Yokosuka Collection! contest. Troy received a free Altamont Yokosuka Collection by Fos, including the Yokosuka cap, Yokosuka jacket, Yokosuka knit and Yokosuka shirt. Enter the Win the No Age Collection! contest right now. It ends on April 10, 2009.

The following email arrived today through the Altamont web site's contact form.

I got rear-ended by a truck going 40 miles per hour. The Altamont sticker on my bumper wasn't even destroyed and my van had minimal damage. So, I gotta give y'all props on some crazy stickers made of steel.

Camren T.
Bomberville, Texas

Hey Camren, we're stoked to hear the Altamont sticker held your van together! Thanks for writing.

--Altamont Help Desk

Meet Altamont contributor Slash and the rest of the Deathwish team on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 12:00 noon for an autograph signing at Black Wax, 311 Parkway Plaza, El Cajon, California, phone (619) 441-0802.

The Goat--featuring Andrew Reynolds, Kevin "Spanky" Long, Shane Heyl, Beagle and Atiba Jefferson--recently shredded the Southwest with No Age and the Altamont team as they made their way from SoCal to Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest music festival. Plenty of coverage has been pouring in, so be sure to check it all out!

Altamont Tour Journal
Altamont Gallery
Ben Clark Beginning
Ben Clark Phoenix
Ben Clark Freezing in Flagstaff
Ben Clark Flagstaff to Albuquerque
Ben Clark Albuquerque Signing
Ben Clark More Albuquerque
Ben Clark Lubbock
Ben Clark SXSW
Epicly Later'd My Home
Epicly Later'd Is there difference?
Epicly Later'd Tragedy
Epicly Later'd Silver Stallion
No Age The Party
Shake Junt Arizona!
Shake Junt Get Stuck!
Shake Junt New Mexicans!
Shake Junt Luh Buck!
Shake Junt No Comply
Shake Junt Keep it Real
Shake Junt South by Southwest
Shake Junt The End of the Line
The Skateboard Mag Photos From the Road
The Skateboard Mag Austin Photos

Altamont recently rolled through Austin, Texas during the annual South by Southwest 2009 music festival. We spent two days there on March 19-20, when No Age and The Goat raged at Club 1808 and the team dried out everyone's Sharpies with a signing at No Comply. Enjoy the gallery! Photos by Erin O.

We just posted up the final installments of the Altamont, No Age and The Goat Tour Journal! So, if you ain't moseyed on in there for a spell, better get buck and go take a gander! Also, look for another gallery from South by Southwest coming soon.

Congratulations to Tim E. of Tipton, Michigan for winning our Win the Goat Collection contest. Tim received a free The Goat t-shirt and 10" vinyl record with the Fall 2008 Altamont catalog and a super limited-edition Cannibal Carnival t-shirt by Neck Face. Enter the Win the No Age Collection! contest right now. It ends on April 10, 2009.

There will be plenty of things to see, hear, experience, and even learn from in this show: sculptural works, flat drawings, paintings, and photographs will sit on the walls next to sound pieces and homemade instruments built specifically for this exhibition. There is sure to be a gentle racket, so don't be afraid to bring a set of open ears, along with those eyes of yours.

Chances are, you may like something, or even recognize a few of the artists, musicians, and noise-heads involved in the show. They have all been doing their thing for quite some time now. Come see it all together and witness the sound installation of this Move series show in person. You will be glad you saw, and heard it.

Featuring Tana Sprague, Billy Sprague and Travis Wyche, Eric White, Cody Hudson, James Gallagher, Richard McGuire, Chris Shary, Bernie McGinn, Jason Polan, Cynthia Connolly, Dave King, Ian Johnson, Chris Duncan, Jordin Isip, Alex Kopps, Andrew Scott, Bill Daniel, V. Vale, Brian Flynn, Carl Dunn, Tim Kerr, Pat Graham, Jeff Canham and Luke Bartels, Calef Brown, Sonny Kay, Chrissy Piper, Jfre Robot Coad and Jason Soares, Phil Franklyn, Yuri Shibuya, Bill Kouligas, Andy Ward, Hiroshi Kimura, Dora Drimalas, Fritz Welch, Bert Queiroz, Matthew Bajda, David Applegate, Koen Holtkamp, Mike Sutfin, Garry Davis, Rodger Bridges, Kyle Ranson, Jeff Manson, Allison Snackenberg, Jocko Weyland, Kelly Nicholson, Rob Ben and more.

Move 18: Listen with Your Ears and Eyes Wide Open, This Time opening reception: Friday March 20, 2009 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Open March 20 through April 14, 2009.

Park Life
220 Clement Street
San Francisco, California
(415) 386-7275

Don't miss the Altamont team this coming Saturday, March 21, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.

Team Appearance: 2:00 p.m.
Goodtimes
8800 Broadway #106
San Antonio, Texas
(210) 822-4721

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Don't miss No Age and The Goat this coming Friday, March 20, 2009 in Austin, Texas.

Concert: 3:00 p.m.
PPM / Teenage Teardrops Records Party
Club 1808
1808 East 12th Street
Austin, Texas
(512) 524-2519

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