There’s not a lot I can say about this at 11pm on a Sunday night after a rough weekend of drinking and bike riding… In fact, all I can say is WTF? Parisian kids go off….

Reminds me of early 90′s hardcore moshing…

I love October, not only is the the weather amazing but it’s also the time of year we see certain horror movies finally make it onto DVD! And this year is no exception…

First up we have the 1981 Slasher classic, The Burning! Featuring Tom Savini’s gory special effects.

Next we have the kinda good in a bad way, Dr. Giggles! It’s silly, in on the joke and has LA Law’s Benny Stulwicz (Larry Drake) as Dr. Giggles himself.

And finally we have From Beyond! Stuart Gordan’s Follow-up to his classic Re-Animator

These are all out now and either available for the first time on DVD, or for the first time in a long time. Hit up a video store (that isn’t Blockbuster) or Netflix.

Reprehensible and just irresponsible? For the past few months, Visa has been running commercials where the whole storyline revolves about shaming some poor sap who dares to slow down the system by paying with cash. Cash!!?? Fuck cash, debt is where it’s at! Thanks for showing us the light Visa! As if our lives weren’t already totally dependent on credit cards, you have to make people feel bad for paying with cash because you can’t get a cut of it?

Yes you…

Italy has decided to give their policewomen’s uniform a younger and sexier look by making stiletto’s standard issue. Take that Doc Marten! Unfortunately in a cost cutting move they fucked up and gave the contract to a Romanian shoe maker instead of sticking with the good old “Made in Italy”, not realizing Romanian sizes don’t match up with Italian norms. You can read all the juicy details here and here.

Well I’m clearly burnt out on clever post titles, but I digress… Ray Pettibon’s name shouldn’t be a mystery to fans of 80s Punk, Hardcore, Post-Punk and Indie Rock. Over the course of the last decade Pettibon’s work has moved beyond album covers, ‘zines and flyers and become somewhat of an art world darling (Not a knock, just saying!). Thankfully he hasn’t lost any of his bite along the way.

The David Zwirner Gallery currently has an exhibition of new political based work by Pettibon up until October 20th. So if you’re all like “Punks Not Dead”, do everyone a favor and get over there.

Raymond Gurule, Death Row, California

The Afflicted Yard Blog has an interesting little piece regarding Death Row inmate art from a a collection organized by the CCADP. Not to make light of the death penalty, but I love this shit… I’ve long been a fan of “Bad Art” or lets be nice and call it “Outsider Art” because it’s sort of the hardest art to create and be earnest about. It’s totally stripped away of all the mechanics, ideologies & bullshit you pick up while in Art School. It is just bare ability (or lack there of), base emotion and personality; regardless of how trite or mundane they may be. There is something really natural, unencumbered and thoughtful about it all that I love. If this interests you, check out more of the death row inmates work at the Afflicted Yard site.

While we’re on the subject, I’d like to draw attention to my absolute favorite body of inmate art ever, the work of John Lee Malvo… remember him? Malvo was the 17 year old D.C. Sniper accomplice of John Allen Muhammad. When these guys were arrested and in the papers each day, the New York Post used to love running two page spreads of Malvo’s prison drawings. These things were so insanely awesome my jaw would drop in astonishment. Unfortunately it’s kinda hard to find some of the really good ones online these days. I’m talking about Muslim super soldiers striking down the infidels as drawn by a 17 year old kid who has seen way too many Van Damme movies. Awesome! Someone really needs to get them all published in a book; this kid is the next Henry Darger. Anyway, I did find this article from four years ago

Swindle Magazine has a great feature on the greatest skating crew of all time (In my opinion), The Bones Brigade. It’s kind of hard to explain what a force they (and Powell-Peralta) were growing up in the 80s unless you were actually a kid back then. They were more than just skaters, they were rock stars. The Bones Brigade’s cultural influence went well beyond their boards and in all honesty, they’re a huge inspiration to the cultural movement we’re all a part of now.

So I’m just minding my business, setting up our new pop-up store (more info to come!), when I notice the Burning Angel crew is outside setting up for a video shoot next door.

Well, apparently the crew thought that the Mishka Pop-Up store would be a perfect location for an impromptu photo set starring Joanna Angel. We couldn’t agree more!

Photo: The Lovely Brenda