Friday 16 September 2022

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Artists like Bezz Believe and Forgiato Blow have found a niche sort of fame among the Trump faithful. (Gawker)

A Gang Called Drug Rich Is Robbing Celebrities All Over Atlanta
They've stolen from Mariah Carey, a Real Housewives star, and several professional athletes, according to a new indictment. (VICE)

Gnarly! Philly Skateboarders Steal Iconic Bench From NYC’s Tompkins Square Park
A group of skateboarders from Philadelphia ignited a turf war with their counterparts in Manhattan last month by stealing a famed green bench from Tompkins Square Park. (NY Post)

Curating Skate Video Soundtracks With the Founder of Pass-Port, Trent Evans
To accompany Pass~Port's 11-year record release, we spoke to Trent about all things music and skate videos. (Jenkem)

The records of Blackhaine - the project of Salford-based multidisciplinary artist Tom Heyes - reveal a world of paranoia, grit and desolation. Pairing brutal choreography with a muscular, elastic take on UK drill, he constantly throws us back into the same scenes: lurking the streets of Salford, holed up in anonymous hotels, or blasting through sheets of late-night rain on the M6. (The Quietus)

God Save The Animals, Alex G
Though many artists claim to be unclassifiable, (Sandy) Alex G truly is. 
(Monster Children)

At New York Fashion Week, J.Crew Rings in the Late Aughts Fashion Revival
J.Crew? The Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Opening Ceremony? Fashion's recent past is coming back with a vengeance. (GQ)

Andrew Kuo is an artist and author who contributes regularly to T: The New York Times Style Magazine and co-hosts, with Ben Detrick, a podcast about basketball and culture called Cookies Hoops. In 2021 Kuo and Detrick published The Joy of Basketball: An Encyclopedia of the Modern Game, an illustrated and idiosyncratic guide to the sport and its charms. 
(The New York Review)