January 2012
2 posts
Chico's Lower East Side
Maybe you’ve seen Chico’s murals around the Lower East Side. He’s been painting them for the past 34 years. Here’s every Chico mural I could find and some of his thoughts.
Certified 2011 Holiday Giveaway
I made this quick video for the Certified Skateboards 2011 holiday product giveaway. Keep doing your thing!
December 2011
1 post
I push and I push
I ride and I ride, tryina survive down 95.
November 2011
1 post
Getting Rid of the Rot
I took an impromptu drive down to New Orleans to help a friend move.
September 2011
1 post
Killin Em Summer 2011
Killin em in summer.
June 2011
1 post
The Nico Blues - Folk Song Number Two
Here’s a music video I directed for The Nico Blues.
May 2011
5 posts
Berlin and done
The last two clips from my recent trip.
City Harvest Video
This fundraising video I edited helped to raise 1.5 million dollars and counting for City Harvest. I was happy to be a part of it. Please watch and help stop hunger in New York City and the world.
More thanks
…to Gawker and the good homies at Quartersnacks for posting NYC Arithmetic.
Go Home
I managed to get my board on the ground a decent amount of time in Europe.
BLACK FOREST
Great times with great friends in great Munich.
April 2011
6 posts
NYT SHOTOUT
Big ups to the New York Times’ City Room Blog for shouting out NYC Arithmetic!
NYC ARITHMETIC
It’s springtime so get outside. Now. To celebrate I skated from Battery Park to the Bronx and made this.
Keeping Fresh in Barcelona
The proximity to the beach, hours of sunlight and straight up fresh food make it pretty easy to do so.
La Plus Belle Chose a Paris
The first of a few films from a recent trip; in Paris, where I started.
Can't stop, won't stop, don't stop.
Here’s a clip that highlights some of the moments I spent this wintertime not being busy. I’ll have a few clips from an impending trip to Europe as well as a few more, uh, ‘high-brow’ works that are almost done. Enjoy, catch you soon USA.
February 2011
1 post
Zach's Michael Jordan Year
I haven’t been to Boston in a few years. Zach’s 23rd birthday was a worthy excuse. We crushed through a winterized Boston for a few days.
January 2011
2 posts
Cold World
We happened to have a flip cam when we went out to enjoy the blizzard in Harlem the other night.
L'eid in Algeria
On my block in Algeria during L’eid.
December 2010
3 posts
Les Enfants de Guela'a
This is from a trip to the Kayblie region of Algeria to visit the heart-stopping village that my father grew up in. I would love to spend a considerable amount of time there.
"The Nico Blues - Living Proof" music video
Its just about officially wintertime and while I wasn’t out skateboarding today in the freezing cold I was cruising the internet. After watching about a dozen skate parts I discovered that the Living Proof music video I art directed for The Nico Blues was done. It’s like your grandfather’s creepy basement.
The Conqueror
I pieced together one of three videos from a recent trip to visit family in North Africa. Cairo is massive. Two Algeria videos are coming soon…
November 2010
1 post
Skateboarding is all I know.
This was an exercise for a class many years ago. Nothing new, nothing mind-blowing, just New Jersey’s finest ripping and rhyming ripping and rhyming.
October 2010
2 posts
Queen City
Was out in Seattle for a few days on a job. Cool place.
Buenos Aires
Might be time to start taking photos again…I don’t really know how Madonna made it into this but it happened. Sorry, Evita… Here’s some sitings from Buenos Aires.
September 2010
4 posts
That Creole Rumble
I was recently in New Orleans and got the chance to catch up with a close friend who moved down there. The food was delicious, the people were relaxed and the air was humid. We even got some good skateboarding in. Have a beer with me in the Big Easy.
Easter Sunday
Last Easter Sunday my friend Adam and I made a short film for the Straight 8 Film Festival. You shoot a film on a single roll of Super 8 film with in-camera editing and a blind soundtrack. I just got it back from the boys in London. Enjoy our Easter Sunday.
Back in Action
A Summer Waisting
Here’s a flipcam clip of some summer skating and “antics”. Didn’t seem to be able to skate as much this year, hmm… It’s called “Get It On.” That’s the name of the song and I couldn’t think of a different title. So…Get it On.
August 2010
2 posts
Some Strangers
I’ve been accumulating footage of strangers. Hundreds of them. Here’s some of my favorites from New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
JOHANNA SAMUELS - JULIE
Everybody loves music that feels real. I think Johanna Samuels’ music is mad real, similar to the The Mad Real World. On the real, though, I was absolutely honored to get to make a music video for her song “Julie.” We filmed it a little while back and I finally got a chance to complete it. Click through to check it out and to hear more of her fantastic music.
July 2010
2 posts
The Nico Blues - Blame the Boredom, Blame the...
I had the pleasure of creating the album art for top-notch gents and rad homies The Nico Blues’ latest album “Blame the Boredom, Blame the Basements”. If you like good tunes, especially those that were made in basements with many distorted guitars and worldviews in the late 80s and 90s, you’ll probably enjoy this. You can download it for FREE by clicking here. It’s...
Cilantro tastes good, especially in the summer.
I’ve been squeezing this guy into recipes that certainly don’t call for it and probably taste better without it…
June 2010
5 posts
Back from PR
I made this little flipcam movie out of footage I shot during a two week production in Puerto Rico I art directed. I’m excited to see the footage. Check out what my camera saw.
North Highlands- Sugar Lips
I recently art directed a music video for my friend Mike’s band North Highlands. The song, which is great, is called “Sugar Lips.” It was directed by my good homie Adam Newport-Berra. I really dig the way the video turned out. Flavorwire recently picked it as one of it’s five videos of the week.
From San Juan to Bayamon, I'm the Don Juan beside...
Heading to Puerto Rico for the next two weeks to art direct a short film…
Easter Sunday
Some elite access behind-the-scenes footage of the Super 8 film I made with my friend Adam for the Straight 8 Film Festival in London. Click Here to see it bigger on Vimeo.
mobile flick
5.15.10
May 2010
2 posts
Viewables
I arranged the “films” I’ve made on my flipcam into two categories, for now, under the Shambles section- Travels and Skate. There’s a new one in the Travel zone from a recent jaunt to Orlandblow and a new shreddd clip. Peep em both kindly!
April 2010
2 posts
Update!
I posted a new little flick in the Shambles section. Sightings and visual musings from a recent trip to Los Angeles. Found myself in the car a lot. The Best of Beverly.
March 2010
1 post
Welcome.
I’ve had this domain name for quite some time now and I’m happy that the world can finally see it. Any news will be posted up here.