I met this dude Devendra Banhart...
It turns out he used to skate, and got into music from skate videos...
cool huh?
Posted April 2nd, 2006 by I look like a doosh-bag in this photo
nice. I love his music, but i didn't know he used to skate..
Posted By: Anders on April 2nd, 2006 at 04:20AM PST
Second comment! I was only seven hours late!
Awesome beard. Cool music.
Old skater. Sweet.
Awesome beard. Cool music.
Old skater. Sweet.
Posted By: Donald on April 2nd, 2006 at 09:05AM PST
you look like a douche bag
Posted By: yes on April 2nd, 2006 at 10:12AM PST
wow, banhart just got cooler!
i also get alot of music from skate videos.
i first heard mogwai on the outro to the emerica video, even if it did have a beat added to it. i'm assuming ed had something to do with that(the song choice, not the beat).
i think loads of people think skaters listen to hip hop or mid paced average west coast punk, because alot of that kind of music is played on bad mid nineties skate videos. but i reckon the standard of skate video music has been increasing alot recently. just look at the toy machine or blueprint vids! even the girl video to an extent.
i also get alot of music from skate videos.
i first heard mogwai on the outro to the emerica video, even if it did have a beat added to it. i'm assuming ed had something to do with that(the song choice, not the beat).
i think loads of people think skaters listen to hip hop or mid paced average west coast punk, because alot of that kind of music is played on bad mid nineties skate videos. but i reckon the standard of skate video music has been increasing alot recently. just look at the toy machine or blueprint vids! even the girl video to an extent.
Posted By: nicholas on April 2nd, 2006 at 10:38AM PST
I agree, more skaters are opening up to different music in their parts... I still think that a faster paced song, regardless of what kind of music, makes a part more fun to watch though.
Posted By: ed on April 2nd, 2006 at 01:21PM PST
i don't think fast paced musc makes a part better. I think short parts make a part better, not the kind that drag on for five minutes. A good example is Austin, more mellow music, parts short and to the point. Basicly parts you'd watch over and over again ten times in a row.
Posted By: anthony on April 2nd, 2006 at 06:06PM PST
Music is super important to consider for video parts. I love metal but if i ever EVER had a video part metal wouldn't really fit with my style.
What makes ed so cool? Thats what i want to know.
What makes ed so cool? Thats what i want to know.
Posted By: Big Al on April 3rd, 2006 at 06:39AM PST
That picture with Satva and Getz is so funny and by funny i mean hot.
Posted By: Big Al on April 3rd, 2006 at 09:57AM PST
Devendra got into music from skate videos? That rules because I just wrote a column about that and how skate videos led me to the Misfits.
Posted By: britnasty on April 3rd, 2006 at 03:56PM PST
i first got into sonic youth because my favorite skater used one of their songs (waste, off the album experimental jetset....) in his part in the sheep shoes movie "life of leisure". i was 11 or 12 at the time and i'm now 20 and SY is one of my favorite bands still. looking back though, i don't like that album really at all except for maybe 3 songs, i prefer daydream nation and anything before era SY. but me getting into punk culture and music definitely stemmed from watching skate videos.
Posted By: nate harrington on April 3rd, 2006 at 10:24PM PST
holy shit. youre so lucky. devendra is my charles manson.
Posted By: samsonite on April 4th, 2006 at 09:07PM PST
the most important factor in a good skate section is the skater in question! isn't that obvious?
some parts go on for ages, but are completely amazing because of their variety in spot and trick selection. look at jerry hsu& louie barletta's section on subject to change. a 5 minute+ song (not to mention a complete beast of a song) but all the tricks and spots are so good that it just leaves you wanting more.
some parts go on for ages, but are completely amazing because of their variety in spot and trick selection. look at jerry hsu& louie barletta's section on subject to change. a 5 minute+ song (not to mention a complete beast of a song) but all the tricks and spots are so good that it just leaves you wanting more.
Posted By: nicholas on April 5th, 2006 at 06:39AM PST
the guy with Ed looks like Richard Manual from The Band
Posted By: j-town on April 5th, 2006 at 07:31AM PST
ed man, i agree with you. ali boulala is one of my favorite skaters and i love both his sorry parts, but when i saw his subject to change part with the chill music, it just didn't do it for me. haha, you have a double-chin...fatty.
Posted By: penis on April 6th, 2006 at 07:43PM PST
davendra looks like a fucking hippy puss wanker... he's parents are pretty loaded... ed just looks a lil chubbier...
Posted By: cheerios p.m. on April 12th, 2006 at 09:48AM PST
austin would have been stoked to see devendra
Posted By: 564 on April 21st, 2006 at 10:44PM PST
Ed T's music on Good and Evil kills!
Mine gonna be The A-Ha's Take On Me.
Act like you know!
Mine gonna be The A-Ha's Take On Me.
Act like you know!
Posted By: Half-a-Dolla on April 27th, 2006 at 04:55AM PST
