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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (YEah) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8964/leo+romero+free+lunch/ Matt Bennett Gets Warpy at the Berrics http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8960/matt+bennett+gets+warpy+at+the+berrics/ Mon, 14 May 2012 11:34:42 -0700 Bend it like Matt B.

He banged it out player.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Yeah, we knew the whole time.) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8960/matt+bennett+gets+warpy+at+the+berrics/ Chuffed in London (and Glasgow) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8959/chuffed+in+london+and+glasgow/ Mon, 14 May 2012 10:19:55 -0700 More photographs from my trip to London and Glasgow last month.

Some Jews on the Queens walk, Southbank, London.

"All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie." -Bob Dylan

"If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three." -Robert Motherwell

Crying baby. "One day you are happy and laughing and the next you are crying." -Grete Waitz

"Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot." -Groucho Marx

"Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless." -Pras Michel

This was in Glasgow.

"Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience." -Randolph Bourne

The train stopped in Carlisle, UK, and I snapped this man from my seat.

Back in London, there were racists in the headlines.

Londoners.

"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid." -John Wayne

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." -Lao Tzu

The Glasgow police rides a pale horse.

"One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude." -Goethe

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Come one come all, marvel at the old time craft.) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8959/chuffed+in+london+and+glasgow/ Daniel Lutheran Phoot Bonanza! http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8956/daniel+lutheran+phoot+bonanza/ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:19:48 -0700 See the gallery by A. Smith over at Skateboarder Mag.

Not to be missed if you like Dan-Lu's skateboarding and lifestyle.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Scope it with your spex.) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8956/daniel+lutheran+phoot+bonanza/ Get the FREE Zumiez Couch Tour App! http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8955/get+the+free+zumiez+couch+tour+app/ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:13:04 -0700 1890's Yourself with the FREE Zumiez Couch Tour App!

1890's Yourself with the FREE Zumiez Couch Tour App!

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net () http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8955/get+the+free+zumiez+couch+tour+app/ Once again in London Town http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8953/once+again+in+london+town/ Fri, 11 May 2012 10:21:29 -0700 Take me back to dear old Blighty...

"A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income." -George Bernard Shaw

Dumpling or Gyoza making going down in London's Chinatown.

Some Split-Screen action. (in between two frames)

A man looking at a Barkley Hendricks painting in the Tate.

You can see the Tower Bridge in the background.

"Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive." -W. C. Fields

"Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides." -Junichiro Tanizaki

I say good man...

"Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature." -Albert Einstein

"A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy." -Demetri Martin

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." -Oscar Wilde

"Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating." -Andrea Dworkin

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (You never know when it will all be over) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8953/once+again+in+london+town/ TWS 30th Anniversary Interviews... http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8952/tws+30th+anniversary+interviews/ Fri, 11 May 2012 10:15:21 -0700 With Ed Templeton.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Whee, part 2?) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8952/tws+30th+anniversary+interviews/ Matt and Collin Getting Real http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8951/matt+and+collin+getting+real/ Fri, 11 May 2012 04:31:36 -0700

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (You Vote With Your Dollars, Buy Toy Machine) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8951/matt+and+collin+getting+real/ Recycled Rubbish http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8949/recycled+rubbish/ Thu, 10 May 2012 16:23:42 -0700 Burndog.

Scope the Instagram sticker wars over at Burnout.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (The Meek Shall Inherit the Web) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8949/recycled+rubbish/ Billy Shreds America's Penis http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8946/billy+shreds+americas+penis/ Tue, 08 May 2012 13:52:01 -0700

LRG Florida Tour 2012 from LRG on Vimeo.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Chico Is Proud) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8946/billy+shreds+americas+penis/ Leo Tears a Hubba a New A-hole http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8945/leo+tears+a+hubba+a+new+ahole/ Tue, 08 May 2012 13:44:28 -0700

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Rhino is stoked) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8945/leo+tears+a+hubba+a+new+ahole/ A Smattering of Life Mortar http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8943/a+smattering+of+life+mortar/ Mon, 07 May 2012 11:53:53 -0700 Ed found some old artwork. Maybe time for a vintage series.

Ed found some old artwork. Maybe time for a vintage series.

Charms and Leo are buds.

Bennett attracts stars of the small screen into his gravity.

Gittyup.

Jordan getting in touch with his SD roots.

Getting licks in.

Wishing he could get licks in.

Dan Lu trying his best to not be sparkling.

JTay, busted.

Collin's reminder, Memento style.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Do You Care?) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8943/a+smattering+of+life+mortar/ Catalina trip no.1 for 2012 http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8941/catalina+trip+no1+for+2012/ Sun, 06 May 2012 09:10:23 -0700 Went for Cinco de Mayo and other things...

Off from Long Beach for adventure. Passing the Queen Mary.

Seagull lurking hard on our snacks.

He liked Have'a Chips, the best chips ever.

I think one lodged in his throat.

Nobody anywhere, so nice.

My first ever sighting of the elusive Giant Black Sea Bass. They used to be caught in abundance off Catalina Island, (see this old photo from 1905) but have since been overfished and are critically endangered. This one was 5 feet long, and probably over 200 pounds.

It was just lurking under the pier all day taking handouts from people.

The people from Joe's Rent-a-Boat (The best activity by far on the lsland!) were worried that a kid would leave his/her hand in the water and the fish would think it was some food. This beast could easily pull a 4-year-old into the water.

Giant Sea Bass documentary Part 1 --- Part 2

This guy was trying to pet it.

Mike V was there shredding a mini ramp demo and killing it.

The sea was calm and the moon was bright and full. We saw dolphins, giant sea bass, bald eagles, harbor seals, sea lions, and leopard sharks. A good day for sure.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Saw lots of critters...) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8941/catalina+trip+no1+for+2012/ JT and TM http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8939/jt+and+tm/ Fri, 04 May 2012 14:19:20 -0700 Chrome Ball that prompted this.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (The Sands of Time For Me Are Running Low) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8939/jt+and+tm/ Glasgow, Scotland - Mega-Post http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8937/glasgow+scotland++megapost/ Fri, 04 May 2012 09:13:32 -0700 Here is my last post of Glasgow photos from our trip in mid-April, scanned from the proof sheet for your lo-fi pleasure.

"The road to success runs uphill." -Willie Davis

Glasgow was kind to us, and we are looking forward to going back. The people at Mono, and Good Press were very cool.

"A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone." -Emily Bronte

They hate Billy Marks there.

A police box by the Cathedral (which closed before we got there.)

This young man Rory Price stopped me on the street and invited Deanna and me to his studio (a 15 minute walk away) at the Glasgow School of Art. So we went for it.

Rory again...

Ruth Carruthers, who works at Huck Magazine.

Teen Smoker (Sorry I forgot your name man!) in front of Focus Skateshop.

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty." -Albert Einstein

"A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man." -Arnold J. Toynbee

"A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on." -James Callaghan

Some skaters who were shredding the park before the rain ruined the sesh.

Hogwarts, er, Glasgow University.

"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education." -George Bernard Shaw

The Kelvingrove...

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." -Gertrude Stein

"Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose." -David Brainerd

The news about secondhand smoke has not reached Glasgow.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Chamy gan han ho, gimmie chan gan ho) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8937/glasgow+scotland++megapost/ Dan Lu Gets the Front! http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8936/dan+lu+gets+the+front/ Thu, 03 May 2012 12:23:05 -0700 'Boarder.

We all surprised him.

Nailed it brostyle.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Serious?) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8936/dan+lu+gets+the+front/ Skate Session Periphs http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8934/skate+session+periphs/ Tue, 01 May 2012 21:44:45 -0700 Web?

Web?

Little girl: "Cover her face!"
Buried Woman: "Noooooooooo!"

Shit, hold on.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (The Crust of The Outing) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8934/skate+session+periphs/ Glasgow Part 3 - Necropolis http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8933/glasgow+part+3++necropolis/ Tue, 01 May 2012 20:37:42 -0700 They don't call it a cemetery, it's the city of the dead.

Died 15 December, 1861, the American Civil War was raging. That statue has no head, but holds only a mask.

"A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist." -Stewart Alsop

"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world." -Richard Dawkins

The dark clouds lumbered upon us, shaking out drops of light rain.

Necro-Polis.

"Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives." -Abu Bakr

"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." -Susan Ertz
Amen sister.

The necropolis reaches out like a strangling vine, waiting ever so slowly to latch on and slowly smother...

"Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live." -Henry Van Dyke

"An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders." -Thomas Traherne

Some famous last words. Finished and begun simultaneously.

"Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."" -Bill Maher

"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." -Leonardo da Vinci

"A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election." -Bill Vaughan

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (We all will die some day. Make it count.) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8933/glasgow+part+3++necropolis/ Collin Invades Mountain's http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8930/collin+invades+mountains/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:32:20 -0700 Collin gets some hang time at Lance's.

Collin gets some hang time at Lance's.

Snuck one of Master Lance.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (Lance Gave Him The Cloak of Jupiter) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8930/collin+invades+mountains/ Glasgow, Scotland - Part 2 http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8929/glasgow+scotland++part+2/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:04:22 -0700 Lots of sheep on the train ride up from London.

People seemed to like this one, so here's a vertical of it. Again, this is in the Kelvingrove museum in Glasgow's west end.

Glasgow University was the inspiration for Hogwarts.

Come as you are.

"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking." -Black Elk

"When it blows here, even the seagulls walk." -Nick Faldo

"An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men." -Charles Darwin

"I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents." -Prince Charles

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -Lou Holtz

"I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland." -Sydney Smith

Glasgow Central Station from my hotel elevator.

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]]> caca@tumyeto.net (The vegan joints serve vegan) http://www.toymachine.com/newspost/8929/glasgow+scotland++part+2/