NOWHERE Skateboards

Barf is a Richmond art icon who has got his tentacles wrapped up in most aspects of Richmond life. His work includes Barf Comics, Nowhere Skateboards, Municipal Waste, and a plethora of other underground independent things. I'm happy to say that his print of a cat vomiting a stream of undesirable objects graces the wall in our kitchen next to the refrigerator. It pleases me to stumble in blindly before work, attempting to get some orange juice before facing the day to look up and constantly be startled by the intensity feline face.

Anyway, Barf's got some new jamz going on, with his new Nowhere "Stab Bat" decks, available here for $45.




My only encounter with Barf was at a Municipal Waste show at the Canal Club, where I proceeded to take shots of whiskey with him since I always forget Anica's inability to consume the deadly beverage and continued to buy unwanted shots. It was a good night.

Swindle Magazine

I just picked up my first issue of Swindle, an arts magazine that I hadn't heard of before but thought it looked cool. Weirdly enough, it was! Created by Shepard Fairey? Joel Speasmaker of VA fame as a comics editor? Yeah, I'd say it's cool.
Featured in this issue is an article about Dalek, who is awesome. If you see one, you should definitely pick it up. So awesome.