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one of the best skater ever!!Christian Hosoi!!At the age of 13, Christian Hosoi emerged in the 80s skateboarding scene as an awe-inspiring prodigy and quickly became one of the most popular and flamboyant skaters in the sport’s history. Hosoi originally developed as a skater in the famous “Dogtown” community of Venice Beach, rubbing elbows with established veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Jay Adams and filmmaker Stacy Peralta, who later went on to direct the award-winning documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys.” He eventually became one of the biggest “vert” superstars of all time and was famous for his aggressive and outlandish style and the unprecedented “air” he could generate on his stunts.
Hosoi pioneered numerous signature moves, appeared in commercials, music videos, and movies and, between the contests, parties, and constant traveling, he managed to create and run multiple successful skateboard brands. Throughout his career, he defined the sport of skateboarding alongside friendly rival Tony Hawk. The competitions between Hosoi’s “showman” style and Hawk’s “technician” proficiency helped propel skateboarding into a legitimate and accessible sport.
In the late 90s, Hosoi’s rock star lifestyle, which included a proclivity for drugs and irresponsible behavior, began to destroy his skating, his businesses, and his life. In January of 2000, he was arrested at the Honolulu airport while attempting to transport crystal methamphetamine and was charged with trafficking with the intent to distribute, a federal crime. Hosoi was sentenced to 10 years at the San Bernardino Detention Center.
While in prison, Hosoi found a new outlook and purpose through Christianity. He began to minister to other inmates and, although still locked up, he used his celebrity status to warn youth about the dangers of drugs. After receiving over 100 character statements on his behalf, including six letters from sheriff’s deputies, the Hawaii Federal District Court granted him an early release due to exemplary behavior.
Hosoi’s much anticipated return to professional skating has stirred up the community and excited virtually every skater, young and old, that has been privy to the legend or simply owned one of his signature board shapes. His addition to the Quiksilver skate team has reunited him with former rival Tony Hawk and paired him with other legends like Natas Kaupas and Omar Hassan as well as some of the new school greats like Arto Saari, Reese Forbes, and Stefan Janoski. Hosoi’s sponsorship by Quiksilver has also resulted in the production of the documentary “Rising Son, The Legend of Christian Hosoi” which will be toured around the country at the end of the summer and released on DVD in November. Although professional skating has certainly evolved since the days when his portrait graced the pages of Rolling Stone, Hosoi is still skating with his trademark combination of strength and style and he plans to compete in major contests, re-launch Hosoi Skates, and perhaps author a book in the coming year.
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Henry Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on Aug. 16, 1920. In 1923, the family came to the United States, eventually moving west to settle in Los Angeles in 1930.
He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1938, and attended Los Angeles City College with the idea of becoming a journalist or a writer. He began writing poetry and fiction in earnest during this period, selling his first short story, "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip," to Story magazine, where it was published in the March/April 1943 issue.
He eventually grew disillusioned with his lack of success as a writer, and began to drift into the vagabond existence that would form the source material for many of his later works.
His extensive writings on the down-and-out side of life arose out of his own experiences. During the period from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, he worked in an auto parts factory, a picture frame factory, a tool warehouse, a lighting company and a department store called Milliron's, which later became The Broadway.
In 1952, he started work as a substitute postal carrier. He would work off and on for the post office through the 1960s. His experiences there inspired his first novel, Post Office (1969), a realistic look at life in a grinding, humdrum job that became one of his most popular and enduring works.
He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1938, and attended Los Angeles City College with the idea of becoming a journalist or a writer. He began writing poetry and fiction in earnest during this period, selling his first short story, "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip," to Story magazine, where it was published in the March/April 1943 issue.
He eventually grew disillusioned with his lack of success as a writer, and began to drift into the vagabond existence that would form the source material for many of his later works.
His extensive writings on the down-and-out side of life arose out of his own experiences. During the period from the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, he worked in an auto parts factory, a picture frame factory, a tool warehouse, a lighting company and a department store called Milliron's, which later became The Broadway.
In 1952, he started work as a substitute postal carrier. He would work off and on for the post office through the 1960s. His experiences there inspired his first novel, Post Office (1969), a realistic look at life in a grinding, humdrum job that became one of his most popular and enduring works.
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History
The group began as The Downtown Faction, led by Rod Clements, but soon changed their name to Brethren. In 1968, they were joined by Alan Hull and became Lindisfarne after the island of that name off the coast of Northumberland. In 1970 Tony Stratton-Smith signed them to Charisma Records and their debut album Nicely Out of Tune was released in 1970. This album defined their mixture of bright harmony and up tempo folk rock. Both singles released from the album "Clear White Light" and "Lady Eleanor" failed to chart, as did the album itself at first, however the band obtained a strong following from its popular live concerts.[2]Their second album Fog on the Tyne (1971), produced by Bob Johnston, began their commercial success. This album reached #1 in the UK charts the following year. The single "Meet me on the Corner" and a re-release of "Lady Eleanor" followed in 1972. The album Nicely Out Of Tune belatedly made the UK album chart Top 10 and the band began to attract a huge media following, with some calling Hull the greatest songwriter since Bob Dylan. The band were even referred to as the "1970s Beatles".[2]
in 1972 they recorded their third album, Dingly Dell. The band were unhappy with the initial production and remixed it themselves. It was released in September 1972. Though it entered the Top 10 in the first week of release, it received lukewarm reviews. The ecologically themed single "All Fall Down" was a UK Singles Chart #34 hit but the second single "Court in the Act" failed completely.
Internal tensions surfaced during a disappointing tour of Australia in early 1973. Hull initially considered leaving the band, but was persuaded to reconsider. It was agreed that he and Jackson would keep the group name while Cowe, Clements and Laidlaw left to form their own outfit Jack The Lad. They were replaced by Tommy Duffy (bass guitar), Kenny Craddock (keyboards), Charlie Harcourt (guitar) and Paul Nicholl (drums).[3] The new line-up lacked the appeal of the original and with Hull also pursuing a solo career, the band's next two albums Roll On Ruby and Happy Daze and the subsequent singles failed to chart. They disbanded in 1975.[4]
The original band reformed in 1976 to perform a one-off gig in Newcastle City Hall, but the revival ultimately became permanent. They gained a new record deal with Mercury returned to the charts in 1978 with the UK chart top 10 hit "Run For Home", an autobiographical song about the rigours of touring and relief at returning home. The song also gave them a US singles chart hit and the album Back and Fourth moved into the UK album chart top 30. Subsequent singles "Juke Box Gypsy" and "Warm Feeling" failed to sustain their newfound success. The next album The News (1979) failed to impress and the band lost their record deal.[4]
The next decade witnessed various lineup changes and the band continued to release albums. They formed their own company Lindisfarne Musical Productions and recorded singles such as "I Must Stop Going To Parties" in the mid-1980s, as well as the album Sleepless Nights. In 1984 they supported Bob Dylan and Santana at St James' Park. Saxophone player and vocalist Marty Craggs joined the group shortly afterwards. Throughout this period they played annual Christmas tours and released Dance Your Life Away(1986) and C'mon Everybody(1987) - the latter made up of covers of old rock'n'roll standards.[2]
Another album, Amigos, was released in 1989. In 1990 Lindisfarne introduced themselves to a younger generation with the duet "Fog on the Tyne Revisited" accompanied by footballer Paul Gascoigne, which reached #2 in the UK singles chart. Soon afterwards Jackson left the band. Cowe left in 1993, shortly after the recording of the album Elvis Lives On The Moon. Hull died on 17 November 1995, but the surviving members continued to use the name.[4]
The band continued to play with a fluid line up, releasing two studio albums, Here Comes The Neighbourhood (1997) and Promenade (2002). A number of live albums were also released.[4]
Lindisfarne finally broke up in late 2003, performing a final concert on 1 November 2003 at the Newcastle Opera House. The final line up as a band included Dave Hull-Denholm, Billy Mitchell, Rod Clements, Ian Thomson and Ray Laidlaw.[5] Three members continued to tour under the name Lindisfarne Acoustic until May 2004.[4]
On 19 November 2005 the friends and colleagues of Alan Hull held a memorial concert at Newcastle City Hall in honour of Hull and included musicians such as Alan Clark, Simon Cowe, Marty Craggs, Steve Cunningham, Steve Daggett, Tommy Duffy, Mike Elliot, Frankie Gibbon, Charlie Harcourt, Brendan Healy, Tim Healy, Ray Jackson, Ray Laidlaw, Finn McArdle, Ian McCallum, Billy Mitchell, Terry Morgan, The Motorettes, Jimmy Nail, Paul Nichols, Tom Pickard, Prelude, Bob Smeaton, Paul Smith and Kathryn Tickell. Proceeds from the concert were donated to The North East Young Musicians Fund.[6] The Alan Hull Award for young musicians in the North East was set up a year later in response to the success of the concert.[7]
The Bones Brigade Video Show was the first real skateboarding video made - and now it's available on DVD. in the early 80's, skateboarding was comming out of a dark age. Powell and Peralta teamed up to form the Bones Brigade team with members like Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen. The Bones Brigade Video Show is full of old school skating, and tells the tale of skateboarding's earlier years.
This movie features everyone – twenty years ago! Most of the video follows Lance Mountain through a day of skating around different skate spots in LA. Lots of old school street skating, low to the ground full of bonelesses, no-complies and slides. Lance hits all kinds of places, like Venice beach, where he watches Per Welinder do some awesome freestyle. The video is clever – Lance stops and looks at a magazine article about Rodney Mullen, and the video fades to Mullen doing his awesome freestyle. Later, Mountain goes into a skate shop and sees a Tony Hawk deck, and the image fades to Tony in the big pool at the Del Mar Skate Ranch, shredding the place much to the delight and amazement of the audience (who seem to be mostly elderly people).
The other sequences include the “Downhill Slide” with Stacey Peralta bombing down a hill to 80’s guitar riffs, a backyard halfpipe session with hilariously cheesy shots of hot girls watching, and “The Amazing Mr. Mullen” pulls out his usual what-the-heck-was-that freestyle. One of the goals of the video was to show new skaters what had been going on during those dark years. For new skaters today, you get to see what your heroes were doing back when they were your age, and what skateboarding looked like two decades ago. The Bones Brigade Video Show is fun and refreshing. It came out before the punk attitude really took hold, and you can tell that these guys are just having fun. The style of filming is totally different from what we have today – the Bones Brigade videos are all about capturing the action and spirit of the skaters.
And finally, about the technical features of the DVD version. The DVD is well put together. The DVD only has one extra feature – a cool video starting with super old footage of Stacy Peralta skating from 1972-80 that blends with a background collage of old graphics, boards, and stickers. The background pans by with clips and dates of all the Peralta skate videos sliding by. It’s very cool to watch – Stacey Peralta is a filming genius and an incredible service to skateboarding with his work on these videos
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