Translate

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Tis' the season to Low ride


Banana Seats
Deluxe Beach cruiser    26" Beach Cruiser Bike Nirve Straight Apehanger Cruiser Bike Handlebar - SportsAuthority.com  40" Sissybar Suspension Highback CHROME 
Since the weather has been so pleasant , I've broken out the "banana seat bike" or "low rider" ,"Deluxe Beach cruisers", "chopper bikes" ," Krates".  It's cool because it makes it cool to just cruise.  I've cruised the Niagara Falls bike path and caught scenic views of the falls, the whirlpool, and the Ontario, Ca. buddhist temple.  Other tattooed, punked, skin head, and old school pros ask me where to find the kit for a low rider bike or Banana seat bike.  First part is the handle bars.  They are called Ape hangers.  Mine have a 15" rise.  Try to keep in mind that your break cables have to stretch just right?  The Banana seat is just that, a banana seat.  The important part to a banana seat is a "Sissy bar".  This is the bar that goes from a back tire up to hold the seat and provides back support.  My seat is 16 inches and bar is 3 ft. Other things can be added, but these are the essentials.   


Often once the vocabulary is in your head, anyone can become a lowrider collector and builder. These bikes are the skeleton work of a motorcycle and can easily be made motorized with gas tank and motor attachments. Check it out because "tis the season to low ride with the cyclist. Places where you can design your own, and order parts :  nirve ape hangers @http://www.nirve.com/
Piston bikes; http://www.pistonbikes.com  Top low rider: http://www.toplowrider.com bicycle designer: http://www.bicycledesigner.com/
Street lowrider: http://www.streetlowrider.com/shop/

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Throwbacks to cruise to.

Recently when I'm in the mood for oldies, I find myself listening to a Mix tape download.  It becomes a favorite for old school R& B and Soul favorites that would be what's missing from one of those time life collection.  It's perfect for if you cruise short distances as a driver or long distances as a passenger.  It's name is "Summer Breeze- Slow jams" and "Summer breeze 2- Slow jams"  by , DJ 2Mello & Miami Kaos.  These mixtapes can be linked to DJ 2Mello & Miami Kaos through Rapmullet.com and datpiff.com.  Booking info and mix tape sales are also available at the following links.
These websites are also excellent ways to keep up with a few of your favorite songs within the genres of music offered.  "Check it out to find Throwbacks to cruise to." http://www.djdownloadz.com
 http://www.datpiff.com/  http://www.djdownloadz.com/dj-2mello-summer-breeze-slow-jams-2-mixtape  http://www.djdownloadz.com/dj-2mello-rapmulletcom-summer-breeze-slow-jams-mixtape

TRACK LISTING (CD LENGTH: 1:19:48)

  • 01. The Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze [1:59]
  • 03. I'm Leaving You Again - A Little Bit Of Love [2:11]
  • 05. Gwen McCrae - 90% Of Me Is You [2:08]
  • 07. Diana Ross - Missing You [3:18]
  • 09. Kool And The Gang - Summer Madness [2:09]
  • 11. Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away [2:37]
  • 13. Curtis Mayfield - You're So Good To Me [2:49]
  • 15. Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover [2:55]
  • 17. William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got [2:05]
  • 19. Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further [2:38]
  • 21. Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It [2:39]
  • 23. Midnight Star - Curious [2:09]
  • 25. George Benson - Give Me The Night [2:09]
  • 27. Intro - Come Inside [1:43]
  • 29. Michael Jackson - The Lady In My Life [2:59]
  • 31. Norman Connors - You Are My Starship [3:34]http://www.djdownloadz.com/dj-2mello-summer-breeze-slow-jams-2-mixtape



Rapmullet.com & DJ 2Mello - Summer Breeze Slow Jams
Tracklist
1.Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft
2.Oh Honey - The Delegation
3.Sugar Free - Juicy
4.All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
5.Rising To The Top - Kenny Burke
6.Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers
7.I Choose You - Willie Hutch
8.Weekened Girl - S.O.S Band
9.It Never Rains - Tony! Toni! Tone!
10.Sweet Thing - Rufus
11.Searchin’ - Roy Ayers
12.Come Go With Me - Teddy Pendegrass
13.I’d Rather Be With You - Bootsy Collins
14.What You Wont Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
15.Daylight - Ramp
16.Close The Door - Teddy Pendegrass
17.Misdemeanor - The Sylvers
18.Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson
19.Inside My Love - Minnie Ripperton
20.Lovers and Friends - Michael Sterling
21.Rain - SWV
22.Can You Stand The Rain - New Edition
23.A Dream - Debarge
24.As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
25.Love TKO - Teddy Pendegrass
26.If You Think You’re Lonely Now - Bobby Womack
27.Time Will Reveal - El Debarge
28.Let Me Love You Down - Ready For The World
29.Tears - Force MD’s
30.Cry Together - The Ojay’s
31.Cause I Love You - Lenny Williams
32.Funny How Time Flies - Janet Jackson

"Who's that girl?" The lady is Paige Paine

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

CCI Magazine

I recently came to have the pleasure of bumping into a cool dude named Ryan.  He has this magazine that you might find on the set of an Adult Movie because one of the hot actresses are looking at to see a new tattoo, or they might have been a model in, showcasing their new tattoos.   It's a hot tattoo magazine to keep in any tattoo shop. If you'd like them wholesale for your shop or news stand, the link are both in this post and at the bottom of this blog, check it out. http://centralcityinkmagazine.com/

On the way back from NYC

On my last drive back from NYC, I couldn't help but notice how dark these highways are.  Driving through Pennsylvania's mountains and the hills of Western NY is a dark ,and very curvy path.  There are no street lights over the highway.  If one business in these small towns have a porch light on, this will be the only light with in any visual distance of the highway.  Drivers blind each other with high beams to see 15 feet in front of us, while 18 wheeler trucks fly pass us down hill at 100 mph.  State troopers love the dark for giving tickets to speeders.  It's a damn shame that they were only speeding because these dark ass lil ghost towns remind us of a horror movie or two, and they were just trying to get out of them before they ran out of gas and the zombies attacked.
We need more lights on these highways.  It can't be safe to have dark highways.  Is it supposed to be more calming, so that we get better sleep while on the road, or so that person who misplaced their glasses, has worse sight of those lil' speckled white lane dividers?  I'm not certain, but I noticed it while "on the way back from NYC."

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

My Wine of Choice this month

This month I've chosen the sweet porto bello flavor of italian swiss colony, american port.  It pours rich, rough and sappy.  When left to air for a while, it taste like a bouquet of roses.  Don't be fooled.  The taste can take you for a ride.
  It came in a huge bottle.  It's size reminded me of the Manichewitz that I used to swipe from mi' folks around the holidays.  It's a good thing, I'm grown and found a better buzz.

Essential for Tattoo Artist

Starting out as a tattoo artist is a trying task.  It takes more know-how than people think.  It's not always about how nice your artwork is.  Tattooing is more about knowing about "Blood borne pathogens".  These are diseases that can be transmitted by blood.  When tattooing blood is left in tubes and on needles.  This is why it is important to use hospital disinfectants to clean surfaces and solutions like Metricide to soak tools before sterilizing them by steam.  Steam cleaning should also be done in a Pressure cooking type instrument called an "Autoclave Sterilizer".  These can be found on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com Steaming at a temperature of 250 degrees fahrenheit , for 15-20 minutes kill any remaining bacteria.  These items are "essential for any tattoo artist"http://www.hhs.gov ,http://www.metrex.com, whether at your neighbor hood shop, their house or making house calls to yours.  It keeps the artist clear of any outbreaks of Hepatitis, HIV, etc., any a step away from being up to compliance and able to pay for his/her certificate as a Tattoo artist.  Tattoo artist regulations are found on your department of Health Website.  Use of other antibacterial products will only help the artist eg. Green Soap, Gloves, Mask, sleeves, aprons, covers, light colored walls, light colored dividers, disposable needles, sharps containers etc.

Schooled by a lil' Lady.

I recently had the pleasure of listening to a lil female professor speak to me about the lessons of her underdogs of history class, Mrs. H. Dawson.  She told me that Harriet Tubman was her idol.  She had visited her house, grave and trails.  She told me that Mrs. Tubman would carry a pistol with her, in case any of her passengers changed their minds, and decided to turn back, they were made aware of the consequence of their actions, if they decided to turn back after a warning, she killed them.
  She told me of the indentured servitude becoming permanent servitude.  Then she explained how Andrew Jackson screwed everyone that he came in contact with.  All the while, I watch this lil Anglo curly headed lady with amazement on how she angles an entire history class to view her admired perspective of the Underdogs of history.  I was "Schooled by a lil' lady.  

Library of the Stars.

I rarely speak with my mom, but I have recently, and she asked how she could copyright her recipe.  A copyright is a government issued number kept as a reference as proof that you are the genuine creator or owner of an idea, artwork, etc, with the U.S Library of Congress.  So I introduced her to the website and showed her how to find the fees, and how to present it to them.  The library of Congress website is  http://www.loc.gov .  This should come in handy to all mi gentes that write touching poetry, draw original unique pieces, sing that cool ass odd ball rock, decide to tell one hell of a story in a novel, shoot a must see film, http://www.loc.gov/index.htmlor have that recipe that everyone request.  Check it out?  You may like it, may need it.

One hell of a 3 sum !

I've had the privilege of recently viewing an super hero trilogy.   "Darkman" , a movie filmed in 1990, "Darkman II- The Return of Durant" filmed in 1995 , and "Darkman III: Die Dark man Die"filmed in 1996.  These were some of the meanest crime bosses that you probably will see in a movie.  You feel sorry for Darkman through out the trilogy, and sometimes forget that he is a very smart scientist that's plotting revenge, so he knows what he's doing.
              To me it's a must have in a movie collection, and "One hell of a 3sum!http://www.imdb.com

Tattoos in the work place will increase productivity. "Who's that girl?" Skin Diamond

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.