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    New Shots.

    Saturday, September 20, 2008

    Got a new camera, heres some flicks from this weekend starting at the Mandrake. Big Collins gave me the call to come spin videos at the bar and I rolled up and rocked the place till dawn. Lucy showed up and doubled the attendance, sick. We rolled down to Santa Ana to catch PB Wolf at thePost bar, and had some Lobster at Loberster Fest in San Pedro on the way out.

    Mandy sketched this awesome portrait of Collins on a ‘bladin rampage. SICK!The Bartender himself. CollinsThomasSchude.comThe Bartender himself. CollinsThomasSchude.comp9200231.jpgSaw this exotic bird on the way to LOBSTER FEST in San Pedro. Spittin’ fire.Lobster Fest 2008. 1st place winners of the L-Fest Dog Costume Contest. One dog is dressed as a California roll and the other is seaweed. How precious?Lobster Fest 2008. 1st place winners of the L-Fest Dog Costume Contest. One dog is dressed as a California roll and the other is seaweed. How precious?After winning the gold, first place ribbon at the 2008 dog costume contest at Lobster Fest in San Pedro.Winner of the GRAND PRIZE ($500) at the dog costume contest. This mutt was dressed up as a can of sardines. I think there were little wheels in the back to support the weight of the costume. This sucker (Mini-Pincher) was struggling to walk down the runway it accept his check. If you look closely you can see a jealous dog in the background dressed as a sea urchin.Winners of the best-dressed award at the 2008 Lobster Fest in San Pedro, CA. It’s hard to see but Mr. Man has a cast on his leg all the way up to his hip. A lone Tiva sport sandal is gracing his other foot. Big Mama has a descript Blue Tooth in her ear. Business as usual.Angle 2 of the proud couple. Lobster Fest was pretty amazing. Shouts to the lady in the Rasta tent selling bob Marley paraphernalia to the tourists.

    More Like a Fart Gallery - Photos

    Sunday, May 4, 2008

    Photos from May 3rd “More like a fart gallery” show at Unitard in Los Angeles.
    Starting the night out at Rege Sushi - YUM!Big Cory came up to support the cause.After Sushi we headed over the Unitard to get down. Sven, the owner of Unitard, was stoked to see Cory.He was so juiced that he shot lazer lightning at Sven.Here is a couple enjoing the stinky fart work.A few of the homies up in the gallery.Oh yes - How avant-tard!What stinks?Ladies keepin warm.Ready to transform.…into bad moped mama!The twin towers back again.Oh snap - A Ren and Stimpy TAT - Kudos amigo, kudos.Power posse!Ladies!Tatia and David B.When animals attack!P U!Trevor x George WahingtonDon’t touch!Sven and Lucy, total hotties!AHH the title of the show- Heres the workHeres David Browne’s part of the showWooden vans.David Browne’s paintingsClose upOne stinky toiletRawkDavid Orme’s workGrassy-Ass. Get it?Clear butt mold with a squid eating a fish. AmazingClose up of the fishesAnd here is the squid. He’s really in there!M.S.H Weinstein’s workAnd here is my work. Cindy Crawford x Drew BloodA common site in LA. Fake tree’s. You have seen them before I bet. Cell Phone towers that are disquised as trees. They are so great, I have one in my backyard and I never have to water it or rake leaves. I was thinking, what if those fake trees gave off smog like real trees give off oxygen. Here is a drawing of that idea.One of my faviorte quotes is from Dave Hickey when he discribed Los Angeles as the “plastic butthole of america”. This is a drawing of the butthole of Los Angles, surrounded by the freeways as stretch marks and the neighborhoods as hemoroids. As you can see, downtown is letting off some “steam” in the form of a farty brown smog cloud.Detail of the fart smogMy last piece was of this zen cowboy shooting into outterspace via a booty afterburner.Oh yea!After the show we went over to the Mountian Bar to get our freak on. It worked!

    And that was it from the opening night.  The show is up for a month so come on down to Unitard and check the work in person.

    DrewTube @ Charlie O’s

    Tuesday, April 29, 2008

    Photos from Monday April 28th @ Charlie O’s

    Here is the set up @ Charlie O’s - You can catch me mixing on stage with the video projecting over my shoulder.The Dance Floor got heated early. There was an amazing bar local going crazy out there. Bravo!Sven Tried to step to her, but she was a Lone Wolf!Trev and Patrick tried to restrain themselves while witnessing the DrewTube phenomenon.Sven, Keith and PJ - A tripple threatMitchell, Lucy, Paul and the Lone Wolf stretching after a long night of dancing to the oldies.

    Big thanks goes out to my peoples at Charlie O’s for hooking it up, and to the Lone Wolf for setting it off!

    Earth Day!

    Wednesday, April 23, 2008

    Photos from Earth Day 2008 at Bob Burnquists compound in Vista CA.

    On the drive down to Bob’s traffic was stopped for what looks like a frontside lipslide by a utility truck. Sick!When Sven saw the ramp set up, he grabbed his board.Have you ever seen a 30ft + quarterpipe?This is Ben Raybourn from 1031 skateboards doing an are. This is insane.Homie with a nose pick all the way up there!Sven gapping the cork screw sprial ramp.Loopy Loop!The back of the cradle - A feat of woodworking genious.

    GUN CLUB

    Friday, April 18, 2008

    Here is a quick photo set from my friend David’s birthday bash at the LA gun club.  If you have never shot guns before, I highly suggest it.  Total waste of money, but super addictive.

    Right when you get to the club, you have to pick your weapon. Here are the Magnums.David was already there, and was ready to shoot. He had done this before and knew what kinda gun he wanted. Everyone else took 30min to look at them all and decide.Big keith getting a piece of the action!The selection of targets they have for sale are amazing.I thought this one looked like George Papadapolis from the show Webster.David was givin a Magnum as a birthday present from the people who worked there. This gun rules, hard to aim, but fun to shoot.Me with the 44Oh yea - its gonna kick!Damn girl, don’t hurt ‘em!Look where your shooting tex!Oh I think he likes it.Loading the snub nose. This was my favorite. When I was shooting it, I pretended that I was a crooked cop.Dont shoot the hostage!Then this guy showed up!From 1996? Sick.And one last shot of the birthday boy!

    VENICE BEACH STYLE

    Tuesday, April 15, 2008

    In my search for raw styles, I have only come across one that has stirred my soul and warmed my heart. I call it Venice Beach style, and here are a few photos to illustrate what makes it so hot.

    Welcome to Venice Beach. Home of the cultural and visual mashup. Marilyn Monroe next to a Homie? No problem. As long as the colors are bright, and someone is into it somewhere, it works.One motto of VBeach style (and there are many) is “Big i s beautiful”. Large shirts, large prints, large attitude.This one made me homesick. If you don’t know about ICP, do your homework. As random as it is, the Insane Clown Posse fits in perfectly with the Venice Beach style.Native style counts too. As long as the shirts are classy and flashy they will work.This is just old school VB style right here. I am pretty sure the all over print T-shirt craze started here too, but I can’t back that up with any paperwork.Why ask why?Stoner culture is alive and well in Venice. Thank God! Where else can you get a dreadlock hat or this beautiful Homer Simpson bong?

    We can all do your part to keep the VB style alive, even if you don’t live in California. Next time your going out, don’t be afraid to pull out that old t-shirt that says “Take me drunk officer I’m home”, I know you got it stashed away somewhere. Just remember anything goes on Venice Beach, but locals rule!

    Drew Blood’s Los Angeles

    Tuesday, April 8, 2008

    On March 28th I opened my new show at Azucar gallery in Silver Lake.  The show was a mash up of Los Angeles imagery mashed together in one spot.  A few bands played at the opening, and there was even a fight!  A really fun time for sure.  The show is up until May so check it out @ Sugarhairsalon.com

    The door to the gallery - BBCHere is a look at the inside of the gallery before everyone showed up.DJ Sea Wizzard came up all the way from San DiegoThis is the first band that played.The work through the window.As you can see the crowd spilled out onto the sidewalk.A very rare Sarah K sighting.A battle of the beards.T bone from the Elitist (scooter) crew.WOW - Hottt ink!This lil guy had to be helped out of the gallery after getting a bottle broken over his head by another teen. AMAZINGA battle of the minds.This kick ass van was parked in front of the gallery. Check the graffixStyle!When we got home Lucy hooked up some food and we hit the hay!

    I would like to say thanks to everyone that showed up.  I appreciate the support.  If you didn’t get a chance to make it to the opening, check out the work and get your hair did at Sugar hair salon.

    River Ratz

    Tuesday, April 8, 2008

    This set of photos is from 2004.  I thought I would include it here as a little history lesson.  Enjoy

    WARNING
    Alot of these photos have to do with graffity. I myself am not a graff “artist” and could give a shit about crews or gangs or anything like that. so keep that in mind when you read my thoughts on graff ok?

     We decided to drop down into the LA river basin to get some good unrestricted straight aways to do sprints and time trials. This is eddie getting warmed upKing styles here has some shit goin’ on, but throughout our trip I saw 4 pieces that said “Back to finish”. Weak sauce.If you have seen any of this guys stuff lately you can see he’s come along way since this trapper keeper graphic.Hard to see, but this is a pretty big GAS pump. Still cleanIm down for OVER, it took me a while to warm up to the style but hes consistant wich I appreciate.The good thing about training in the river is the diversity of terrain you get to work with. You have to jump off your board at some points to run though goop. This is good for not only physical but mental training. A skate race is as much on foot as it is on board, the race winner will not be scared to jump a fence or sneak a short cut here and there.Dirrty dirrty! Blue and orange rule (DETROIT TIGERS) DR1 could learn a thing or two about straight lines and letter spacing, but other than that this shits bonanza. I like how the letters transition from the wall on to to the bank.Get a look at that grip tape job on Eddies ax. Here are some specks on the “Cancer stick”. Deck - California Surf Style Sk8s w/ rip grip on the nose. Trucks - Indys 169 I believe Wheels - Slimeballs Bearings -German Profile - Low.Pink housepaint looks tight after years in the sun. Bravo DEF crewEd decides not to test fate and take the sleezy route across this slime pit.We all know this cat. This style reminds me of Lego Techniques. I think thats what they were called. The legos for older kids that had holes in em. Maybe its just me.OK this was THE piece of the trip right here. Someone must have been on someone elses shoulder to bust this burner, I like how the whole gender relationship is summed up with MAN being darker and larger than woman. Totally political! and the half erased alien head? Genius. Maybe an alien painted this, I wouldn’t be surprised. In 95 no one was working with gender issues in graff. Damn.Pink housepaint looks tight after years in the sun. Bravo DEF crewDamn it, I swear I will kayak across the river to get a close up of this bad boy. If you can see its a LA piece probably 15 foot tall. The tops of the letter are arms with the hands in handcuffs. The bottom of the L is a road too! We sat and marveled at the beauty of this burner for some time.We found these cars, well didnt find them, but came across them. Totall music video background.HAELRWe went from Olympic Blvd., all the way to fletcher via the river and river walkway. It was hot so we got water and planned our attack back through the city.This is Ed in Echo Park, it was hard coming back this way cause we had to skate past both the Rodeo and the Shortstop without any money. What a kick in the balls.This is so evil! How big of a baller do you have to be when you can afford to have an endangered lynx pelt as a dashboard cover?On on a limo at that! This is the kind or ride I could see ICE-T rollin around in. No driver, no rims just a pimp with a limo full of tricksThis is graff for graff’s sake. Total destruction. Hottest team on this wall - MACHO/DIET. The irony is terribleAfter my GD wheel came off bombing the hill by the Korean church we butt boarded down 1st and crossed paths with this player. He had a cart full of cans and raced us down the hill.He had way more weight in his card than we did on our boards so he won. At the bottom of the hill he started to gloat and tried to grab eddies bottle of water but Mr.Sour Grapes would not share.

    Weekend Warriors 1

    Monday, March 31, 2008

    K, so here are some photos from this weekend. Nothing really “happend” so to speek, but I personally covered some distance by driving and skating all over LA, and I have photgraphic proof. So let cut with the small talk and get down to Busniess.

    So from then on it, there was no place to go but up. First stop, yea you guessed it, the short stop. The dogers game had just let out, and the bar was packed. Thank god eddie was there doing his RUPERT* imatation.The terrible twosome was there also. What up!B-Unit where are you?Ok next day. I wanted to skate a new park so I cruzed down to Paramount. On the way we happend to bump into this bad boy. What you cant see from the photos are the the skull and crossbone mud flaps hangin’ of the back.What a bad ass! This auto-mod had inspired me to get my ford focus lifted. Accually I can’t do it. I can just see myself getting a crazy road rage attack and driving over people on the 101. That would be awsome, but also kinda lame. Car chase or any sort of auto inspired crime is so ‘99. I mean OJ killed that shit.On the way to the park I spotted this awsome vanity plate. Yeah thats right WAZUP .Ben was at the paramount park, good thing too, he left straight from there to hit the road. Next stop? BOSTON, what a bad ass. Have a good trip homie, and god speed.OK so I thought the WUZUP plate was going to win the “plate of the day” trophy. But boy was I wrong! This beast not only had the ballz to get THE JOCK plate going, but topped it off with the spider man trailer hitch cozy God Bless America!OK sat night is art night, so Nate Sayer and myself hit the streets to check out all the openings.Right now, Sayers feeling good. The streets are ours, and hes cruzin on pauls battle axe.Unfortunatly Sayer did not see this ruff patch of cement coming up, and ,pardon my french, ate shit. It was one of the most beautiful slams I have ever witness and its a GD miracle that he didnt break the full beer that he had in his back pocket.Needless to say, Sayer walked the rest of the way to the first art show. You can tell how bad his butt cheeks musta hurt in this photo. I would usually give him lots of shit for being such a wimp, but it was a pretty terrible slam.First show, Upstairs at the market gallery.Oh yea, c.flower night too. My first question is, how hard it it to keep a straight face while having a convo. with a samuri?Especially one wearing striped knee socks. Ill give it to him though. It was like a billion degrees and he wore the whole get up all night.Finally sayer can sit down.Going to drop off Sayer at LAX at 4am Sucked. On the way there I thought I would test my skillz and try to get a photo of this ATLAS peice while driving 70mph. You could amagine how syked I was to find out it came out pretty perfect. The sickest think about this peice is the fact that its over another awsome ATLAS burner thats like 70% visible though a transparent buff. Talk about ballz..