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For those kids living in Southern California (I prefer to call it SOCAL), we all grew up during our prepubescent years hearing rumors of a fantasy world where you can drink under the age of 21. It was a place where lawlessness is common and if you’re lucky, you might be able to catch a DONKEY SHOW. You can live out all your fantasies in this one incredible place, thought to have existed only in Tommy Lee’s METHODS OF MAYHEM song lyrics. The next morning, it’s not extra ordinary to wake up in a random hotel room next to a girl named STARLA while the VENGABOYS is bumping in the background. You stink of Jose Cuervo, which was pumped down your throat by some dude named Luis with a whistle in his mouth.
I personally was never fascinated by these stories. They sounded horrific to tell you the truth. It sounded like a really big high school party with no sign of parents anywhere. But that’s just because I didn’t realize how fun they were until later on.
The footage below is a glimpse of what my friend Adam and I experienced in some random bar in TJ. This wasn’t one of those bars on REVOLUTION ST. either so that meant not as many tourists. We were on or way down to Mexico City but decided to stop by TJ to visit some friends first. While the drug problem still runs rampant today, this video took place during the early stages of cracking down on the Mexican drug trade. This was around the time when dead bodies of Federali’s were popping up everywhere. Sad thing is, they still are.
The AFI’s would randomly search local bars and clubs by abruptly cutting the music while their dogs sniff out drugs. And as a word of advice, don’t try to pet the dogs and tell them how cute they are. The AFI will rough you up just as they did me.
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Dang, I have a whole week here dedicated to Pito. I hope he appreciates this. Anyway I really don’t know what to say about this video. I really don’t know how to feel about this video. Do you remember the first time you ever saw FACES OF DEATH while you were in middle school and despite the fact that some of those clips were surely a hoax, your stomach still felt ill? No matter how many times you told yourself that the monkey was fake, you couldn’t help but feel sorry for the little fella. How could the bungee kids forget about the 13th floor? The questions burning a hole through your mind seemed trivial, but you were still able to justify everything. That’s how I feel about this video. Why? Because despite its beauty, it leaves me feeling a little bit confused. Not about myself mind you, but about how the human male can have such perfect, supple breasts. I think that Boyzone has gone far and beyond the point of no return.
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Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago. 7 comments
Being a world-class fashion photographer, I often find it extremely difficult to get the shots I need. My POSSE and I tend to attract a lot of attention and even though I try to be as polite as possible to passers by, you sometimes need to be a jerk if you’re ever going to get anything done. We don’t mind the crowds as long as they stay behind the camera. But once they find out a TIGER BEAT photographer is in their midst, people begin to act giddy and playful.
There’s no situation more apparent than when I took one of my favorite models Pito (AKA LAKAH FAN 69) to Santorini for a day of high fashion modeling. I wanted to take advantage of the beautiful light as much as possible but as you can see in the photos below, nature won.
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Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago. 2 comments
Five years ago, a boy stepped onto an airplane for the very first time in life and as soon as he stepped off, a Tiger was born. A Tiger with the heart of a STALLION. This Tiger felt the hunger most world travelers never experience. Tiger dove straight into the world of an “immersionist”. He wouldn’t eat at the fancy restaurants. He only drank WINE. Not a single word of English was spoken. Just really jacked up Catalan. Esta noche bailamos? Of course. Only the lovely and poetic words of an admirer can truly encapsulate the essence of this Tiger’s beauty.
Dear Pito,
You are a hero imprisoned because of all the new crimes that you are perfecting.
Like millions of your fans around the world, I can’t help quoting you because everything that you said rings true. And now in my cell, well I followed you. And here’s a list of who I slew. Jon Mora - do you know my name ? Oh, don’t say you don’t. Please say you do, oh, oh, oh, you are the last of the famous. International Boyzone!
That’s correct. Boyzone has struck again after a five year hiatus. The small and quaint town of Santorini will never be the same again. But before we follow on Pito’s quest for the Greek Adonis, we must travel back to the beginning when Boyzone first started. This video took place in the summer of 2004. After hanging out in Paris for a week drinking in the streets and harassing a salon owner, Boyzone took a trip to Barcelona. Boyzone in Santorini coming soon
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Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago. 4 comments
I have reservations about helping homeless people. I wasn’t always this way. Back when I used to SKATE, my friends and I would hang out with bums all the time. Not only were we using them for entertainment, homeless people for the most part were pretty neat. A lot of them actually had talents like singing or breaking parking meters so we found them quite useful.
But as I got older driving around town, I notice the same homeless people at the same street corners every day. And every time, I see these “Good Samaritans” offer up some change. One particular time, there was this male prostitute begging for money and then handing it over to this big black dude, who I’m assuming is his pimp.
But I think the final straw for me was seeing this report on beggars on the local news. These guys can make up to $20-40 an hour, depending on the area. No wonder they are lazy! They’re making more than the majority of Americans by just sitting there with a sign with some pathetic look plastered on their face! Screw that. At least collect plastic bottles like the immigrants who risk their lives coming here for an honest wage.
Anyway, while hanging out in Athens with my shorty, we saw this little kid pointing his laser pen into peoples’ eyes. It was pretty funny. But after observing him for a while, it got a little sad.
As he walked around with poo smelling clothes and holy shoes, the novelty of this kid blinding people with his laser quickly wore off. I do see poor people every day living in Los Angeles. I used to live near skin row when downtown was still trying to come up and I saw some crazy things out there. Boning prostitutes in the streets, drug deals in the portables, bum fights over sleeping bags and so on. But witnessing a kid living in this state is pretty depressing. These gypsy kids were born into it.
In this slice of life, you will see this boy pickpocket somebody. It happens really fast so don’t blink. He’s good.
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Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago. 7 comments
On my way to Buenos Aires, I had a 5 hour layover in Mexico City (DF). For such a short amount of time there, I was really able to capture the essence of national pride that I feel the US sometimes really lacks. I’m not talking about some piece of shit that flaunts his/her confederate flag and wants to secede from it’s union (i.e RICK PERRY Gov. of Texas). I’m talking about people who take to the streets and in the form of protests, make their elected officials give in to their wants. After all, it’s the people that make up the government. So fuck you, you stupid TEABAGGERS. I swear, you people don’t have a fucking clue. Seriously. “Hands off my medicare”. You fucking serious? You mindless drones are the ones who need to secede and go away forever.
Sure big protests may not work (Iraqi War), but I feel that it canmake a difference. The Aznar administration lost their general election after Spain’s 3/11 attacks due to large protests. The French love to protest, even if sometimes their cause is stupid. And of course violence never gets anybody anywhere. But it’s the message and form of communication that counts most.
So anyway, being in Mexico City hanging out at the ZOCALO, there was this huge gathering of some 1000 people protesting the Honduras coup. It was a sight like none other. The type of shit that gives one chills. It was basically one bus with 3 people on it’s roof speaking from a bullhorn. I regret not understanding what they were saying but I could really feel the passion. I could really feel the sense of community. The only way I knew what they were talking about was because they were waving the Honduran flag. It was fucking awesome. I wanted to get on top of the bus with those people speaking. But my girlfriend got mad since we had a flight to catch. But you will see that footage later when I get home to LA.
The video below was taken back in 2006 when one of my best friends ADAM NELSONand I decided to go to TJ. And I’m not talking about the tacky TJ where underaged San Diegans go to get hammered with hopes of seeing a donkey show. This was where my friend James lived and was unlike the general perception of TJ. We took off work for a day just to go. But somehow we didn’t feel satisfied. We wanted to keep going. We said “screw work. How often do we get to do this?” So we ended up in Mexico City. We didn’t know a soul. We didn’t speak a lick of Español. But it had to be one of the best trips of my life. Everything was improvised. It felt like our MOTORCYCLE DIARIES. I will post more video from that particular trip later because we saw so much awesomeness.
BTW, my girlfriend and I just had a crap load of wine and lagers. So excuse the grammatical errors and the lack of focus in this posting.
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Posted 5 months, 1 week ago. 8 comments
Some say that board shorts are the way to go while others may be partial to hot shorts. I even know a few people who prefer those really ugly CAPRI SHORTS. Actually Capris aren’t so bad if you wear them with a nice LINEN shirt to match but how often are people that fashion savvy? But the biggest tragedy of beach fashion here in the U.S. is the fact that 95% of beach goers overlook the Speedo. Sorry to point you out gay guys, but most of that 5% belongs to your crew. Not only is the Speedo the most comfortable of any beach attire, it looks good no matter who is wearing it. Trust me, I know this from personal EXPERIENCE.
The footage below was shot in SANTORINI: a place where true fashionistas know how to dress. I have a dream that one day I can peacefully hang out on a beautiful beach in Southern California with other BEACH GOERS wearing a pair of Speedos, without being harassed, ridiculed, laughed at, or spit on. I am hoping that when this day comes, swimmers everywhere will realize the beauty a Speedo has to offer. And maybe one day, just maybe, we can even be open to wearing the BANANA HAMMOCK. Oh and by the way, there’s a cameo featuring BRUNO in this one.
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Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago. 6 comments
