Recent Entries

• Street Art Saved My Brain

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  I used to think graffiti was just vandalism, you know? That's what everybody told me growing up. Stay away from the tags, respect property, all that. But then I actually started paying attention to what was happening on the walls around my city, and it flipped something in my head. These artists wer...

• Skateboarding Saved My Life and Now It Pays My Rent

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  So check it. I used to think skateboarding was just something dumb kids did to break their bones and piss off their parents. I was one of those dumb kids, by the way. But somewhere between eating concrete on my first kickflip and actually landing one six months later, I realized this whole scene was...

• Why Skateboarding Ain't Just a Sport, It's a Whole Different Way of Living

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  Look, I didn't grow up around skateboarders. I grew up around basketball courts and corner stores, the usual concrete playground stuff. But somewhere around 2008, I found myself at a DIY spot underneath some highway overpass watching kids throw themselves down ten feet of cracked asphalt like gravit...

• The City Never Stops Watching, And Neither Do I

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  I been living in this concrete jungle for like seven years now and I just realized something mad real. The city doesn't sleep because it can't afford to. Every corner got eyes. Every block got a story. Every person rushing past you got a whole universe happening in their head and you'll never know i...

• Why Local Musicians Are The Real Ones Keeping Culture Alive

  by Dez Fontaine May 7
  I been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after catching this three piece jazz fusion group at this spot in the warehouse district last week. You know the type - they ain't got major label backing, they ain't got TikTok clout, they just got instruments and something burning inside they got...