With the movie being almost half way done, Heath Ledger’s untimely death temporarily put a halt on the production of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.  Later, with some few story changes, the director continued making the film in honor of Heath Ledger, with now a new release date being in Christmas.  This holiday season,  you can witness Heath Ledger’s last film as he stars in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

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In need of some new music, then look no further check out Motion City Soundtrack’s latest TRACK

 

   It was brought to my attention the other day that the readers maybe aren’t grasping the concept we’ve thought up for Musing Music, therefore ill take the liberty of delegating to you what its all about… There is an astronomical amount of bands out there with only fractions getting any love so what we plan on doing in this musical endevor is to tour all different types and genres while presenting this universal concept: If it sounds good then you bet your ass we’ll be featuring it. That means new and old and everything in between. With that being said, I bring to you Interpol. The band consists of four ridiculously talented guys who have a passion for deriving music that is not only catchy but very thought provoking. Weather your diggin the mind consuming slow grooves in Rest My Chemistry, or your hittin it face first with The Heinrich Maneuver, you will fully comprehend what complex, and damn-good, music sounds like. Check out the entire CD titled Our Love to Admire and trust me you won’t regret it.

 

 

PS- Think you know of an amazing band that you think should be featured? Or maybe even just one really good song in particular? Let us know and maybe you’ll see it up on the Musing Music!

Pushing skateboarding as far as it pushes us — Scoff Skateboarding…

It all started with an idea and passion. Add a little kick ass from an entrepreneur leadership class.  Then mix it with practicality and necessity.  Last drop a hit of craziness and Scoff skateboarding became the brainchild of Jason Huewe.

“I’m a very creative individual;” Huewe said.  “A guy with crazy ideas.”

That was 2004.  Those crazy ideas have led to very practical needs.  Huewe, a skateboarder since Jr. High, noticed a constant need for all skateboarders that nobody in the market was providing–shoe laces. Not any ordinary shoe laces, but laces that could withstand the torture a skateboarder puts them through.

“What is the first thing that wears out when skateboarding>”  Huewe said.  “Shoe laces would always come untied, ripped, frayed.”

Through trial and error, Huewe created a technique to re-enforce first the tips of shoe laces and eventually the entire lace.

Broken down, the Skatelace is 2 to 3 times resistant to abrasion, guaranteed not to fray in reinforced areas, and when finished the lace is stiffer than normal. This allows it to grip the majority of the lace holes in your shoes keeping them tight when untied and even after the lace breaks. The last 8 inches of the skatelaces are left untreated from the process to make it easier to lace your shoes.

They are the only lace to combine the 3 aspects of abrasion resistant, non-fraying abilities, and gorilla gripping technology into the single lace. They go through our own in house reinforcement process that actually bonds the threads of the lace, giving it its high fray resistant abilities. This also means that the lace can withstand high tensile strength even after being broken. For example, the skatelace breaks and instead of tying it back together (or throwing it away) you can grab a stapler and pound 3 staples into the 2 broken ends of the lace and continue skating. Having no worries of the lace becoming unraveled by the pulling staples due to fused threads, the staple would actually be more likely to bend and come out before the lace unravels. (From www.scoffskateboarding.com)

Out of this world. Something that seems so common place, had not been approached by any major shoe/ shoe lace manufacturers.  Scoff Skateboarding has begun business to business talks with major brand names from a wide market–not just skateboarding.

Huewe’s philosophy; “keep everything simple and bold.”  Scoff’s Skatelaces are the perfect example of this.  A simple need with a bold application.

Round two, enter the Scoff Project.  Goal: build a mega mini ramp.  Huewe got his idea of putting a mega mini ramp in his parent’s backyard from various threads online.

“Had some old wood, started at eight foot,” Huewe said.  “A year later, I thought I want to make something legit and film it being built.”

Thus the inception of the Scoff Project. The first attempt started with no plans, no sponsors, just friends and an idea.  Built, but not “legit” enough.

“Version 2.1, six months passed.  Started trying to get sponsors,” Huewe said. “October 4, 2007 started construction with 20 plus volunteers–skateboarders, filmers…”

The Scoff Project since has gained the likes of Grind TV, Birdhouse, and Monster energy drinks.  After many a hiccup and $2,000, the project is 3/4 complete.  To push through and finish, Scoff Skateboarding has been trying to raise money through their website and sales of t-shirts.

All the progress and work has been documented through film–with hours and hours of video.

Scoff Skateboarding, has rolled with the punches, but always maintained its identity.  With state of the art shoe laces in route to mass production, Scoff continues to innovate with another 5 or so projects/ideas waiting at the helm.

“Setting a high standard for ourselves we made a promise to develop the most practical, eduring, and original innovations.” (from www.scoffskateboarding.com)

Shoe Laces un-wrapped:

The Scoff Project : 1st Test Run:

Check out more at: www.scoffskateboarding.com

The Scoff Project You Tube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/skatescoff#p/u

Follow John Mayer and friends as they parade the streets of New York City…

A decade later, the beloved McManus brothers are finally returning to the big screen in a highly awaited sequel. Some critics state it’ll be almost impossible to top the first Boondock Saints but original writer and director Troy Duffy has put in major work to please every Saint fan out there. With every main character returning from the orginal besides Paul Smecker played by William DaFoe, we have a new 2009 blockbuster on our hands.

In need of new material from the guys of Fallout Boy then take a gander HERE

The main focus (as you will no doubt figure out) of Musing Music is to expand one’s musical palate. In doing that, the majority of bands featured in this  musical endeavour will more than likely be something you’ve never actually heard of… and in some cases you would have to live under a rock not to know.  Now. I’m all about giving credit where credit is deserved and, in this case, Common deserves a shit-ton. His album Universal Mind Control hit the shelves and sold like hot cakes at the begining of this year and the title track Universal Mind Control (UMC) is out of this world good! If you still have yet to hear this song do your ears a favor and tune in to this elctro-rap groove and kick off this fall in the right fashion, Fly.