 Andy Howell 43's Profile |
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Living in the zone of the in-betweens |
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| Age: | 40 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | La Jolla, CALIFORNIA |
| Country: |  United States |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| BodyType: | Athletic |
| Zodiac: |  Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) |
| Last Login: | Apr 3, 2008 (617 days back) |
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About Me |
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| Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there... I believe I can do anything... so I do. I believe I can imagine anything... so I do. I know that anything I imagine is already real, and so it is. ..Can I just say YouTube is pretty cool... I am seeing things I havent seen in years right now... Natas, thanks for ruling it back then... The guy who intros my part is Johnny Schillereff, an am for New Deal, later my rap partner and assistant at Element, later took Element to its current status... And that's me rapping to the first song I made with Lil Jon: And maybe the first switch stance handrail on video? Am I claimin' some sh@t or what? Show at XLARGE Gallery Dec 07... Interview I dont remember from what seems like a long time ago, judging by my mustache I definitely had a little Captain in me at the time...Its got some pretty good stories from back in the day... Skateboard Fieber exhibit with Jeremy Fish and sick Euro cats like Stefan... The dinasaur jr song is an old favorite, guess it's always been a freak scene for me... Howell vs Woebot in Honolulu timelapse at the end Me and Davilock from Spain did this little show with Staf Mag in Malaga which was really fun, we also did a big collab called "Bad Ideas" which turned out sick. Davi you crazy! I had be phasing on these very tribal characters whose really different characteristics are now being integrated into alot of my current work... Peace Pep! Hope you are enjoying the next dimension... Okay enough fantasy... back to reality... on final approach landing in a soft green patch after barely clearing the rooftops and cheery neighbors managing sizzling meaty treats with grilling tool... Now everyone's laughing when some freak does a Gaynor off the roof into the pool, the shirt said i do my own stunts, i'd buy that for a dollar. Who's the benefactor on that silver dolla??? Guess it coulda been my naked Ibiza backflip into the chateau pool from 2001, but probably the dive-tuck-roll combination utilized in a half-naked going away party. Sergio line up the Frenette shots again, this train is setting sail...Independence is the key, self sustain, self sufficient, never self-entitled. There are only so many of us that are constantly jumping in head first, from a rope swing... Last year I went on safari to Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, hiked with the mountain gorillas in Rwanda, one of 'em reached out and touched me. No shit, missing link type shit...97% of our DNA identical... in the words of the infamous Yamamoto...sometimes it could get weird... Marvin, Kevin, Dylan, and Andy... Pokerheadz in tha LJC ,br/ Ginger and Mom in front of the boutique... At 0630 i jump off the rocks at sunset cliffs into a chilly green room, all silly and freezing ice cream headaches til the adrenaline starts pumpin'. i look to my left to see a close friend take off down the line on an overhead steam engine barreling through pre-dawn haze. Just like four urethane wheels clickity clackin' over sidewalks crackin', the same rush, only using nature's power over manmade madness this time. There's always something below the surface, some interesting conversation with destiny, like an eighty mile per hour 500 hp dune buggy with a Corvette motor rolling, it's tin top peeling like a sardine can. Sand in our eyes, time stands still as I wonder how I am gonna pull myself outta this thing upside down? Finally slowing the slide, we flip back over and bounce to a stop, brains reeling round the fear and adrenaline. 'is everyone okay?' yeah sort of, in shock, but alive, with a kink in my neck. wish i was home, curled up with Ginger and Boobins in the bed watching Brazil or House of Games or something. An hour later they find us in the dark, me still hunting down my sentimental flip flop I bought in Amsterdam earlier in the year. No Gods No Masters... shoot, hand me a can of spraypaint and some jet black India ink so's I can spread the love through other methods, mixed media, slightly mediocre, favorite medium, medium rare, rarely come out of the right side of my brain, stay in the zone of the in-betweens. Enjoying the journey, shoot, cuz what else could I do, boy named Sue, this is how I do. This is how I done did my whole life through. Interesting, or not really. Just another camptown chicken revival, complete with the famous Carne Asada Dancers from El Segundo. I stay in San Diego mostly now, roof top devil's nest, sometimes we never come down, insulated from it all, connected nonetheless... Ma$$ Prophets circa 1992: Lil' Jon (yes the same one), me (HBOMB43), Sleepy Shaun aka D•Money the Scratchaholic, Johnny Schillereff aka Johnny Quest who is now president of Element Skateboards, Matt B Tha Child Prodigy, J•Sun the Beatmaker... totally abstract... oh yeah the blurreeed guy in the back is Kinsey, artiste extraordinaire... ATL represent represent!!!! Thanks Patricia, glad it found the right home... How RIDICULOUS is this? Peace Y'all Brooklyn Projects!! ole' skool ATL graff I'm a one man Fafi Fan Club Farrah mad style |
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My Interests |
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or go to my SITE or check out my BOOK Art, Skateboarding & Life Art, Skateboarding & Life (304pp monograph of Andy Howell’s life, including interviews and contributions by over 40 of the most influential skate and pop culture icons of the past decade. Among them: Tony Hawk, Shepard Fairey, Patricia Arquette, Dallas Austin, Ed Templeton, David Choe, Kenton Parker) , Hardcover, 304pp, thousands of full color images, with 2 full length DVD’s by FUEL’s “American Misfits” creator Ted Newsome, http://www.gingkopress.com/_cata/_popk/artskli.htm , Paperback, 304pp, thousands of full color images (without DVDs) http://www.gingkopress.com/_cata/_popk/artskli%20pb.htm , or go to the EGGPROJECTS site or check out my [really old and in need of updating] Commercial Work portfolio .. ART UPDATE for Clark Magazine, Paris... My show opened in LA to the sounds of sick music and twisted visuals. A mixture of straight-suited collectors, skaters, designers, and established artists were on hand to enjoy the show and the ensuing festivities. In attendance were Dave Kinsey, Sam Flores, Ginger Che, Freddi C, Ted Newsome (American Misfits), Zach Mandelstein (eggprojects), Anthony Yamamoto (Quiksilver), Persue (COD), and various other crazy characters of ill repute. The after party with Sam Flores and Paul got a little hairy when shots of Teguila came out of the bar. Ben Tour showed up after his opening and kept asking my pregant wife Ginger if she wanted a shot. Sam, me, Evan Carasoli, Paul, and Ben all pounded shots until I got up on the benches and started dancing. Ginger's remark, "Oh no, it's happening Sam, in five minutes his weiner will be out!" Sam's response: "I'll put my balls on the table." Thats how it wuz and thats how it is...(photos to follow) My eternal partner Ginger Che-Howell, our Son True Ocean Cheyenne, our son Marvino Von Paintballicus, Mr. Boobins tha Magnificuss Ginger, me, with Brit and Alex at Dallas Austin's Grammy Party Ginger and Natalie Kelly (Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift) both rockin' Ginger's fashions at MAGIC 07 Grammys Madness 07... At preparty with Tara and Dallas MAGIC 07 Zach, AndyGinger, Sam Flores, Gene Simmons, Big Boi, Dallas Austin, Mr C-Lo, Steven Shein, Blake Ingram, Andy Hori, Chip Marucci, Brian Solis, Philip Sohn, and the rest of the eggprojects crew throwin down shots from the Better Chemistry line at our exhibition... Watch out 2008! Peace to all my peeps in OZ!!! WESC Activists Andy and Ginger, during a collab with Chris Pastras at the LA store... Scion piece still travelling the world... Its all LOVE y'all... At my publisher Gingko's headquarters in Hamburg. What up Mo Cohen and David Lopes! Art Shows, Galleries, Travel, Collaborations... With my sweetie at Glue Network digz... Art, Design, Films, Photography, Painting, Drawing, Double Click Posse, Driving kinda fast, Camping, Mexico, Islands, Hawaii, Snorkeling, Fishing, Panama, Costa Rica, my dog Goya (aka Mr Boobins), Skateboarding, Surfing, Sailing, Hang Gliding, Gliders, Quads, Dune Buggies, Dancing, Flipping off roofs into pools, Music, Writing Prose and Rhyme, Frogs, Turtles, Snakes, Jazz, Country/Folk, Bluegrass, Punk, Hip Hop, Love, Trying to Play a f@cking guitar I can't tune, hanging with Friends, Hiking Torrey Pines, Driving up the Coast, Swami's Cafe Breakfasts, Stir Fry, Waffles, Ginger's Turkey Dinner, and Eggo's, and...oh yeah read these... Bad Brains, Collecting Art, Travelling, Adventure, Pushing Past My Fears, Body Surfing, Spas and Hot Springs, Hot Baths, Hammocks, Sunsets, Sunrises, Volcanoes, Bali, Indo, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Buenos Aires, Thailand, India, East Africa, Amsterdam, Paris, London, any train to the south of France, NYC, SF, LA, GER, Barcelona, and my home sweet home in San Diego... |
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I'd like to meet:The Most Amazing Woman In The World... Ooops I guess I already did...My son, I was waiting for you to show up... br And furthermore... off the top of my head... Murakami, David Mamet, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Simon, HR, Kami, Tom Sachs, Krishnamurti, Biz Markie, Mos Def, Billy Corgan, Maria McKee, Jodie Foster, Edward Norton, Felini, Stanley Kubrik, Michel Gondry, Laura Dern, Isabella Rosellini Gerry Lopez Nicola Tesla, Victor Moscoso, Liberatore, Royal Raymond Rife, MLK Jr, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Bella Fleck, Coen Brothers, Clayton Brothers, Pettibon, Francisco Goya, Doc Watson, and all my best friends on a little island getaway in Kawaii... |
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Music:Older Skool Hip Hop: Native Tounges, Black Sheep, Tribe, JB's, De La, Biz, Lord Finesse, Big L, Biggie, 3rd Bass, KMD, Nas, EPMD, Eric B and Ra, PE, Big Daddy Kane, Special Ed, Brand Nubian, Violators, Freestyle Fellowship, Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique days), Q-Bert's Wave Twisters Movie, DJ P's funky cross pollenation, now Mos Def, Aesop Rock, Jay Z's Black Album, anything that still holds creative value, Rick Rubin's shit // Jazz: Miles, Courtney Pine, Chet Baker, Milton Nasciemento, Dexter Gordon, Bird, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, so many // Blues: BB, Muddy Waters, Lightnin Hopkins, Howlin Wolf, Johnny Winter, Doc and Merle Watson, all the Bluegrass greats, Bo Didley // Country/Folk: John Denver, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Pheobe Snow, Carole King, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Rickie Lee Jones,(wait did somebody say sake?) Emmylou Harris, Watson Family from the Smithsonian Collection // // Classic Rock: Are you kidding? Of course! Van Morrison, Stones, Steve Miller, Queen Live killers Album, Foreigner, GnR, Glam era, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, ACDC, Sabbath, Metal,Punk: Bad Brains, Sex Pistols, Minor Threat, COC, TSOL, GWAR, Strontium 90, all the new wave stuff Cure, Smiths, PIL, and Squeeze etc, Buzzcocks, Ramones, geez can't think of em right now // radio just anything that sounds nice, Dirty South (its been a long time Lil Jon, playa), Senor Coconut, Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Leonard Cohen, Phoebe Snow, Fisherspooner, Interpol, Radiohead, Daniel Mead, if there's passion behind it and I feel it, the genre really doesn't matter much... |
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Movies:Dithers, Wild Style, Brazil,12 Monkeys, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, House of Games, Homicide, Spanish Prisoner, Confidence, Rushmore, Royal Tennenbaums, Closer, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Basquiat, Calder's Circus, 5th Element, Akira, Heavy Metal, Ghost in the Shell, Run Ronnie Run, White Squall, Something About Mary, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Amelie, Chocolat, Dirty Pretty Things, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Secretary, Eternal Sunshine OF the Spotless Mind, Natural Born Killers, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Before Sunrise, Fight Club, Matrix, Waking Life, True Romance, Requiem For A Dream, Dolce Vita, Every Which Way But Loose, Mystic River, Boys Don't Cry, Kids, Bully, Romper Stomper, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish (and everything Tim Burton),Diner, Trainspotting, Angel Heart, Cape Fear, Lolita, Eyes Wide Shut, American History X, Caligula, Pink Panther, History of the World I and II, Space Balls, anything Monty Python, The Party, The Trip, 2001, Alien, Convoy, Airplane, 48 Hours, Nutty Professor, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart ('This is my snakeskin jacket...') , Blazing Saddles, 16 Candles, Animal House, Blues Brothers, Back To School (Triple Lindy), Caddyshack, Stripes, anything twisted and everything funny too many to list... |
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Television:very rarely, just movies, but Boobins loves to watch Animal Planet...so i have been mostly doin' this kinda stuff... http://andyhowell.com http://portfolio.andyhowell.com http://eggprojects.com http://un1versalmind.com http://betterchemistry.com http://militree.com NEWS Launching in Fall 2005!! Represent Creative Conference // Sydney Australia // October 14-15, 2005 In4mation x Andy Howell Special Edition Print / Mar 2005 |
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Books:Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions, The Bridge Across Forever, One, Celestine, Krishnamurti, Anais Nin, Miller, Burroughs, Chester Himes, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Joseph Campbell, anything Neruda especially 100 Sonetos De Amor, Frost, Tamara De Limpicka's biography, art books, Lodown Graphic Engineering, King For A Day: Basquiat, Keith Haring Biography, Tesla Biography, Warhol's book from his last SF show, Dave Choe's books, Moebius, Liberatore's Ranxerox, Milo Manara's Click, Fucked Up and Photocopied, Post No Bills, Sam Flores' book, Tiffany Bozic's art book, all the Ryan Mcguiness ones, GAS and the other japanese design books, Nederlanden design books, etc etc etc... Oh yeah, mine: Art Skateboarding & Life |
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Heroes:anyone whose passion for life or craft inspires me to push through my own fear and limitsFrom Transworld Skateboarding Brain Floss 1995 Intro, Written by: Jose Gomez (Emmy Award winning Founder of Shilo Studios, co-creator of Rhythm Skateboards and Adio Shoes) “I first met Andy in the summer of 1991. And what a meeting it was. Being that he was was one of my favorite pros and by far one of my favorite artistS at the time , you can imagine how nervous I was to meet him. I thought he would be a little full of himself since he was so on top of his game. But I was to be proven wrong, from the first time we hung out together he was one of the most down to earth people I’d had ever met. We soon became close friends and I got to see how much more creative he was than I could had ever imagined. He got me started in this crazy business in that same year with a job at New Deal doing skateboard graphics with him and our friend Gorm Boberg. The next four years that followed being there working with him were some of the best years of my life. Andy always inspired me to do things I thought I couldn’t do, things I thought I’d never do. He used to always say stuff like “ Hey Jose don’t you feel like directing some music videos ,we could make the dopest shit, come on let’s call MTV”. And some how he would have the craziest shit set up for us that following week. Who knows how he hooked it up but he would always come through with the opportunities of a life time. That’s the kind of stuff that Andy gets a rush out of, doing something that he has never done before and doing it better than anyone else before him, not just to be better than anyone else but just to see if he could do it. That’s the kind of attitude that spawns the most powerful creative feeling in someone, doing or creating something not just to please people or to try to do better than the next guy but doing it and creating it for yourself just to see if you can and nine times out of ten you can. And that’s what it’s all about being as creative as possible .Creating something from nothing that’s the rush. And that’s what Andy is best at: finding that rush, that feeling and passing it on to you if you what to join in. An artist in the truest sense. Andy Howell, my friend.” "Since the start, style and sophistication sets the approach for all of Andy's angles." -Victor Chu, New York City (designer Tommy Jeans, designer Polo Jeans, East Coast Correspondent Sputnik Comm, creator of tommorow’s clothing communication) “Andy has been an inspiration since I first saw him skate at the Savannah Slamma 2 in 1988; soon I became aware not only of his creativity as a skateboarder but also as a visual artist. Andy almost single handedly ushered in Hip-Hop and Graffiti as the ruling aesthetic of skateboarding through his artwork for New Deal, Underworld Element, and Sophisto, as well as his personal style as a pro skateboarder. Needless to say, with his ambition and amazing skills as an illustrator and graphic designer the H-Bomb has been quite influential; I wouldn’t be where I am as an artist without him. Thanks Andy.” -Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles CA (creator of the OBEY and GIANT phenomena, Black Market Communications, Visionary) “Andy is one of the most eccentric artists of our generation, his ability to take street elements and personify that realism through animation is incredible.” -Dallas Austin (Grammy Award winning Producer and Songwriter, Visionary) “Andy exudes a sense of individual style into everything he touches...Music...Skating...Design...Life itself. He has an understanding of real life and expresses that in the things he does and says.” -Michael Higgins, Atlanta (Creative Visual Director, Design Coup, Inc, ATL) “Andy Howell is an imaginative and creative person. He jumped out into the public’s eye and made an impact in skateboarding with his creative & stylish use of his skateboarding abilities. Then a few years later he put his artistic abilities to use as the creative partner in New Deal Skateboards. There he put his creativity into skateboards, T-shirts, advertising, Videos, etc. Andy’s art inspired many a skateboarder in the early 90's to go out and have fun on a skateboard.” -Paul Schmitt (Master Skateboard Builder, Owner New Deal Skateboards, PS Stix Manufacturing, 411 Video Magazine, Element Skateboards, Mad Circle Skateboards) "Through my years of progression as an artist, Andy has been an inspiration for technique and determination in testing my skills and pushing my thoughts and ideas into reality."-Dave Kinsey, Los Angeles CA (designer Black Market) "Andy puts a different spin on everything, gives things another dimension, and a new perspective. He uses all sorts of elements from pop and skating culture to come up with intelligent, creative ideas. We've been working and sharing ideas together for about six years now and it never ceases to amaze me what Andy brings to the mix." -Camara Alford (President of UOMO Entertainment, VP International Rowdy Records). Set it off: All up on it, grab it like you want it, if you could wear a dick bitch You would flaunt it..
Round 1: Writing lines, only smoke da-kine, Pumpin gold lines, some call it a crime It's the Swiz, I'm chillin' Drink a ton of milk, cuz I'm top billin Of course you're willin to listen and dismissin, yourself Put your career back down on that dusty shelf Where ya found it Only 9 months ago your phony career was born So slap yo self with that premature ego You bite rhymes and styles for miles should start cuttin your own cloth You shoulda stayed lost in the closet ya cloth-eatin moth Your a slow, sloppy sloth Must be tired from always gettin shut down Like Basquiat, I wear the crown
Round 2: You wear a crown to think you're down clown Au contrair mon frair you gots no flair Your Swizzle stick Wilt's like Chamberlain Or a chamber maid riding the tip of the killer of Slick Rick Conficted Compacted your trash like Cuisinart 'Oh he's an ARTiste' (oooooh) yes smooth like a fart Bubbling in the tub while I scrub I stretch the nub Or nib nib nibble on my nuts cuz your rhyme is cut Like Kurt the master mix master disaster twister Get a blister Fester testing my dome now ya listed BLACK balled like Blacks Beacher and your blue balled Like a daydreaming scheming student of the teach.
GAME WORD H43
Round 3: Oh, I see your Tinker Toy ploy You gots no joy for the world- that Im runnin like Pre Fontaine Leap over you on Lane 1 with a sorry sprain Rocking Asics, no swoosh No need to associate to gets a push Crush bush, your brain is mush Mine designed for fame You don't deserve to mention Mix Master Kurt's name Maybe Kurt..Cobain, your styles grungy and dead My flow hurts your tiny head Your scared of this battle Catch a bus back to Seattle so start askin for change I fine dine while you WINCE and WINE and watch your widowed wife sell them to the world in a journal You old spilt milk that curdled Swept up, shoulda kept up in Atlanta back in 88 when you fell off the quarter pipe in Savannah
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Round 4: Fell off? Meltin'? Bitch try I'm still standin' like Elton Beltin' verse like Morrisey crawlin out of a hearse Disperse while I reverse the curse And send you and your bitch ass crew back to October 1st Rehearse, spit game, record, hit play Watch you decay with dismay the way you gets no airplay My flow cuts your nuts off like rusty Ginsu I been through crusty Twizzlers way worse than you. BooHoo my voodoo unscrew the plugs in ya hairdo While ya crew blew every dude I ever knew You ended up with sore lips like worn hand grips BMX bitch ass your rumors keep spreadin' Spreadin clap on tap ya need ta slap a trap on that rap and flush that shit out like a crap What's the hap? Dreamer, nothin but a dreamer, Swizz take your finger out your ass you ho... Uh oh, he's gone vanished dead already? Sliced 'im up like Ono and I vanished like Freddy...
Round 5: The bell goes ding ding and I'm dancin on your face like Travolta Takin multiple shots like a Minolta. I told ya, like a folder I fold ya. Break you down and re-mold ya cuz I like your resilience But always falling flat when up against this brilliance Verbal bathing leaving you in disdain, open the gate to your new house of pain Wutcha do with yourself all day, lift weights, be gay, wearing skirts? Try to look good in the club with your fitted black shirt? Your busy blowin dick, burpin up giz. I'm busy blowin horns at the spot like Diz YOUR crew? Look around fool, your alone, it's just you! BMX I did, chrome moly Mongoose...What, you weren't a kid? The only hand grips I wore were Haro's, bustin tabletops over ya head into tomorrow. Oops, I made you cry, go rollerblade home, span style="mso-spacerun: yes&quo |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | San Diego |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | No |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | Creative |
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Wooster Street Art Panel Discussion |
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| Yhis is a very good panel discussion on street art put out in podcast by the Wooster Collective:
http://www.woostercollective.com/images2/podcasts/woosterpod
cast4.mp3
Enjoy and send them feedbac... Posted by Andy Howell 43 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
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| Calling all fans of da Hat... post some favorites if you got 'em..
... Posted by Andy Howell 43 on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
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