ithinkyoureswell: the blog.

I mean when it gets to this point you’d think you’d lose interest…lol.

-antwan

Models: Drew, Aaron, Gabe, Hunter, Sam
Photographer: Antwan Duncan
2011

I meant to blog this track a minute ago, but being in Texas on that vacation tip has made me lazy and all that. Anyway, I’m doing it now so that’s all that matters right? — right!

This shit is smooth and down south as shit — what else could i ask for? It makes you just wanna roll up and drink a Colt45 and just chill. I’m obsessed with chopped and screwed anything and while this isn’t the chopped and screwed version, it still gets me to where I wanna be.

I don’t actually remember how Xavier, errm, “GrandeMarshall” and I became internet friends, but he has become one of my favorite folks on Twitter and Tumblr. He’s funny as hell and says all the shit I’d like to be saying. And he likes hood shit just as much as I do. Oh yeah and he’s got a blog too — this kid is everywhere.

We plan a meet up soon, I assume it will be filled with jokes, dranks, weed smoke and bitches and maybe some food — he seems to take photos of his food as much as I do.

Anyway, bump the track in your car, in your bathroom and if you’re the manager of a McDonald’s bump it in your restaurant — I assure you, it’ll get stuck in your head, the beat is on point.

later nerds,
antwan.

I’ve been to plenty of Thanksgiving dinners in my time and I unno, there’s just nothing like arriving to a house and seeing 3 or 4 huge pans of baked mac n cheese waiting to be demolished by a pack of hungry family members. Everyone likes Mac n Cheese and if they don’t they’re probably lame and I wouldn’t want to sit next them or across from them while I’m eating. I’m from the south, Savannah, GA & a little ass town in Texas and everyone makes baked mac n cheese…it’s a given. Sure I’ve seen Green Bean Casserole on a table or two, but I’ve never seen anyone fawning over it or being particularly upset if there wasn’t any, lol.

I’m not actually sure anyone cares if there’s no green bean casserole at the table…

Heck, the folks that brought over the casserole probably made it from some nasty can of cream of mushroom goop and added some Jolly Green Giant string beans and some crispy onion stuff from another can…and they are definitely the first people digging the damn spoon into the mac n cheese to make sure they get some!

Check out the little white girl above, you know why she’s mad? Check out the dog above, you know why he’s mad???

She’s mad because by the time the grown ups were done serving themselves, all that was left over was her moms funky green bean casserole and now her Thanksgiving is TRASHED.  thx mawm!

He’s mad cuz now he knows he’s gonna have to eat the fuckin’ green bean casserole that’s leftover since nobody wanted to eat the shit and his owners are def not gonna just throw it out…

Green bean casserole, smh…just who do you think you are bringing over that canned disaster to my favorite holiday dinner…shame. You are ruining the lives of people and animals alike, save that shit, don’t make that shit — or if you’re gonna make it, stay home with that shit and keep it company!

Want a good recipe for baked mac n cheese?! Paula Deen’s recipe is below…you know she can cook her ass off and you know on Turkey Day she is gonna throw down til she’s good n tired — and even then she’s gonna fall asleep with a plate of Mac n Cheese in her hand…

Sorry, had to rant a little bit, lol.

later nerds,
antwan.

Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried elbow macaroni (4 cups cooked)
• 1/3 cup grated Cheddar
• 1/3 cup grated Swiss
• 1/3 cup grated Jack
• 1/3 cup grated colby
• 1/3 cup grated Muenster
• 1/3 cup grated Gouda
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup milk
• Nonstick spray

Directions

We need you Michael Bloomberg. We need you to keep making these mistakes! Tone deaf, sensibility-offending, world-changing mistakes.

At the moment, I’m traveling around and doing my hipster shit in TX right now, but that doesn’t mean I am not up on what’s going on in the Big Apple right now, mostly “Occupy Wall Street”. I sat up all night watching the NYPD raid Zuccotti Park on something like Ustream…it was terrible. I mean, I honestly didn’t understand how the city could do such a thing. The police officers, dressed like they were about to fight in some major war destroyed the property of those camped out in the park and mocked them while doing so. Ugh. Makes me sick. I was gonna write up some long winded rant about how I felt, btu then I came across this MAGICAL profound rant from Keith Olbermann and realized that I could for sure not have said it better myself. Keith makes Bloomberg look like the PUTZ he really is.

I love New York — but Bloomberg, you make me nauseous. And the sheep police officers who were just “doing what they were told” — you’re disgusting.

“I’ve seen more spine in jellyfish.”

Later nerds,
antwan

WORDS by STEPHANIE MALIK

IMAGES by ANGIE ABRAMOVITCH

Last week, in conjunction with acclaimed “post-materialist” interiors magazine Apartamento, I Feel Orange Magazine held their London launch party at the Rebel Dining Society in honor of their inaugural issue. The concept behind the new magazine, in its own words, is to offer “a compelling journey through the expression of original contemporary creatives, celebrating the energy and fun of the colour orange”. In other words, the magazine is a celebration of all things orange, or at least, lies specifically at the intersection of design and the color orange– a niche market if there’s ever been one.

The event managed to epitomize everything one expects from an East London launch party: live DJ (Kai Fish), custom neon signs (pictured below), free tote bags, and not only was the orange juice-based booze free and delicious–it actually never ran out! (which was especially impressive given the massive line of people outside the door when I walked by half an hour after the party’s scheduled start time).

The bar itself was curated by Italian design collective Arabeschi di Latte, an all female group of designers dedicated to experimenting with different methods of food preparation and presentation. At the I Feel Orange party, di Latte was the creative mind behind the aforementioned delicious orange juice/booze concoction, which was served in aesthetically pleasing labelless bottles. In addition, (and in line with the group’s self-professed dedication to conviviality) di Latte also hosted a mini-workshop  in which party goers could participate by rolling their own rice-based pastry with some kind of amazing melted cheese in its center, which contributed to making the bar area have a generally more relaxed, even homey feel.

I also had the pleasure of meeting the Art Director/Co-Head Director of Apartamento Magazine, Omar Sosa. Speaking with Omar was certainly a continuation of the surprisingly-laid-back-for-a-magazine-party vibe (e.g. that’s him in the lead picture of this article with the oranges for eyes). Omar was also charmingly modest about the success of the event, and of the magazine at large, which hosted a second launch party this week in Paris.

See below for many more images of the party taken by the lovely Angie Abramovitch.

[For those of you who have yet to check out Apartamento Magazine, I can't recommend it highly enough. The editorials depict unique, yet effortless living spaces from Paris to Sao Paulo that rather than try to describe, I will let the images speak for themselves.]

Me with the Art Director of Apartamento Magazine Omar Sosa, and orange.

i’m actually pretty excited. lol. come, if you live in austin, or flyer out from new york. or l.a. or b-more.

if you know me, u know i get hyper as hell. haha.

dranx, hoes, gold, BOOTYS, smiles, n munnie.

-antwan

Most of my friends have not read this gem, I guess because well it’s the autobiography of DMX…which for me was the main reason I decided to check it out. The book is fantastic, DMX is such a cool ass dude man. DMX has always been a favorite of mine, even when I was younger I recall really enjoying his music. I love how dark and cold it is, but yet so widely accepted by people of the full racial and age gamut. I am kinda too tired to get into the main details of why this book is so awesome, but let me list a few of the themes in the book:

1. Sex
2. Drugs
3. Music
4. Dogs
5. Bitches
6. An asshole for a mother
7. No real father figure
8. Jail time
9. Funny Shit
10. Swizz Beats
11. Jay-Z
12. Rooftop sex
13. etc.

“Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.”

For some reason this song has been in my head a lot since leaving NYC for this little vacation. Maybe traveling has something to do with it, who knows. If you don’t know the song, get familiar, it might just change your life.

Check out their 1968 live performance below, so rad, such awesome voices and musicianship.

if you want it on your ipod or your zune or whatever you use to listen to shit, click here.

later nerds,
antwan

Yeah yeah, some of ya’ll are probably thinking, yeah, we know this video is super rad, but I had never seen the video for “Stayin’ Alive” until last night at this bar in Austin called Barbarella. Anyway, the video is phenomenal, look at the lead singer’s hair! Holy shit. So fluffy, he knows that he’s killin’ it. Lol. Dude knows that the only bitch in the game with hair that rivals that of his own is Farrah Fawcett, but that’s another story.

And the way he sings — he sings like it’s going to save his life, I love it. Such conviction, lol. And I want both of the necklaces he’s wearing, such a good look, the slight choker chain and then the 24 inch chain too — killer. Gimme. So much style, so much voice, so much ownage.

The Bee Gees own everything with that chest hair and those gold tracksuits!

later nerds,
antwan

Too hi and too drunk to type much more. Enjoy!

This song has one of the raddest music videos ever. Love this shit. And this beat…YESSS!

“yo Spliff where da weed at?”

http://www.vimeo.com/13438994

later nerds,
antwan

I live this necklace because the “bones” look like vertebrae. I’m kinda a nerd and i like a lot of science type shit, so yeah, this is rad. I would buy it and just take the vertebrae off and add them to a nicer, longer sterling silver chain. It’s made of solid brass covered with silver tone and goes for about $450.

later nerds,
antwan

I had to use the photo above as the opener to this post, I mean, look at that tee — “MOIST FIST”. THEY LOOKED TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!

I am absolutely worn out. Typing this right now is killing me, srsly, but I’m gonna do it. I saw sooooo many bands today and walked around soooo much in most definitely the largest dust storms I have ever seen. I am currently covered from head to toe in filth.

Srsly, I’m filthy.

Anyway, the music was all pretty spectacular. I saw Active Child first and it was phenomenal, the dude is so talented and has a truly incredible voice and ear for music. I pretty much just shot some quick photos and then sang along to everything the whole time. I love this dudes music, damn, I’ve been listening to it on repeat on my iPad recently. SO perfect.

Oh you know, doing science and casting magic spells.

He, Pat Grossi, just has a pretty cool aesthetic in general and he’s a red head…something my red-headed friend Ian Hubbard thinks is super cool. Lol. I mean, I guess it is kinda cool.

Really feeling the music.

After seeing Active Child we of course went to the backstage area and scored some snacks and shit — sandwiches, chips and salsa, the works.

We also watched some of this weird wrestling shit — I have no idea what was going on, but the shit ppl were yelling out during it was pretty hilarious.

This guy.

The Joy Formidable — geez, they blew my mind. I had never heard them before, but I had heard their name a lot over the last few years and now finally getting to see them live; I know what all the fuss was about. They are great! The singer, she’s so energetic and little and cute and her voice is so rad. I love the energy this band has.

The Joy Formidable.

Some dude on the Joy Formidable stage making a sandwich, lol.

Earlier in the day Ian, Brandy, Angela and I had decided that we were in a band and we were called “Colored Glass” — so many ppl kept approaching us and asking us what band we were in and if we knew what section we were performing in…pretty funny. Anyway, here’s our first photo together…

This is Angela, ppl love her hair and always want to take pictures with it. Lol, it happened at least 3 times today. Lol, I’m not sure if it’s funny or sad. Ppl are silly, they ask me shit like that all the time too, nice to know tat other folks go thru it. Ha.

Ran into The Thermals backstage — they were nice.

And yes thats Ian photo-bombing in the background of their photo…

Here’s a girl that works at VICE that looked pretty cute; that tee is off the chain.

Here’s Ian peeing in the women’s port-a-potty — don’t even get me started on those damn port-a-potty’s.

Ra Ra Riot killed it as usual!

M83 — good shot huh? Thanks!

Ran into Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) backstage — I see the guy everywhere so at this point it’s like we’re actually catching up every time we see one another. Such a rad guy with a great voice. I am still addicted to that song ‘Polish Girls’ — I wonder if they are gonna do a video for it…

Saw that dude Blake Anderson from that tv show called ‘Workaholics’ so we made him pose with Angela — I mean come on they have the same hair!

The last band I shot any images of was “Girls” — and all I can say is “MAGICAL”. Such an amazing performance and such great back up dance and stage decor — gosh they went all the fucking way! haha. Loved everything bout the show. They way they dressed and interacted with one another, so rad. A rad ass motley crue. I like it.

After that we high tailed it over to see Lykke Li but of course there was a line and shit. We finally got up there, saw a few songs and then decided it was time to go. We were both exhausted…but that didn’t stop us from grabbing maybe like a million “KIND” bars — when I say we have like a million, I’m serious. LOL.

Peace out nerds,
antwan

I love the browns and grey of this bag, if I had it, I would probably use it a lot. My only complaint goes to the shoulder strap — I don’t like that material, it cheapens the bag. I don’t like it, why not just make it canvas and all leather. Anyway, I’ll take it if someone wants to mail it to me, I can provide you with the address I will be living at in TX for this month…it goes for around $380.00 –worth it I’d say, but that damn shoulder strap!

later nerds,
antwan

It’s always nice to run into people that you actually like at festivals and shit — it’s why I was so stoked to run into Naeem, I mean, Spank Rock during Day one of Fun Fun Fun Fest. Naeem has always been a nice dude and is also pretty fuckin’ funny. Above is a photo of him performing later in the day, but before that we were talking about where he should get his Sailor Jerry tattoo placed. I saw that he ended up getting the slightly raunchier one, nice. Haha. Oh, and this was also one of the first times that I got to see Johnny Nelson play for such a large crowd, it was dope.

Ian and I saw a lot of bands and ate tons of free snacks and stuff — a good ass day. I had BBQ ribs, Ian had a nice veggie sandwich.. twas nice. We smoked a j*int and shared it with a *staff* member of the festival and went about our way. Check out the rest of the images and be on the look out for the 35mm updates from the festival.

Big Freedia getting one of those free tattoos courtesy of Sailor Jerry!

Big Freedia on stage with her dancers. Gosh I love that she has such hood dancers. SO cool. Haha. i wish I had time to tell you guys about the convo I heard the dancers having after the show, lol, so funny.

Thee Oh Sees.

Some chicks in crazy uniforms acting like crazies.

Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos in deep thought after singing the lyrics that all the people want. lol. really fun stage performance, foreal! While I was in the photo pit he swooped down toward me — I thought he was gonna jump on me, lol, I freaked and ducked down low — ol’ dude laughed at me, haha!

Here’s Michael Angelakos swinging his mic. I haven’t seen mic swinging like this since Taking Back Sunday was a threat on the music scene. Love that kinda stuff!

Oh yeah I almost forgot, a few times while hanging out backstage like the bosses that Ian and I have come to be we kept seeing Ryan Gosling running around in sunglasses — we don’t know what exactly was going on, but he was everywhere. Funny when the security and stage guards had no idea who he was and wouldn’t let him do anything.

We tried to see Public Enemy but they were only allowing their own photographers shoot em — whatever. and apparently Danzig was doing the same — again, whatever. lol.

Rad day. Active Child tomorrow. It’s all I care about, seriously.

lovin’ Texas, but missin’ NYC,
antwan

[special thanks to Dana, I appreciate everything]

These are pretty effin’ sick, I mean if you’re gonna wear some crazy shit, might as well go all the way. So modern and sleek — I kinda need these. BUt maybe I should find my contacts first so I can actually wear them. Lol. How’d I lose em?

They go for about $200.00 a pop, but well worth it. They’re fun and they are actually functioning sunglasses so WIN WIN. Yeah.

Later nerds,
antwan.