Sellers Equipped - Official Trailer

Sellers Equipped hubgarage.com/​mygarage/​SellersEquipped is located right in the heart of Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA USA). During this day and age of robotic assembly lines and overseas operations, Steve Sellers relies on old machinery, his knowledge, his creativity, and hard labor to create his masterpieces. Although he's been featured in magazines and on websites worldwide, this is the only time Steve has allowed video camera access to his shop and his life. This isn't reality TV - it's real life. Steve shares his ups, downs, successes, and failures. I personally see Steve as an old soul, with a young heart, who is passionate about all that he does and I am excited to feature Sellers Equipped as part of my "From the Ground Up:" series.

Stay tuned for the full mini-documentary coming soon!

Produced, shot, & edited by: Darryl B (Cinepixtor Media)

darryl@cinepixtor.com

Song: The World (is Going Up in Flames)

Artist: Charles Bradley

From The Ground Up: Sellers Equipped - Official Trailer from Cinepixtor Media on Vimeo.

Ducati And Gorgeous Ladies

Ducati not only makes great motorcycles with killer lines but they also have a bevvy of beauties ready to pose by them all the time. We have yet to own a Duc of our own but looking forward to the day of having an Italian streetfigther in our garage lineup. Our buddy Homewrecka just got a 1996 Ducati Supersport SS and that thing sounds great and runs like a raped ape. How can anyone own just one bike? We need at least one for the back roads, one for the city, one for the mountains and then one to do 3000 mile runs on.

Also if you didn't hear the news the other week, Claudio Castiglioni, the man who single handedly raised the bar on Italian motorcycles passed away. His legacy with Ducati, MV Augusta and Husqvarna will be remembered for a long time to come. We wish the family all the best and know they will continue his vision.

For the images below, just do a search on google and you will find quite a few more...

Ronnie Hymes Tour Dates

Ronnie Hymes will be hitting the road with Lucky Tubbs coming up in a few weeks so do yourself a favor and get out to these shows. Currently Ronnie is prepping for a show this friday night and then for Muddy Roots in a few weeks along with writing for the new album. Big things are coming up and we are damn stoked to be working with him on new projects.

Tuesday September 6 - The Green Lantern - Lexington, KY
Thursday September 8 - Olde Hickory Tap Room - Hickory, NC
Saturday September 10 - Tootle's Pumpkin Inn - Circleville, OH
Sunday September 11 - Martins Downtown Bar and Grill- Roanoke, VA
Monday September 12 - Snug Harbor - Charlotte, NC
Tuesday September 13 - The Black Cat Lounge - Fayetteville, NC
Thursday September 15 - Low Places Bar and Grill - Parkersburg, WV
Saturday September 17 - The Basement - Kingston, NY
Sunday September 18 - Cafe Nine - New Haven, CT
Tuesday September 20 - Snug Harbor - New Paltz, NY
Friday September 23 - TBA - Portland, ME
Saturday September 24 - Hill Country Barbecue - New York, NY
Monday September 26 - Sportsmen's Tavern - Buffalo, NY
Friday September 30 - Hill Country Barbecue - Washington, DC
Thursday October 6 - The Chop Shop - Lakeland, FL
Friday October 7 - J&J's Our Place Saloon - Titusville, FL
Saturday October 8 - "Kreepy Tiki Festival" Monterey Club - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sunday October 9 - Junkyard Saloon - De Leon Springs, FL

Exodus Bass Player Jamming With Hellbound Glory

What is it about progression that comes in a variety of forms which excites us? It could be chord progression, learning new tunes or even better, playing a variety of music styles. Jack Gibson is exemplary of this throughout his body of work within bay area thrash metal titans, Exodus and now jamming with his banjo in a variety of country bands, such as Coffin Hunter or Hellbound Glory.

As more and more genres of music continue to blur, what we constantly come back to, is to the notion that a great music transcends any label. Take for example the song Hurt originally written by Trent Reznor. After the song was covered by Johnny Cash, Mr. Reznor stated that it was no longer his song anymore and that it was now Johnny Cash's. Real country music has long understood the idea of a strong character behind its melody and it is bad ass to see more and more talented musicians playing in the punkest genre to date. 

Was punk the first movement to shove their finger to the masses or was it really country music hiding behind a wicked smile and the progression of Sam Phillips Sun Records? This can be debated all day but Sam Phillips broke down racial barriers and had four of the rowdiest dudes on the label from the start. Now for all of the name checking and wannabe NashVegas "outlaws," please quit while your ahead and get out of the way for the real grit and honesty to be heard.The more you have to declare yourself an outlaw, the more it seems you need to be part of a club in which you don't really have the cajones or chops to join.

Hellbound Glory Jamming with Jack Gibson of Exodus in Folsom, CA

Slept on track by Exodus called "It's A Good Day To Die"

Exodus video for the killer thrash track "Riot Act"

The Hottest Woman In Racing - Maryeve Dufault

Really stoked to have found out about Maryeve Dufault's racing career. Can completely imagine all the Ricky Bobby types out there who might think a "chick" can't handle her way around the pits or the track. Hopefully she starts to smoke her way through the competition and goes into the major leagues of racing so we can see her all the time in the press. Ok, you caught us, we want her to win cause she is hot and damn if we aren't tired of lookin' at the same old ugly dudes. To be honest, we always root for the underdog and hope she does well in upcoming races. Check out more on the hottest woman in racing and who was also a featured model on The Price Is Right and one of the hottest Maxim models EVER!

Maryeve Dufault Racing

Circle Track Racing Is Damn Boring Compared To...?

Would dig hearing folks opinion after watching the latest installment of Ken Block's Gymkhana. In our humble opinion circle track racing of all sorts just pales in comparison to the driver skills of what the guys are doing in Rally Car racing. Sure, its apples to oranges as one is a test of endurance and the other is actually insane driving skills mixed with real obstacles, instead of just turning left for a certain amount of laps.

As our attention deficit disorder riddled minds start to look for new and different forms of racing and "leisure" activities the Gymkhana style of racing, TORC and rally cars is far more compelling to watch. The drivers are much more enigmatic, the vehicles are more nimble and who cares about top speed when you can rotate drifting 360's around objects that could send the car into the shop for weeks on end or do huge jumps and land as if you are riding the couch. Sorry NASCAR folks but admit it, that style of racing is just damn boring to watch. Its the equivalent of watching golf and their perfectly manicured courses.

I say give us grit and give us action. Let the new racing genres have courses that plow through golf courses and country clubs, tearing up those perfect greens with high horsepower and real driving skills.

 

Flat Tires California Invasion

In case you have been out of commission or your air conditioner ain't workin which slows down the ol' brain and ya can't think straight. Those juke joint rock n' rollers in the Flat Tires will be invading California in a few weeks. You left coasters are in for a treat and do us a favor and not steal their pipe wrenches or Clint may have to perform a Carolina Shit Stomp in person.

Hells Yes - New Mastodon - Curl of the Burl

Need we say any more...

Ever Heard Of The "Amen Beat" Drum Break?

Got a challenge for ya, think on a drum break beat in which you have heard an amazing amount of times and never quite knew its source?

Still thinking? We thought so. Quite stumped to be honest and then once you heard that magic rhythm on the snare and know the sound you just want to smack yourself in the head as ya had no idea where it came from. Next thing ya know you are learning about some music history mashed up with pop culture and NWA next to Reggae Dub and on into Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction with his electronic projects.

Who knew that The Winston's would create such a legacy from a drum break in the middle of one of their songs and forever be sampled, dubbed and readdressed in timing changes but still remain intact as a rhythm. James Brown gets credited as being the most sampled man in music but the Winston's are right up there with the Godfather of Soul.

The story on the "Amen Break"

The Winston's "Amen Brother" - Most sampled drum break of all time

Troy's Custom Honda Board Tracker

The fellas over at Dime City Cycles posted this killer bike up on their site and it was also over on DoTheTon.com. These sweet lines beg for attention, actually this ride simply craves it. What I enjoyed hearing the most out of this was the fact that the custom frame, yes, Troy did all the fabrication himself was made from a low budget pipe bender from Harbor Freight and a MIG welder. Amazing what you can do on a low budget and still get great results. Seeing rides like this make all those long hours pouring over design ideas even tougher as Troy made perfection look so damn easy, congrats on an amazing build. Dig into the links to get info on the build specs, for now I am just going to look at that frame and be jealous.