More Polaroids!

We finally got around to scanning these sick ass poloroid photos taken by Marvin Moran. These are just random photos that were taken when out skateboarding at some local Los Angeles spots with homies.

L.A.

Lamare

Ryan Friday

Lamare at the skatepark.

Feasting. Someones head got cut off.

Lamare skating.

A spot.

D.T.L.A.

H.I.D.S. Mobile Shit!

Since our Nikon D3000 is busted up and we have no camera we have not been posting up photos lately. On the brighter side of things, some of us do have phones and here are some shitty phone photos taken from within the last few months.

Copy of the "Good Luck" video.

Dog Wheat-paste.

Some inspirational reading. "The Individual Society & The State" by Emma Goldman.

Taking care of the sticker situation.

Inspiring bathroom stall art.

ClassOwar

Our friend losses a tooth in a gnarly bar fight.

A funny picture we saw.

Were not really down for Peta but we are also not really down for Mcdonalds.

Young Men and Woman Arrested in Indonesia for Being Punk

Article taken from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16176410

Dozens of young men and women have been detained for being "punk" and disturbing the peace in Aceh, Indonesia's most devoutly Muslim province. They are being held in a remedial school, where they are undergoing "re-education".

Rights groups have expressed concern after photographs emerged of the young men having their mohawks and funky hairstyles shaved off by Aceh's police.

They look sullen and frightened as they are forced into a communal bath.

...
The 64 punks, many of whom are from as far away as Bali or Jakarta, were picked up on Saturday night during a local [Charity] concert [for orphans].

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Mr Leo stressed that no-one had been charged with any crime, and there were no plans to do so.

They have now been taken to a remedial school in the Seulawah Hills, about 60km (37 miles) away from the provincial capital Banda Aceh.

"They will undergo a re-education so their morals will match those of other Acehnese people," says Mr Leo.

But activists say the manner in which the young people have been treated is humiliating and a violation of human rights.

Aceh Human Rights Coalition chief Evi Narti Zain says the police should not have taken such harsh steps, accusing them of treating children like criminals.

"They are just children, teenagers, expressing themselves," she says.

"Of course there are Acehnese people who complained about them - but regardless of that, this case shouldn't have been handled like this. They were doused with cold water, and their heads were shaved - this is a human rights violation. Their dignity was abused."

And they are still being held!

Donne Dortch Footy at Blitz Distribution!

Check out this video of the Slpiff Mode homie Donne Dortch getting clips at Blitz Distribution for PILE Hardware. Also be on the look out for the Spliff Mode video that is coming out soon. You can find Spliff Mode on Facebook HERE.

Tray-D Has Rhymes!

Check out our friend Tray-D, an underground hip hop artist from Los Angeles with a very sick style. Dont believe us? Listen to his two latest tracks "Sunday Papers" & "Luxurious Spaces". Enjoy.


Tray-D - Luxurious Space by revue
shadoe blac - sunday paper by revue2

A Letter From Your Friends at H.I.D.S.!

At the moment we are having some problems with "Police Not Welcome" stickers. We have a shit load of emails of people who want free "Police Not Welcome" stickers. The problem is that we are very limited and unfortunately we have run out of postage stamps. We will be getting more stickers and stamps some time this week or early next week. If we lag on you we are really sorry but we didn't expect for this many people to want stickers. We will also be lagging it extra on people from outside of the U.S. While you wait, go download our "Gone Postal Vol.1" FREE downloadable compilation (you can find the download on the right side column) So, be patient, go "LIKE" our facebook page, and once again we are very sorry for the inconvenience. We will get to all the emails real soon.

New "skidrowsfinest" Montage!

Check out the new montage filmed and edited by Marvin Moran. Dedicated to our good friend Tislam Smith who is currently incarcerated. The skaters include Shane Brown, Lalo Trejo, Tristan Funkhouser, Eddie "Mighty" Moreno, Arsenio Aler, Cyril Jackson, and there are some other people in the montage but not exactly sure who they were. Sorry if we left out any names.

The Return of FREE "Police Not Welcome" Stickers!(Offer No Longer Available)

That's right! Many people have been emailing us for free stickers but we have been letting those people know that we no longer have any. But yeah, we just ordered some and are expecting the shipment to get here sometime early next week. If you emailed us already and we told you we would get to you soon then it's all good. We will send it your way as soon as possible. Once again, the point of these free stickers is to help spread a message that police are not what you think they are. They protect only the rich and they tell the rest what to do and how to do it. If you want free stickers email us your mailing address to heavyindastreets@gmail.com, help spread the word, and go "Like" our facebook page HERE.

We would like to take a second to thank the good people at Crimethinc.com for supplying us with the stickers.

Andrew Pott Black Bear Footy!

Haven't been posting skate related stuff recently, but it's mostly due to lazyness and carelessness. Anyway, check out this sick footy of our friend Andrew Pott skating at a plaza in LA. The footy is a promo for Black Bear energy drink. Filmed and edited by Marvin Moran.

Gone Postal Vol.1 (FREE DOWNLOADABLE COMPILATION)

We been busy as fuck and neglecting the shit out of Heavy In Da Streets. Fortunately we were able to put this compilation together with the help of our close friend Ernie Sosa of No Cops For Miles. The compilation is entitled "Gone Postal" which is slang for becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence. It consists of 14 tracks from genres such as folk-punk, ska-punk, and hip hop. The idea of this free downloadable compilation is to show our anger at the shitty mainstream music industry and celebrating the D.I.Y.(Do it Yourself) culture. The Compilation consists of No Cops For Miles, the Kid Macias, Status the Shokwave, Screw You and the Four Chords, Jesus Buys Heroin, Homosexual Patriot, Zkapatistas, and Hello Apathy. We would like to thank all the bands and people who helped contribute to the compilation. As far as the future of H.I.D.S. goes, who knows and who gives a shit. This might be our last major project or it might not. There could be a Vol.2 to this compilation but that all depends on the reception we get from Vol.1. Anyways, download Vol.1, share it with your friends and enjoy. All music should be free so here is the link to the free download http://www.mediafire.com/?xlndtafam6sru1e

Happy Native American Genocide Day!

Just wanted to make a quick post to let people know that H.I.D.S. does not celebrate Thanksgiving. Alot of people seem to forget or are simply not well educated on the subject of what really happened. We are celebrating the crooks who came to America to steal and rape the land from the Native Americans. We Support the Native Americans in their struggle. Our message is not to tell people not to celebrate thanksgiving, but to get you to think about what you are really celebrating. HAPPY NATIVE AMERICAN GENOCIDE DAY from your friends at H.I.D.S.!

No Thanks, No giving!

Nate Macias Footy!

We been very inactive lately as far as updating the blog and stuff, but we are still working real hard on putting the "Gone Postal" compilation together. We have added Screw you and the Four Chords and Hello Apathy to the line-up. Look out for that, it should be available for FREE download real soon. In the meantime enjoy this footy of our good friend Nate Macias who is also a contributing musician to the compilation under the name Macias the Kid. Enjoy the footy.

Filmed & edited by Ali Safdari

Free Downloadable Compilation "GONE POSTAL: VOL.1" Coming Soon!

Thats right! We are putting out a free downloadable compilation of some underground Ska-punk, acoustic punk, and hip hop material, with the help from our friend Ernie Sosa of the ska punk band "No Cops For Miles". At the moment we are currently working on getting the cover art together so, if you want to help out with that contact us. We would appreciate it. Also, we still have openings for your tracks. So please send some shit our way to heavyindastreets@gmail.com At the moment, the bands and musicians that will be included are as follows, No Cops For Miles, Jesus Buys Heroine, Homosexual Patriot, Zkapatistas, Status The Shokwave, and Macias The Kid. If you got any punk or hip hop shit that you or a friend made, send it our way so that it can be included in "GONE POSTAL" Vol.1.

(A) Beatnik Bum Zine!(Release) Interview + FREE DOWNLOAD!

Today is the release of the "(A) Beatnik Bum Zine". We have got our hands on an official advance copy of the zine. We enjoyed it & recommend everybody to go download it. The zine is a (DIY [Do It Yourself] magazine) capturing the mind of an existential lover in regards to political/social/musical tastes of the beatnik bum himself. This zine includes art, poetry, lyrics and cartoons and anything else that will make this sentence redundant. DOWNLOAD THE "(A) BEATNIK BUM ZINE" FREE PDF HERE!

We were able to get an interview with the author of the zine, The Beatnik Bum himself. Check it out.

HIDS: Who and what is (A) Beatnik Bum Zine?

Beatnik Bum: A Beatnik Bum Zine is the writings and sketches of the Beatnik Bum himself. I, The Bum, have tried to create this depiction of life through the eyes of a youth living and feeling the waves of the energy for the first time.

HIDS: Are you new to the Zine scene?

Beatnik Bum:I've been making zines in the past, have taught workshops on zine making and edited/published many. I say I've been around 3 years.

HIDS: What inspired you to make this zine?

Beatnik Bum: Looking through old zines, I regained that joy for zine making. My past is what made me revisit the zine scene.

HIDS: Is there a targeted audience for this zine or is it for everybody?

Beatnik Bum: This zine is for anyone who is interested in the mind of an anti social who struggles with identity and the lessons of the cruel world.

HIDS: How does this zine differ from any of your earlier work?

Beatnik Bum: This zine is more personal whereas others have focused on socio-politikill issues.

HIDS: After a person is done reading the zine, what is the message you want that person to get?

Beatnik Bum: I think I just want people to keep reading and see that there is always a war for your mind whether it is external (ie. Capitalism) or internal such as depression.

HIDS: How can people who are interested help out the cause?

Beatnik Bum:I haven't really thought of that. DIY man. Everyone can create their own media, their own world. Just start thinking in a positive way to change the world and we can all make this the world we wanna see.

HIDS: Shout outs?

Beatnik Bum: Shout out to Geronimo, Bernie, Jojo and my girlfriend Jasmin who have all been very supportive. Also I would like to thank David for helping with the scanning and Massive for helping with uploading pdfs. Much love to those I've left out.

DOWNLOAD "(A) BEATNIK BUM ZINE" FREE PDF HERE!

If you want a free printed copy email us @ heavyindastreets@gmail.com If you are not from the U.S. you will need to pay for the shipping. This is a limited offer so act quickly.

FREE TISLAM!

Our good friend Tislam Smith has been done dirty by the fucking pigs. Fuck the police! FREE Tislam!!!! If you would like Tislams booking number to send him some money, just hit us up on our contacts and we will be more than happy to give it to you. You can also donate money that will go to beer in honor of Tislam Smith, or we can just send it to him instead.

New "blackbalance" montage!

Check out the new montage filmed and edited by filmer Marvin. The skaters include Lamare Hemmings, Jimmy Van Pelt, Eddie "Mighty" Moreno, Rowbie Orsatti, Derrick Nua, Lalo Trejo, Andrew Pott, Luis Estrada, Matty Lemond, Tristan Funkhouser, Tislam Smith, Nate Macias, and Cyril Jackson. You have to watch it through to the end to see this funny clip of Tislam and CJ roasting each other. Enjoy.

Defending Against Tear Gas!

Here is a quick guide on how to defend yourself from tear gas. Remember that this is a guide for defense purposes and are to be used in the event of police using tear gas in a peaceful protest. Remember to keep this in mind and share this information with your friends.

Donne Dortch Gets A Rip Clip!

Our good friend from Spliff Mode got a Rip Clip for the Skateboard Mag website. Anyway, go check it out because it's gnarly as fuck! Click on the photo to direct you to Donne's rip clip and enjoy.

New "friday" Montage!

New "friday" montage filmed and edited by Marvin Moran. Skaters include Lalo Trejo, Lamare Hemmings, David "Kermit" Villa, Shane Brown, Nick, Cyril Jackson, Andrew Pott, and Tislam Smith. Enjoy.

Glaboe at the "Good Luck" Premiere!

So we went to the "Good Luck" premiere filmed by Derek Heydle & Marvin Moran which was ridiculously sick! Some of the homies had parts and many other homies had clips in the friends section. Well anyway, we got to chill with many friends and of course we got the chance to hang with our friend Los Angeles graffiti artist, Glaboe. He was kind enough to hook us up with some of his slaps. Check them out.

"Good Luck" Glaboe

GLABOE!

Money $ign Glaboe.

Glaboe W. Bush.

No Support for Occupy LA!

You might have wondered why we have posted nothing about Occupy LA. That is because we do not support it. One main reason we do not support it is because we refuse to support police. We can go on forever on why we do not support Occupy LA but the good people over at Underground Action LA have all ready written some stuff up and we are backing that. Also, go check out UnpermittedLA which is a blog on critisisms of Occupy LA. Anyway, check out the list below put together by the good people at UALA.


1) We don’t want any government. We want autonomy and freedom for communities and individuals to meet their own needs.

We want a communal living style in which the people control the means of production.

2) Do you want corporations to be free from restriction and regulation? Because that’s the status of religion. They pay no taxes. They have special First Amendment protections. In a capitalist system, there will NEVER be a separation of corporations and state because the purpose of capitalism is to monopolize every resource and to govern as a corporation. The corporation is the state. No matter who governs, a state will always control the means of production. The means of production must be controlled by the masses.

3)There already is an unjust oppression through social stratifications so to say it will soon be too late is denying the current status quo.

4)Occupations such as OWSLA do not completely address the needs of the masses. Instead we must work to eradicate the capitalist system that exploits and not seek to reform it. This comes in the form of DIY (Do It Yourself) tactics and direct action.

5)As of right now, we are not ready for a revolution. The masses haven’t been informed and the knowledge has been kept in the grasp of a few circles of intellectuals. To say this is to further a vanguardist agenda and we belive that in organizing, ALL people must take part in this.

-If you let someone “give” you rights, they can easily take them from you.

-Reforming this system will only strengthen the capitalist agenda of exploitative imperialism.

-ALL the masses must liberate themselves. We cannot claim to lead them.

-We are not Americans. We are first and foremost HUMAN BEINGS.

“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people-they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated:they oppress” – Paolo Freire

Our goal is not to create a division but merely to shine light on criticisms that might arise from this struggle. We do not claim to have all the answers, but as a collective this is how we feel.

-In solidarity

Underground Action Los Angeles (UALA)

UndergroundActionLA@gmail.com

Free "Police Not Welcome Stickers" For All!

Hello everybody. We been real busy lately with all sorts of random shit so we haven't been posting much. First of all, we want to let people know we are still mainly about the skateboarding and unfortunately our Nikon camera was broken so there probably wont be new photos posted on the blog for a few weeks or so. Anyway we also wanted to remind everybody that we are still supporting anarchism and social change. Although we do not have the recognition or time to do something big to help bring changes, the best we can do at the moment is give away free "Police Not Welcome" stickers. We also want to take a quick second to thank the good people over at Crimethinc.com for cooperating, showing support, and enthusiasm in our free Crimethinc sticker giveaway. So if you want stickers just shoot us an email at heavyindastreets@gmail.com with your name and mailing address and we will send them your way. Remember that this is for a limited time so hit us up while you can.

From The Dumpster To The Grave!

Today is the release of the new Star Fucking Hipsters album, "From the Dumpster to the Grave". For those of you not familiar with Star Fucking Hipsters, they are a punk/ska/crust band from Ney York City. You can listen to the new album on youtube or you can buy it, or get it online illegally. We really don't care how you get it. Just get it and enjoy that shit.

Happy Indigenous People's Day!!!

We do not celebrate Columbus day. He was a crook who stole the land from the Native Americans and although this happened a really long time ago it should not be forgotten. Please reconsider Columbus Day.

Skate Night Film Battles 2011-Val Surf!!!!

Support the homies who ride for Val Surf. Check out the video at http://www.volcom.com/skatenightfilmbattles/2011/shops/valsurf.asp and vote for the Val surf video, edited by Derek Heydle and filmed by Marvin Moran, James Rivas, and Derek Heydle.

New "lalostoes pt1" Montage!!!!

Here is the new montage filmed & edited by Marvin Moran & some additional filming by Andrew Pott. The skaters include, Tislam Smith, David "Kermit" Villa, Shane Brown, Lalo Trejo, Cyril Jackson, Nick, Casey Morrissey, Adrew Pott, & Lamare Hemmings. Enjoy.

Subscribe to the Filmermarvin youtube account at http://www.youtube.com/user/filmermarvin

Extra Crimethinc Stickers!

We have some extra stickers lying around so we have decided to give them away. The stickers are from the good people over at Crimethinc.com We are pretty limited though, so the first five people to email us at heavyindastreets@gmail.com with the subject "Stickers", will receive six or five stickers due to the very few stickers we have left. If you are one of the first five to email us, we will email you back and ask for your mailing address so we can send them your way.

The illie Life!

ILLIE is an alternative hip-hop collective from Los Angeles. In 2008 ILLIE formed with Ryan Jackson on bass, Noah Andoh on guitar, Aaron Matthew Johnson on keyboard, Rickey "Skeme" Palmer and Jeremiah "Laze®" Owens providing vocals. Our good homie Cheo Fletcher is in the band too, he shreds on the drums. Anyway, go check them out on facebook and go follow them on twitter. Help support your local musicians!

www.theillielife.com

Sketchy Characters!

Here is an article put together by the good folks at Underground Action Los Angeles We thought we would share this here on the blog to keep everybody on their toes for sketchy characters.
TO OCCUPY LA (Security Comm.) and fellow comrades
October 1st 2011

At approximately 2pm today an individual wearing a black hoodie with a red lace on the tip, baseball cap and black jeans approached a couple of our members. He is a white male around his early 20's with a strong jawline, short hair and slouches over as if hiding from someone or something.
As we were standing around, the said individual asked "Where's the action" hinting at a possible disruption of events. We responded with a simple "I don't know" which was followed by "Didn't you hear? The guy said we need to do action. Let's do some shit man!"
This individual came off as either very immature but also as a sketchy character to our group. As he asked us this, a female came from behind, took our picture (to which we opposed) and quickly ran off. At this point, the male insisted on "starting some shit" and we ignored him. He remained persistent as if he wanted us to help him disrupt.


We do NOT condone violence and mindless acts of destruction ESPECIALLY at a protest we have not organized ourselves.

This is a serious thing to us. We practice a high security culture within our group and we feel that if an individual goes out of his way to disrupt or even attempt to, this person is either:


A) An undercover officer
B) A paid disruptor
C) An outsider agitator

Luckily, we were able to take the individual's picture which will be up soon. We feel obligated to bring this up. There will be agitators and there will be undercover cops infiltrating to destroy all the progress the people have made. And we will not stand by while this goes on. Something must be done to hold these agitators accountable and to either remove them from actions or to keep a look out for them.
The cops cannot be trusted because this has happened time and time again. They have sent these agitators into our activist circles and they will not investigate who is disrupting protests. They are the disruptors. They work for the interests of the bourgeois.
This may sound like ranting but we are fed up with activists being negligent to this disease. What will OccupyLA do to address this issue?

Anti-Venom!

Anti-Venöm is a one man band based in Mexico City formed in 2009, influenced by several styles of music such as ska, reggae, hardcore, punk rock, pop, grindcore, techno, crust, rap, trash, hip hop and more. The lyrics range from political, anti-racism, tolerance, economic issues, drugs, alcohol, violence, consume, sex, satirical themes, religion, anti-homophobe, human rights and personal issues. Everything with a positive message. Go check out their facebook page HERE
Anti-Venom just opened up a BigCartel Store, so you can buy shirts and cd's. See more details at the Anti-Venom blog @ http://antivenommx.blogspot.com/2011/09/merch-stuff.html

Late Night Skate Sessions Pt. 2!

Here are some other photos from the other nights skate sesh. Pretty much just went skating and then got harassed by cops (what usually happens)and then called it a night. Check them out and enjoy.

Filmer Marvin and Shane setting shit up.

Hubba

Filmin

Andrew

50/50

Lalo 50/50

Andrew gets clips.

Get buck!

Late Night Skate Sessions!

Here are some photos from last night's skate sesh. We waited for the homie Andrew for a cool minute, the pigs tried to harass us, and took a long road to get to this four block in a school thats in the middle of nowhere. Check it out.

Shane being a bad-ass.

Actin a fool.

Still actin a fool.

This phone is tapped.

Filmer socks.

Trippy lights.

Trippy phone light.

Waiting for Andrew.

Setting up the generator and lights.

Warming up.

3-6-T pop.

A bug caught itself on fire.

Early as shit.

Chillen.

Still Chillen.