On Thursday, March 12, the Antics Street Team will swarm the slopes of Mountain High in Wrightwood, California to take over College Night, its monthly series of parties for college students at the Bullwheel Bar & Grill. DJ Slip Matt will be spinning, and we’ll bring our screen printing machine and the Matrixes tricked out with Rock Band. There will also be a ton of sick giveaways, so come check us at Mountain High!
Following the 2009 Winter Dew Tour‘s final stop at Northstar-at-Tahoe, ANTICS threw the biggest and baddest after party to ever hit the slopes. A good time was had by all - including host Todd Richards, who served master of ceremonies, and DJs QBert and Shaun Slaughter - and we have the photos to prove it. Take a gander!
And so the 2009 Winter Dew Tour has reached its final stop of the season: The Toyota Championship, scheduled for the upcoming weekend at Northstar-at-Tahoe. To cap off a great season of action sports events, Antics is hosting a very exclusive Winter Dew Northstar Party on Saturday night, February 21, in Tahoe! The event will be hosted by master rider Todd Richards, and will feature ace DJ sets by QBert and Shaun Slaughter. Of course, we won’t forget to bring our trademark photo booth and t-shirt screenprinting station, so be sure to RSVP ASAP right here.
For NBA basketball lovers, downtown Phoenix was a verdant land of hope, hype and merchandising this last week. To herald in All-Star Weekend, David Stern personally cordoned off a city block outside the convention center for a “Block Party”, a festival featuring test-your-might dunk and H.O.R.S.E contests, dance-offs, TNT cardboard cutouts, and Beyonce and Justin Timberlake, or their music as covered by a couple of bands.
Shrouded in mysticism with a touch of pop sensibility, Brooklyn’s Chairlift are emerging as one of the top acts to watch in 2009. Last year they shared the stage with friends MGMT and Yeasayer. Now they are leading tours on their own, and this Saturday in Miami, Antics will host them at the White Room for another fabulous POPLIFE party.
With a two day, 1200ish mile drive (that included crossing eight states) it was great to say goodbye to the cold depths of the northeast winter and be greeted by the Sunshine State. We kicked things off right by starting in warm Miami. As we cruised into town with sunroofs wide open, past the beaches and beautiful people, I had to fight the urge to keep saying snappy catchphrases while putting on my sunglasses.
Everyone’s collective heart stopped after bearing witness to an incredibly scary fail during Gretchen Bleir’s finals run:
She rose, shaken but okay, with a smile that seemed to say, “I get knocked down but I get up again”. In the very spirit of Chumbawamba, one by one, skiers, snowboarders, action sports elitists, voyeurs, amateurs, and pros came to Aspen Village all looking to party.
It’s tough to have fun these days. Unemployment’s up and the economy’s got everybody down. True story: a toddler skipped past me the other day and blurted, “Biggest plunge in the GDP in 26 years, can you believe it?” But I always have faith in the determination of San Francisco’s Popscene to pack a mean punch on a Thursday night.
For the last 8 months, team Antics has been zigzagging across the nation like possessed tornado hunters, feverishly in pursuit of the Perfect Party. Here, party can be loosely defined as a gathering, cultural nexus, music festival, skating expo, art gallery, witches’ brew, etc. I mean, a hot dog eating contest can be considered a party so long as there is Peter Frampton music playing.
As we wave goodbye to 2008, it feels only natural to reflect and marinate in our own nostalgic tapenade. I thought about contriving a ‘12 Days of Antics‘, but then remembered that I hate Christmas (somehow I always manage to have an extended allergy attack), and opted instead for a more prosaic list. Out of the hundreds of events we put on, the following is a run-down of the top ten West Coast Antics affairs for 2008. You might want to fetch a bib to quell the drool about to distend from your open mouth!
Last week Filter magazine, Antics and erockster dusted off a little Christmas cheer and threw the Rock ‘N’ Bowl Holiday Party at the All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock. It was a sprightly affair, replete with karaoke, dancing, Rock Band, screen-printing, and even a sloppy Santa Claus, on whose lap attendees posed for pictures (photobooth courtesy of Polite in Public) and dictated from their Christmas lists. I asked for The Dark Knight and a government bailout.
