Essentials selling at the Crack Gallery

We are stoked to be selling our clothing in one of Los Angeles's most unique and cutting edge clothing stores. If you find yourself downtown LA, head down to 204 West 6th Street and ask to see the new styles by Essentials!

June 1st: Shirt Teaser 2

I love negative space. I think you will as well when you see this shirt! Get Ready!

June 1st: Shirt Teaser 1

Here is your shirt teaser for the month of June! These are punk as f*ck. So pumped about these.

Macho Tail Drop: The Movie

Take the 1971 Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, set it at the enigmatic headquarters of the world's most famous skateboard conglomerate, imbue it with the off-kilter humour of Wes Anderson and the fantastical surrealism of Terry Gilliam and Michel Gondry, and you have Machotaildrop.

I personally cannot wait to see this film. Holy crap it looks classic for a man of my history, and the history of many of you readers. Get ready!

120,000-foot supersonic free fall

An Austrian daredevil is planning to become the first person to break the sound barrier in a free fall, without riding in a vehicle. His attempt will take him to an altitude where the atmosphere ends and space begins -- where blood boils at body temperature, and the air temperature could be as low as minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

This dude is Squirrel Bait.

Check the whole story here.

Johnny Cash Communal Project

You have to click the link below. They take a beautiful Johnny Cash song and shoot a video for it. Then each frame of the video is sent to people who want to participate to be redrawn however they want. Then they put the frames back together and this is the final video:

http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/

Epic.

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