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April 21
msnbc: Levon Helm of the Band dies at 71 Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19 in New York of throat cancer. He was 71.  “He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates,” Helm’s longtime guitarist Larry Campbell tells Rolling Stone. “All his friends were there, and it seemed like Levon was waiting for them. Ten minutes after they left we sat there and he just faded away. He did it with dignity. It was even two days ago they thought it would happen within hours, but he held on. It seems like he was Levon up to the end, doing it the way he wanted to do it. He loved us, we loved him.”

msnbc:

Levon Helm of the Band dies at 71

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19 in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. 

“He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates,” Helm’s longtime guitarist Larry Campbell tells Rolling Stone. “All his friends were there, and it seemed like Levon was waiting for them. Ten minutes after they left we sat there and he just faded away. He did it with dignity. It was even two days ago they thought it would happen within hours, but he held on. It seems like he was Levon up to the end, doing it the way he wanted to do it. He loved us, we loved him.”

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Tony Alva an Inspiration, Idol, Leader Among All of Us

By Michael Spinelli

From the streets of Venice Beach him and his friends appeared, brought together by the love of surfing soon turned into the love for skateboarding a fixed icon among generations of the past, present and future. He was a vicious and aggressive skater who formed ground breaking tricks and aerials among the skate nation.

In 1977 at the age of 20, Tony Alva left major skate companies speechless wanting him. Soon forming his own brand of skateboards Alva Skates. Creating in my opinion the nicest decks our world has ever seen.  After several years of fame, loads of money and girls, it quickly went to his head through drugs and alcohol he hit an all time low. Struggling through getting sober he found his way through many struggles. He has found his now skates for the love in his attempt to bring skating everywhere. Vans and himself now promote his new documentary ” Pass The Bucket” in his solution to find inner peace and doing what he loves.

http://blog.istia.tv/2011/03/tony-alva-my prerogatives.html                     

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I Skate, Therefore I Am: Tony Alva: my prerogatives
March 13

↳Richard Vernon: “What did you wanna be when you were young?”

Carl: “When I was a kid, I wanted to be John Lennon.”

Richard Vernon: “Carl, don’t be a goof. I’m making a serious point here.”

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Double Exposure’s by Florian Imgrund 

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February 26

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brilliant.

brilliant.

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… And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?” Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?

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