INSTANT GRATIFICATION by The Manifold Magazine

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letter from the editor immediate gratification One of my best friends lives under a rock. When I mentioned the name Tina Fey she stared at me blankly. She’s not steeped in pop culture and I kind of admire her for that - she exists in a world that makes sense for her. My other best friend follows thousands of people on Instagram, keeps up with the latest trends, and would write all of her texts solely in emojis if I didn’t give her so much shit about it. And then there’s me, rolling my eyes at people taking selfies, avoiding social media at all costs, and constantly forgetting my phone at home...all the while knowing that I’d have a hard time existing without my computer and the internet. Immediate gratification is saturating our culture. It’s a restaurant full of people staring at their phones instead of talking to each other. It’s comment notifications and video shares. It’s my mind barely retaining information unless it’s shocking. It’s a guarantee I don’t know your number by heart (unless you’re my mom). That’s not to say it doesn’t have it’s advantages. I love being able to look up anything as fast as I can open Google or check in on my friend’s life in South Carolina. I love the text acronyms (lmk, wtf, tfti etc) and the technology upgrades in group texting. I can even get on board with people reposting other peoples’ work on their Tumblr and calling it “their blog” but I’ll never understand why people feel the need to fill their bubbles. They post every day and not because they necessarily want to, but because that’s kind of how we stay relevant, right? If you post a selfie in the forest and no one ‘likes’ it, what was the point of going on a hike in the first place? It’s great to scroll through media feeds and see photos that inspire me. I can easily get lost down a rabbit hole of the internets. But it’s given me a great sense of appreciation for digital creativity. At the same time, I remember the feeling of seeing my first photo develop in the darkroom, and how I was a little disappointed because I didn’t get the exposure right. There’s something beautiful about not getting everything you want right when you want it. Delayed gratification can be such a character builder. And we could all use a bit more character don’t you think? We should all remind ourselves that immediate is great but what do they say again? Nothing good comes easy and nothing easy is necessarily that good. Well, I feel good knowing that because this issue was (ironically) the hardest one to put together and it’s definitely the one I’m most proud of. Special thanks go out to the amazing humans who’ve joined our team to make this issue kick-ass. Mahalo Nui Kukui.

---Napua Camarillo Editor-in-Chief

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masthead Europe

Iselle Maddocks (ENG) Pooja Munshi (FRA)

California

Kelsey and Zivi (Describe the Fauna) Lindsay Jones

East Coast

Stowell Watters (ME) SE Asia Crist Espiritu

Africa

Tokoni Uta

Hawaii

Napua Camarillo-- Editor in Cheif Nicole Jones-- In-house-Designer James Charisma--Business Consultant Jasmine Mancos--- Copy Editor Lauren Roth Sergio Garzon Momi Lee Sean Reilly Jonathan “Skillet” Brouseau Cece & Caleb Torres Rhonda Jones Emily Urbaniak Samantha Castro Manny Aloha Tien Austin

Hawaii Cont’d. Jenn Matthews Yutaka Otaki Lindsey Okubo Gui Alves Simone Komine Max Fields Alec Singer

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contents

Don’t Sweat It Everyone’s already sweaty so hit the mosh pit or shake the booty Page 46

No Sense of Urgency Oregonian moments by Tien Austin layered in the poetic word of Tokoni Uta Page 20

Wanderlust Three countries and a many, many beers Page 56

Versus Musical gratification with a few of Honolulu’s local talents Page 36

The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows A fashion story dusted in sweet and soft silence Page 26

Full Circle The world works in mysterious ways. Sing your way through it Page 50 Prismatic Upcycled and revamped, Nick Pourfard’s working out all the layers Page 42

Kim K Stuperstar Porn. Naked. Words. Page 64

Andre Highlighter art. By world renowned body boarder Page 88

Chasing The Dream Aussie dude Andrew Green reminds us the raddest people are those who DO Page 54

Just Blairly Transworld Skateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blair Alley lets us do the interview and not the other way around Page 74

Gypsy Life Oahu girl takes instagram by storm jet setting and picture taking. Guys, tuck your boners in. Page 70

Fade Into You A fashion story soaked in Big Island waters Page 96

Jessie Tuckman UK surfer switches stances Page 92

Expand The Brand Jasper Wong talks POW! WOW! and beyond Page 82

Last Word Volcom artist, Jamie Browne, tells us his list of lasts Page 111

contributors Hawaii-based artist and graphic designer, Lauren Roth, has a style so distinct that one immediately knows it’s a Lauren Roth. Her artwork, a unique combination of watercolor, acrylic, ink, and paint markers, capture her whimsical expression of life. Dreamy colors and organic shapes, layered on textured surfaces, invite the viewer to explore her intricate interpretations, where one quickly discovers the labor of love Lauren puts into each piece she creates. To Lauren, both her graphic designs and fine art pieces are an expression of what she sees and what she wants to express to the world. The places she has lived and traveled hold a heavy influence on her work, as does the breathtaking scenery in her everyday surroundings on the island of Oahu. Originally from New Jersey, Lauren received her BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. After college Lauren worked as an artist and on the marketing team for Whole Foods Market. There she created in-store signage, murals, window displays, t-shirts, towels and reusable bag designs. In 2013, Lauren worked as the lead designer for Hawaii’s first ever Hawaii Fashion Month, she has since then left Whole Foods to pursue her own career and to start a product line. Her work

has been featured with Nautica, Nordstroms, Lanikai Juice, Iselle Maddocks MuuMuu Heaven, Simple Company, Kehaulani, Organik and Aloha Sailor. She maintains a steady flow of gallery exhibitions, Gloucestershire, UK artwork for magazine editorial, graphic design and murals. She is a permanent featured artist at many galleries and boutiques across the Hawaiian Islands and on the Mainland. Illustrator

Iselle Maddocks is an illustrator with a love for developing strange characters and images based on events from personal life. Images are created using paints, inks, have a strong basis in screen printing and are often combined with digital techniques. Any spare time is spent thinking about the next project, working on collaborations and updating a sketch blog. pollutionresolution.tumblr.com

Tien Austin Honolulu, Hawaii Photog rapher Tien Austin is a 21-yearold photographer and avid doodler who is obsessed with capturing the magical moments in our everyday lives. You can check out her work atwww.tienaustin.com

L AUREN ROTH LAUREN Honolulu,ROTH Hawaii WWW.MYNAMEISLAUREN.COM

LAUREN ROTH ART Artist

Originally from New Jersey, Lauren received her BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. After college Lauren worked as an artist and on the marketing team for Whole Foods Market. There she created instore signage, murals, window displays, t-shirts, towels and reusable bag designs. In 2013, Lauren worked as the lead designer for Hawaii’s first ever Hawaii Fashion Month, she has since then left Whole Foods to pursue her own career and to start a product line. Her work has been featured with Nautica, Nordstroms, Lanikai Juice, Mu’uMu’u Heaven, Simple Company, Kehaulani, Organik and Aloha Sailor.

ILKA & FR ANZ London, UK Photog rapher Ilka & Franz are an Austrian/ German photographer duo based in London (UK). Ilka & Franz are interested in quirky and minimalist conceptual work involving people, objects and sometimes animals.

CALEB + CECE TORRES Big Island, Hawaii Photog raphers

TOKONI UTI Lagos, Nigeria Poet

Duo husband and wife team behind Zephyr Image. Both being raised by modern hippies, they have a real natural love for love. He’s from northern California. She’s from central California. They were both raised on the Big Island of Hawaii which is where they reside in their humble little home. Their shared love for nature, surfing, coffee dates, traveling, staying active, and their three little kitties certainly keeps them sane and extremely happy. For them, life is an adventure. They absolutely love what they do and feel extremely blessed to do it. They strive to keep life simple and cultivate the art of slow living.

Tonkoni was born in 1997 and began writing when she was 10. She is a poet and novelist and has written for S magazine, The Los Angeles Post-Examiner, Surf Girl Magazine, I-X daily, The San Diego Free Press, The Los Angeles Free Press, The Portsmouth Daily Times and others.

STOWELL WATTERS Limington, Maine Writer Stowell farms and writes in Maine. He drinks one cup of mountain water a day and chews plenty of Mint Weed to keep his teeth straight and sharp.

Tokoni is a student of Bowen University and blogs at insanitybeautiful.wordpress. com

sean reilly Kailua, Hawaii Writer Kailua native, retired AYSO soccer player turned skateboarder. Likes making skateboard videos. 34 years old, thinks he’ s cool because he is sponsored for skateboarding. He lives with three dudes in a room, enjoys eating food and water is his favorite drink. Makes mixtapes for fun and staring at walls is his favorite past time.

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-- Hunter S. Thompson

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Faster, faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

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What do you do for immediate gratification?

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l r i G t Ho h t n o m e h t f o e n i t s u j Sure, she’s a pretty face, but she’s oh so much more than that! Justine Edwards is our 6th Hot Girl Of The Month and just like the others, she’s shared a few things that we probably wouldn’t know even if we did cyber stalk her.

Jumper x Billabong, Shoes x Nasty Gal, Kimono x Billabong, dress x Billabong, one piece x billabong, nameless sunglasses To see and find out more from Justine’s spread go to TheManifoldMag.com

Betcha didn’t know that Justine’s practiced Kung Fu for years and she sometimes performs at parties and special events.

OR… that she was a stunt woman for some of Zoe Bell’s (a Taranatino regular) scenes in the action movie Camino.

And finally that her biggest crush growing up was Kramer from Seinfeld!

Questions with

Philly Lewis inteview x pooja munshi

of the best ways you can educate yourself. There are so many things you learn when you are out of your comfort zone, I think everyone needs to travel at some point. Make the most of your life!

When did you catch the surf bug?

How did you get into surf photography and any tips on how you started to work with established brands?

Philly Lewis is a budding young UK photog who recently published a photo series in Cooler Mag about what it’s really like to be a female surfer. We caught up with her and asked her these 7 questions.

How would you describe your photographic style? How do you attempt to do things differently?

I guess I got into surf photography because of surfing. So many times I’d be out in the water and think ‘wow, this would make an incredible photo’. There’s so much going on for surf down in Cornwall it just made sense to focus my photography in that direction. I also love photographing the sea, it’s like artwork, I could watch the ocean forever. Any tips..... I guess collaborate, collaborate, collaborate! Get involved with as many things as possible, it will always open more doors.

I would describe my style as slightly documentary/lifestyle. I love to capture natural moments as I feel they always create the best photographs. I do a lot of lifestyle and fashion shoots so I am always conscious of selling the brand but at the same time keeping the photograph honest. I’m not sure if I try to do things differently, but I am not one for overcomplicating shoots. I like to work with natural light and find the magic in it.

Who’s your favorite photographer and why?

What are some of the most important lessons you’ve picked up while traveling the world?

Tell us about your film ‘We Ride’. What was your inspiration behind it?

Any tips for aspiring photographers/directors out there?

There’s too many! Photography has become such an accessible profession now meaning there are some amazing photographers out there being seen. I take inspiration from all of them. Morgan Maassen’s work is incredible, it’s crazy what he can do with a camera. His films are just beautiful. I also love Ming Nomchong’s work, she has a stunning way of showing femininity in her photographs without sexualizing her models.

To be kind, patient and most of all enjoy life! Traveling is probably one

I surfed a few times in my teens around Cornwall. I guess it wasn’t until I went traveling that I really got into it... I spent a month in Hawaii with waves right on my doorstep. It was longboard heaven! There is such a strong surf culture in Hawaii it’s impossible to not catch the surf bug. I then moved to Cornwall a little afterwards and spent as much time in the water as possible.

I started working with a lot of girls that surf with my work and I’d see them surf a lot. The level they are at are amazing and I feel as though women get a bit lost in the surfing industry, especially in Cornwall. So I decided to make a film about it... It’s hardcore to surf all year in Cornwall, the water is freezing and the waves aren’t kind. I thought that needed some sort of recognition and to outline a few issues these girls have with sponsorship/competing. Above all just to show how they rip!

To keep working hard and make sure you are doing what you love. It makes it a whole lot easier.

Slow Farm text x stowell p. watters illustration x napua camarillo

volunteered for the bees and they put me to work vandalizing their own house – I said “Okay bees I will volunteer for you vandalizing your house if you promise not to sting me.” The bees rubbed their fuzzy chests all over me and told me to get to work, get to work, though I was working. No matter how hard I worked they kept droning in my ears about work. I pulled out each frame of their house as if I was carefully robbing a library. They were freaking the fuck out and had no honey to share, but still they demanded I work. These days I don’t take a job unless it pays. Spike Dude was up in one maple tree trying to cut a second maple tree with his chainsaw. The wind came in from every direction and blew him all to hell, but he held right on. Brother and I shared a bottle of beer. Later when the tree was cut and split and lying on the field like a heap of butterscotch candy we asked Spike Dude how he held on so well up there. “I am fearless,” he said. We liked the smell of that, it smelled exactly like the slow life. Just then a terrible bird coasted over our heads, dipping a wing to try and mess with us. “Ahhh, I was never so young,” said the bird. “I doubt the honesty of the bird,” Spike said. “No I am serious,” said the bird, and then it flew away

for his squires. We told him to beat it because we had 1,000,000 plants to put into the soft soil and little to no time for his bullshit. Brother told me to dig a hole as deep as the moon. To dig a hole as deep as the moon you need two things – an iron bar and a good spade. I would say you need a good iron bar, but any bar made from iron is a good bar. It should feel like a car axle in your hands. I dug as far as I could, down to where the soil is cold, and then I came upon a rock. I walked to where Brother was digging his own hole as deep as the moon and I asked him to come and see my rock. “Well, I’d use the iron bar if I were you,” he said. And so I did, and he bent low with his arms dangling all around the rock, feeling beneath it, trying to tickle it out of the hole. I got the iron bar beneath the rock and pushed but all it did was tumble in place. It tumbled and tumbled and spun until it was smooth, but it did not leave the earth. Brother stood up and looked into the sun and said “Well, let’s put the fence somewhere else.” Benzino showed us a dark barn filled with perfect horse’s shits. It was wonderful, like working in an abandoned slow life cathedral. Benzino was the horse-man, he fed them carrots the size of iron bars while we shoveled and shoveled. A fat fellow killed all of our ducklings in a line. The little guys were running to find us and they died in a row, each one chomped by great big buck teeth. Later we trapped that fat fellow and put his head on a stick. In the night we listened to him sing about the slow life. He sang to the open field with the voice of a woodchuck, which was deep and beautiful and as old as the moon.

into another field. The Great Cat came around, walking through the slow life like the Lord of Chinese Cabbage. He sat down before us and stroked his mustaches and looked around

Brother found a clutch of eggs in the old iron stove. He tucked them into his shirt and when he left the hen gave him a kind of a look.The hen wrapped her knuckles on the old iron stove and said “We need to make a deal,” and Brother said “Alright.” The hen put on an entire tube of special lipstick and explained the

deal to him. When Brother went back a week later he found the stove filled with beautiful eggs. We ate breakfast together like knights on the morning of The Great Castle Raid. Brother made plenty of coffee and beat it with maple syrup and fresh goat’s milk. She fried eggs with pepper and butter. She fried an egg so perfect we put it on the horizon and left it there until dinner. I did my part and kept the stereo running. The way you keep the stereo running is you play tag with The Bat in the Hall and scoot buckets to where the slow life comes leaking through the roof. Under the sprawling thorn bush we buried our lit tle lady, though she hadn’t even had a day. Now she is mud in the belly of worms crawling out across the expanse of our slow life. Our slow life folds up from time to time and topples us toward the middle where the binding is and presses us hard between the pages and we come squirting out like the sweet mud of newborn goats buried beneath the thorn bush. She picked every vegetable on the farm in the falling snow. I will never pass up an opportunity to gather fresh seaweed or hold Her hand while the hurricane horn blows. I stepped out of the house at night like walking out of a Jack-o-lantern and I stood at the base of the oldest maple tree in all the world. I reached my hand up it like reaching up the pant leg of an elderly person. The bark scraped my arm but still I reached up and up past bird nests and mushroom shelves until I felt the slow air at the very top. Above the highest leaf I bent my fingers into the shape of an eye and looked out for miles and miles to where the mountains slept in the dark to where the orchard tumbled with deer to where the river pulled its plow to where the porcupines built a haunted house to where the coyotes tightened the trucks on their skateboards to where the moon drank cold cider to where the wind folded its laundry in a cave and to where all things looked back at me and said nothing at all.

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poem x tokoni uti photos x tien austin

sense gency

25 Painting over the old confessions Trampling on former intentions Disregarding all that they gave Dancing happily on their graves Set fire to preceding scripts The messages sent adrift

The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows Photography x Simone Komine Hair x Andrea Rodriguez Makeup x Kate Broadhurst Styled x Torie Okemora Modeled x Mudra Josephson

Vintage Victorian lace blouse, suede skirt x Brandy Melville, large cuff x Lucky Brand, rings x Paniolo Trading Co

L: Cape coat x Brixton R: Wide brim hat x Brixton, lace blouse and vintage poncho, jean shorts x Billabong, rings and bolo tie x Paniolo Trading Co.

brim hat x Brixton, long sleeve denim romper x Billabong, vintage jacket, necklace x Forever 21

L: vintage equined vest, high waist denim shorts: DIY vintage Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. R: vintage vest, suede skirt x Brandy Melville, necklaces x Forever 21 and American Eagle, large cuff x Lucky Brand, rings x Paniolo Trading Co.

One thing that immediately gratifies me is music. I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ll play a song on repeat JUST to hear one certain riff, lyric, or melody. And I know I’m not alone out there in saying that. Here are a few of my favorite talents around town ready to share in their indulgences. One interview VS another. -- NC

Tavana has been described as the Hawaiian Hendrix, he’s been playing shows around Honolulu for over a decade.

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What are your goals as a musician in this day and age with the way the music industry is now? My goals are pretty much the same as always. I just want to be better at my craft tomorrow than I am today. I enjoy finding new ways to get my music across. I’m really not too concerned with the industry as much as my sound and how I can make it better. I think that that mind set keeps my mind on what’s important, the music. If you could go back in time to your struggling self trying to learn to play what would you say? Dont be afraid of your weaknesses. know what they are and address them ASAP. Don’t try to mask or run from them. And I would probably tell him that partying too much can be a tragic waste of precious time. What makes you nervous? I usually don’t get that nervous anymore. But I would say that family in the audience is usually more nerve racking than strangers. Also speaking to an audience sometimes produces more nerves or adrenaline

in my body than playing the music. But the goal for me these days is to remain in a comfortable place throughout the performance. I know that if I am calm, comfortable and truly enjoying the music, the audience will be calm, comfortable and truly enjoy the music too. How long did your best song take to write? And what is your best song in your opinion? I think my best song is “Baby Blue”, written for my son Mavrik. I wrote it when he was napping next to me, in about 20-30 minutes he woke up and I sang it for him. He listened to the whole thing without fussing. When it was done he smiled, so I knew it was done. Is your “best” song your fans’ favorite? Not really. Different people like different songs. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll never be able to tell what people will or will not like. Sometimes I’ll write a song and think it’s not that great or okay and people will love it. And sometimes I’ll write something I think is so awesome and not get much of a response. So I try not to judge the songs that come out. Every song is potentially someone’s favorite song.

What is the strangest subject matter you’ve written about? That would depend on your definition of strange, haha. I’ve written about everything from carnivals to death to love to corruption. It’s a very strange life indeed. Cool thing about music is you can take the strange and unknown and put melody to it and all of a sudden it seems to make sense and feel good. When/where/how do your write most of your songs? Anytime/ anywhere /and in many different ways. To me there is no right or wrong way to write a song. And different methods yield different results. Sometimes I’ll write words and then put music to it. Sometimes the music comes first. Sometimes I’ll write something based on a guitar part. Sometimes I’ll use the drum beat as the main inspiration. There are so many ways and I like to explore them all. What is your all time favorite song to play? I guess it’s always changing. Sometimes I find the newest songs the funnest to play. Sometimes it’s a song I haven’t

played for many years. Every show I play has a different favorite for me. If your musical style was food what would it be? 100% organic mixed plate with half Hawaiian BBQ and half soul food. What inspires you to write? I seem to take inspiration for songs from anything and everything. It’s so random. That’s whats so fun about it. You never know when something will hit you. I’ll often finish a song and go “where did that come from!” What is your idea of instant gratification? Waking up in the morning to my sons smiling face. Bam instant happiness. But for the most part I am a firm believer in deferred gratification. The good things usually take time and effort. What is one song that instantly puts you in a good mood? “Dont Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. Ever since I was a kid that song makes me laugh and smile.

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photo x napua camarillo

They call him “Lazy A” but with how often he’s been playing and his future goals, he’s anything but. Andy is the lead in 7 Pairs of Iron Shoes, his scratchy voice and smooth lyrics have us craving adventure and road trips.

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What are your goals as a musician in this day and age with the way the music industry is now? I recently told my self I just wanna make an album every six months or so. Play as much as I can live. And most importantly allow that process to introduce me to real interesting and like minded people. Through all that I’ve done in Honolulu alone, I’ve already gotten to meet and share my writing and music with some of the absolute heroes of my youth as well as some really strange and beautiful individuals some of whom have become valuable friends. I would also like to do some touring and mainland festivals. I also used to write songs for indie films back in NYC and would like to get back into that again. If you could go back in time to your struggling self trying to learn to play what would you say? Just keep sucking for a while. Enjoy every plateau. Don’t think it comes together overnight. Don’t forsake the ideas that you generate that may make you seem weak or emotional to the listener, often those elements make a great song or provide a truth to the process. Also work constantly at it till it’s a habit. Then take all that raw stuff and temper it with a little bit of common sense. Put a good hook line in the song if you can so other people can key in to your inner dialogue better. And most of all try to channel your heroes rather than just emulate them. Go back to their roots and see what influenced them and so on. Also there’s a certain responsibility to taking a stage. If you go out and lie or try to act important people will know and resent you for that. If you try to tell them the truth then at least they can’t ignore your effort. Also try your best to get the best players you can to support and understand your work. Jack, Chris

and Jason (7 Pairs of Iron Shoes) are the very best and seasoned bandmates I could hope to have found in Honolulu and not only are they killers, they really get where I’m coming from. What makes you nervous? In terms of performing, when I have to play something that is really hard on guitar for me, I unravel a bit. How long did your best song take to write? And what is your best song in your opinion? There is this one song on our first album that’s called “The Depot Song”. I’m honestly not sure how it really manifested but I had a dream where I was in an old train depot or general store. Like some old Southern store from my youth, like at a roadside air boat tour gift shop in the Everglades or something. Above the counter was a menu board with all these songs listed and I heard one playing someone singing “Calimi, Calimi.” The only meaning I could find behind the phrase was the Latin, word for “reed”. Theres a a phrase in latin “lapus calimi” which means “slip of the pen” like a Frueden slip but when you’re writing. So when I woke up I kinda wrote what I remembered. For some reason that one really resonates with people. It’s somehow a song of redemption for me. What is the strangest subject matter you’ve written about? Not sure I think it’s all strangeness. One song on this first album to me is “stranger” than the others called the “City of Fire”. My little girl, probably 4 at the time was singing a little song she made up. She was singing this nonsense “oma leena so la tee I’m the girl that smells the bleeming roses.” Her mom wrote it down and that seemed strange so I morphed that a bit and started writing this song about lost love the fear

and hope wrapped up in fatherhood then I thought of my best day at Coney Island etc... so when these things come together they make sense to me but to the listener its like a strange puzzle. It’s kind of a track you listen to better alone or in your car. The arrangement is strange as well and Jack in particular was able to capture that with his drumming. A more theatrical piece. “Broadway drumming” as he likes to say.

These days I sit by window overlooking the freeway, Diamond Head and the mountains. I just sit there and play my favorite songs. I also feel like there’s a spot by my kitchen sink, when I’m over there I feel tuned in to weird frequency and I start to hear certain parts that eluded me by the window. I go back and forth, kitchen and window.

where there’s a dedication.Someone or something the song/book or story was intended for. Most people think that’s an arbitrary thing. But lots of the time its the reason the book was written. For me this can be my children ,there mother,my mother, the moon, the sun, my band mates dreams and nightmare’s, a beautiful girl with kind words. A surly old sailor man I know that tries to turn lead into gold etc. Other times its more therapeutic. Most songwriters write these “I” songs you know where they say “I feel sad” or “I am sorry” or “I wont back down” ...those tend to be less inspired to me and more for working out emotions than good material. I think I know when a song is good because at least a part of it comes real quick, like too quick to capture, like a pipe busted under the sink. By the time you shut off the water it’s all spilled all over and you just gotta stop and clean up the mess.

What is your all time favorite song to play?

What is your idea of instant gratification?

I think my favorite song is usually the one I just finished. Then I get bored and write another favorite.

I really am gratified when other people return or engage my kindness. I think sincerity is key. When I get a chance to just have a decent exchange with someone who’s seen me play I feel good and that transfers to the next person. I feel gratified. Also sleep that comes from exhaustion. I would have said cheese steaks but you cant really get those proper here.

When/where/how do your write most of your songs?

If your musical style was food what would it be? Some kind of sandwich I think, something you could carry with you and eat on the road. A nice hoagie. The bread is important, without the right roll it falls apart. It’s the same with style. It has to have bread/bones. It’s a workers lunch. I really like when worker type people get stoked on my music. What inspires you to write? Someone recently asked me that. I say it’s your relationship with your higher self. Agreeing to go from self conscious to sub conscious. Also there has to be an external force that magnifies the the need to write. A muse? Like in the beginning of a novel

What is one song that instantly puts you in a good mood? Maybe “Sweet Jane”? Been playing that a lot lately with my friends. When I first heard that I was a kid maybe 18? I had103 fever and was coming down from a road trip. I was so freaked out then I heard the intro to “Sweet Jane” and it gave me a real shit eating grin. The song has real staying power and honesty but still it’s kinda tough. Maybe the first post-modern love song?

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photo x napua camarillo

Chris Lind is a singer songwriter originally from Hawai’i that spent the last decade in NYC. His soft and indie approach to love songs makes the chickies swoon. Think Ray LaMontagne meets John Mayer.

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What are your goals as a musician in this day and age with the way the music industry is now? To be able to keep recording, releasing and performing my music around the world. To obtain a level of success that can allow me to keep being comfortably creative. It’s awesome how far across the world my music can go these days and I want to explore that as much as possible. If you could go back in time to your struggling self trying to learn to play what would you say? If you keep putting in the time, you’ll get there. I think my struggling self would be happy with where I’ve gotten. What makes you nervous? Not having time to be creative. And spiders. How long did your best song take to write? And what is your best song in your opinion? Right now I think a song called “Stay” that hasn’t been released yet is my best. It took about a week to write the version I first started performing and another 6 months to get to finish the version I’ll be releasing in early 2016 with my new EP.

Is your “best” song your fans favorite? I’m not sure. The song that’s sold, been covered on Youtube and requested live the most is “A Story of Us,” which I wrote 5 years ago. It was on the TV show “Smallville” in 2010. I think the songs I’ve written recently are among my best and will become new fan favorites. What is the strangest subject matter you’ve written about? I wrote a song about a 3-finned turtle I’d swim with when I was living on the North Shore 10 years ago, but I’ve never recorded that one. Of my recorded music, I wrote a song called “When You Woke Me,” which is about a relationship I never had with a waitress I never talked to at a restaurant I visited once while on a drive I took along the coast from Seattle to LA. I suppose some would consider it strange that I wrote a song about someone I never met. When/where/how do your write most of your songs? I write a lot in my studio and music room. It gets great light, a nice breeze, has big windows and a big peppercorn tree right outside that sort of works as a natural barrier between me and the neighborhood I live in. It’s a big quiet room with good acoustics. I’m normally sitting with a mic and guitar

(acoustic or electric) or at my piano. I prefer to write in the morning, but I’m often up at all hours of the night. I use big drafting books (that artists typically use for drawing) for writing lyrics and sometimes chords and melodies, so there’s typically one near the piano or guitar, open to a song I’m working on. A song idea can come at any time and I try to be open and available to catch it. Either on my iPhone voice memo app, or writing it down in a book. I have lots of books for capturing ideas wherever I am. When I’m working on a new song the whole form (verse, chorus, bridge) can come quickly and then I play it, often with my band and start to refine or add to it. A lot can happen in the studio to alter a song. All of the songs off of my new EP coming out in 2016, were co-written with the guys in my band that also co-produced the record: Aaron Nevezie and Dave Burnett. Jeff Hill played bass and had some great ideas that helped form what I think are my best songs yet. We recorded at my favorite studio: The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY, - which is a beautiful place for recording and working on songs. Aaron and Dave are awesome guys to write with. What is your all time favorite song to play? “Just Like A Woman” by Bob Dylan.

If your musical style was food what would it be? A BBQ bahn-mi made by a farm-totable foodtruck (vegetarian option available). Not that my music is really Vietnamese. I happen to love banhmi’s so I suppose they must inform my music somehow. What inspires you to write? Relationships, sadness, happiness, other artists and places. Writing is therapy and entertainment. At this point in my life, it’s a necessity. I process life with it. What is your idea of instant gratification? Helping others tends to do that. In a way, performing provides that for me. Kissing someone you love. Telling a joke that makes a friend laugh. Eating great food. Running and the ocean do that for me. Being in nature is always instant because more and more you have to drive a bit to get to it, so I guess that’s not instant. What is one song that instantly puts you in a good mood? “Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me” by Blake Mills. That guy’s writing and playing slay me. It’s not necessarily the happiest song, but it tends to get me in a good mood.

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photo x dave burnett

PrismAtic interview x napua camarillo images courtesy of prisma guitars

Name: Nick Pourfard Age: 23 Hometown: San Diego Occupation: Owner/Luthier at Prisma Guitars Company established: 2014 Best trick: BS Hurricane Favorite video: First Love

The Manifold: Tell us a bit about your background. Are you an artist? A designer? Nick Pourfard: I like to think of myself as a designer or a problem solver. I think that what I do is thought of as art, but it feels strange to call it that myself. I have always been into design and how things are made or how they work. I recently graduated college from San Francisco State University in Business Marketing and Industrial Design. I hope that one day I can design something great.

Nick Pourfard upcycles the very decks youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve deemed unrideable and turns them into musical works of art.

TM: Your work reminded me a lot of the work of artist scuptlor Haroshi. Are you also inspired by him? Regardless, how did you come up with the concept behind Prisma Guitars? NP: He is really inspiring and a great sculptor/artist. I am not inspired so much by what he is making, as much as I am his process of thinking. The first time I heard of Haroshi, my brother showed me the guitar he made. I was sad because I had built a guitar from skateboards. Later, I thought about how it was okay because we have different styles and approaches. I respect his patience and perfection. I started Prisma Guitars as a hobby. I wanted to build something I couldn't buy. It wasn't until somebody asked to buy one that I started the business.

TM: You are self taught in woodworking. Tell us about that process. Do you feel you have a good sense of things now?

In music, I always listen to Jimi Hendrix. Maybe too much ha! I wish he were alive, so I could send him a guitar.

NP: I began learning from videos and books. I would buy tools, watch safety videos, then build anything that allowed me to use that tool. I was always alone when I worked. It helped me really learn from mistakes and grow my patience.

TM: I saw somewhere that you got to design a guitar for Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. Tell us about that experience and how that came about.

TM: So it's pretty obvious music and skating are your passions. Who amongst these fields are your heroes and why? And who would make your wish list as far as making a guitar for. NP: In skating, my biggest hero is Wes Kremer. He is from my hometown. I grew up watching him. We became friends. I have never met anyone who is more respected by his peers. Yes, he is amazing at skating, but he is also a very genuine guy.

I met his daughter in San Francisco. She told me that her dad would love a guitar. I asked who her dad was, but she didn't tell me. I found out later and was pretty excited. Definitely gave me some confidence in building. I tried my best to build a guitar that paid homage to his past stage guitars. He liked it! TM: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? NP: I see this company grown and pushing more

limits with this material. I also see this brand becoming a culture brand that people will want to associate with who do and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have relation to skating or music. TM: How many people help you produce your guitars and how many do you produce? NP: I have 2 people helping me now. I have a guitar tech and another builder. TM: And lastly, this issue is about instant gratification. What comes to mind when I say that? NP: That is why I started doing this. I feel good after something I thought of is reality or when someone else appreciates my craftsmanship. It keeps me going. For more info prismaguitars.com

DONT SWEAT IT intro x rhonda jones images x the soviet film agency

he founding members met in the late 90’s, as two friends sharing CD collections. Around 2012, they vowed to start a band while marinating in a Chinatown parking lot. They called themselves Already Sweaty. And here we are today – El Nino conditions and fucking swamp ass, daylight to midnight. Already Sweaty wants you to vibrate and gyrate. Enjoy an interactive, experimental play-time for your vibes. Here’s your outlet for creative expression in a lowkey rock n’ roll show. This is your instant gratification.

u dance! We love it when yo

There’s not a lo t of rock n’ roll shows.

There’s not a lot of stage presence

Already Sweaty is Christina Luck, Nick Ross, Daniel Mayeda and Ilona McGill.

We put Christina, Nicholas, Daniel and Ilona on the spot with this word association game, nothing to get sweaty over, just a peek into minds of the weird and unique. This is Already Sweaty.

CHRISTINA LUCK Lead Singer

NICHOLAS ROSS Guitar

DANIEL MAYEDA Bass

ILONA MCGILL Drums

Describe the vibe of the band: Like Dante’s Inferno, it’s said that it takes 364 licks to the center of the Tootsie Pop. That’s one lick a day for a year and then one day off.

Describe the vibe of the band: How to make an Already Sweaty: One part IPA, one part cider, cheap vodka, and a dash of sodium barbiturates.

Describe the vibe of the band: Our vibe is very upbeat with progressive punky Alice Glass tone.

Describe the vibe of the band: I honestly don’t know how to answer that.

Who are your musical influences: Pilgrim Springs, The Butterball Turkey Collective and Lady Gravy.

Who are your musical influences: Thin Yorke and Shoe Gaze and Enka

Story behind Already Sweaty: Born a beast from the city streets and back parking lots of Chinatown. Raised up gristly then smooth in the practice spaces of The Old Blaisdell Hotel.

Story behind Already Sweaty: Already Sweaty is about modern Hawaiian locals, like most of the members wandering around with a constant layer of sweat under your shirt and tits.

Word Association: Hot mess- A toxic waste spill of some kind? It would literally be a hot mess Wu-Tang Clan- A collective ideology, style and finesse like kung-fu. Jams World- A’ala skatepark. Fudge Factory- Where poop comes from Recipe for Disaster- See first question Best Sound- The sound of music. Guilty Pleasure- Too many to name Bart Simpson- Eat my shorts Juggalos- One of my guilty pleasures

Word Association: Hot mess- Diarrhea Wu-Tang Clan- Asian draft pick Jams World- sludge factory (Alice in Chains) Fudge Factory- Fear factory Recipe for disaster- drinking excessive liquor Worst Smell- My breath Best sound- Moaning sensually Guilty pleasure- Hall and Oates Bart Simpson- Bart Skampson (Portlandia) Juggalo- People who mean well and want to party (unless I’m murdered)

Who are your musical influences: If I told you I would have to kill you. Story behind Already Sweaty: It was supposed to be Already Slutty but I’m saving that band name for when we do remixes. Word Association: Hot mess- Meat riot Wu-Tang Clan- Baggy jeans riot Jams World- Color riot Fudge Factory- Shark week Riot Recipe for disaster- Full moon riot Worst smell- Fart riot Best sound- Picketing followed by rioting Guilty pleasure- Watching people riot Bart Simpson- A real riot Juggalos- Riot is their middle names

Who are your musical influences: Someone said we’re, “A female fronted garage rock style band with cutesy notes of dancey influxes.” So, like a fruity chardonnay stashed in grandma Rabe’s wine cellar. Story behind Already Sweaty: At first it was four girls who either had to bike, bus, or ditch paddling to make it to this dank used to be hotel (The Mele/Geneva Room). We were already sweaty before we even got there. Word Association: Hot mess- My hair during hurricane season Wu-Tang Clan- “At the party when I move my body gotta get up AND BE SOMEBODY!” Jams World- A Goodwill score Fudge Factory- Boring Recipe for disaster- One fifth of vodka, an eight of pakalolo, and one person: Shaken Worst smell- Smelling pigeon hair while riding the bus hungover Best Sound- Fart noise at 90’s night Guilty Pleasure- When I burp bacon and then I’m like “Mmm” Bart Simpson- It’s a really good cartoon character Juggalos- The most successful clown gang ever

Full Circle text x lindsey okubo images x describe the fauna 9/13/15 A friend once told me that San Francisco was “a loose place.” A place where you’d find more human shit on the sidewalks than dog shit, where people played bongo drums and danced in the park till sundown, where the tie dyed shirts mirror the churning of minds painted by acidic dreams and new moons. The lost children, illegal and legal immigrants, Bay-Area natives, vagabonds and tech-bros all coexist within the city’s 47 square mile parameter. The riff raff in the air can be felt long after the Indian summer shrinks into the foggy mist. She was sitting at a bus stop with New York on her mind. Her ring finger was now bare and had been for some time now. She paraded just her knuckle and self-rule amidst tattoos, including Beevis and Butthead on her thumbs and cascading, black hair. Beauty school had been a bust, getting tangled in the hair of others was no detour to finding purpose. Comfort came in song, the melody

created by Celine Dion’s voice or a track from Les Miserables. It took her back home, to childhood and growing up in a family of nine, to Oahu, to Mililani and to roller-skates and the ravines. She believed in this, in music but reality’s logic always set in. A career as a singer or songwriter didn’t seem attainable. Thinking. Thinking. She closed her eyes, blinked maybe. Upon opening them a gun was pointed at her, a voice, she handed over the iPhone 3 in her hand. Darkness. Her name was Jae-Mi and the light flooded as she awoke. The plane was making it’s final descent into New York’s JFK Airport and the exhales were stuck in her chest. She had made it. Perhaps this was just another “gypsy” move as some of her friends had deemed it, maybe she knew she was moving for a guy again but she had tried to plan this one out. She had always been good with the open road. New York was home to the musical stars she dreamed of being, to

Broadway. To be there maybe she would be a step closer, scratching away at reality’s glass ceiling. Embodying Jae-Mi’s move, Hurricane Sandy hit a week later and she begun to find herself borrowing coffee from her neighbors and at job interviews, smiling, nodding. The legendary Momofuku Noodle Bar and Dr. Martens opened their doors to her first and after some time she found herself at Cienfuegos and Bourgeois Pig in New York’s Lower East Side, where Jae-Mi’s musical career began. She worked under chandeliers and a red glow at the Bourgeois Pig and like many New York stories, things happen when glasses clink and people get to talking. A blonde woman by the name of Kat McPhee, who had roots in the music industry, found herself at a table at the Bourgeois Pig one night with Jae-Mi as her server. They talked about music, about drinks, an immersion into detail, verbal chemistry. “At some point

I asked her if she wouldn’t mind listening to a song I had just completed with my friend and DJ, Mel Debarge. She asked me what I was doing in the restaurant and said to email her,” Jae-Mi said via email. The email was sent and a time and place was set. Come that day though, Jae-Mi was at the beach, it was her first day off in what felt like ages and her skin welcomed the sunshine. “I honestly almost didn’t show up”, she said. But with encouraging words from her roommate at the time, she went. “The last thing they said was, ‘Okay we’ll get back to you.’ In my head that sounded like ‘okay cool, we’re not interested but they showed up to my work two days later and said they wanted to represent me and help with pushing my music and career.” Jae-Mi was on another flight, a different plane with a new destination, Los Angeles. She refers to it as “the scariest move I have ever made in my entire life” and for good reason. “It was the reality of your dreams at the tip of your fingers and the thought of ‘What if I fuck up?! What if I get off the plane and it’s the biggest con that has been pulled on me?” I didn’t want to disappoint myself and the urgency to make something happen with my life in music on a grand scale was a lot to think about and suddenly just transition into,” she said. Jae-Mi is now represented by Forefront, a talent management and music publishing company based in Los Angeles. She believes her voice lives somewhere between the likes of Stevie Nicks and Amy Winehouse. With this renewed sense of purpose, Jae-Mi has been able to reflect on this union of singing and songwriting that is her calling, as well

as a form of therapy. “I would say 90% of the time when I write anything it’s because I’m struggling with something. Songwriting is like an audio diary for me. When I write about how I’m feeling and turn it into a story it allows me to think from an outside perspective after I’ve gotten rid of the emotional side by singing it out,” she said. With her strong sense of melody and dewy confidence when she steps up to the mic she ultimately wants to make people feel something when they hear her voice. When she sings, she closes her eyes and her eyebrows wiggle, tensing and releasing. What she has found is that living a dream means having everything to lose. Doubt sets in with writers block and she often turns to YouTube performances which serve as reminders that people do make it. The passion and journey that live within her vocal cords have become like a second beating heart. “I want to sell out arenas, travel at the world and meet people from around the world. When my life takes this direction in full speed I want the money to go towards my family. I want to make sure my family has a roof over their head, that if they choose to pursue a higher education, they can do so without worrying about college debt. On a larger scale, I want to create happiness for as many people as I possibly can and I think I can achieve this by creating music,” Jae-Mi said. From Hawaii and coast to coast and back again, Jae-Mi’s story is a testimony that things do come full circle.

CHASING THE DREAM interview x napua camarillo images x sami swilks

Do something. Go somewhere. Make your mark. Andrew Green, founder of Konichiwang, wants you to recognize those who do versus those who do not.

yard barbeques whose stories make everyone listen and wish that they too were chasing a dream. TM: From Australia to the US. Tell us about that decision. AG: I feel that three years is the tipping point for living in a new place, it’s long enough where you can really understand how to live in the new environment, build great friendships, fall in love, and feel like a local. But three years is also as long as you can spend away from a place before you lose your connections with people. So after three years in New York City I moved back to Sydney and have been incredibly happy for doing so. But I’m already thinking about my next move...Tokyo? Capetown? Copenhagen? TM: What was your very first story about? And are there people that you regularly keep in touch with from your experiences? The Manifold: I discovered your work less than a year ago but was greatly inspired because we at The Manifold are trying to achieve a similar result. Tell us in your own words what Konichiwang is for you. Andrew Green: Thank you. Unfortunately Konichiwang has been dormant for a little while because I decided to grow another business called...Konichigram. We help businesses and brands to be better on Instagram. I’m on the edge of hiring a new staff member so once that happens Konichiwang will be back moving again. But to answer your question, Konichiwang looks at entrepreneurship differently, we believe that success is about finding happiness through realizing an idea or project, not about how many staff you have or how much seed funding you received. So the entrepreneurs or for lack of a better word, “doers” we interview aren’t people you’re going to know from other business press, they’re people who are doing cool things and doing them their own way. Our interviewees are the people you meet at back-

AG: Funny you mention keeping in contact with people, that’s kind of why I started Konichiwang, I really wanted an excuse to meet and talk with people whom I admired but had no business talking to. Now I’ve met some amazing people and spent some quality time with them and even though we don’t talk regularly there are quite a few people whom I can email or call and chat to like we spoke yesterday. Oh yeah, the first story. It was with Xavier Aaronson from Babes At The Museum. Xav and I used to work together at VICE and I liked what Xav did with his blog so we went to Brooklyn Museum together and did the interview in between him snapping people. TM: It seems as though you have a wide array of interesting souls in your arsenal.. how do you choose/find these stories? AG: A lot of people were friends of friends. But occasionally there’s someone I’m curious about so I find a way to connect with them. Facebook, LinkedIn, and WhoIs are invaluable resources for finding people’s contacts.

55 TM: If there was one movement going on in Williamsburg right now what is it? What’s the newest trend? AG: The movement in Williamsburg is money. There’s so many fancy new apartments and with an Urban Outfitters there and a Wholefoods and an Apple store planned it’s becoming an adult theme park. It’s fun, but very processed. And the newest trend, I’ll give bigups to my bestie Nikki Cohen who runs http://thisplace.nyc/. She puts on pop-up events like life drawing classes (with booze) that are super fun. She managages to balance weirdness with quality. TM: You’ve been doing a bit of travel lately.. care to share? I’ve been out of Australia for 9 weeks already this year to the US, Japan, France, and the UK and I fly to Fiji this coming Monday, then I’m thinking about going to India and Bangladesh the week after. There’s been a lot of flights, which is making me feel very guilty about my carbon footprint. TM: Is there anywhere in the world that gives you a “re-up” as far as inspiration goes? AG: Last year I went to four countries in Africa and the opportunity to make things happen there got me so excited. There’s a buzz among the diaspora who have returned home from studying and working in places like New York City, these talented and driven people are doing great things. It’s part of the reason I’m tempted to move to Capetown. TM: This issue is about “instant gratification” when I say that phrase what immediately comes to mind? AG: Likes! Even though I have a business based around Instagram it bums me out to see people judge moments of their life they’ve shared through social media by how quickly and how many likes they received.

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Excerpts from the travel journals of emily urbaniak and sam castro images x jenn matthews and napua camarillo September 15

HNL ---> LAX ---> FRA ---> BUD

Three airplanes, four (double) Bloody Maria’s, and 25 hours later, and we were finally sitting in the back of a cab driving across the Chain Bridge with the Danube river stretching out on either side of us and Budapest on the horizon. It was our maiden trip to Europe, and after 3 months of planning and countless bar shifts worked to save up, we were geared up to downshift into cruise control. Luckily the continent welcomed us with open arms and comfortable cafés to help us slow down and savor what was going on around us, for the next 35 days.

BUDAPEST

Hungary

ZAGREB

Croa�a

57 September 17th Woke up and stopped at a coffee shop for “ice coffee” which ended up being espresso with frozen cream and whip cream. Walked up the Castle Hill and decided to visit the National Gallery which ended up being way more expansive and impressive than I anticipated. We walked around more of the area and visited the fisherman’s bastion which overlooked the entire city and St Matthias Church which was enormous, complete with organ music which was my favorite part. Eventually went to Simpla Kert- one of the most popular ruin bars. It was packed and HUGE with several bars and multiple levels. September 21st We are on a train on our way to Zagreb, Croatia. From there we took a bus straight to Split. Passing the Hungarian countryside and tiny farm towns in between. This has been such an incredible trip already. It’s amazing and rich here so much history and culture at every turn. I could see myself living here. My pants are getting tighter my tolerance higher and my vision and ideas of the world broader. We got booted off the train by the police. 12 hours prior unbeknownst to us, Hungary closed it’s borders with Croatia due to the Syrian refugee crisis. At 630 pm 2 hours from tour destination we were asked to get off along with 40+ other passengers. We found out eventually no trains or busses could pass just cars and taxis. We waited at the train station for hours until our new friends Mark and Rob took charge and figured out how to get us a cab. Our first meal here= Octopus salad and espresso with a couple glasses of wine. Right as rain. Croatian food is seafood heavy and we couldn’t be happier.

s veterans of the Honolulu service industry, the easiest way for us to acclimate and appreciate a new locale is to eat and drink as the locals do. Which is a fancy way of saying we went out. A LOT. It became apparent pretty quickly that things were done differently here. Each of the cities we visited were equipped with all the modern conveniences of home, and then some. There was wifi everywhere, and to say the the public transportation was convenient would be a gross understatement. What was surprising was that even with all these systems built in to facilitate a fast paced lifestyle, their priorities and ideas on consumption were aligned differently. First if all, it was extremely rare to see someone with their phone out while in a social setting. Whether that be in someone’s hand or resting on the table next to them, no one was competing with a text, Facebook, or email for someone’s attention. People were focused on what was actually happening, as opposed to trying to document it so they could post it on the internet, so that everyone who wasn’t there could see “how much fun” they were having. Furthermore, it was obvious that the purpose of going somewhere was to be there, which was reflected in this universal built in ability to wait. People sat down and waited for the staff to get to them when they were ready. No one was impatient or gave the impression that their time was more valuable than anyone else’s. People came to cruise and were down to wait. Almost right away we got into a routine of starting our days by posting up at a neighborhood cafe, with a tea and milk for Emily, and an Americano for Sam, discussing what we did yesterday and what we hoped to accomplish that day. Participating in this “cafe culture,” a lifestyle characterized by frequent, predominantly social visits to cafes and coffee shops, allowed us to have a more authentic experience by slowing us down and appreciating the things we had seen and looked forward to; instead of constantly trying to accomplish and consume as much as possible everyday. Adapting to this slower pace also prevented us from travel burnout, which becomes a very real thing when you leave the shelter of your everyday routine. When you combine the fact that you don’t h ave to be anywhere ever, with the fact that you can do whatever you want and want to do everything, options exhaustion becomes very real very fast. Slowing down reinforced the idea that less is more when trying to take on an entire city. It’s safe to say that for most industry people, that although we may be out enjoying ourselves, we’re never fully “off.” By which we’re constantly assessing the situation around us to some degree, whether it be critiquing, admiring, and occasionally feeling the stress of an anonymous bartender being in the weeds. In American drinking culture, quantity greatly outweighs quality. We’ve always believed that because we’re forced to wait for our vices, e.g. legal drinking age, buying cigarettes, etc. that when we’re finally able to indulge it’s social norm to lose control. Because drinking to get drunk is so common, bars and bartenders are equipped to handle volume, and rightfully so. It makes our jobs easier and keeps the clientele happy and quenched at least temporarily.

List #1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Follow the rats Use public transportation Cash is king Stick together Do your research/make an outline Travel with someone who walks the same speed as you both figuratively and literally First day get naked Stay hydrated Live music Wear the clothes you’d wear at home Double the underwear

List #2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11.

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

Take all the pictures Downshift Hold off on souvenirs Bring a glue stick Watch MTV Watch for poop Whitney Huston bridges all language barriers Bring a scarf Eat all the food Walk as far and as often as you can Trust each other Equal alcohol tolerance

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Shaniatwain I’m not done eating I’ve ever met a rational Tammy No body wants to watch Canadians on tv Shoulda went to Slovenia Now who’s thoughtful Hesitant Asians

List #3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

- travel rules-

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Babushkas abroad Umbrella hands Gingers give me the strength I don t want to be your friend on Facebook Whore power Maybe I’m done Your eyebrows are saying no

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White people with dreadlocks Men in brightly colored shoes People who are barefoot indoors in public People who wear sunglasses indoors People who don’t read People who don’t listen to music People who don’t know how they take their coffee Women who go by their first and middle name Women who wear full makeup at the gym Calm down. Women who wear their hair down while working out Adults who can’t drive

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

TEVAS, CROCS, and TOE SHOES Anyone wearing two polo shirts at once Loud phone talkers in public Segways People who don’t drink their cereal milk Anyone on their phone during a date Selfie sticks Urinal pukers Anyone whose pants have words on the butt People who use glow sticks BROS Asians who don’t use chopsticks

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Ruin pubs by definition are bars situated in a ruin. Multiroomed warehouse type buildings whose aesthetic is dilapidatedchic. One of the pubs we visited had 5 different rooms, each one specializing in something different; wine, cocktails, beer, shots, etc. At full capacity they could easily handle hundreds of people, often times having multiple levels with stages and music. What really got our gears turning was that despite the sheer enormity of the space and the number of the people they packed in there, the bars weren’t cranking out drinks and the staff seemed very relaxed. Everything we utilize in our Western style bars to make our drinks and your order fast and efficient, they lacked. No ice machines, pour spouts, speed well, or bus boy, and I’m just scratching the surface here. It was the topic of discussion on more than one occasion, and then we realized that Europeans don’t drink to get drunk. Just as with their cafés, the gratification was built upon the experience as a whole, vs task or product oriented accomplishments.

September 26th Caught the 6pm bus back to Zagreb; Much more comfortable and enjoyable than the first bus. We each had our own seats to cruise and sleep. The drive was really enjoyable for me. I think those moments are one of my favorite parts of travel. Genuinely stopping getting to take the time to absorb and appreciate the place you’re in & not just physically and be grateful. September 30th At the end of the night...ice cream, ALWAYS! October 1st We had tickets (train) back to Budapest for noon and after scouring the internet to see if we could cross the border by train, we found once we got to the station that it was still closed and all trains to Hungary were canceled. We posted up at the train station coffee shop to figure out Plan B. We considered going to Slovenia by train but ended up being rescued by Ben and Bori, the couple who owned our next Air BnB. They happened to be driving through Southern Hungary and offered to pick us up in Cakovec Croatia and drive us to Pecs which is a college town they were staying at.

October 2nd Finally made it to Budapest. After we cruised HARD for a few hours we went to check out Oktoberfest. That first big beer was UNREAL. We ate and drank so much we even made friends with some vacation dads in fun hats. Octover 4th Last day of Oktoberfest and also Palinka fest up at Buda Castle. We had so much Palinka I never want to drink it again. It’s like schnapps. Finally October 6th We had to figure out plans for the following week because we hadn’t booked anything. Originally we wanted to go wine tasting then come back to the city for another week. We read unstellar revisions of the Lake Balaton we stared to stress. Literally last minute we went to Germany. Booked a flight with nowhere to stay. Tried to book through Air BnB but no one was responding because we waited so long. We landed in Berlin with no where to stay. We ended up staying in an occupied flat wih our host, Jurgen.

October 7th BUD ---> BER October 8th Hello Germany. The weather was shit and we attempted to go to the “east side gallery a potion of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti.” After walking what seemed like forever and being lost and soaked we stopped into a dive bar. Then a fucking sick cocktail bar. We hadn’t had cocktails once. The ladies working Ava and Lydia, recommended other cool cocktail bars in the area. Ava was from Portland and we knew a lot of the same people. So crazy. Then I discovered the delicious Nikka Bourbon. October 9th Finally made it to the Berlin Wall. It was a cool thing to see but I didn’t feel as much of an impact as I thought I would; the condition is pretty degraded and has definitely just become something to take a picture in front of. Remininded me of a poem by Nayyirah Waheed. October 12th We decided to extend our stay in Berlin instead of going back to Hungary. We went straight to dinner at what became one of my favorite

spots. White trash fast food. Veggy patty tattoo parlour, live blues it was so fucking awesome. I had a cocktail and nachos with my burger. It was so cold and we were tired no raging tonight. As with most things in life, this alternate way of living was neither right or wrong or better or worse, simply different; however the change of pace was a welcome relief from our norm. When people ask how our trip was, the answer that seems most appropriate is “perfect.” It was so perfect that it’s actually boring to talk about. The people were incredible and the food even more so. We relaxed, we enjoyed the journey and when we had to wait for our locally brewed craft beer 3 deep at the bar, it tasted that much better.

Kim K Superstar text x james charisma collage x nicole jones

Ouch. But not untrue. Besides coming from a semi-famous family and the fact that she happened to be friends with Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian was a nobody before 2007. Suddenly, she appears in a sex tape and bam—a reality show, appearances on sitcoms and commercials, and product endorsements soon followed. In February 2007, Kardashian sued the sex tape distributors for the “embarrassment and shame and so much that comes along with it,” she told to Piers Morgan. She ended up settling with Vivid

There’s a photo that’s been appearing and reappearing around the Internet (no, not that kind of photo) of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian, sitting together at the 2012 BET Awards. Above their heads, someone added text to create a meme: “17 Grammys” hovers above Beyonce, “19 Grammys” above Jay-Z, and “21 Grammys” above Kanye West. Floating above Kim Kardashian are the words, “sex tape.”

“In the past, appearing in a sex tape almost meant career suicide."

Entertainment, who owned the tape, for $5 million dollars. And by December 2007, she was posing nude for Playboy. People like watching celebrities in magazines, on TV, and in movies. So it stands to reason that people would want to see their favorite beautiful famous person doing other things too— like having sex. And with the Internet, access to secret sex tapes or any other type of porn has never been easier or faster. But when the person in the

celebrity video isn’t even really a celebrity, it shines a light on why we’re still watching. Modern pornography as we know it today, whether in magazines, movies, or through the Internet, has emerged really just in the last half century or so. And although it’s new, it taps into some pretty heavy psychology that goes back for centuries of human development. Take the sociobiological

“Coolidge effect,” which is a renewed interest in male mating behavior when presented with a new female, rather than the same one. Or the supernormal stimulus, which elicits a response in an animal more powerful than the stimulus which the animal’s instincts normally respond to. For example, a bird that demonstrates care and protection of its own eggs will respond even more powerfully to artificial eggs which are bigger and brighter colored. They’ll

even discard their own real eggs in favor of the fake ones because the new stimuli is more powerful, or supernormal, than the original. To put it simply: having a wide variety of sexual partners is attractive for men, who are the primary audience consuming porn. And with the hyperrealistic stimulus of high-resolution images and HD videos, it’s in many ways more attractive than actual sex with actual women. More and more studies are emerging about porn addiction, as

well as even erectile dysfunction for men in their twenties and thirties because their habitual porn use is disrupting normal function and neuroplasticity, the stuff that keeps you mentally sharp. Over the next few decades, people will come to view porn for what it is: an addictive, corrosive drug consumed in visual form. But it’s not going to stop people from using the internet to watch other people have sex. And especially not famous people. In the past, appearing in a sex tape almost always meant career suicide. When video emerged of Rob Lowe in a threesome with two women in 1988, his career took a nosedive. Less than twenty years later, Paris Hilton appears in “1 Night in Paris,” a relatively shabby sex tape shot mostly in infrared night vision, which appeared a week before Hilton’s reality show “The Simple Life” debuted in 2003. The biggest difference between Lowe and Hilton’s public reception following the porno? Positioning—no pun intended. Lowe was a sleaze; Hilton was a product.

For almost a decade (and through her rise to superstardom) from 2000 to 2009, Hilton was managed by an agent named Jason Moore. Before the nowcommon concept of ‘famous for being famous,’ Moore saw where the future of celebrity and instant fame was headed. “I recognized that [Paris Hilton] was a brand,” Moore said in a 2011 interview with CNN. “I took all the theory in pop culture that I already learned and started to realize if Barbie could actually talk, that would be the biggest brand in the world. And the name became Paris Hilton.” Moore denies that the leaking of the sex tape was a publicity stunt that either his team or Paris Hilton orchestrated; it was actually just luck. Riding on the success of “The Simple Life,” Moore created opportunities to present Hilton as a businesswoman. They registered her catchphrase, “That’s hot,” and even sued Hallmark for infringement in one of their cards in 2007. Moore studied the

branding style of rock stars like the Rolling Stones or the Grateful Dead. “Those guys aren’t releasing new material, but they’re making hand over fist every year from what? Touring. Selling merch. Building more fan base. Exploiting more territories. Planting more seeds.” Moore said. If these concepts seem obvious now, it’s only because Moore and Hilton paved the way for however so many other “instant” celebrities to follow. Today, Kim Kardashian is estimated to be worth over $45 million dollars. She still appears on magazine covers; sometimes, like for Paper Magazine, nude. But now the gimmick fades. At the end of the day, Kanye and Beyonce have made music. Kim Kardashian is still just naked. “Kim Kardashian’s butt is the biological equivalent of click-bait. We can’t help but pay attention to it, but we’re always upset by the lack of substance,” writes Time columnist Brian Moylan. “We

want there to be something more, some reason or context, some great explanation that tells us what it is like to live in this very day and age, but there is not. Kim Kardashian’s ass is nothing but an empty promise.” And yet Kim Kardashian continues on. Because like porn, her appeal is shiny and garish— even if there’s no substance. “[Celebrities] gave you all the senses that a brand should give you when you buy into it,” Moore told CNN. “If you’re different, you feel the same, if you’re the same, you feel different, if you’re alone you feel together … It was what corporate America wanted you to do: If you flew on an airline, hopefully your experience was 100% that you’d do it again. If you open a Coca-Cola at a family event, it’s going to reflect memories so when you drink another one you’re going to think about that.” Instant gratification, that’s what porn is. You’ll visit, you’ll watch, you’ll like it, you’ll leave, and then you’ll return. Thank you. Please come again.

Gypsy Life

interview x napua camarillo images from gypsyone.tumblr.com @gypsyone

aybe you don’t know her, maybe you do. Jenah Yamamoto is a from the North Shore of Oahu and plunged onto the Tumblr scene with her banging bod and penchant for blunts, cats, and the beach. And it’s no wonder her followers sky rocketed to upwards of 10k with that kind of content. But that’s chump change compared to the herds of cattle (861K) following her every move on Instagram. It’d be a bit unfair to say she blew up overnight but it sure seems like it. We had a chance to ask her a few Q’s about growing up in front of the world via social media. Check it.

The Manifold: You have an insane amount of followers on Instagram, something like 800k. How do you think that came about? (Like did it steadily increase or was it a mass following after a bunch of photos)... Jenah Yamamoto: Ive always had a Tumblr, which is the old school instagram equivalent to me. I started posting my personal photos there around 5 years ago, and I think naturally my Tumblr followers turned to Instagram once it became popular. TM: I’ve read somewhere that you’re a photographer first and a model second. What sort of things do you like to shoot? And tell us about some of your upcoming projects (if can).

71 TM: Who are your top 3 favorites that YOU personally follow on Instagram/Tumblr/or Twitter?

JY: Yes. Photography is my passion and first love. I do modeling on the side because why not. I love shooting almost anything in natural light. I’m fascinated with the human body as well as shadows and light. Im working on launching a new blog with all of my travels :)

@Mimielashiry @virgilabloh @prismofthreads

TM: In today’s day and age of instant gratification what is something that instantly puts you at ease? JY: Music. No matter where I am, I can plug my headphones into my phone and just be in the best mood. It’s crazy how music can do that...

TM: Today’s world is all about the now! What are your favorite things right now!

TM: How has becoming an adult in the eye of social media affected your life view? JY: Social media if anything, has taught me that the perception isn’t always reality. There has been numerous occasions where life isn’t going exactly how I planned, yet I still seem to have a happy go lucky vibe exuding from my social media. It’s all smoke and mirrors. Don’t always believe what you see. TM: How do you feel your blog has progressed over the years? JY: My blogging has actually slowed down as of recently. It’s something I’m working on. I also have another blog project in the works so I’ve been more focused on that. I’ve refined my taste as far as imagery and what I put out there in the social media world. I know what works and what people like to see while still retaining my creativity.

Band: Led Zeppelin Graff artist: Sofles Photographer: Akila Berjaoui Model: Luma Grothe Food: 1/4 chicken plate with mashed potatoes and green beans from Peters in Brooklyn. Haha Place in the world: New York Strain of weed: Blue Dream Person: My British boyfriend. lol Bikini: A really cute one piece I got from Mandalynn Swim

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interview x sean reilly images courtesy of blair alley Skateboarding seems to be in the dominant of extreme sports right now in terms of popularity, media coverage, endorsements, and the amount of people doing it across the globe. When it comes to skateboard magazines there are two that definitely hail above all others, Thrasher and Transworld Skateboarding. Thrasher comes from the Bay Area, running the gnar factor of skateboarding, and has been for decades now. Transworld is based out of southern California, definitely in the heart of the skateboard industry, its content is jam packed with whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot in skating, contest insight, and amazing photos following different skate companies travelling the world. Blair Alley is one of those dudes always on the move, shooting skate photos and interviewing the top pros. We were able to catch up with a jet lagged Blair, who had just returned from a skate trip to South Africa, and interrogate a man who is usually doing the interrogating. Enjoy.

Sean Reilly: So let’s start with the basics. What’s your deal? How many years left on Earth do you have? Where wouldn’t you live?

SR: So you DJ, and I understand you also volunteer at a San Diego based skate magazine, think its called Transworld, what exactly do you do there?

Blair Alley: My deal is pretty average if you’re a skater. Years left? It’s not the years in your life. It’s the life in your years. Wouldn’t live anywhere that’s not coastal.

BA: I volunteer my life shooting photos and writing for the mag and creating web content. It’s a good gig.

SR: I heard you a DJ, how long you been doing that? What are your top 5 tracks to spinny spin? What song just bums you out? BA: Been doing it since the Technics 1200 era! Top 5? Rusholme Ruffians, Back in a New York Groove, Everybody Plays The Fool, For Once in My Life, Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men.

BA: Argentina. SR: What is your connection with Natural Koncept’s JZ Radical aka Josh Zickert, describe that madman? BA: Been great friends with him since around 2000 when he lived in SD. A true bestman.

SR: With working for the magazine, you must travel all over the globe; which country seems to be the most skate friendly? And the least?

SR: When you tell your friends “I’m going to New York to kick it with JZ.” Do they ever think your going to see JayZ the rapper?

BA: Most skate friendly: Spain. Least: America.

BA: Yes! But then I have to explain that JZ is actually way tighter than the old irrelevant rapper.

SR: Which country gets the award for best looking women?

SR: JZ is pretty popular in New York as well,

I can remember visiting him and getting introduced to his friends, Susan Sarandon and that actor from Pearl Harbor, Josh Hartnett. You got any crazy celebrity run in stories with Zickert? BA: We used to go to Beatrice a lot in 2008 when I lived there and the day after every time people would say, “Did you see Kate Moss there last night?” Or “Did you see Leonardo in there last night?” But I never noticed them. I love that CMart swooped Hartnett’s chick! SR: On the Transworld Skate site you have a cool show running called “Skate Nerd.” Who came up with the rules for the show? Who writes the questions? And which contestant seemed completely clueless on their skate knowledge? BA: Skin Phillips came up with it. We collab on the questions, I write a lot of them. Who’s blown it? Ronnie Creager, Rob Welsh, there have been a lot of clueless people on, but they say it’s nerve racking, so who knows. SR: I’d like to go on the show vs. Sean Sheffey or Tim O’connor, can you make that happen? BA: Yeah, actually I bet they’d both be down to do one. SR: When you coming out to Hawaii again? It’s been too long! I miss you guys! I gotta swindle some company into flying me out there.

77 SR: Just when you thought it was over: Favorites list: Skate video: Hocus Pocus SD Mexican restaurant: Pokez Strip club: Lucky Devil in Portland Beach in the world: Windan Sea Photographer: Dan Sturt Quote: “I’d rather be shot in the face, fall backwards, and slowly have my head crushed by a steam roller than go to _____.” —Nino Scalia Thing to do for a friend: Send them a postcard or give them a book or photograph them with their loved ones Wes Kremer trick done: His attitude on life might be his best trick PB bar: None of them! Green Flash, R.I.P.

Thing about your job: Freedom to travel and do what I want What is your name? Blair Alley. My mom told me Blair was a popular boys name when I was born. There’s no fucking way that’s true.

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d n a r b interview x rhonda jones photos x lindsay jones

Hawaii has become a hot spot in February, not just because tourists want to escape the winter months, but because art and inspiration dance all over the walls of Honolulu’s Kaka’ako district for what has become an annual street art festival. POW! WOW! is about to welcome it’s 5th year in Hawaii; it’s birthing lil POW! WOW! babes across the globe in countries like Israel, Japan, and soon Germany. We sat down with founder and co-director, Jasper Wong for an instant jolt to our own personal artspiration.

RJ: You said before that you’re most attached to Pow! Wow! Hawaii, and “that it’s taken the most out of you, but it’s also given the most back.” Can you elaborate on that, and some of the developments in the last three years? JW: Sure. So, we’ve been doing Pow! Wow! Hawaii for about five years, heading to six years now. I actually started it in Hong Kong before that. So, total wise it’s like six years, heading to seven. And recently we started expanding globally and nationally. So we’ve done some in Taiwan, we did one in Long Beach, California recently and we’re doing ones in Japan and Taiwan next month. So now we’re doing probably four to five festivals a year, which definitely takes a lot of time and energy. It definitely takes a lot out of you- just going to all these places, and then trying to build these projects in cities that you’re not familiar with. Just like the amount of timing, logistics, or all the little details and all the little pieces that have to be put into play to, sort of, make these things a success. And all the people who you also end up probably pissing off in the process. A lot of people have yelled at me because they don’t like the art that we’re putting on a wall, and [there’s] all these guys that just, pretty much hate on us, like, extensively. That takes a lot out of you as well sometimes, but then you get used to it too. So, there’s that. It definitely takes a lot of my time away from my family as well. I’m so lucky to have like, an understanding wife, to a degreeand then sometimes she is not happy with it. But, it also has given me a lot. I mean, I’ve been in the game for a long time, [I’ve been involved in a lot of] different things, so I knew a lot of artists coming in. But, it’s also introduced me to a lot of other [non-artist] people too, at the same time. There’s other artists or different people who have been involved in Pow! Wow! who I’ve looked up to, coming up. Whether they’re [in] college, or just [working artists], and now they’re all close friends. It’s been amazing to build these relationships and networks on a global scale. We would to fly to all these cities in the world, and

like, know people, and call them family. That’s been amazing, and then they all fly to Hawaii, and all end up staying with us. It’s like this greater movement of family that spans the globe, which is amazing. So that’s huge.

it all began. What city is it going to be in in Japan? And how do you promote within those foreign cities to make sure you have the attendance, the sponsors, to help it keep getting bigger while staying sustainable each time?

Even when [my wife] Annie started opening up her store, and we started reaching out to people, everyone wanted to support. Just being able to be a part of that great industry, and [experience] how everyone is so close to each other, really tight knitthat’s been great too.

JW: Whenever we bring it to [a] new city, it’s always a learning process, there’s always a steep learning curve. We always try to go in, and try our best to work with the local community as much as we can. But at the same time, we only know so much, so a lot of times the first year ones [are] big for us, where we spend a lot of time learning about the city, and who we should be working with, and who should be involved.

RJ: And going back to your expansion, with the recent announcement of Japan and Taiwan, that seems really exciting, going back to Asia where

[The upcoming Pow! Wow! in] Japan is the first one that we’re doing, so we’ll be going through a lot of the process there. But each part is like dependent on having a solid ground team. So in every city that we work in, whether it be Long Beach, whether it be Austin, whether it be anywhere for that matter, we have a group that is there. Japan has a solid team that goes around and promotes it, and makes it happen. One of the toughest parts is even getting legal walls, and that’s something I’ve had to do myself, because, either I had to live up there, or I had to fly there often, or I had to be able to speak the language to

be able to convince owners to even give us walls to paint on. So the team there has to have that ability to do that. We also have to understand how PR marketing is handled in those cities. Maybe Instagram is big in America, but Instagram is not as big in Japan, and it’s nonexistent in China. So, what exists there to sort of promote projects? In Japan, Facebook is still good, so I make sure that I... try to put some effort into maybe not forgetting about Facebook. In America, Facebook is not as useful for event-related things, because everyone is over it, to a degree, so then we use just Instagram. But in Japan and Taiwan, Facebook is still their resource. There’s fewer ... there’s a lot less people using Instagram.

Or there’s different, up and coming apps or different social media that they’re using there, that they don’t use here. One of our friends is creating an app in China, which is going to be their version of Instagram, because they don’t have Instagram or Facebook there. So it’s all just a learning process. Even, who should we partner with out there, and what [are the] kind of relationships that we can build, and also, what brands are looking to promote within those regions. Which brands are [already embodying what Pow! Wow! represents, and] might be [effective in our] target cities? So we try, then, to get them involved in a way where like, “Okay, we’re doing this project there, do you guys want to

be a part of it, to promote whatever you guys are doing?” So it’s all part of trying to balance everything, and then trying to work with your current sponsors, and other sponsors, and different people to try to make it work in those cities, and it’s just a lot of pieces to a larger puzzle. RJ: Is the Europe sector something that you’re probably going to be getting into sometime in the near future? That seems to already have a really good basis for graffiti and the type of artwork that you’re doing. JW: Yeah. In Europe, there’s like a ton of real festivals, or a ton of festivals in general. [There’s] a festival almost every month, or multiple ones in different cities. We do have plants there. We do have teams there that are kind of working on trying to make some stuff happen in the future. We have guys out in Belgium, Germany, Israel ... those are actually the three where we have some guys working, and trying to make something happen. We might even do a little tour thing, [some]where between Israel and Germany, so we’re trying to make all that happen in Europe as well. A lot of times we try to target cities where maybe, you don’t have as much of that going on. I mean, yeah, Germany has a lot out there. So we’re trying to pick these cities where, you know, we’re not stepping on anyone’s feet- so we kind of have to contribute and help out the communities out there.

{ } I think people forget how powerful art can be

RJ: Would you share your take on the importance of giving back to the community- especially because you were born here in Hawai’i. Because I know you’re doing the elements of the school of music, and the school of art, and working with community schools to help some of those youth projects. Just, I guess, could you share your take on the importance of give back, and Pow! Wow!’s role in that? JW: Oh yeah, definitely. I think a big part of it has to do with us trying to give back to our hometown, and a huge part of all these other ones [we’re] having [in] different cities are those ground teams trying to give back to their own cities, and their own hometowns. A lot of them have said that, “These are our gifts to the places that we love.” I think for our schools to see art is really important, because I’m a public school kid myself, in Hawaii, you know? And public schools here in Hawaii are ... they tend to cut a lot of budgets. And when they do that, then they do cut part of music. I know some administrators and different high school [employees] here who tell me that their schools don’t even have art or music programs, at all. It’s been completely removed, entirely. I think they just don’t have the money for it. So, as a way to try to fill that gap, we started our own schools, you know, our own music schools and our own art schools, to hopefully help in that regard. Try to provide these resources to kids that won’t have it. It’s the same [as] when I was in high school. We did have art classes, but beyond that, I didn’t know anything really. I only really started learning more about the industry, about art, as a career, in college - like, when I was living in San Francisco. Otherwise, I would have had no idea. I didn’t even know that art colleges existed until I left Hawaii. So, we try to give back in that way, where we get them interested in our music through genres that they [already] like. For example, we know that the kids who wear certain types of clothes listen to certain types of music, so then the art that they’re more maybe in tune with, might be graffiti. We get them learning about how to paint graffiti first- but

as a way to get them interested, get them intrigued, get them locked in. From there, we can segue that into color theory, to composition, and then introduce them to designers, shoe designers, fashion designers, introduce them to painters. We do the same with the music, where it’s like, get them in, and have them compose a song of their own, and then we play it live at the finale. Maybe we have like ten thousand people show up, and you have to just ... We just throw them into the deep end and see what happens. At the same time, [we] introduce them to other musicians, introduce them to producers, and show them that it’s not just a hobby. People have dedicated their whole lives to this art form, and hopefully we can create more creatives and musicians and artists for the future, in that regard. RJ: So tell us about this new venture that’s happening with Big Bad Wolf and your wife. JW: Big Bad Wolf started as a passion project of my wife’s. She wanted to find something of her own, and at that time our daughter was really young. We would always try to find clothes for her, but then we were always sort of restricted to what you would find in any store in Hawaii, where it’s like... I don’t want a bunch of Hello Kitty stuff or something. We didn’t really want to just dress her in Hello Kitty and Minnie Mouse all the time. I mean, we do. I think she loves it, but then we didn’t want to only have that as an option. And we knew that other parents were in the same boat. We also noticed that a lot of parents ... a lot people our age were all having kids, and they all were kind of having the same issues. So, you know what? It would be a good idea to just take some of all the guys that we know, all the artists we know, and then create some of our own designs. And we just called it Big Bad Wolf, and it worked out. So then she started doing it online where she was really singling one or two designs every month, and working with some of the most amazing artists in the game. Guys from [lots of different artistic backgrounds](editor’s note: just

kind of took a stab at what he was saying here but I think it’s the general gist. Just if you want to check w him or whatever), there’s so many amazing artists involved in Big Bad Wolf. When the opportunity arose to open up her own shop, you have to take it, and see where it goes. So we got this spot, and the build up was very much our own. We had some help with drywall and everything, but everything else we painted ourselves, put in the shelves ourselves, everything was just sort of done on our own. Just like, the two of us sitting around working on it every day, and then having people like Jeffrey Gress come in and do his sign painting stuff. And I went on this mission to find old arcade machines, and [I] paint[ed] this mural behind me. RJ: So it’s like a kid’s store for adults. JW: Yeah, at the end of the day, kids aren’t buying the clothes, the parents are. So you have to be able to appeal to parents, almost more so, to a degree. They have to be able to come into the store, and like, also think it’s cool. And maybe pick up stuff for themselves. NC: Besides alcohol, drugs, food, and sex, what do you think of when it comes to immediate gratification? For me it can be social media JW: Oh yeah, social media definitely gives you instant gratification, for sure. Ours has gone up a bit, like our Instagram has 173 thousand followers, I think? And it has pretty good engagement, like thousands of people will comment, and “like” it right away. Pretty crazy to reach that amount of people, within that short [of an] amount of time. Or in a new city, just the people that immediately come up and thank us, and are inspired by it. I think anyone who can inspire the youth, or who is able to help communities through art is huge. I’ve had people come up to a mural, and smile, and take photos in front of it, and thank us, or thank the artist for doing it. It’s amazing to see art have an effect on people. And both art and music, I feel are the two things that are so core to our being. Like, you don’t even need anything to do them. You were built to do both things as nothing. I mean, you can draw with your fingers, and then you can make music with your mouth, or your hands or legs. It’s so core to who we are as human beings, but I think we forget that.

Time in Tokyo text x yutaka otaki illustration x momi lee

fter meeting my father for the first time in Japan, I am hitch hiking around the country by myself for a few weeks, having an amazing time. The country is beautiful, the food is delicious and everyone is super friendly. I mean, shit! I could barely piss anyone off if I tried. Eventually I head towards Tokyo. On the way there I bought a beautiful pocket knife from this little old man in a shop below an ancient castle. I carelessly tossed it into my pocket, not thinking. If only I had known then what was to come of it! I soon got a ride from a sweet little Japanese girl all the way to Tokyo. The city is insane and in an instant I am swept up in a series of restaurants, bars, busy streets, and flashing neon lights. The city never stops moving and neither do I.

After a night of heavy drinking, insanity, and a good amount of crazy confusion, I awake to find myself comfortably passed out in a giant grassy park. Not one to miss a beat, I proceed to throw myself right back into it all over. Once again I am a mad man released to consume and indulge in all that is Tokyo. Somehow I end up doing a T.V. interview, climbing a pole at the busiest cross walk in the world, eating raw horse sushi, and

practically taking over an eerie little bar with a handful of wild Australians and eccentric French folks. The chaos continues well into the night. Oddly enough, I eventually find myself, beer in hand, deeply lost in my own thoughts, in the heart of a dingy, decrepid, Nigerian ghetto. As Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m rolling a cigarette, the next thing I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m being nicely asked to sit down by some polite police officers. I consent to a

I’m promptly greeted by a friendly meth dealer, an old man who makes fake passports, and the biggest Korean fIghter I have ever seen. search, knowing I have no drugs or paraphanelia of any kind on me.To my amazement, before I realize it, I’m being cuffed and tossed into the back of a patty wagon. I am drunk off my ass, and I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. After a DNA swab followed by 16 hours of intense interrogation in a brightly lit, sterile room, I am utterly confused, and pretty pissed off due to the language barrier. Finally an interpreter is brought in and I am told I’m being sent to jail for carrying that damned, pretty little pocket knife the cops found on me. I’m given a mug shot and thrown into a surprisingly comfortable little cell, where I am finally allowed to drift off into a restless sleep. OH FUCK….things are not looking good for me! I awake to a dead sober morning indeed. A million things are running thru my mind. How long will I be here? Can I call anyone? How’s the food? Is there a death penalty in Japan? Well, it turns out that even the food in jail is delicious here! Later that day I’m hauled away and put into the prison’s general population. I’m promptly greeted by a friendly meth dealer, an old man who makes fake

passports, and the biggest Korean fighter I have ever seen. My new cell mates are overjoyed to meet me, and make me feel like some kind of celebrity. They’re all extremely nice and quite amazed by my tattoos, as well as my being from Hawaii, like all the Japanese I have met seem to be. Every day at random intervals a long line of guards would come stomping and shouting past the cells, oddly similar to a Nazi formation. I quickly learn to scurry like a rat. We had to sit with our legs crossed and our palms facing upwards resting on our knees, attention forward. The guards all yell in unison. After each series of screams we’re expected to yell “Hai!” (Japanese for yes). They march off in unison and continue their Nazi era tirade throughout the prison. To this day I sometimes wonder what exactly they were shouting, and what I was saying yes to... Finally, on the third day some other prisoners and I are chain ganged together and hauled around Tokyo, picking up more prisoners to join the line. All the while, fellow prisoners are pointing out spots of interest to me thru the bars of the patty wagon. Not a bad little tour of Tokyo, I must admit. We

eventually proceed to the court house where the waiting game that is jail continues. Eventually I am told the obvious, that I’m in trouble, and they don’t know how long I’m going to be here. Wow, terrible news… I begin to settle into jail life, trying to make the best of it. Hey, the food is good, the floor is carpeted and soft, and all the other prisoners seem to like me. We get to go into a huge cage outside for an hour every day. There is even a large bath I manage to hit up a couple of times. On the other hand, I’m trying not to think about the fact that my visa would expire in 15 days, or that no one I love knows where I am. According to my cell mates, I could be here for at least three years. This could potentially be my new life... The tenth day finally comes, which feels like a lifetime in jail. I’m once again carted off to the court house. This time, a nice Japanese lady in a large office simply tells me she’s very sorry that I’m in here, that Japan is a super safe country, and I’m not to judge the Japanese too harshly. Just like that, I’M OUT!!!!I’ll never forget my time in Tokyo. All in all, I love Japan and its people, and I can’t wait to return (just not to jail)!

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interview x gui alves images courtesey of andre botha

87 Andre Botha is special. And not short bus “special.” He was a bodyboarding grom who tucked away trophy after trophy winning nearly everything in his age bracket and advancing on to the men’s categories by 15. He loaded up on sponsors and eventually became the youngest male to win the World Championship in bodyboarding...twice. We took a different angle on him and asked about his art which is equally (to us) as awesome, but barely talked about.

TM: You surfed some really heavy waves- lots of them right here in Hawaii- and lived to tell the story. Tons of people consider you to be one of the smoothest while under heavy conditions. Where does that come from? Do you train for it? Is there anything in particular in your life that helps you, or gives you the confidence to deal with waves of consequence?

The Manifold: First, I’d like to know more about how you got into bodyboarding. I know you were the youngest bodyboarding World Champion, but how young did you start surfing? Andre Botha: Um, let me work this out...I must have been about ten. I did junior lifeguarding in the ocean before I began body boarding, that taught me a lot about waves. I actually started surfing first, got an old surfboard at a second hand shop and I did that for a couple months and it was kinda fun, but I didn’t really love it that much, I was struggling to get into it. Then one day, I saw a bodyboard in the supermarket when I was shopping with my mom and I made her buy it for me. Our family didn’t have much money then, and I can remember that I threw a tantrum in the shop so she had no choice but to buy it; my dad wasn’t happy that my mom spent that much on a toy. I pretty much got hooked, I think what pulled me in was the fact that I could go out in bigger waves and get that rush right away with a bodyboard, where as in surfing, it’s a lot more difficult to do that. Basically, with a bodyboard, I remember even when it was pretty big and it was a hard paddle that I could still get through the waves by bailing my board, I could still get out there, with a surfboard you cant do that… you need to have the skill level.

AB: Well, a lot of that comes from the fact that I really love to put myself into those situations. From that point of view, it becomes an obsession with the feeling you get from the whole experience. For someone like me, there’s nothing more that I want than to be out there in a big wave situation. I mean, this is the thing that I have found in my life where I can push my own limits. There is physical preparation you can do, but most of it’s about a mental attitude when it comes to dangerous waves. Obviously putting yourself in those situations as often as you can helps you remain calm. TM: How did you start making art? Is that something that you were always passionate about, or did it blossom later in your life? AB: Well honestly, I was boozed up and I bought a sketchpad and pens while partying one night. I actually filled up the whole book that night.

This was in my early twenties. Ever since then, I realized that I could travel, ride waves and on days off, or the days when there’s no waves, I could rely on art to keep myself busy. From there I did mostly sketchpad because it’s real easy to do while traveling. As time passed, I got more into art and the next step was to paint on canvas. And then, yeah, my paintings were always done in couple month stages, mostly whenever I had the space and materials. Painting isn’t easy to do, it gets messy, you need an environment to paint in and I didn’t always have that- people don’t usually like paint spatters on their guest room floors. My style of art taught me a lot about life and about the universe... I’m sure if you ask anyone who has spent a lot of time creating things purely from their imagination, they will know that you can see the art being guided by the universe, and that the person doing it is just sort of an instrument in that flow. TM: Seems like you traveled quite a bit, surfing and otherwise. How has traveling changed the way you see the world, your art and surfing? AB: Well to be honest, I didn’t really see the world before I started traveling, but in particular, I just didn’t look at it, how can you say... it wasn’t in my consciousness. Can you remember how

you saw the world at fourteen? This is a gnarly question. Umm... well there’s pros and cons to everything, with traveling it obviously allows you to become wiser to the world and everything, so with that there comes a brutal honesty. It’s sometimes easier to be naive to the ways of the world, but I personally wouldn’t want it that way. Traveling and being able to move around and not be settled in one place for too long makes me happy, I’ve dedicated my life to not staying in one place for too long. If I had more resources and a more accepted passport I would be traveling a lot more, trust me. I think for me, the lifestyle of moving around keeps things fresh and interesting and umm, well being in that constant flow of motion, that is what benefits the art. And the same with wave riding, waves and traveling go hand and hand because there’s different seasons for different places and if you are a big wave rider, you know big waves don’t come that often so you want to be in the right place at the right time for when they do come. TM: What do you like to sketch mostly? AB: I’d say mostly it’s faces, I usually sit down and start sketching without really thinking about it and it’s usually faces that appear. TM: Who’s art inspires you right now in the art world? AB: I’m usually more drawn to outcast, outlaw artists, like Joel Coleman and Charles Bukowski type figures. I like art that is more along the lines of extreme, what some people might find slightly disturbing, maybe I was more drawn to the extreme art during my drinking days. I guess I just admire the honesty. These days I am really loving colorful art, and really old art, very old paintings from the 1300’s-1600’s, that stuff is on another level, that art inspires. TM: You did an exhibition a few years back called funny farm? If you were going to do another one, what would you entitle your showing?

AB: Misdiagnosis - haha! To be honest, I haven’t done too much art since the show, but I have a huge project that I want to put out there with images and poetry, using collage art called “Wasteland Generation” TM: How would you describe your art? AB: I don’t know, how would you describe it? Iv’e been asked this before, probably a couple of times and I am never really sure how to answer. Depending on what’s going on in my life the art changes styles, it evolves with me. Regardless, my art is often abstract.

TM: If you were to have dinner with one artist alive or dead who would it be? AB: Trish Waters, my wife, either her or I don’t know maybe the Dalai Lama, that guy seems like he lives out art. TM: What else would you like to let people now about yourself? AB: Right now, I’m pretty chill. I don’t have too much to say- there were times a couple year back when I was a bit, how can you say, a bit angry and more outspoken, but um yeah, life is full of surprises and most of the time things aren’t what they seem.

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tuckman interview x napua camarillo images x jt sagres

Name: Jessie Tuckman Age: 27 Hometown: Newquay Years surfing: 7 Preferred board: Adams - Captain Caveman - 5’10

It’s always inspiring when I find out that people pull a complete 180 and change their lives to chase their dreams. This Brit shifted from a snoozy desk job to become a cold water charger in a 7 year span. Her love for the sport gives us pure stoke and that’s really what it’s all about, no? TM: I read that you were a mortgage broker? That’s quite a shift in career paths. Tell us about that. JT: I grew up inland on the outskirts of Manchester. I didn’t surf or even imagine that i would be doing this now. I got good grades and excelled at math but didn’t want to spend so many years in university as I wanted to work and enjoy freedom from studying and from being supported by my parents. After a short stint in retail I got a job in the contact centre at Freedom Finance, a big UK mortgage and secured loan broker. I basically worked my way up there, did my CeMAP qualifications and enjoyed it. I got jobs in a few different city

centre finance companies over a few year and worked in the city when I first got into surfing. It wasn’t a practical place to be and eventually my love of surfing overtook my career plans and I was ready to ditch it all for the beach. First I saved up a little and went on a three month trip to the Canary Islands, we know it as the “Hawaii of Europe” due it its variety of reefs and the exposure to winter swells. It was a great experience and really helped me to start developing my surfing a little more. The I went straight to Newquay, Cornwall on my return to the UK. I had no job to go to, only £150 to my name and started this whole new adventure for me.

TM: When it comes to surfing, these last few years have been an intense learning experience I’m sure. Tell us some of the things you’ve learned. JT: I’ve probably picked up the most useful practical skills through surf competitions. I competed in running and horse riding when I was younger and found it made me focus on my goals. So I’ve brought that over to surfing. I’m nowhere near the end level I plan to be, but I’ve met so many good surfers, had great advice and been able to push myself more. The pressure in a heat can make you go for waves you wouldn’t normally go for, so I try to take that into my freesurfing, upping my wave count. Apart from the skill side of things I’ve gained spiritually from being in the sea all the time. Waiting for the right wave gives me patience and this comes back with me out of the water. When I’m in the sea and if I’m lucky enough to be alone it is like being at one with nature. TM: Who’s style do you aspire towards? JT: Sally Fitzgibbons. I love her style in the water, as she always has so much energy. It’s practically bursting out of her every move. Not only that but she lives a clean lifestyle and is a good role model to the youth. I also abstain from alcohol and try to live healthy. I think we have similar values. I’m gonna have to do a lot of work to get close to her talent. TM: What major goals do you have? JT: The trophies I’d like to see in my cabinet are the British and English titles, and a tour win. I think a few years of really putting my mind to it and I’ll be able to get there. Competi-

tively I am focusing on British. Outside of competition though I like to seek adventure on waves overseas. Hawaii, Maldives and some colder places like Norway, Iceland and Canada are all on my list. TM: Tell us about surfing in the UK and have you surfed anywhere else? Is is rocky bottom or sandy? Where’s your favorite break and why? JT: There is a mixture of waves here in the UK. Most of the spots in Cornwall are beach break and it depends on timing as to how good

it is. This time of year is great as the sand is able to settle over the summer and the swells hit from September. It gets very stormy from December to March which strips a lot of sand away but it is still rideable if you have a good wetsuit (which I’m lucky enough to have from my sponsor Snugg Wetsuits). We ended up with holes in the road and our beachside facilities got battered the last 2 years. Ireland and Scotland are rugged terrain and mostly reef. You can see a famous Irish spot in the Billabong XXL awards as Mullamore has been in a few entries. It’s a big heavy barrel.

Apart from the UK I go quite a lot to Morocco and the Canary Islands. They are both very wild and have selections of reefs and points making for more powerful waves than the UK beachies. They are cheap to get to from the UK so they are accessible. I went to Portugal earlier this year as I felt I needed to test out some other close by waters. I was impressed there too with its selection of hollow, faster waves whilst a short journey up the coast gave quite easy beachbreaks with shorebreak barrels. I need to spend some more time in Portugal to really suss it out. I have travelled around other parts of the world such as the far east, northern Europe and Israel and I heard there is some pretty good surf in the Middle East so I’d like to try there too when the risk of danger is lower.

{ } I think that female surfers get judged so much more

TM: You mentioned that you are on the European tour tell us about what that’s been like so far. JT: It’s the European Surfing Championships so its a one spot contest, at Casablanca, Morocco. I’m the England team manager rather than competing at this one. The biggest problem

we’ve had is actually logistics. The airlines have lost our boards, charged us twice and I’m writing this as I’m on a plane home and we’ve been split onto all different flights. I’m convinced that Europe’s airlines are not surfer friendly! The contest has been run between 4-8ft on a shifting beach break. So the conditions have been tricky. The paddle outs have been tough and with some team members surfing 3 heats in a day the days have been long but totally worth it. I’ve been lucky enough to get some time between supporting the competitors to get my own surf too which is great. It’s 25 degrees C in the water here but only about 16 at home so back into a full wetsuit there. The British National Surfing Championships is on next week so I need to get straight back into training for that. TM: Hawaii has had record breaking highs this year and quite a rainy summer with a few hurricanes looming. Do you feel a weather shift at all in your neck of the woods and if so has it effected the surf? JT:Yes definitly. Our summer has actually been pretty good. We normally have 10 day-2week flat periods in the summer and there has been more consistent swell. Also the winter storms have been very harsh, like I said before there has been destruction around the coastline on the roads and the buildings. I think this is the shift in weather patterns. TM: This theme for this issue is “immediate gratification”...besides surfing, sex, booze, drugs, and food what immediately gratifies you? (Yes, I know I took away all the good ones!! haha)

93 JT: Apart from the above, excersize. I love boxing in the gym. I don’t fight as I’ve broken my nose now three times and want to try and avoid more but the training is great. A lot of the moves are useful to surfing as they work similar muscle groups and can be so intense. A good bag session definitly releases the endorphines. TM: What are you thoughts about being a female surfer in today’s male-driven world? JT: I think that female surfers get judged so much more for what we do than the men. If you are seen to put up a bikini photo on social media or in a magazine then some people can label you a poser. For example, Alana Blanchard gets so much internet trolling about it but to be quite honest, female surfers do spend a lot of time in a bikini on the beach. And as long as the girls rip in the surf I think it’s fine. Here our prize money’s are lower but also the tour sometimes has to miss out the womens category at some events as their is a lack of keen sponsors. The UK tour has almost double the amount of female competitors this year compared to the first year I entered in 2012 so I think it is growing and can only get better though. I like there to be a mix of male and female surfers in the water. When the surf is big on my local beach I can paddle out and be the only girl out there sometimes. A lot of the rippers locally do go abroad for the winter for the warmer climates. But I tend to stick around as the surf gets good, there are bigger swells and the lineup is not busy.

FADE INTO YOU photography x zephyr image modeled x cherokee star luker

photography x ilka & franz

Gimme Gimme I’m addicted... to food. Sometimes I don’t even chew, I just swallow. I let that food chunk up in my belly and sit like a loaf, the reminence on my face like a proud mark of victory. And I don’t care what you think. Cause it’s instantaneous for me. As soon as it greets my tastebuds gimme that next bite. I’m power shoveling it in like it’s my last meal. Gimme, gimme.

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zone text and images x jonathan “skillet” broussard

K so let me try to just paint a picture of this place. Been coming here pretty regularly since 2008 in the last four years or so probably about 20 times. In that time I’ve seen things that most people just won’t see going to Beijing for a week to see the Great Wall, which I’ve never seen. I spend most of my time down south now, where things are little different and colors not being so “red”. Dongguan province which contains massive city’s like Guangzhou (where I’m at), Shenzhen, Huizhou and borders Hong Kong and Macau. Maybe about 60 million people together in a relatively small area.

103 Skating

Growing up in Hawaii I was kind of a wonderer. I’ve had a lot of friends but I constantly found myself alone wandering the island with my skateboard. Many times not waiting for anybody. Coming here has given me the chance to kind of return to those roots and be a skate Gypsy. Things are relatively cheap and skating in most places not a problem compared to the U.S. where security and police are pretty fierce. It’s pretty chill and that’s what I like about it. There’s rarely any violent crimes, burglary, gunman all that stuff that is just ripping our country apart. I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times about all these perfect spots, perfect ledges, perfect ground, but let’s face it that shit aint perfect but pretty close. You could kind of break it up into two differential terrains, the old shit and the new shit. Of course when the pros come to town they just go directly to all the best spots then the hotel or sauna after. You got to wander to find stuff that is unique and meet people that could potentially change your life. My mission is to share aloha and use skateboarding as a driving force into bridging communities and conversations. I love Hawaii, but we can easily retire and surf there til we die but street skating is a time sensitive matter.

World perception

Spending so much time here I can’t ignore the fact that the West’s point of view of this place is a little bit skewed. I mean all those accusations by our government, crazy videos of dudes getting creamed by trucks, news stories about explosions, that stuff is so real and happening. But I don’t think it’s cool to stereotype a people and to offend a culture that’s been viable for thousands of years. You really have to spend some time here with the people and you will realize maybe a part of you has been missing this whole time. In China the main priority is family. We can learn so much about this and put ours back together. I don’t just wander around aimlessly with my skateboard hanging out with the kids. I feel a responsibility to try to open the conversation about these issues and explain a lot of what they see from us and our gigantic media and entertainment industry. A lot of these kids are growing up thinking about moving to the West and living that life they see, when the reality is it’s all happening here bigger, better and grounded in some sort of traditions. There are major struggles here everyday but with that comes great opportunity for personal/spiritual growth.

FU C K E D U P poem x manny aloha piritu illustration x crist es

Sleeping sitt ing up Early mornin g corrupt Tired words abrupt

105 the manifold magazine

art. music. fashion. profiles.

a magazine for the independent age

wil d i s t h e wind photos x cece & caleb torres modeled x ethan gonzalez

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In The Sack

Kickin it in the sack

You think you're special.

You think you're the mac. Meanwhile, so many others have been in that track So hold your excitement or you'll come off wack.

text x manny aloha

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last word Jamie Browne is an Aussie born artist currently residing in SoCal and stackin’ up imagery for Volcom. His witty illustrations are often seen on t-shirts and his creativity is usually coupled with cocktails or so it would seem, being that his vacay-inspired drawings are smothered in booze and the beach. His shit’s rad. We caught up with him while he was road trippin’ around Ah-merukah. Check out his shit at JamieBrowneart.com or @JamieBrowneArt on instagram.

Album: Amanaz - Africa Meal: A top notch Japanese dinner Movie: The Big Lebowski Beverage: Ice cold Beer Call: Last call? See below Drug: Rum Book: Captain Good Vibes: My Life as a Pork Chop. Art of Tony Edwards Sunset: At the Shipwreck Hut beach bar on Rarotonga, Cook Islands Blow Job: Sure!

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