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Here and Now | Machinist Hands

2012-01-24T18:37:00.000-08:00

Here and Now | Hurt Feelings Report

2012-01-24T18:31:00.000-08:00

Here and Now | Race Course

2012-01-19T19:09:00.000-08:00

Material for the Moment | Constructing Excellence

2012-01-18T23:05:00.000-08:00

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility." -Saint Augustine

Here and Now | Convey and Convert

2012-01-17T22:22:00.000-08:00

Here and Now | Run of the Mill

2012-01-16T23:10:00.000-08:00

Right Brain | The Stack is Growing.....

2012-01-12T18:34:00.000-08:00

www.rainmchn.blogspot.com / www.facebook.com/rainmchn

Here and Now | Another Day Dawns

2012-01-11T09:03:00.000-08:00

"Let Om be the bow, mind the arrow, and Higher Consciousness the target. Those who want enlightenment should reflect on the sound and meaning of Om. When the arrow is released from the bow it goes straight to the target." - Dhyana Bindu Upanishad

Here and Now | Lunch Break

2012-01-04T21:32:00.000-08:00

Milling about, literally.

Right Brain | Cruiser Boards, First Batch in Progress!

2012-01-01T11:38:00.000-08:00

Rain Mchn is now in the inception phase. Follow our blog and look forward to great things throughout the new year! www.rainmchn.blogspot.com

Material for the Moment | Traccion a Sangre

2011-12-30T13:52:00.000-08:00

Tom Penny. El mejor.

Freak Out! Friday | HaVai Happy New Year!

2011-12-30T10:41:00.000-08:00

Frank Zappa - Stevie's Spanking (Live in Italy, 1982)

After a unique audition, Steve Vai spent the next two years along side Frank collectively broadening the minds of the musical world.

Right Brain | RAIN MCHN

2011-12-29T19:04:00.000-08:00

New project in the works. Coming 2012... www.rainmchn.blogspot.com

Material for the Moment | My First Video Part

2011-12-26T11:23:00.000-08:00

Someone converted this bad boy from VHS. 10 year old part right there, haha. Trickwood One

Material for the Moment | Vessels in Motion

2011-12-24T11:07:00.000-08:00

"The course of Time is very much like the course of a Ship. Here's the ship, it leaves a wake, the wake fades out and that tells us where the ship has been. In just the same way that our past tells us what we have done. But as we go back into the past, and we go back and back, to prehistory and we use all kinds of instruments & scientific methods for detecting what happened. We eventually reach a point where all record of the past fades away in just the same way as the wake of a ship. Now the important thing to remember in this illustration is that the wake doesn't drive the ship. Anymore than the tail wag's the dog! " -Alan Watts

Here and Now | Alive and Well

2011-12-17T22:14:00.000-08:00

A negative is just a positive in disguise, a mere catalyst for change and progression.

Material for the Moment | Gov't Mule

2011-12-11T03:15:00.000-08:00

Here and Now | I Couldn't Resist...

2011-12-10T11:23:00.001-08:00

Here and Now | To Being Healthy

2011-12-09T21:16:00.000-08:00

Happy, healthy and skateboarding after an ankle dislocation a year ago today. Enjoy every moment, you never know when it'll be swept away.

Freak Out! Friday | St. Etienne

2011-12-09T09:03:00.000-08:00

Frank Zappa - St. Etienne (Saint-Étienne France 1982)

“Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.” -FZ

Here and Now | Floating X-Mas Tree

2011-12-05T00:25:00.000-08:00

A real Christmas tree suspended from the ceiling with a glass water reservoir/ornament. My Pops is a genius...

Material for the Moment | RIP Peter Starrs

2011-12-03T17:45:00.000-08:00

To a life lived with passion! We will all miss you very much.

Here and Now | Splenectomy

2011-11-29T23:51:00.000-08:00

Twelve year old Brew is a lifer. Back on all fours after the removal of a ruptured thirteen pound spleen!

Material for the Moment | Burn Bright

2011-11-28T11:23:00.000-08:00

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” -Anne Lamott

Material for the Moment | Videobomb

2011-11-26T08:08:00.000-08:00

Not sure how this went undetected haha... Nice one Sully!

Material for the Moment | TWS Top 5 Jams

2011-11-25T20:14:00.000-08:00

www.skateboarding.transworld.net

Material for the Moment | Meditations Excerpt

2011-11-21T00:17:00.000-08:00

9.13: Today I escaped from all bothering circumstances - or rather I threw them out. They were nothing external, but inside me, just my own judgements.

9.32: You can strip away many unnecessary troubles which lie wholly in your own judgement. And you will immediately make large and wide room for yourself by grasping the whole universe in your thoughts, contemplating the eternity of time, and reflecting on the rapid change of each thing in every part - how brief the gap from birth to dissolution, how vast the gulf of time before your birth, and an equal infinity after your dissolution.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Page 86-87, 90

Material for the Moment | Physical Therapy

2011-11-12T16:04:00.000-08:00

After a serious ankle injury and nearly a year-long recovery, Theeve Trucks celebrates my recent return to skateboarding.

Here and Now | Pool Rats

2011-11-10T21:53:00.000-08:00

Material for the Moment | Walker Ryan Skate Jam

2011-11-07T20:32:00.000-08:00

www.atlasskateboarding.com

Here and Now | Bay Bridge

2011-11-06T22:49:00.000-08:00

Here and Now | SF Earthlines

2011-11-02T22:06:00.001-07:00

Material for the Moment | Walker Ryan Graduation

2011-11-01T01:14:00.000-07:00

www.organikaskateboards.com

Here and Now | Will, Rich, Joe & Bob

2011-10-31T20:11:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Community

2011-10-31T20:03:00.000-07:00

All different but all help each other get the fruit from the tree.

Here and Now | SFO

2011-10-29T20:04:00.000-07:00

Proper display at the airport.

Here and Now | Seattle to SF

2011-10-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

Freak Out! Friday | Black Napkins

2011-10-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa - Black Napkins (Live at the Palladium, NYC 1981 - MTV Halloween Show)

Material for the Moment | The Light

2011-10-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

Another fellow Piscean.

Material for the Moment | Walker Ryan 11-1-11 Trailer

2011-10-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

I can't wait to celebrate my good friend's huge step forward in skateboarding! SF here I come... Pro release party hosted by Organika

Here and Now | A Question of Balance

2011-10-19T17:33:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | The Porch Life

2011-10-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Turf's Up

2011-10-15T23:37:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Kirkland the Beautiful

2011-10-14T22:01:00.000-07:00

Freak Out! Friday | The Petite Wazoo Tour

2011-10-14T13:04:00.000-07:00

I'm extremely thankful Frank had the time to master these gems before his death. The time between the tour and the release on a cd is basically my life from birth until now. The title track is guaranteed to fascinate the senses of any Oddients, Enjoy! Imaginary Diseases (Waterbury, CT 1972)

Material for the Moment | Inner Space Wildness

2011-10-14T00:54:00.000-07:00

www.sk8rats.com

Material for the Moment | A Long Way from OM

2011-10-09T18:16:00.000-07:00

"Some times my life it seems like fiction
Some of the days it's really quite serene
I'm a living proof of all life's contradictions
One half's going where the other half's just been"
-George Harrison

I'm constantly floating between two separate worlds. One which I am truly seeking and the other which I am inexplicably tethered to. The mind of a pisces could boggle the mind of any man...

Freak Out! Friday | G-Spot Tornado

2011-10-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa & Ensemble Modern - G-Spot Tornado (Live at Alte Oper, Frankfurt 1992)

The Ensemble Modern achieving the unachievable. This composition was never intended for human replication. Man > Machine.

Freak Out! Friday | Filthy Habits

2011-09-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa - Filthy Habits (1979)

Need another vice in your life? Here's one more filthy habit to adhere to... Unlike most, this is best consumed behind the wheel, but that's just me. As for the video, consider this a treat to all my stoner followers. I'm sure it coincides nicely.

Material for the Moment | Like a Flower Through Tarmac

2011-09-29T12:50:00.000-07:00

We all are on a pathway towards finding our way back home, prevailing beyond the mind into the primordial vibration of our soul.

"Be it sight, sound, smell, or touch,
There's something inside, that we need so much.
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an oak, with roots, deep in the ground.
The wonder of flowers, to be covered, and then to burst up,
Through tarmac, to the sun again, or to fly to the sun,
Without burning a wing, to lie in a meadow,
And hear the grass sing. To have all these things,
In our memories hoard, and to use them,
To help us, to find the lost chord..." -Graeme Edge

Here and Now | Certified Organik

2011-09-28T21:52:00.000-07:00

Just a little pick me up...

Here and Now | D.I.Y.

2011-09-28T21:48:00.000-07:00

The beginning of an ambitious afternoon.

Material for the Moment | Goods Seattle

2011-09-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

www.needgoods.com

Here and Now | Essentials of Street

2011-09-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

Another incredible find

Here and Now | One Man's Trash...

2011-09-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

...Is another man's treasure. Value Village find of the day. Only $1.00

Right Brain | Ten Clips with Brock Lein

2011-09-25T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Good as New

2011-09-24T17:54:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Fine Tuning

2011-09-24T16:05:00.000-07:00

I'm extremely lucky to have a mechanic for a father...

Here and Now | PT

2011-09-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Material for the Moment | Track 4, Repeat

2011-09-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

Adapt or die.

Here and Now | Early Bird

2011-09-21T07:04:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | 1987

2011-09-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Twenty-four and there's so much more...

Here and Now | HD Stimulation

2011-09-19T21:52:00.000-07:00

Filming HD looked pretty tough; I had to experience it for myself.

Material for the Moment | Heavy Medicine

2011-09-19T12:28:00.000-07:00

Days of Future Passed | Phild-O-Vision

2011-09-18T10:34:00.000-07:00

Seattle, WA - circa March 2006

Freak Out! Friday | CNN Crossfire '86

2011-09-16T21:56:00.000-07:00

Words, words, words... I had nearly the exact same conversation this past Wednesday. I could write a couple paragraphs on the idea of words, but I think Frank and I are on the same page. Watch this classic recording for a chuckle at humanity.

Here and Now | FR NTIER

2011-09-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

My first vehicle in a year and a half. Ferny paid his final respects.

Material for the Moment | "It Will Set You Free"

2011-09-14T01:55:00.000-07:00

Yin to my Yang. Roger still reigns superior ;)

Material for the Moment | The Divine Plan Made Manifest Again

2011-09-11T12:13:00.000-07:00

It has been such a humbling point in my life. It's impossible to paint an accurate representation with words, you merely have to see the original for yourself. Life is beautiful, that's about all I can say.

Here and Now | MJ

2011-09-09T23:53:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Aaron Meza & Brock Lein

2011-09-09T10:05:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Marc Johnson & Guy Mariano

2011-09-09T10:03:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Joe Brook

2011-09-09T02:45:00.000-07:00

Material for the Moment | Explosions in the Sky

2011-09-08T09:35:00.000-07:00

Last night the coincidences of the world landed me at a live showing of this brilliant instrumental band out of Texas.

Right Brain | Skateboard Inscent Burner

2011-09-07T18:01:00.000-07:00

First of many prototypes to come in my small effort towards repurposing skateboards that end up broken, forgot about and tossed in a land fill. If you want to donate your broken or old skateboards for a new life in some shape or form, contact me or leave a comment!

Here and Now | Team Budsville U.S.A.

2011-09-03T21:57:00.001-07:00

www.allcityshowdown.com

Freak Out! Friday | Sleep Dirt

2011-09-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt (Soundcheck 1988)

Here and Now | Tan Lines for Days

2011-09-02T21:37:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Summer BBQ #97

2011-08-29T22:54:00.000-07:00

Here and Now | Anonymous Quotation

2011-08-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

Days of Future Passed | Panamanik Vol. 7

2011-08-28T13:50:00.000-07:00

Pacific Coast, Panama - circa January 2006

Material for the Moment | Thrasher 5 Sequences

2011-08-26T13:04:00.001-07:00

Click here to view all five.

Freak Out! Friday | L. Shankar, Giver of Musical Bliss

2011-08-26T00:47:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa - Thirteen (Live at the Palladium, NYC 1978)

First there was George and Ravi, then there was Frank and Lakshminarayanan. Pure synergism...

Material for the Moment | The Resonance of Life

2011-08-26T00:05:00.000-07:00

Our world is resonating and so are we. We all have the ability to harness frequencies, creating a healthier self and spreading it to every living thing around us. A man is but a product of his thoughts. ॐ

Right Brain | Farewell Whodies

2011-08-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

Kirkland wont be the same without you...

Material for the Moment | Jordan Sanchez x Sk8rat

2011-08-23T08:16:00.000-07:00

www.sk8rats.com

Days of Future Passed | Panamanik Vol. 6

2011-08-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

Panama City, Panama - circa January 2006

Here and Now | Bus Stop Wanderer

2011-08-21T14:32:00.000-07:00

P R O P E A C E

Freak Out! Friday | I'm the Slime

2011-08-19T07:32:00.000-07:00

Frank Zappa - I'm the Slime (1973)

"Heaven would be a place where bullshit existed only on television. (Hallelujah! we's halfway there!)" -FZ

Right Brain | Handcrafted Cruiser

2011-08-18T23:27:00.000-07:00

Why toss out an old board when you can give it a whole new life? This idea may turn into something larger, but until then my cruising continues...

Right Brain | Brock Lein NxNW

2011-08-18T20:07:00.000-07:00

Material for the Moment | Honest Abe

2011-08-15T17:56:00.000-07:00

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." -Abraham Lincoln

Days of Future Passed | Panamanik Vol. 5

2011-08-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

Panama City, Panama - circa January 2006

Freak Out! Friday | American Apathy

2011-08-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

The degeneration of the American people has tripled in the time between this interview and today. Technology is positive in so many ways, but only when the balance of reality and personal human growth go along with it. Exercise your mind on a daily basis. Your brain is the greatest computer you'll ever own, use it!

Right Brain | Brock Lein NxNW 8/17/11

2011-08-12T23:31:00.000-07:00

Material for the Moment | The Guide to Greatness

2011-08-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances."
-Atisha

Days of Future Passed | Panamanik Vol. 4

2011-08-07T12:37:00.001-07:00

Panama City, Panama - circa January 2006

Freak Out! Friday | Passion is the Purpose

2011-08-05T13:43:00.000-07:00

A passionate soul works for no man.

"Never stop until your good becomes better, and your better becomes the best." -FZ

Material for the Moment | Prefiero Ser un Cisne

2011-08-02T07:55:00.000-07:00

Days of Future Passed | Panamanik Vol. 3

2011-07-31T00:39:00.000-07:00

Panama City, Panama - circa January 2006