BARRY MCGEE Barry McGee (born 1966 in San Francisco) is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others. I grew up seeing Twist’s iconic characters (i.e. the screw and the long…
The last month has been an absolute whirlwind, but in the most extraordinary ways possible. I figured I’d at least try to post a few snippets of the going-ons in my life, if for no one else but to see but my mom. (Hi Mom!) For those who don’t know, Pirelli just wrapped up its…
Drifting is very much a ‘community’ style of motorsport. The glossy upper levels of drifting; D1GP, Formula Drift are big but we forget that the grassroots level is what keeps these big top echelons running. Recently my buddy Jaron Olivecrona has taken his first step from grassroots into the bigger, more competitive arena of drifting.…
Thanksgiving For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. –Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Give. Thanks. ALWAYS. I tend to attract wild animals (ha!). He showed up Thanksgiving Day in my fruitful yard (again ha!). Got the…
So I’ve been MIA for about a month due to a “work” trip to Korea. This year, I made sure to bring my camera. I visited the Namsan Tower in Seoul, which also has a restaurant atop with a view awesome enough to rival the food.Although the Seoul Fashion Week registration committee did not honor…
4WD trials has evolved in the last few years to not just be done in a strengthened Hilux with a welded diff crawling through bog holes of mud. Now the sport has bucket loads more horsepower, drivers and co-drivers with balls of steel, and some very serious looking trucks! With different classes of truck, the…
The Universe be funny. Sometimes it’s best to just let it do its thing. Last weekend I had no plans whatsoever to go to The Green show. Apparently the Universe did not agree. And though it was last minute, with tix given to us on the day of…just hours before, why fight the powers that…
This Friday after Thanksgiving is our Black Friday Sale, happening at our Illest retail stores in LA and SF. Stores will be open at noon. On the following Monday, November 26th, we will have our Cyber Monday sale which includes our well known 3 for $20 Tee-Baggin’ Sale. Sale starts at 10 AM PST on…