Contrast Magazine

“Not only will a full moon light up the festive evening, but a so-called blue moon will help ring in 2010 for revelers in the Western hemisphere.” link
so take a break from your champagne and noisemakers to look up at the night sky.
(or eat dudu & dance yo assov…)

I always hear people asking for new music suggestions or new bands to look out for, well in-steps OJ to satisfy the demand. OJ (aka Obese Jesus) is one of Hawaii’s best battle rappers, a talented producer, a closet hipster and very much not a graphic designer. Here’s his collection of the best 100 tracks of the year, with a link to download them all in one package. Thanks OJ!

1.The Flaming Lips- Watching the Planets
2.Hudson Mohawke- Fuse
3.David Guetta ft. Kid Cudi- Memories
4.Miike Snow- Animal
5.Lil Wayne- Drop the World ft. Eminem
6.Themselves and Why?- Canada
7.The Police- Message in a Bottle (Fresh Direct Remix)
8. Man Man- Top Drawer
9.The Temper Trap- Love Lost
10. Clipse- Popular Demand (feat. Killa Cam)
11.Miike Snow- Black and Blue (Caspa Remix)
12.Let’s Wrestle- You are the Gimp, I am the Motherfucker
13.Sleigh Bells- AB Machines
14.Chromeo- Night by Night
15.Cadenza- Disrupt the Whole Scene
16.The XX- Crystalized
17.Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band- Brothers Blood
18.Dizzee Rascal- Bonkers
19.Fink- Walking on the Sun
20.Weezer- (If You’re Wondering If I Want You to) I Want You to
21.Franz Ferdinand- No You girls
22.Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll
23.The Mars Volta- Since We’ve Been Wrong
24.Emalkay- When I Look At You
25.Dorrough- Ice Cream Paint Job
26.Ian Brown- Stellify
27.BBU- Chi Don’t Dance
28.Portugal The Man- People Say
29.UGK- Harry Asshole (feat. Lil Boosie & Webbie)
30.Matt and Kim- Daylight
31.Dorrough- Wired to the T
32.The Flaming Lips- Worm Mountain
33.Ace Hood- Get Money (feat. Rick Ross)
34.Pony Pony Run Run- Hey You
35.The Dead Weather- Hang You From the Heavens
36.Kid Sister- Right Hand Hi
37.The Game- Bang Along
38.Just Jack- Embers
39.Street Sweeper Social Club- The Oath
40.Lil Wayne- I’m a Go Getta
41.Hudson Mohawke- No One Could Ever
42.Crookers, Soulwax, Mixhell- We Love Animals
43.The Slew- It’s All Over
44.Method Man and Redman- City Lights (feat. Bun B)
45.Band of Skulls- Death By Diamonds and Pearls
46.Steve Aoki ft. Zuper Blahq- I’m in the House
47.Themselves- Roman is as Roman Does
48.Rick Ross- Hustlin (The Disco Villains fresco remix)
49.Heartless Bastards- Runnin
50.LexiconDon- Heart Attack (Clockwork remix)
51.Nighty Max- Treehouse
52.Jahdan Blakkamoore- She Said (feat. 77klash)
53.Michna- Triple Chrome Dipped
54.Au Revoir Simone- Only You Can Make You Happy
55.Animal Collective- Summertime Clothes
56.Sleigh Bells- Crown on the Ground
57.E-40- On Oil
58.Just Jack- Basement
59.Lil Wayne- Run This Town
60.Elliott Brood- Write it All Down for You
61.Hudson Mohawke- Rising 5
62.Mike Posner- Drug Dealer Girl
63.Jay-Z- D.O.A.
64.Scanners- Salvation (Don Diablo dub)
65.Three 6 Mafia ft. Tiesto, Sean Kingston, Flo-rida- Feel It
66.Throw Me the Statue- Hi-Fi Goon
67.Jim Jones- Pop Champagne (feat. Ron Browz & Juelz Santana)
68.The Black Crowes- I Ain’t Hiding
69.SMKA- Caddys (feat. Gripplyaz, Young Trimm & A. Leon Craft)
70.Say Hi- Toil and Trouble
71.Amanda Blank- Might Like You Better (Rusko remix)
72.Yelawolf- **** You
73.Nico Vega- Million Years
74.Travis Porter- Turnt Up (feat. Roscoe Dash & YT)
75.Swimming in Speakers- Icarus
76.Wale- Chillin (feat. Lady Gaga)
77.The Heavy- How You Like Me Now
78.Sean Price- Figure Four
79.Gs Boys- Stanky Leg remix
80.The Builders and the Butchers- Raise Up Your Weary Hands
81.Blue Foundation- Eyes on Fire (Zeds Dead remix)
82.Joker and Ginz- Purple City
83.Lil Wayne- Spit (feat. Kevin Rudolph)
84.Them Crooked Vultures- New Fang
85.Chasing Shadows- It Was Written
86.Blakroc- Telling Me Things (feat. RZA)
87.Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears- I’m Broke
88.Oh Shit! feat. Messinian- Tha Illest (Night Drugs Serious Remix)
89. Red Cafe- Hottest in the Hood (remix) (feat. Jadakiss, Rick Ross, Fabolous, OJ Da Juiceman & Diddy)
90.Chico Sonido- Antes Que Nadie
91.Kid Cudi- Up, Up and Away
92.Shwayze- Get You Home
93.Killa Kella- Everyday (Jakwob remix)
94.Russian Circles- Malko
95.Mark Pritchard and Om’mas Keith- Wind it Up
96.Example- Watch the Sun Come Up (Joker and Ginz remix)
97.Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
98.Themselves- Know That to Know This (feat. Aesop Rock)
99.Doctor P- Sweet Shop
100.Dizzee Rascal- Bad Behaviour

LINK (click here): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MWOOU6J3

Happy Twenty-Ten!

The Goons of Doom came to Hawaii to embark on their volcanic rock tour of Oahu.  Contrast caught up with the Goons at their 1st stop the Volcom Store in Waikiki.  Ozzie was there, Bruce was there, even Barney was there! Check out the video from Sweepingpetals on Contrast Tv click (here)Photos: Kate Adams full gallery (here)

Bob Marley Photo: Bielmann
Just checked out Brian Bielmann’s updated website. Amazing photography! Don’t sleep check it out!  He has years of editorial, ad shots, personal work and covers galore on there! Brian even shot the cover for our North Shore issue at Waimea shorebreak. Epic!

This time POGO uses all samples from Pixars UP to create “Upular”, I love the dancehall-ish breakdown.

Apparently he’s getting paid by Disney to do these now (Pixar ads at the end). Dope!

There are stories hidden in every photograph and Lomography has teamed up with Contrast Magazine, a Hawaii based lifestyle magazine, to let you tell those stories. For the next month, we want to see your best two photos that really tell a story when put together. Show us how your best friend turned into a pumpkin, how you got from Paris to Guam, or how to bake a pie. We are looking to you, to become the modern day Shakespeare of photography!

The 3 winners will be published in the next issue of Contrast Magazine with the Grand Prize winner taking home a Diana Mini camera as well!

Winning images will need to be in high-resolution for the issue, so please have a hi-res scan available.

Details:

Film/Camera Type: Any analogue camera photo not digitally manipulated/enhanced.
2 picture upload limit,at least 1800px in either width or height
By submitting to this competition, you are allowing Contrast Magazine to reprint your photos in their magazine with only a photo credit to you, and you grant both Lomography and Contrast Magazine the rights to use your photo for any and all promotions associated with this project.
You can only upload two photos, so pick wisely!

Enter and submit your photos: www.lomography.com/contrast/

Deadline is December 30th. 7 Days left!

Birthday Girl! SuperCW
Jump Offs
Anton Glamb
Grlfrnds
Raging
Deadbeats
Girls
What Party! Only the raging-est party in a long,long time.

Christa (aka SuperCW) is a big time supporter of the arts, music and culture scene here in Honolulu. Whether it’s by covering events through her notorious blog (www.supercw.com) or by helping to sponsor the events through her position with Better Brands Liquor Distribution (thanks for the support in our events Christa). Christa is originally from the Northwest, but moved here and absolutely loves Hawaii. Which we all can appreciate. So tonight, let’s celebrate Christa’s 23rd Birthday with The Party at Fresh Cafe!!

If you’ve been to any of our parties, then you have seen all these acts. From Eskae at our launch party to The JumpOffs at our second issue party to Deadbeats/Girlfriends at our Downtown issue party.

Contrast Family Nicky Savage and his Fiero Crew (LA) will be doing a closing set as well!!

$5 cover and $10 open bar. What? Yes. Open bar.

Fresh Cafe
831 Queen Street (two blocks Ewa of Ward Ave)
Honolulu, HI

Shit. So I had this idea for a blog post awhile back, but didn’t get around to it, then I’m lurking over at The SkateNazi and see he already did it for skate spots! Damn! Hows that one of Chad from APB! Classic. Anyway, when Google maps launched a Hawaii street view option, I started searching out my favorite surf spots that are within street view. There isn’t much out there, but I found these gems. Good on ya SkateNazi!

This one’s the best. Must have been a nice southy when they were shooting, cause Half-Point at Sandys is firing!! Splitting the peak.

Roaming around to the North Shore, it looks like Kammies was getting some nice wedges too! Light wind peaks.

You can kinda see a little wave at inside Chuns.

No surf shot in this one, but hows this meeeean lifted Chevy? Hanapa’a in Mokuleia.

Some glassy lefts on the Westsiiide. Nevermind the chronics.

Empty, lonely, A-Frame over at Tracks. Thanks GOOGLE!

We put our Photog Intern, Kate, through punkrock boot camp over the past week by sending her to shoot Guttermouth, Strung Out and Goons of Doom. She sacrificed her eardrums for these photos, so click (here) to check the rest of them out in her flickr sets. Thanks KK!!