Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Skateboarding in India Episode 2…go here to check out Episode 1.
So the basic facts: the setting is Bangalore, India. The location is the country’s first free public skatepark.
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Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Still getting personal with the Someone Not There soundtrack, this time Episode #4 “Best Friends.” (You know, I’ve haven’t had a proper best friend, like a proper together taking selfie BFF. Is that strange or normal or hopefully both?)
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Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
First of all I didn’t know Levi’s did this whole skateboarding thing. Did you? If so you are wiser and cooler than I.
Directed and filmed by Simon Weyhe & Mathias Nyholm…this is inspirational work. I found myself fist pumping often! Everybody involved from the filmmakers to the skaters to Levi’s should get a high five.
To inject a diverse and infectious culture like skateboarding into the rich Indian civilization is powerful. A whole group of youth will discover a unique voice equipped with a liberating perspective. These are the humble building blocks to dissent…not careless teenagers rebel without a cause that anger is fleeting. Rather a genuine and authentic questioning of the dominate culture’s values.
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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to artist Craig White to discuss his art and NBA basketball.
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Young Beautiful In A Hurry have a spectacularly solid track on the Defiance soundtrack. (I’ve never watched the show…or Fallen Skies either of them any good?) Feed your ears some yummy sonic candy:
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Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Drake’s short film, Jungle, is now online…directed by Swiss newcomer Karim Huu Do and scored by Drake’s regular producer, 40. Clearly the best to influence your mythology is clearly to create it:
Sammy Younan
Girth Radio Presents…
Ah yes…Neverending Nostalgia, anybody whose lived in the 80s knows what this feeling is like. Acid washed jeans and Choose Life t-shirts aside, Neverending Nostalgia is totally ideal for the Someone Not There web series.