Monday, September 22, 2008

CHANGE HAS ARRIVED!!!! CENTSLESS FALL 2008!!!! www.dimesandnicks.blogspot.com



Whats the dilly?? You haven't heard from us in a while and for good reason. We have a new location www.dimesnadnicks.blogspot.com... CHECK IT OUT!!! CENTSLESS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME NOW AND THIS TOWN AINT BIG ENOUGH FOR TWO SHERIFFS!!! WATCH THE F**K OUT!!! WE'RE KICKIN IT OFF AT HOWARD HOMECOMING YARDFEST AND THEN A CITY NEAR YOU!!! www.dimesandnicks.blogspot.com

Sunday, June 29, 2008

CHANGE GON' COME!



At the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, men and women would gather to speak on society and the ways they could impact it.

So on July 12th well attempt to revisit the past and hold an open meet and greet event with performances from various spoken word artists.

Also we will be furthering our efforts to support the Invisible Children campaign.

There will be a 20$ entry free. Yet if you rsvp via email.. admission will be reduced.

Mood enhancing liquids and hor d'oevres will be provided.

Event to be hosted by Hollis from HAVEKNOTS and Jermaine.

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location: La Penderie Boutique
Street: 411 Bloomfield Ave
City/Town: Montclair, NJ

SORRY MISS JACKSON





HERE WE GO! THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE MS.JACKSON. A GREAT GIRL WITH A GREAT MIND AND A GREAT EYE. SHE'S GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPILATION OF, OTHER WISE KNOWN AS, STREET ART. GRAFFITI THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SPRAY PAINT FORM. ART OR VANDALISM IS THE QUESTION? MAYBE HER WORK WILL BRING YOU A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE ANSWER.

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, BUT AN EXPLANTION IS IN ORDER.. "THE BALANCE" (RE-VISITED)


I HAVEK OSTEN, A PROUD AQUARIAN SPIRIT, WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR
A FEW THINGS UP FOR THE CONFUSED AND DISGRUNTLED. I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU CROWDING MY FACEBOOK INBOX IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS AND FURTHER EXPLANATIONS INTO THIS WHOLE "WINGMEN, CENTSLESS STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS" I SPEAK OF, AND I DO MY BEST TO RESPOND AS PRODUCTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.. HOWEVER I DONT FAULT YOU FOR YOUR PERSCISTANCE, BECAUSE I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE ENDLESS PURSUIT AND ADDICTION TO FURTHER DISTANT LEVELS OF TRUTH AND FORMS OF ENLIGHTENMENT WE ALL INSTICTIVELY SEEK.. HELL I LIVE FOR IT. SO I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO AN EXTREMELY RELATIVE SECONDARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION THAT WILL ALLOW YOU RESEARCH FURTHER INTO SIMILAR IDEALS. IF YOU CAN RECALL IN A PREVIOUS POST ENTITLED "BALANCE" I SPOKE A LOT ABOUT A REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION OF INDIVIDUALS CALLED "THE HAVE KNOTS" WHO ARE NOW JUSTIFIABLY SURPASSING THE SO CALLED GENIUSES OF THIS ERA WITH AN OVERWHELMING DISPLAY OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND POWER THAT IS ULTIMATELY UNCOVERING THE TRUTH OF PRESENT DAY COMMON MAN POSSESSING A TRUE FEAR OF TRANSCENDING THEMSELVES."
AND THEN I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE LIKE "THEM" OR "ME"?
AND TO BE QUITE HONEST.. I HAVEK OSTEN AM SIMPLY JUST A WINGMAN LIVING IN THE VIBRANT AGE OF THE AQUARIUS.. AND EVENTUALLY YOU AND ALL OF HUMANITY WILL UNDERSTAND THAT PERHAPS WE ARE MORE SIMILAR THAN YOU THINK ..

"What lies ahead for Humanity? With all the problems we have, it's hard to believe our future is bright. Inflation and recession, environmental deterioration, diminishing resources, unrest and oppression in developing countries, and apathy, loneliness and lack of direction in developed ones all combine to severely cloud the horizon...

It may seem fantastic, but the signs in the heavens point to an extraordinary renewal in the years just ahead. If we recall some recent trends, this prospect doesn't seem so outlandish. It wasn't too long ago that we heard about the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, and about the revival of spirit among the new generation. We can still hear the echoes of John Kennedy's call to action and see the vision of Martin Luther King's dream. Before he and his dream were shot down in 1968, he said we as a people "would get to the promised land." The promise may have seemed faded or even empty to some, with the exception of organizations like the Centsless Wingmen, or perhaps the entire Barack Obama campaign.. regardless all of this is compelling evidence that a golden age renaissance is right around the corner.

People are already beginning to look within for the answers they seek, instead of outwards to money, possessions and other people. The more enlightened members of society will welcome the New Dawn with its emphasis on humanity, kindness, truth, spirituality and enlightenment.



The Age when everything becomes unified. Our individual worth comes from within, from what we have inside, through our development, our evolution, and what we can give to society. Now our drastic differences dissolve and we integrate into the whole. We integrate and unify with the energy of the universe.

This Centsless era is destined to free the minds of ignorance and delusion forever. Once enlightened, each human being will begin his or her individual journey within, and strive to become the new race of super conscious humans awakening seekers of truth and spirit. healing peoples of many tongues and nations in the process. In this new millennium there will be spiritual living with no more falsehoods or derision, The human family is truly entering the age of unified revelations and the mind's true liberation."

SOMETHING I LIKE TO CALL BECOMING "LIBERATED FROM THE NEGATIVE", A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT I LIVE BY,FOR I AM A WINGMAN AND LOVE DONT HATE.



GET THE REAL SCOOP ON THIS STUFF "ANYWHERE".. SERIOUSLY JUST LIKE GOOGLE IT OR SOMETHING, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR THERES A LOT MORE INVOLVED THEN JUST THIS PARADIGM SHIFT OF CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT WE'LL GET INTO THAT LATER.

-H.OSTEN

VENITA APPLEBUM



YOU'RE GONNA BE A STAR!!! MEET VENITA SHE'S PRETTY COOL... NAH JK SHE'S GREAT THANKS FOR ALWAYS FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT. BTW THIS IS BY THE GUY IN THE LAST ENTRY (JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT I WAS GASSIN IT.)

JUST IN CASE



ALRIGHT... I SWORE TO MYSELF I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT HEY.

CASEY CRAWFORD. MAN OH MAN. ALMOST FIVE YEARS HUH?! WELL FOR ALL THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, IF KNOT THE MOST DYNAMIC PERSON I'VE EVER COME ACROSS. ONCE THOUGHT TO BE THIS "COUNTRY BUMPKIN" HAS PROVED TO BE AN ICON. THIS MAN IS A GIANT AND I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN. FROM PAINT, TO GRAPHICS, TO MODELLING, TO PARTY PROMOTION, TO CLOTHING DESIGN, I AM ALWAYS FLOORED BY HOW ADAPTIVE AND FORWARD THINKING THIS GUY IS. HE'S BROUGHT YOU THE HOWARD HAMPTON BALL, FREESTYLE, HAVEKNOTS, COUNTLESS WORKS OF ART AND MOREOVER HE'S BROUGHT YOU HIMSELF THROUGH EVRY MEDIUM HE USES. WE SHOULD ALL WISH TO BE AS HONEST, FORTHWRIGHT AND HUMBLE. FUCK WHAT THEY'RE TALKING BREH. TELL EM "SAY HI TO THE BAD GUY" IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING SLICK TO OFFER. MY MAN. BE HIS FRIEND http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8901357&ref=ts

- CHINKY F.

Friday, June 27, 2008

PASS THAT DUTCH




HERE WE SEE THE EVOLUTION OF THE PAINT CAN. I JUST THINK ITS COOL TO SEE THINGS CHANGE TO ACCOMMODATE AN EVER GROWING SOCIETY. I ENDORSE DUTCHBOY, SO NEXT TO YOU'RE LOOKING TO FRESHEN UP THAT NEW APT TRY THE INNOVATIVE PRODUCT. http://www.dutchboy.com (ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW PAINT COMMERCIALS TARGET WOMEN? YOU NEVER REALLY SEE FEMALE PAINTERS, OR AT LEAST I DON'T.)

Saturday, June 21, 2008

REEL HIP-HOP



I REMEMBER A TIME WHERE QUALITY MUSIC WAS THE STANDARD. A TIME WHERE PEOPLE WANTED THEIR MONEY'S WORTH. OUT OF FOURTEEN TRACKS 7 HOT TRACKS DIDN'T MAKE AN ALBUM WORTH PURCHASING. MUCH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE 80'S RAPPERS BUT FRANKLY SAND CASTLES AND BUBBLE BATHS WERE MORE MY THING AT AGE 3 AND 4. FOR THE RECORD I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE REAL HIP-HOP SNAP MUSIC HATING INDIVIDUALS BUT AS WITH EVERYTHING I AM EXTREMELY CRITICAL. MASE'S HARLEM WORLD DROPPED IN 97, REASONABLE DOUBT IN 96, ILLMATIC IN 94, LIFE AFTER DEATH 97, 36 CHAMBERS 93, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 98, ATLIENS 96 AND THIS IS JUST TO NAME A FEW. DURING THIS TIME WHEN I HAD TO SNEAK PARENTAL ADVISORY'S IN MY PANASONIC WALKMAN, THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THAT I TOOK FOR GRANTED. ONE OF WHICH IS WHAT I CONSIDER THE GREATEST TIME IN HIP-HOP. WE HAD ALBUMS AND SINGLES BEING DROPPED THAT ARE UNPARALLED. THERE WERE CONCEPTS THAT WERE FRESH AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE MUSIC THAT SOME OF US ENJOY TODAY. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GREAT ALBUMS BEING RELEASED PRACTICALLY SIMULTANEOUS. BEING GREAT WAS THE BARE MINIMUM. NOVEMBER 2, 1999 "THE GAME CHANGED." FOR ON THIS DAY A STAR WOULD MAKE HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE IN THE RAP WORLD. THE BLOCK IS HOT WOULD KICK OFF LIL WAYNES HIGHLY CRITICIZED CAREER... I DON'T CARE ABOUT HIS FANS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY ARTIST COMPARISONS. I COULD CARE LESS HOW MANY MIXTAPES AND FEATURES THIS MAN HAS. GET YOUR MONEY PIMP. I BEGIN TO CARE WHEN THIS MANS LATEST WORK IS SAID TO BE A CLASSIC ALBUM. GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE. LETS LAND THIS BLIMP. LIL WAYNE IS HOT BY DEFAULT. I LOVE LIL WAYNE FOR GIVING ME SOSMETHING NEW TO LISTEN TO BUT FORTUNATELY FOR HIM THERE ARE VERY FEW NEW ARTISTS OUT THAT ARE DOING THEIR JOB. WE HAD A TIME WHERE THE HOTTEST RAPPERS ALL CAME OUT AROUND THE SAME TIME. COMPETITION IS WHAT REALLY BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN AN ARTIST. LIL WAYNES TRUE POTENTIAL MAY NEVER BE REACHED BECAUSE ANYTHING HE DOES AND SAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE DOING OR SAYING ANYTHING HOTTER (EXCEPT LUPE BUT I'LL KEEP MY PERSONAL OPINIONS TO MYSELF). GOOD JOB LIL WAYNE ON MAKIN A GOOD ALBUM AND FOR GETTIN WHITE AMERICA BEHIND YOUR MUSIC. THE CARTER 3 IS NOT A CLASSIC. ALL YOU WAYNE FANS PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND STEP INTO YOUR WALKMAN IN THE MID 90'S AND RIDE THE REELS OF YOUR CASETTES AND RE-EVALUATE WHAT CLASSIC MEANS.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

LEAN GREEN FIGHTING MACHINE




GREEN IS MOST DEFINITELY THE COLOR OF THE WEEK. BIG UP'S TO THE BOSTON CELTICS FOR CONQUERING THE LAKERS. THANK YOU EDWARD NORTON FOR BRINGING THE HULK BACK TO LIFE WITH THE SEQUEL HULK 2. I THUROUGHLY ENJOYED THE PLAYOFFS AND THE HULK AND I WILL BE WEARING GREEN UNDERWEAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN ME!!!

RECESS!!!



SHE'S A VERY FREAKY GIRL, DON'T BRING HOME TO MOMMA, FIRST YOU GET HER NAME THEN YOU GET HER NUMBER, THEN YOU GET SOME BRAIN IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE... 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS. 10 MPG?! WHATEVER YOU'RE COMPENSATING FOR MUST FEEL A LOT SMALLER WITH THESE NEW AND IMPROVED GAS PRICES!!! THESE GAS PRICES (AMONGST OTHER THINGS) MADE ME REGRET BUYING WAYNE'S ALBUM. I COULD'VE SPENT THAT 14 DOLLARS MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY. BTW THERE ARE TALKS OF GM DROPPING HUMMER AS A RESULT OF THE PRICE OF PETRO. RECESS IS DEFINITELY IN SESSION!