Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Milwaukee Police break into house & pull guns on innocent family

2 days ago my friends in Milwaukee had an encounter with the local police who were chasing a suspect through their neighborhood. Apparently the suspect broke into their house as he was being chased by police. The officers followed him inside the house and pulled a gun on the occupants of the house (including their young children). The incident was not caught on tape, but the residents did manage to film the officer after and got him on tape admitting to pulling a gun on their young child. At the beginning of the video the officer threatens to take the camera away from the resident. What's your take on this? Can my friends press charges against the officers for unlawful entry and assault with a deadly weapon?

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Street Sweeper Social Club

Check out Street Sweeper Social Club, the new project from Boots Riley (The Coup) and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Nightwatchman). SSSC released their debut record this week and it's available now on itunes.

Tom and Boots were on Rockline this week, listen to the interview. They will also appear tonight (Wed. 6/17/09) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Here's a few SSSC related videos:

My un-official Fight! Smash! Win! inspired music video:


video I shot of SSSC covering M.I.A.'s hit "Paper Planes" @ Shoreline in Mountain View on NINJA 2009 Tour:


SSSC perform MC5's "Kick Out The Jams" w/ Trent Reznor:


SSSC's Youtube Channel

Sunday, May 31, 2009

These Folks Must Go!!!

Here's a list of the House Representatives who should be voted out of office in 2010 and tried for treason. I give you... the TARP ALL STARS!!!

Neil Abercrombie, Gary Ackerman, Thomas Allen, Robert Andrews, Michael Arcuri, Joe Baca, Brian Baird, Tammy Baldwin, Melissa Bean, Shelley Berkley, Howard Berman, Marion Berry, Sanford Bishop, Timothy Bishop, Dan Boren, Leonard Boswell, Rick Boucher, Allen Boyd, Robert Brady, Bruce Braley, Corrine Brown, Lois Capps, Michael Capuano, Dennis Cardoza, Russ Carnahan, André Carson, Yvette Clarke, Emanuel Cleaver, James Clyburn, Steve Cohen, Jim Cooper, Jim Costa, Bud Cramer, Joseph Crowley, Henry Cuellar, Elijah Cummings, Artur Davis, Susan Davis, Danny Davis, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Norman Dicks, John Dingell, Joe Donnelly, Michael Doyle, Donna Edwards, Chet Edwards, Keith Ellison, Brad Ellsworth, Rahm Emanuel, Eliot Engel, Anna Eshoo, Bob Etheridge, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Bill Foster, Barney Frank, Gabrielle Giffords, Charles Gonzalez, Bart Gordon, Al Green, Luis Gutierrez, John Hall, Phil Hare, Jane Harman, Alcee Hastings, Brian Higgins, Ruben Hinojosa, Mazie Hirono, Rush Holt, Mike Honda, Darlene Hooley, Steny Hoyer, Steve Israel, Jesse Jackson, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Eddie Johnson, Paul Kanjorski, Patrick Kennedy, Dale Kildee, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Ron Kind, Ron Klein, James Langevin, Rick Larsen, John Larson, Barbara Lee, Sander Levin, John Lewis, David Loebsack, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Tim Mahoney, Carolyn Maloney, Edward Markey, Jim Marshall, Doris Matsui, Carolyn McCarthy, Betty McCollum, James McGovern, Jerry McNerney, Michael McNulty, Kendrick Meek, Gregory Meeks, Charles Melancon, Brad Miller, George Miller, Harry Mitchell, Alan Mollohan, Dennis Moore, Gwen Moore, James Moran, Christopher Murphy, Patrick Murphy, John Murtha, Jerrold Nadler, Richard Neal, James Oberstar, David Obey, John Olver, Solomon Ortiz, Frank Pallone, Bill Pascrell, Ed Pastor, Nancy Pelosi, Ed Perlmutter, Earl Pomeroy, David Price, Nick Rahall, Charles Rangel, Silvestre Reyes, Laura Richardson, Mike Ross, Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby Rush, Tim Ryan, John Sarbanes, Jan Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Allyson Schwartz, David Scott, Joe Sestak, Albio Sires, Ike Skelton, Louise Slaughter, Adam Smith, Vic Snyder, Hilda Solis, Zachary Space, Jackie Speier, John Spratt, Betty Sutton, John Tanner, Ellen Tauscher, Mike Thompson, John Tierney, Edolphus Towns, Niki Tsongas, Chris Van Hollen, Nydia Velazquez, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Melvin Watt, Henry Waxman, Anthony Weiner, Peter Welch, Robert Wexler, Charles Wilson, Lynn Woolsey, David Wu, John Yarmuth

Rodney Alexander, Spencer Bachus, J. Gresham Barrett, Judith Biggert, Roy Blunt, John Boehner, Jo Bonner, Mary Bono, John Boozman, Charles Boustany, Kevin Brady, Henry Brown, Vern Buchanan, Ken Calvert, Dave Camp, John Campbell, Chris Cannon, Eric Cantor, Michael Castle, Howard Coble, Tom Cole, Michael Conaway, Ander Crenshaw, Barbara Cubin, Tom Davis, Charles Dent, David Dreier, Vernon Ehlers, Jo Ann Emerson, Terry Everett, Mary Fallin, Mike Ferguson, Vito Fossella, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Jim Gerlach, Wayne Gilchrest, Kay Granger, Wally Herger, David Hobson, Peter Hoekstra, Bob Inglis, Peter King, Mark Kirk, John Kline, Joe Knollenberg, Randy Kuhl, Ray LaHood, Jerry Lewis, Ron Lewis, Daniel Lungren, Jim McCrery, John McHugh, Buck McKeon, Gary Miller, Sue Myrick, John Peterson, Chip Pickering, Jon Porter, Deborah Pryce, Adam Putnam, George Radanovich, Jim Ramstad, Ralph Regula, Thomas Reynolds, Mike Rogers, Hal Rogers, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Paul Ryan, Jim Saxton, Jean Schmidt, Pete Sessions, John Shadegg, Christopher Shays, Bill Shuster, Michael Simpson, Lamar Smith, Mark Souder, John Sullivan, Tom Tancredo, Lee Terry, Mac Thornberry, Pat Tiberi, Fred Upton, Greg Walden, James Walsh, Zachary Wamp, Dave Weldon, Jerry Weller, Heather Wilson, Joe Wilson, Frank Wolf

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

4th of July prediction


You heard it here first, I predict that gold will be at $1000 and oil $100 on July 4th, just in time for tea parties! http://www.reteaparty.com/


I see $950 as the anchor point for gold in the next 8 to 10 months and $70 as the anchor point for oil. Gas should be around $3.50 this summer at the peak and will find $3 as it's anchor point for the same period. -Vince (vtocce@gmail.com) 5/13/09

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

COACHELLA WITH TE'DEVAN

Te'Devan, aka "Slacker Prophet," and I made it out to Coachella for the opening night of the festival. He posted up outside the show doing yoga and healing random passers-by. Got to see Paul McCartney, Genghis Tron, & Bajofondo. Here's a video diary of our adventures...
PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR



Visit Te'Devan's blog here:
http://www.slackerprophet.blogspot.com/

Sunday, April 12, 2009

MEGAFORCE animation

This is a clip I created for the intro to the new web series "MEGAFORCE" coming soon... I created it from an old Soviet Propaghanda poster from a really cool site: http://www.davno.ru/soviet-posters Kinda interesting, some of the artwork is really cool, gives Fillmore posters a run for their money. Also noticed that I'm not the first person to co-op from those posters. I noticed one that the Red Elvises used for one of their album covers. Cool shit, enjoy!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

I ♥ my new Megaphone!

Dave and I stopped by Radio Shack yesterday and picked up a brand new megaphone! Here we are testing it out at the local Jack In The Box drive through, unfortunately you can't get the full effect because the camera is inside the car and the megaphone is facing outside, but you get the idea. Actually I think there was some weird feedback/noise cancellation going on because for some reason it wasn't amplifying my voice normally. I was pointing it straight at the drive thru speaker so that must have caused some sort of funky noise cancellation to occur. Audio magic! Anyway, I just got the thing, so I'll definitely get a chance to make plenty of noise. The siren is so loud I can't even turn it on because it like destroys my eardrums instantly. Fight!



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Friday, April 10, 2009

Valient Thorr - Live at Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA

I had the distinct privelege to witness the almighty Valient Thorr melt the faces off of a very rambunctious crowd at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, CA. The dark, dingy, warm and familiar venue was an epic scene tucked into the corner of a typical Orange County stripmall.

Check out a video clip from their performance and also download an mp3 of the entire performance...




MP3 of entire Valient Thorr performance at Detroit Bar

Saturday, April 4, 2009

PHANTOM VLOG #2 - PSYCHO DONUTS

I found my new favorite donut shop, it's Psycho Donuts in Campbell, California. A friend recommended I stop in before I left town last week and I was glad I did it. For those of you in the Bay Area who are looking to take your donut experience to the next level may I suggest the shock treatment at Psycho Donuts.

Whether you are basking in the glow of the crazy artwork or simply enjoying a Crispy Critter, Psycho Donuts certainly has a treat for you. If you show up Saturday or Sunday morning you can strap yourself into the padded cell and have donuts administered to you from the lovely Nurses on duty.

Check out their website here:
http://www.psycho-donuts.com

I missed the daily festivites and almost all the donuts, but was able to grab a tasty Oreo Cookie Peanut Butter Donut thing, which you'll see in the video below, enjoy!



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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Street Sweeper - Fight! Smash! Win!

Street Sweeper is the new project from Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) and Boots Riley (The Coup). Visit the Street Sweeper website for music and concert info:
Catch SS on tour this summer with Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction. There is a free mp3 sampler featuring new SS tracks here!

Here's a video inspired by the Street Sweeper single "Fight! Smash! Win!"





Sunday, March 22, 2009

PHANTOM VLOG #1 - Will Bernard & Larry Birkhead

PHANTOM VLOG - EPISODE ONE

We catch up with Will Bernard at the Roxy in West Hollywood and also run into a gang of Paparazzi chasing after Larry Birkhead outside the infamous Rainbow Bar.

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Sunday, March 8, 2009