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There is a dense fog on Alki today, same one that’s been here all week, typically burning off around noon. Its nice for many reasons, one of the best though is waking up to foghorns blasting through the murk.
Xbox Live has been being abused since 6am, Red Dead Redemption getting chieved out, and now filthy assistant is bloodily tidily wrapping up her 3rd total game win (that I know of) on Fable 2. Breakfast is through, 2nd pot of coffee is on and Im manning the wheel at Ninja. Its a damn fine morning.
Im trolling Kickstarter this morning and wondering how many of you here make things. I know my good friends the Baker girls make clothes and arts and I know other crews who make boards and woodcrafts and of course there are the honey peddlers who adorn their wares with all sorts of handmade goodies. What would/do you make? What am I making now?
Im available at either henchbot@ninjamotorhome.com or rage_x@hotmail.com.
What is your battle cry? Its time to MAKE! I want to know what your doing and if I can, help you do it more.

(Books and Magazines are my favorite….)

Antoine wants you to know whats real up in Lincoln Park, @ 1 minute in:

re: The Northwest Passage and the fresh discovery of exploration vessel H.M.S. Investigator.

“The ship had not moved too much from where it was abandoned,” said Bernier.

The masts and rigging have long been sheared off by ice and weather. But the icy waters of the McClure Strait has preserved the vessel in remarkably good condition.

“It’s incredible,” said Prentice from Mercy Bay. “You’re actually able to peer down into the water and see not only the outline of the ship but actually the individual timbers.

Archaeologists have also uncovered artifacts on land left behind by the stranded sailors, who unloaded everything before abandoning the Investigator.

The graves of three sailors thought to have died of scurvy have been marked off and will be left undisturbed, said Bernier.

Changes in the works, goods in the Ovens, here @ Ninja.

Keep a vigil watch ye scurvey dogs.

The first trailer to drop this Season and always my favorite joints, Absinthe Films presents its offering for the 2k10/2k11 season: Nowhere.
I cant explain Lisa Gerrard feat. Dead Can Dance, I never thought I would see the day, nor did that day ever even occur to me. A few years back we went to the three day Lisa Gerrard event, where each night she performed, and spoke about her work and as you would expect, it was phenomenal. Does she belong in a Shred flick? Right now only Absinthe knows. Seattle decides in September when our show comes through.
Stay tuned.

Mondays’ been made better, thanks: Knife Show.

Gnarcade from Mike Benson on Vimeo.

Inspire, a newly launched online magazine that seeks to recruit members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

The 67-page online publication, written in colloquial English and launched last month, features flashy graphics and punchy headlines like “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom,” as well an article on global warming said to be written by Bin Laden.

Fox News pays off in spades every few months, this one is a jackpot. ……..admit it, Bin Laden writing about global warming is funny.
I ask myself: what would Mel do?

Mondays blow, but why?
Saddam had it right, in his anti-monday spiderhole……..
At least there’s Trillwave, whatever in hell that word even means. Heres’ HoodInternet with the latest mixtape:

Listen to it all the way through or at least check the setlist below, theres some goodies stashed deep.
The Hood Internet x Mishka – TRILLWAVE by hoodinternet

Phoenix x Why? – Shoeing Horses In 1901
Young Money x Javelin – DepRock
The-Dream x Kevin Drew – Bodhi Shawty Weekend
Air x Mike Jones – La Femme D’Monsieur Jones
Kanye West feat Lil Wayne x DJ Signify – 1993 Barry Bonds
Pharaohe Monch x The Black Lips – Drop I Mayor
Birdman x Washed Out – Feel It On The South Side
Doom x The Flaming Lips – Air You A Hypnotist?
Lloyd Banks feat Juelz Santana x Neon Indian – Beamer, Drips
Jay Electronica x Toro Y Moi – Freak Exhibit
Jamie Foxx x Röyksopp – Alcohol Forever
Mando Diao – Dance With Somebody (Hood Internet Remix feat GZA & Cadence Weapon)
Hieroglyphics x Genesis – That’s Who
Gucci Mane feat Plies x Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Wasted Love
Big L x Bibio – Dwrcan ‘Em Up
Puff Daddy feat The LOX x Volcano Choir – All About The Islands
Iyaz x The Big Pink – Velvet Replay
Ice Cube x CFCF – It Was A Rainy Day
Anti-Pop Consortium x Maps – I Dream Of Capricorn
Aesop Rock feat Rob Sonic x Tobacco – Dark Pink Goo
Dominique Young Unique x YACHT – I’m In Love With A Hot Girl
De La Soul x Jamie Lidell – What’s The Stakes
Jay-Z x Phoenix – And The Definitive Winner Is…
Trey Songz x The Radio Dept. – Trey-dio Departmentz
Drake x Beach House – Walk In The Park Is Over

Here is part two of the Shred or Die interview featuring Trent Reznor, I left part one linked here, really its a miserable and awkward interview, Hawk just totally failed in both sessions but its nice seeing Trent speak about his work, even if its basic knowledge.

The glory that never ends! This might be the coolest thing you’ve ever seen.
Prepare your eyes, henchmen:
Behold!!!

My mate Henchbot recently had a birthday and these are my tribute to him – outdoorsman, apiarist, roaring rollicking captain of the slopes!
Happy Birthday Hench!

Thanks Ricochet!

This is NinjaMotorhome dot com.
Word of the week: TruckerBangin.
Jam of the week: Mike Jones
Get after it!

The Hood Internet – La Femme D’Monsieur Jones (Air x Mike Jones) by hoodinternet

I just spent 45 minutes at Facebook reading and responding to birthday wishes. I think I got every one of them in reply, at least that was my intent. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes, thoughts and yes, facebook pokes.
Its growing late on a Saturday night, back in the warm, digital embrace of the web as I suck down vodka lemonades’ to stave off this oppressive heat. Im reading up on Khat tonight, not because I managed to get some for my birthday……no that would never happen. Im just reading about it because……well…..the pirates in Somalia get all tuned up on it before they go hijack the living shit out of tankers off the Puntland Coast…something Ive spoken about many times here on Ninja. Naturally I have questions about it: why do pirates like it, what is it like, etc etc. Turns out on the Wiki link above, it is specifically banned in Missouri (amongst other grave condemnations) Why is that I ask myself, What does Missouri have against Khat?
Im just curious is all. Its nothing really, just a chalky, bitter, high seas skullduggery novelty that you better be ready to chase with booze…….at least that what I imagine it to be. Wikipedia says it will get you really jacked, and wiki is user based…..so that must be true, but again….I’m just a reader, an innocent bystander with a passionate interest in the cultures of other communities and countries, particularly pirates.

There’s been alot going on in the beeyard the past two weeks, something I will talk about over on Shipwreck later in the weekend, likely Sunday. Stay tuned over there for that. Those bees have been raising all sorts of hell, methinks they’ve been chewing that devil weed: khat.

The setlist for the week includes another wide array of artists, spanning genres with acts such as Arcade Fire and Dierks Bentley, Ive got a mixtape coming from 8tracks, I will release that any day now. Its an odd collection of sound for sure and likely only enjoyable to myself.

Its been one hell of a week, living all sorts of ways in all sorts of places amongst all sorts of people. Im always interested in peoples reaction to the motorhome, you can never predict what its going to be once people actually realize that what they are seeing in front of them, or driving by them is real. It never fails as I hoist the colors on her once we’ve dropped anchor, someone always comes up and says something like: “Christ on a crutch what in hell is that!” I laugh every time, a big hearty laugh as I explain whats’ obviously a 20 foot flagpole with a jolly roger at the top of the mast. This week we met a guy who couldn’t believe my rig was even real, I invited him and his kids up to the motorhome lot at Stevens Pass next Winter to live the dream with us and he couldn’t believe we did that even. He was a really nice guy who wanted to connect with his kids more, especially his son who was getting older and drifting away. He left us that night with all sorts of gifts and promised he would see us this Winter up there. I love how motorhomes bring people together, moreso when tied in with something that really, most people wont even consider doing: Winter Camping. I am a Winter man, hands down. I love being in the harshest yet gloriest of Seasons in my wheeled cabin of doom. Winter brings out the best in people, its when you have to work to stay alive, when every decision makes an absolute difference. I tell you what: there’s no vodka lemonades on a laaaazy Saturday night in ……wait a second: Yes there are. Lots of them!!!!

Im turning this thing off before I ramble even more about Winter, pirate drugs and vodka lemonade. Ive clearly lost my mind.
Heres’ Arcade Fire from the new album. Goodnight friends.
Arcade Fire – Ready To Start by TheClink

 

Heading deep into the Northern Range with one: black motorhome and one: smoking hot Asian for 36 hours of much needed r&r. All mobile broadcast devices are shutting down promptly @ 9am Wednesday morning. When we come out on the other side I will be 34 and no less for the wear.

33 is wrapping itself up nicely and Ive lived to tell the tale.

I live on Alki, Seattle. Every year, rain or shine, the fourth of July is a shitshow down here. Cops line up on either side of the thoroughfare with horses, bikes, squad cars and nightsticks while punk-pubescent kids throw pop-rocks at skittish cyclists, teenagers try to get laid as awkwardly as they can and all the 30 somethings are blown out of their socks and staggering around screaming fuck the pigs in between leering at the new parents who clumsily thread the needle of crowds using nothing but……you guessed it: Strollers. Yes people, this is my block: All American. Tonight sounds like little Baghdad except between munition blasts, those screams I hear are the …..yeah: drunk 30-somethings. I dont think anyone has died yet..
I’m sipping vodka, laughing at the idiots who will actually try to drive out of here tonight without getting popped by the boys in blue.
All I really want is a deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Ive never even heard of that, but I know a guy who knows a guy who runs a damn good kitchen downtown, by God Im getting that sandwich this week.
Cheers, stay tuned for midnight when Little Baghdad turns to Tiananmen Square once the boys in full riot gear march up the beach.

You think Im kidding, dont you.

Only 148 days left before we slash local pow; keep your chins’ up, Shreddies.

My name is DB, but around here most everyone calls me Hench. Ive been captain of this ship: Ninja Motorhome dot com for some 3 years now which started out like most things usually do: as a joke. It grew some legs over the first year so I eventually dumped the blogspot platform and moved into the big leagues: dot com. I just launched another site last week, most of you have seen it: Shipwreck Honey, where i am chronicling the art of urban beekeeping in the very heart of pirate headquarters: Alki Beach, Seattle Wa.
Ninja Motorhome has alot to do about Snowboarding and the lifestyle we’ve built around it. We go hard in the Mountains here in the PACNW and with any luck, we always will. Living here isnt about the cliche’ of rain and suicide, microsoft and lattes, no for us its about living in the last Frontier in the lower 48, its about getting to the Ocean for a session before work on a Saturday, or gearjamming your motorhome into the High Country on a Thursday night in January for a 3 day weekend because you know with that storm the road will be closed any second and at 35 mph in a motorhome, driving up a pitch white pass at midnight, you have no time to spare. If its nuking and it can be ridden, we will be there: Wind, Swell or Snow. We keep the fires lit in our hearts this way.
Thanks for swinging by, thanks for sticking around, alot of you have been here from day one. If you’re new sign up, or if you just want to edit your registry, make sure you link your name to your twitter/facebook/blog whatever you want. It makes a difference when you can redirect people to your slice of the web, and I get to see who you are. Who knows, we may end up riding together sometime; its been known to happen.
Here is where you can find me elsewhere on the web:
Twitter: NinjaMotorhome TwitGrinder
Twitter: Shipwreck Honey: Tweets from the Hive
Shipwreck Honey: the BeeYard
Main Facebook Terminal
Blip.fm Jukebox
8 tracks dot com Mixtape Broadcasting
Flickr

On all Forums I am listed as Henchbot, some I’m active on and some I just read. I have a Soundcloud account buried out there that Ive been playing Frankenstein with lately and I have a Facebook for Shipwreck Honey that…I don’t know……in larvae stage still?

Again, thanks for reading.

Hench.