“Compromessi” music video out now

by MAS™ 14 March 2011

Our GroS sitting one more time on the director chair for “Compromessi”, new single track for Emilano Pepe feat. La Pina.
A frenzy  development in a fun clip, also thanks to the many friends working in it.

Enjoy!

Launch Party #29

by davidelp 14 March 2011

On wednesday, January 26th at the COMVERT headquarters we celebrated the launch for the Fall Winter 2011-12 bastard, Electric and JART collections with the Launch Party #29 – and yeah, we’re already at our twentyninth collection!

Fresco distribution contributed with a supply of the new excellent BSA beer and with a selection of products from MatixLakaiDVSMakia and Brixton. The Iraola brothers, owners of JART, replied bringing in the mix a couple of good skaters to warm the bowl session and a Jamón ibérico that they personally sliced up for the attendees.

We have tried to behave but it was hard…



The bastard store upstairs showroom will stay open for orders by appointment starting this week through March 10th.

Our Friends Are Our Heroes – Warriors Skateboards

by giuli 14 March 2011

Yari Copt refers to the Warriors as a very serious Swiss skate company. Everytime i go to Lugano for a photoshoot i come home exhausted. But watching Gilles Gallicchio, Martino Cattaneo, Igor Fardin & co. skate in real life pays me back everytime.

The Warriors are true veterans to the Jammin’ project. This is the fourth bastard Warriors collection, the clothing has evolved but the concept stays the same: 100% skate apparel.

Their latest video project Come Out To Skate was presented a few weeks ago and is available online, soon out in dvd.

Warriors magazine a.k.a. Wagazine

by jep 14 March 2011

The first issue of the wagazine – that is the  Warriors skateboards magazine – has just been published. With them bastard runs a collabo on some clothes since a few seasons.

It’s 138 pages of skateboarding and the transfer above of Julien Benoliel in the Marseille skatepark well represents the mood. Take a look.



ICONOLOGIA

by MAS™ 14 March 2011

A four hands project from Rise Above and Scarful on iconology, in collaboration with Profile Expo & Grab Magazine.

The two roman artists realize a multidisciplinary concept in which they describe themselves today, through simbologies in classical culture, encoded four hundred years ago by Cesare Ripa, che fin dal 1593 rationally classifies the numerous allegories and simbologies layered up in centuries of cultural history.

Figures coming from classicism, religion, philosophy as well as arts, crafts or simple popular traditions, reviewed in an encyclopedical work in which in which figures and oggetti simbolici vengono accorpati e rielaborati con sapienza.

An impressive overview of iconographic figures, each one describing a modus, a virtue, a phisical or mind place , an attitude or character.

From december 23, 2010 to january 10, 2011 on 
MON · TUE · FRI · SAT, from 10am to 7pm, at Profile Expo – Piazza di Spagna, 51 · Roma.

Olimpia Zagnoli Small Talk

by jep 14 March 2011

We love Olimpia Zagnoli‘s work – in the next bastard Artistuff collection out in march 2010 there is an Olimpia’s artwork on t-shirt – but I knew a little about her hystory. I discovered that she went as a child to the famous Reggio Emilia’s kindergartens, which I met some time ago.

In this video that resumes her recent lecture at AIGA/NY she talks about herself, her inspiration sources and her work in New York.

Warriors C.O.T.S. premiere at Trinity Skatepark

by giuli 14 March 2011

The infamous swiss crew Warriors Skateboards will premiere their last video at the Trinity Skatepark in Milano, on Saturday night.
From the few teasers i came across and from what i heard, it’s going to be fun and there will be plenty of bangers to your delight!
And obviously the whole Warriors fam will attend and be there for a pre-video skate session and the after party, will you?

Click here for more info on the event.

Lulu & Pirates

by davidelp 14 March 2011


The artBook Hooked, by Pirate Movie Production, illustrates through drawings and pictures years of snowboard, trips and Isolation Camps.

For the first time in Italy at bastard store, an exhibition presented by Lukas Goller e Tobias “Ludschi” Ludescher.

It will open up on thursday December 2, from 6,30 PM, with beers and pretzels for everyone.

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SKULL & BANANA exclusive on Beatport now

by MAS™ 14 March 2011

Pink is Punk celebrate the launch of their new Lp Beatport by visiting the capital city.

They will indeed perform for the occasion at Rome’s Brancaleone club on Saturday November 20th, thus starting their tour to promote the Lp produced by Do It Yourself and Universal.

Support them by buying their music on itunes and in the best record stores in town starting on the 30th.

No One Knows – report

by davidelp 14 March 2011

Delicious salami and strong Lambrusco, colorful canvas and painted shoes. Those were the subjects of the No One Knows grand opening.

We ate all the salami and we drank all the wine, but NotAWonderBoy’s works are still at the bastard store until monday October 11th, swing by to give it a well deserved look.