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Monster Supercross Party in San Francisco

By Chris Rockwell We rolled out to San Francisco on Saturday to hit the Monster Supercross at AT&T Park. Beck and I picked up web boy genius Matthew David and met up with our childhood friend Brett Hamilton, a former World Champion Motocross bad ass. As we pulled into the overflowing parking lot it [...]

DJ Mahf and St. Louis Hip Hop

By Chris Rockwell I’ve wanted to showcase a DJ for a while. But I was waiting to discover a group of artists that made up a complete music scene worth talking about. Like usual, I unexpectedly stumbled upon it one night. I was in North Hollywood hanging out at Jim Mahfood’s place. [...]

Alice in Chains (Part II of a series)

By Chris Rockwell Since I can remember, I’ve experienced the world through a lens of extreme feelings, colors and sounds. Some people call it passion. Most experts call it manic. (My wife Beck, who works in the field of psychology, says I’m definitely both.) This band and album strikes deep chords with [...]

Black Sabbath (Part I of a series)

By Chris Rockwell I was up very early this morning with my head spinning on new ideas for King Duce that came to me in a dark dream. After a few cups of coffee and a plate full of heavy music, I was brought back to life and ready to travel back down the rabbit hole. [...]

Gratitude and Optimism: A Year in Review

By Chris Rockwell Unless you were born with a fat trust fund sitting in the bank, 2009 was cause for humility. This economic recession hit a lot of us extremely hard. We all know someone who has lost a house, job or both. One thing is for sure, 2009 was not ordinary or [...]

“Bulldog Born” – King Duce Tribute to College Football Legend, Coach Jim Sweeney

By Chris Rockwell If you’ve ever watched the classic movie “Hoffa”, a film based on the story of legendary union figure Jimmy Hoffa and portrayed masterfully by Oscar winning actor Jack Nicholson, you might get a sense of the personality of Coach Jim Sweeney. He was a fiery, sometimes controversial, college football coach who [...]

Bad Brad Mcdonald

“Bad” Brad Mcdonald (3-0) a 16yr old phenom out of Oakdale CA, represents Last Stand fight team, made his professional debut on 11.02.2008 for Gladiator Challenge in Porterville CA at Eagle Mountain casino, winning by Triangle Choke over Rob Witlock ( 0-2) in under two minutes. Since than he has gone on to win two [...]

Welcoming Chor Boogie’s Art A Gift From Chor Boogie, To The City, For The City

Welcoming Chor Boogie’s Art A Gift From Chor Boogie, To The City, For The City Hello Good People, As you know, spray paint artist Chor Boogie was stabbed last weekend while confronting paint thieves as he worked on his mural, “The Perception of Color Therapy” in the city of San Francisco at 1028 Market St between 6th and [...]

Chor Boogie Stabbed Working on Piece in SF

One of San Francisco’s most active artists, Chor Boogie, was stabbed while working on his latest creation on Market Street. It started when four people attempted to steal his spray paint.“Chor Boogie calls himself a spray paint artist,” reports Lilian Kim for ABC News. “He’s well known in the art world. His murals can be [...]

G Will – The Original King Duce Soldier

By Chris Rockwell I’m at Duce’s funeral; and sitting by my side was his younger cousin G Will, who I’ve known since he was about five years old. He was motionless, completely devastated and out of his mind… We’re sitting in the front row with the rest of the stunned pall bearers after carrying Kevin’s coffin [...]