My cat is a lazy lil’ shitbag…

On a grassy headland not far away lies a provence guarded by Ninjah’s…

8 days after Wades incident he was ready to roll again… The wound was still looking pretty fresh and wasn’t healed by any means, but with it all wrapped up and waves all over the coast episode 4 was on. Brades was onboard, Joycey was around and a few of the boys had the day off. Blah, Blah, Blah… Good on ya.

Mr Sam Smith…

Humility is something long lost in today’s world…

To get somewhere in life doing what you love and what you’re good at is commendable… So few ever take the risk or get the oppurtunity…

You can take the path of the ‘self marketer’ or you can just work hard at what you love and see where it takes you…

Sam takes the second option… Here is Sam’s shadow.

RV: How have you been?

SS: I’ve been good

RV: Do you think there could be another colour out there we haven’t seen? or is that just crazy talk?

SS: I think this is crazy talk.

RV: What would be the first thing you would do if:

a) You were elected PM of Australia

SS:

b) You ran over your neighbours cat

SS:

c) You found $10,000 under the seat of your car

SS: Buy a Kingswood and then, hit the mall

d) You woke up with ‘COWABUNGA’ tattooed on your back.

SS: Maybe start working on a Ninja Turtle design to go below it. A sewer scene, Splinter in the middle in karate stance and all the turtles around him handling their weapons.

e) You realized you had been in a coma for the past 10 years

SS: I dont know? That would be crazy though.

g) Some old bloke down the pub said ‘what are you staring at champ’

SS:

Simmer down, you lickin’ too hot, so

Simmer down, soon you’ll get dropped, so

Simmer down, can you hear what I say

Simmer down, that why won’t you, why won’t you, why won’t you simmer down

Simmer down.

Long time people dem used to say

What sweet nanny goat a go run him belly, so

Simmer down, oh control your temper

Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter

Simmer down, can you hear what I say

Simmer down, oh that i’m leaving you today

Simmer down.

RV: What was the first piece of art that grabbed your attention?

SS: There was fine art stuff I liked from art classes at school but I think the first stuff that really grabbed was the obey stuff.

RV: Is there a reason you became an artist and not a renderer or removalist?

SS: Mainly fame but also money and respect.

RV: Would you be offeneded if someone hung your art on the back of their dunny door?

SS: No, you get a captive audience a few times every day.

RV: Whats the most positive criticism you have received about your art?… & negative?

SS: ”Isn’t it about time you stopped doing that”

RV: Do you listen to music or have the TV on when you paint or draw?

SS: Just music, TV is distracting and demotivating.

RV: Any memorable music film clips?

SS: I cant remember many, but I like this one.

Weezer ‘Island in the sun’

RV: Any phobias?

SS: Big chickens.

RV: What would you have written on your gravestone?

SS:

RV: Heads or tails?

SS: Fish tails.

RV: If you were given a million dollars to start your own company what would you make and what would you call it?

SS: Maybe a beer company. Thats where all the money seems to be. XXXX is a sweet name but its already taken.

RV: If you were a serial killer what would be your trademark?

SS: Everyting I thought of made me sound like an actual serial killer.

RV: Do you still own a VHS player?

SS: Yeah, its only for watching 5’5” x 19” 1/4

RV: If you think of something can you draw it?

SS: Defiantely not.

RV: Whats your take on how a camera takes a still frame of a precise moment of time?

SS: Its really fun. I like how so many really stupid photo’s get taken now with digital being so popular.

Cheers Mr Smith.

To keep an eye out for Sam’s work go to survival of the shittest

I threw it out there early on that RV aint about scabbin’ shit from the web… I lied… Been so busy with the 9 to 5 that I havent had time to make anything for RV… So here’s some shit i’ve had sitting round that I thought might ruffle ya feathers.

My theory was RIG / COOL SHIT / RIG / STRANGE SHIT / RIG / FUNNY SHIT and so on.

Taj put it perfectly during a recent psych test, when asked… ”What turns you on?”…

”Singlet no bra, of course”

Monica Bellucci is something else altogether.

Loyal viewers await Creative Destruction Episode 4.

This was my number 1 book as a kid, its now being made into a film by the number 1 director, Spike Jonze.

I dont know if this is sexy or strange?

Kelly is good, Michael is better

Homer was right, life under the sea would be neat…

Unless you built your place next to an undersea volcano. The explosion pictured is the result of just one volcano from a cluster of 36 others off the island of Tonga.

If you’re having problems playing recent videos on our site you will need to update your flash player… Dont know what that means?…This link should get RV flowing on your screen again.

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I have a lot of favourite things…

Right now… Right this second… My favourite thing is the work of Ben Challenor… It’s good to be able to say that about a mate, not ’cause your lookin out for them or talkin’ them up, purely because they are that good at what they do… Photography is a beautiful thing, I love it… BC takes photos that I can stare aimlessly at… They make me think when I look at them…

I like havin’ a neat shot on my desktop, they usually last a week or two, then I get over it and change it. In Tahiti a few years back BC gave me a photo that outlasted the computer itself. At the time I had no idea about photography, still dont… At first I thought it was just a default shot of Chopes from the shore… tower, wave, blue skyline, epic… Then I noticed little specs in the sky?… ‘whats with the sky BC?’…’They’re the stars”… It was taken in the middle of the night, it became my favourite photo and remained the desktop picture ’til the poor old girl died… she had a rough life, but that photo kept her lookin young and sparky…

Check the work of Ben Challenor.

Here is a clip I recently edited for the crew at filthyhabits.com. Adam Blakey puts Andy through a psych evaluation during the Hawaiian season.

The chaos and froth of Cyclone Hamish had dwindled but a massive oil spill off the Sunny coast had kept some of the chaos alive. TV crews and news reporters had been scurrying around the coast looking for the story… We hadn’t seen much to worry about yet, what happened was nasty and was sure to do some damage but we just hadnt witnessed anything out of the usual yet…

The tail end of Hamish had left the coast with a few fun beachies. We caught up with Brades, who has been a big part of Runamuk Visuals since the early days… Brades had been surfing a shorey just north of where he lives and said it should be on… Everything was going to plan then Wade went and done himself a mischief…