Slog - Comments on A cry for help http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help I've been alternating between denial and panic for weeks, but time is running out and I need to own up: My beautiful teenage brother, Charles Christopher Madrid IV (Carlos), will turn 14 on April 28. I have no idea what to get him for his birthday. I feel out of touch with his tastes because I haven't lived with him for years, but I'll be damned if I give up my title as the reigning Queen of Cool City to (ack!) my mother. These are the things I know about my brother: He likes music, especially Common Market, Blue Scholars,... Copyright 2007 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:58:49 -0800 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:57:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ]]> there is a great book about graffiti that he may like, seeing as hip hip and graffiti go hand in hand,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810949792/sr=8-1/qid=1144707535/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0914458-6464050?%5Fencoding=UTF8

good luck!

]]> ]]> http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085834 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:19:45 -0800 Comment by breech-a word on the graf. book--gave it to my 16 year old bro for xmas and he loved it. other thoughts: what about gittin' the boy a geeee-tar? or the cool-kid from the big city combo pack: stranger urban archipelago issue framed, itmfa hat, easy street tee, etc, etc. another possibility, that i think rocks hard: some concert poster prints. Fabu graphics plus kick ass street cred. Get em some good shit and you'll be in like Flynn for cool sister of the year.

]]> breech-a http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085873 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:28:04 -0800 Comment by cienna Those are brilliant ideas--thank you both. And thanks for the link to the book, less-than-sign, greater-than-sign (and curse you movable type for making me spell that out).

You have made my job so much easier.

*Big sloppy kisses*
cienna

]]> cienna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c085924 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:38:51 -0800 Comment by gillsans Does he live in Southern Idaho? If so, either a rifle or four-wheeler would be entirely appropriate for that age level.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086091 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:38:59 -0800 Comment by ciennasmommy Hey, babe,

Couple o' things, just so's you don't go in debt for your formal wear just yet...
1) Ian will never ask you to junior prom. You cannot shamelessly screech up the neighborhood about someone's pubescent (alleged) likeness to a 'My Little Pony' one year, shaking that big-eyed little girl horse toy and it's platinum mane at the skulking group of sullen skaters, and toady up to him the next as if he'd want to expose you more fully to his peer group. FaReak.
2) Carlos isn't into skateboarding any more. Seems to be too cliche.
3) The graffiti book sounds good.
4) Can you ask Joel Connelly if I can register to vote using his cabin address? Whenever I'm in Washington, I lift heavy things and recycle like a crazed beaver (no pun intended). Voting in Idaho is just too depressing...

love,

Mommy

]]> ciennasmommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086123 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:49:25 -0800 Comment by B.D. Blackalicious - The Craft

Great album to go with that graf. book

]]> B.D. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c086140 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:56:07 -0800 Comment by Amy Jo What about music lessons of some kind? My 14-year-old friend is taking drum lessons and he's always practicing spinning the sticks in his hands.

]]> Amy Jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c088829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c088829 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:46:42 -0800 Comment by Longball Fly him out here and take him to Sasquatch fest to see Common Market, Blue Scholars and many more LIVE with his cool big sis. I mean, c'mon, that would be way cooler than cool.

]]> Longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c088993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/a_cry_for_help#c088993 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:57:02 -0800