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The 4th over Hoboken >> NYC

The Og — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:38:59 +0000

New Natty edit with Leif and pals

The Og — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:18:54 +0000

Natty Graham is a 24 year old photographer from Maine, kids got a super talented eye, cant wait see what the futures got for him. Below is a new edit he did of Leif. Check his blog out –.>>The Dump

Heres the new edit..

Aziz and Zach, genius….

The Og — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:32:18 +0000

I call hoodies hoodles yo…

MTV Shows

Go Surfing

BrentS — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:18:16 +0000

Yeah so the waves are good today and tomorrow, probably should go surfing.

Click Here for Forecast

R.I.P. Harry “The Hat” McCarthy

BrentS — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:48:19 +0000

Navy Man, Father, Teacher, Lifeguard and Manasquan Beach icon Harry “The Hat” McCarthy has passed away after his long battle with cancer. He was a friend to many people who knew him and a good friend of the Ogden family, his magic tricks from the past summers will not be forgotten by any of us here.

Closed Temporarily: Same Cast just new characters…

The Og — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:06:22 +0000

To our Readers,

TheOgBlog will be temporarily down in order to re-vamp it. We will have the same cast just adding new characters and other fun shit. We want to give you guys more of a reason to get involved. Also if you or anyone you know is interested in writing or have any creative ideas we would love to hear them, email me at info@ogdenclohting.com.

5-4,
The Og

Stay Put….

Liars and thieves you know not what is in store. -M&Sons

The Og — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:15:43 +0000

The title of this post comes from “Dust Bowl Dance” a song by a band Mumford & Sons. If you have never heard of these guys before, today is your lucky day. Mumford &Sons is a quartet from West London bringing us there own edge on classic style folk music. Im going to go ahead and say this is a must buy album, every song is good. Even people who arent into folk can get into these guys, they are unbelievable musicians and have epic style lyrics to follow. The song that got us hooked was “Little Lion Man” but, after giving the whole album a listen we couldnt pick a favorite…. but “Dust Bowl Dance” is near the top, starts slow and ends loud. (i dont usually do reviews because i suck at putting things on paper but sometimes i get excited when i hear shiz like this!)

For your Audio and Visual Pleasure: ”Little Lion Man”

Bamboozle Raffle Results!!!!!

The Og — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:12:08 +0000

So bad news guys, due to an aggressive packing up of the tent at Bamboozle we broke our camera and not able to make the vid of the drawing like we wanted to. That being said, drum roll please….. drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The first board goes tooooo……….. Mr. Joey Regan!

The Second Board goes tooo…… Mr. Chris Johnson!

And the Fender goes toooo…… Mr. Dan Anderson!

We will be contacting each of you tomorrow to get you info. If you know any of these guys please tell them to contact us at info@ogdenclothing.com.

Thanks all for coming out to visit us, look for us next year and in your local shop.

****Because of the fumble on the camera and us promising a vid of the drawing we are offering 25% off to each person on the list, we have your email, we will contact you next week*****

Love,

Ogden

Our Bamboozle.

The Og — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:41:11 +0000

So this weekend we got a tent at The Bamboozle Music Festival in NJ. Didnt really get the best tent situation but we made the best of it and met a shiz ton of cool azz people. Heres alittle photo tour. Enjoy.

We were supposedly in the “Main Stage” area..

Saw some unbelievable mullets…

and got caught taking pics of them. Dont know why this guy gave us the stank eye, this has to happen a couple times a day with that master piece..

This is about how thick the crowd got in no mans land… i mean “Main Stage Area”.

David Hasselhoff even showed up for a day…

Nurse Jaime came in huge the first day with setting up and making sandwiches…

Night at the Boozle, hoping for a better day tomorrow..

Nope… still desolate out in the “Main Stage Area”.

So we decided to have a couple brews and conversate with the kids cruising for free stickers…

Even met this portly fellow who was wiling to try on the first Ogden Bikini.

Might not have done the biz we wanted to but we met some cool azz people..

Much thanks go out to the people at Annheiser, Skyy, and Monster.

Brent.

just a cool pic.

The End.

The Internet and Music

Robinson — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:54:35 +0000

The Internet reflected a horizontal move in the distribution in music. To define the Internet for the current generation would be redundant. Its influence has permeated almost every aspect of human culture in a remarkably short period of time. Its influence on music is no exception. In 2009 Times Magazine article, Greg Kot discusses the changing face of the music industry. “For years, the music industry was confined to four multinational corporations that dominated the revenue stream of 70% of the music coming in…Now all that has been broken up into millions and millions of little pieces and subcultures and niches that are serving small, really dedicated communities of music lovers” In his article he continues to elaborate on the advent of “niches” serving a healthy appetite for music.
Some may believe that audiences have changed. It has been a reoccurring theme for music industry critics to blame the influence of “instant gratification” provided by the Internet. Kot is quick to repute such claims. Unlike music distribution in the contemporary context, record companies had grown too large and harnessed too much control over the direction of music. With a monopoly on this aspect of the industry, this circle of influence under these major labels could see no limitations regarding how much they could charge consumers as well as controlling what music found it’s way into popular culture. The age of illegal downloads and free music is the only necessary conclusion to the stranglehold of influence held by this elite class of music distributers.
Although it may seem heroic to stick it to the big, bad record companies after their reign of terror, there were some benefits to their influence. For one, Artists were guaranteed credit and recognition for their work. They were also compensated for the money their music made. Lastly, record companies were able to convince consumers to purchase entire albums. Albums and Album Artwork would take a backseat to the digital age of mass chaos and “pirating” music. The questions arrive begging weather this new wave of accessibility would foster or diminish the sanctity of the artist and it’s applications in music. The answer lies in an assimilation of the resources we already have.
Consumers, though not always completely informed, have not changed. If one were to take consumer’s wants and desires from today’s generation and compare them to their predecessors, one would most likely find they aren’t very different. Consumers are also smart enough to recognize what they believe something is worth. Today’s music industry has taken foreword-thinking steps to begin to not change, but rather adapt to the growing trends.
Musicians have begun reverting to previously used technologies such as vinyl as a means to add value to their product. In many ways this makes perfect sense. Why would consumers buy music they could easily find for free? The answer lies in adding value through cultural capital. Consumers are no longer paying just for the music, but also the experience of hearing music in its purest form of “analog” recording. Listeners are also paying for the experience of holding an album and soaking in the history it has endured. Combining new age technologies with the value of historical context could pave the way for a cultural revolution. “As an extra lure, many labels are including coupons for free audio downloads with their vinyl albums so that Generation Y music fans can get the best of both worlds: high-quality sound at home and iPod portability for the road.”
The growing accessibility of music has been a reoccurring theme throughout history. Music in society today is no exception. Whether through mass production of sheet music throughout the 1700’s or even the chaotic scramble for unauthorized downloads of the new millennium, the growth in society’s wealth of experience of music has shared in no deficit. In today’s world, for the first time in history, independent artists stand a chance in the global market. Consumers today can find and listen to music from seemingly endless genres with a few clicks of their mouse. The growth in community of listeners fuels the spread of knowledge, adding to the development of music as a precursor towards a continued tradition of innovation and development.