2010 Snowboard Halfpipe Bronze medalist Scotty Lago was excused from the Winter Games after some (hardly) incriminating photos surfaced.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The fuddy-duddy suits who run the Vancouver Games got their scapegoat. Scotty Lago was kicked out of the Winter Olympics. Yes, kicked out.

Do not believe the party line served by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, nor the words of United States Olympic Committee spokesman Patrick Sandusky, who said: “Scotty left on his own accord. He wasn’t forced to leave.” Lago, the bronze medalist in halfpipe, was forced to leave, two sources close to him told Yahoo! Sports, and did so only to prevent an even greater escalation of a situation that already had been blown far out of proportion.

Lago is the smiling 23-year-old in the now-infamous pictures of an Olympic medalist celebrating. The photos are kids’ play, and yet because somebody caught Michael Phelps taking a bong hit, anything – anything – gets the USOC’s tighty-whities in a bunch.

Frank151's Photo Editor Craig Wetherby is on location in Vancouver and has been spending some quality time with a few Olympians. He snapped this flick of Lago with Frank Book Chapter 39: Middle East.


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In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti,  converted shipping containers are being looked at as a solution to the housing crisis. SEED is an organization of teachers and students hailing from Clemson University. The program takes advantage of an existing surplus of shipping containers and works with industry partners to research and develop an affordable housing solution for the Caribbean Region. They found that the Caribbean nations inherently import more goods than they export, generating a steady surplus of shipping containers. The containers are constructed of steel able to withstand winds of up to 140-mph, and provide 304 square feet of floor space. Associate-Professor Doug Hecker, who is heading the campaign, states that placing a few strategic cuts in the containers allows for enough airflow and light to make these sanctuaries livable. With a long-term commitment, these places of refuge can be made permanent. According to FastCompany.com, the containers are also augmented with another surplus item: 55-gallon drums fitted with an interior slip to protect against leaking.


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New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl Champ Reggie Bush was at the Red Bull party in Vancouver celebrating Shaun White's Olympic Gold Medal victory. Word is he was trying out snowboarding for the first time. Frank Photo Editor Craig Wetherby snapped him with Frank Book Chapter 39: Middle East.


The LA Times reports on how Bush did, here.

Patrick Martinez focuses on the phenomenology of his surroundings. His focus, subjects such as everyday people that aren't usually painted into the limelight and elements of the city that would be thought of as objects we take for granted. He strives to bring a sublime beauty to things that aren't thought of as conventionally beautiful. Patrick uses these objects as communicative mediums, working with intellect and intuition in creating pieces of art that reflect and document situations that are ever present around him. Vitality and rhythm are the essence and energy in his artwork.

Reggae fans are familiar with Sanchez, as he's been blessing mics with his golden singing voice for over 15 years. Before that, he was grinding as a popular DJ with the Rambo Soundsystem, performing as a "triple threat", where he was djing, toasting and singing over the tracks he would play.

His late 80's hit "Lady In Red" (a cover of Simply Red) won over a reggae world that has stayed checking for Sanchez' music until this day. This Tuesday February 9th VP Records brings the world Sanchez' next full length effort, entitled Now & Forever. This release is full of the singer's rootsy vibe that takes from today's American r&b and pop, while displaying the foundation reggae vibration that often goes missing in many of today's uptempo and computerized dance hall releases. Instead, you get a good-feeling, a sweet croon, and a steady skank. If you're looking for that rootical sound, and miss the days of reggae-past, this release is your ticket.

This album can be purchased on Amazon.com

DJ Arems (Faction Sound/Vancouver) linked up with our friends at C1RCA and Shine Nightclub, where Vancouver's #1 Dancehall party Free Up Wednesdays happens every week, to come with a gang-load of the top Dancehall riddims from 2009. If you're weren't able to scour the earth (internet) for all these tracks, you're off the hook. What's more, the mix, entitled Fiya Fi Bun Dem Pt. 4, contains dubplates from everyone from Assassin to Vybz Kartel and Beenie Man. Also represented here are the two top production units in Jamaica right now: Big Ship (Stephen McGregor) and Deseca, where would Dancehall in 2009 have been without them?

Just in time for Christmas, Sean Paul has dropped a new mixtape, entitled The Odyssey. Download it for free here and have a truly dutty christmas.