2008-2014

blog has been retired, find me at the following:


www.dalevaniersel.com
http://diversal.tumblr.com/
http://instagram.com/pulpmatter
 thanks for lookin, bottoms up!

❤ U Melbz

“impatient truck driver overtakes asian man while doing a turn with miscalculated results” –2014






the sign next to the door below reads
’travellers interviewed thursday afternoons and wednesday mornings”
are you a traveller?











the above photo and every other photo i see for that weight building protein crap always reminds me of the quote below from Fight Club.
Its only 8 seconds long and im pretty sure the next scene is where they first walk into the bar and Tom Waits is playing in the background.







Seriously listen to how good the aforementioned Tom Waits track is, it could be the toughest song of all time.

i bought some cheapo tyres for my bike and have been ridin around the joint takin snaps, it beats the couch and is helping my currently jacked back strengthen back up so i can do that thing we call “skateboarding” again











art deco peep































”it’s like i'm a tourist in my own city”  - Dale van iersel on talking to himself while composing blog post and contemplating all things meta.

































y’all wanna help me fix up a boat?  ..nah gammin

Its actually not a bad lookin’ boat, if this is the kind of boat your into
http://www.sorrentosteam.com.au












Now its time for some sick dance music, or house music, or techno, or whatever its called.
Lets just say that its dirty and grimy and gritty and DOPE
Greg Beato’s name itself makes this deserving of a listen.
And im just gonna put it out there cuz it’s my blog your on, that pretty much everything coming out on L.I.E.S (long island electronic systems) records is worth a listen.

digital days

First of all, i deleted my old url www.thisisdiversal.com cause i was over payin for it and it was kinda grandiloquent in a way, much like using said word. The old url will just 404 ya now.
So if it matters to ya then make a note of it.

...anyway, here is some various things spotted from the last few weeks























window detail









Had a skate with some of the lo-life boys the other day, thats will stoyes sittin down there..
Check out his section in Blank Vandals from 2001:
http://youtu.be/ucATsgGJ7fI?t=5m39s
My section in the same vid starts here:
http://youtu.be/ucATsgGJ7fI?t=9m59s
























Capital city bike path is pretty cool, randomly rode down it on Sunday.




























On the ride back, after pickin up some fresh Ultramax from K-Mart,
Vic St was havin’ a Lunar new yr festival, it was a nice change from the junkies that usually roam around there.





























And so i havent completely wasted your time, and hopefully this doesnt end up further wasting your time.
Check out this track by Bonquiqui on L.I.E.S records.
IMHO one of the sickest labels going around if your into this type of stuff, which at this moment i definitely am.




if you hated that, then this lesser known/not your regular Sonic Youth track is awesome too.

2 dudes, 2 ollies

photos from a folder called July 2011.

Its actually three dudes, i was out an about shooting the interview i conducted with killer lensman
Middsy for We Are Not Obscene zine.

http://chrismiddlebrook.com/
http://www.wearenotobscene.com/



Jeremy Corea ollies in North Melb while some kid watches, most likely in awe.

















Middsy and Jezza










Another day we went to this hell flat gap i knew of in Seddon, Alex Campbell ollies backside.
If you go there you will realise just how gnarly this is.
the run up sux and so do my photos…you get that sometimes.

Mids!

footage of Alex’s backside ollie is in the 1st bit of this:

Nike Skateboarding Australian Team 2012 from Nike SB Australia on Vimeo.




theres some jezza in this new clip by Geoff Campbell :

End of year harddrive cleanout from Skateboard.com.au on Vimeo.