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RIP Zack I wanted to meet you one day but I will come pay my respects!!!! Keep an eye open for us all brother
Now that’s a documentary
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I met Zach my first day at the Slabs! He gave me a bit of a tour and showed me how you can make anything out of anything whenever you want there!!
Your getting good at the video thing, very fast. Great outlet for your creative self. Keep it coming!
I am a Retired Disabled Vet that has lived off the grid in lovely Yuma. I am thinking of a Slab City future. Greetings from Florida.
TheDustysix Cheers! stop by the library any time!
Cornelius Vango I am going to visit your library and have a book or two for you.
Oh! A question, can one get satellite internet out there? I take it Cornelius that they have WiFi at the Library?
we don't have wifi at the library, but there is the internet cafe down the street from us.
Thanks for your dedication. You always reply back. When I make there I owe you and the crew some beer and a cookout. I have seen some RV videos where the rig was set up with SatPhone Service. They accessed the internet and had a big WiFi bubble around their rig. That video was deleted,perhaps the
Finally a video about slab city that has some real life content. Great job, keep it up!
Good stuff.
Best perspective I've seen in a while.
Like moving art, with a sound track and audio bytes.
ikane1 agreed, def loved the soundtrack
I somehow missed this vid .... glad I’m getting the chance .... that let me run into it ..and you lovliez .. it reminds me of places I grew up in .. climate and alll , here in outback Australia .... thanks once again for sharin... 👋🏽👍🏽👍🏽❤️✌🏽
Thanks Sister first time I saw dirty kid side to slabs Beautiful
Merry Christmas
Peace, Love and Light
more to come.
Super cool to go back and watch the original videos that you found accidentally years ago and to see how far you came Cornelius and Koz you guys are unbelievable man I still have a strong desire to come out there and see you guys maybe not to be a full-time slabber but a friend for sure ride my Harley out there it's on my bucket list for real
Dig it. Mutual respect. Help one another. I really enjoyed my time there in the Slabs with amazing people. Great vid!
The whistling song is nice. God bless you, and slab city too!
Damn girl you should make movies. This was awesome!
Loved your whistling and the guys playing at the skateboard park. Best music in the video. You can really put it together. Quality vs quantity.
A Virtual Welcome Center...NICE job. I think ya nailed it!
Definitely the best video I've seen about Slab City. Equipment is not the most important thing, but your relationship you have with the subjects and understanding. Very good.
Thank you, I'm very glad that you see it for what it is
Please! Turn down the volume on the music! One has to turn the volume way up to hear the voices, then gets blasted out of ones chair by the music. A little coordination, if you can do it, would be nice.
Wow! So cool to see this virtual time capsule of Slab City, and where your head was at five years ago!
Very nice work. You have a lot of talent!
Thank you very much
Peaceful holidays. From South Carolina.
To you, as well!
Unlike other shows on slab city this one is undeniable the best one. It gives you a deep view you of what is slab city and their inhabitants.It seems to me that some of the guys out there are Manson's descendants
great interviews in the video!
the skate park (aka old olympic sized pool) has way more amazing graffiti now
I'm coming for a visit. I hope to meet you. All the best! 🎄
great. I want to go now.
It's refreshing to know that Slabs still exists!!! I use to read about it years ago in Maximum Rock n Roll and other punk zines I use to get. I saw a video where you thumbed a ride and had to get some cash from passers by in cars. You could get a stack of index cards and a few sharpies. Then just doodle on them and do your art on them when bored or to pass time. Won't take you long to do a whole stack of cards and you can give one to folks who flip ya some scratch. Helps your karma, gets your art out there(your name too if you sign it) and people can't say your just bumming money because your technically selling art cards. If you want to get real creative glue two together and make the back with a line down the middle and place for a stamp and they become post cards. Best wishes, N8knox
Nate Brenneman That's a great idea!
Cornelius Vango I've been doing a style of sharpie art on index cards all the way up to poster board sizes. They're real trippy and started out as head cards to look at on acid or other fun stuff. Now people at tattoo shops pay me $15-$25 a piece for them. But I just give most of them away especially the smaller index size. Hope I'm in a position to get out to slabs one day😊.
I'm out of my mind most of the time. I think I would fit in 😎😉
Looks like a great bunch of people down there
Just found your channel. Great Video's :)
we are camped right by you guys andi matt a d shay are awesome!!
Thats where the guys went from Fast Times at Richmond High
ADVENTURES with Christian Richmond CA?
How do they decide where people are allowed. To pick a spot to call their own camp
You don't get it yet, nobody decides for anybody. You decide! Get it?
These types of places and living are in EVERY city in the US. Just some are bigger then others.
The only way these communities survive is people helping each other- the way it should be.
And im fascinated on how the are using the trash to make art and wonderful pieces!!
Everybody i knew would just leave the trash and find another spot. The more people, the more trash so good for u guys for utilizing whatchu got.
Ok, 4.5-99. Cool, thanks for the info, I appreciate it brother.
I bet there is every group type out there and like you said this is the group your most comfortable with.
There is man. belive it or not but there was a stock broker that left Wallstreet and came here for a little bit. slab city has been one of the most diverse places I have ever been to.
Great documentary!
This is what happens when people drink from the Salton Sea.
Hey man awesome video, I hope you keep them coming. How is the library coming along? The cats you have seem like perfect travel companions and they are gorgeous too :) Your life and videos really grabbed a hold of me and part of me wishes I was there with you. Your art is amazing and if I wasn't broke I would buy something from you. Well best wishes and safe travel from your friend John in New York. When I get my shit together I will send you something. Peace
Thank you very much! I love my cats and I love my life, and I'm glad that you can share my experience. I have a new video that I have been collecting footage for so that will be out very soon.
Cool video Cornelius!
Awesome. I will be there on Oct 1st or before with sqaut the planet.
Kal Emery sounds most excellent. Can't wait!
That was a great video. The gritty slabs. Someday... I will find myself their... and will smoketh.
It was good, although lowering when the music played then putting it up when people spoke was a bit irritating.
Love it!
Thumbs up
RIP Mr Wild
Is this the path that you want for the rest of your life? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? You seem pretty intelligent, and you could be doing big things. It is not too late to change, you are still young and have time. Life is a struggle, and we are all in it together.
I do wish they'd post links for the music used.
I miss the slabs
Hello, what camera and lens did you use to record this? Looks like the perfect wide angle lens but not too wide. Well made video, Thanks! January 11, 2015
It's a Nikon coolpix actually, with a wide lens. I am very grateful for it.
Thank you Cornelius for the timely reply. Which model Cool Pix and what millimeter lens? (28mm, 24mm...etc.) Pardon that I have so many questions but of all the videos I've seen on Slab City I like your technique the best. Very good quality, sharp and clear images. Thanks! Please send me your e-mail!
It says it's a 4.5 - 99.0 mm
Nice Video I Really Like !!!!!!!
Anything ive seen about this place makes it look like an awesome place to live. well other than what some idiots say after they start walking around with a camera trying to take pictures of peoples homes. Ive been thinkin about going there for a while, im in NY and dont have an rv tho haha.
Your videos are awesome. I enjoy watching you and how you interact with others, you are a beautiful spirit.. please never let life take that from you. If you could have one thing that would help you in your life right now.. what would that be?
hey guys only just started watching videos about all this so interesting.Are people like rob and zac still there if thats ok to ask they seem like interesting characters
What's the music you're playing?
Track names?
So the 60's movement is still.....moving.........fascinating.....I guess when you absolutely don't want to achieve anything in life, you find out where the others are that are just like you. That way you feel less guilty about it.
***** It never occurred to me but your right. How funny.
TryNsurviveN You sure make some wild assumptions about people that you have never met.
Cornelius Vango Would you care to watch the video again then, read the comments again. After that why don't you think about what you just commented to me. I believe you will find that you have no room to talk. Oh...pay a little more attention to what is said in the video this time. Have a good day.
At 2:33....is that the guy they arrested who was on the run for murder?
Question? How far down do you have to drill before you hit potable water?
Everything is brought in on foot or by vehicle. town is like 4 miles away
apocdalyptic paradise xD
How do they cope with the heat in the summer?
Im pretty sure they probably have problems with coyotes trying to eat the pets?!
Theres always SOMETHING going on im sure.
i used to have friends that would camo in the riverbottoms in San Diego...i tried it too but i preferref sleeping in friends garafes or on their couch. So i know how it is.
Slab City is just a much bigger realm of it. Reminds me of Mad Max- Road Warrior.
I used to recycle and dumsterdive for beer money and whatever i could find...i thought it was great fun....till i found my place in the real world and quit all my addictions.
Im not banging it, its alot of fun and experience.
Going there soon, taking some goods, wanting to experience a little bit of real life. The real human life experience.
whatever scenario you are in clean your mind. Which just might include cleaning the area. Do not say you cant you can. Get a recyclable barrel for gods sakes. Comb the place just once so people can see what clean is. Neglect of your own personal space and neglect of the neighbors trash tickling on your personal space is detrimental to your health. pick it up
wannabewest2010 I'm sure there's trash in your city. Who picks it up? Do you?
Tones are not represented via messages or posts. I wasn't trying to be offensive. I have though in the past picked up parks along rivers and lakes where people congregate all by myself because I was sick of human trash ruining the beauty of the natural world.
Throughout the season, temporary campers leave behind loads of trash, but a lot of it gets scavenged and picked up during the off-season by residents.
kool but don't ever do that again with he volume man o man
youtube won't let me watch your new Video posted July 25 2016
Anyone got a place for sale?
10:11 - 10:23 looking for my phone
Nice video. Soundtrack at the beginning was really annoying. Liked guitar music mucho
This pplacr n city look like doom day look like mad max
At 8.12
I want to move to slab city. how do I go about this? can I just show up? should I know people?
Lots of people show up, not everyone likes it. It's good to know people who can show you what's up, it helps if you have prior squatting and traveler experience, but there's all sorts of people here.
Cornelius Vango Yep! Great point.
i have been dreaming of you it is strange .
If the Slab was a military base at one time, does the land belong to the Feds? If it belongs to the Feds, how can the county be saying you need a permit to play music? just wondering
No
It now, I believe, actually belongs to the California teachers union. How that happened, I'm not sure. But regardless, counties have ordinances about all manner of things that take place anywhere that is not within a city ordinance, such as selling, parades, music performances, etc. May not be an enforced law about these people living there, but there still might be county ordinance about public performances,etc.
I have been doing a great deal of research. It is public use land. I BELIEVE you are some what right as I have heard that and read that. I have also read that the have tried to have these board of governors before like they have now for salvation mountain who have tried to work with ca, but ca doesn't want to clean up these waste dump site. The cost is astronomical.
It has been demeaned uninhabitable, they were going to even take down salvation mountain at one point.
The history is interesting. Really. The place has value only to those who are there at any given time and those who can now view remotely.
It's the flipping desert. It's hotter then hell certain times.
God bless.
sema_seyedi@csumb.edu Seyedi I know the area. I would not be caught dead there in the summer time - you would have to be completely nocturnal. It is up in the 110's all summer long. But, very pleasant in the winter. It's an interesting phenomenon that at one point it was suggested that the country privatize a large number of former military bases and just give them away to municipalities for their use. But the contamination on these sites, which all go back prior to WWII when nobody cared about contamination, is so enormous that nobody can afford to take the land for free. I still think though some day they are going to clean out the human beings here. Sooner or later, they always do.
JustVinnyBlues I hear you. They gave fort Ord and a few others to university. I lived there super funded waste dump sites they call them. I was there 1997 they claimed it was safe. Not so. I am permanently sick and so is my son. He was 8 when I took him. I didn't know they were mining the lead out of the sand right down wind of us every day for years.
Its clearly stated that slab city is an EXPERIMENT AND LYNN BRIGHT knows that. She is on video talking about THAT. I spent some time at slab city in 2012. I enjoyed the people and the life style...but I cannot be there full time...it was a health issue for me.
Looks like it shipping up out there. What's the deal with the courts??
what is ur PO Box again.
George whiplemyer jr. PO Box 642 Niland CA 92257
how do you supply your water??? thx
people get it different ways. Some people bring it in themselves with jugs, some people get it delivered by a friend or independant party with a truck and a water tank.
thx.peace....
No we don't lol
Cornelius Vango dig a hole,put some vegetation in put some plastic over the whole with a stone to way it down and condensation will form on the inside,collect the free water in a small cup,bingo free water,you most likely know this : )
Where do you buy your beer?
oh lets get the weed in there too, that surely helps these folks.
I'm sure you probably referencing to me smoking. I have ptsd and anxiety from my service in afghanistan. When I came back they packed me full of pills. 20-30 a day and I became addicted to a couple. As soon as I realized I was addicted I stopped taking pills and started smoking. Been off the pills ever since. just because the government says something is bad doesn't mean it's bad or vice versa. Cannabis has saved my life.
not a problem, i know all about that. but it can cause many problems as well. just be careful with respect.
yup, smoke has its place but I have seen it as well create neurotic conditions and people have had to cease completely. I think it amplify what you are feeling at the time. When I have been down it is worst thing in the world, on the other hand it has been one of the most creative things in life for me to build, it doesn't put me to sleep. Of course I don't fit the model the medical system would dictate.
+mountaintruth1 I agree but everyone reacts different to it. my brother gets very paranoid and freaked out. With me it's the opposite. I calm down and I can think clearly. helps with anxiety insomnia depression flash backs. ptsd and the mile long list that comes with it
Yes, used in one's personal situation I think it is better than any synthetic. I have never taken them but the results tell me they do much more harm than good. I have to say if it helps, proceed. I have grown, literally, and I have seen what can happen to some people, I remember hunting and camping trips where we had people literally turn into zombies, the rest of us were out hiking or hunting. So yes people react differently especially with high-grade. Peace to you and good holidays.
From the videos I was thinking it was a cool place until I saw the videos running Eric Jacobs out of town there was no need to piss in his rv tank
It's not all sunshine and rainbows, there are nasty people out here, and you can easily get into it with the wrong folks. Like Connie was saying "half hippie, half wild west" and you can get shot at, and there's a lot of other videos you can find online that show people's trailers getting burnt down. But I decided to focus on a different side. Like I tell folks, it is what you make it. Nobody is going to keep you out of trouble but you.
wait wait, my brain totally didn't process that until now... Eric got run out of town?? I'm about to do some internetting...
I guess people are sick and dysfunctional in every part of the country
what a mess. these are adults i assume?
oh yeah and the trash too.
How are they making money is what I wonder? Even a bit to sustain. I do get frugality, recycling, scavenging, up cycling, removing oneself from reliance as much as possible and all that, but surely they need some at least to sustain.
I sell my art and crafts. You can see me doing that in my other video- Your Van-tasy Awaits You. Other people do other things, sell scrap, fix stuff, build things, work for other people, work in town, collect recyclables, haul trash for others, but most people would rather make trades with eachother and barter what they have for what they need. I've had the same ten dollar bill in an envelope for this whole month. I don't use money very often, just for obtaining parts for my van and gas and food. This way of living is actually pretty common around the world. It just seems weird because it's not in a foreign country.
i was there last november and the answer is government handouts the only true hippies that exist are ppl you will never hear about
I'm not a hippie.