Thrasher back issues from August 2007:
Kids suck.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2007; ... I am just writing in the hope that Danny Way will read your letter section. Let me explain. On Sunday, March 6, 2007, I went to a Plan B demo out in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is an awesome looking concrete park that was newly built by Dreamland. Also the first in the United ...
Don't talk.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2007; ... First of all, you guys rule but that pretty much goes without saying. However, I am writing you for a big favor. See, about 10 of my high school friends and I here in Massachusetts kind of take your KOTR idea and do a thing every half a year called KOTC: The King of the Campus. It's ...
Harry Potter.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2007; ... My name is Lindsey. I have been living in San Diego for five years. I moved here from Albuquerque. I started skateboarding when I was 11, but didn't really love it 'til I was 16 when I met all of my friends. I should be a lot better than I am since I had their help. I want to let you know ...
Beer thirty.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Hey P-Stone, can you please stop mentioning that you "drank brews" or that you "had a cold one?" We get it--you like to drink beer. Well, congrats. It may sound like I am straight edge. I'm not. Perhaps it may seem like I don't drink beer. I do, and I enjoy it. It's just that ...
The larb #2.(ZINE THING)
Aug 01, 2007 ... This one is subtitled Ritualistic Upheavings--and that's exactly what yer getting, straight from the mind of hesh crew commandant Sam Hitz. There's a few pages of photocopied photos, Washington Street, some pools, some thrown together DIY stuff, and a few heads you might recognize, might ...
Shake no action #1.(ZINE THING)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Outta PDX, SNA is tired of the bullshit it sees in music these days, specifically the lack of good rock and roll: "'Rock might get co-opted, harvested, and drained of its blood, but the antisocial elements of rock and roll will never die, and will outlive all of us!" Truer words never ...
The rise and the fall #9.(ZINE THING)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Another top-notch issue of this consistently kickass and interesting to read 'zinc out of San Pedro. This one's got some of the regular stuff: a Channel Street update, some more unpublished Bukowski poems, record, DVD and 'zine reviews (although Vinnie Vegas has copped my rating system: ...
Pink crack #1.(ZINE THING)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Don't ask me where they got the name for this one. Something about North Carolina has always been appealing. It's a laid back place, it's the South without being the Deep South (at least on the coast), and there's always killer shit to ride. This one's got the right attitude: travel, no ...
How to draw skulls!(ZINE THING)
Aug 01, 2007 ... (1.) DRAW AN OVAL. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (2.) DIVIDE IT IN HALF, DRAW THE JAW, AND SHAPE OUT THE CHEEK BONES. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (3.) MAKE A LINE FOR THE MOUTH, PUT ...
Ratkin: choice cord.(JAMES ATKIN)
Aug 01, 2007; ... "James Ratkin, the funniest dude on the planet! This guy knows every word to the worst songs on earth and will bust them out with a dance at any given moment, stay away from the pool ...
"Skateboarding has to happen in backyards now".(FROM THE CRYPT: LOCK AT LANCE'S '84)
Aug 01, 2007; ... ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT "Lock at Lance's" is that the pictures tell the story of skateboarding at this time. This was one of the year's major events, in 1984 or whatever. Fausto and Stacy got together and said they needed an event to help mold and promote skateboarding during what was a slow ...
What's sad what's rad.
Aug 01, 2007; ... SOMETIMES IT'S HARD to tell what's cool and what's not. You know? It's like, one minute you're wearing your stonewashed pleated Guess jeans and everybody wants to ride in your Camaro. And then the next minute you can't even get somebody to comb your moustache with their tongue. And ...
Could have been a buddy holly story.(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... JOHN PONTS JUST GOT his commercial pilot's license and it was time for a skate trip in the airplane. flown by a skater, for the skaters. The motorcycle thing is played out lately; it was time to up the ante. It ain't like you can just rent a plane and fly it wherever you want to go without ...
Lost in the deep end: 3rd Annual Pro-Tec Pool Party.
Aug 01, 2007; ... ONE OF THE LAST Vans parks left has one hell of a pool. Every year the old, new and even the girls foam at the mouth for Steve Van Doren's cold, hard cash. Here's the photos and the results. See you next year and wherever you go, pigs still suck. PRO'S CATEGORY--FINALS ...
Gawk 'n' roll: flip shocks Shanghai.(Cover story)
Aug 01, 2007; ... FOR THE INFANTS and toddlers of China, wearing diapers is the exception rather than the rule. While their drooling counterparts in the so-called First World bide their time messing themselves and waiting around to get cleaned up, the Chinese babies are dressed in pants and singlets that, ...
Brent Atchley: "raw, raw, raw".(HEADS_ATCHLEY)(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... When was the first time you ever went to Burnside? Oh man, the first time I went to Burnside I didn't even skate. I was probably around eight; my mom worked down the street and took us there and dropped us off. We checked it out. It was crazy. I ended up getting stuck in the big ...
Sean Malto: "whoa, that was weird".(HEADS_MALTO)(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Mowgli, The Jungle Book character to whom you bear a striking resemblance, is from the jungles of India. What's your ethnic background? My dad's Filipino, and my mom's white. So you're not really Koston's son like everyone thinks? I don't think so. ...
Colt Cannon: "the worst president".(HEADS_CANNON)(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... In all your travels, when were you the most scared? I've told this story once before, but I'm sure Kingman and Hughes would like to hear it again. I was on an Element trip flying back from Japan. Of course I got bitch in between Kenny Hughes and Ryan Kingman, and they're not ...
Photo feature: insert emulsion side down.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tommy Sandoval backside kickflip [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Andrew Allen backside disaster [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Rob backside tailslide kickflip out [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Oliver Buchanan switch ...
The Stooges.
Aug 01, 2007; ... AFTER A YEAR and a half overseas, I returned to The States only to find out that the Stooges were playing in my hometown of Seattle in two weeks. Not Iggy Pop, not even Iggy and the Stooges, but The Stooges. Attendance was mandatory. It would be completing the triumvirate of Detroit proto ...
Lifesavas.(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... PORTLAND'S LIFESAVAS are of a rare breed. They stand proudly among the few independent hip-hop acts that bridge the gap between the radio and the backpack. With overt confidence, the group comments on social ills splashed across front pages of newspapers, and handles personal hardships ...
Ostrich Head.(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... THIS IS HIP-HOP that's grown from the suburbs into a finely tuned and polished group of artists, with roots extending far over a genre as American as apple pie. Their DIY work ethic has gotten them far in West Coast's underground hip-hop scene. Although their sound is incredibly tight, ...
Against me!(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... FROM GAINESVILLE, FL, Against Me! began through humble roots with one man, Tom Gabel, and his acoustic guitar. Releasing one acoustic solo album, the single musician show eventually morphed into a four piece with James Bowman on guitar, Andrew Seward on bass, and Warren Oaks on drums. Over ...
Goatwhore.(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... ALTHOUGH MANY PURISTS equate "true" black metal as Scandinavian, Goatwhore has become the exception to the rule. They are southern black metal/sludge masters with an unforgettable name coming out of New Orleans, who just unleashed their third album, A Haunting Curse on Metal Blade Records ....
Warkrime.(Interview)
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO produced plenty of good punk bands back in the day like the Puck-ups, Urban Assault, Sick Pleasure, and now Warkrime, made up of Brutal Sean, Max Retard, Pat, and Brace Belden. The band's been playing around the Bay Area for a couple of years, and really stirred things up by ...
Bloody Panda: Pheromone (Level Plane).(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BLOODY PANDA Pheromone (Level Plane)--Despite the widespread scene in the funeral doom world. Bloody Panda champions the haunting female Ohara, Japanese specialist in disfiguring the vocals of ...
The Angelic: Process Weighing Souls with Sand (Profound Lore).(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE ANGELIC PROCESS Weighing Souls with Sand (Profound Lore)--Come to the avant metal, ambient drone world of this Georgian husband and wife duo. Thus hearing their newest ...
Blutch: Materia At a Loss.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BLUTCH Materia At a Loss--If you're new to Blutch, know that they're the next level in stoner doom. Materia isn't their first release, but to me the most distorted ...
Keen of the Crow: Hyborea (Grau).(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KEEN OF THE CROW Hyborea (Grau)--This is what ex-Morgion members are up to, and mostly remaining in their long anthems of doom/death roots. Keen of the Crow brings out more of a self-indulgent crusade of ...
Blasphemy: Fallen Angel of Doom (NWN Productions).(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Aug 01, 2007 ... BLASPHEMY Fallen Angel of Doom (NWN Productions)--This is a supreme resurrection of the satanic elite, now unearthed for unholy mass devourment. These legendary ...
On the live front.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... ON THE LIVE FRONT, checked out some ...
San Jose-based Clay Wheels torched through the region, playing in Portland and the opening at the Irrigon skatepark, and then a show in Seattle.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... San Jose-based Clay Wheels torched through the region, playing in Portland and the opening at the Irrigon skatepark, and then a show in Seattle. These guys were smokin' as usual, and actually opened the ...
Fallouts.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Also in Seattle, caught garage rock legends the Fallouts, who played the divey Funhouse and tore through stuff going back to their first record ....
Got a couple great 7"s from Goner Records.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Got a couple great 7"s from Goner Records. The first is from Cococoma (6-1/4-125), with some organ drenched foot stompin' garage. The ...
Also got a DVD and CD combo from last year's Gonerfest, with bands from Goner and other labels.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Also got a DVD and CD combo from last year's Gonerfest, with bands from Goner and other labels. The CD is great, with 27 songs from 27 bands, and the DVD's got just as many. The live stuff is great quality, and fortunately the DVD isn't one stooge shooting a show, but has a few ...
Speaking of visual entertainment, couple of DVDs for you sickos out there featuring the Mentors (El Duce Vita) and Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Speaking of visual entertainment, couple of DVDs for you sickos out there featuring the Mentors (El Duce Vita) and Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics. Never heard of the Mentors? They were a three piece who wore executioner masks and sung about raunchy sex to kind of basic, metallic ...
On the bigger slabs of vinyl, check out the 12" EP by Head, "No Hugging, No Learning" on Evil Clown Records.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... On the bigger slabs of vinyl, check out the 12" EP by Head, "No Hugging, No Learning" on Evil Clown Records. Far surpassing most bands of their ilk (that is, bands that sound like the Ramones circa ...
King Khan and BBQ.(NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND)
Aug 01, 2007; ... Another great slab of vinyl comes in the King Khan and BBQ sophomore LP What's for Dinner? on In the Red. Essentially a one-man ...
Photograffiti.
Aug 01, 2007 ... We get plenty of fly-out flicks. Now send the raw streets. Photo-G: PO Box 884570 SF, CA, 94188 "Hey, pull over?" Hawaiian Punch knows you never let your bros (or Mom) just drive by a skatespot. Frontside ollie [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jonah perches a ...
Road to kill.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KOTR 2007: WITH ZERO TAKING THEMSELVES OUT OF THE game (happy to stand on their unprecedented three-peat), a whole new batch of King of the Road warriors has risen to the challenge, making it truly anyone's prize. Blind, led by the nude 540 spinning Cannuck William Weiss, will be breaking ...
Start walking.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... When you lose Appleyard and Rowley, it's time to make some major moves--or so it seems was the case with Active mailorder. They just announced the addition of Paul Rodriguez to the squad. Not too shabby. ...
Russian roulette.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Summer tour season is kicking into high gear with RVCA hitting Canada, City in Russia, and Toy Machine sweeping Europe. If you see them, make sure and ask if you can have their ...
Flat out.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... A sudden series of various allegedly unrelated events have now aroused the suspicions of multitudes. In one of the more blatant incidents, Steve Caballero debuted his latest ride: a stellar 1935 three-window coupe at Paso Robles. Also present was able Indy team manager Lance Dawes, who not ...
Brake sail.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... What do Gonz, Pushead, the Ikeda brothers, Fraser Cook, Wes Humpston, Shaun Stussy, Mister Cartoon, Julien Stranger, Hosoi, Bob Haro, Spike Jonze, Paul Middleman, Tommy Guerrero, and Mic-E Reyes all have in common? Could all of them currently be in meetings with Tomonori Tanaka--who is ...
Stay up.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Ray Underhill benefit online auction netted over $47,000. Involved agents such as Jamie Muehlhausen, Miki Vuckovich, Sean Mortimer, and Grind for Life deserve much credit for this selfless enterprise. The highly esoteric California High School Skateboarding Club competitive ...
Crocked up.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... San Francisco's Streetwise skateshop threw their second contest Saturday, June 9th, at Crocker Amazon skatepark. There was plenty going on for everyone: music, barbeque, drinks, product for the kids, and $500 for the first place winner. Karma Tsocheff acted as the presiding judge. Many ...
Brake line.(TRASH)
Aug 01, 2007 ... "There are no coaches, it's all about becoming a crew."--Kevin Imamura "No ...
Funbox.(ON BOARD)
Aug 01, 2007; ... THREE WAYS TO TRIP OUT YOUR FRIENDS or THIS IS ME TRYING TO WRITE LIKE SIEBEN 1) Tell your friend, "I've got an important message for you." Then faint. When you recover, say you can't remember the message. Later on, say, "Oh, yeah, I remember!" Then faint again. Keep this up ...
Five ...(ON BOARD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... Best Carlsbad Tricks 1. Switch hardflip 2. Switch tre flip 3. Nollie 360 4. Switch frontside flip 5. Nollie heelflip --Darryl Tunstall, Olive Branch, MS Bald Rippers 1. Matt Mumford 2 ....
Awful truth: men taping skateboarding video gets carjacked along I-Drive.(ON BOARD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... ORLANDO, Fla--Two men getting ready to tape a skateboarding video became victims of a carjacking. It happened along I-Drive, near Kirkman Road. The suspects first ran over the men's skateboard. Then they took out their guns and took off with the victim's wallets, camera, and car. The two ...
Firing line: Punker Matt.(ON BOARD)
Aug 01, 2007 ... PUNKER MATT Date of Birth: August 20, 1975 Residence: Oregon Hinterland Republican or Democrat: Anarchist Favorite Pissdrunk: Spawnlala Video: Baker Bootleg ...
"Apparently he'd been drinking".(SOMETHIN' ELSE)
Aug 01, 2007 ... UTRA MEGA SUPERDRUNK RAMP DAN DREHOBL BUILT this ramp after they tore down the ...
The many facets of volcom stone.
Aug 01, 2007 ... ROLLING STONE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STONE COLD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STONE FREE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STONE HENGE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STONE CRAZY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Porkchop hill.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY IN MY LIFE, UNTIL I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ED McMAHON.. UNTIL I STARTED USING DRY IDEA ... BUT MAINLY UNTIL MY EDITOR ORDERED ME TO DRAW A CARTOON FEATURE STORY ABOUT ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I WANT THE QUINTESSENTIAL SKATEBOARD FEATURE ON MY ...
Meanwhile in the dopecity of doom ...(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007; ... THE CLIMATE WAS UNBEARABLY HARSH IN DOPE CITY EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN A MEMBER OF A ROCK'N'ROLL BAND NOTHING TO EAT EXCEPT DRUGS. CHAIN SMOKING TWO CIGARETTES AT A TIME THE WHOLE TIME WHICH HEATED UP THE CITY SO BAD IT TURNED DAY INTO NIGHT AND BURNED EVERY BODYS FACES OFF ...
Bocadillo bastards.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007; ... 2 EUROS ... COME ON BOCADILLO'S 4 EUROS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SHIT ANDH AHGAHH DEMO AHH IN STUTTGART [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ZE GERMANS WAITING FOR ZER FOOD. BLUE BAY FREE DINNER VAT TIME IZZIT? ...
Don't let the man bring your down.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007; ... I USED TO SKATE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lake Ontario gets ...
Funny business with big business: featuring Jared and Coady.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... OOOOOH! RIGHT IN THE NUTS! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEST ...
Skullphone.(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007; ... HELLO [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (AHEM) HI THERE, THIS IS THE POWER COMPANY. IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR RUNNING? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Janky comix in "Cristal Mimosas".(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KNOCK KNOCK [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHOS THERE? ...
Janky comix in "Old-Timey Sundries".(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KNOCK KNOCK [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHO'S THERE? ...
Janky comix in "Funny ha-ha".(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KNOCK KNOCK [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHOS THERE? ...
Janky comix in "Funny Peculiar".(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... KNOCK KNOCK [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHO'S THERE? ...
Mr. Enjoyment.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007 ... AH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A SUITABLE PLACE TO COMMUNE WITH MY FELLOW MAN! HA! INDUBITABLY! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WELL WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT SLAPPY? HA! SERVICE! I LOVE IT! PURR [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HHHMMMM MMMMM MMMM ...
Arzagorath: true Norwegian black metal stand-up comedian.(Comic)(Cartoon)
Aug 01, 2007; ... HOWZ EVERYBODY DOIN' TONITE? ... IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN NORGE. ... AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST FLEW IN ... [ILLUSTRATION ...