IT'S ON...

-Grenade is ON a boat.


-Louie "Sheckler in training" Vito is ON Dancing with the stars

(with kelly osborn, chuck liddell and sabrina the teenage witch no less)

-This cover of black betty by Nick Cave as featured in the intro of "Baker Has a Deathwish" is ON my list of most awesome song covers of all time.


WARNING- Adderall fueled gibberish ahead. Proceed with caution.

What's truly remarkable about this piece, is the manner in which the sharp percussive clanks, grinds and smacks of the skating and assorted other backround ambiance and voices in the video intermingle so seamlessly with the song, elevating the whole to a level far greater then the sum of its parts. This metaphorical yin and yang, combined with the rapid fire visual assault of incongruous and nonlinear imagery creates an unexpected and brilliant audiovisual synergy. From chaos, comes a strange cohesiveness. A masterful juxtuposition of seemingly unrelated music and imagery if ever there was one. The savage grunting and howling in conjunction with the strange ritualistic and violent outbursts of movement and self expression on behalf of the baker clan, paired with the tribal drumming and chanting of the song conjures thoughts of pre hominid man, performing crazed primitive dances and thrashing around wildly in attempts to earn the favor of savage and brutal ancient gods.


-Somebody needs to put this bear ON a skateboard.

"SNOWMASS, Colo. - A bear that wandered into an in-ground skateboard park and got stuck was rescued when officials lowered a ladder so it could climb out."


I really hope that some local gnardog skate rats rolled up on the scene first, shotgunned a few, ripped a few lines through the bowl while being chased by the bear, then after a few close calls, called it a day and informed the proper authorities. I'm waiting on the footy.

Thrashin Thursdays, Vol. II

-Is it skate OR die or skate AND die?

Farrah Fawcett


MJ


Coincidence? I think not. It is the SAME EXACT SKATEBOARD. Cursed or conspiracy? Who's next?

-A weird chapter in skateboard history-

Caught Clean is a skateboarding video. It is also a juggling video. At times, it is a skateboarding and juggling video. At other times it is a juggling flaming torches while kickflipping on a bank video. Laban Pheidias directs his way to inventing a new sport combining skating and juggling. We like to call it, "skuggling".

-Interesting blog (company? art collective?) about art/high concept/gimmicky skateboards and skate related paraphenalia.
No Good skate blog



-Remember that spot in the Alcatraz level in THPS 4, right by where you have to jump onto the target thing in the water with bam? Here's the real deal.



-Ever wondered what it would be like to be a skateboard truck? find out HERE. A trucks eye view of a hot lil sesh

-The Tech Deck type toy of the future. Yeah, I want one. So what?



-Got some time to kill? Watch Mall Grab. It's great. I want to party with these dudes.

MALL GRAB from Daniel Evans on Vimeo.

-Tony Hawk skating in the White House

This was actually shot mid way through a game of skate. Obama won. Obv.

And I leave you with a classic skate part from one of the finest skateboard productions ever out to vhs. Louie Barletta in Man Down. Possibly the greatest video part of our generation.


See Thrashin Thursdays Vol. 1 HERE

Obscure Synchronicity, as it relates to T-shirts, Gummo and Skateboarding

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a supposedly meaningful manner."
-Wikipedia

So a few days ago, I decided to watch one of the greatest pieces of visual art ever put to vhs for the 90325th time. The film I am referring to, of course is as follows-

Now, if you have never seen this film, do it as soon as possible. It will change your life and touch you in inappropriate places. I'll wait. Now, it was this scene in particular that gave me the HOLY SHIT the universe is one giant organism and the universe is interconnected and hippie shit blah blah blah etc moment.

Now I was watching this and had my first of two revelations. The Red Sweatpants Avenger who taps in about halfway through to lay the smack down on the chair looked vaguely familiar, and I realized he looked a heck of a lot like OG skateboard legend Mark Gonzales. I checked the credits and it turns out it is. Then my second revelation came. I noticed that the gay black midget in the background was wearing a shirt with an Israeli flag. Identical to the shirt that Gonzales wore for about 5 seconds in his part in video days. I don't give a fuck who you are or where you come from, you need this video part in your life right now. Watch it. Easily one of the top 5 best video parts of all time. In one of the top 5 videos of all time. This is the cream of the crop ladies and gentleman. Timeless.

pure poetry.

Back to the point:
FACT:
IT IS THE SAME FUCKING SHIRT. Gonz must have given it to the dude during filming.



Why do I get so stoked on shit that probably only makes sense to me? Counterpoint, have you ever been so jealous of a gay black midget? discuss