Thrasher back issues from October 2002:
Mail drop.(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Enlist every twisted, brass-fisted, crime witness at: Mail Drop c/o THRASHER PO Box 884570 San Francisco, CA 94188-4570 FASHION FLICKS I am the unconventional Thrasher reader. The kind of reader who, instead of spending all free time skating spends all free time ...
Zine thing.(6 independent magazines)
Oct 01, 2002; K., Bruce ... Copper Press #11 Indie rock and emo have never really been my bag, I guess I just can't get over a lot of the whining that seems to go hand-in-hand with the two genres. But hey, just because it's not for me doesn't mean it ain't for you. And if it is, it seems as though Copper ...
Another blissful S.U.I.(Skating under the influence in Spain)(Brief Article)(Column)
Oct 01, 2002; Vitello, Tony ... IT COULD BE MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED AS UNHEALTHY, but I consider my case of paranoia to be quite mild considering the circumstances. Skaters are naturally paranoid and the affliction is only becoming worse as each spot becomes skate-proofed or busted. After 9/11, every nobody (who never will ...
Revenge against boredom.(punk rock and skateboarding; excerpt from Jocko Weyland's The Answer is Never--A Skateboarder's History of the World)
Oct 01, 2002; Weyland, Jocko ... IN 1981 RONALD REAGAN WAS IN OFFICE, there was a recession, unemployment was high and the cold war was at its height, filling my adolescent mind with hyper-realistic nightmares of nuclear annihilation. The popular culture of the time was overwhelmingly boring, conservative, and unwilling ...
The gathering storm: BMXers take Chaffey High out of commission.(bikers versus skateboarders, Chaffey High School, Ontario, California)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002; Scurich, Nick ... CHAFFEY HIGH SCHOOL IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA used to serve not only as a prime location to film and train, but also to hang out and enjoy skating with your friends. Chaffey would appear to be every street skater's dream: it's a wide open school yard with different sized ledges, and many ...
Barcelona blow out.(skateboarding in Barcelona, Spain)
Oct 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... KIDS IN EUROPE AREN'T ANY WORSE THAN CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, but there is definitely a dickhead element among many in the lower-income brackets. I use the word dickhead not because it's the best expletive I can come up with, but because Brian Sumner once told me that his childhood ...
Heads.(skateboarder Josh Kasper)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2002; Burnett, Michael ... JOSH KASPER "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS INFORMATION HAS EVER BEEN DISCLOSED" So just to set the record straight, what's this rollerblade thing? Is that true or made up? Yeah, I used to rollerblade. Did you skateboard first? Yeah, I ...
Subvert the dominant paradigm.(skateboarding and popular culture)
Oct 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... A PARADIGM IS, ESSENTIALLY, a world-view or what is called a weltanshauung, a belief system that helps one understand the world around him or her, usually specifically related to a given phenomenon. Paradigms are by their definition (at least in the classical sense) mutually exclusive or ...
Useless information.(trivia)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush The ...
Noreaga.(rapper formerly known as Victor Santiago)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2002; Aki-X ... OUTSIDE THE SUPREME STORE, MANHATTAN--Chilling, literally freezing our fucking balls off. It's a cold, grimy-ass spring afternoon here in NY and we're waiting to meet Beelzebub. Time is slipping into the future like our icy breath, and my partner Shelby Woods, aka Mr KO, can't wait no ...
Lazy Cowgirls.(Brief Article)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, the Lazy Cowgirls will go down as one of my favorite bands of all time. They play an honest, gut-level style of no-bullshit rock and roil that leaves no room for compromise, and their records get better with time. Anything they've done is great, but their latest ...
Nerd.(Nothing Ever Really Dies)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002; Kelsch, Martine ... IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF NERD (Nothing Ever Really Dies), you need to haul ass to a record store, get a copy of In Search Of and throw it into the nearest stereo playing at the highest volume. The group consists of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (both of the Neptunes), and their long-time ...
Cannibal Corpse.(death metal band)(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002 ... I LIKE MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS you might not usually think about. Cannibal Corpse are the originators of gore and one of the best, most brutal, and most influential death metal bands of all time. They changed singers a few years back and they're still just as gnarly (maybe ...
Bottles and Skulls.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002; McHale, Loch ... IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A PUNK SHOW in SF, chances are you've seen Bottles And Skulls hanging out (if not playing). They support the scene in more ways than one, which is more than I can say for lots of local punk bands. After talking to them at a recent Kimo's show, I know that they live this ...
Notes: from the underground.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002; Lundry, Wez ... THE BOMB POPS IS TWO-THIRDS OF THE MIGHTY Devil Dogs, and they've put out a single entitled "Everything Looks Like Her" on Rapid Pulse records. It rocks slightly less than the Dogs, but that being said, not too many bands do, and slightly less rockin' than the Dogs is still mighty. It's ...
Trash.
Oct 01, 2002 ... STAND UP AFEW MONTHS AFTER ALMOST LEAVING CHOCOLATE FOR SEEK, Stevie Williams has now departed the Choc fam for reals with his Dirty Ghetto Kids (DGK) company operated out of Expedition. Marcus McBride is rumored to be the first of the new riders. Another new venture on the ...
On board.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Awful Truth Fall kills skateboarder ASHLAND -- A skateboarder died Monday after he fell off his board while attempting a trick at Ashland's Community Skate Park. Rory Ably, 23, of Talent had been skating in the park with friends Sunday evening, said police ...
Somethin' else.(Brief Article)
Oct 01, 2002 ... Maready to rock MOST MORMONS HAPPILY HANDLE THE LOVIN' OF SEVERAL WIVES, but just try ...
