Thrasher back issues from April 2003:
Mail drop.(Letter to the Editor)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Invest in all the best Skarfing Material you can't digest at: Mail Drop c/o THRASHER PO Box 884570 San Francisco, CA 94188-4570 SOTY POP I'm tripping. I don't skate, and I never really paid attention to skating, except the other day when I heard the name Geoff ...
Zine thing.(Directory)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Here Civilization Ceased From the creator of Drugs and Daydreams comes Here Civilization Ceased. Amazingly excellent writing, this is a stream-of-consciousness work of prose that is divided into three sections, about hopping trains, a bike ride down the coast from San Francisco ...
Bayview Rumble.(skateboard trade show)
Apr 01, 2003; Thiebaud, Jim ... JANUARY 18TH & 19TH, 2003 THAT'S RIGHT. WE DID IT. THE SKATEBOARDERS DID IT. For as long as I can remember I would go to the trade show twice a year and sort of ghost-walk through this huge scam that increasingly had less and less to do with skateboarding. From crappy ...
A park that's all about building up speed and doing lines. (Prime Cuts).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; Scurich, Nick ... THOUGH THE PARK IS SMALL and compact it still has its purpose--slashing. This is a park that's all about building up speed and doing certain lines. The steep transitions are close together, allowing for you to keep your speed up through the whole place. GOOD: Don't need to wear ...
The pad monitors are always on patrol; full pads are a must. (Prime Cuts).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; Scurich, Nick ... A NEWER PARK which tries to incorporate all styles of skating. Though it is insufficient in the vert department, it's adequate as far as Street standards are concerned. There are different-sized obstacles which make this an enjoyable park for everyone. GOOD: Wide open area, with ...
Why are tennis courts free with lights? (Prime Cuts).(Wilmington's first skateboard park)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... WILMINGTON'S FIRST PUBLIC PARK, fenced in, open 'til 9pm, lights, with helmet and elbow pads required. Pros only have to wear a helmet. Cash involved--$5 non-member fee and $2 member fee with a $50-per-year membership. Why are tennis courts free with lights? The bowl area is ...
Of where do you remember me from?(suspect sketches)
Apr 01, 2003 ... IT'S TIME AGAIN TO SHOWCASE SOME SUSPECT SKETCHES. What's the secret to spotting art traced from the mag? First, know your shit--who's who, what dudes are likely to do what tricks, etc. Second, look for unusually accurate renderings of the human form. Translation: It's hard as all hell to ...
Tyler Kline & Keith Rossan. (Canvas).(Illustration)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Thrasher Canvas This package contains unsolicited material for review and possible publication in Thrasher magazine. The slides are from collaborative pieces by Keith Rosson and myself, over a ...
I'm not as think as you stoned I am.
Apr 01, 2003; Vitello, Tony ... The Condo Sean Payne's parents hooked up the most badass condominium on the North Shore of Oahu. However, such excellent accommodations led to a week of visual pleasure and physical rejection. The day before we arrived at our place there were 50-foot waves crashing onto the ...
Bryan Herman. (From the Desert).(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003; Burnett, Michael ... Michael Sieben IT'S HARD TO SUM SHIT UP IN A PARAGRAPH, but Bryan was born to ride a skateboard. He has to. He is a teenage skateboard junkie. It's like how a pimp needs a ho, doctors need nurses ...or junkies need heroin. Bryan needs a skateboard. Besides being the lead singer ...
Couch Tour II: die away from me.(skateboarding in America)
Apr 01, 2003; O'Dell, Patrick ... HOLA, AMIGOS. I know it's been a long time since I rapped at you, but I've been all over the road like horseshit lately. Plus, I feel weird about this whole Couch Tour thing. Like it's a self-serving, self-aggrandizing, self-deprecating, self-fellating, wildly-pontificating pile of BS. I ...
To classify...is to control.
Apr 01, 2003; Lundry, Wez ... HOW DOES ONE MEASURE PROGRESS? Certainly if one thinks about science, usually a standard measure of progress, one usually believes that there is a connection between the number of things we have come to classify and perhaps understand better, generally thought of as a good ...
Peter Hewitt.(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003 ... THE THRASHER INTERVIEW WHAT THE FUCK? In this day and age--compete and compare, new-new, oh no. On a scale of one, one to 10, Pete gets a 21. How fast is fast? Well, breakfast for me and 90-miles-per-hour for Pete. When he's done running the red it's red light, green bud. Shock ...
And you will know us by the trail of dead.
Apr 01, 2003; Petros, George ... FROM A LONG TEXAS TRADITION comes a band with a long name and an even longer vision. Kevin Allen, Neil Busch, Conrad Keely, and Jason Reece comprise ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Jason explains the name: "It's from a Mayan glyph. It predicts the end of the universe--it's ...
Epoxies.(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003 ... THERE'S MUSIC OUT THERE THAT, when you pop it on the stereo, makes every thing seem all right. Sure, jackasses surround us and get so close they seem to crawl under your skin like cockroaches into potato salad. From the White House resurrecting the very demons they created and financed ...
Bad Astronaut.(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003 ... THIS HERE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION was conducted with Joey Cape in a cyber-stellar-constellation over the course of several (thousand) light years. He's in the Lagwagon, singing and writing songs, but this here Bad Astronaut is not the Lagwagon. Bad Astronaut the bad ass band has Joey also ...
Raekwon the Chef.(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003; X, Aki ... CHILLING OUTSIDE FATBEATS on the bench overlooking Melrose Avenue blazing a blunt with the Chef, an audience of young cats is gathered around us as we rap about last night's little experience at the club. But we keep getting distracted by the hoards of beautiful chicks walking by on the ...
Coheed and Cambria.
Apr 01, 2003; Epstein, Joseph ... CAN WE STOP PRETENDING, just for a minute, that Connor Oberst's personal life is all that fascinating? 'Cause I am sure it's not. Same goes for Dashboard Confessional and Ryan Adams. Good song writers, sure, but all this incessant celebration of their inner struggles and deconstructive wit ...
Notes from the underground.
Apr 01, 2003; Lundry, Wez ... IN THE SAME YEAR that we lost another of The Ramones, we also lost Joe Strummer, most famously of The Clash, but also of The 101ers, Big Audio Dynamite, The Pogues, The Mescaleros, et al. Nothing will ever come close to the first Clash records, which still make the hair on the back of my ...
Glassjaw.(Interview)
Apr 01, 2003; Vitello, Sally ... Straight outta Long Island like a crime spree, touring here and there and everywhere. This is the new steez, hardcore packaged for the masses ... The title of your new album, Worship and Tribute, is a dedication to all the bands that influenced you ... Daryl: There are ...
Trash.
Apr 01, 2003 ... AS TESTAMENT TO THE KIND OF VOLATILITY THAT MAKES HIM SO exciting, Alex "Trainwreck" Gall has quit/been kicked off (depending on who you ask) Bootleg for an uncertain future. Elissa is still holding strong solo until the reserves are called up in the form of pro planks for Scott Kane anti ...
Hall of meat fracture factory. (Update).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; Morgan, Chris ... I was home for winter break in Louisville and feeling pretty good because I had just celebrated my 21st birthday on the 23rd ... Christmas was good, New Year's Eve was right around the corner, and it's always nice to see your friends and family. A few days after Christmas, my friends and I ...
Funbox. (On Board).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Q: Why does the bride wear white? A: Because it's good for the dishwasher to match the rest of the kitchen. -Tony ...
Five. (On Board).(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003; Tood, Terror ... Things we all want back 1. Keenan Milton, RIP 2. pushing in videos 3. LOVE Park, RIP 4. Brian Lotti 5. Tim Brauch, RIP ...
Poet's Corner. (On Board).(Poem)
Apr 01, 2003; Pearce, Chris ... As I attack this slab of concrete with my weapon of choice my sanity level increases somehow skating is my voice smothering the surface with every little grind with every flake of metal I leave ...
Awful Truth. (On Board).(assault and battery case)(Brief Article)
Apr 01, 2003 ... MAN BUSTED FOR ASSAULTING TEEN Clifton Heights -- A borough man who told a judge he was "trying to get rid of these mischievous kids" was arrested for allegedly attacking a 13-year-old in front of his house. John Telamini, 47, of the 100 block of Madison Avenue, was arraigned ...
Firing line: Daniel Haney. (On Board).(Brief Article)(Biography)
Apr 01, 2003 ... Born: Little Rock, Arkansas Middle name: Shane Height: 5'9" Weight: 165 Shoe size: 9.5 First axe: Claus Grabke Favorite spots: LA Courthouse and Camelot Benches, Arkansas Movies: Pulp Fiction and Empire Strikes ...
