Thrasher back issues from May 2004:
Fifth amendment.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Trombley, Emily ... In my eighth grade Albany Middle School english class, we get to research the topic of our choice. My search is on skateboarding history and fashion. At school I hang out with all the skater boys, so I am very interested in learning more on skateboarding. I have some questions I would like ...
"Zine thing.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Parker, Earl ... Finally this day has come--I am so happy that the annoying entity known as Big Brother is gone forever. In the back of my mind I have been waiting for several years. LA doesn't need a skate mag. When it first began my friends at the time, Brian Lotti and Jed Waiters, didn't agree with it ...
Chepooka.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Morratt, Ryan ... In the movie A Clockwork Orange a young man seeks to create as much pain, angst and chaos as possible, and in turn tails into a state of harmony, I mean, he made love with two chicks. If you don't call that harmony then I don't know what is. Anyway, the point of this illustration is to ...
The new religion worldwide.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Rael, Travis ... My name is Travis Rael. I'm a kid in Canyon State Academy, a type of reform school. I'll start my story like this. About three years ago in West Phoenix my brother was told to do a hit on this cat. My brother did this for the love of his gang, which was in the big family of the Crips ....
Last of the Mohicans.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Turlinson, Arby ... I know how to get Nell Heddings out of jail. Plus his girlfriend Pinky, too. In your October 2003 issue number 273, he said he needed only $500,000 bail, along with Pinky. Well, we could have a US tour, or farther, with a whole bunch of punk bands like the Anti-Nowhere League, the ...
Waterlog.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2004; Kogut, Kyle ... On a nice summer day, my best friend gave me a call to say that his parents were leaving town for a week or two. As he was talking a thought came into my head: "His pool!" I asked him if he knew how to drain it and--thank God--he said yes. I hung up on him, grabbed my board, my cell phone, ...
Zine thing.
May 01, 2004 ... TORE BACK, #1 Michael Burnett is not only a killer photographer, but he's a great writer and storyteller. He was the guy who originated the ridiculous trivia questions when interviewing pros (showing a knack for skate history), asking some team rider questions about past team ...
Toby Stanger.(Canvas)
May 01, 2004 ... TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, ITS MY ULTIMATE WISH TO BE IN THRASHER, PLAIN ...
New spot junk jam: 3rd and Army, SF, CA. Jan. 31, 2004.
May 01, 2004; Thiebaud, Jim ... YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO--it doesn't take much to start a session. Permits? City permission? Ramp building crews? Corporate sponsors? No, no, no, and no. Who's in charge here? No one and everyone--ain't it great? The Junk Jam consisted of old file cabinets, a heat up desk or two, a few ...
Cedar fire 2003: October 2003, San Diego, California: on a Sunday in late October, with the sky yellow, smoky and filled with ashes that made it look like it was snowing, I was oblivious to what was going on. I'm not a very television-oriented person and rarely do I read the newspaper, but I knew something devastating was happening in Southern California.(Hell On Earth)
May 01, 2004; Rhino ... I DECIDED to go to the local watering hole to catch the news, and was shocked by what I saw--raging fires in San Diego and up through Los Angeles. A lost hunter with a flare gun, so goes the story, started the whole thing. Thousands of houses were being burned to the ground, residents ...
South Africa: "it's cool ... I'm good".
May 01, 2004; Sanders, Rick ... I'VE BEEN TO LOTS OF PLACES and tried many languages--making mince meat of Spanish, French, Japanese and all others in between. When traveling the world, stick with what works. Maybe 50-50 the extension or snap the big hip. Simple, but it works everywhere. On a long flight back ...
Chris Dobstaff the thrasher interview.(Hate On This)
May 01, 2004; Scurich, Nick ... Coming from semi-underground status, Chris Dobstaff survived the flip-in, flip-out doldrums of San Diego's recent years to emerge a true tech-gnar superstar. With his trusty D3's beneath him, he bombs the big stuff, skates rails like they were curbs, and does it all with a unique SD style ....
Youth gone wild: Tampa Am 2004.
May 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... THIS YEAR'S TAMPA AM ARTICLE has been broken down into group-specific sections, Now all you have to do is just find the heading that best describes you and start reading. No more beer articles for the kids and no more trick lists for the old guys. Just the information you want and need ....
Raymond Molinar: "Put this guy on".(Heads_Molinar)
May 01, 2004; O'Dell, Patrick ... What's the situation? Situation? Everybody's been saying that. Who came up with that? I think Spanky. Where are you at, Miami? I'm with Pete Thompson. Seriously, no joke--never again. I'm not going on trips with him anymore. If we don't get a photo one ...
Lindsey Robertson: "I've got gangster rap, death rap, hip-hop and gangster shit.".(Heads Robertson)
May 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... When is it appropriate to touch another man's glasses? Basically never. That's what I've heard. Yeah, that's never cool. Has it ever happened to you? Yeah, maybe once. It was at a party. Some dude was asking to check out my glasses ...
Danny Fuenzalida: "That would never happen".(Heads Fuenzalida)
May 01, 2004; Rosenberg, David ... If Pancho fell asleep on a trip or tour and you had no weed, would you feel entitled to pinch his sack? No, because it's his weed, and whenever there's a chance to re-up on a trip I'm in. So as far as Poncho carrying when I'm not, that would never happen. Honestly, ...
Skate club.
May 01, 2004; Kellman, Reed ... IN THIS THING OF OURS, skateboarding, we operate in the nighttime, in city alleys, suburban backyards--hidden away from the masses. But packed into a sardine can bus I sit among them, blended in with my store-bought disguise. My grey tie lies neatly over my freshly starched white shirt, ...
Throw rag.
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... THROW RAG IS FROM SALTON SEA, a wasteland in Southern California that I am sure influenced the guys and made them what they are today, along with life experience, the punk rock, etc, etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum. Check their recent LP, Desert Shores, produced by Tim Kerr. But like I've ...
King Diamond: "Hanging on a wall in a third-rate puppet shop with a nail through his throat, eternally watching ...".
May 01, 2004; Muzzey, Joel ... METALHEADS EITHER HATE King Diamond or they love him--for 20 years the makeup, the death-shriek screaming vocals, and his mulleted band have kept fans divided. Either way, KD's contribution to heavy rock can't be denied. With the widest vocal range in metal, his singing style is unmatched ....
Ying-yang twins.
May 01, 2004; X, Aki ... STOPPER CREW KICKING IT on the roof of the Montrose Hotel in Beverly Hills by the pool and relaxing. Joe, the Ying Yang Twins' manager, walks over and asks us if we want to come down to see some hot naked Playboy chicks while we wait. We rushed down to room 218 where Buckwild TV was in ...
Akimbo.
May 01, 2004; Locks, Jesse ... SINCE MOVING to Seattle from California five months ago, I've lived off of a steady diet of vices that have included second hand smoke, coffee, cheap malt liquor, and heavy rock. Locals suggest ample doses of each to combat the nine-month-long winters, and like the coffee shop pushers that ...
Against me!
May 01, 2004; Todd, Re ... GAINESVILLE'S AGAINST ME!: honest, fist-raising songs that explode and sting like firecrackers clapped to your ears. If you perk up to the distant echoes of Phil Ochs yet want that warm-beer, constant-threat-of-alligators-ambiance that's currently bubbling out of Florida's swamps of punk ...
David Cross.
May 01, 2004; Palmer, Brian ... IN THE LATE-'90s a Monty Python-esque sketch comedy show that was as intelligent as it was humorous began airing on HBO. Mr Show was the brainchild of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. After 30 episodes Odenkirk and Cross ended the show, citing exhaustion and a poor time slot. Since then Cross ...
Eyedea & abilities.
May 01, 2004 ... LIVE HIP-HOP SUCKS. The days of the crowd-moving MC and DJ tag-team are gone. Nobody freestyles anymore, and DJs just scratch over iPods nowadays anyhow, right? So wrong. As with most things, it's rare to find any actual talent under the mountain of suck the industry churns out, but if you ...
XBXRX.
May 01, 2004; Childers, Oakland L. ... THE FACT THAT XBXRX was banned from entering the nation of Canada for a year ought to, in and of itself, be enough to at least spark a twinkle of interest in the mind of even the haughtiest musical aesthete. Even if bedlam and debauchery isn't your cup of tea, it's got to at least get the ...
Nardwuar and the gang are at it again.(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... NARDWUAR AND THE GANG ARE AT IT AGAIN: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's The Evaporator's have a new LP out entitled Ripple Rock on Alternative Tentacles. Super spazzy tard rock ("I'm Addicted to Cheese," "(I've Got) Icicles on My Testicles," "Shittin' Party," "Barney Rubble is my ...
Speaking of 7"s, check out the Hunn's Time Has Come Today on disaster.(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... Speaking of 7"s, check out the Hunn's Time Has Come Today on Disaster. Sure, it's a cover of the Chambers Brothers' tune, but for Duane maybe time really has come today. Or maybe time has come ...
Also on the 7" front, check the new one by Seattle's Blue Stool.(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... Also on the 7" front, check the new one by Seattle's Blue Stool, Bud Money, on Top Tanked Toilet Records. Heavy, heavy, heavy stoner sludge, in the vein of Saint Vitus or the early Melvins, ...
On the CD front, checked out Ethan Fowler's bands' demo.(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... On the CD front, checked out Ethan Fowler's bands' demo. They're called the Weekend Blacks, and it's pretty stripped down garage stuff, very ...
And speakin' of lo-fi, there's a must have comp outta Chicago called "Maybe Chicago" (in the vein of "No New York" or "Yes LA," I guess).(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... And speakin' of lo-fi, there's a must have comp outta Chicago called "Maybe Chicago" (in the vein of "No New York" or "Yes LA," I guess). It's got some of the best bands from the city (Functional Blackouts, White+Outs, Baseball Furies, Tyrades) ...
Like it hot?(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... Like it hot? Try diarrhea. Like to barf? Cram yer finger down yer pie hole. Howzabout settling for just a queasy feeling? Try the Destruction Unit CD on eMpTy Records. It's called Self-Destruction of a Man and it'll give you the heebie jeebies, the summertime blues, and the rockin' ...
Are you a glutton for punishment?(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... Are you a glutton for punishment? Most Zeke fans are in some way or another (or they're just plain gluttons. Or speed freaks). And Donny, the drummer, has seen fit to release, through his label Dead Teenager, Zeke ...
Dead To Me.(Notes From The Underground)
May 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... OK, HERE'S THE SITUATION: One Man Army is still a three-man band or something. Brandon's not in One May Army anymore, but Jack still is. He sings and plays guitar. Both Brandon and Jack are in Dead To Me, playing guitars but not singing and leading. That's because Chicken from Western ...
Trasher Comix.(Comic)
May 01, 2004 ... YEAH, WE GOT YOUR sponsor-me-video. Hate to break it to you, friend, but watching it was like getting our teeth pulled. People were begging for it to stop. You're free to keep skating but keep your submissions limited to comics and stuff HEY BABY, CAN I TOSS YOUR SALAD FOR YOU?? ...
Rent to own.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... THE KROOKED TEAM RENTED A HOUSE IN PHOENIX TO ESCAPE the NorCal cold and put the final touches on their highly-anticipated first video. Will home rental replace costly motel bills as skate companies budgets tighten? Or is this just a morale building exercise? How much is a two-bedroom in ...
Last call.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... Although still in the early stages of team building, Mumford has added Vista, CA's Peter Watkins and the switch rail warrior Andrew Allen to the growing Legacy squad as the first ams. Rob Dyer is skating all the way from Lake Forrest, CA to Toronto (5,000 miles total) in a Skate ...
Chinese democracy.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... Seems organizational theatrics are back in vogue as a number of individuals are now lobbying in attempts to politicize skating. Most vocal of the lot is Jim Gray himself, who has continued to try and activate the industry masses. His bold efforts are to promote the creation of a ...
Roller skates.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... Titus, the long-time king of the German skate industry, recently made an unannounced trip to California in order to conduct unscheduled meetings with several top manufacturers. These occurrences have initiated global rumors about just what's up. Is the Hubba Cartel already ...
Down for life.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... Hard as fuck is the only way to ...
Poser of the Month.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... Poser: Mark Appleyard Crime: ...
Stars and bars.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... The perennial production Lords of Dogtown appears to finally be filming through Sony-Columbia. At press time Seth Reed, Lars Petersen and Chris Gorak are building the ruins of the Pacific Ocean Park pier on the beach near the Mexican border. Other evil film props include several pools, ...
You never know.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... The rumor mill has belched out word of a possible Real reunion tour with the OG team: Salman, Guerrero, ...
Hall of meat.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... When your ankle and leg decide to part ways it's time for ...
Pardone me.(Trash)
May 01, 2004 ... "Why go on tour when you can go and live them?"--Mark Gonzales "When you are poor you have lots more time to skate, which often means you are having more fun than the rich ...
Firing Line: Darrell Stanton.(On Board)
May 01, 2004 ... DOB: March 3, 1986 First board: Inhouse blank First trick: Nollie Last board: Max Schaaf REAL Last trick: Backside tailslide Cities: Long Beach, Houston, ...
Poet's Corner.(On Board)
May 01, 2004; Chapa, Gustavo ... <Pre> Rolling, ollieing or failing skateboarding is my true calling. Picked on, kicked out and yelled at, it takes more to make me stop. Tried to stab me, but I'm still here. Looking forward to more skating ...
Five...(On Board)
May 01, 2004 ... Top DIY skate bands 1. Scholastic Deth, SF 2. Bones Brigade, Boston 3. Demon System 13, Umea, Sweden 4. Carpenter Ant, Virginia 5. ETA, Omea, Sweden --Matthew Johnson, West Boylston, MA Arrests 1 ....
Awful Truth: Kids Cite Brands, Not Bands.(On Board)
May 01, 2004; Landon, Colin ... At a school in Brooklyn, NY, where the students are required to wear uniforms, seventh-grade boys are using black markers and White-Out to pen the names of skateboard and snowboard brands on their book bags. Brands such as Element, Venture and Zero are more prevalent than 'tween favorite ...
Fun Box.(On Board)
May 01, 2004 ... Q: What did the ghost say to the bees? A: Boobies --Stan Lee Rucker, SF, CA Q: What's the difference between ...
Bunny Hop.(Somethin' Else)
May 01, 2004 ... KINDA WEIRD that Easter is the day that Jesus rose from the dead and split town. Now we celebrate his departure by dyeing ...
