Thrasher back issues from July 2004:
Maxi.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; Adams, Jay ... Hey Ryan Sheckler: I just wanted to let you know that you have a future ahead of you in skateboarding. You're doing things that 95-percent of skaters only wish or dream that they could even attempt. Now, you need to realize that it's not about what people say or think about you. Wearing ...
Reality check.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; Vickers, Wade ... I'm writing in regards to the movie Grind and what is now Hollywood's representation of today's sponsored skateboarder. I saw that movie the other night and was blown away on how unrealistic their depiction was. Here are just a few of the examples: Everywhere they went they were surrounded ...
Tree hugger.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; French, Matt ... Love hurts. Nobody knows that better than me. It is a lesson that I learned early in life, because I loved climbing trees. I'd climb all sorts of trees--big ones, little ones, short ones, tall ones, coniferous ... you get the point. Since I was climbing these trees all the time, I would ...
Rock pose.(Mail Drop)
Jul 01, 2004; Mancillas, Omar ... I live in the San Fernando Valley and have been skating for around two or three years. My favorite skaters are Ali Boulala, Tony Trujillo, Jim Greco (the wannabe), Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley and all that bunch. My question: why is Greco such a copy cat? I mean, he is a damn great ...
Army of one.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jul 01, 2004; Lewis, Jason ... I am so glad to read and buy your mags over here in this forsaken country, Afghanistan, city of Bagram, where many poor Afghanis work for lass than a dollar a day. I have now been in this sandy mountainous region of crap for seven months now and it still sucks pretty bad. Day by day ...
Nike Air Force 1's.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... All black, total computer programmer style. I like to wear these with polyester slacks and t-shirts that are too small for me. That's the cool thing about being an art fag. You can dress like a total dumbfuck and pass it off as eccentricity. I think there was a rap song about these shoes ...
Old school vans.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... My friend Lance gave me these shoes in 1993. I think that he'd had them for a couple of years before that. Do you know what that means? It means that I should have thrown these things away about eight years ago ...
Brown etnies.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... These are my "skate shoes." Before I bought these I was trying to skate in a pair of slip-on Vans. "Rowley and Drehobl can do it," I thought to myself. But I forgot that those guys are athletes and that I'm a pansy. As soon ...
Converse all stars.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... I bought these four years ago when I decided to become a full-on art fag. I was in Brooklyn last year and my friend Andreas had the same ratty ass pair of shoes on and I think we had an argument about whose were ...
Vans slip-ons.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... These were the shoes I was trying to skate in before I bought the brown Etnies. Uh ... I don't really have anything to say about these shoes ...
Adidas samoas.(My Shoes Reviewed)
Jul 01, 2004; Sieben, Michael ... I went through this weird period two years ago where I was convinced I was going bald. I think it had to do with stress. Anyway, I bought these shoes during that time because I guess subconsciously I was hoping ...
Impact press, #49.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... In this age of perverted "patriotism" and redefinition of the American Dream some healthy criticism of the powers that be (along with the overarching systemic thought that accompanies that power) is a good thing, especially with the stakes these days. This mag is already on issue number 49 ...
Born to rock: heavy drinkers and thinkers.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Not a 'zine, but a book that's a collection of interviews and essays written by Todd Taylor (AKA Retodd), the editor and cofounder of Razorcake 'zine (and a former writer at Flipside and contributor to Thresher). It starts with an autobiograpical piece about his plunge into punk rock, ...
Bored, #6.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... It's the "definitive magazine for modesty talented skaters in their mid-to-late 20's," according to the note that came with this. Bored is getting better, and it's obvious there's a lot more time and effort being exerted for each issue. This one has the usual smart-ass content, a feature ...
Twat, #1.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... This is a brief one, about one shitter's worth. It's color-copied although the photos are low-ms and washed out. It's basically a collection of photos of spots and few words, the skating does the talking. There's one ad in the back and, as it ...
Totally harsh on your mellow chortle scene, #1.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... Don't ask me what chortle is, because I don't know (unless it is similar to a guffaw). This here is a great one; got something to do with them Bacon skateboards folks outta SLO. The writing is solid, and the layout is all scissors and glue, but tight. The mag starts off with an article ...
Nothing 'zine, #2.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... In the second edition, Marcus and the crew veer away from the skate coverage that they had in the first; although, he promises more skate stuff in number three. Cut-and-paste, DIY, and features interviews with F-Minus, the Briefs, and the Distillers, as well ...
Hey what's up.(Zine Thing)
Jul 01, 2004 ... When I saw this, I thought to myself "Great, I have to wade through this tard's inane tripe and badly-drawn illustrations before I completely slag this shitty rag." But on closer inspection, this is pretty fuckin' cool (the drawings are still kinda ...
Quincy quigg.(Canvas Comic)
Jul 01, 2004 ... SOME DUDES DO A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING. Others, like Seattle's Quincy Quigg, do a whole lot, period. We don't actually know him, but we know him. You know? His art has been filtering down the coast to the mag for years now. He skates, draws, writes, paints, prints, travels, and who knows ...
Hotel Tilawa, Costa Rica.(Prime Cuts)
Jul 01, 2004; Burnett, Mike ... [WHERE:] A hotel with a skatepark at the largest lake in Costa Rica. Three hours from San Jose and in the shadow of the active Arenal volcano. [WHAT:] An almost-Oregon-quality concrete skatepark featuring a six-foot square bowl, a small street course and a quadruple-bowl that ...
Mega-party: Leo's pro, Herman's 18, and 'kids in Emerica' premier.
Jul 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... Observation in Victorville, CA April 24, 2004 DONNY OF PHARMACY SKATESHOP is of that raze breed of frontiersman who would not only start a business in the harsh retail landscape of the American desert, but then gamble it all by inviting, en masse, the entire free world of ...
Save ballard: bowl benefit/Mar. 6, 2004/Seattle, WA.
Jul 01, 2004; Hammeke, Joe ... "STAND UP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!" ... A common political rallying cry often encouraging people to vote. Some people respond, but many still think, "What difference would I make?" I tend to feel the same way often, and wasn't too sure why I was driving several hours to Seattle for a crowded ...
Phoenix am 2004.(Rising Sons)
Jul 01, 2004; Agah, Salman ... AS I WAS PACKING TO LEAVE I thought, "This should be interesting--a contest in the rain." I couldn't believe it. Here I was driving in the Skaterade Urban Assault Vehicle packed with 90 cases of our energy drink, flying down the wet, rainy highway at 90 mph trying to get to a contest I ...
Gringos extremos: Emerica in Central America.
Jul 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... Story #1 Panama City WE KEPT BUMPING INTO MATTY AND CARL in the hotel lobby. Our skate shoes coupled with our obvious American-ness finally forced a connection, and the next thing you know we were on the business end of Matty's sales pitch. "Yeah bro! You guys are gonna trip on ...
Chris Miller: "I had an epiphany on frontside ollies after 25 years!".(Heads_Miller)
Jul 01, 2004; Burnett, Michael ... What was your favorite skatepark as a kid? I liked a lot of different ones, but it would probably be Upland 'cause that's where I grew up and skated the most. There were a lot of other good parks--SkateCity, Whittier. Colton had these amazing snake runs and Del Mar was good. Big ...
Rodrigo Lima: "I'm really not into karaoke".(Heads_Lima)
Jul 01, 2004; Blanco, Benny ... What's up dog; what are you doing? Just putting a shoe lace in my shoe so I can go skating. So you've been here for a little over two years now. Is the skateboard am life all it's cracked up to be? It's been so good for me since I moved out to the US. I ...
Adrian Mallory: "I sit on the computer all day".(Heads_Mallory)
Jul 01, 2004; Rhino ... Let's get some vital stats out of the way. How old are you and where are you from? I'm 17 and I'm from Ocean Beach, California. And you're a Pig man? Yeah, Pig wood, Pig wheels and 88 shoes. Tell me a little hit about the Ocean Beach skatepark ....
Hawaiian reign: Darkstar goes coconuts.
Jul 01, 2004; Stanfield, Mike ... I COULD ONLY IMAGINE staying in Hawaii during Spring Break, renting two houses that were inches away from a beach, overflowing with single Hawaiian girls on the island of Oahu. These were the only things that were circulating over and over in my mind as I set up this trip. I mean, I knew ...
Let freedom ride.(Cover Story)
Jul 01, 2004 ... 4TH OF JULY--vacation day, sun, skating, food, and watching your friends run for their lives from a bottle rocket onslaught. "Incoming!" Most skaters associate England with Rowley, Penny and rough streets. But 230 years ago (an eyeblink in world history) some free-thinking fellows risked ...
Modest mouse.
Jul 01, 2004; Locks, Jesse ... FOUR YEARS AGO I FOUND MYSELF IN SANTA CRUZ, CA pressed against a stage staring up at Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. Blinded by lights, I moved my head in the direction of his voice all night. The venue was over-sold, as were most of the shows on The Moon and Antarctica tour, with kids ...
Bones brigade.
Jul 01, 2004; Childers, Oakland L. ... A BAND OF FOUR YOUNG Beantown punks, Bones Brigade, named its first record I Hate Myself When I'm Not Skateboarding. What else do you need to know about them? First off, some people have pads older than these guys, who range in age from 18 to 22. The youngest--singer Brian--is ...
Mines.
Jul 01, 2004; Schneyer, Jeremy ... SO, WHO ARE THESE CHARACTERS that call themselves 'Mines', anyway? A bunch of fatty old men who want to impress you with their art? A bunch of pretentious young wankers who want to bowl you over with their surgically precise instrumental pyrotechnics? Why don't they just get over ...
Challenger.
Jul 01, 2004; Peterson, Brian ... AL BURIAN AND DAVE LANEY, both of Milemarker fame, have such a tight musical relationship that it seems one cannot escape the other--even when attempting to segue into the occasionally murky world of side projects. Challenger, Burian and Laney's spankin' new up-tempo primo-era and ...
TV on the radio.
Jul 01, 2004; Gray, Guy ... THE PRESS may lazily lump TV on the Radio into the hip Williamsburg music clique, but their ideas and music are leagues apart from the $150 jeans scene. TV on the Radio is gospel music for the 21st century church of despair. Their ominous tones accurately reflect the increasing amount of ...
High Llamas.
Jul 01, 2004; Palmer, Brian ... With each album the High Llamas visit another point on the space time continuum. Eschewing the futurist exotica of previous records, Beet Maize and Corn finds the band journeying to the days of horse and buggy. We talked to frontman Sean O'Hagan about time travel, big label problems, and ...
Pilot to gunner.
Jul 01, 2004; Erickson, Rob ... WHY IS A GUY WITH THE NAME Scott Victory Padden at home in a bar on a Wednesday at 11:00 am? Suppose this be a stout case of Murphy's Law. Intentional and not worried in the least, Scott is a git slinger for a Brooklyn quartet called Pilot To Gunner--and yes, Victory is a birth name. Pilot ...
Daylight dies.
Jul 01, 2004; Brubaker, Jeff ... WHILE MOST DARK MELODIC METAL comes from Europe these days, North Carolina-based Daylight Dies proves Americans can brood in their depression just as well. Extremely layered, their music envelopes the listener in a dense wall of sound. Barre Gambling's guitar work is varied and heavy, with ...
Notes from the underground.
Jul 01, 2004; Lundry, Wez ... RULES WERE MADE TO BE BROKEN, and the best thing to hit my Inbox this month is one of those things that generally makes me cringe: an all-covers record. I don't mind if a band wants to do a cover or three, but tribute bands make me want to puke. I just saw this Beatles tribute band--kind ...
Photograffiti.
Jul 01, 2004 ... Dave Murray eyed this Reno rail for eons. Today's the day. Photo: Witten [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Always good to see a youngster above the cope in a big bowl. Mr. Richard, Phoenix, AZ. Photo: Jeremiah [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Age ain't nothin' but ...
Thrasher comix.(Comic)
Jul 01, 2004 ... YOU MAY THINK your incompetent comics and insignificant scrawlings don't deserve to printed in a magazine, and you'd be right. However our standards are as wide as Dave Duncan, and growing, so you might as well let 'er rip. SKATE STEREOTYPES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Trash.
Jul 01, 2004 ... TOILET BOYS OSIRIS GETS FARTHER AND FARTHER FROM THE STORM with the addition of Aberdeen, Scotland's John Rattray. Always a trooper, Rattray will accompany the team on an upcoming European tour (in an autograph-and-kind-word-giving-only capacity) as he recovers from a severely ...
Tent City Antihero movie premiere: Theatre Artaud, April 15, 2004, SF, CA.
Jul 01, 2004; Howard, Darin ... DURING THE SUMMER, Julien organizes little skate jams on Florida Street. A couple of flat bars and some beer, and the best sessions would go down, I never would have thought that the spot would be where Antihero's movie, Tent City, would premier, Theatre Artaud, at 450 Florida St, is a ...
On board.
Jul 01, 2004 ... FIRING LINE: JOSH FALK Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, Michigan Home: Southeast Portland, Oregon Current setup: MM deck, Indys, Spitfires, Ninja bearings, Randoms hardware and Cal's Pharmacy grip. Hobbies: Golfing, fishing, making music, and ...
Somethin' else.
Jul 01, 2004 ... SLICE AND DICE WITH ONLY SO MANY WAYS to manage the many pad, Charlie Masque ...
