Thrasher back issues from January 2005:
Ted Zeppelin.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005; Stokke, Espen ... I'm writing to thank you for loads of inspiration. What got me to write this letter was a little text under a photo on one of your opening pages in issue 286. It said: "No man is an island." I do not really know how many people got something out of that but I surely did. And I think that ...
Speaker to speaker.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005; Nick ... I am from Mexico City and I've been skating since I was I kid; I'm a so-called old school skater. I also love punk rock and I used to skate in the Powell Peralta/Santa Cruz/ BBC time. I was wondering which band plays through the Barbee, Saiz, Thomas, etc. part in the Public ...
Yeah rite.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005 ... As dumb as this letter is going to read, I'm going to write it anyway. I am a stripper chick and I am obsessed with skaters and skills of skateboarding. I read every skate mag, front to back. But my my problem is that I do not skate. I grew up in HB, and in high school and elementary ...
Cock star.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005; Sanchez, David ... I'm a big fan of "Thrasher. Skate And Destroy" for PS1. That game has got to be the best skateboarding game. Ever. I mean, "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" is pretty good, but that's only because that is all we've got. Thrasher is much more realistic than "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater." In "Tony Hawk's ...
Go granny.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005; Lenz, Toni Ruiz ... I'm a 60-something adopted skate granny of 16 skateboarders who have been sitting in on lots of city council meetings here in Woodlake, CA until the city finally relented. Now, I am responsible for helping them raise funds to finally build our own skatepark. Woodlake is a rural town east ...
Mad time, yo.(Mail Drop)(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2005; Menard, Orr ... I hope I don't come off as a Barney blabbathon. Fuck all you lame Fruit of the Vine imitation weak wannabes. Just wait until you my Raisins in the Car film, the ultimate ditchumentary. Thanks Wez for reviewing my 'zine but I would like to clear up some discrepancies. "Totally Harsh on our ...
Thrashing through the ages.
Jan 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... "CAN YOU DARKSLIDE?" AGE 8-12 Board: Wet Willy Idols: Bam, Tony Hawk, Harry Potter Role model: "Tony Hawk!" Video: Tony Hawk's Trick Tips/Veggie Tales Tricks: Dropping in, fatty to flatty Just discovered: Viva ...
Pool Dust, #30.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Shit man, it's my 'zine, so I am not going to review it but just let you know two things: It is now out and available for $2 from PO Box 419, Tempe, AZ 85280-0419. And second, the printer fucked up ...
Ballyhoo #2.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Here is the second issue of this art 'zinc--mostly some drawings done with a graf influence, but also some cut-and-paste kind of stuff. Killer stuff here, ...
Mary Jane.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... I fucking love artists, man--but I don't understand them. Or the people that support some of them (patrons, I guess). But that being said, if Rick Charnoski is going to do a 'zinc (is he an artist? Artiste?) it's gonna be good. It's mostly randomly collected ...
Crucial Session SESSION #3.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Another kill issue of Crucial Session (doesn't that sound like a posi-core band name? Like Crucial Youth?). This one's got a review of the movie Stoked (and why the fuck they named that movie "stoked" is beyond me; why not "bummed?"); some record reviews (mostly thrash and grind stuff); a ...
Second Wind #4.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Another edition of Second Wind, this one has an interview with the guy who does the haveboard website (?), coverage of some Arizona parks, some slams. an interview with Sasha La Rochelle, a bunch of ditch ...
Totally Harsh on Your Mellow Chortle Scene #2.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Yeah! This is subtitled "The Second Bumming," and with good reason: this issue is full of solid bummers, man, from the opening photo of a disgustingly fat lady puking to the tore up butt shots on the last page. In between there is a lot of bum out material: EMB being torn down, pools being ...
Coffin to Fakie #4.(Zine Thing)
Jan 01, 2005 ... COFFIN TO FAKIE #4 From the land of the snowbruce comes a mag untainted by "extreme sports" but rather just jaded by life in general, it seems, which is a good thing. Funny shit, great photos, and more: a review of ...
The search for the Black Pearl.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Grand Cayman Island / Black Pearl Skatepark A CONCRETE SKATEPARK in the Caribbean? Ya Maan! Located on Grand Cayman Island, this 59,000-square-foot park was built by some concrete pirates who were shipwrecked during a hurricane. While drinking some rum with a local ...
The end of days: summer 2004 wrap-up.
Jan 01, 2005; El, Beardo ... HELLO, FRIENDS. It is your man in San Pedro here. Well, from the looks of things winter is now upon us--hooded sweatshirts, rainy days (snow and ice for some), homework (for the little guys and the scholarly types), and pitifully short days. The past summer is but a random jangle of ...
Barcelona gangster situations.
Jan 01, 2005; O'Dell, Patrick ... I HAD BEEN IN A SLUMP. The devil had me in his grip, and I felt like I was being swallowed by darkness. This is a common feeling I think, and perfectly natural, to be unhappy and feel as though you could never be happy again. But rather than the usual and painful exorcism, I knew that ...
A method to the madness of JT Aultz.(JT Aultz Interview)
Jan 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... Let's get this out of the way. When did you decide to get the mohawk, and why do you still have it so many months later? A couple years ago, I guess. I was on a trip and I decided to do it, just for fun. I did it on a Deluxe trip. So you've had the mohawk for over two ...
Jason Adams: life of leisure.
Jan 01, 2005; Childress, Chet ... JASON ADAMS IS A GROWN-ASS MAN. Serious family man, artist, and damn good skateboarder. The Kid's got moves--he doesn't do the same shit everyone else is doing--100-percent originality. He's been in this game a long time and he's still progressing. Check this shit out, and then go get ...
Vanessa Torres.(Vanessa Torres Interview)
Jan 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... WHILE BOYS THE WORLD OVER are grinding quadruple kinks and hardflipping off the house for their sponsor-me tapes, Vanessa Torres has racked up a list of dream sponsors by effortlessly cruising the courses of the almost-underground girl's contest circuit. On the surface, her success might ...
Nyjah.
Jan 01, 2005 ... HE'S NYJAH HUSTON, he's nine, and he already skates better than you ever will. What's a kid to do? We asked some of our favorite former child prodigies if they had any words of wisdom for this dreadlocked wonder kid, and this is what they had to say ... KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT ....
Thrasher class of 2004.
Jan 01, 2005; Phelps, Jake ... ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS about skateboarding is its randomness. Spots, tricks, even the people all seem interchangeable. Your heckle bro today might be the Muska--no, the Spanky--of tomorrow. Down here at the plant, sometimes we see 'em ...
Duff McKagan.
Jan 01, 2005; O'Dell, Patrick ... I'M CLAIMING THE MOST EPIC BAND of my lifetime was Guns 'N' Roses. I think most of us can agree on that. But who is the most epic member of GNR? Axl? No way! The dude was epic in '87 but then he went schitzo and ruined the whole program ... and have you seen GNR lately? Just ...
Maritime.
Jan 01, 2005; Epstein, Joseph ... WHEN I FINALLY REACHED Eric Axelson on his cell phone for this interview he was in a van, logging mile after mile on his way from his hometown of Washington, DC to Chicago. Over the past 10 years, Axelson, the former bassist for The Dismemberment Plan, has been on dozens of such trips. But ...
Hirax.
Jan 01, 2005; Tonus ... AFTER A THRILLING NIGHT in a sweaty, underground, illegal club somewhere in the East Bay, I got the chance to interview the mighty Katon De Pena from the legendary band Hirax. Although the police had just shut down Katon and Hirax after only five songs, his demeanor was nothing short of ...
The Explosion.
Jan 01, 2005; Byrnes, Lindsey ... THE EXPLOSION is made up of five guys from Boston who just released a new album called Black Tape. This band is so great that I decided it would take two humans to express their greatness to you. And and I tried to figure our what we really wanted to say about these guys so that you'd be ...
Of Montreal.
Jan 01, 2005; Whiteley, Dan ... Kevin Barnes, the front man behind Of Montreal, is one of the most dedicated and inspiring people I've ever met. He mentioned in passing that his first 600 songs were atrocious. Six hundred? This guy's paid some serious dues en route to the band's seventh album, Satanic Panic in the Attic, ...
Court & Spark.
Jan 01, 2005; Locks, Jesse ... "I FEEL LIKE A MAN without a country sometimes," says MC Taylor, guitarist and singer for the San Francisco group Court & Spark. It's early on a Sunday morning and Taylor is explaining, between yawns, the group's contemporaries. "I'm glad the air-country genre that writers have lumped us ...
Tyrades.
Jan 01, 2005; Taylor, Todd ... WHEN I WAS GROWING UP MY MOM, who was very cool with music, would often catch me listening to punk rock. Once she asked to listen in on the headphones. After about 15 seconds she took them off and said, "It sounds like animals being suffocated in a plastic bag," shrugged, then went off to ...
Rickter scale of doom.
Jan 01, 2005 ... GOATSNAKE Trampled Under Hoof (Southern Lord Records)-- Okay, finally the wait is over. The three new songs are some of the heaviest I've heard from this legend. Watch out for the cover songs by St Vitus and Black Oak Arkansas, totally kick-ass renditions. Pete Stahl sounds ...
Jangly in the vein of the fallouts, but a little more up tempo, maybe like the Ne'er Do Wells without the sugar coating, or maybe more like the Spaceshits (yeah! the Spaceshits!), Japan's the Shagwells have a couple killer 7"s worth checking out. Look for Scarface and Pretty Girl.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Lundry, Wez ... JANGLY IN THE VEIN OF THE FALLOUTS, but a little more up tempo, maybe like the Ne'er Do Wells without the sugar coating, or maybe more like the Spaceshits (yeah! the Spaceshits!), Japan's the Shagwells have a couple killer 7"s worth checking ...
Another small record grabbed my attention. It seems the world is in a sort of skate rock revival, as I keep seeing records with skate-related songs and covers.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Lundry, Wez ... Another small record grabbed my attention. It seems the world is in a sort of skate rock revival, as I keep seeing records with skate-related songs and covers. Chalk up Hit Me Back as one of the good ones (believe me, some have been real stinkers). They've got a classic ...
Moving up to the bigger records, you gotta snag the Crime reissue, San Francisco's Still Doomed.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Lundry, Wez ... Moving up to the bigger records, you gotta snag the Crime reissue, San Francisco's STILL Doomed. Great studio tracks from 1976-1979 that are still muddy but sound great compared to some of the live stuff that I have ...
By far the most stompinest LP to cross the desk this month is the Losin' Streaks Sounds of Violence on Slovenly Records.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Lundry, Wez ... By far the most stompinest LP to cross the desk this month is the Losin' Streaks Sounds of Violence on Slovenly Records. This is garage punk at its best, not too fuzzy, but fast and furious (think early, pre-glam Makers) ....
Who was the coolest dude on Leave It to Beaver?(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Lundry, Wez ... Who was the coolest dude on Leave It to Beaver? Wally? Yeah, right. Beaver? Are you shitting me? Eddie Haskell was by far the coolest. Although his brand of hijinx and juvenile delinquency was tame by today's standards, you know he charmed the ...
Tennitus.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005 ... --AJ ROACH Dogwood Winter --LOWER CLASS BRATS "The Wort EP" (Punkcore Records) --SHADOWBOXER Dark At The End Of The Tunnel (State of Grace) --SNFU In The Meantime And In Between Time (Rake) --FORENSICS Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway ...
10 years at Warped speed.(Notes from the underground)
Jan 01, 2005; Byrnes, Lindsey ... MOST PEOPLE NEVER FORGET their 21st birthday--I spent mine on a field watching Pennywise and The Deftones while having my first legal beers at the Van's Warped Tour. Each year since, I've gone to Warped to see some good music and reminisce with friends about summers gone by. This year, I ...
Photograffiti.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Young dude inward heel or old dude invert, all go to: Photo-G, PO Box 884570 SF, CA, 94188-4570 There's not too many new lines at Burnside. Josh Falk finds one. Photo: McMartin [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Get your bro to drive while you bomb. The speedometer ...
Day dreams from inside the cell.(Thrasher Comix Comic)
Jan 01, 2005; Shaw, Kenneth ... Send all of your comics and comic-related images to: Thrasher Comix PO Box 884570 SF, CA 94188-4570 THE END IS NEAR (for Comix). No lie. Maybe. We've got a pile of hundreds of comics that aren't worth the postage stamps they were sent ...
When I die ...(Thrasher Comix Comic)
Jan 01, 2005; Fogel, Charlie ... WHEN I DIE ... DEATH ... THE GREAT EQUALIZER. SOME FEAR IT, OTHER PRAY FOR IT. BUT EITHER WAY, IN THE END, ITS EMBRACE WELCOMES US ALL. B-BUT I'VE GOT BINGO TOMORROW NIGHT ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WOW ... SORRY. OK, FIRSTLY, NO RELIGIOUS ...
The fire from below: Part 1.(Thrasher comix Comic)
Jan 01, 2005; Caveman ... IN THE MORNING THE FURNACE LIGHTS UP AND OUR HERO SETS OUT .... IT'S NOT THE WITCH-KING WHO HAUNTS THE DEPTHS OF DOWN-UNDER THIS PHANTOM SEEKS THE ...
Going big.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... SAN DIEGO'S INFAMOUS WASHINGTON STREET SKATEPARK hosted an open house October 30th, complete with art show (but no whine and cheese), forcing the question: is the perpetually-in-construction super-park finally, officially open? Go find out for yourself--but don't tell 'em we sent you. And ...
Gone fishin'.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Speaking of Mortimer, Tony Hawk recently leant his dome to endorse the Bell line of helmets. Remember that Bell that Gator used to wear? In the all-white outfit at Houston? No? T Hawk's also appearing on the TV reality fest Life of Luxury where host George Hamilton marvels over ...
Mall of meat.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Hey, from Brent Schadler's point of view, this serious stitchage looks like a smile [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James McVeigh gets ring around the Collar with his ...
Family values.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... What do you get when Pommier, Rowley, The Butcher, Arto and Carolina, half of Colorado and the Boulder Dicks, the Burnett clan and the Briggs clan all get together? A beautiful end-of-summer wedding in Boulder, Colorado on September 18th, 2004. Congratulations Michael and Katherine. You're ...
Comp time.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... In contest news, Dylan Rieder snagged gold at the Damn Am finals while Dirty Billy Marks won a set of car rims at the Active Bling lest and pocketed four grand at the Sun Diego double set challenge. That Mazda is gonna look tight! Manual master Malcom Watson got locked up over a ...
Free world.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Speaking of being back, Kareem Campbell's City Stars board company is open for business under the Falahee (Alva, New School, ATM) umbrella. Look for 'Reem and Suriel models on the shelves posthaste! Want some random news? Well, Braydon Szafranski is on Ambiguous clothing. ...
Poser of the month.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Poser: Gary O'Connor Crime: Gayzer flip ...
Good and Evil Toy Machine premiere Oct. 22, House Of Blues, LA, CA.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... SECRETS, WHEN BOTTLED UP, can eventually destroy you from the inside out--which is what seemed to be happening to Toy Machine's secret new team rider Matt Bennett when I spotted him outside the Downtown Disney House of Blues. Head in his hands and a puddle of what looked to be equal parts ...
Eye see.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... 'Tis the video season, with new releases from Toy Machine, 88 and Almost. Buy all three and hold a film fest in your fuckin' basement. Matt Mumford is siad to be off laboring on a Globe docudrama. Gonz is back in NYC skating through the cold; Van Wastell was ...
Out sized.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Major quakes keep emanating from Hubba hideout and the house of Think. Having come through on the setup of initial plan, Buffalo Keith Cochrane has elected to return to Africa to pursue big game hunting. Actually, he fled first off to El Salvador to train for the Dark Continent. Other ...
Out east.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Fuse the Gallery and bar ensemble in Gotham held an exhibition that bled out for hours. Seen around the killing floor where Ancell, Jeremy Fish, Red Harvard, Jamie Brisick, Tony Vitello, ...
Riddle born.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... "So, what do I give back to skateboarding? Some ugly style and tight pants."--Corey Duffel ...
Down for life.(Trash)
Jan 01, 2005 ... Skulls and bones ...
On board.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Send to On Board at: PO Box 884570 SF, CA 94188-4570 or e-mail us your Fives, jokes and pointless pointifications at onboard@thrashermagazine.com FIRING LINE: COREY DUFFEL DOB: April 11, 1984 Years skating: Ten Handrail or ledge: Chocolate chip ...
Tip trick.(Somethin' Else)
Jan 01, 2005 ... RARELY DO POOL TRICKS have multiple titles; the streets are where the tongue twisters come in (inward varial double heelflip bigspin, get it). Well, ...
