Thrasher back issues from October 2005:
More cash.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2005; James, Ben ... Your magazine--above all of the others--has been the saving grace for many kids out here in Meriden, Connecticut. Meriden, like many towns around the United States, is a post-industrial wasteland, the remnants of metal production for World War II. Now, in that industry's smoldering ashes, ...
Wal-ride.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2005; Kovar, Alanna ... My boyfriend and I usually enjoy checking out your mag. Unfortunately, we just found ourselves removing a great pic of Peter Hewitt (Issue 297). You may be asking yourself, "Why would they remove such a sick shot?" The answer is sad, yet simple: the Wal-Mart/Dickies ad on the backside. You ...
Hex games.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2005; Tuozzoli, Jesse ... Whatever happened to Skate and Destroy, the video game that you guys used to have? You have got to make another one. That shit was totally gnarly. You should make it like Grand Theft Auto except with skating and a bunch of other shit. I totally miss that game, and you guys should drop ...
Your rip.(MAIL DROP)(Letter to the Editor)
Oct 01, 2005; Belminger, Konstantin ... Thank you for opening my letter and taking the effort of read it. I do not write A to complain about something regarding your mag or some controversial ad. I am a loving reader of your magnificent magazine for three years to this date. I am 18 years old but I find myself to be the oldest ...
15 things you couldn't give any less of a crap about: my favorite ditch in the whole world.
Oct 01, 2005; Sieben, Michael ... 1. THIS DITCH IS JUST OUTSIDE of San Marcos, Texas. San Marcos has a spring-fed fiver that runs through it that is inhabited by nutria. Nutria are a semi-aquatic rodent native to South America which was first introduced to the United States to enhance the fur trade, and arrived in ...
Lowcard, #9.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Another jumbled collection of doo-dads and what-chamacallits comes Lowcard #9. This mag's kill; the attitude is there, and the skate flicks back it up. See Drehobl flying through the air on a penis shaped skateboard! See the damage inflicted on unsuspecting backyard pools, ...
Traveln man, #5.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... This one is always sickness from the Northwest. Inside the silk-screened cover is mostly footage of the Northwest (the new Marginal Way project, some of the area parks), but much more: some ridiculous gadget reviews, a road trip south for the winter, a ...
I'll let julien put it right.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... I'll let julien put it right: "it's not just the thing that happens between the top of the stairs and the bottom ...
Disorder sk8 mag.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... This one is a little curious. It's done by a poor guy doing time in juvie on a weed rap, which helps explain the ghetto-ness (and it's obviously an expression of boredom, etc, that comes with the territory). Inside are a few tidbits such as how to sneak into the Vans park, jokes and some ...
Oh no! The robot, #6.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... This one is sort of in the vein of Cometbus--short, personal stories that often leave you nodding your head in appreciation as you recognize the predicaments and situations described herein. That being said, many of the stories are even shorter than the Cometbus style, adding up to only a ...
If the key to your hostal looks like the key to a truck stop bathroom.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Caption: If the key to your hostal looks like the key to a truck stop bathroom, youre ...
The south american response to barbed wire.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Caption: The south american response to barbed wire: ...
Lofty dreams, wreckless abandon, #1.(ZiNE THING)
Oct 01, 2005 ... This nice little package comes from the Underdog dude up there in Canaduh. It's cool to see a 'zinc that's got some appreciation for space; most seem to try to jam as much material into as small a space as possible for obvious reasons. This one has plenty of empty space and no super busy ...
Anatomy of a fishbrain.
Oct 01, 2005 ... Crailtap clip of the day? "He's cool, but his necklace needs to be longer ..." "What the hell am I doing here?" Not Huf in '93 Durst kit: 1. Backwards red hat 2. Puka-shell necklace 3. Tank-T 4 ....
I was just where?
Oct 01, 2005; Phelps, Jake ... BEING A TERMINAL TOURIST, I often find myself wondering where I am, When I got off the plane it was quite obvious: China. Now, why was I in China? Well, I was going to watch Danny Way jump the Great Wall on a skateboard. This five-day, whirlwind trip was full of bus tides, pictures, ...
Aaron Horkey.(CANVAS)
Oct 01, 2005; Timmy ... REMEMBER THAT dead possum you and your friend dared found under the quarterpipe at the local park when you were 11? Of course not, because besides being one of the few creatures that Lucifer spawned from his rectum, that possum was so decayed it revealed a frightening insect laden bone ...
Skatepark nerds unite! Skaters for Public Skateparks Summit Hailey, Idaho, May 27-29th.
Oct 01, 2005; Beardo, El ... FRIDAY EVENING: SUN VALLEY, IDAHO Green peaks of the Sawtooth Range surrounded me as I stood atop the fullpipe at Hailey, Idaho, still dizzy from the altitude drop I experienced on the first run through the deep end of the park. Whoosh! A leer jet carrying the filthiest of rich ...
Curse of the Black Pearl 2: a grand Cayman vacation.
Oct 01, 2005; Rhino ... GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND AGAIN? Fuck yeah Maan! We were invited to the official opening of the Black Pearl Skatepark--the previous trip was just a teaser of lines to come. 60,000-square-feet of concrete--the week we were there wasn't even enough time to skate that bitch! It just so happened ...
Erik Ellington: the thrasher interview.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Dawes, Lance ... How much do you think luck has played into your skateboard career? I don't know. Being a negative person I'd like to say 100-percent, but maybe not so much. Maybe 50-50. I've heard you talk about it before. That's why I bring it up. What have been some of your lucky ...
When I was Kosmonaut.(LAKAI IN RUSSIA)
Oct 01, 2005; Burnett, Michael ... ON OUR FIRST FULL DAY in Moscow someone died at the skate spot. It wasn't a skater, and it may have been a homeless person, but it was still the first time I can remember someone breathing their last breath so close to where people were crooked grinding. "I think someone just ...
The Russian boneless.(LAKAI IN RUSSIA)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Considering that 15 years ago the Russians were molding their own skateboard trucks out of iron and sharing a hand-full of Ron Knigge's discarded New Deal everslicks among the entire nation, you can't really hold it against them that they can't be credited with much trick invention. Even ...
Adam Alfaro: "the movie thing made my hair gay".(HEADS_ALFARO)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Rhino ... Adam, where are you from and how old are you? Whittier, California. Oh shit--I'm 22! When did you start skating, and where do you think you got your style from? I started when I was 10-years-old. Skating with earlier Label dudes and Jason Adams is where I ...
Jeremy Reeves: "any skate mission anytime, anywhere, any country".(HEADS_REEVES)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Zaslavsky, Dan ... If you were to ever get a job, what would it be? I would most likely go back into cooking. I was doing that full time for like five years straight and I always enjoyed it for the most part, but I'm much happier as a skater. What kind of music would you rather listen ...
Burn it down: anti-hero flamethrower 2005.
Oct 01, 2005; Phelps, Jake ... FIRE, FIRE, BIG BLACK SMOKE. Fire, fire, ain't no joke. Fire is for some people a cleansing. To burn it means to let it go, turn it to the ash from where it came. Some skaters burn boards when they're done. Some burn things of dead friends; it's a form of closure. Simple, it is--some ...
The Kills.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Locks, Jesse ... THE KILLS ARE THE TRANS-ATLANTIC DUO known by their eccentric stage names VV and Hotel and for their ingenious interpretation of lo-fi bluesy rock 'n' roll. Six years ago, after their respective bands Discount and Scarfo disbanded, the two held themselves up in a space no larger than a ...
Asphalt Jungle.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Petros, George ... ASPHALT JUNGLE KICK OUT ROCKIN', clockin' rhythms that never stop! Big Beats explode from turntables, guitars, and samplers. Yesterday's funk fantasies combine with tomorrow's as-yet-unheard styles. Fuck yeah! Propelled by the devastating duo of Brian Tarquin and Chris Ingram, the Jungle's ...
Unseen.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Huberman, Andrew ... NOTHING'S A SURE THING, but a reliable formula for a great punk rock album might look something like: Band members with 11 solid years of playing together + Ken Casey producing (Dropkick Murphys) + Brett Gurewitz mixing (Bad Religion) + Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) and Dicky Barret (Mighty ...
Bavgate.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Vitello, Tony ... ASTRONOMICAL REAL ESTATE RATES in the Bay Area indicate that everyone and their mother wants to move here. Is it the weather?. The dazzling views? Fresh cracked crab? Whatever the luck it may be, it hasn't helped local rap artists accumulate platinum-worthy record sales. Is the influx of ...
Speedbuggy.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Pimp, Chinese ... TIMBO, FROM HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, and Brady Sloan, a military brat moving from all over eventually to LA, met each other in a bar in 1996. As a few beers passed they start talking music; they realized they had the same influences, listening to country as kids and punk rock as they grew ...
Out Hud.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Whiteley, Dan ... WHEN I HEARD S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D. a couple years ago, it was the first time since eighth grade band class that I had actually thought about "dynamics." You know, terms like staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, fortissimo to legato mezzo piano andante? Well, kick out the brass and woodwind nerds, ...
Narrator.(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Morrison, Maureen ... AS FAR AS THE NARRATOR'S SOUND is concerned, they've had a tendency to waiver somewhere between emo and punk. But on their latest record, Such Triumph, the band is aggressive, unrelenting and, above all, powerful; sounding better than it ever has. And the band's shows bring them to a new ...
F'd up: "an inward, selfish pleasure in playing instruments".(Interview)
Oct 01, 2005; Taylor, Todd ... SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, some douchebag alchemists held the word "hardcore" behind their backs and, in a puff of smoke, a musical art form made by misfits, geeks, social retards, and folks allergic to weightlifting was hijacked and turned into fuckin' football practice with metal guitars ....
Slough feg.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Oct 01, 2005 ... SLOUGH FEG Atavism (Cruz Del Sur)--SF's own prodigy Celtic power-metalist return to previous form as the title Atavism suggests. Picks up where Traveler left off and continued blasting serenades of lore. Mike ...
Blessing the hogs.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Oct 01, 2005 ... BLESSING THE HOGS The 12 Gauge Solution (Goodfellowes Records)--I do feel blessed after giving it a gander, BTH-combine-to-power-thrust heaviness from grind to stonerized rock to sludge-based destructo metal ....
Wall of sleep.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Oct 01, 2005 ... WALL OF SLEEP Sun Faced Apostles (PsycheDOOMelic)--A Doomscale true classic doom metal pick this time. Wall of Sleep brings monumental riffage in a Maryland Doom vibe tradition, as stated by label meister Mark, ...
Witchcraft.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Oct 01, 2005 ... WITCHCRAFT Firewood (Rise Above)--Sophomore release by these retro doom-rockers a-la Pentagram coattails, but properly achieved. Production is more solid, giving a heavier ...
Torche.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Oct 01, 2005 ... TORCHE S/t (Robotic Empire)--This band features Floor and Cavity members. When I threw this giant sludge hammer on, it pulled the Sabbathian rift ...
Notes from the underground.
Oct 01, 2005 ... MAN, CHECK OUT THE COVER of that Rat Byte 7": An army of pig-faced cops watches as four of their colleagues are killed in various ways. One is at the end of a noose and being swung around by the neck by a guy with a green skull face sitting on the deck of an empty pool, another pig-faced ...
Road side.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... KING OF THE ROAD IS ON! WHEN YOU READ THIS IT WILL be over, but at the time of writing, everyone's assuming their positions, packing their bags, and getting ready to get weird. Zero has a definite home-court advantage after magically winning San Diego as their starting city, and, although ...
Poser of the month.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Poser: Guido Convertibo Crime: French twist ...
Oil change.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... In non-KOTR news, the hotly anticipated Baker video is done and premieres in Hollywood on August 10th. Will Drew have last part or has Herman risen to the challenge? And what of Greco's command center? Is it possible to have a video with ALL last parts? If anyone can do it, it's the ...
Ceritified piece of suck.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Oregon is every skater's dream but Gresham is every ...
Fat tired.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... In a somewhat-related story, Fallen Footwear Team Manager Mike "Snacks" Sinclair dropped his nickname and 52 pounds to win a bet with Fallen owner Jamie Thomas. Slimming from a bloated 212 to a hard flippin' 160, Sinclair got $1,250 off the boss, with $1,250 more and a two-week paid ...
Russian dentistry.
Oct 01, 2005 ... Rick Howard and Marc Johnson dig for the ...
Flat tired.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Terell Robinson and Steve Van Doren of Vans have announced that they are both formally associated. Wall Street observers are commenting about Vans' performance as a brand as of late. It's said that parent VF Corp profits rose approximately 11-percent ...
Bucks stopped.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... The Chicago venue of Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huck Jam Tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Otherwise, the events on schedule went off with a high degree of precision entertainment. Out of control eBay professional autograph seekers at times hounded, harassed and harangued tour leader ...
Hall of meat.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... We're all just carbon-based machines and Sean Sonnenberg is going to ...
Surfin' safari.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Andy Kessler is recuperating from his recent devastating injuries out in Montauk, NY, where he is training with Brian Lentini and Peter Beard. The trio are said to be rebuilding the old windmill ramp overlooking Driftwood ...
Metal iron.(TRASH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... "No one ever seems to take a stand on anything."--Ed Templeton "There aren't enough winners in the world to pay the bills."--Fausto Vitello "Jessica Simpson ...
Poets corner.(ON BOARD)(Poem)
Oct 01, 2005; Dwight, Clay ... <Pre> POETS CORNER Street's empty; early 'morn. The griptape's worn, the jeans are torn. The wheels are soft so the noise is less. ...
Five ...(ON BOARD)
Oct 01, 2005; Edwards, Eric ... WTF Style 1. Mike Vallely 2. Jeff Grosso 3. Jason Adams ...
Funbox.(ON BOARD)
Oct 01, 2005; Rivley, Sam ... Q: Why did the lion shoot a hyena at the card game? A: ...
Firing line: Brayden Szafranski.(ON BOARD)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Shoes: Ten and a half Years skated: Ten Food: Meat Music: The Beatles and Ozzy with Randy DOB: October 3, 1983 Girls: Like 'em all, English ...
Skateboarder branded by manhole cover sues.(AWFUL TRUTH)
Oct 01, 2005 ... New York (AP) -- A woman who was branded with letters from the Consolidated Edison logo when she fell off a skateboard onto a searing hot manhole cover in Manhattan last year filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking unspecified damages from the utility. Elizabeth C. Wallenberg, 27, was burned just ...
Action figured out.(SOMETHIN' ELSE)
Oct 01, 2005 ... ONLY BIRDS were born to fly, but that'd never stop Danny Way from ...
