Today's Time Capsule, Suicidal Tendencies...

So, I grew up skating in the 80's (started in 1985) and I remember getting this album [Join the Army] when it came out in 1987. I would listen to it on the bus on mai walkman, staring at the cover art getting lost in its complexity, memorizing every word, riff, hook, and solo. Getting psyched to get home, grab mai board, go thrash the streets, and grind everything in sight with mai Stage V Indy 169's and Powell/Peralta Cross Bones. (mine were Blue & 95a)
Sure, I was listening to other punk & skate rock bands or albums at the time like Dead Kennedys, Agent Orange, Circle Jerks, Gang Green, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Exploited, and Dinosaur (jr), but none of them sang or had a song about actually skating. Nothing spoke to me like that song.
To me, this is waht skating is all about, just the vibe of the video makes me feel 13 again, skating junk and having the time of your life. Throw your friends in the mix and it's instant mayhem.

The mix of this track might be different than the "Join the Army" version, it may be the single version. I dunno, I'd have to go play the 12" to find out. I own the single on vinyl, so I haven't played it in years. It had the track "Human Guniea Pig" on it.
The sleeve says it's previously unreleased, but I think they've since released it. (obviously)
I forgot mai cammy in the city at a friends house or else I'd take a pic of the single also. Maybe when I get it back I'll do a pic update on this for y'all. Cool?
Cool...
Oh Yeah, BTW I just realized that Timothy Leary plays the Dad in this video. I can find all sorts of info saying that he played the part, but no info on how it came to be.
Did he like the band? Did the band do lots of Acid? Was it his house they filmed in? Or was it the fact that he was so hip and down with underground counter culture that he could identify with the skate lifestyle, that he may have Dropped In, Turned On, and Tuned Out?

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "My Melody" by Eric B. and Rakim from the album "Paid In Full" released in 1987.
"ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check out my melody"

TJ "Archie 420" Larsden...

So, there's this kid who aint no n00b when it comes to gettin' Dry during HAKAS.

His name is TJ and in his time off the board he PWNs Fetuses.

Originally a Midwest boi, he now resides in AZ breaking little girls' hearts as well as Yeah! Boardshop decks.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Green Eyed Lady" by The Accüsed from the album "Splatter Rock" released in 1992

You should've been there...

So, have you ever been on vacation and wanted to send your friends the news about your epic sessions?

Well, now you can tell them all about it on this... You should've been there... postcard from Zazzle.com

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As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Beat Me Senseless" by Circle Jerks from the album "Gig" released in 1992

Christopher Ian Burnett...

So, here's a pic of local Chicago boi Chris Burnett, who has few things in this video, taken B in the D around 2002.

There was a Toy Machine demo at this skatepark just outside of Chicago called Triple -R, and they let soem of the local good guys skate during a "best trick" contest, Chris was one of them.

Here he is just getting into a Crooked Grind on the tall hubba.

I also have a pic soemwhere of Steve Fauser (now on High5) from that dei doing the saem trick, that dei Steve won best trick by doing his Crook across the flat and down.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Up Jumped The Devil" by Ronnie Dawson from the album "Monkey Beat!" released in 1994.
Saaah-Weeet Rockabilly.

Julien Stranger (than fiction)...

So, when tragedy or nature strikes, most people see destruction, but we skateboarders always search and see the world through a different set of eyes. Take a look at this picture.

Living in SF, Julien is no Stranger to the effects and aftermath of earth's turmoil, nor is he affected. This here is a prime example of how we see things. The city sees it as a road hazard, the citizens see it as an inconvenience.

To us, it's skateboarding's golden miracle of chance, a spot that may only be around for 1 day or 1 week... you never know when it will be taken back, so seize it while you can.

This spot was made possible by the Loma Prieta earthquake that hit on October 17th, 1989 @ 5:04 PM.

Oh, BTW. If you didn't notice, they spelled his name wrong.

If you see soemthing in your town that's skateable and temporary, by all means, don't flake on the chance. If you see a stack of plywood against a fence in a parking lot get out, do a few wallrides, and get back in and go home. You just snuck a session for yourself before the rest of the world knew waht you were even doing.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "I Want Your Body (12" Mix)" by Nymphomania from the compilation "Big Hard Disk vol.1" released in 1992. 

This track also appears on the True Romance Soundtrack.

Eric Koston...

So, here is a scan of a Trick Tips by Eric Koston from 1992 out of the October issue of Transworld Skateboarding magazine. (Volume 10 Number 10)

Now, this trick is still hard to do todei, and I haven't seen anyone do it since.
FS Shuv 2 BS NB 2 fakes... WTFrick?
Eric KosTron© (just made that up) is a robot beast that has PWND for the last 20 years.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "White Bread" by NOFX from the album "Maximum RocknRoll" also released in 1992.

Steve Ortega, SUper Good...

So, while cleaning off an old desk in the basement, I came across this drawing I did in like 1989-90? of Steve Ortega about to do a lipslide in a ditch. Mai old friend Kevin Buchwald and I would soemtimes sit around his house and draw pics from the magazines, this is one of them.

I remember drawing this one pic of Jeff Ramos doing a frontside wall ride 5-0 on soem 4 foot wall in an alley in an old Z-boys ad. I was stoked on seeing him in a mag because I met him at a contest in Downers Grove, IL behind a Pizza Hut in 1987.

This drawing is a picture of...

 ...this photo centerfold (or at least a 2 pager) from Transworld Skateboarding Magazine, I think it's from 1990. Could be from 1989, whenever Hensley fever was at its Zenith.

I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into Skate Art history.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Tutte Le Acque..." by Ashes from the album "Corpus" released in 1996, featuring Bill Laswell on Bass and engineered by Robert Musso.