Hipster Runoff Podcast...

So, on the way to Weston, WI. we listed to half of two of the three podcasts, I have on mai iPod, of the popular web blog Hipster Runnoff.

The guys had seen, read the site before, but never heard the voice of Carles.

I suggest you educate yourselves as well.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Holy Gasoline" by Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction from the album "Tattooed Beat Messiah" released in 1988.

~~~ Free DWNLD~~~

[under the album title at the bottom]

Juansito: The Growler Baller...

Two Central Waters Growlers for the road, please.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "One Down, Three To Go" by The Meatmen from the album "We're The Meatmen, and you Still Suck!!!" released in 1989.

Central Waters Growler Coozies...

Central Waters Brewery is getting these made soon

So, to learn moar about Central Waters Brewery click the link...

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse" by Amon Düül II from the compilation "Space Daze (Disc 2)" released in 1994.

Stomper 98...

Stomper 98 on mai iPod

So, we were playing soem music game where you play one song, then the next guy has the duration of that track to find a song that has some connection to it, then the 3rd guy has to find a connection to that one... bonus points if you can connect the track prior to the last as well. 

I was able to use Stomper 98 with the "Happy" connection...

Save The Turf Skatepark...

Mike Calabro, Urbancamper.com - Save The Turf

So, we stopped at the Central Waters Brewing Company on Fridei evening on the way up to Weston, WI., if you get the chance, you should really do the saem.

Save The Turf Skateboard Park.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Sherzo" by All Sonic Include from the compilation "Psy-Harmonics 2: Dancing To The Sound Of The Sun (Disc 1)" released in 1995 on Psy-Harmonics records.

OMSB: Eric Pitt...

Eric Pitt 50/50 @ Lake Delton, WI

Ghost Caught on Video...

You have to see it to believe it...
"real" ghost footage captured by cameras set up in their house.

The Artist vs. The Skateboarder...

So, yesturdei I had soem fun with a groups of artists.
Mall Grabbing is okay if it's for artistic purposes.

Mike Maldonado...

So, this bar has a burger named after Mike Maldonado... I think.

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Good Ol'Boiz: Tim Armour...

So, this so this here is Tim Armour doing a back lip on the rail over the Junson at the park in Aurora. It was so hot that dudes were soaking they shirts and taking them off and ringing all the sweat out then letting them dry on the benches.
Let me just say that it's KNDA gross sitting back on one of them.

Good Ol'Boiz: Pat O'Brien...

So, here we have POB nose grinding at the new Aurora, IL. Park. I took the pic with instagram and put an effect on it.

Lawnmower Woman...

So, I was out walking Mai dog todei and I hear a lawn mower behind us coming down the street, I turn around and Mai neighbor's 9 year old daughter is rumbling along with her dome umbrella. Kids do the darndest things.

Kitsch Skateboards: Brad Sheppard...

So, I first saw this video back in 2006, was so enamored by it that I tried contacting them to see if they would be interested in donating soem product for a skate night that soem of mai friends used to do every Thursdei at a bar in Chicago.

They would have a DJ playing skate rock, punk and metal, free giveaways, free old school fingerboards, Lowcards, Thrasher beer coozies, $2 PBR talls, $1 corn dogs, and 6 or 7 TVs all playing different videos from the 80's up into the 21st century. Every time I called Kitsch nobody answered.

I still go back and watch clip a few times each year because it's just so good and raw, the spot they skate are gnarly, you can hear how rough the ground is that he's riding on, especially the bricks.
His name is Brad Sheppard and this clip is from the video called Baby Steps from Kitsch Skateboards, a Canadian company.
I really like his BS180KF steez, the way he's so quick on his feet, and his quick land-then-ollie-again skills. I don't think he rides for them anymoar or if he still skates.
I found this old blog that hasn't been updated since 2009, but it's still cool to look through and see all the old footy and updates.
They will be featured in the new Late Summer 2011 issue of SBC Skateboard, Canada's National Skateboard Magazine. I bought one of these at a skateshop in Toronto back in 2001 a few blocks away from where I played a show with the band I was in at the time.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Turn To Dust" by Blood Feast from the album "Chopping Block Blues" released in 1989 on New Renaissance Records.
Real Speed Metal from the heart.

Help Rebuild Thornside...

So, a few years ago mai friend Gordon found this spot in Chicago and poured soem crete on a tilted jersey, one dei last fall I helped him form and pour the tranny on the back wall with the marble top, along with Joe Olenik.
Since then it has grown and been used, but nobody wants to help with the upkeep, so I'm asking you, mai fellow DIYers to lend a few bones to this project, so we may continue to have a shaded place to skate, and a dry one when it rains.
If you can find it in your skate-heart, please use the donate box at the top left of the page to help fund anything, any little bit counts. You can also contact through the email on the picture.
All money collected through here will be given to the project, please specify in box when donating that your money is for "Thornside."

many thanks to the younger generation of Wilson Warriors for keeping the flame lit.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Near Ya" by The Meices from the album "Greatest Bible Stories Ever Told" released in 1992 on Empty Records.

Today's Time Capsule, Neil Young...

So, I know soem of you reading this are fans of Neil Young, but did you know that this song if from one of the 3 albums he made in the 80's when he signed to Geffen records?
True story, he signed to Geffen, made these 3 albums and they were pissed off with this even though he fulfilled his end of the bargain and gave them 3 albums, they dropped him for "not sounding like Neil Young" and deliberately making records "unrepresentative" of his name.
Sounds like soem BS if you ask me.

He made Trans (1982) an 80's electro-induced vocoder-laden ode to Kraftwerk, Everybody's Rockin' (1983) a Rockabilly record, and one called Old Ways (1985) a Country record.


As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Stereomatic (Stereomagic)" by Yamo from the album "Time Pie" released in 1997

A Devilish Rupert Murdoch...

To PWN or no to PWN? That is the question, Betch!!!

So, you prolly already thought that Rupert Murdoch was the Devil in soem way or another, and if you didn't... well, maybe these Pictures will drive the message home subliminally.

"Murdoch was groomed by his father from an early age
to take over the family business" - Wiki

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Ex-Lion Tamer" by Henrietta Collins and the Wifebeating Childhaters from the album "Drive By Shooting" released in 1986.
Originally recorded by the band Wire back in 1977.

Dry Bones Nation: H.A.K.A.S. 4th of July '08...

So here we have a lil trip down memory lane with the Dry Bones Nation, H.A.K.A.S. tour of 4th of July '08.

This is by far one of best, most heart-felt H.A.K.A.S. edits known to man.

I remember sitting at work on mai lunch break and watching this originally on the Skate Illinois website, just laughing mai azz off and getting choked up with a lump in mai throat.

Enjoy, grab soem Kleenex.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Providence" by Sonic Youth from the album "Daydream Nation" released in 1988 on Blast First.

NYC Women Topless in Public...

So, dunno if you knew this, but NYC Women Go Topless in Public, Resulting in Self-Acceptance and Stunning Images via Bust Magazine.

Chick, czech it oaaaaaaaaaat.

"New York is a pretty cool place. We all know about the endless supply of renowned museums, and Central Park is like a magical (though overcrowded) forest, but did you know that since 1992 it has been legal for women to be topless in public? Admittedly, it is still rare to actually see a woman brave enough to do so--just because it's legal doesn't mean it's socially acceptable--but on these hot July days it’s getting more and more tempting." - Posted by: Ariana Anderson in Artsy on Jul 18, 2011


As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Indebted" by Cooter from the "Disasrming Violence" compilation released in 2000.
(Cooter also went by the name of Autopilot Off)

I Can Has Liverwurst... Weow.

Sieg Heil!!!

Dunlays By Skateboard...

Cruzin' soem spicy (not spic-y) beer cheeze & chips, suckin' down a peach John Daly

FUSAK & his main squeeze Stacey

So, we skated up to Dunlays in Logan Square for lunch stuff, so I guess this is technically still a skateboard post. Stacey rode her bike.
Heat was brutal, sweathoggin, and saw some people trying to pretend to be interested in women's world cup soccer. Japan won.

Sangría...

So, it's a long way to the bottom if you wanna rock & roll (or blog) - big ol' honkin 16oz. sangrías, boi.

Shawn Turner #7: New Era Originator...

So, here's a short video clip of Wellborn Clothing & Character Skateboards team rider Shawn Turner @ the Zumiez Couch Tour 2011 in Aurora, IL.
He won the New Era Originator of the Day award.


As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Energy" by Youth Gone Mad from the compilation "Nothing To Believe In!" released in 1995 on Know Records.

Good Ol'Boiz #2...

Mr. Dave "Newlywed" Ouellette

Mr. "6-pack" Chris Poquette

So, I'm chillin with Dave & 6-pack Chris at Ray's evergreen right now in beautiful St. Charles, IL 60174... there's a live radio broadcast goin on for The Score 670 am, Chicago Sports Radio.
I'm not into sports or a jock, just havin soem cold brewdogs with soem old friends.

Collin Thuer #2...

So, I'm not a skate photographist by any means, I'm just a skateboarder who takes occasional photos of skateboarders.

These photos are of, 15 year old local ripper, Collin Thuer and were taken on Wednesdei, July 13th, 2011 @ Mt. St. Mary's Skatepark in beautiful DWNTWN St. Charles, IL 60174.

he was doing these Norths to Fakie that were quite dizzope

by far the sickest of the ones he landed, tweaked North Fakie

a lil late to the snap on mai part, but he was a poppin and a boostin

quality suxd, but the content is awes... Ollie Fakie

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "The Shit Sisters" by These Arms Are Snakes from the album "Oxeneers or The Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home" released in 2004.
Saw these guys play a few times in 2003/'04 in Chicago when they played with a friends band Sweet Cobra.

Skate Healthy...

So, it's key to stay healthy when you skate, natural stamina from fruit (pineapple) and water rather than dehydrating synthetics like energy drinx and oatmeal cream pies.

Mall Grabbers #2...

So, it seems we have a mall grabber in our sights...

Jesse Martinez...

So, there's a great video posted over at Jeff's Skateboard Page featuring skateboarding legend Jesse Martinez talking about his beginnings, life, things that bum him out, and the current state of skateboard contests.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "I Gotta Move" by Ted Nugent from the album "Scream Dream" released in 1980.

Animaniacs...

So, it looks as if I'm gunna get drunk on Dreamsicle Irish Creme from Aldi and watch Animaniacs...

Like Soem "Art" In The Modern Wing...

So, is this artistic?

Classic Cars...

So, it's cruz nyte in St. Charles, IL. 60174. tonight...
The Hot Rod to the left of the yellow 'stang has no floor boards... just a trans box, battery, soem cables, and a great view of the road.

Sons Of 3rd Bass...

So, maiPod is best played on rizzandom... is that racist?

Joey Adamczyk #5: Birthday Grad......

So, I'm here at Joey Adamczyk's birthdei/graduation party... a lil hot for a fire right now, but that's waht the cold brewdogs are for.

Grape Soda & Colt 45...

So, I can't decide if this is racist or not... ya dig?

Israeli DAT Mafia...

So, I hope these guys aren't in a battle with the Israeli Dat Mafia...

St. Charles, IL 60174 #6...

So, I just heard soem kid say "that's the crooked kicker"
Looks pretty straight to me.

Sad Hippy...

So, found this on the floor of the top level of the 5:04pm Metra, Chicago to Geneva.
Soem hippy just had their dei and mellow harshed, mee-aaaaaaan...

Shower Music...

So, I don't wanna go downstairs to get new music to listen to in the shower, so I'll have to listen to one of these again.
Waht CD or Cassette out of these would you listen to if you had to choose?

Phillips Skatepark, Aurora, IL....

I'm (semi) famous... along with Scott Gall and Matt King

So, I was featured in a pic, by name, via the Beacon Newspaper.
I wonder if mai friend FUSAK printed this at the Sun Times?

Check the PhotoGallery here to see moar pics and full story.

Fireworks Over America...

So, even though America may be broke as shit, leave it to the local Joes to come through and show us why America is dizzope azz hizzell... fuck government... this is true American. Hard working people spending their own hard-earned money on fireworks.
This shit went on for over 2 hours, prolly on the heavy end of 3, in a park behind a high school.

Pickle Juice...

So, happy 4th of July you pickle juice drinkin mother fuckers...