Streets on Fire Soundtrack (No Skating)...

So, here are all the songs from the skate video in their entirety.

I want address again, there is no skateboarding in this "video".

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.

Notes From The Underground...

So, the year was 1990, the magazine was Thrasher, and the article was "Notes From The Underground" and waht great notes they were. I mean the list of bands was at such a zenith back then and tops anything that is out todei.

Click on the image to read about bands such as White Zombie recording a demo with Foetus, Maiden touring with Anthrax, Nirvana doing a split 7" with Sonic Youth and many other jaw dropping items of news that make you wish they finish inventing that time machine already.

Just don't sleep with your Mom, Aunt or Cousin when they do.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Hey You" by The Godz from the album "Mongolians" released in 1987. The band is originally from Columbus, OH.

Writing Journal 17...

So, this one will be short and sweet, or bitter.

Spencer ??????????
WJ17
Bad Day
4/18/94
Most days are nice and some are fun but the rest all suck.

Okay, I guess I had a run in with some sort of mood adjuster that day.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Dirty Boots" by Sonic Youth from Side B of the black cassette with no label that I had found in my Mom's's basement around 9 this morning. This song was originally released on the "Goo" album in 1990.

Writing Journal 6...

So, these next couple of journals are KNDA short so I'm going to do all four today. woohoo.

Spencer ??????????
WJ6
Last Sunday
April 17, 1994
Last Sunday my friend Sam and I went to Chicago to skate. We arrived at about 3:00 and didn't leave until about 11:00 but during the time 7:00 to 10:30 we to some girls apartment who goes to Columbia College. I guess you could say that we had some fun.
I like skating in Chicago at night because it's colder and it's not as hot. Sam agreed with me on this and we decided to go again next Sunday the 24th, maybe a little later this time.

Okay, I found in the original copy that I had written "we to some girls" when it should have been "we go to" alright alright. The girl was a friend of a girl Sam was dating at the time, they both were living in the Dorms of CCC. I remember the day sub-vividly, it was a beautiful sunny day like 8 clouds in the sky, we were skating the Picasso at Daley Plaza in mid-day, no bust. That girl came carrying a Crate & Barrel bag, she had seen Sam and offered us to stop by later after we were done skating. When we showed up to her dorm, they had made Mac & Cheese with Tuna fish mixed in, they offered and I ate some. Now here is the part I never understood, there was like a serving and a half left in the pan, she told me to just eat the rest of it, so I did. Later, Sam had told me that the girl got all mad because I just came in and ate all the Mac & Cheese. WTFrick? So, to this day I just take the last one/serving of anything. Doughnut, Pizza, Breadstick, Coffee, Cookie whatever.

As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Mary Christ" by Sonic Youth from Side B of the black cassette with no label that I had found in my Mom's's basement around 9 this morning. The song originally appears on the "Goo" album which came out in 1990.