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36 UP & COMING
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SPORTS
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30 ESPN Moto X World Championship Preview
Riders from Supercross, FMX and every other motorcycle related disciplines square off.
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LIFE
18 BAD BOSSES
Every work place has one.What kind does yours have?
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ROB DYRDEK _____________ Creating a Safe Haven for Street Skaters
20 THE AMERICAN DONKEY SHOW Meet the real Democratic jackasses.
48 SPRING FASHION SHOOT
Warning: Models may appear larger than life.
76 WILD WILD WEB
Since you’re online at work all day, here’s some interesting stuff to check out to help you kill time.
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30 Action Sports Round Up
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Springtime is usually one of my favorite times of year; the plants begin to blossom, the birds begin to sing and the sun begins to shine more frequently, just like in some crappy movie full of singing princesses and other realistic things. Some of my friends feel that my love for being outdoors somehow qualifies me as a hippy. Somehow I think there are more criteria to meet for being a hippy than an appreciation of nature, such as embracing left-wing politics, refusing to eat animals and avoiding contact with soap, body wash or shampoo.As it happens, I hate liberals, love steak, chicken and fish and I shower daily.The only things I have in common with my filthy, earth-encrusted friends is the fact that I typically enjoy being outdoors and I like to wear sandals. But I am rethinking that first one; sure nature is grand, but it can also deliver a serious sucker punch to the kidneys and leave you miserable for weeks on end. It’s true. One fine morning I decided it was a lovely day out and took a hike up in the San Bernardino Mountains. I cannot recall every single plant I came into contact with, but one of them messed me up something fierce and I am assuming by logical deduction that I must have encountered poison oak somewhere along the trail. And not just a little brush of it that comes and goes in a week... I am talking it’s two weeks later and I cannot wear a shirt with sleeves because my skin is irritated and anything touching it other than calamine lotion or a cool breeze is agonizing.This leads me to the point of this diatribe: fuck nature. Seriously.You can no longer call me a hippy because I refuse to ever go back into the forest. Plants are evil, insidious things and they can’t be trusted. And screw hippies for trying to preserve them. In fact, hippies are hypocrites because their very boycott signs are made from the trees they try to save.Well, who knows, maybe they recycle their protest signs but that’s beside the point.What matters is I am irritated and covered head to toe in calamine lotion (God bless science for creating that stuff… nature creates a plant that fucks us up but not a cure? Another point in favor of my argument), and all kinds of people feel the need to ask me what happened, as if I am that interested in discussing it over and over and over with every person I come into contact with. Am I covered in funk because I went painting? Am I trying to mock the body paintings of the noble Aboriginal people? Am I making a fashion statement in the hopes that Paris Hilton will copy it and start walking around covered in calamine? Yes. Yes, those are all logical conclusions to come to. So the lesson here is nature is bad, so are hippies and everything else... and even the brightest people make the stupidest assumptions. See you next month!
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words by: Jasen T. Davis & Matthew McLaughlin
Who’s Your Daddy?
BAD BOSSES
Kenneth Samuels of Augusta, South Carolina had found himself doomed to paying child support for nearly 11 years, until a DNA test confirmed that the boy, who looked nothing like Samuels, was not his. In the subsequent trial a judge ruled that the boy’s biological mother and father would have to pay back $14,460 in child support Samuels had paid. What’s that smell? Is it… justice!?
The InhumanHorrors of the Modern Work Place
words by Jasen T. Davis
Everyone, at least once in their lives, has to realize they are working for a bad boss.They are creatures of a darker, work-or-be-killed universe, where only the strong survive because they are willing to work 25 hours of unpaid overtime a week.
The Howler This posterboy for intermittent rage disorder has two settings: Loud and Marine Corp Drill Sergeant on PCP. Bonus points if his eyes bug out, he turns red and hot spit pelts your face when he blasts you for not restocking the paperclips.Your best bet is to endure the noise until you’re shopping for powertools and handcuffs while looking for places to bury a body in the desert. The Good: At least he isn’t passive aggressive. The Bad: WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO ORDER MORE PINK STICKY NOTES?!?! The Fossil from 1945 In his day a janitor working 35 hours a week could raise a family of four while the wife stayed at home. He thinks gasoline is still 10 cents a gallon and medical insurance is a communist conspiracy. When you ask for Friday off he tells you of the time he lost an arm in an explosion and still worked a 27-hour shift, staunching the flow of blood with a scarf he knitted out of his own navel lint. The Good: At least these bastards are all going to be retired in 10 years. The Bad: By the time they do mad cow disease will be a fringe benefit. The Son of the Boss Possibly the lowest business life form there is, the Son of the Boss is underqualified and knows it. He’s either a poor surrogate for his father, aping everything the old man says and does, or he’s a total screw-off that steals your good ideas and takes credit for all you do. The Good:He can be easily manipulated when you get him drunk and buy him lap dances. The Bad: When that big project drops dead and that bus comes around the corner, expect to be thrown under it when dad demands a scapegoat.
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The Non-Boss This boss is as fleeting as a flying saucer and as elusive as the sasquatch. He occasionally calls you, but other than that he is persona non gratis. Eventually your job begins to feel like an episode of the Twilight Zone; a dadaistic performance art piece, or some obscure French flick. The Good: Browsing porn has never felt so natural, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. The Bad: Can no one fire you for doing nothing for nobody? Starscream Treacherous, ambitious and dangerous, Starscream is a pain-in-the-ass to work for because he’s always trying to overthrow the leadership of Megatron, despite the fact that he continually loses against the Autobots. Starscream also despises humans, which would explain the lack of medical insurance, 401K plan and paid vacation. Despite the fact he’s the most ruthless Decepticon, his highpitched, screechy voice undermines his authority for him. The Good: Being 31 feet tall and weighing nearly 6 metric tons, he’s easy to hear coming if you’re browsing porn on the Internet. The Bad: He can fly at Mach 3 so his commute is brief. He’s also probably having sex with your computer. Buffalo Bill Kept naked in a pit while you starve long enough so that your skin might better be harvested to complete his macabre girl costume, this boss spends long hours in his room sewing while you freeze in the mud. While this job is comparable to working at McDonald’s, at least fast-food jobs pay you an hourly wage. The Good: If you catch his little dog it might be used against him. The Bad:“It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose!”
A report published in the American Journal of Medicine stated that people who occasionally drink “live longer and are less likely to develop heart disease.” After conducting my own personal research, I have found that those of us that drink heavily not only live longer, but are also more likely to father an illegitimate child, projectile vomit and hit on your grandma. What? She baked me cookies afterwards.
The Perfect Breakfast Beverage
A man in the Midwest has put together an all-flavored vodka.The flavor is bacon. Not peaches, not blueberries or oranges… but bacon.The pig kind. It’s ok if you are repulsed. That is a natural human reaction to the idea of drinking bacon juice.This flavored vodka phenomenon has gone too far. An Oklahoma woman was arrested after her fouryear old daughter showed up to school drunk. A spokesman for the police says, “We have reason to believe that the child has drunk beer in the past.” My mom wouldn’t even let me drink Children’s Dimeatapp because of the alcohol content, let a lone a full beer. Why arrest the woman? Hell, I nominate her for the Coolest Mom Ever Award.
My Mom Can Beat Up Your Mom
Two mothers in Boston, Massachusetts were arrested for engaging in a fistfight in a Chuck E Cheese after the child of one mother “hogged a video game.” Down on the street in a seedy arcade, violence over such an issue can be justifiable. Besides, it’s Boston.They should have teamed up and violently assaulted the manager for poisoning their children with reprehensible pizza.
Welcoming the author of the Vagina Monologues to the city, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, told the author that he is “a vagina-friendly mayor.” Really. New Orleans’ new slogan is now: “Come on down to New Orleans – Home of a crazy-ass mayor, high crime, poverty, hurricanes and where your vagina is always welcome!”
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FOREPLAY
CONTINUED... G’day! Hulk Smash, Mate!
Recently discovered internal memos from 1977 have revealed that superiors ordered Health Commissioners in Australia to lie about the high levels of gamma radiation homes in Hunters Hill were exposed to. Building a house on a nuclear dumping site is never a good thing.The families will probably sue, but a judge has ordered that if their children are born with fantastic mutant super powers which allow them to fight crime they have to give all the money back.
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BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE AMERICAN DONKEY SHOW
The Fluffers of the 2008 Democratic Party
words by Donald C. Stefanovich
Eight of the longest, most divided years in American history are drawing to a close, and in the wake of the Bush regime we find ourselves still in the interminable briar patch of the Iraq War, with a less than encouraging economy despite and on the shit list of more nations than ever before. Democrats are quick to point out the debacles of Dubya and from Mississippi to Madrid, sentiments seem to be in favor of change. But in the current volatile two-party system where the tainted term of liberalism has been abandoned in favor of progressivism and a Libertarian was running as a Republican, can the Democrats offer any viable alternatives to get the donkey’s rocks off or will the blue states be left with blue balls? Let’s take a look at the lesser known candidates, the fluffers of the Democratic party whose participation, in spite of having only a marginally better chance of being nominated than Britney Spears has of being named “Mother Of The Year,” keeps the proverbial mule kicking and a healthy dose of “mock” in “democracy”. Warren R. Ashe, Virginia Ashe filed paperwork with the FEC for his third presidential run in 2008. Let’s start with the fact this guy’s official website is a profile on a SETI website.Yes, the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, I’m serious. Is he? He has a list of fabricated claims of office including that he was President of the United Nations from 1973 until 2003 and Appointed President, United States White House 1981 – 2003. He claims to own a Fortune 500 company, Jyperonix Astrophysics, which focuses on “time travel communications that are real.” But his achievements don’t stop there. Ashe also claims that he builds flying saucers capable of “going to other solar systems at warp speed” by hand at a community college in North Carolina and has been taking sperm and DNA to the future (22nd, 23rd and 24th centuries to be exact) since 1983 via flux capacitation and wormhole technology. Likely Vice Presidential candidates include Dr. Emmett Brown and Mr. Spock. setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_pro file.php?userid=8285206
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Princess Christina Gerasimos Billings-Elisas, California Apparently Princess Christina was “born to be President of ‘Our America’,” and is “’The Chosen One’,As Proclaimed by Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, friends of Theodore and Evelyn Gerasimos, first Greek in Detroit 1890. People’s King of the Greeks emanating from Spartan Royalty Warriors.” Who can argue with that? Of all the Presidential hopefuls and descendants of Queen Victoria, she certainly has the most colorful website with the same creepy picture of herself (it looks like she has fangs) plastered all over it. Of course there are plenty of eccentric rants, family photos, hand-written letters from her mother, and if you’re feeling particularly masochistic, a video of her stuttering, twitching National Campaign CoManager/Vice Presidential candidate. I think I’d actually shove the dingbat in office just to see what happens out of sheer, morbid curiosity. christinabillings.com (CONTINED ON THE NEXT PAGE.)
American Idol is in full-swing of its seventh season this month. The anticipation of the winner is killing me! I wonder if it will be some guy that wins and is never heard of ever again or will it be some girl that, well, wins and nobody hears from ever again?
Trouble Down South
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has ordered thousands of troops to the Columbian border in response to an attack that killed a rebel leader the week before. A showdown is expected, but most Americans can’t find either country on a map of the world. It’s worth noting that according to the board game Risk South America only gets two armies per turn, so the conflict should end quickly.Try to roll sixes, Columbia! The city of Pasadena, during the first week of March, officially celebrated a “No Cussing Week.” The plan, according to the mayor, was “a reminder to be more civil, to elevate the level of discourse.” Wow. Really? In my opinion, that shit is really fucking stupid. Dumbass bitches.
Now Go Get a Trebuchet
Joe Weston-Webb, a 70-year old farmer in Iowa, has constructed a 30-foot tall catapult loaded with chicken droppings to deter vandals who have been spray painting his barn and slashing the tires of his tractors.Whatever happened to a shotgun loaded with rock salt? Actually, the chicken droppings don’t matter. A 30-foot tall catapult loaded with anything will deter anyone.The English used that to keep out the French for centuries, which explains why English food tastes so horrible. Scientists have spotted a white killer whale off the shores of Alaska. Great. There goes the neighborhood! I guess all the black killer whales will now have to deal with all of the white-on-white whale crimes and lower property values. What ever happened to the quiet days where “those whites” would live in the poor side of the ocean?
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AMERICAN DONKEY SHOW (continued)
Robert E. “Bob” Boyer, Illinois Other than the fact that this guy filed the paperwork with the FEC to run for President and that he once ran for Sheriff of Jackson County and lost, no one knows a damn thing about him. He doesn’t even have a website. That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see how it works out. Albert “Big Al” Hamburg, Wyoming This 76 year-old sonofabitch has lost 17 consecutive bids for President, Governor, US Senate and Congress. He claims to be a homeless veteran and is a self-proclaimed “unpopular candidate.” I’m not sure if it’s the Nazi helmet he wore in his 2004 campaign photo or the fact that Big Al actually looks like a pissed off hamburger, but he doesn’t strike me as an agreeable fellow. He’s been quoted as saying, “I make more people mad than I make want to vote for me.” Big Al once appeared in Nebraska out of nowhere and filed for a seat in the Senate, then suddenly was back in Wyoming. He made headlines in the ‘80s when he sued a woman for Breach of Contract because she agreed to have sex with him 50 times in exchange for a car, but stopped holding up her end of the bargain after 33 times. Big Al is the stuff legends are made of. Lee L. Mercer Jr. Mercer is a two-time military veteran who just happens to look like Michael Clarke Duncan. Here are few choice samples of his reasons for running: “To prove The Klu Klux Klan and the Communist Party are gangsters…,” “To prove that every person in the United States and world is hooked up on an Eye Spy Community-Military Intelligence (All Three) Electronic surveillance hot-wires…,” “To Prove I will be the 2nd Negro President of the United States of America in 2008,” “To Prove the government owes me Zillions of Dollars…,” “To Prove Jeb Bush is all in my house with disease,” “[To Prove] I have solved every crime in America and the world for the last 15 years dating back to before Christ,” and “To Prove America is America.” Whoah, what if he’s right? mercerforpresident2008.com
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Randy W. Crow, North Carolina Mr. Crow is a small businessman and former realtor with several failed political campaigns including the 2000 Presidential Primaries in which he actually got on the ballot in New Hampshire and Louisiana. Somewhere among the conspiracy-theory ramblings, anti-Semitic rhetoric and verbal attacks on imagined enemies, Crow managed to divulge a bit of his “hunch” on his site.“[I] may be The Returning Christ... I do believe firmly that in a way whether or not I am The Returning Christ is a non event and do not worry about it at all, except I do pray that if I am The Returning Christ I would like to be the coolest, greatest, most fantastic Returning Christ in the history of the Universes.” randycrow.com John Joseph Kennedy, Georgia This freelance writing, marketing executive and former model believes he is answering a call to “…serve God and my country,” and publicly embraces the idea that September 11th was an inside job. He takes it a step further though, accusing the Bush regime of being responsible for hurricanes and other natural disasters. “I will stop the Bush family’s manipulation of the elements of nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes) which have wrecked insurmountable havoc on our environment and disturbed the natural-flow of all life on this planet.” Really? I’m not exactly a fan of Dubya myself, but really? johnjosephkennedy.com Oloveuse O. “Ole” Savior, Minnesota This artist and poet has his eccentric-sights set on the Whitehouse. He lists his top three issues to address as a “nuclear-free world, world hunger, and better education for all mankind.” Sounds pretty noble, right? Well let’s get to know him a little better, shall we? His favorite movie is The Terminator, his favorite TV show is X-Files and his favorite book is the Bible’s Book of Revelations. You laugh now, but when the impending apocalypse of alien, cybernetic-organisms hell-bent on destroying us all plagues the planet, you’ll wish you had Savior for President! ole-savior.org
In This Month’s “How Is This Person Actually a Celebrity” News:
“Actress” Bai Ling recently copped a plea for her arrest at a shop at LAX for shoplifting $16.22 worth of batteries and Star magazines. Hey Bai, how about you steal something useful next time like some acting lessons. Or a career.
There Must Be Something in the Water
A 15-year old boy in New Jersey decided to place a spray paint can in a fire to see what would happen.The subsequent explosion of scalding hot paint and shrapnel injured him horribly and scarred him for life, but at least he got a trip on a helicopter to the emergency room. Next up in his ongoing experiments with the Empirical thought process he’s going to douse himself in gasoline and run around with a road flare.This time he just might get to ride a pony! In another case of a hot teacher having sex with a lucky-ass boy, a 22-year old substitute teacher was arrested in Hillsboro, Missouri after it was found out that she was banging a 14-year old student. What’s the big deal? More importantly, where were these teachers when I was in high school? My teachers were all old, wrinkly and smelled like an odd combination of milk, baby powder, Metamucil and death.
There Is No Last Call
The Railway Inn is the one bar in Blandford Forum, England that is open for 24 hours. Officials are trying to close it down, but statistics show that crime has never gone up, despite the beer flowing well past 2:00 a.m. If only California was civilized enough to have bars open from dawn to dusk.You have to admit, it would certainly kill drunk driving, although there’d be a whole lot of livers that would look like the tongue of some alien space creature in the movie Star Wars. Heidi Montag of Mztv’s The Hills has recently said that she felt betrayed by Spencer because of his relationships with other women. Read more about the story on www.WannabeCelebritiesWho ShouldBeShotInTheFace.com
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ROB DYRDEK Rob’s Big Adventure
words by: Eric Bonholtzer photos by: Michael Vincent
Rob Dyrdek is living the American dream with a three-year run of his successful MTV show, Rob and Big, numerous skate championship wins to his credit and several entrepreneurial enterprises. But the professional skateboarder has never forgotten his roots and continues to be a pioneer in building the sport of street skating.“You choose to be a skateboarder, you’re a skateboarder for life,” Dyrdek, 33, explains, noting that his rise to fame has been an incredible and often surprising journey. “It wasn’t like I looked at myself when I was young and thought I was going to make millions and have a 15-year career,” he says, “I was skateboarding and just loved to skateboard.” But Dyrdek’s impressive skills and business savvy proved to be the determinative factor that set the pro skater apart from the pack, and the Kettering, Ohio native now has even bigger things in the works, including feature film work and numerous altruistic projects aimed at giving back to the skate community that has given him so much.
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Dyrdek’s fascination with skating began at the age of 11 and he hasn’t slowed down since. “My sister’s boyfriend was a skater and I really looked up to him,” Dyrdek reminisces.“I bought my first skateboard from him and I was off and running.” The pro skater is not exaggerating, entering his first competition just 24 days after first hopping on a board. “I entered my first contest after less than month of skateboarding,” he explains, and it wasn’t long after these little competitions that Dyrdek was ready for the big leagues. “I entered my first pro contest when I was 16 and that was the World Championships in Germany,” he relates. “The entire experience was surreal, just me and another one of my friends traveling across Europe, dealing with my first pro contest and coming close to winning it.” Dyrdek placed fourth, but it was validation that he had serious skills and skating was his calling. “I had quit school and I was skating full time every single day before going to that contest,” he explains, and while it would seem that the pressure of competition would be intense for someone who had just turned the legal driving age, Dyrdek says that his youth actually helped him feel less stressed. “When you get really good at something at a really young age it’s the total opposite,” he explains. “You’re driven and that’s the only thing you know, so it’s a lot different, especially in a sport where you choose it and you choose it for life.”
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though I had a lot of coverage and respect from the magazines from the trips I took out here it wasn’t until I moved out here that I was able to reach that next level.” Dyrdek quickly reached that new level, both in his skating and in business, winning respect and getting involved with the popular DC Clothing line.“I worked a shoe deal along with my pro skating deal where I would go through the same process as the designers. I would submit the design and it had to be selected by the sales team,” he relates, explaining how he wound up exceeding DC’s expectations of just how many shoes he was going to create. “I kind of felt like they were thinking,‘how many shoes is this guy really going to do?’” he says. “I wound up doing like a third of the line.” To date, Dyrdek has designed over 30 shoes for the company and has branched out into a clothing line of his own in collaboration with Travis Barker called Rogue Status. As Dyrdek became more entrenched in the business community, the sport of skating was beginning to change. “The X Games played a part in that, giving it this organized place.” Dyrdek explains. “I think MTV also had a huge deal to do with it with stuff like Jackass, and then Tony Hawk in the sense of how many new fans of skateboarding there were because of the
ous social commentary and satire that underlie the show’s comedy. “My television show is a joke,” Dyrdek relates, “I have an entire television show based on the fact that street skating is illegal. I wrote it for The DC Video as a joke, like ‘hey I’m so sick of dealing with cops and security guards, from now on I’m going to bring my own security guards.’” The skater adds, “It’s a joke but it’s a testament to the state of modern skateboarding. It’s just that bad.” Dyrdek cites how even his notoriety hasn’t really changed the fact that he can’t skate where he wants to.“I still deal with getting kicked out by cops except now the cops know me and they want to shoot photos and tell their kids they kicked out Rob and wonder where Big Black is.” The fame that comes along with a hit TV show also has some negative aspects and Dyrdek soon found out that his rise in popularity would have an impact on his privacy, citing that between 30 to 40 people show up at his house every day. “What’s really funny is I caught one kid putting Bam stickers on my car,” the pro skater says. “He claimed that Bam made him do it, so we called Bam and Bam’s like,‘I have no idea who that kid is.’” In addition, the show has given some people the wrong impression about Dyrdek and just how hard working the pro skater really is. “What people don’t realize about me is I get up at 7:30 am and work until midnight everyday,” Dyrdek explains. “From watching
I still deal with getting kicked out by cops except now the cops know me, and they want to shoot photos and tell their kids.
Even with the success in competition, Dyrdek had to branch out because of the relatively low amount of earning potential in the sport at the time.“I got a twodolloar check for selling one board my first year as a pro and I needed the two dollars,” he recalls.“You didn’t know what to expect. I turned pro when skateboarding was at its lowest point.” But Dyrdek’s business acumen kicked into high gear and the skater quickly began negotiating deals that involved marketing along with skating. “At a young age I began developing and starting businesses to add some level of longevity as opposed to just riding for companies,” he explains. “I think it’s just something that’s been in me and I’ve refined over the years.” Despite his numerous successes, Dyrdek humbly admits that there were, “plenty of failures along the way too.” However it was Dyrdek’s drive to succeed despite any failures that eventually caused him to pack up and move from his hometown in Ohio to California, where the sport of street skating was bigger. “I come from a very skate-based community, believe it or not.” Dyrdek explains. “Alien Workshop was started there, and there would be these huge skate contests like the Ohio Skateout, but to really come up in skating I had to come to California and do it in the streets here.” He adds,“Even
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videogame.” Dyrdek explains, though, that even with the mainstream exposure, street skating was still highly misconstrued.“It’s not like a traditional sport where it’s judged by how well you do in a competition, it’s a lifestyle and there’s so much more to it and it takes a long time for people to wrap their head around that,” the pro skater relates. “I don’t even feel like it’s even close to where it’s going to be. I feel that it’s still really misunderstood.” Dyrdek used his close relationship with DC Clothing to help demonstrate how the sport of street skating was wrongfully judged. In what would become the first incarnation of his hit MTV show, Rob and Big, Dyrdek
wrote a short skit for a DC skate video that included his bodyguard, Chris “Big Black” Boykin, and showed a comic satire of the mistreatment of skaters by authority figures. “You have to understand it’s what we deal with every day,” Dyrdek explains.“I wrote it for The DC Video and it got so big in the skateboarding community that when I was touring Big would come with me. It led to the creator of Jackass saying, ‘you need a show’ and we took the idea to MTV.” Rob and Big debuted on MTV and was a smash success, but what a lot of people still don’t realize is the seri-
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my TV show everyone thinks I don’t do anything all day and just run around having fun and live this incredibly fun eccentric life. But in reality I’m living that fun eccentric life for the TV simply to make a funny TV show.” He goes on to say that from watching the show, “everybody thinks I smoke weed which I don’t. I’m a dead, dead serious businessman. Most people think that it’s just 24 hours a day me and Big Black running around being nutty.” While Dyrdek does like to have fun, it’s not at all like the show portrays.
Not letting the negative aspects of fame detract him from his goal of supporting the sport of street skating, Dyrdek continued to film his show and expose more of the misunderstandings that skaters must deal with. One of the most famous episodes of Rob and Big, where Dyrdek breaks 21 world records in one day, is another tongue-in-cheek political statement about the state of skateboarding today. “It’s a testament to how skateboarding is misunderstood,” Dyrdek explains. “Nobody should be able to break 21 records in one day with barely trying.” Perusing Guinness’ records, Dyrdek was shocked by what he saw and became determined to incorporate them into his show. “I’m seeing all these records and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe these are records’ which led to making an episode
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where I made fun of how ridiculous it was.” He adds that, “Those records were so easily beatable because no one had ever taken them seriously.” Instead of just exposing the hardships skaters face, Dyrdek has taken several proactive measures to help remedy the problem.“What I want to do with this exposure is start to build skate spots,” Dyrdek explains. “There’s this new program I’m doing called the ‘Safe Spot Skate Spot Program’ where I’m trying to build little spots.” Dyrdek is known for creating an incredibly innovative skate plaza in Ohio, but currently he’s focusing on smaller, more accessible areas for street skaters to be able to practice their craft legally. “I’ll do a skate plaza if I can get the commitment from the city but I’ve dealt with so much bureaucracy that what I’m basically developing are these mid-range, $50 - $100 thousand ‘skate spots,’” Dyrdek explains, though his commitment doesn’t stop at just designing them, the skater also foots the bill. “I fund them 100-percent through my foundation so there’s no red tape,” he recounts. “The city gives me land, I design it, pay for it to get built and then there’s a skate spot for everyone to skate.” Dyrdek’s drive to help the future of street skating doesn’t end with his foundation.“One thing that I’m developing leading into the next year or two is a league called, ‘The Street League,’” he explains. “It’s a strictly professional street skating league that’ll be a real street competition so that there will finally be a forum for street skaters.”
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In addition to his altruistic skate projects, Dyrdek will be busy in the next year with several television and movie projects. The pro-skater has moved on from filming Rob and Big and while the details can’t be released yet, Dyrdek hints that he will be working with MTV on an innovative, multi-platform show the likes of which has never been seen before. “It’s going to be the first multiplatform TV show where you need web, cell phones and TV for it to work together,” Dyrdek explains. In addition to his work back on the small screen, the proskater will also be on the silver screen, with the release of an independent film called Street Dreams in August. “Street Dreams is a scripted feature film that I wrote and financed and produced, starring Paul Rodriguez Jr. and myself,” Dyrdek relates. “It’s about a kid from the Midwest coming up based on experiences that I had,” he says, adding that though the film is based loosely on things he’s gone through, it depicts the universal experiences of skaters everywhere. “To us it’s every skateboarder’s story,” Dyrdek explains proudly.“From running from cops to dealing with jocks to getting hated on by parents and teachers, it’s everything that skaters go through.” In contrast to the independent release, Dyrdek also has a part in the upcoming DeNiro and Pachino movie, Righteous Kill. “The film’s about these guys killing people who get away with crimes and I’m a victim of one of the criminals that gets killed,” Dyrdek relates. “It’s a small part but just a cool thing.” Whether it’s championing for skater’s rights or tackling the acting
game, Dyrdek’s multiple levels of success demonstrate that he has what it takes to really make it big.
AT A GLANCE... + Favorite Food: Dyrdek is a diehard sushi fan and admits that, “I probably eat sushi at least four times a week.” + Hidden Talents: While Dyrdek’s great with a board he’s also adept with a soccer ball. “I can juggle a soccer ball for a half hour straight,” he says proudly. + Meet Big Black: Dyrdek met his partner in mischief via a phone call to a random security firm. “When I wrote the DC concept,” he says, “I just called a security agency and said we’re looking for a guy of this description and Big Black showed up. The rest is history.” + Guilty Pleasure: “My guilty pleasure is American Idol,” Dyrdek explains. “I haven’t missed an episode in two years. I’m fascinated by it because you stand in line with 10 thousand people in Omaha and a year later you’re a superstar. It’s like the lottery with talent.
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TANNER FOUST Chasing The American Dream
words by: Donald C. Stefanovich photos by:The ID Agency
Forget the house and 2.5; long and lascivious has been the love affair between Americans and the automobile. From the earliest mass-produced models to roll out of Detroit to modern motorsports, we’ve taken the internal combustion engine to a level far beyond a means to an end. Getting from point A to point B has never quite quelled the thirst, but somehow, going faster than the next guy and pushing these machines to their absolute limits seems to strike something primitive within the most civilized among us. Perhaps no one better personifies this than Tanner Foust.
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Foust puts his AEM sponsored Nissan 350Z sideways during Formula Drift competition.
“My interest in cars started when I was three years old, watching my dad shift gears,” recalls Foust.“Or maybe I saw someone go around a corner fast at one point and thought, ‘Wow, that’s cool.’” Foust has made a name for himself in nearly every aspect of motorsports, from drifting, to rally and ice racing to stunt driving, time attacks and hosting TV shows. He’s certainly exceeded even his own idea of “cool”, but it’s all something he seems to take in stride.The adolescent sense of wonder is still present in his voice as he relates one of his many careers. “Stunt driving has got to be one of the best jobs on the planet,” says Foust, lead stunt driver behind the wheel in The Fast and
the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Dukes of Hazard and The Bourne Ultimatum as well as several commercials and TV shows. “When you’re on set and you’re crashing things or you’re drifting things and you’re wearing wigs and doubling an actor, you end up being in situations that you’ll never find yourself in, in the real world. It’s just cool to work on those projects and get immersed in this completely fictional story line.” He’s certainly come a long way from his first driving job behind the wheel of a city bus in Vail, Colorado where he got fired for doing donuts in the snowy Beaver Creek west lot. “I gave some drunk hitchhikers in the middle of the night a pretty scary ride,” he says, chuckling. Early began his obsession with sliding, evident even before he fully realized it. From there he found a job as a tech for Formula Mazdas where he traded his tech work for seat time, but admits that he’s “damn slow” with a wrench.“I think I got the better part of that deal!” he says, not entirely in jest. “When I started out in road course racing I dabbled in Formula car racing.The type of person who climbs the ladder in Formula car racing, for one thing, obviously has to be able to generate a lot of sponsorship money because it’s super expensive; But two, it takes really disciplined, methodical driving, very, very clean. I found early on once I started coaching on ice and really started enjoying sliding
cars around that my style was a bit more dirty. That kind of suited rally racing and off-roading as well as drifting and time-attack.” He has since collected enough medals and trophies (including Rally America Championships, Formula Drift Championships and an X Games Gold) that if he were to pile them all into his car, it might significantly affect his 0-60 time. “Any time you make any kind of career path that’s dynamic you face a lot of choices. Do you stick to the same formula that seems to be work-
ing, and stay with it over and over?” he ponders of his diverse roster of accomplishments.“For example, stay with drifting and do nothing else and focus on the sport? Or what makes you happy is kind of the question. What makes me happy is the challenge of learning new things, driving different kinds of cars, learning new tracks and the variety. So, it’s been great to get a chance to drive rally cars, road race cars, drift cars, even the Baja 1000, Pike’s Peak and off-roading. When it all comes down to it, it’s four tires, a couple pedals and a steering wheel. But the fact is that applying those basic physics that you learned when you learned car control to all these different sports, to go fast or to look cool or whatever the goal is, is what makes me tick.” It is this profound passion that has even found him unexpectedly outside the comfort zone of the driver’s seat. Foust is now hosting SuperCars Exposed on the Speed channel and has for some time now been teaching the occasional driving school; things which did not necessarily come quite as naturally as apexing a turn completely sideways. “Growing up through high school and college, like a lot of people, public speaking was my worst fear, by far. I’d rather eat a bar of soap than do any kind of public speaking,” says Foust. “I just dreaded it. When I was in the ‘ride and drive’ world and demonstrating cars for different manufacturers I was also talking about those cars and finally found out that even if you have a fear of public speaking, when you’re talking about something that you’re interested in, or confident in, that you have a knowledge of, it’s not so hard. So, hosting car shows is not such a big deal. It’s actually a lot of fun and it’s very challenging. So, that’s been an interesting challenge to overcome some of those fears, that’s what keeps it interesting so I hope to keep that ball rolling.”
So just as he progressed from eating soap to being on the soap box, his career continues to gain momentum on all fronts and not even he is sure which one will cross the finish line first.“I think as a racer I’m just in a branding exercise trying to build a company; a company that sells sponsorships. There are really just all these goals that go along with it, but the by-product is I get to drive bitchin’ cars. It certainly is a good time for people that want to follow their dreams and make money out of it. Sports like drifting and growing sports like rally racing or even CORR truck racing are amazing opportunities that our parents didn’t really have. We don’t have to be doctors and lawyers in order to have it good. I’m just stoked when I hear people figuring out that they want to race cars and then figuring out how to get it done. It’s a very, very cool thing and I hope anyone that’s an enthusiast out there and wants to make a living behind the wheel stops thinking about it and makes it happen,” says Foust, encouraging fellow enthusiasts to follow in his lead-footed footsteps. “As long as it’s always about driving and about cars, I’m going to have fun with it. Fundamentally the core of all this is motorsports; to make a living with a steering wheel in my hand.”
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+ Favorite Cars: Porsche 911(997)Turbo, BMW M3, Porsche Carrera GT “A car’s kind of like a girlfriend.You sort of have a different idea of what is ideal on a day to day basis, unfortunately. Sometimes you want a Ferrari and sometimes you are thinking about the girl next door, some sort of Porsche and sometimes a Unimog is the way to go. It’s a giant Mercedes truck, ‘cause big girls need lovin’ too.” + Daily Driver: 2004 AC Schnitzer BMW M3 + First Time Driving: 10 years-old behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Bus in Scotland, in the middle of nowhere. “I was kind of a Navy brat.” + First Driving Job: City bus driver in Vail, Colorado. Got fired for doing donuts in the snow at the Beaver Creek west lot. “I gave some drunk hitchhikers in the middle of the night a pretty scary ride.” + Hobbies: Skiing and mountain biking + Favorite Cereal: Oatmeal + Education: Molecular Biology Major + Sponsors: Rockstar Energy, AEM, Alpinestars Catch Tanner Foust in Action at The Formula Drift April 12th on the Streets of Long Beach!!! Check formulaDRIFT.com for more details.
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Skater: 1 Scumbag: 0
A little after midnight in a Daytona Beach, FL convenience store, a would-be robber, who’d just been released from prison decided to make a grab for some cash. Clearly, he didn’t think twice about 18 year old skater, Clinton Pomares, who was at the store visiting his pal working behind the counter. Pomares acted with the quickness and cracked the robber from behind with his board and delivered a solid crime fighting beating.The robber is awaiting trial on a felony burglary charge.
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NAVY MOTO X CHAMPIONSHIPS
Getting Down and Dirty
words by: PJ Yatar
They come for action, they ride for the competition. If you’re lucky, you get a few memories in between. The world’s best Moto X sport riders will strap on their helmets and body armor to battle in San Diego at the inaugural Navy Moto X World Championship, the first ever professional event to challenge riders not to one but all faucets of motocross. On April 12-13 the city of San Diego and the San Diego International Sports Council will transform Qualcom Stadium from a NFL platform in to an extreme sports playground for the fans to witness the world’s best riders to go head to head in variety of different fields of Motocross including FreeStyle, Speed and Style, Best Trick, Step Up and Super Moto. In addition it is the first time an X Game event has been held in San Diego since city played host to the X Games in the late nineties. Naturally an event like this is going to capture the imagination of the top riders in Moto Sports.Athletes scheduled to appear are thirteen time Moto X champions Travis Pastrana, legendary motocross champ Ricky Carmichael, X Games heavyweight Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg and rounding out the top spot is “The Godfather” of extreme moto sport Mike Metzger as well as dozens of other top tier Moto X athletes.
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But the inside stadium is not the only action. The event will be surrounded by 24 hour tail gate parties, an acoustic music showcase stage, a giant pit area and scheduled meet and greets with the riders. In addition on April 13 the long awaited world premiere of Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg documentary Hood Rich will debut in downtown San Diego. Hood Rich chronicles the rebellious but playful rider’s personal journey through life set in a behind the scenes tell all tour through the US. ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast 8 hours of the Moto X World Championship from San Diego.Tickets range from $10-$25 along with upgrades including 2-day pit access and can be purchased through Ticketmaster. Discounts are available through the military and Metal Mulisha. There are packages for 2 night RV camping. Check out EXPN.com for event and athlete updates as well as television times. For more information on this killer event log on to www.EXPN.com, and for more information on the Metal Mulisha tail gate partes or the premiere of “Hood Rich” log on to www.metalmulisha.com for more details.
Nope, this has nothing to do with a fast food joint.We’re talking Mammoth.With the recent opening of the Unbound Super-Duper Pipe in February, Mammoth Mountain sits as the only place in the world where riders can take on all three half pipe sizes: Mini, Super and SuperDuper.The new pipe is 550 ft. long and 58 ft. wide vert-to-vert with 22 ft. walls.
Dream Fight on Hold
In an unfortunate turn of events, a ruptured ACL has forced Mauricio “Shogun” Rua into knee surgery and out of his June fight with Chuck Liddell in London. Rua underwent knee surgery to repair the same ACL after his disappointing loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 76.TUF 2 winner Rashad Evans was brought in as a replacement to face Liddell.
Slater Back on Top
Once again, Kelly Slater is officially the No. 1 surfer in the world.The eight-time ASP Champ defeated reigning ASP Champ Mick Fanning on his home break of Snapper Rocks, 17.94 to 15.23, to win his second Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast title.This is the first time Slater has been atop the ASP rankings since winning his last World Crown in 2006. Slater and Fanning have squared off nine times now, with Slater winning five.
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Road Fools Riders
From April 11-21 the Road Fools crew will be on the road touring the southwest US.There’s going to be kick-off and tour wrap parties at Levi’s stores in San Diego and Phoenix.This year’s crew is: Anthony Napolitan, Brett Walker, Brad Simms, Corey Bohan, Chester Blacksmith, Aaron Ross, Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez, Justin Simpson, Dakota Roche, Morgan Wade, Rob Wise and Kurt Rasmussen.
Back to the Drawing Board
“Dan, your skin feels so smooth! You didn’t have to shave for me.”
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UFC 82: PRIDE OF THE CHAMPIONS
Nemesis
words by: BJ Cummings photos by: Josh Hedges
Dan Henderson holds titles in the 185 lbs and 205 lbs division of the now defunct PRIDE Fighting Championships. Moving over to UFC to unify the titles, he lost a five round decision battle to Quinton Jackson at 205 and since dropped to 185 to fight reigning UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. A dangerous man indeed, Henderson was the only prospect in the middleweight division who possibly stood a chance against the Spider. Emphasis on “was.”
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Anderson Silva defeats Dan Henderson Rear Naked Choke 4:52 Rd 2
Andrei Arlovski defeats Jake O’Brien TKO 4:17 Rd 2
Heath Herring defeats Cheick Kongo Split Decision
Luigi Fioravanti defeats Luke Cummo Unanimous Decision
Chris Leben defeats Alessio Sakara TKO 3:16 Rd 1
Josh Koscheck defeats Dustin Hazelett TKO 1:24 Rd 2
Yushin Okami defeats Evan Tanner KO (knee) 3:00 Rd 2
Diego Sanchez defeats David Biekheden Submission (punches) 4:43 Rd 1
Jon Fitch defeats Chris Wilson Unanimous Decision
Jorge Gurgel defeats John Halverson Unanimous Decision
When you make a Shark Shield, you have one goal in mind: um, to protect people from sharks, right? Well, what happens when a female great white shark eats the shield? That’s exactly what happened in South Africa where a Shark Shield was being tested. Some suggest that the electrical field created by the shield attracts sharks instead of repelling them. The manufacturer contends the shield still works… only if a surfer is stationary. So, what about when a surfer is actually, I don’t know, surfing? How about paddling? How about not playing dead in the water? You’re right. I guess even the best of inventions have their limitations.
The Past vs. The Future?
The UFC recently inducted Mark “The Hammer” Coleman, the first UFC Heavyweight Champion, and first Pride Grand Prix winner, into the UFC Hall-of-Fame. Despite the induction, Coleman made it clear that he isn’t retired and, in fact, will be taking on Brock Lesnar at UFC 87. Coleman was the forerunner of what has become known in MMA as “Ground and Pound.” Still a newcomer to the sport at 1-1, many feel that Lesnar could be the heir apparent to the Mark Coleman legacy: a very fast, extremely powerful wrestler who could potentially dominate the heavyweight ranks. He’s got to get past “The Hammer” first without getting nailed. Wow, zing!
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ATMOSPHERE
Hip Hop’s Hypochondriacs Set Out To Make Sex Music For The Single Mom words by: Donald C. Stefanovich photos by: Chad Buchanan
On a (relatively) quiet Los Angeles street, somewhere in the west end of Hollywood, sits a rather unassuming hotel. Its cracking, yellow walls and dusty, weathered exterior hint at an ideal setting for some of the best of the Sunset Strip’s worst one night stands. It also wasn’t difficult to imagine that if the walls could talk, they might tell tales of the Los Angeles County Coroner in some of his finest hours.The funny thing was that upon entering the lobby, after one glance around the ultra-modern interior with wood accents, spotless floors and furniture I’d be afraid to sit on, I found myself glancing down in quick assessment of my attire. I felt out of place - never mind the fact that I was about to attend a listening party for the new album by one of the most arguably notorious duos in hip hop. Fortunately, it was back outside on the gum speckled sidewalk that I met Slug and Ant. In a way I didn’t entirely yet understand, something about them seemed to reflect the misleading appearance of the hotel. We proceeded to pile into a white minivan; the sort a soccer mom might drive. As I would soon discover, this may not have been coincidence. It was here that we had our party.
“It’s like everywhere else that’s not New York or L.A. We grabbed on to it just as hard as anybody,” says Atmosphere lyricist, Slug, of their hometown, Minneapolis.“I’ve learned that people who ain’t from New York or L.A. have a tendency to take hip hop a lot more personal because of how they use it to reinforce their identity. It’s like, there’s a certain type of entitlement that comes with being from the Bronx that in a way, it could almost be taken for 3 4 SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM | APR. 2008
granted that you’re surrounded by hip hop all the time. Whereas, in the Midwest, they’re probably still so insecure about their role in hip hop that they take all of it so personal. I grew up like that. I was one of those kids that loved this shit so much that I would get beat up over it.” It’s been 11 years since Atmosphere put the Midwest on the hip hop map with Overcast!, their first full length; a feat not to be taken lightly, especially at the hands of Slug, real name
Sean Daley and Ant, real name Anthony Davis. Hip hop archetypes they weren’t and a hip hop mecca, Minnesota wasn’t. “We were never even given the option of playing the demo game. It was all about doin’ it for yourself. DIY in my city is a big deal,” Slug says.“Minneapolis has always had a sound. I guess if I had to categorize that sound, it’s the sound of people who don’t quite know how to do it, but they’re doing their best because music’s what they love.” On
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their fifth full-length (they have countless EPs, compilations, instrumental albums, dub series, cassettes, bootlegs and singles), When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, it’s a sound they attempt to embody – with a bit of a twist, of course. “We were actually looking for what Minneapolis sounded like in like the ‘80s. The earlier Prince stuff, even The Replacements - some of the more country, rock, No Depression type shit. I think we allowed the sound to dictate where the writing went and then it would be piped out and kind of keep the writing focused,” says Slug, attempting to describe the origins of the record. “We spent so much time on it,” says Ant, producer and the more reserved half of Atmosphere.“We had some musicians involved so, very tedious. It’s tough. A lot of the keyboard sounds we have on there, it was a bitch to recapture a lot of those ‘80s sounds that we used.” Known for his conscious and brutally honest lyrics, Slug claims never to lie in his raps, only to tell stories. More than one acquaintance has been less than pleased at finding themselves in his flows. It’s a problem he says that won’t be one this time around. “This record is 95% fiction, but I still believe that there’s no lies in fiction.The lie is trying to pull a story on you that doesn’t have a means to the end.The point is to get to the moral of the story, not necessarily the literal telling of the story, but the final point of the story. I feel like in a lot of rap, it’s constant story telling… but it’s like they tell the story and it’s like a fantasy and there’s no means to the end. And that’s something that I can imagine I would ever do. I’m not trying to dis contemporary hip hop, it’s just a phase it’s in right now, but bottom line is people aren’t talking about the consequences.” The first track laid down for the album, “In Her Music Box” chronicles a young girl in the backseat of her father’s car, absorbing the explicit rap beating through his stereo as she is dragged along – seemingly more of an accessory than a daughter.
AT A GLANCE... + NURSERY RHYMES
“There’s a special pressing of the album that’s coming out with – I mean it’s called a children’s book, but really I wouldn’t read it to the kids. It’s designed like a children’s book with watercolors, colored pencil illustrations and this story I wrote about this boy who’s shrinking and his princess who can’t see.” - Slug
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“Fat Mike got me into parking lots. Between NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords he’s still building his little parking lot empire. He makes a killing off that. I didn’t real-
Throughout the album, Slug spins yarns about the everyman’s struggle; from addiction to parenthood, drawing more parallels to modern folk than contemporary hip hop. Although he claims his words as fiction, they’re certainly not entirely alien territory either. “I’m trying to figure out why a whole bunch of 19-year olds can relate to what I’m doing, you know?” Slug puzzles. “I’m 35 and I got a kid that’s closer to 19 than I am.What am I saying or doing that these kids can relate? I know if I sit down one on one with them, the kind of relating I’m going to have is, ‘I’ve been there, done that. Brush your fuckin’ teeth and eat your breakfast.’ If I were to try and reinforce anything it would be the reinforcement that I am kinda trying to grow up inside of what I’m doing. I don’t really have to put on no front, no airs about it. In the music, in person, on stage, just in general, I feel kind of fortunate that I can treat my dogs like how I would even if I was a fuckin’ delivery guy. I’ve grown up and learned a lot from a lot of my own personal decision making over the last few years. And I think – I hope, I hope – that that’s all reflected in the music. I’ve been trying to get that soccermom demographic.” The rapper seems to grapple with having reached a pinnacle. While most would consider Atmosphere nothing less than on the upswing, Slug seems disoriented when looking down from atop his current achievements. “I think the actual driving to this point has always been the actual focus of what we do. So now that we’re kind of reaching this point, I don’t know if we really know how to deal with it.” While optimistic in spite of what one might infer from most of his lyrics, Slug remains acutely aware.“Everybody has their doomsday and me personally, I’d rather crash the plane myself then allow people to crash it for me. I would much rather take the whole fuckin’ thing and steer it into a tree and call it a done day and get out and walk away than run out of gas. I like water. I’m a water guy. I never swam in a tree, but fuck it.” And as for Ant? “I’ll probably go down too. I’ve followed this long.”
ly get to know that dude too good, but when he was around me I would listen when he talked.” -Slug
+ PACKRAT
“[I collect] Pieces of camouflage cloth that represent pretty much every major army in the world. I’ve got a small piece of camouflage from whatever their actual uniform is and they’re all oragamied into peace doves actually. Really a weird thing but it was something that was started up, I believe it was Shingo that gave them to me a while ago actually, but I keep them out.They’re pretty fresh.” -Slug
+ SWITCH HITTER
“I jerk off with my left hand.” -Slug
FOR THE RECORD
words by: BROOK
Hip Shoes Make Hop To Music
NIKE commissioned their own hip hop track, “Better Than I’ve Ever Been,” a shrewd marketing scheme so popular it even earned a Grammy nomination for “Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.” Featuring all-stars Kanye West, Nas, KRSOne and produced by Rick Rubin, the song celebrates the 25th year anniversary of the popular Air Force 1 shoe and is Nike’s first soulless product.
Beefcake Pantyhose
The first pressing of Beck’s Odelay deluxe reissue shipped with unproofed lyrics. Apparently, they were copied from a fan website for temporary layout purposes. Beck apologized and has made the right lyrics available at Beck.com while subsequent pressings of the CD will have the corrected lyrics as well. Fans complain that they still don’t make any sense.
Fo’ Shizzle
Snoop Dogg was ticketed after NYPD officers caught the rapper smoking marijuana outside a New York nightclub. He explained that he wouldn’t gizzle over the hizzle and avoided arrest. Meanwhile pop singer Aaron Carter WAS arrested for marijuana possession after he was pulled over for speeding. He tried to wizzle his way out of it, but it’s just annoying coming from white boys, y’know?
Goo Goo G’Joob!
In 1969 14 year-old Beatles fan Jerry Levitan had a lucky encounter with a surprisingly accommodating John Lennon resulting in the recording of a 40 minute interview, inspiring “I Met the Walrus,” a five-minute animated short. For 36 years Levitan sat on the audiotape, until he met Toronto-based animator Josh Raskin. The resulting collaboration has earned acclaim and awards. My short film, based on meeting Clay Aiken, is called “I Met the Jackass.”
Courtney’s Deathbed Confession?
This month in ‘94 the body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was found, victim of apparent suicide. As years pass and thoroughly detailed alternative theories regarding his death emerge, it’s become a valid matter of debate. Unfortunately, conspiracy theorists can exploit Kurt as much as the industry he left behind. Even so, check
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FOR THE RECORD
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out cobaincase.com and see if it doesn’t freak you out a little.
Sweet Promotion
“Guitar Hero:Aerosmith,” will arrive in stores this summer, honoring the top-selling American rock band of all time. The game will feature 30 Aerosmith songs as well as others from various acts that have opened for the band. To recreate the sense of attending an Aerosmith concert, developers held motion-capture sessions with granny groupies, puking fans and drug-sniffing dogs.
A KISS COULD BE DEADLY
The Huntington Beach natives are some of the last people you might expect to create slick new-wave/rock music; especially living so close to the beach. Lousy stereotypes aside, the five-member entourage that comprises this cutting-edge group creates music bound to make you move. A Kiss Could Be Deadly’s music is an invigorating mix of electronica, new wave and punk, but incorporating pop elements that turn these songs into dance tunes.That’s not to say all their songs are disco-rock affairs.With a diverse range of influences, the band’s music, lyrics and melodies come from the mind of one man: Chris Deadly. “Generally the way it works is Lauren and I will spend hours, weeks and days on end perfecting our songs before we show them to the other guys. Beforehand we always kind of went in with unfinished products, but for the new stuff we detailed every part of the music so when the other guys in the band heard it, it would be the way it was meant to be heard.” Vocalist Lauren Deadly’s voice is a beautiful contrast to the nuances and otherwise driving nature of the band’s powerful music.With plans to tour extensively in the middle of 2008, as well as coming off a new CD release, AKCBD has much to offer down the road. Jump on the bandwagon before everyone else does.You won’t regret it. myspace.com/akisscouldbedeadly words by: Alex Mendoza photo courtesy of: Gari Lamar Askew
Your Girlfriend’s Favorite Song
A song recorded at a frequency only dogs can hear has topped New Zealand record charts. “A Very Silent Night” was so popular among owners it hit # 1, but has received mixed response from its canine audience, the most violent being a dog that physically attacked the radio and destroyed it – kinda’ like how I’ll act if I hear Miley Cirus one more time!
Angry Hot Chick (yawn)
Paramore singer Hayley Williams has denied that the band is breaking up as insinuated in a previous blog. They are “going through hard times” she explained,“I just want to make it clear, though... we weren’t saying the band was over.” I wouldn’t doubt internal problems with her, though. Just listening to her overly angst-filled singing is a bit much.
Sales Commission Blues
NEUROTIC ALIBI
MySpace is responsible for a lot of things.The Beaumont and San Bernardino based rock trio Neurotic Alibi is one of them. When asked how the band came together, Rich Bruce, the disturbingly eclectic guitarist/singer, responded with “I have been in many bands and I was tired of no commitment so I put my own studio together and then I started looking on MySpace and other sites for players to form bands so I went through several people to arrive where we are.” This would lead to his introduction to bassist Bill Preci and drummer Danny Viselli, a dynamic rhythm section that rounds out the band. Neurotic Alibi is a dark name,begging for an explanation.“Everybody has an alibi, like why they do some of the things they do, whether they are angry or a drunk,” stated Rich.“I just wanted the music to be anything.The music will have mood swings, if we want to play metal we will, if we want to play rock we will, its just Neurotic.” Rich’s lyrics go deeper than most and really take you into the song with him. “‘She’s Evil’ is about chicks I have known that chew you up and spit you out and ‘It’s Ok To Want To Kill Me’ is about wantingto have someone feel something towards you even if you want to kill me, just feel something,” related Rich. Neurotic Alibi is a hard band to categorize so I won’t bother. I will just say they have taken eclectic fused metal/hard rock to different places and you want to go there.
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words and photos by: Jeffrey Easton
A previously unreleased Smashing Pumpkins song, “SuperChrist,” is on a new CD featuring bands consisting of employees of Guitar Center, available at GC outlets. The Pumpkins chose the acts appearing on the compilation based on submissions from the corporate giant’s selfimportant wannabe staff. Please - if I wanted to listen to music by an arrogant dick, I’d put on Kanye West.
Foo, Justice, and the American Way
The Foo Fighters have filed suit against Marvel Comics. The band claims that their two songs, “Best of You” and “Free Me,” were featured in a trailer for the company’s upcoming animated series “Wolverine and the X-Men.” The suit seeks unspecified damages from Marvel. Dave Grohl says he’s excited to fight something besides Foo but is a little scared of the Hulk. skinniefortherecord@yahoo.com
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The Kameleon, first introduced in 1999 with its revolutionary “blackout” technology, has been resurrected as the KD-AVX44; the most advanced incarnation yet. Electrostatic technology allows for complete control without the use of buttons and brings the unit out of “stealth mode” as the proximity sensor detects your hand and lets the controls disappear again when you’re not using them. Other goodies include a 3.5” color screen with Bluetooth, 7 band iEQ, 24 bit conversion, 3D GUI, a USB Port, iPod adaptability, 5 volt pre-outs and sub controls and rear A/V inputs. All input/output terminals are gold plated for maximum conductivity in true JVC fashion.
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Ever wish you had a drink handy for any occasion without the bulk of a flask and the hazard of a glass mini-bottle? The ShotPak comes in a stand-up, RTD (ready to drink) pouch in convenient single servings. It’s available in the staples such as 80-proof vodka, rum, whiskey and tequila as well as some popular concoctions such as Purple Hooter, Kamikaze, Lemon Drop and Sour Apple. Makes a great gift idea for the alcoholic on the go!
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Renowned low brow artist Frank Kozik has etched a name for himself in the pop art scene and is no stranger to designing toys for Kid Robot. The latest, a functional stool in the shape of his infamous nicotine-addicted Labbit, is a limited edition run and probably one of the most expensive pieces of designer furniture guaranteed to look awesome while clashing with everything you own.
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Finally, some truly educational toilet trivia. This diamond in the roughage from Josh Richman and Anish Sheth, M.D. sheds light on the story told by your turds, which they claim, “Like a snowflake, each poo has a wondrous uniqueness.” While appealing to the sophomoric side in all of us with a few laughs and clever nomenclature, there are plenty of relevant facts about your health to make this a worthwhile read.
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Other than being at the forefront of grammatically incorrect advertising campaigns, Boost Mobile has also led the pack for “Pay As You Go” and “Unlimited” cellular services; a youth lifestyle trend in the industry. The latest phone to be added to their Unlimited line, the MOTOKRAZR features an MP3 player with Touch Sensor Music Controls, a 1.3 Megapixel Camera, Bluetooth, GPS, email capabilities, web access and “The Latest,” a boost feature boasting information from channels such as news, sports, stocks, entertainment and weather. New users are able to get the first month free.
$249.99
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BACK TO THE BOOKS.
In the spree of comic books turned into movies, here’s a few that should have been left as comic books.
Steel
How was Shaq able to make this flick when he can’t even make a free throw? Can anyone explain?
Catwoman
This should’ve never been called Catwoman, I mean, this never should have been released.
Captain America
Can you screw up a comic book movie when the plot and script is already laid out? I guess so.
The world’s most expensive flashlight.
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IRON MAN
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
MAY. 2ND
Batman & Robin
Batnipples, flourescent everything and cheesy one-liners. Do I need to say anymore? “Chill Out.”
Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard & Jeff Bridges Iron Man is a live-action film about a character from Marvel Comics.Technological genius and billionaire Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. is captured by terrorists and forced to create a super-weapon. Stark creates a suit of armor comparable to a walking tank and easily escapes. Later, Stark streamlines and redesigns the armor to become Iron Man, a flying, laser blasting, invulnerable superhero.With an all-star cast, Industrial Light and Magic handling the special effects, and Jon Favreau promising to keep this movie as realistic as possible (translate: this will not be hokey) this movie is prepared to whup ass.The script is also well written, so if you can survive the $50 million ad campaign prepare to be enthralled.
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Fantastic Four
This version never saw the light of day, well at least not until a bootleg surfaced on the interweb.
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The Forbidden Kingdom
Lionsgate
Directed by: Rob Minkoff Starring: Jet Li, Jackie Chan
APR 18th
With a budget that probably came out to more than the gross national product of most industrialized nations, this film is loosely based on characters taken from the famous Chinese classic Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en. It’s mostly a fantasy to allow martial arts megastars Jet Li and Jackie Chan to whup ass with a token white guy thrown in the mix. Who will win this Godzilla versus King Kong mega match up? Only fight choreographer Yuen Woo Ping can tell you.
88 Minutes
Tristar Pictures
APR 18th
Directed by: Roger Donaldson Starring: Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt Two parts cop film, 1 part thriller.Al Pacino is a forensics professor for the F.B.I. who has just helped put away a serial killer known as the Seattle Slayer. But when murders of a similar nature happen again, Pacino is back on the scene to find out the who, the why and the how. Hijinks ensue when he gets a phone call telling him that in 88 minutes (we have a title!) he’ll die.You know the rest.
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Weinstein Co.
Directed by: Morgan Spurlock Starring: Morgan Spurlock
Harold & Kumar 2
APR 10th
Yet another documentary bitching about the horrible things Bush has done, this threatens to be highly informative but ultimately derisive. Osama Bin Laden is a corksucker, and, yes, Bush can’t find him. Spurlock uncovers juicy secrets and nasty details, with a little humor to help you chomp the popcorn.At least you don’t have to hear Michael Moore bitching about how awful life is. If this film had been released three years ago, the rest of us might have cared.
APR 25th
Kingsgate Films
Directed by: Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn & Neil Patrick Harris
After a never-ending assault of marijuana jokes that Cheech and Chong did first and did better decades ago, it’s only natural that a sequel should follow, just in case we missed the laughs about getting the munchies. Harold and Kumar fly to Amsterdam, but get mistaken for terrorists when security discovers their bong. Get it? “Bong” sounds like “bomb”! At least this has a wider range of material to use for humor when they escape to flee across America.
COMING ATTRACTIONS...
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MOVIE TITLE
STARRING
IN THEATRES
Prom Night
Brittney Snow, Johnathon Schaech
April 11th
Shine A Light Street Kings Anamorph
The Rolling Stones, Jack White
Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker Willem DaFoe, Peter Stormare ~ by Jasen T. Davis ~
April 21st
April 11th April 18th
KEEPIN IT REEL New Biopic, Mon!
words by: Bobby D. Lux
A biopic portraying the life of reggae icon Bob Marley is set to begin shooting next year.The film is to be executive produced by Marley’s widow, Rita Marley, and is based on her 2004 autobiography, No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley.The film will focus on Bob Marley’s childhood and his marriage to Rita. Lauren Hill is Rita’s first choice to portray herself in the film. All final casting is to be completed later this year.
Next Up for the Brothers Coen
Coming off their multi-Oscar winner, No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen’s next project is enti-
tled, Burn After Reading, a dark espionage comedy set to be released this September.The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand, who happens to be Joel Coen’s wife, and is about the memoirs of a CIA operative that are accidentally left behind in a ladies locker room. Oh, the horror.
This Month in “GODDAMMIT!!!” News
Screenwriter Peter Steinfeld has been hired to write a remake (I really hate that word) of the 1977 classic hockey film, Slap Shot.There are no set plans, as of yet, to move forward once a script is finished.The scribe said that he will remain true to the spirit of the original film by making sure that the famed Hanson Brothers will be a part of the new script. How about this idea as an homage to the original: “Leave it the fuck alone, and come up with a new idea!”
Writers Agree to New Contract
The WGA agreed to a new contract with studios with an endorsement of over 93% of the votes cast by WGA members in LA and NY.The new three-year contract, which ends on May 1, 2011, will increase payment for programs shown on the Internet.The signed contract officially ended the 100-day strike, which cost the Los Angeles economy an estimated $2.5 billion. APR. 2008 | SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM 4 1
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Adapting To Apatow
Judd Apatow is on fire. This should get you up to speed on a few of his cast of characters. SUPERBAD (2007)
If you haven’t seen Superbad yet, you live under a rock. No wait, I think even people that live under rocks have seen Superbad. Change EVERYTHING about your life, you’re doing it wrong.
KNOCKED UP (2007)
“Pull My Finger.”
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WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY Available on: Apr. 8th
SONY PICTURES
From the brilliant mind of one of Hollywood’s most creative personages, Judd Apatow, comes the story of Dewey Cox, a cross between Jim Morrison, Johnny Cash and Joseph Smith. Make sure you take your ‘shrooms a full hour before The Beatles scene (with Jack Black as Paul McCartney) for maximum effect.
Sweeney Todd
Sony Pictures
Die-hard Tim Burton/Johnny Depp fans will love this two disc DVD release.This musical is sans Danny Elfman - quite a change from the regular Burton/Depp/ Elfman formula so don’t expect to hear any Beetlejuice sounding circus music bouncing in and out of your head.
Adv. of Baron Munchausen Sony Pictures
Entertaining, exhilarating, and hilarious The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, featuring Eric Idle, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams takes you to the moon and back. If you haven’t seen this one yet, call your lame friends that have kids over for a movie night the whole family can enjoy.
Available on: Apr. 1st
Harold & Kumar: Remastered New Line
In anticipation of Guantanamo Bay, the genius behind Dude, Where’s My Car has managed to scrape up some more footage and taken some time between joint rolling, smoking and passing to remaster 2004’s drug-induced classic. No, you’re not having a flashback.Yes, NPH is God.
Available on: Apr. 8th
Shot of Love
Available on: Apr. 1st
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MTV Studios
Worry about your taxes on April 15. If you’re even considering purchasing this box set, kill yourself.
Available on: Apr. 15th ~ by Brett “Felix” Ulery ~
Juno’s adult predecessor. Seth Rogen fucking Kathering Heigl gives the rest of us hope. Jonah Hill and just about everyone from Freaks and Geeks have major roles in this film.
40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (2005)
Steve Carell has sex with Catherene Keener at the very end of this film. Gross.Turn it off before it gets that far, it stops being funny half way through anyway. More Seth Rogen.
UNDECLARED (‘01-’02)
If your college experience sucked or only lasted one semester then you can watch Undeclared. Unfortunately it only lasted one semester, too.
FREAKS AND GEEKS (‘99-2000)
Purchase these DVDs to witness the beginning of superbadass, Martin Starr and regular Joe hero Seth Rogen.
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BITS & BYTES Microsoft to Support Blu-Ray?
With the HD-DVD format dying a slow death, Microsoft is reportedly in talks with Sony for the possibility of Blu-Ray support. This comes directly from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who says they will throw its support behind the technology “in a way that makes sense,” as well as Sony’s US President Stan Glasgow who made a similar announcement at a media dinner.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum & Activision
In GTA4, you can drive like Nicole Ritchie.
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GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
ROCKSTAR
Available on: XBOX 360 & PS3
Grand Theft Auto IV is the culmination of all that can and will be bad-ass in a video game. Hands down, this game sets the standard even higher for those titles claiming to be “next generation.” Players will assume the role of a Russian immigrant named Niko, who will travel through the seedy and obsessively detailed world of Liberty City. The game itself is a sprawling, breathing metropolis.You’d be hard-pressed to find a game more intelligent and realistic (not to mention as open ended) than this title. Whatever expectations you may have had about this game, it’s more than just a pretty little upgrade.With new gameplay mechanics added to the mix – like the ability to first-person aim while driving – what was once a tried-and-true formula is revitalized for the “next generation” consoles. With an epic story, endless side quests and more hidden content than anyone cares to imagine, Grand Theft Auto IV is the game you’ve been waiting for.
Grand Turismo 5 Prologue
Available on: PS3
CHEAT, TIP OR TRICK
GAME: Manhunt 2 Infinite Ammo
SCEA/Polyphony Digital
Wii
Gran Turismo has always been the realistic alternative to those who are into street racing, upgrading their cars, etc. With their latest iteration, Polyphony Digital not only breathes new life into the series, but proves you’ll be hard pressed to find a racing game more alluring and attractive than this one. Statistics, car specs and physics: you want it, you got it. With a bevy of new cars and tracks to add to the already extensive car and stage listing, there’s not a single reason you shouldn’t take this ride.
Iron Man
Either enter the code at the main menu or while you’re playing the game. Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, Down, Left, Right
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Sega/Secret Level
Available on: XBOX 360, PS2&3, Wii, PC
When a big-budget franchise movie is slated to hit theaters, the general course of action is to release a video game version. In most cases these games are weak and lackluster. Sometimes, though, these games are actually better than expected and Iron Man is such a title. Borrowing from the movie’s plot, mechanics such as flying, high-octane battles and intense gameplay are just some of the rewards this game offers. Again, games like this rarely are worth it, so when they actually are it’s advised you participate. ~ by Alex Mendoza ~
The publishers behind the gaming craze that is Guitar Hero have joined as a sponsor for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Along with preserving elements and artifacts that chronicle the history and impact of rock & roll, museum visitors will also have the chance to play Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock at a demo stand that will be placed inside the museum for free.
PSN Spring Cleaning
In light of X Box Live’s dominance, Sony believes there’s still hope for the Playstation Network. According to John Hight, director of product development, there’s still hope for the network as it plans to go under a major overhaul. This decision comes after reports and assessments of customer feedback have been taken into account.
Dexter’s Coming
While details on the game itself are rather vague, Showtime Networks and Marc Ecko Gaming have announced plans to make a game based off the award-winning show Dexter. Marc Fernandez,V.P. of Marc Ecko Gaming, states “Dexter is the extremely rare TV show with enough layers of action and tension to translate perfectly into a compelling videogame.”
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These songs are just as hot as Angelina Jolie in Gia.
Artist: Seether Track: Fake It Sounds Like: A song about what your girlfriend does in bed with you. BURN!
They like their coffee black, just like their metal.
Artist: The Bravery Track: Believe Sounds Like: This song lures you in more than a guy with a bag full of candy and a van.
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MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE IF
Release Date: APRIL 29th
THE END RECORDS
For over a decade MSI has built an unrivaled,cult-like fan base on the ideals of not caring what you think.IF proves to be no exception.Sure,there are hints of refined production and ambient orchestration but it’s certainly not enough to deter the die-hard MSI fan.IF is brilliant,barely controlled chaos that takes MSI’s signature ADD addled punk/breakbeat driven sounds to a level that could possibly pave the way for world domination.The album features original inside art by Johnen Vasquez (Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac). Artist: Apocalyptica Track: I’m Not Jesus (ft. Corey Taylor) Sounds Like: Slipknot sold out and went soft, but now we know why they wear masks.
The Roots
Story Of The Year
Devin The Dude
Apocalyptica
Rising Down sees The Roots take their already cerebral and political style to dirtier, grittier places while somehow managing to keep their up-beat vibe in tact.In short, brilliant. Features guest appearances from Common, Mos Def,Talib Kweli, Dice Raw, Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and more.
The overall tone of SOTY’s latest,The Black Swan,is characterized by overly dramatic vocals and a guitar sound that somehow has the technical aspect of metal but the raw, unrefined sound of punk rock and ballsout powerhouse drumming. In short, scenesters, punks and hessians alike can dig it.
Long time friend and collaborator to Snoop, the oddball MC reunites with members of the Odd Squad and the Coughee Brothas to release his first mixtape. His unique delivery soars smoothly from beat to beat as he ponders the many aspects of Marijuana smoking and other related topics.
Known as a string quartet tribute to Metallica, Apocalyptica’s
Rising Down Island/Def Jam
Drops: APR. 29th
The Black Swan Epitaph
Drops: APR. 22nd
ALSO DROPPING...
...you gotta catch these releases like a falling baby.
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ARTIST
Nine Inch Nails K-Os
Common Thrice
Smoke Sessions, Vol. 1 BCD Music Group
Drops: APR. 1st
ALBUM
Worlds Collide Red Ink
Worlds Collide is their first album of strictly original material.Their powerful string harmonies are set over metal influenced drum and guitar lines. Features guest vocals from Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scbbia, and more.
Drops: APR. 15th
Ghosts I-IV
Getting This Money
This Is Me Then: Best of Common The Alchemy Index Vols III & IV ~ by BJ Cummings ~
Artist: Vampire Weekend Track: A-Punk Sounds Like: Every indie rock band out now looks like the Wiggles on crack.
DATE 4.1.08 4.1.08 4.8.08
4.15.08
Artist: Ludo Track: Love Me Dead Sounds Like: A 21st Century version of that band, Harvey Danger. What ever happened to them?
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ON MANNY: HEAD: Model’s Own TOP: Scribe Tank by DVS SHOES $30.00 dvsshoes.com BOTTOM: Model’s Own FOOTWEAR: Shoes by CORRUPT INC. $64.95 corruptincclothing.com
ON AMBER: HEAD: Bandana Print Baseball Cap by DVS SHOES $28.00 TOP: Heart Stitch Tank by DVS GIRLS $22.00 BOTTOM: Model’s own jeans & belt FOOTWEAR: Women’s Savannah Waterproof Camo Rain Boots by DVS GIRLS $55.99 dvs-girls.com
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ON DARLING CLEMENTINE: TOP: Skull Tank by CORRUPT INC. $20.95 corruptincclothing.com BOTTOM: Model’s own skirt and leg warmers FOOTWEAR: “Lovely” Gingham Shoe by OSIRIS $32.00 osirisstore.com
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ON SUZY: TOP: Skull Tee by CORRUPT INC. $20.95 corruptincclothing.com BOTTOM: Misfit French Terry Pants by PUNISHMENT ATHLETICS $40.00 punishmentathletics.com SUNGLASSES: Model’s own
ON GEORGI: TOP: Prisoner Tee by CORRUPT INC. $19.95 BOTTOM: Prisoner Pinstripe Boardshorts by CORRUPT INC. $38.50 corruptincclothing.com SUNGLASSES: Model’s own
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ON MUNCHIE: TOP: Grenade Tank by CORRUPT INC $20.95 corruptincclothing.com Heaven Hoodie by PUNISHMENT ATHLETICS $55.00 BOTTOM: Heaven Pants by PUNISHMENT ATHLETICS $40.00 punishmentathletics.com FOOTWEAR: South Bronx Shoe by OSIRIS GIRLS $68.00 osirisstore.com
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Photos Courtesy of:
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
Shutter movie release party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
Shutter movie release party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
Shutter movie release party @ The Highlands in Hollywood
04.02 Throwdown with Soilwork, and War of Ages @ HOB, Sunset Strip 04.04 Pigeon John @ Knitting Factory, Hollywood
04.05 Artie Lange plus special guests @ Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal CityWalk
04.05 Rza @ Knitting Factory, Hollywood 04.05 The 3rd Annual FRESH Anniversary
04.08 Yellowcard Acoustic Tour featuring the Spill Canvas @ Ventura Theatre, Ventura 04.09 Bon Jovi @ STAPLES Center, Los Angeles 04.10 Rockstar Taste of Chaos @ Long Beach Arena
04.12 Yellowcard acoustic with The Spill Canvas and more @ HOB, Sunset Strip
04.13 Sick Puppies @ Troubadour,West Hollywood TO SEE MORE PICTURES FROM LOS ANGELES, CHECK OUT: SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM/GALLERY
WEEKLY CLUB LISTING
04.18 Mickey Avalon, Andre Legacy, Dirt Nasty and Beardo @ Roxy Theatre, Hollywood 04.15 Tech N9ne and Paul Wall @ CRASH MANSION LA, LOS ANGELES 04.18 Seether and Flyleaf @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles
04.23-26 Chris Rock “No Apologies Tour” @ Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal CityWalk
04.25 Devin the Dude @ Knitting Factory, Hollywood
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Tuesday: Tuesday Nights @ Mood (Hollywood) 21+ Hip-Hop, Rock and Old School: DJ Vice Wednesday: Wednesdays @ Mood DJ Crash (Hollywood) RSVP: guestlist@lushonline.com
Thursday: Thursdays @ Social Hollywood 2 floors, 2 djs, 5 rooms RSVP: jenn@redlightpromotions.com No Cover College Night @ SACHI (Long Beach) $3 Bottled Domestic Beers and $5 Long Beach/Islands. Enjoy the best DJ's in town and party like a Rockstar!
College Night @ Basement Lounge (Long Beach) 21+ Every Thursday is College Night (562) 901-9090 Fundamentals @ Cheapshots (Long Beach) 941 E. 4th St (corner of alamitos) FREE, 21+, 9pm-2am Hip Hop, Breaks, and beyond provided by DJ’s A-1, Frank(e), and Analog, plus guest dj’s and live art. info: fundamentalslb@yahoo.com or (562) 912-4350
Friday: Club South Beach @ Level 3 (Hollywood) 21+ Celebrity DJ’s, Fashion Shows and More (323)-461-2017
Friday Nights @ The Lobby (Hollywood) 21+ Call to get on the list (323) 974-LIST Body Rock @ IVAR (Hollywood) 21+ Indie Rock, House, Electronic Funk (213) 321-5886 Fusion Fridays @ Highlands (Hollywood) 21+ 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. (323)461-9800 Friday’s @ Avalon Hollywood (Hollywood) 21+ DJ and Hip Hop (323) 467-4571 Saturday: Skam Artists @ Highlands (Hollywood) 21+; 10pm-3am (323)461-9800
Giant @ Vanguard (Hollywood) www.giantclub.com Avaland @ Avalon Hollywood (Hollywood) 21+ (323) 467-4571 Party @ The Stock Exchange (Los Angeles) 21+ DJ, Hip Hop, House (213) 489-3877 White @ The Day After (Hollywood) 21+ McCadden & Hollywood (323) 874-LIST
To update Skinnie Scene club listings or submit your events e-mail, Update@SkinnieMagazine.com
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DC Housewarming Party
words by: Matthew McLaughlin photos by: Alan Rivera
As I grabbed a glass of champagne, I happened to notice two familiar faces talking to each other. As it turns out, one was Ryan Smith, an elite skater who rides for DC Shoes. The other, Rob Dyrdek, an elite skater who rides and designs and basically rules everything for DC Shoes and is the star of Mtv’s show Rob & Big. In fact, the place was filled with a who’s-who of skaters and athletes who ride for DC, as well as their friends and guests. A packed house was gathered to celebrate the opening of a new DC Shoes store in Hollywood off Melrose Avenue.To celebrate the store’s opening and upcoming 2008 fashion line, a DJ provided the music while champagne, mixed drinks, and food were served to those checking out the merchandise and hanging out with their friends. Fuel TV made an appearance to capture the celebration, however, despite the top-level talent and photographers snapping pictures the entire night, the atmosphere was still very much relaxed and much less glitzy than some would have probably thought given the Hollywood location. The night was definitely more of a chance to chill, meet some of the DC team, and have a few drinks among friends and athletes, rather than an elitist fashion show filled with clothes never to be seen again. One could actually check out DC’s actual products. So next time you’re in the area, check out the new store and pick-up a pair of shoes or something from DC’s ever-expanding line of clothing. You never know who you might run into – it is Hollywood after all.
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Guitar Center Music Foundation @ City Art
words and photos by: Jeffrey Easton
One of the ideas that Skinnie was founded on was the music scene and everything that encompasses it. One aspect of this is nurturing up and coming talent, however sometimes there are those who want to help but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for various financial reasons. This is where the Guitar Center Music Foundation steps in. One of their functions is that they help place instruments in the hands of the less fortunate with the help of people like you. They benefit inner city schools among other receivers, putting drums, guitars and other instruments so up and coming musical geniuses can experience the elation of expression through music. On this night the public was out in droves to help the Guitar Center Music Foundation realize the dreams with financial donations through the sale of merchandise as well as a silent auction of amazing memorabilia. Some of the auction items were signed guitars, rare signed records, a cool signed Blondie pack, gift boxes of discs for every conceivable music genre and signed posters. Also on hand was Paul Thatcher, the renowned artist, who was showcasing his amazing saturated color guitar prints. A few stars were out on this cold and rainy night, namely the amazing drummer Danny Seraphine of Chicago fame and John and Maria from VH1â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Shot. Up and coming artists were supplied by Koffehouse for our musical entertainment and included Shawn Hookoff and John West, amazing artists in their own right. If you are feeling generous, visit the Guitar Center Foundation site and check out what they are doing and make a donation! guitarcentermusicfoundation.org absolutearts.com/portfolios/s/strumgallery
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04.01 Citizen Cope @ HOB, Mandalay Bay
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Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
Skinnie Magazine 6 Year Anniversary Party @ Playboy Club in The Palms
04.04 Saves the Day @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
04.05 Anti-Flag with Street Dogs, The Briggs and Fake Problems @ HOB, Mandalay Bay 04.06 The Starting Line @ Jillians
04.08 Rockstar Taste of Chaos @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort 04.10 Yellowcard Acoustic with The Spill Canvas and more @ HOB, Mandalay Bay 04.12 Bon Jovi @ MGM Grand Hotel 04.12 David Spade @ Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino 04.18 Mike Epps @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort 04.18 Thrice with Circa Survive and Pelican @ HOB, Mandalay Bay 04.19 Kottonmouth Kings @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
TO SEE MORE PICTURES FROM LAS VEGAS, CHECK OUT: SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM/GALLERY
WEEKLY CLUB LISTING 04.20 Seether and Flyleaf @ HOB, Mandalay Bay 04.24 Death Cab for Cutie @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel 04.25 Def Leppard with Reo Speedwagon @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort 04.26 The Verve @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
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MONDAY: Mondays Industry Night @ Jet (The Mirage) 21+ Locals in Free / Hip Hop,Top 40 and Dance DJ’s (702) 792-7900 Rockstar Karaoke @ House of Blues (Mandalay Bay) 21+ / Karaoke with Live Band (702) 632-7777 TUESDAY: Tuesdays Industry Night @ Pure (Caesars Palace) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 731-7873
Tuesdays Industry Night @ Moon (The Palms) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 942-6832 WEDNESDAY: Vinyl @ Tao (The Venetian) 21+ Locals Free / Indie and Cutting Edge Urban DJ’s (702) 388-8588
Wednesdays Industry Night @ LAX (Luxor) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 262-4529 Godskitchen @ Body English (Hard Rock Casino) 21+ / World’s Best Dance and Electronic DJ’s (702) 693-4000
Jet Nightclub (The Mirage) 21+ / Hip Hop,Top 40 and Dance DJ’s (702) 792-7900
Late Night Empire (Empire Ball Room) 21+ / (Open @ 3am) Local and World Class Electronic Dance DJ’s (702) 737-7376
THURSDAY: Worship Thursdays @ Tao (The Venetian) 21+ / Hip Hop, Top 40 and Dance DJ’s (702) 388-8588
SATURDAY: Prive Nightclub (Planet Hollywood) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 Miami Style DJ's (702) 523-6002
FRIDAY: Tao Nightclub (The Venetian) 21+ / Hip Hop,Top 40 and Dance DJ’s (702) 388-8588
Pure Nightclub (Caesars Palace) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 731-7873
Project Thursdays @ Blush (The Wynn) 21+ / Top 40 and House DJ’s (702) 770-3633
Cathouse Loungerie (Luxor) 21+ / House and Top 40 DJ's (702) 262-4591
Tryst Nightclub (The Wynn) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 770-3375
Moon/Playboy Club (The Palms) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ’s (702) 942-6832
SUNDAY: Sunday School @ Body English (Hard Rock Casino) 21+ / Hip Hop and House with Girls in Uniform (702) 693-4000 Industry Night @ The Bank (Bellagio) 21+ / Hip Hop and Top 40 DJ's (702) 693-8300 Sunday After-Dark @ Playboy Club (The Palms) 21+ / Top 40 Dance and Hosted by Playboy Playmates (702) 942-6832
To update Skinnie Scene club listings or submit your events e-mail, Update@SkinnieMagazine.com
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Skinnie 6 Year Anniversary Party @ The Playboy Club
words by: BJ Cummings photos by: Alan Rivera
When celebrating six glorious years of music, sports, art and debauchery, selecting the appropriate venue can make or break the vibe; even more importantly, so can the selection of DJs. Putting this into its proper perspective, it makes sense that when Skinnie Magazine came to Vegas in celebration of its six-years in print, the Playboy Club in the Palms tower was the natural choice. As hordes of party-people overtook the tower, the vibe went into full-swing when Dim Mak Records owner and the subject of last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cover story, Steve Aoki, took to the ones and twos, deftly combining an eclectic and unpredictable array of beats in a seamless fashion that kept the party running in fifth gear for the whole night.Also spotted amongst the throbbing masses of hipsters and aesthetically pleasing women were Jiu-Jitsu legend Reylson Gracie, night life guru Tony Verdugo, and appropriately enough, Hugh Hefner, the man himself.This was one of five parties to take place last month, the others taking place in various locations around Southern California.They were all off the proverbial hook, boasting fully packed venues; however this one definitely raised the bar with the presence of Steve Aoki and proved to Las Vegas residents that Skinnie is here to stay.
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04.03-05 Bad Religion @ HOB, Anaheim
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Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Sutra in Costa Mesa
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Sutra in Costa Mesa
Skin Break Pre-party @ Sharks Club in Costa Mesa
Taco Tuesdays @ Chronic Cantina in Costa Mesa
Pubdistrict 7 year Anniversary party @ Tentations in Newport Beach
Rubber 12 year Anniversary @ Galaxy Theartre in Santa Ana
04.04,05 Bon Jovi @ Honda Center, Anaheim 04.04 National put this in you pipe and smoke it
04.04-06 Charlie Murphy @ The Improv, Irvine 04.05,06 Bamboozle Left @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine
04.07,08 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band @ Honda Center, Anaheim 04.11 Supersuckers @ HOB, Anaheim
04.16 Sean Healy Presents Anaheim Live @ HOB, Anaheim 04.17 Blah! Blah! Blah! Day
TO SEE MORE PICTURES FROM ORANGE COUNTY, CHECK OUT: SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM/GALLERY
WEEKLY CLUB LISTING
Monday: Club Detour @ House of Blues (Anaheim) 18+ Monthly (714) 778-BLUE
04.17 3 Doors Down @ Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim 04.19 Elton John @ Honda Center, Anaheim 04.20 National stay home and get wasted day 04.20 Kottonmouth Kings @ Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim 04.28 You boss is full of shit day 04.29 Voodoo Glow Skulls with Mustard Plug and Knockout @ HOB, Anaheim 04.30 21 & Under Tour Ft. Soulja Boy and more @ Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim
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Magic Mondays @ Chronic Cantina 1870 Harbor Blvd Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Weekly Special Guests Free Giveaways No Cover! 21+ Book Your Free Party @ OUTERCIRCLE PARTYANIMALS@GMAIL.COM Culture Monday @ Woody’s Wharf (Newport Beach) Entertainment | Fashion | Friends: OC’s Only Monday Night DJs: Top 40s, Hip Hop, 80s Service Industry Drink Specials (21+ No Cover) myspace.com/nytehype_ent Rockstar Karaoke @ The Slidebar, Fullerton
Tuesday: Metal Shop @ The Slidebar, Fullerton
Club Mistress @ Hurricanes (Huntington Beach) 21+ Weekly Model Search, Live Surprise Acts (714) 625-8685
Taco Tuesday @ Rockin’ Taco (Fullerton) 21+ $2 Coronas, 50¢ Tacos (714) 525-8226 80’s White Trash Disco @ Blue Beet (Newport Beach) 21+ (949) 675-2338 Taco Tuesdays @ Sharkeez (Newport Beach) (949) 673-0292 Wednesday: Local Music Showcase Live Bands, NO COVER $3 BASS @ The Slidebar, Fullerton
Woody’s Wednesdays at Woody’s Wharf 2318 Newport Blvd Newport Beach, CA 92663 $2 Bud $2 Vodka Half Off Dinner/Appetizers For The Locals!! 21+ Book Your Free Party@ OUTERCIRCLEPARTYANIMALS@GMAIL. COM
Chronic Wednesdays @ Chronic Cantina (Costa Mesa) DJs: Hip Hop, Top 40, House, $2 Drinks + New Events Every Week (21+ No Cover) 888-NYTE-HYPE
Rockin’ Wednesdays @ Rockin’ Taco (Fullerton) (714) 525-8226 Thursday: Touch @ Ten Asian Ultra Lounge (Newport Beach) 21+ Touchnightclub.com for VIP/guest lists (949) 660-1010 Lyx @ Hurricanes (Huntington Beach) 21+ (714) 374-0500 College Night @ Saffire Nightclub (Hermosa Beach) 21+ (310) 372-9705 Friday: Party @ Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa) 21+ House, Hip Hop (949) 642-0600 Shine @ Sutra Lounge (Costa Mesa) Where Pin-Up & Burlesque Fantasies Come to Life Saturday: THE SCENE @ Shark Club (Costa Mesa), OC's Biggest #1 Club On Saturday Nights, 21+ VIP Guestlist: www.upscaleaccess.com
Sunday: Rock n’ Roll Karaoke @ Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa) 21+ (949) 642-0600 80's Night @ Back Alley Bar & Grill (Fullerton) Sonik DJ spins the best of the 80's 21+ No Cover (714) 526-3032 Chronic Sundays @ Chronic Cantina (Costa Mesa) 21+ (949) 646-0227 Service Industry Night @ Sharkeez (Newport Beach) 8pm - Close (949) 673-0292 The ORIGINAL Sunday Funday! 11am-3p, Bloody Mary Bar Brunch Bottomless Mamosas & BBQ 3pm-2am, Ultimate Happy Hour 1/2 Off Wells, Pints & Appetizers @ The Slidebar, Fullerton
To update Skinnie Scene club listings or submit your events e-mail, Update@SkinnieMagazine.com
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The Art Institute of California, Orange County: Rock the Runway words by: Donald C. Stefanovich photos by: David Gatson and Alan Rivera
Leave it to the good folks at The Art Institute of California, Orange County to usher in a new echelon of education in the art of fashion with, dare I say it, style. AIOC is adding to their curriculum a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design and a Bachelor of Science in Fashion & Marketing Management; the only fashion bachelor’s programs in Orange County. In commemoration, Rock the Runway, a one of a kind fashion, music
and art festival, was held Saturday, March 1st at 2 p.m. The open to the public event began with a Black
Carpet arrival for, yes, the public. Replete with paparazzi, AIOC succeeded in making every guest feel like a VIP. The OC’s own hip hop/reggae artists, Dirty Heads took the stage, Hurley’s skate team rocked the ramp and DJ Mark Moreno set the groove for the run-
way show which featured the latest from Hurley, O’Quinn, Fox and several local lines. Everybody Else (the band) closed the night out and guests got to go home with plenty of swag. A silent auction and raffle were also held with all proceeds benefiting the AIOC’s fashion scholarships. artinstitutes.edu/orangecounty
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Irezumi Inked Sushi Lounge words by: Donald C. Stefanovich
Irezumi, Japanese for “tattoo,” promises to bring to life a unique orange county dining experience as edgy and artistic as the name implies on April 17th. The MOR Project, a cutting edge restaurant group and developer behind Irezumi, promises an “intimate” setting, rounded out by 30-foot ceilings from which enormous panels adorned with Japanese tattoo art cascade toward the floor and a collection of plasma screens featuring vintage Samurai and Godzilla movies.Also featured will be
a wall of graffiti interpretations of traditional Japanese tattoo art and a patio that will feature candlelight dining. From the time dinner ends until 2 a.m. and the lounge is transformed by the beats of rock, deep house and funk and there is plenty of hot, cold and unfiltered sake to keep the groove going. If none of that is enough, there’s also the food. Opening for lunch through late night, the upscale Japanese cuisine is made fresh with seafood from local markets and features all the
favorite sushi fare as well as a full menu with a bountiful selection of steak, seafood and chicken prepared with a unique Asian flare. Also setting Irezumi apart from most traditional Sushi restaurants is a desert menu as unique as the décor with the likes of chocolate volcano cake, five varieties of tempura ice cream and a banana cheesecake spring roll. No word yet on if having your own Asian ink gets you a discount. irezumisushi.com
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SAN DIEGO S.D. Calendar
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04.01 April fools day
Photos Courtesy of:
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
Skinnie magazine 6 year Anniversary party @ Belo in San Diego
04.01 National fun at work day 04.02 The frist hump day of the month 04.05 Tangible karma day
04.11 Sick Puppies @ Canes 04.12 Honda Civic Tour: Panic at the Disco @ Soma 04.12, 13 Moto X World Championships @ Qualcomm Stadium 04.13 Say Anything with Manchester Orchestra and Weatherbox @ HOB
04.16,17 Thrice with Circa Survive and Pelican @ HOB 04.17 National High five day 04.18 Do somthing to your beaver day 04.19 Flyleaf & Seether @ Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park 04.19 Who ate my pie day TO SEE MORE PICTURES FROM SAN DIEGO, CHECK OUT: SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM/GALLERY
WEEKLY CLUB LISTING 04.20 Kanye West Glow In the Dark Tour San Diego Sports Arena 04.24 Belo’s 2 Year Anniversary FIRE AND ICE, @ Belo 04.26 Def Leppard with Special Guests Styx and REO Speedwagon @ Coors Amphitheatre 04.29 National kick someone in the ass day
04.30 Avril Lavigne with Boys Like Girls @ Cox Arena 6 8 SKINNIEMAGAZINE.COM | APR. 2008
Monday: Happy Hour till Midnight @ PB Bar & Grill (Pacific Beach) 21+ $2 Bud/Bud Light $4.95 dinner special & more (858) 483-9227
Tuesday: Club Salsa @ Café Sevilla (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ Salsa Dance Lessons + Live Salsa Music (619) 233-5979 Jazz Jam @ Thin/Onyx Room (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ No Cover, live jazz music (619) 231-7529
Wednesday: Club Salsa @ Café Sevilla (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ Salsa Dance Lessons + Live Salsa Music (619) 233-5979
Metal Skool @ Typhoon Saloon (Pacific Beach) 21+ Metal Skool 80’s glam rock cover band (858) 373-3474
DJ WhO? @ SAND BAR, Mission Beach 21+ HiP HoP, MashUps, Rock, $5 = DRINK + SHOT (858) 488.1274 Thursday: 32 Degrees @ Belo (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ DJ Rags-Mash Up (619) 231-9200
Martini Madness @ The Bitter End (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ $6 specialty martini’s till 9pm (619) 338-9300 Club Salsa @ Café Sevilla (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ Salsa Dance Lessons + Live Salsa Music (619) 233-5979
Friday: Giant @ Belo (GaslampSan Diego) www.giantclub.com
Posh Friday’s @ On Broadway (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ Strict dress code, guestlist contact guestlist@sfinxproductions.com
LIT @ Aubergine (GaslampSan Diego) 21+ Hip House and House email:VIP@dtownproductions.com
Rocket @ Belo (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ rock, electronic, disco, mash-ups, hip hop (619) 231-9200 Only $5 Cover @ Martini Ranch (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ Hip Hop, Rock, Rare Grooves (619) 235-6100
Hip Hop and Reggae @ Café Sevilla (GaslampSan Diego) 21+ (619) 233-5979
Saturday: DJ Scooter @ Stingaree (San Diego) 21+ DJ Scooter spinning the best Hip Hop (619) 544-0867 Hip Hop and Reggae @ Café Sevilla (GaslampSan Diego) 21+ (619) 233-5979 Sunday: Magnet Bar @ W Hotel (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+ an enormous array of vodkas, mixers, acid jazz (619) 398.3051
DJ FAMOUS DAVE @ Whiskey Girl (Gaslamp-San Diego) 21+, no cover, (619)236-1616.
To update Skinnie Scene club listings or submit your events e-mail, Update@SkinnieMagazine.com
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Switchfoot Bro-Am words by: Donald C. Stefanovich
San Diego based band, Switchfoot, is bringing back their annual Bro-Am charity surf contest. Saturday, June 7th, the 4th annual surf-contest and music festival will return to Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. The event was created to give back to the San Diego community while also benefiting a local children’s cause. This year, the event will benefit the San Diego and Oceanside branches of StandUp For Kids, a national non-profit dedicated to mak-
ing a difference in the lives of at-risk, homeless and street kids. Although now national, the organization began in San Diego 18 years ago in 1990. “Over the past three years the Bro-Am has grown from a small dream into a beautiful reality. It’s extremely touching to see our entire community rallying together for our youth,” says Switchfoot’s Tim Foreman.“We’re thankful to live in San Diego and we’re thankful for all the people who contin-
ue to work together to make a difference.” The event will feature a charity auction dinner prior to the contest, a free Switchfoot concert on the sand and will be followed by an after-party at The Belly Up Tavern to raise additional funds. The surf contest begins at 7 a.m. and the concert starts at 11 a.m. Both are free and open to the public. http://www.switchfoot.com/bro-am/
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Chronic Sunday @ Chronic Cantina in Upland
Chronic Sundays @ Godfathers in Chino
Chronic Sunday @ Chronic Cantina in Upland
Chronic Sundays @ Godfathers in Chino
Chronic Sunday @ Chronic Cantina in Upland
Strapped @ Incahoot in Riverside
04.03 Artie Lange @ San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, Highland
04.03,04 Face To Face @ Glass House, Pomona 04.05 Hellbound Hayride & Guests @ Angels, Corona
04.11 Voodoo Glow Skulls, Knock Out, Pour Habit & guests @ Angels, Corona 04.12 theSTART, Xanimo, Oslo & guests @ Angels, Corona 04.13 Yellowcard Acoustic Tour featuring The Spill Canvas @ Glass House, Pomona 04.14 Say Anything @ Glass House, Pomona
04.17 Kottonmouth Kings featuring the Expendables , Big B and Dirtball @ Karma, Victorville 04.17-20 Ralphie May @ The Improv, Ontario 04.18 The Bermondsey Joyriders, Noise Attack & guests @ Angels, Corona 04.19 Intake ca, Springwood & guests @ Angels, Corona 04.25-27 Coachella @ Empire Polo Fields, Indio
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WEEKLY CLUB LISTING Tuesday: Tuesday Nights at Rock N Saddle Guitar Hero & Karaoke Competitions Sing To The Best of Hip-Hop.Alernative.Club 21 & up. For More Info Call 909.801.5002 Wednesday: Corona Wednesdays @ Margarita Beach (San Bernardino) $2 Coronas ‘til Midnight. No Cover (909) 890-9993 Rollin Wednesday @ Godfathers Happy Hour Drink specials all night, Dj Jp & Dj Fx in the mix, Cover Charge, Dress code enforced, 909 627-8080 www.909party.com Thursday: Club Salsa @ Sevilla Nightclub (Riverside) 18+ 107.1 Super Estrella Radio Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton (951) 778-0611
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Infamous 50 cent draft Thurday’s @ Margarita Beach (San Bernardino) 21+ .50 drafts 8-10p, $2 u-call it shots, (909) 890-9993
Body Shop @ Rock N Saddle Every Thursday at Rock N Saddle. Thursday Nights Will Never Be the Same. 2 Dance Floors Playing the Best of Hip-Hop, House, Electro 18 & Over. For More Info Call909-801-5002 Wiseguy Thursday @ Godfathers Happy Hour drink & food specials till 12mid, 8 Ball Tourney, Beer Pong, Playstation Madden 08 challenge. No Cover Charge,Dress code enforced, 909 627-8080 www.909party.com Friday: Club Mix @ Sevilla Night Club (Riverside) 18+ 99.1 KGGI Jesse Duran Top 40/Latin House (951) 778-0611 X103.9 hosted by Bobby Sato @ Loco Cantina $1.00 drinks, no cover, 909-980-5800 “Club Lush” @ Godfathers Hosted by Gruven Media, Happy Hour drink specials till 11pm Dj Heaven & Dj Hi Note in the mix. Cover Charge, Dress code enforced, 909 627-8080 www.909party.com
The Social @ Rock N Saddle Friday Nights at Rock N Saddle Upscale Attire.VIP Entrance Playing The Best of HipHop.Alernative.Club 21 & up. For More Info Call 909.801.5002
Saturday: Rock Lounge Saturday Nights at Rock N Saddle Come & Enjoy the Hottest New Ultra Lounge in the I.E. Playing the Best of Hip-Hop, Alternative, Club 21 & Over. For More Info Call 909-801-5002 Club Essence @ Sevilla Nightclub (Riverside) 18+ Super Estrella Rock en Espanol/Top 40/Reggaeton (951) 778-0611
“Girl Night Out” @ Godfathers Skirts in Free $3 Wells & Domestics all night! Dj Fx & Dj Er in the mix, Girly giveaways every week! Cover Charge, Dress code enforced, 909 627-8080 www.909party.com S . N . L Saturday Nights at Rock N Saddle Come & Enjoy The Hottest New UltraLounge In The I.E Playing The Best of HipHop.Alernative.Club 21 & up. For More Info Call 909.801.5002
Sunday: METAL SKOOL Returns to the Inland Empire Sunday Nights @ Rock N Saddle April 13 & April 27, 2008 VIP Entrance, Bottle Service, Advance Tickets 21 & Over. For More Info Call 909-801-5002 SKINNIE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: CHRONIC SUNDAYS @ CHRONIC CANTINA (Upland) Drink Specials!! 8-10pm $2 Wells & Domestic Drafts, $3 Import Drafts NO COVER BEFORE 10 Broke Sundays @ Margarita Beach (San Bernardino) 21+ $2 U-Call -It ‘til Midnight. No Cover (909)-890-9993 Party @ Sevilla Nightclub (Riverside) 18+ 2 Levels of Hip Hop & Top 40 (951) 778-0611 Body Shop @ Rock N Saddle Every Thursday at Rock N Saddle Thursday Nights Will Never Be The Same Playing The Best of Hip-Hop.Alernative.Club 18 & up. For More Info Call 909.801.5002
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2nd Annual Mt. Baldy Rail Jam words by: Donald C. Stefanovich photos by: Snowdogg, Kevin and Nick Clotti
While many Southern California ski resorts have already melted away, Mt. Baldy still had copious amounts of snow left for the second annual Money In Da Bank Throwdown on Sunday, March 16th. Freeskiers and snowboarders from as far away as Mammoth and Lake Tahoe made the pilgrimage to the steepest peaks in So Cal to compete for over $3,000 in cash and prizes. Skiers and snowboarders jibbed, spun and flipped through the course with steeze. Founder of Thug Crew Snowboarding, event organizer and local celebrity, Snowdogg,, hosted the event. Taylor Holleron of Big Bear, CA took 1st place in Skierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Class followed by K.C. Cureger of Lake Tahoe, CA in 2nd and Lars Ellingson of Mt. Baldy, CA in 3rd. In the Snowboard Open Class Boys, Matty Mo of Mammoth, CA took 1st followed by Corey Cronk, Phalen, CA and Josh Dibble of Mammoth, CA in 2nd and 3rd. Jen Arguello of Lake Tahoe, CA took 1st for the Open Class Girls ahead of Tammy Wilson of Riverside, CA in 2nd and Katie Britt from Rancho Cucamonga, CA in 3rd. Taylor Holleron took the Best Trick prize for skiers and Corey Cronk claimed it for the boarders. Ski Groms River Oaks of Mammoth, CA and Trisha Ellingson of Mt. Baldy, CA were awarded in the Under 15 category. mtbaldy.com
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HAPPY ENDINGS
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A fictional white couple is liked by the black community. This site is as ridiculous as the title suggests.What is even more humorous than the blatant tongue-in-cheek social satire is the amount of people who are too dumb to realize this site is a joke and consequently send in heaping piles of hate mail.
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This site features the rants and misadventures of a foul-mouthed guy in a giant omelet costume, who is occasionally accompanied by his Mexican midget sidekick named Hash Brown. From accosting meter maids to the elderly, foul-tempered food hasn't been this funny since Milk and Cheese.
Red Meat
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The home site for the popular cult comic strip of the same name, one can find an archive of just about every Red Meat comic ever printed, featuring favorites such as Bug-Eyed Earl, Milkman Dan and that one guy. Genius. Sheer, unadulterated, slightly disturbing and awkward, genius.
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AIRES
Should you get a PS3 or an Xbox? None of
the cool new games coming out are for PS2, so what should you
do? Sure, the PS3 has the
stronger hardware but Xbox has way
cooler games plus better online gaming. Just
TAURUS
don’t get a Wii.You’re not seven.
You’ll procrastinate on your plan to drop 25 lbs. for summer until
LEO
By Bobby D. Lux
Double jab. Right cross that breaks your nose. Knee to the ribs.
Multiple kicks (think Joe Pesci in Casino) to your torso.You get arrested and then hit with a $1,500 hospital bill. Don’t go to the bar on the 13th.
VIRGO
You discover oil and take over raising the son of a dead worker as if
he were your own.You get a hot lead on an ocean of oil under a spe-
June. By then, it’ll already be too late.You will spend another summer
cific town and set up shop, dueling with the local pastor in the
don’t want to burn your skin because you’re getting a new tattoo
in one day.
wearing T-shirts instead of bathing suits and will tell people that you (which you won’t get).
GEMINI
Good month for you.Your love life falls into place. A sudden windfall of cash will help ease your mounting debt.Those fucking neighbors won’t wake you at 6am.Your favorite sports team will have a good
win streak. Enjoy it… next month you will be forced to sit through a Marathon of The Simple Life.
CANCER
If you fly, you will crash on a mysterious, hidden island in the South
Pacific.There will be polar bears, angry natives, four-toed statues, a
weird black cloud monster, people who want to kill you, people who want to kidnap you, people who will shoot you and you’ll have some psycho flashbacks. Stay on the ground for the next 30 days.
process.You become wealthy, disown your son and kill the pastor. All
LIBRA
You get an invitation to your high school reunion later this year. It
brings up all your insecurities that you thought you dealt with but just buried away in your subconscious under several gallons of Jack and
Cokes.You suddenly realize how much of a failure you’ve become.You have three months to change your life.
SCORPIO
You click on a MySpace survey done by someone not even in your
top 8, and end up getting your account phished. Gay porn pictures will be posted all over your page.You’ll send comments to all your friends
asking them to download ringtones. All of sudden, you will be the star in free web cam show.
SAGITTARIUS
You find out that you’re adopted.To find solace, you’ll join Adopted Anonymous where you fall in love with your soulmate, with whom you decide to have a family of your own with.The doctor calls;
Ooops, you weren’t adopted.You get dumped by soulmate. Sorry about that.
CAPRICORN
You meet a stranger who sells soap.You become fast friends and start a club where you fight one another and strangers for fun. Fighting
leads to a large anti-social movement led by your friend which leads
you to blow up all credit systems.You realize that you are your friend and shoot yourself in the face. Pwn3d!
AQUARIUS
You decide to make a quick buck off your laziness and start a website that chronicles you sleeping and staying in bed.You become the
newest Internet sensation and rake in millions and have thousands of fans overnight. Enter the IRS, who tax the shit out of you.
PISCES
The King of England decides to sleep with your wife at your wedding. When you fight back, his men slit your lover’s throat.You go totally insane and wage a war for freedom against the English, becoming a folk hero in the process.You’re eventually caught and they remove your intestines.
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