The Replies: Ice Village Demo
What the fuck? The major mags are a bunch of weenies! I didn't get any reply from Thrasher, whom I had actually done work for in the past. Nothing! Not even a thanks-but-no-thanks. My other hope was Strength. I had been in email contact with a guy there named Michael. They are (were?) based out of Ohio. I had contacted him about bugs in their web page as well as finding out if the Old Surf Ohio and Cow Skates magnate was involved. I can remember this little kid that the Surf Ohio crew brought to a contest in Illinois. They called him "Mini Shred", but his name was actually Rob Dyrdek. Yes, it's true. At 10 or 11 years old he was already better than I was at age 19. Anyway, little did I know that Strength had been absorbed by the maill order company CSS and had abandoned all integrity and appearances of editorial propriety. My contact Michael must have been a victim because he was no longer reachable. Other generic attempts had failed as well.
Suprisingly, I did hear back from Big Brother editor Dave Carnie himself.
you know, i like the idea, but i never send anyone i've never worked with before on an assignment. and for that one, i'd like to go do it. who knows if i will. but i'm always interested in freelance submissions. so if you find your way there and do something on it, lemme know. -dave
Not exactly inspiring, but better than nothing. In another suprise, my wife said I should go do it. She got on and looked for tickets. I called Gordo and asked if his offer still stood, and it did. I bought the ticket. In the meantime, Gordo finally got around to reading this story. I guess some guy that I gave my card to had stopped by and made a wisecrack to Gordo. Well, you can guess what hit the fan, but you can't guess how much of it hit. I spent about an hour and a half on the phone trying to calm Gordon down. Eventually I consented to correct a few misrepresentations and protect some guilty parties in order to save some business relationships. A couple of days went by and I did indeed have a place to stay in SLC once again. Let me just stress how much I am greatful to Gordon and his Wife for puttin me up in SLC. We give him a hard time, but he's a talented guy. Actually, we give everyone a hard time, including ourselves. Needless to say, when Gordon and Family moved to Portland I was the only person who showed up to unload the truck.
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