Convert #7
Zine: Convert
Zine: Convert #7
From the collection of John Drummond
Date: September 1984
From: Indianapolis, Indiana
Format: Letter sized, stapeled on side. Colored paper.
Type: Typewritten, photocopy
Pages: 12
By: Hoop, J.K.
Art:
Photos:
Featuring: Milwaukee Extravaganza, Marty and Bob Beaudoin, Paul Heugeson- who might be the same person as Paul “Gramps” Hugaisan, Oz, Chuck Treece, Sean West, Sean Long, Jim Charters, Mike Orfait, Andy Egger, Shawn from Arizona, Dump Contest, Corn Head, Kendall (Jeff?) and his mom. Hoop, ROb Roskopp.
Spots: The Turf, Vatolands BC, The Ditch in Carmel, Oak Ridge Ramp.
Highlights: Next issue name change drama “I’m pulling an ‘Action Now’ move” to Social Contortion. Full page Madrid/Gull Wings advert. Dump Contest story talks about a big contest with a sticker toss, then the picture only shows a total of five people “in the pit.” Interview with Paul “Gramps” Hugaisan, who is only 23 years old. Features what has to be a world’s record for the highest air ever documented on an Uncle Wiggley (Lead slead) Argyle deck. Wimpy the want-to-be Skater comic.
Local Slang: Air biscuits (farts), Oil your joints (drink beer?)
