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Reviews: Music

Motion City Soundtrack: I Am The Movie Label: Epitaph Release Date: 6/24/2003 Review Date: 3/7/05 I am the Movie looks promising if you have your hands on an actual copy of the release. The band name, album title, and the artful CD book give the impression that you might be in for something interesting. Heck, […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 24th, 2005

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Reviews: Music

Polysics: Polysics or Die! Label: Tofu Records Release Date: 2004 Review Date: 3/22/05 Polysics? WTF? Couldn’t find it in the dictionary, closest thing was polysomics, which has something to do with an extra chromosome. Biology? Genetics? Can you say De-evolution? Polysics is Japan’s answer, or rather compulsive obsession with Devo. They’ve got jumpsuits, matching glasses, […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 22nd, 2005

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Reviews: Music

The Dickies: The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (reissue) Label: Captain Oi! Re-Release Date: 2004 Original Release Date: 1978 Review Date: 3/10/05 It’s hard to fault a company for releasing criminally out of print classic punk rock albums, especially Capatain Oi! , the patron saint of the re-issue. This classic Dickies album was briefly made available on […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 10th, 2005

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Reviews: Music

7 Seconds: Take it back, take it on, take it over! Label: Side One Dummy Release Date: 2004 Review Date: 3/7/05 Having put some distance in years between myself and 7 Seconds with a vague recollection of some sort metal-esque experiments, I was hesitant to pick up take it back when I inadvertently stumbled on […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 7th, 2005

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Reviews: Music

Matchbook Romance : Stories and Alibis Label: Epitaph Release Date: 9/23/2003 Review Date: 3/7/05 Matchbook Romance is made up of some young and talented musicians that are among the generations of kids who have come of age with the new so-called radio friendly punk on the airwaves. These guys certainly owe a bit to the […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 7th, 2005

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Reviews: Print, Skateboarding Books

Edited by Justin Hocking, Jared Maher, and Jeffrey Knutson Introduction by Jocko Weyland. Soft Skull Press ISBN: 1-932360-28-X Copyright Date: 06/1/2004 Type: Soft cover. 220 Pages Size: 5.5 x 98.5 inches Review Date: 3/4/05 Skateboarding culture has gradually assimilated art and personal expression. The origin can probably be traced to Stecyk’s famous writings in Skateboarder […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 4th, 2005

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Besides an awkward title, what you get with the new Conspiracy video Die… Skate or Die is just over a half an hour of no-frills skateboarding action from across the country. It’s fast paced, but thankfully does not suffer from nausea inducing short attention span hyper quick editing. Imagine if you spent a year or […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on February 18th, 2005

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Reviews: Film & Video, Skate Videos

Downhill Motion Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills There was a time when skateboards had steel or clay wheels. Both were hard and slippery. Then the urethane wheel was developed and first marketed to skateboarders by a guy named Frank Nasworthy as Cadillac Wheels. The new wheels provided a smooth ride with enough traction to allow […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on February 18th, 2005

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Reviews: Skateboarding, Trucks

I was first introduced to these trucks by a friend of mine who rides longboards full-time (Mild-Miles) on the streets and in any park. Last summer he had these on his board during a road trip we took to K-Falls and I was able to play around with them in a smooth empty parking lot. […]

Posted by: Danimal on February 11th, 2005

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Reviews: Skateboarding, Wheels

Sacrifice Skatebboards: Killer Cut – 97A wheels 63mm New-ish from Sacrifice Skateboards are these 63mm wheels called Killer Kut. These guys make some fine wood, but how are they on the wheels? One thing you’ll notice is that they don’t sell a million kinds of wheels, or even a couple, just this one set. So […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on February 11th, 2005

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