Reviews on Skate and Annoy

Reviews: Music Books, Print

Brendan Mullen with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey Publisher: Feral House Copyright: April 15, 2002 Paperback: 312 pages Lexicon Devil is another book in the now crowded oral history genre of books chronicling music. Published in 2002, (7 years befpre Brendan Mullen’s death) the project combines and builds on two separate attempts to chronicle the […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on April 18th, 2014

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Reviews: Music Books, Print

386 pages, perfectbound IT / Harper Collins I came into this book being predisposed to dislike Peter Hook, or “Hooky” as he is known, based solely on the portrayal of him in the movie Control, notably the scene where he’s dissecting the Buzzcocks name. He addresses that very same scene in his book, annoyed that […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on March 4th, 2014

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Reviews: Music

Change Becomes Us sounds unmistakably like Wire. It also sounds like it could have came out in the early 80’s in terms of Wire’s catalog, not the general 80’s soundscape. Wire is famous for re-contextualizing and rerecording their catalog and performances, which they continue to do here. Colin Newman revealed the tracks all have their […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on February 24th, 2014

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Reviews: Film & Video, Rock and Roll

Directed by Dave Grohl. What do Bad Religion, Barry Manilow, Cheap Trick, Johnny Cash, Nirvana, Josh Groban, Tears for Fears, Rancid, Ratt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Santana, Foreigner, Nine Inch Nails and REO Springfield have in common? They all recorded albums at Sound City Studios. Those are just a few of the big names that rolled through the studio, an d the list is pretty long. Sound City, the movie is Dave Grohl’s documentary/slash tribute to the studio where Nevermind was recorded, a studio that he says changed his life.

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on January 12th, 2014

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Reviews: Miscellaneous

I bought this Italasofa brand couch from Dania. It has a microfiber cover and a pullout sleeper bed. I have kids and now the surface looks like a seal that was rescued from an oil slick. Less than a year into it, the part that sticks under the top cushion started to fray. A couple […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on January 12th, 2014

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Reviews: Music Books, Print

Author: David Markey and Jordan Schwartz Publisher: Bazillion Points Books Copyright: 2012 288 pages, hardcover Why am I even writing another review? I thought my ego was checked enough that I didn’t need my name associated with yet another cool artifact like this book. And I don’t really care to inform anyone of the book […]

Posted by: Dr Brad on January 9th, 2014

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Reviews: Miscellaneous

I’ve been trying to head to my near-neighborhood small, independent hardware store as much as possible insteadof heading to one of the two big national chains nearby. The limited hours can be a little inconvenient, and the selection can be a little meager, but it’s not too bad. Of course if I go to Lowes […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on September 25th, 2012

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Reviews: Featured, Print, Zines

This is one I can really relate to. This history of Skate and Annoy is littered with the carcasses of missed self-imposed deadlines and delays due to “wanting to get things right.” Issue #10 of Pure Fun is the 22 Year Anniversary blow out. It’s almost 120 pages thick, printed on a nice almost semi […]

Posted by: Kilwag (editor) on September 10th, 2012

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Reviews: Skateboarding, Skateboards

Toy Machine Fiber Prime deck, 8.0” X 31” The fiber in this Fiber Prime deck isn’t made of wheat or bran like the breakfast cereals of the vegan Toy Machine guys but rather some man-made high-density thermal poly ply. The deck has 6 plies of wood and one of the special fiber material. The feel […]

Posted by: Danimal on June 26th, 2009

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Reviews: Music Books, Print

Author: Michael Veal Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Wesleyan University Press Copyright: 2007 Jamaica is a like a tiny wire connecting the heavy cultural polarities of Africa and North America, and it glows red-hot. Dub by Michael Veal is more than a thorough history of the influential musical form, it is a fascinating primer on the […]

Posted by: Dr Brad on February 1st, 2008

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