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Skateboarding News

Thrasher in Oz

Globe and Thrasher Magazine invited skateboarding to take it’s balls out of it’s fanny pack and put shit down last weekend on Australia.

On the cards were a Tizzey at Pizzey Park concrete bowl, some mini madness and a the Varsity double set (6 flat 7!) challenge.

No need to deny the fact that dudes got hurt, but you soon forget the pain when you see Chris Haslam man-handle the mini ramp, Matt Mumford and Omar Hassan tie for first place at Pizzey, and Adam Dyet knock out a switch backside heelflip at the Varsity Double-set.

Oooof!!!

Click here for the Mini ramp footage.

Click here for the Double Set footage.

Click here for the pictures of carnage.

www.globe.tv

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Skateboarding News

Lakai fully prepared..?

With rumours running rife about delayed release dates, and multiple DVD options, I thought I’d contact Lakai‘s number one representative this side of the globe, Mathieu Tourneur, to get the official low-down on Fully Flared. Here’s what he had to say:

Nah mate, don’t believe the Hype… or do?

Well, yeah, Ty (Evans) did actually clock in with a hour and a half long rough edit. We are thinking SkyOne… Murdoch is funding the extra expenses for the last skate trip on the moon!… Due to the important training these guys have to go through, we’ve pushing the deadline to somewhere around 2009….

Sorry.

Don’t hold your breath…

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Live Reviews

J.Mascis – Live

‘Joseph Donald Mascis’ is a legend in his own way. He has written some of the best songs ever throughout the many years that his bands and solo projects have been performing worldwide.

He started out in a hardcore punk band called Deep Wound, he formed the legendary Dinosaur Jr and now, here he sits in front of 250 people at Metro’s in Oxford Street on a windy Wednesday night in his very own signature Nikes and an Adidas track suit top ready to churn out a solo set that blew the entire crowd away. The crowd is made up of journalists and grade-A blaggers as tonight is all about a showcase apparently and it’s only industry heads in this venue.

So as he tucked into ‘Thumb‘ followed instantly by ‘Flying Cloud‘, both lifted from Green Mind, the crowd realised that this was going to be special, especially as the epic ‘Freakscene’ was thrust into the spotlight 3rd song in and J turned on the pedals to full solo guitar effect. The spine tingle i had when this kicked in matched the first time i heard this tune at college, absolutely amazing. I was not alone. The crowd was in awe of this opportunity and free beer only fuelled the feeling.

The solos rained on as ‘This Is All I Care To Do‘ from the new album Beyond kicked in. You will discover soon that this album is back to where they left off and this tune is definitely one of the best with J’s lazy vocals dipping in and out of classic 3 riff choruses. He then played another classic in ‘Little Fury Things‘ which brought the crowds attention to a stand still followed by ‘Amma Ring‘, one of J’s tunes with The Fog.

It’s funny how we register new songs. Once upon a time, the likes of imaginitive roll of ‘‘The Wagon’‘ was just another tune that whispered it’s beautiful chords though ears whilst people pondered on it’s quality, and here we are again 20 years alter doing it all over again! The accoustic sounds of ‘I Got Lost‘ is another tune from Beyond that was in this set and you could hear a pin drop as no one has really heard the record yet. Here Mascis does his high pitched, shoegazing vocal job to perfection, you know the one, there’s only one, it could not be anyone else if you heard it in the street. ‘Get Me’ from the ‘Where You Been‘ album is dropped next until ‘Quest‘ takes the limelight and rightly so, it’s a classic.

By now, 30 mins into this show, i’m realising i am really pissed and actually in heaven, but the cover of ‘Just Like Heaven‘ doesn’t make the cut tonight, i guess he could have played so many more, like my personal faves such as ‘Let It Ride’ or ‘They Always Come‘ from ‘Bug‘ but he ends tonights secret shindig with ‘Not You Again’ and ‘Alone’. For the record, the lyrics to the former go like this:

I thought of the Blob today
I thought of you
I thought of the mess I made again
How do I do it
Now when it leaves your hand
Just understand

…and on Thursday morning i felt like the blob due to the free Stella!

Look out for Beyond when it comes out this month, you should not be disappointed.

Zac Slack

To read a Crossfire interview with J.Mascis from 2005 click here…

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Music News

The Police announce UK shows

The Police are to follow up their comeback dates with a European tour.

The group will be playing four dates in the UK as part of the tour, which will see its completed itinerary completed soon. The UK gigs are:

September:

4th – Birmingham
8th – London

October:

15th – Manchester
19th – Cardiff

www.thepolicetour.com

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Music News

Leftfield Stage gets pre-Glasto dates

The Left Field Stage of Glastonbury have announced they will stage two pre-festival nights in London.

The two nights will be held at the Islington Academy in association with Virtualfestivals and in support of Shelter.

The nights will happen on the 11th and 12th of June, a week and a half before the festival itself actually kicks off. No official line up yet but its thought that CUD will headline the 12th.

www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

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Skateboarding News

Louie drops into HQ…

Louie Barletta just finished his interview with Crossfire just after Slap Magazine released ‘A Week With Louie Barletta’ this month and right after he threw a ‘Prom Party‘ at the Mansion

Expect to see him skating around the UK with the rest of the Enjoi Team over the next month as they are scheduled to visit our shores on a filming mission.

Read Louie Barletta’s interview here at Crossfire this week.

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Music News

Ill Nino tour dates

Ill Nino are back with their fourth album, Enigma.

The album will be released in June in the UK but to support the album, the Latin metallers will be playing a tour over here with Drowning Pool. You can check them out at the following dates:

April:

8th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun
9th – Nottingham, Rock City
10th – Newcastle, Academy
11th – Glasgow, Cathouse
12th – Aberdeen, Moshula
14th – Dubling, Ambassador
15th – Belfast, Spring & Airbrake
16th – Liverpool, Academy
17th – Leeds, Rios
18th – Cardiff, Solus
20th – Peterborough, Cressent
21st – Sheffield, Corporation
22nd – Southampton, Nexus
23rd – London, Koko

www.illnino.com

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Music News

New Ryan Adams album details

Ryan Adams new album, Easy Tiger, will be released this year.

The singer has revealed that his ninth studio, the follow up to last year’s 29, will have 13 tracks and will be released on June 5th. The tracklisting is:

Goodnight Rose
Everybody Knows
The Sun Also Sets
Halloween Head
Off Broadway
Two Hearts
Tears Of Gold
These Girls
Two
I Taught Myself How To Grow Old
Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
Rip Off
Pearls On A String

www.ryan-adams.com

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Music News

ODB in legal wrangles…Again!

Problems are continuing to arise over the finances of the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

Two women with children by the rapper appeared in a Brooklyn Court to complain about the handling of ODB’s estate. Suzy Wong and Cheryl McCall both have 11 year old sons, fathered by ODB according to reports, and they say that his widow and estate administrator, Icelene Jones, has blown over $225,000 since he died in 2004. Wong said:

“We wanted to make objections to Icelene being the administrator, and her accounting. She’s playing the sorry and sad widow, but the truth is they hadn’t had a marital relationship for 12 years.”

The problems don’t stop their either as the posthumous album A Son Unique is having to be delayed from release due to a dispute with Damon Dash, who owns the rights to the album.

Wu Tang saw it coming then – Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Dollar Dollar bill’s y’all.

www.wutangcorp.com

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Music News

Beastie Boys are coming back!

The Beastie Boys are looking to drop their new album this summer, according to reports.

Billboard has said that the group are currently putting the finishing touches to the record which will follow up To The 5 Boroughs, which was released in 2004.

The group has been busy, releasing the DVD Awesome: I Fuckin’ Shot That! DVD and MCA taking over the production duties for the new Bad Brains record. It is expected that new material will be played at their various festival dates this year.

www.beastieboys.com