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Antiz limited edition tees

The Antiz boys know they’ll never roll around in Mercs and listed to the sound of Champagne corks popping all night, but a gnarly spot, a rusty moped and 6-pack will do them fine. Can you relate? You know you can! So, support a 110% skater-run operation and check out the brand new T-shirts designed and drawn by Antiz amateur Ben Thé. We’re digging the fat woman graphic!

Antiz are also working very hard on their second video which is definitely going to blow your minds, so keep posted here for updates and exclusives. On a side note, check out the website www.antizskateboards.com and check out the Burnside-inspired ‘crete that got poured under a bridge in Grenoble, France – that’s in the valley of the Alps incase you want to book a holiday! Support skater owned!

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Skateboarding News

Extreme dirtiness

Just in case you weren’t down on the Brighton seafront over the weekend of September 9th and 10th for the first ever Extreme Dirty Weekend comp, here’s a little rundown of what you missed. Tut tut…

British vert skaters got a taste of the Vauxhall – Pete King mega ramp and this definitely brought out the talent. Little Sam Beckett won the under 16s comp and highest air flying a sweet 6feet out of the ramp. Sean Goff went three feet higher for the Pro first place, whilst Jason Lunn matched Sean at nine feet and the highest air for the over 16s. best trick went off as you can imagine when Andy Scott’s rolling around. Andy threw down a massive 540 varial. Also spotted on the ramp were Brighton locals RJ and Justin ‘Pasty’ Ashby. A second Extreme Dirty weekend is planned for 2007, so don’t miss out!

N.B. Brighton does not accommodate a vert ramp and is in great need of a proper skatepark facility. If you live in the area, and even if you don’t, please support the locals and try and help get something done for a city which once boasted Britain’s biggest concrete park ever!

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Skateboarding News

Oyola And Melcher Painted By Death

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Ricky Oyola and Patrick Melcher get boards out on Death Skateboards!

Melcher named as new pro!

Oyola did it for the love! Extra! Extra!

Check out all the Death-led steez at www.deathskateboards.com

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Skateboarding News

Nike SB ahoy!

Light the beacons and lock up your wives! The Nike SB team is making there way to European shores to rape and pillage all spots between September 30 to October 8th.

This last date is the British stop at the Works Skatepark. Taking no prisoners will be Paul Rodriguez, Brian Anderson, Reese Forbes, Todd Jordan, Danny Supa, Wieger van Wageningen, Omar Salazar and Lewis Marnell.

www.nikeskateboarding.com

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Skateboarding News

Loven-S.K.A.T.E. boards

Stu from Lovenskate just dropped us a mail to tell us about these brand new Lovenskate decks dedicated to the game we love to play- S.K.A.T.E.

Grab one of these, wack out your impossible pogo flip revert and use the handy chalk and cloth (that come with each board!) to notch up some letters on your opponents deck.

www.lovenskate.com

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Live Reviews

Wednesday 13 – Live

Manchester Academy 2.
16/09/06

Halloween in Manchester has arrived early. The queue outside Academy 2 is like a scene from Night of the Living Dead, and no-one dare be seen in anything but black and the occasional red stripe. Pasty faces, ghoulish make up, it can only mean one thing. Yes folks, Wednesday 13 is back in town.

Inside, Academy 2 isn’t the best venue in the world and when it’s only half full, it’s grimmer still but is probably largely down to the fact that media darlings Billy Talent are playing the main Academy next door. Still, Wednesday 13’s brand of tougue in cheek, deathly glam is still a draw and they have clearly built up much of a following.

It’s nearly a year since Wednedsay 13 played round these ‘ere parts, but now signed to a new record label and with an impressive second album under their belts, not to mention a snazzy little line up change, they are ready to unleash themselves again.

The atmosphere is charged and at 9.45 the familiar face of Racci Shay (ex-Dope /ex- The Rejects), minus dreadlocks leads the band into view of the awaited crowd. As Wednesday saunters onstage clad in skin tight jeans and leather jacket the few hundred fans here make enough noise for the people that are absent.

“Thank fuck for Jack Daniels and Manchester” shrieks Wednesday 13 halfway through his bands set as he thrashes and kicks his way through a well balanced set-list drawn from Transylvania 90210…and new album Fang Bang. Murderdolls tracks ‘I Love To Say Fuck’ and ‘197666‘ are also slung in for good measure.

It’s easy to get lost in the whimsical side of Wednesday 13. They are a band who know their appeal and know how to play the crowd, even if Wednesday himself does seem a little awkward when trying to conjure up audience participation. But, they are also a band who rock like a mother of fuckness. With Eric Griffin now playing his six string of choice, Nate Manor on bass and Raci “Sketchy” Shay now beating the tubs, the level of cohesion is stunning. Witnessing a band so in to what they are doing is infectious and the fact that they are a shit hot rock n roll band shouldn’t be overlooked. Moreover, Raci Shay is one of the best drummers to come out of the scene in recent times.

As ‘Last Night I walked With A Zombie’ and Murderdolls crowd fave ‘RAMBO‘ turn the floor into a pit it’s a feelgood, flawless performance and Wednesday 13 couldn’t have disappointed even if they tried. Everyone leaves sweaty, smiley and enthused by what they just witnessed, and that my friends demonstrates everything that is right with rock music today.

Jane Hawkes

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Music News

Aesop Rock Co-Writes Book

Def Jukie Aesop Rock has gotten together with Jeremy Fish to produce a book called The Next Best Thing, a story about the creative process.

The book comes with a 7 inch picture disc which will go with the story and provides an answer to the creative block shared by both men.

You can buy the book from the Def Jux shop, which you can find by clicking here.

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Music News

John Peel Night Line Up

Radio 1 have confirmed that The Raconteurs, The Horrors and Squarepusher will be the acts for the upcoming Radio 1 Peel Night.

The event, which will honour the great man, will be held on October 26th at the Roundhouse in Camden. A compilation, John Peel – Right Time, Wrong Speed: 1977-1987, will be released on October 9th.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

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Music News

Wiley Joins Big Dada

Big Dada, home of Roots Manuva, Diplo, Spank Rock and Ty, have announced the signing of grime pioneer Wiley. The MC and producer, who was a founding member of Roll Deep, has been searching for a label for some while and Big Dada is just the sort of label he would have been looking for. The man himself said:

“I think it’s good because all my life I’ve been looking for a creative control, to make an album that I’ll enjoy listening to and performing… a grime album that I really want to make!”

Wiley’s BD debut is slated for 2007.

www.bigdada.com

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Skateboarding News

Death On Myspace

Surely in an attempt to meet underage girls and share nude pictures of Dibble with married men from Bognor Regis, the Death Skateboard team have gone lo-tech by opening a MySpace account.

Click here if you want add Dan Cates to your friends list. Do you really..?