Ph: Kevin Denning
Brad McClain is next up on The Berrics video feature, In Transition and he smashes Solvang Skatepark to pieces alongside the dulcet tones of Johnny Cash. This is one of the best park edits you will see all year. Worth your vote?
So this was an unexpected surprise. It’s come to light that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would love a shred down at the Undercroft. Today, he managed to somehow sit in the wrong seat on a train heading to London from Birmingham. Bizarrely enough it was actually the seat allocated to Gnargore’s Jamie Brewer and within the polite exchange that followed, Corbyn commented on Brewer’s rig:
“He was in my seat but it was all good,” Brewer explained.”He said he’d like to have a go on my board and head down to Southbank for a sesh but he didn’t think he had enough balance. Could take that as a political stance if you wanted. Haha!”
He’s not the first politician to give their support for Southbank, it’s on record that London Mayor Boris Johnson backed Southbank staying put. This is far more core and with no Tory clowns involved either. Corbyn on Gnargore, for life.
It’s not often you will hear Ian Mackaye (Fugazi/Dischord/The Evens) in conversation head to head with Steve Albini (Big Black/Shellac) but it’s happened on Kreative Kontrol.
In part 1, listen to Albini slag off Rites of Spring, and the influence of Minor Threat on hardcore, punk violence, the Butthole Surfers, one-upmanship, record distribution, explaining Pailhead and how Ian came to work with Al Jourgensen from Ministry (softy dance stuff, ha!) and most importantly, they discuss in detail that ‘In On The Kill Taker’ recording session that never worked for Fugazi that Albini engineered.
In part 2, the pair discuss politics, Sylvester Stallone, the Urban Outfitters/Minor Threat thing, Henry Rollins, communication, anonymity and much, much more.
This is a great chat if you are obsessed by hardcore, make sure you find time to sit down and listen to it properly.
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Here’s a trailer to make you salivate. Daniel and Kenneth Dent’s new flick SNOTJOB features stunts from Robert Blazek, Isaiah Harris, Reid Crowley and many more. Question is, did that late shuv at El Toro go down on tape?
Pick up the DVD here.
Ph: Kickflip by Gage Hellyer.
The Berrics’ video features keep giving with Jaws up next skating his chosen local, Paradise Valley Skatepark in Arizona.
Sml Wheels have unleashed a couple of minutes of Tom Knox footage overnight ahead of the highly anticipated Isle Skateboards premiere this Saturday. This edit was from footage a few summers ago in LA.
Footage of Grant Taylor, Ben Raemers, David Gonzales, Dustin Dollin and more of the Volcom team skating that ridiculous demo set up at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin.
Ever visited Cuba? I saw 2 skaters on supermarket set ups there on my visit 15 years back but not much else. Their country is beautiful, stuck in time, preserved by the people who make it such a special place.
In this new edit by Ivan Olita for Nowness, Yojani Perez Rivera takes you round his local spots in the burbs of Havana and gives you an insight into what he feels skateboarding brings to his life.
Ph: Tom Quigley / Varial Zine
Joe Hinson is welcomed to the UK team of Silver Trucks this week with a couple of minutes of new footage. By the looks of this he will certainly get some good use out of them.
HUF‘s new range of Classic Lo’s are out this month, one of them coming as a Thrasher collab shoe in black alongside an unbranded brown/black number that looks solid. In shops now.
