Mr Never-out-of-the-news Doherty is back with a bang in 2007 as reports are that he has finally married Kate Moss. Apparently the two go married in a Buddhist ceremony on the island of Phuket at a six star hotel. Another report says that he was wearing his “pork pie” hat and they are honeymooning on another Thai island.
Right, sweepstakes, who wants a fiver on this lasting less than 6 months?
The weather is horrible outside and most are still hungover from NYE, so we thought we would bring you some recent promos from around the globe to kick start the New Year.
Joe Gavin (in association with Note Skateshop) presents Kip it Off – featuring Manchester‘s finest.
Mark Plain keeps it Plain and Simple with Philadelphia‘s finest.
The Blue Tile Lounge tries to teach you French with Sac le Bleu – featuring Ontario‘s finest.
Soul Position producer and all round awesome hip hop head RJD2 has made one of his tracks available for download.
The track, Beyond The Beyond, is taken from his new album, The Third Hand, which will be his first for XL following his departure from Def Jux. RJD2 is Abjekt Approved and so you should click the link below and get that mp3!
Rhymesayers’ Brother Ali has put his new single up on his myspace. The track, Truth Is, is the first single from the upcoming album The Undisputed Truth and features Atmosphere’s Ant on the beat.
The single, which is coupled with Freedom Ain’t Free [also available to hear on his myspace] will be out in early January, with the album dropping on March 6th.
Recently in San Francisco, ex-Operation Ivy frontman Jesse Michaels joined up with Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong during their set with Rancid, to perform ‘Unity’. Rancid had been playing this and other Operation Ivy songs on the tour, but this was the first time Michaels had performed with them. There’s been no news of a reunion, but who knows?
The Boardroom Skatepark, Leicester, hosted it’s first girl skate jam, organised by park local Becky Wood in December. There were no competitions, no spectators just a groups of ladies having a real good time ripping up the park, sessioning rails and random blocks. The Birmingham lasses, Katrina and Rogue’s Exotic Emma plus honouree brumster Lois Pendlebury, were first to arrive and they went straight in to hammer the bowl.
Soon after, the London ladies Jenna, Louise, Heidi and Lucy showed up – that was after first sampling Leicester’s finest food establishments. They spent their first fifteen minutes gassing with the others (as in talking – as ladies do) just to let the food go down but they soon got into it. Several more girls turned up. Vans Grom Sam had travelled up by train but the one who’d come from furthest afield, and deserved a good slap on the back for her efforts, was Laura from way down in Cornwall.
The session was soon flowing, Lois was attempting to ollie up the huge 4 set europe gap, which she eventually got. Not satisfied with this, she started trying to kickflip up it though she found this somewhat difficult, as there was not a big run up plus it was fairly whippy. Not to be deterred she fathomed that perhaps she would have more luck if Jenna photographed her whilst she was trying to attempt it. She reckoned that the added pressure would make her land it – which after a few attempts it did! With everyone syked by her landing it, the adrenalin immediately started flowing.
A bollard session soon commenced and Laura was first to ollie it, then Kristina landed a huge pop shuvit over it. Every time someone landed a trick it inspired everyone else to push themselves up a gear. Sam effortlessly pulled off countless backside boardslides on the handrail for Jenna to photograph and Kerri noseslid down the ledge.
With a short respite for group photos, the session quickly resumed. Emma landed a couple of backside 50-50’s on the ledge and smiths on the bowl. She definitely would have won the competition for the best dressed, with her waistcoat-come-t-shirt from the Clothes Show Live?!? Becky and Laura pulled out a combination of flips between them on the bank – fakie-shuv flips, fakie flips, backside and frontside flips etc etc – there was no end to their technical wizardry! Becky however on one landing, slammed pretty hard falling from one block to another on the sharp edged coping. Everyone winced at the broken ribs scenario but thankfully she got up laughing.
Katrina spent a fair amount of time imparting her mini ramp knowledge with the less experienced skaters. Her encouragement really added to their experience and it showed how such an event is really developing an affable close-knit community. Everyone who attended the event believed it was a brilliant idea and had a great time and wish to thank Dave and Becky for their hard work in organising it.
With Mars Ill bringing out a new album [click here for that news], their fellow crew members of Deepspace5 have also been busy on new material.
Sintax‘s new album, Curb Appeal, is ready for everyone to grab a hold of. The album will feature production from fellow DS5ers Sivion, Freddie Bruno, Beat Rabbi and Playdough and will feature vocal guest spots from The Scribbling Idiots and Sivion.
In other news, Phonetic Composition [Freddie Bruno and Playdough]’s album All Smiles, is available with production from Theory Hazit, Xperiment and DJ Sean P. You can check the guys out on their myspace – www.myspace.com/phoneticcomposition.
86 Mentality will be recording and releasing their 3rd 7″ for Deranged in 2007. Haymaker will be coming out of retirement for a show in Baltimore in January, and even if you can’t get to that, keep your eyes peeled for their compilation CD which is due out in March.
Career Suicude’s album, Attempted Suicide, is due out in mid-January. Jon Drew is handling the production on this hardcore release with Brandon Ferrell on the drums. You can check out a track by clicking here.
Also available is the new Bayonettes 7″, which follows the Stuck In This Rut/Sour release, and you can pick up on coloured vinyl at the online store. The new track, We’re Doomed, is a nod to punk’s past and is setting the band up for a tour of the US and Europe in 2007.
Violent Minds have their new EP done and dusted and will be looking to release it in February or March next year with plans of touring in Europe to back it up. Another group with a release in March is the Tranzmitors, who hope to bring out their full length then. In the meantime, you can pick up their 4th single, which is out now.
Terminal State are also busy with new material too, with their follow up to their last 12″ EP coming in the form of a new 7″ which will give fans a taste of what is to come with their full length, which is due out later in 2007. You can check a preview at www.myspace.com/terminalstatehc or pick up the mp3 by clicking here.
Finally, The Red Dons, a new band with Doug from the Observers and Clorox Girls’ Justin, will be putting out a new release around February. In addition to this, Doug has also started a new band, The Revisions, and you can check them out over at their myspace.
The highly anticipated new Antiz video is ready to drop. Aptly titles Z-Movie will premiere on January 13th in Lyon at the Rail Theatre; Free booze and live music for everyone in attendance. A European tour will follow, but the dates and venues are yet to be announced.
Let it be known that Antiz aren’t in it for the money, so expect to find Z-Movie being dished out for free with Antiz decks and at all good skateshops.
Bright Eyes have put out their first track from the upcoming album Cassadaga, online.
The album will feature the likes of M. Ward, Janet Weiss from Sleater Kinney and Gillian Welch alongside Conor Oberst.
You can check out the track Endless Entertainment by clicking here.