For Whatever Reason, Skateboarding.

I've been occupying my internet time these days looking at a lot of skateboarding-related stuff. I attribute this, partially at least, to last weekend's Rob & Big marathon. So, I read a bunch of skate web pages and stuff and got my motivation back. (On a similar note, I also got my artistic inspiration back, thanks to dinner at El Matador- but that's beside the point.)
And in that vein, here's some skateboarding related lists:

Top 5 Skate Shoes
1. eS Koston- The second version, with the air soles. So comfy, durable, and readily available in vegan style. Not too thick of a sole or tongue.
2. Vans Slips- Always there for me.
3. Vans Half Cabs- Super ugly (and leathery), but gnar tough, and I used to think they made me skate better.
4. Airwalk Jim- From back when Airwalk was gnar (94-95 ish). Simple and timeless. I prefer mine with a bunch of Shoo Goo (Paso Represent!) on the ollie patch. [Note: I had both blue and maroon flavors. Ahhh, for those simpler times...]
5. Emerica Templeton- Ugly and kinda fat. But durable as hell and vegan, and it's Ed Fucking Templeton's shoe.

Top 5 Skate Shops
1. Alliance
2. Alliance
3. Alliance
4. Surfside [Note: It's 2 blocks from my house, for god's sake.]
5. Active [Note: Only, and I mean only because they have cheap wheels.]

Top 5 Tricks on the Paso Skatepark Wedge Bank [Note: I'm really a pretty terrible skateboarder, but I feel like a cool dude when I do my silly little tricks on this silly little section of our park.]
1. Fakie 50-50 to revert
2. B/S 5-0 off the end
3. F/S 5-0 revert
4. F/S disaster [Note: Hiiiiiiyooooo!]
5. 50-50 kickflip 50-50 blah blah blah

Top 5 Skate Injuries
1. Permanent wrist injury- Vans Park, right before Thanksgiving 2004.
2. Right ankle sprain- Attempted b/s noseslide on some ghetto ass funbox at a pre-park Paso bash. Out for 3 months. The beginning of the decline of my skating days.
3. Left ankle sprain- First skate after above. Bailed manual pad. Thought that shit was broken. Out 3 more months. Sealing of the deal for my transition from "Skateboarder" to "Guy Who Owns a Skateboard."
4. Big bank First Blood- 3rd person to skate the Paso Park, first to do so with super loose trucks. Also first to publicly embarrass himself there. "First Blood!" is what Jeremy yelled as I hit the flat.
5. Constant shinners- Always. From the day I got my first shred to 2 days ago. My shins are bumpy as hall. Memories of going to bed on late summer nights with bloody shins.

Top 5 Skate Companies
1. Toy Machine
2. Consolidated
3. Girl
4. Scarecrow
5. Zero- Until all that cross bullshit.

Top 5 Skateboarders
1. Ed Templeton
2. Rowley
3. Koston
4. Some dude that I forget at the moment.
5. Jamie Thomas- See #5 above.

Top 5 Skate Vids
1. Welcome To Hell
2. Consolidated- #1
3. Zero- Thrill of It All
4. Landspeed
5. Girl- Yeah Right!

Top 5 Ghetto Paso Skatespots
1. Wal Mart Curb- Default because it's hidden and never disturbed.
2. Meat Factory! Old school. Only a few still remember.
3. Wal Mart McDonalds- It smelled bad, but had a fun gap and manual pads.
4. Paso High- Hiding from cops on the roof= good times.
5. Pat Butler- I think this place could accommodate like 300 people at a time. It used to be like a party there every Saturday night, and no one cared! Oh, the good ol' days.

Top 5 Skate Soundtracks
1. Minor Threat
2. Beastie Boys
3. Descendents
4. Adolescents
5. Slayer always works.

Best name for a song, ever? I think so.

"F.W.T.B.T (I Dream of Lars Ulrich Being Thrown Through the Bus Window Instead of My Mystikal Master Kliff Burton)" by Sunn0))).

I dream of the same.

The Wikipedia Trail

Concept: I spend way to much time on Wikipedia looking up random shit. It all starts out innocently enough, only to get out of hand.

Rules: Start either at the Wikipedia home page, or look up something on which information is needed (via Firefox's search bar, for instance). Document the pages visited via direct links or stimulated curiousity.

Today:
Started from: Home Page
1. Buzzcocks "Spiral Scratch EP" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Scratch_%28EP%29
2. Music of Manchester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Manchester
3. Martin Hannett http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Hannett
4. Dead Kennedys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Kennedys
5. Jello Biafra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_Biafra
6. Liberal Elite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_elite
7. HR Geiger's "Penis Landscape" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_219:_Landscape_XX
8. Mordam Records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordam_Records
9. East Bay Ray: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Ray
10.Sympathy For The Record Industry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathy_for_the_Record_Industry
11. Kill Rock Stars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Rock_Stars
12.Jade Tree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Tree_Records
13. Long Gone John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Gone_John
14. Biafra (in Africa) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra
15. No WTO Combo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_WTO_Combo
16. Kim Thayil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thayil
17. Touch and Go Records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_and_go_records
18. Man Or Astro-Man? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_or_Astro-man%3F
19. Slint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slint
20. Theremin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremins
21. Tesla Coil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
22. The Simpsons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons
23. Life In Hell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell
24. Nancy Cartwright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright_%28actress%29
25. Julie Kavner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Kavner
26. Yeardly Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeardley_Smith
27. The Flintstones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones
28. Fruity Pebbles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruity_Pebbles


Allright, that's more than enough. From Buzzcocks to Fruity Pebbles. Nice!

hmm.

I was gonna write something, but I guess I have nothing to say.

Ideas for later: my "Wikipedia trail." But I don't really feel like doing that now.

Todays Playlist

Here's what I plan on listening do on my Friday at work:

Car:
QOTSA: Era Vulgaris

Office:
Indie 103.1 radio stream
Bad Brains: Build A Nation (myspace)
Tomahawk: Anonymous (myspace)
Jonesy's Jukebox

Car: (on the way to and from lunch)
more QOTSA: Era Vulgaris

Office:
Henry Rollins/Harmony In My Head podcast/download from Tuesday
Randomness, to be determined. possibly an NPR live show podcast?

Car: (home)
the last part of QOTSA: Era Vulgaris

All in all, a busy day for my ears.

[Note: photo blog still forthcoming. I can't manage to remember to take a whole days worth of pictures. I either forget halfway through the day, or remember after half the day has gone by.]