Andy Enos just posted up his photo of Nico noseblunting the Princeton rail from the new Focus.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Unused
Ron footage...Philips needs to deinterlace the footage, but the clips are good enough to look past the squiggly-ness.
He also has a nice interview up on the Zoo York Blog
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Make it Better.
Working on giving the blog some new life. Some newness is coming soon, until then here's a little throwaway from Nico and I that's been piling up.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Nieratko
Wasted Memories... taken from JENKEM MAG
Although Chris Nieratko has gotten softer in his age, he’s still one of our favorite dudes because he writes about the shit we care about: skateboarding and porn. He’s the only writer in skateboarding who can get away with asking Eric Koston where he puts his boogers after he picks his nose or a young Corey Duffel why he looks like a girl. In the 90′s, Chris was the editor of Big Brother, a beloved skate mag owned by Larry Flynt with no rules and very little censorship. It’s been talked about to death already, but fuck it, the stories are top notch and anything involving skateboarding and Larry Flynt you probably want to hear about.
As editor of Big Brother, you had access to ridiculous amounts of porn. I heard you used to trade it for tattoos, drugs and other shit.
Yeah, I would trade porn DVD’s for boxes of booze, cases of beer, anything you can think of. When we used to go on skate tours I would send boxes ahead to each stop. Like I’d call the skateshop and find out, who’s the pill dealer, who’s the guy that can take me fishing, and I’d just send boxes ahead of myself so by the time I got there it was already sorted out. I had my interns call ahead, handle it for me.
Yeah, I would trade porn DVD’s for boxes of booze, cases of beer, anything you can think of. When we used to go on skate tours I would send boxes ahead to each stop. Like I’d call the skateshop and find out, who’s the pill dealer, who’s the guy that can take me fishing, and I’d just send boxes ahead of myself so by the time I got there it was already sorted out. I had my interns call ahead, handle it for me.
That’s insane.
You gotta understand the internet wasn’t like it was now where everything is free and accessible. People then, at least in porn, thought they could charge. Some VHS tapes were going for like $50, $60. It’s hard to believe, but this is 10+ years ago. I’ve seen a Jenna Jameson VHS go for like $80. So if I’m sending you 10 videotapes, I just sent you like $600 worth of videos and if I’m sending them to you in somewhere like Utah, where they can’t even get videos that have penetration in them, now I just sent you a priceless gift.
You gotta understand the internet wasn’t like it was now where everything is free and accessible. People then, at least in porn, thought they could charge. Some VHS tapes were going for like $50, $60. It’s hard to believe, but this is 10+ years ago. I’ve seen a Jenna Jameson VHS go for like $80. So if I’m sending you 10 videotapes, I just sent you like $600 worth of videos and if I’m sending them to you in somewhere like Utah, where they can’t even get videos that have penetration in them, now I just sent you a priceless gift.
Now, I think of porn DVD’s as useless.. it’s like $1… $2..
I tried offering it to some guys the other day, the Etnies tour passed and I asked if they needed any DVD’s for the road. But with like, Redtube and Youjizz, there’s all the free sites in the world and you don’t have to carry a DVD around. It’s obsolete. But, I still got a guy in the liquor store that trades me liquor for DVD’s. Truckers buy that stuff, cause they don’t have WIFI in their trucks. But everyone just has a smart phone now man, you can be watching porno anywhere.
I tried offering it to some guys the other day, the Etnies tour passed and I asked if they needed any DVD’s for the road. But with like, Redtube and Youjizz, there’s all the free sites in the world and you don’t have to carry a DVD around. It’s obsolete. But, I still got a guy in the liquor store that trades me liquor for DVD’s. Truckers buy that stuff, cause they don’t have WIFI in their trucks. But everyone just has a smart phone now man, you can be watching porno anywhere.
How come you like Hitler so much?
Oh, I hate Hitler, he’s a piece of shit. But just like a banana peel or a rubber chicken, Hitler is a great comedic device. He’s a complete piece of shit but you look at him and ask, how did anyone take this guy seriously? He just looks so goofy. I bet if I showed my kid one of his videos, he would just start giggling, that would be your natural reaction.
Oh, I hate Hitler, he’s a piece of shit. But just like a banana peel or a rubber chicken, Hitler is a great comedic device. He’s a complete piece of shit but you look at him and ask, how did anyone take this guy seriously? He just looks so goofy. I bet if I showed my kid one of his videos, he would just start giggling, that would be your natural reaction.
In Cali you used to live in a house in the ghetto right?
Yeah, 31st and Crenshaw. Full house, really dope. My roommates were shit scared, so they were hardly around. The first day I moved in I made sure the neighbors knew I had guns, they were cool after that.
Yeah, 31st and Crenshaw. Full house, really dope. My roommates were shit scared, so they were hardly around. The first day I moved in I made sure the neighbors knew I had guns, they were cool after that.
What, you had some plastic guns?
No, no. I have a lot of guns. The first day, I was given some crazy looks. I also had a red El Camino at the time. I guess I was on a Crips block, because the first day I pull up with this red car, and they are mad dogging me. Like, what’s up with the car? I was like I don’t understand the question. And they were like, “yo your car is red,” and I was like, “yes, my car is red.” He then tugs on his blue whatever, thinking I belong to the rival gang cause of the color of my car. I was just like, dude it’s just a red car.
No, no. I have a lot of guns. The first day, I was given some crazy looks. I also had a red El Camino at the time. I guess I was on a Crips block, because the first day I pull up with this red car, and they are mad dogging me. Like, what’s up with the car? I was like I don’t understand the question. And they were like, “yo your car is red,” and I was like, “yes, my car is red.” He then tugs on his blue whatever, thinking I belong to the rival gang cause of the color of my car. I was just like, dude it’s just a red car.
Sounds sketchy.
There was a fried chicken place right around the corner from my house. Later on, a new fried chicken place was opening across the street. The day before the new one opens, the old one “mysteriously” just burnt down. It was a pretty great neighborhood.
There was a fried chicken place right around the corner from my house. Later on, a new fried chicken place was opening across the street. The day before the new one opens, the old one “mysteriously” just burnt down. It was a pretty great neighborhood.
After that you slept on the floor of the Big Brother office?
Yeah for more then a year I slept in my office. It got to a point where my roommates were too scared to live in the hood anymore, so I just put all my stuff in storage. Got a pillow and a blanket and slept on the office floor. Big Brother had its own suite. I used to be so callous with it, I’d just walk down the hallway in boxer shorts with a towel around my neck and brush my teeth in the bathroom we shared with all the offices on the floor. It was absurd. I was questioned a few times why I would sign in at 11:00 and not be signing out.
Yeah for more then a year I slept in my office. It got to a point where my roommates were too scared to live in the hood anymore, so I just put all my stuff in storage. Got a pillow and a blanket and slept on the office floor. Big Brother had its own suite. I used to be so callous with it, I’d just walk down the hallway in boxer shorts with a towel around my neck and brush my teeth in the bathroom we shared with all the offices on the floor. It was absurd. I was questioned a few times why I would sign in at 11:00 and not be signing out.
What is some other cool shit you got to get away with as editor of Big Brother magazine?
I used to pull this scam because I was homesick while I was living in California. I would get some record label to fly me home to Jersey for the weekend, just to interview one of their artists. I could have fully interviewed them over the telephone from Cali, but Big Brother had such limited space for music, and the labels wanted to be in there so badly. So I was just strong arming record labels, I was just like, “there’s only 2 pages for music… so everybody’s fighting for it.” (nobody was fighting for it) So I’d get this label to fly me home to Jersey, interview the band and then I’d party with my friends all weekend.
I used to pull this scam because I was homesick while I was living in California. I would get some record label to fly me home to Jersey for the weekend, just to interview one of their artists. I could have fully interviewed them over the telephone from Cali, but Big Brother had such limited space for music, and the labels wanted to be in there so badly. So I was just strong arming record labels, I was just like, “there’s only 2 pages for music… so everybody’s fighting for it.” (nobody was fighting for it) So I’d get this label to fly me home to Jersey, interview the band and then I’d party with my friends all weekend.
Any specific bands you remember flying in to interview?
Yeah this one shitty band, they had like a half hit wonder, not even a full hit. I remember the title because it was so stupid. “Heaven is a Halfpipe”. The show was supposed to be in NYC, and I was going to interview them but it got canceled and moved to the next location, New Paltz. I nearly killed my buddy that night driving.
Yeah this one shitty band, they had like a half hit wonder, not even a full hit. I remember the title because it was so stupid. “Heaven is a Halfpipe”. The show was supposed to be in NYC, and I was going to interview them but it got canceled and moved to the next location, New Paltz. I nearly killed my buddy that night driving.
How’d you kill your buddy?
This is when I’m at my absolute worst with drugs and alcohol. After the show we were driving back to his house and I was just black out, I shouldn’t have been behind the wheel. It was really dumb. I was on this dark country road. It went to the right, and I just went straight and launched up this hill and Dukes of Hazzard jumped a car. I came down on the nose, airbags popped open, I didn’t even have a seatbelt on. It was probably my saving grace because I had leather interior so I kind of slid to the back like a wet noodle. My friend was stuck there, I had to rip his seatbelt off. I don’t know how murderers do it, because I nearly killed my friend and it’s going on near 10 years and still eats me alive.
This is when I’m at my absolute worst with drugs and alcohol. After the show we were driving back to his house and I was just black out, I shouldn’t have been behind the wheel. It was really dumb. I was on this dark country road. It went to the right, and I just went straight and launched up this hill and Dukes of Hazzard jumped a car. I came down on the nose, airbags popped open, I didn’t even have a seatbelt on. It was probably my saving grace because I had leather interior so I kind of slid to the back like a wet noodle. My friend was stuck there, I had to rip his seatbelt off. I don’t know how murderers do it, because I nearly killed my friend and it’s going on near 10 years and still eats me alive.
Has anyone recently refused to do an interview with you?
I don’t think now a days anyone is too scared of Chris Nieratko. I’ve mellowed out in my age because magazines won’t allow the advertiser to get their feathers ruffled, so the things I can ask have been limited. Although in the new issue of Skateboard Mag, Omar Salazar and I were talking about child labor at the Nike factories and how many Dunks you can make out of dead baby flesh. Those little things I can get in make me happy. I can get maybe like get one question that makes my heart sing.
I don’t think now a days anyone is too scared of Chris Nieratko. I’ve mellowed out in my age because magazines won’t allow the advertiser to get their feathers ruffled, so the things I can ask have been limited. Although in the new issue of Skateboard Mag, Omar Salazar and I were talking about child labor at the Nike factories and how many Dunks you can make out of dead baby flesh. Those little things I can get in make me happy. I can get maybe like get one question that makes my heart sing.
Will skate mags ever let you print more of that type of shit?
For print, it will remain vanilla until the death of print. It’s gotten to the point because we are in a recession and money is hard to come by, people have to bow to the advertisers. I think that’s why Thrasher is doing so well, the voice of the magazine has always been the voice of the magazine. The internet is the wild wild west though. Anything goes. I love the Slap message boards, it’s just honest opinions, you don’t get a whole lot of that in the written word in skateboarding. Those dudes, they talk like me and my friends at the skateshop.
For print, it will remain vanilla until the death of print. It’s gotten to the point because we are in a recession and money is hard to come by, people have to bow to the advertisers. I think that’s why Thrasher is doing so well, the voice of the magazine has always been the voice of the magazine. The internet is the wild wild west though. Anything goes. I love the Slap message boards, it’s just honest opinions, you don’t get a whole lot of that in the written word in skateboarding. Those dudes, they talk like me and my friends at the skateshop.
What about all the money from these big brand companies?
A lot of these big dollar sponsors, that aren’t seeing a lot of recouping on their dollar, are eventually gonna pull out. They have to, I can tell you just on sales in my store some of these big shoe brands are not making their stockholders happy, so they will be tired of not hitting quota in skateboarding and eventually pull the plug. What scares me is how many of our core brands that have stood to this point, some 15, 20 year footwear brands, how many of those are we going to lose along the way? That’s the scary part.. we see eS is already done, I could probably name 3 or 4 that are barely holding on. How many more are gonna have to go?
A lot of these big dollar sponsors, that aren’t seeing a lot of recouping on their dollar, are eventually gonna pull out. They have to, I can tell you just on sales in my store some of these big shoe brands are not making their stockholders happy, so they will be tired of not hitting quota in skateboarding and eventually pull the plug. What scares me is how many of our core brands that have stood to this point, some 15, 20 year footwear brands, how many of those are we going to lose along the way? That’s the scary part.. we see eS is already done, I could probably name 3 or 4 that are barely holding on. How many more are gonna have to go?
I heard a rumor that you don’t even skateboard.
Come to my house, I’ll give you my address. I got ledges in my driveway we can have a good time.
Come to my house, I’ll give you my address. I got ledges in my driveway we can have a good time.
6669
Our Buddy Austin has an awesome little interview up on the Shredweiser site.
6 of your favorite “not my houses”
1. One night in new brunswick, some chick asked me and nico if we wanted to do some blow
so we go up to her room and then she said “alright wheres the blow”
and we said “what the fuck are you talking about”
then we proceeded to break every mirror in her home
Ended up with 10 stitches
so we go up to her room and then she said “alright wheres the blow”
and we said “what the fuck are you talking about”
then we proceeded to break every mirror in her home
Ended up with 10 stitches
2. The first night I met Erik and everyone;
some house party in north jersey.
an hour after i met the dude
we were peeing into cracked windows
of all the lexus’s parked out on the driveway.
after we got kicked out
We proceeded to knock off all the mirrors on the way out.
Good night.
some house party in north jersey.
an hour after i met the dude
we were peeing into cracked windows
of all the lexus’s parked out on the driveway.
after we got kicked out
We proceeded to knock off all the mirrors on the way out.
Good night.
3. Party in colts neck
at some un named chicks house
around 3 in the morning
threw all her parents pool furniture in her pool
broke out the pool lights
Then in the morning got woken up by nico
to go to back to the banks in nyc
So we took all the left over beer
then threw all of her house plants in her dish washer
turned it on and left.
She never talked to me again
at some un named chicks house
around 3 in the morning
threw all her parents pool furniture in her pool
broke out the pool lights
Then in the morning got woken up by nico
to go to back to the banks in nyc
So we took all the left over beer
then threw all of her house plants in her dish washer
turned it on and left.
She never talked to me again
4. This isnt really a house,
but one time our good friend Gary D
invited us to a junkyard party.
but one time our good friend Gary D
invited us to a junkyard party.
He told us we could break anything.
upon arrival we passed everyone at the party,
ventured into the junkyard.
upon arrival we passed everyone at the party,
ventured into the junkyard.
Walked down some trail and came up on
a Ford Taurus parked next to a bunch of other cars.
a Ford Taurus parked next to a bunch of other cars.
Within 1 minute and 3o seconds the car was
comepletly destroyed and unusable.
Dafick threw a full toilet off of a
crain through the windshield.
comepletly destroyed and unusable.
Dafick threw a full toilet off of a
crain through the windshield.
The car was totaled, the next thing we know
the owner of the joint comes up and says
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING”
and as we were still smashing shit
he says “That car still works”
Thats it
the owner of the joint comes up and says
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING”
and as we were still smashing shit
he says “That car still works”
Thats it
5. This isnt a house, but one time at Monteclaire State University
we met up with Nico at his dorm.
Me and Little Mike
were not havin the dorm life.
we met up with Nico at his dorm.
Me and Little Mike
were not havin the dorm life.
Long story short
we found the supply basement;
a fire extinguisher went threw a TV
and an entire stack of industrial college triple pane windows
got smashed to shit.
we found the supply basement;
a fire extinguisher went threw a TV
and an entire stack of industrial college triple pane windows
got smashed to shit.
6. Me, Chief, Gary, and Tom
were partying at this kids house in South Jersey.
We smash his living room TV
and he thought it would be cool to
jump off the table into the TV.
He basically rock bottomed a giant razor blade.
A filet mignon was hanging out of his arm
and then we bailed.
were partying at this kids house in South Jersey.
We smash his living room TV
and he thought it would be cool to
jump off the table into the TV.
He basically rock bottomed a giant razor blade.
A filet mignon was hanging out of his arm
and then we bailed.
6 of the Wierdest shit my friends asked me to draw
1. Dick Boobs by Erik Stokley
2. A shark surfing lava hanging 10, throwing up boners
with a volcano exploding boners by Dafick
3. A penguin riding a giraffe, jousting a dog on a rhino
or something…By Little Mike
4. One time Little Mike asked me to draw an elephant
on his pubic zone, so his dick would be the trunk.
5. Jay cotrell drinking tea like an englishmen while
fucking Mike Peluso in his asshole on a tee shirt
for Dafick so he can wear it all weekend at Bittercold
6. Dick Boobs again, cause thats the most fucked up
thing I have ever drawn. It should have never been made
2. A shark surfing lava hanging 10, throwing up boners
with a volcano exploding boners by Dafick
3. A penguin riding a giraffe, jousting a dog on a rhino
or something…By Little Mike
4. One time Little Mike asked me to draw an elephant
on his pubic zone, so his dick would be the trunk.
5. Jay cotrell drinking tea like an englishmen while
fucking Mike Peluso in his asshole on a tee shirt
for Dafick so he can wear it all weekend at Bittercold
6. Dick Boobs again, cause thats the most fucked up
thing I have ever drawn. It should have never been made
9 of your Favorite Words
Fuck
Crenshaw is fun to say
Terminator 2
Beaver
Cunt
Retard
Dickhead, I love Dick head
OOOOOOHYEAAAH
RBGD
For the full experience go check it on their site...Austin Interview
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Joe Tookmanian
NJ Family...check out his Tuesday 25 at Skateboarder
They're finally getting the 5boro video together as well...
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