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DÄLEK Musical visionaries, audio terrorists, independent artists, iron testicles. Hip Hop will never be the same again. JAMES BROCKMAN "I don't know whatcha heard about me, but you can't get a syllable outta me." Nope, Brockman doesn't like to talk. But this man can skate, whoah. FUNERAL DINER A photo documentary of last year's Euro tour. Plus two hilarious stories. NATE NEWTON Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom. Nate Newton is a good guy, and he rocks like fucking Godzilla. MIKE HARTSFIELD You can take Mike Hartsfield out of hardcore, but you can't take hardcore out of him. A18, Outspoken, New Age Records - this man is a living legend. SAUL WILLIAMS This man isn't your average MC. Education instead of wordplay, political consciousness instead of being a pimp. SOLID GROUND Solid Ground is a hardcore band. Nothing more, nothing less. You know, the good kind. Dudes jumping around and playing their hearts out. UNITEDSKATEBOARDARTISTS The best t-shirt makers you've never heard of. Anti-corporations, pro-skateboarding, pro-equality. A story of inspiration! SAN FRANCISCO Sorry, no bridges or cable cars, just drunken skateboarders. A photographic travel guide by Richard Hart. Plus: a feature on "Rollin' Through The Decades", another one on M185, skateboarding with Alex Brandao, Magnus Maarbjerg, and Oyvind Nissen, approximately a gazillion record reviews, and more style than a Mexican's got family members. New size, new paper, new everything. THE RETURN OF STEREO Jason Lee and Chris Pastras are this issue's cover boys. They might be two old dudes, but they aren't trying to win the X-Games anyway - a.k.a. an in depth look at the return of one of skateboarding's least boring companies. CURSED Chris Colohan hates everything and everyone, gets his sperm killed, and still writes books about other people's girlfriends. OFF MINOR "I would like us to go down as a band that stuck to it to the bitter end: DIY or die." HANIN ELIAS An inspiring artist and powerful woman. Hanin Elias discusses her upbringings, running her own record label, and her past in Atari Teenage Riot. AL BURIAN Milemarker, Challenger, Burn Collector. A conversation with punk's renaissance man about the fucked up state of the music industry, and the power of the individual to work towards change. GLW/BRDX Glow In Bordeaux. A photo report. RED BULL HIGHWAY INVASION Skateboarding on the highway? Damn right. PER-OSKAR LEU This dude plays in old school straight edge hardcore bands and creates some pretty fucking amazing pieces of art. Plus: a pretty rad exhibition called Skateboardfieber, check outs with Christoph Spieß and Vincenz Golly, too many record and skate video reviews, and one or two things you might not have expected. TOM KNOX "The pros these days are cookie cutter type pros that are all the same." - Tom Knox isn't. Old school to the bone. FROM MONUMENT TO MASSES Radical politics from an instrumental band?! Fuck yeah. The revolution will not be vocalized. GUY PICCIOTTO Rites Of Spring, Fugazi, free jazz improvisation, and Destiny's Child mixes. LA FILLE D'O A DIY lingerie brand from Belgium that covers the ladies' asses and has hardcore bands play at fashion shows. Hot. PETER BESTE A photographic documentary of Norwegian Black Metal. MISS KITTIN DJ culture, punk spirit, pop songs, and an overdose of sex. UNLEASHED IN THE EAST The Decay Skateboards team hits the road and travels through the Czech Republic and all hell breaks loose. STOKED The rise and fall of Mark "Gator" Rogowski, 80s skateboard superstar and convicted murderer. YAGE The final interview! THE SADDEST LANDSCAPE The last of the true emo bands, and not afraid to admit it. STEVE EBNER What makes a great skateboarder? Style, devotion, and guts. Steve has it all, and so much more. THE BRIEFS Lance Romance talks about John Ashcroft's favourite songs. And why you gotta include the Ramones in everything you do in your every day life, even if you're Satan. Plus: Wordless Exhibition in Zürich, drinking and touring with Against Me!, a gazillion reviews of all kinds of stuff, even more eye-popping skate and music photos, and approximately 7.475.789 words. ATMOSPHERE MC Slug of underground hip hop über-group Atmosphere tells everything about running a record label and how figures from songs can become larger than life with a lot of words. JAWBREAKER Former Jawbreaker drummer Adam Pfahler discusses the end of Jawbreaker and the re-issue of the legendary "Dear You" album. VAN JOHNSON An equally in depth and hilarious interview with Dave Secretary, drummer for one of the last great hardcore bands on earth. MARKUS SCHWARZ One of Austria's most impressing skateboarders talks about style, soul and sponsorships. TODD BRATRUD The art director for Consolidated Skateboards and all around good guy doesn't like Count Dooku. JEFF CAUDILL "I guess I can take pride in knowing that we did it all for the right reasons and that the kids who were into our band were moved by our music, not because it was the cool thing to do." HEY MERCEDES Bob Nanna talks about his past in Braid, the future of Hey Mercedes and the current state of music in general. UTOPIA BANISHED? When readers stop being escapist and start being political, science fiction literature opens a door to another reality: a reality that might be their own. PROJECT: WAITING Ten international graphic designers and artists and their interpretation of "waiting". Plus: features on up and coming European skateboarders like Penna Salisma, Toni Kujala and Alexander Gugitscher, uncountable reviews of records and all kinds of products from the world of skateboarding and art (yes, books! yes, DVDs!), a gallery of mouth-watering skate and music photos, lots of words from people you might or might not know and a surprise or two. |
  
  
  
  
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