Jay
Howell
Jay Howell
is watching the Simpsons, and he’s not very happy. The
strange hot winds that have graced our fair city have been wreaking
havoc with his respiratory system, and he hasn’t been able
to get much work done today. Jay is a young Sacramento artist,
whose work is mostly of the painting and illustrating variety.
Since his current studio is a bedroom, and since the window
in his room is broken, the wind has ruined any chance of his
getting any painting or drawing done for a while. >>Read
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Mike
Michalchuk
People come
from all over the southeast. Companies send reps and riders,
so Mike was there with the Burton guys for media purposes (to
sign a million autographs). But even with the glitz and glam
of being brought in just to hang out, sign things and have photos
taken in the middle of nowhere, Mike's low key style fit right
in and he seemed more like a local. Although he didn't get to
ride any snow, he said he really liked the people and the area.
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True
Love
“True-a
rider who personifies his name through his riding. An eloquent
powerful style portrays his sincerity to that which he believes
in. To ride with True guarantees a momentous day, not only for
his vibrations, but to witness the grace that gives poetic justice
to snowboarding.” -Tom Gilles >>Read
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The
Frontine
“Girls
just don’t skate,” she was inspired to change that
stereotype. She and her homie Nikki Cortez went to SC’s
Derby and learned how to turn, grind and pivot. Her heart would
forever love skateboarding. Then in 1991, this duo went to Squaw
Valley and Holly had her first day in the snow; it has been
a love/hate relationship ever since. >>Read
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Built
to Spill
They write
songs in an intuitive, free form manner, “messing around
while they record” as Martsch puts it. It’s an almost
jazz-like philosophy. But as soon as you’ve got that nailed
down, Martsch admits he’s not a jazz enthusiast, and if
you push the jazz angle, people will think of Tortoise, and
Built to Spill definitely doesn’t sound like Tortoise.
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Camp
KilL Yourself
The only
reason I chose to interview this band is because their drummer,
Jess Margera, has a rad lil’ bro named Bam who makes some
of the raddest skate/hijinx videos of the new millenium, and
has chosen to fill his films with his bro’s band, CKY.
The music is badass, sludgy unrelenting rawk cranked to volume
10, a throw back to days by gone, when bands like AC/DC and
White Snake roamed the world fuckin’ groupies, teasin’
hair, and coppin’ drugs--until “Keith Richards”
syndrome tookover and they had to lay low for about a decade
until reunion fever took over, but anyways, I am getting way
ahead of myself. >>Read
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Cypress
Hill
I think in
rap you used to be able to be so much more creative. I think
now it's not as open as it used to be. With rock stuff I am
able to do whatever the fuck I want. Write new things, try new
instruments, really just go out on a limb with it. If you listen
to the early stuff we were always rock influenced. I have always
sampled rock albums. I have always considered ourselves a rock
group in the sense that, whatever we wanted to be as a band,
we compared ourselves to rock bands because we've always strived
for longevity, and I don't think any rap groups we could even
look up to have been around that long. >>Read
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The
Hoods What’s
most impressive about the band is their live shows. From DIY
shows at veteran’s halls to 924 Gilman Street, the band
has trudged along playing virtually every crevice in the U.S.
(all ages, of course). Hoods exude enough energy to fill an
Olympic-size stadium without losing control of the song. Shows
sometimes turn into veritable fist-fights as different cliches
seem to love the band. Jeremy Roberts, ex-drummer of Sacramento’s
favorite ska-punk band, The Lesdystics, keeps the band from
distancing themselves (tempo-wise) and works well with bassist
Mario Maynor amidst the chaos of karate-kicks and thrashing.
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Kaito
I had different effects for a number of years, and then we just
start playing, and the next thing you know it’s happening.
Nothing’s planned. It’s just like a total response
to what someone else is doing in the band. I’ve got about
five or six pedals that I use, just gear I’ve accumulated
over the years. You buy stuff, and you haven’t got a use
for it for ages, and then the next thing you know you’ve
got this amazing sound. I’m influenced by noise. I like
going to raves and parties and just hearing lots of different
noises and just trying to re-create different noises. >>Read
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Mix
Master Mike
From rocking
out with the Beastie Boys to being a co-founding member of the
infamous Invisible Skratch Picklz to working on a new breakbeat
album with Adam Horowitz, and a syndicated radio show called
Full Court Radio with Mike D, to his dope new mix album, Mixmaster
Mike has barely had time to engage in the various rock star
exploits that his success has afforded him. Like....doing his
laundry? >>Read
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Small
Brown Bike
When we were in middle school, we used to work on bikes. We
would take parts from other bikes and put them all together.
We had one that was a little Barbie bike that we painted brown
and named it “poop.” When it came time to name the
band that somehow came out as something we all have in common.
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The music you read about in this mag represents some of what
is still real in the world. While these bands may suck or rock
depending on your taste, they are for the most part quite real.
They pay their dues in the bars and gutters of our fine country;
they play their own songs with their own hands. Our music advertisers
represent what we believe in; the quality of independent musical
creativity. >>Read
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Book
Reviews
I would venture a guess that I'm not alone in having mixed feelings
towards the current state of global affairs. On the one hand,
I'm thankful and grateful that the feelings of depression I
had that followed September 11th and the anthrax scare have
taken a back seat as our rather large corner of the world has
settled back into a blissfully protected ignorance. I didn't
vote for George W. Bush, but in some ways I think he has handled
himself, and by extension, our country, well in the last three
months. I would agree with most that Osama Bin Laden is an extremist
who needs to be stopped, but then I wonder how he became who
he is. >>Read
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Comp.
Reviews
The live album I’ve been listening to the most is Radiohead’s
I Might Be Wrong on Capitol. The 7 songs are mostly taken from
Kid A and Amnesiac. I wouldn’t have thought of Radiohead
as a “live album” band, but this works pretty well.
While not quite as textured as the studio albums, the band plays
around with the arrangements quite a bit and has some fun with
them, while others are stripped down quite a bit, focusing on
the vocals more. >>Read
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The
Dirty The
2002 Miss Reef Calender is out, just in time for the holidays.
“The centerfold shot is very, very nice,” said Jeff
Cutler, marketing director for Reef. Translation: thongs galore,
and not much else.
Bootleg Boards have arrived loaded with plenty of colorful eye
candy. In fact the boards are so pretty, you should go out and
buy two, one to hang on your wall and one to maybe ride occasionally.
And since spreading dirty little rumors is what we do here at
The Dirty, we’re going to tell you to keep a look out for
new Santa Cruz team members.>>Read
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