Such a great interview.
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āWell that first video I saw, Hook Upsā Asian Goddess, still has for me the best music in any skate video. Youāve got Lush, Frank Black, Pale Saints, Curveā¦ So many good ā90s indie bands from that time. That introduced me to so much shit.ā
Fuck YES. I bought a bunch of the albums off the back of that video.
Great interview!
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āNot into any rock star that loses touch with society. Billy corgan is much like it. Billy Bragg aa well. Money makes ya distant from your fans but Iāll still enjoy the musicā
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For sure. With music where the person turned into a twat, I think itās easy enough to still like any pre-twat material.
I do remember feeling a bit let down when I realised that Jim Reid an Robert Smith probably actually got loads of girls and had a pretty good time. Kinda felt like those sad songs had been lying to me.
Is it easier to still appreciate a skateboarder when you realise theyāre a dickhead, because thereās nothing actually spoken?
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Thatās serious Make A Wish Foundation level of awesomeness, what a guy.
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Really enjoy Cory Duffel. Heās a real person. I wonder if he thinks that his near career ending interview has been integral to how amazing heās turned out? I believe it could be a huge factor.
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Definitely, I got the impression it still weighs heavily on him.
Would love to see him on DGK, even if itās just a guest board or something.
Great interview @buildafire, he comes across as an interesting character all the time.
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That is a great idea!
Iād forgotten all about his pro shoes and 88 in general, this doesnāt look too bad though:
Canāt imagine a vulc Osiris looking very nice though 
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I can still enjoy the smiths because I just really like Marrās upbeat jangles against morriseyās barely tonal drivel. Itās still unique. But Morrisey has not done anything close to ok since Vauxhall and I so I just imagine this is the point he turned his corner into cuntyness.
I can still listen to Smashing Pumpkins, even the pretentious Machina is a great album but anything after that not including Zwan is utter wank. There are plenty of other examples. I guess it depends on the crime. Luckily iām too old to have ever been into numetal and Lost prophets.
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That isnāt too bad. A modem version of that would be pretty inoffensive. Got a touch of the OG Duffs about it.
I had a few 88s and they were really good standard skate shoes.
The 88 video was good. Free with Sidewalk, as I recall. And in a proper box too.
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Strubing yeah!
Still amazes me how they chose ā88ā above all else, did they not have a clue the associations with it?!?
Different times, innit, even though it wasnāt that long agoā¦ Nobody would really make that associate then, I donāt think. I donāt remember it ever being a thing.
Like Antihero using 18 all the time.
TWS - So why 88? The answer is surprisingly simple, and telling. Dominick explains, āWe (Markovich and Dominick) came up with the name based upon our favourite and most influential year in skateboarding-1988.ā
There was November around that time too. The worst month for skateboarding.
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Which shoe company was the one that sponsored the whole of the Death team for a minute around that time (if they didnāt have a shoe hook up already)?
Vox, maybe?
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Crazy how many independent shoe brands there were in skateboarding up until a out ten years ago - and how many start up ones there were, tooā¦88, Vox, Nadia, Sheep, Aeon, Gravis, Axion, Adio, Vita.
