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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005
Motto: On Lock
>>Good one Ty. I was hoping you’d do that so I could send your ass back down where you belong, for good! Seriously, go to the beach and go snorkeling or something. You’re supposed to be on vacation. Don’t you know what “a get away” means? Wasting your time hacking into The Mez’s window, once again proves that you want to be up here. Well your dream came true; people finally saw your shit while it lasted, up here. Well today is my last day and I just want to let you know that maybe if you get your head straight, we could have a window together someday. I’m sure you’d be down for that since 50 and Game kissed and made up.
>>Anyway, I’ll try and do this right today. The Mez got really pissed at me yesterday and said the column was too edgy. He’s pretty mature like that. Tomorrow this column will be nice and tranquil anyway, since The Mez has a new fish tank.
>> Either Gabe was to worried about filming for the Chomp2
video or Jake’s still a little accident because they failed to mention that Sean Malto nollied into this nosegrind. Sean’s been holdin’ it down for Girl in Kansas City for a while now and I’m sure you’ll start seeing a lot more of him.
Welcome to Tha Tap Sean!
>> I can’t wait to see this movie. I saw the trailer for it when I saw this movie. Did you know that Scott had never even heard of “deep throat”. He’s a sheltered man in his third decade of life.
Song of the Day
Here’s some more “YUK”
Park Clip # 8
Scott and O’Meally realize that Spike “is the most wild thing of all” even without his wolf suit.
QUOTES:
“Tell all of my fans that I’ll be back tomorrow ”
—The Mez worried that he was starting to lose his fan base
over the Hate Fairy beef.
“It’s some sort of skate photographer etiquette, hard to explain”
—Rick explaining to Meg about how he couldn’t skate with O’Meally because he double booked with him and Ben Colen.
“If he’s sitting there all tweaked out..He might be able to”.
—Rob about the Hate Fairy hacking back in to the Awesome Window.
"Tell Carroll I have the new Fisherspooner in my hands,
full cd advance copy all 11 tracks not some studio bootleg. Lets bargin...."
—Ricky Allred, regarding the "Hate Fairy" bragging, once again.
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WEDNESDAY, MAR 9, 2005
>> Leave it to Ty “The Hate Fairy” to try and be like his newly found mentors 50 Cent and Game. This Fairy is trying to start a civil war here on Tha Tap. I think he might be a little envious of my window placement up here where everyone can see me. Man I could go platinum with all the hits I get up here. And I’ve only been here for 3 days. “The Mez” was right; it is lonely at the top of Tha Tap. You’re lucky that I’m even shouting you out right now, which will be the last! You’d be lucky if you can still load your window after today, I’ll sleep on that power move for now. You should be grateful that The Mez even let you have that window down there so close to him. Aw, I’m sorry you’re stuck all the way down there at the bottom of the page where nobody ever scrolls down to see your little attention starved ass! Well maybe today will be your lucky day and someone will check out your little window, finally! But I’m sure it will be the last time they’ll ever check for your shit because no one wants to see a fat anorexic man posing method airs. Why would you ever even start with me and try and call my column “Weak”? Yesterday was the best the "Hate Fairy" column will ever get, finally it wasn't about yourself. For once every sentence didn't start with "I" this and "I" that, and posting photos on some "check me out" shit. I thought we were Cool-de-la, what, were not Cool-da-la? I’m not trying to be the best over here. But it’s starting to smell like jealousy down there. Are you embarrassed that I let everyone know that you are an undercover G-Unit groupie? I didn’t know you wanted to keep that on the low? I thought you were on your Honeymoon or something? ! Turn off your whack ass hip-hop SideKick. Take whatever shots you want but I will not respond simply because it take away from my stretching time, Foooool.
>> So on that note I'm going to add another little feature while I'm here, it's going to be called "Song of the Day" you might like it you might not. Today’s song of the day is dedicated to “Hate Fairy, who is a overnight G-Unit fan. This is "Yukmouth". I think I preferred Ty's music selection when it was that homoerotic/electo stuff.
>> Did you see last night’s episode of The Real Word? Neither did I. I guess we'll have to check back here with Smyth next week. Till then we have “Smyth’s Keepin’ it Real” today with last week’s episode #25. Have you ever noticed that Shavonda looks kind of like Keenan Ivory Wayans? Neither did I until Joey Pepper pointed it out (actually Ben told me, but Joey told him, so Joey gets the credit). Anyway, I hate that little… Oh man, don’t get me started about her. Let’s just say she sucks! You know what though? I bet she doesn’t…
>> The Mez gave me some more of your favorite skaters outgoing messages just to piss Ty off. As if that’s hard. Eric Koston or Jim Greco. Stay tuned he also said he has some emails that were sent to him from some of your favorite photographers talking smack about other photographers that we can post. He said he even might even bless us with some phone numbers.
>> Speaking of e-mails. Meg, just send me that damn e-mail that Sercy sent you so I can give her a Daily Quote. Oh yeah, one more thing Meg, what’s up with that Apple Trick Sequence? Can I post it or what?
QUOTES:
"It’s spelled CIRCE."
—Meg, when asked for a Sercy WallAss quote from a bitter e-mail
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TUESDAY, MAR 8, 2005
>> Should I think it’s weird that my computer monitor does this? The following post was not seen on Tuesday because of technical
difficulties:
>> Today was one of those rare days when I looked in the mirror and didn’t like what I saw. There was a Spider on the wall behind me, hate spiders. What? How could you ever not like the looks of this? Ah man, it’s hard being The Mez. I don’t know how to be arrogant like him or even pretend. I didn’t even skate yesterday, I wish I could multi task. And at the rate I’m going I probably won’t skate today. I’ll let you know how today went, tomorrow.
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MONDAY, MAR 7, 2005
>> What’s up everyone. It’s The Mez still here, sorry to scare you last week when I was thinking about letting Mikey take over the column this week. I’m over that idea simply because he’s not as smart as me, he’s not as funny as me, and he’s nowhere close to being as good looking as me. He can’t even carve a bowl as stylish as I can.
>> Once again I’d like to congratulate Chris Mote for being the winner of the press release (scroll down to the Fri. post to see his) contest. Chris don’t forget to send us a photo of you and the 100 boards when they arrive. Or else we’ll have The Gregulator come to your house personally and take them back! Not only were we psychic about someone quitting Girl but by the looks of this press release I think Moritz Hill was too. It seems he’s very psychic.
>> Speaking of The Gregulator. He had a birthday bash this weekend. And it was off the heatereez. There were skaters, porn stars and hip-hop superstars
>> Bird freaked out last week when he heard about Ty’s two favorite rappers Fidy Cent and Claim, oops I meant Game, aren’t friends anymore
>> Did I ever tell you that I used to be the head n***a in charge over at a really cool skate magazine? Yep
that’s right! And being that I was the top dude over there, I gathered up a lot of top pro’s and some major industry insiders phone numbers. I talked to these dudes all the time. So this week I’m going to be playing you what Mikey would've heard if he was to hack into my sidekick and call Mikey Taylor or Tim O’Connor, because like I said, he’s not as important as me.
>> Nick Diamond has been working very hard lately. Every time I walk by his office always on his computer typing away. He’s been getting to work 2 hours late instead of 3. I‘ve always been curious about what he’s working so hard on. So since it’s Monday I thought I’d show you all of Nick’s hard work. Keep up the good work nick, we’re soooo proud of you.
QUOTES:
"I wonder what Em thinks?"
—Ty worried about the 50 & Game beef
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FRIDAY, MAR 4, 2005
>> We have a winner for the Write a Press Release Contest in the event that a rider should quit Girl. Well wouldn't you know it? Someone quit! We must be psychic! With the bounty being 100 boards there were a cavalcade of entries. Before we get to the winner, here are some runner-ups. Timothy Olson used the divorce analogy, Nate Fierro took the direct approach, ESDecade05 knows that sex sells here at the plant, and Huphtur states the obvious. But it was Chris Mote (PDF) who took the top honors. Chris be on the look out for a pallet with 100 boards on it on your doorstep in the next week or so.
>> Be it his new facial hair or his new tats, Biebel likes to keep us in the loop. Crank it, the audio is a little jacked.
>> The other Hulk. Even when imitating a super hero, Larson still can't take off his flannel.
>> Park Clip #7. Scooch gets first ups on the Hubba.
>> Skating has gotten too easy for Eric so he's moving on to other things.
>> Ringer, all the rap talk is Smyth's fault. I've caught second hand hip-hop from him. Keepin' It Real, episode 24. Tight. Tight.
>> Looks like the warehouse is dominating the ping-pong table. They don't call him River Joe for nothing. If you have a piece of geography in your name you're guaranteed to excel at all leisure time activities.
>> Our boy Travis Graves will be performing with his band Mt. Egypt next Friday at Tangier, in LA. Come see a guy who pissed his pants and jumped in a lake for a new board at an early '90s skate camp. Sorry Travis.
>> Help out Phil Shao's mother, who has recently fallen on hard times, and bid on some of Phil's classic boards. Phil was one of the greats. Do what you can.
QUOTES:
"I was an artist before I was tough."
—Larson
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THURSDAY, MAR 3, 2005
>> Lee's a little miffed about his ban on the Tap and the Featured Email. His rebuttal. You gotta turn it up loud.
>> Raymond's Fun with Skate Photos #2. Round Four.
>> Park Clip #6. Ty takes himself out.
>> It was our hard partying receptionist, Jaime's birthday yesterday. Here's her present. Really it was present for us all.
Mini Top 5
Smyth's Top 5 panty droppin' tracks
1. "Pony" Ginuwine
2. "Freek'n You" Jodeci ft: Ghostface and Raekwon
3. "Don't Leave Me" Blackstreet
4. "Feenin" Jodeci
5. "All Night Long" Mary J Blige
>> To continue in the theme of sexiness, we bestow upon you another pic of a Tap favorite at Hef's mansion. A nice flat tummy, gorgeous eyes, and a sparkling smile. Pam's looking pretty good too.
>> If you think today's post is sexy wait until next week when Mikey will be taking over the Randoms for a few days. CarrollTap.
>> We love bored kids with video cameras. They call him Dancing Ames. And he could give Napoleon a run for his money. Dances better than Greg and Bird that's for sure.
>> Spike, Reda thinks you need a beatin'. He thinks you're ability to push people's buttons and get people riled up is because you never caught a beatin'. That's what Reda thinks.
>> Instead of pointing out in the headline that he's a skater how about bringing attention to the fact that he's a 13-year-old car jacker.
>> I don't post the Daily Photos. Stop asking me about them.
QUOTES:
"He looked like Nick."
—Brian about the male stripper
"Damn, there's a lot of dudes in here."
—Male stripper
"That's it!? $130.00 for all that humiliation?"
—Nick Tershay, on said stripper
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WEDNESDAY, MAR 2, 2005
>> The new Fourstar Koston jean is a certified hit. You know how I know? Because Sam, Carroll, and Nick were in their boxers trying on the same pair in Nick's office yesterday. That's the litmus test for anything; get three grown men, in their boxers, in a business setting, talking about your product.
>> Park Clip #5. Ty takes out Josh Friedberg.
>> Get a Floating Head tee at the Crailshop put it on, go to breakfast at an eatery in the festive West Hollywood area, and get laughed at by a spracked out girl who looks like she's been up for three days. That was just one man's experience with it. Wouldn't you like to have your own?
>> Clearly Larson has the coolest shades in the building. Guess who's from San Diego.
>> Mike and Rickk have always been on the cutting edge of modern street skating.
MINI TOP 5
Daniel Castillo's Top 5 skaters who can rap:
1. Kareem
2. Gentry
3. Henry Sanchez
4. Brandon Turner
5. Mike York
QUOTES:
"You're not Canadian?"
—Rudy to Megan
"Who is that guy? Does he work here!"
—Melanie, Fourstar production artist, about a shirtless Ty Evans
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TUESDAY, MAR 1, 2005
>> If Sean Cliver was lucky enough get a career in skateboarding by entering a drawing contest then he's lucky enough to get a World Famous Top 5... tomorrow.
>> Raymond's Fun with Skate Photos #2. What do you get when you cross Dae with the Ridge?
We need more photos Raymond!
>> Much to the relief of my email inbox, The Press Release Contest is over. We'll announce a winner soon. Don't send anymore!
>> Park Clip #4. MJ.
>> We asked Wade for a Birthday present and this is what he sent. It's pretty Wade.
>> As a reminder Dan Wolfe has taken the time to re-release Eastern Exposure 3 on DVD. Dan, when I told Ty you sold your video camera a couple of years back he looked pretty bummed.
>> We momentarily lift the Lee Smith ban on the tap, but only so he can win 1,000 Euros. If you want to put $1,000 of Monopoly money in his pocket then vote for him here.
>> Charles Wray emailed us to let us know that the kid trying the casper flip to front board is Luke Anderson, from Spokane. He rides for the Mutt's Legacy. You gots to make that, Luke, for the Legacy vid.
>> Thank you Joey Smith for today's motto. Unfortunately it's not worth 100 boards.
QUOTES:
"Chany's a pro skater?"
—Charlene
"Krokus rips."
—Diamond Nick
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MONDAY, FEB 28, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes. We've kind of run our course with this one, but a banger like this gives it some new life. Bobby Cunningham catches a quintessential Carroll moment. Bobby how in the hell did you get in the Playboy mansion?!
>> Once in awhile, buried among the 139 emails you get each morning because you're having a contest where you can win 100 boards, you get this diamond in the rough:
Hello there,
Here's a short movie of Gonz at Bedminster skatepark in Bristol last summer from the Krooked tour of England, just thought you guys might be amused by it, feel free to put it on your site if you like.
Take it easy
Mike
>> If you try a casper flip to frontboard on a rail we through you up. We have no idea who this kid is but he's sick.
>> Park Clip #4. Daniel's braids, featured on the wedge ledge.
>> Hacked from Paris' Sidekick.
QUOTES:
"After tonight I'm on ice."
—Bird on his party schedule
"I'd rather look at myself naked in the Terry Richardson book, than be standing next to Sal Masekela on TV."
—Dill
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FRIDAY, FEB 25, 2005
>> Contest Reminder! We're looking for you guys to send us a press release in the event that someone should quit Girl. Read Wednesday's post for details. Don't make me explain it again. Deadline's Monday. Does a 100 boards do anything for you?
>> Check the "Nice Little Wednesday" in downtown LA rush hour in the Featured Feature section. It's a little Carroll heavy, but you know how we do.
>> Raymond's Fun with Skate Photos #1.
>> Park Clip #3. The TM gets busy!
>> More life lessons with Smyth. Keepin' It Real episode #23.
>> Tony Ferguson joins Biebel, Scott, and Rickk, as the latest to get a small Paris Hilton'esque dog. This item is really more of The Ringer's territory.
QUOTES:
"All I've been eating for dinner is bean's and beer."
—Jeremy C.
"I'm taking the day off."
—Rickk
"They're gonna mess up the whole stee of the stee."
—Buscemi
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THURSDAY, FEB 24, 2005
>> Much to popular disbelief, Dimitry turned 30 yesterday. As surprised as you are that he's not hovering around 37, Dimitry was equally surprised, as it was a surprise party. Tony Hawk showed up! And, surprise, surprise, we got photos.
>> Crailtap Birthday Present #4. Old Skateboarder Bro'dy, Evan Rose sent in this Gem.
>> Ben "Lighting Bolt!" Colen has made some modifications to his stick shift on his Honda Civic. That's hot. Thanks Templeton.
>> New Park Clip #2.
>> And Rudy going down.
QUOTES:
"You can give me a gangster pose."
—Mueller directing Nick in a photo shoot
"Seen you going down on that sandwich!"
—Phelps to Smyth
"I ate a pig's eyeball."
—The Butcher
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 23, 2005
>> NEW CONTEST! Here's the challenge. We need you to write a press release that we can use in the event that someone should quit Girl. Leave the rider's name blank so we can fill it in if the opportunity should ever present itself. The winner will get a 100 boards and their press release will be sent to all the major media outlets — if the opportunity should ever present itself. Make 'em clever, then email them to me.
>> Crailtap Birthday Present #3. Chad and Howie from Satellite 13 sent us this.
>> Send us a birthday present. Wade C. where you at?
>> The no footage rule on the new park lasted all of two days. The other night I tried to warn Ty about the dangers of UV rays on his skin and he just wasn't having it.
>> The originator of gonzo style journalism may no longer be with us, but Crail's own gonzo journalist is doing a-ok. As long as he's got his TiVo and Friday nights, the fiercest of the weekend warriors should be around for a long time.
QUOTE:
"Are there any hot exotic broads in there?"
—Rickk on the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition
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TUESDAY, FEB 22, 2005
>> Crailtap Birthday Present #2. Brandon Lindquist sent us this for our fourth birthday. Kudos to Brandon for putting Rickk as the tallest, Mike with the most chest wig, and Sherm doing the most hugging. But from one Brandon to another you should have known that Biebel is way buffer than that!
>> Send us your presents.
>> You only have two days and 14 hours left! And you may be bidding against Carroll in the end. He's "vintage" and "rare."
>> Cian, you're getting a box of shit from Meg's office. Ask Bob, you'll be stoked on it.
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MONDAY, FEB 21, 2005
>> When we asked for birthday presents last week this is exactly what we had in mind. Layne Rieger (4.1meg wmv file) lays some power chords and pours his heart out for our four-year anniversary. Send us your presents.
>> Remember Biebel likes to chill.
and kick it. Looks like he grew a donut that would make Greg Carroll proud.
>> Nick Diamond's Audi was looking a little filthy so Smyth hooked him up with a rim job.
>> Color Magazine's Cian Browne answers our call quite nicely and got a photo of Bob K at the Anti Social art show for Toby Marie Bannister. Way to go Cian! For your efforts you'll be receiving a prize. I was gonna type out what it is but I just have no idea what to send you. Be patient. Bob you look good in stilettos. Taller I think.
>> Bob send us a present for our/your fourth anniversary.
>> Find Muska from Paris Hilton's hacked Sidekick
>> Hunter S. RIP. Larson will surely miss you.
QUOTES:
"How about Monday at lunch?"
—Rickk to Staci G. concerning when she should set off her arsenal of fireworks
"I ate a bunch of ice cream and then just started sweating!"
—The Gav
"Oh, yeah you work for a Canadian firm."
—Burnett on why we're working on Presidents Day
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FRIDAY, FEB 18, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes. One of those little bastards from Boston tries to get fresh with Eldridge.
>> You wanna ask Koston? Well then go ahead and ask him!
>> Stolen Interview Questions #2. As James Lipton, from "Inside the Actor's Studio," would say: "We end today's Crailtap, as we always do, with the questionnaire used brilliantly by my hero, Bernard Pivot." And here are Rickk's answers...
1. What is your favorite word?
Coffee
2. What is your least favorite word?
Searcy (Spelling?)
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Vanilla Latte
4. What turns you off?
Dynamite Pills
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Sharted
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Dutch oven's
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
"Park 00."
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Team Pain
9. What profession would you not like to do?
The guy that was changing the pipes downstairs at Girl while I went #2 and flushed from upstairs.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"51s, or 52s?"
QUOTE:
"I'm playing basketball later, so I can eat carbs today."
—The Gav
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THURSDAY, FEB 17, 2005
>> As we mentioned earlier this week, February marks The Taps fourth year in business. That's a whole high school career to you and me, unless you're on the five-year plan headed for the thirteenth grade. We still need your presents, not just old shit lying around your apartment or video projects you already did for art class. Make something special be it a video, painting, photo, song, story, etc, and send to us.
>> Me and One of the Dudes.This lucky son of a bitch got to chill with Jereme in Spain last summer.
>> If keepin' it real means watching four hours of TiVo every night and getting to bed by 9:30pm, then I guess Smyth is Keepin' It Real.
>> Crail Store has been updated. I can tell by the motion graphics to the right.
>> Another winner on éS re-edit PJ's video part.
>> Someone got down for life with a Mel Bend original.
QUOTE:
"He has a tendency to talk to me like I'm a retard."
—Eric Anthony talking about Abeyta
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 16, 2005
>> Smyth's wild week in Melbourne.
>> Cranker's Anti Social will be hosting an art show for photographer Toby Marie Bannister. Anyone who shoots a photo of Bob K. at the show and sends it to us gets a prize.
>> If you didn't know by now, Rickk's quite the all around athlete. He eyed this hubba in the summer on his skateboard. But sometimes you gotta get versatile. When it's not possible on your skate sometimes you just gotta hit it up in the winter on your shred sled. Way to go Rickk.
>> Sean Cliver will be getting a Top 5 soon, well as soon as he figures out how to work a digital camera.
QUOTES:
"I was feelin' that Oi! Oi! Oi! shit."
—Biebel on the AC/DC cover band
"I finished it off with a textbook 180."
—The Gav on his last skate photo in a magazine
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TUESDAY, FEB 15, 2005
>> Today is in fact Sean Cliver and Eric Anthony's birthday, proving that February is a big month for birthdays around here. You got Cheecks, Dimitry, Scooch, and even Chris Farley. But above all, this month marks the four-year anniversary for Crail Tap. And like a bratty little four-year-old Crail Tap needs some presents. We are calling on all creative types to send us photos, videos (keep 'em short), songs, painting, poems, power point presentations (gotta be Mac friendly), etcetera, etcetera. Send all offerings here and we'll post the best ones.
>> Since Reda ripped the park so hard (3.1meg) and kind of shut it down a couple of weeks ago, we had a meeting with the team and decided to just tear it down (3.1meg) and move on with our lives.
>> In the slightly strange department.
QUOTE:
"t was chill, I was going like 90."
—Rudy on driving back from S.F.
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MONDAY, FEB 14, 2005
>> Today's Valentines Day, the day that if you're in a relationship you're coming out of pocket at least $150 just to say "I love you" or if you're not in a relationship you sit on your couch all night eating Mint Chip Ice Cream with a spatula, watching "Beaches" or "Dirty Dancing" and not just the regular "Dirty Dancing" but "Dirty Dancing Two: Havana Nights". But more importantly it's Chico's Birthday. No wonder he's always been so lucky with the ladies. Don't worry Cheeks I wont' say how old you are.
Mini Top 5
Top 5 Fashion Trends That Smyth Has Supported But I Just Can't Understand
1. Iceberg Sweaters with cartoon characters, like Tweaty Bird or Bart Simpson, embroidered real big on the front
2. Gucci Fedora, because of this hat Carroll got punched in the mouth
3. Suit and Tie to informal nightclubs
4. Stolen Nike with the security buzzer still attached to the tongue
5. $600 Hermes sneakers, worn less than a dozen times
>> I saw Mike Smith at the Bright Eyes show this weekend, so I wasn't the oldest guy there thank God.
>> Today we had a pizza jam and a Valentine poetry reading contest where the winner won $300.
>> Can you tell Smyth's back from Australia?
QUOTES:
"Met that dude Steve Rocco last night."
—Biebel
"Partied with some guy named Dave Duncan last night."
—Biebel
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FRIDAY, FEB 11, 2005
>> Carroll says he's not going to be that guy (quicktime 2.8meg) anymore.
>> Still the best pants photo ever.
>> Rick was pretty stoked on my Year In Pictures movie so he bit my shit and made a movie (quicktime 8.1meg) out of his Australia photos. But I really bit mine from Jenkins' Australia photo slide show that he had. It's just a circle of biting around here.
>> This (quicktime 4.5meg) is what would happen if Gino worked in an office while simultaneously trying to quit his worst habit.
QUOTES:
"My board got stolen."
—Lotti
"A pool board is like swinging a bat with weights."
—Lotti
"I've been on blast before."
—Rickk
"Most gay guys are one beer away from total flambouyancy."
—Eric Anthony
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THURSDAY, FEB 10, 2005
>> Almost a year ago we got Dave Chappelle some Top 5 questions. Yes, the real Dave Chappelle. That's how we do. Well got only half of them back so we sat on it until now. It's not a full Top 5 and it's not a Mini 5, so we'll call it a Medium Top 5. It's Chappelle, so we gave the brother some leeway.
>> Biebel and Jereme sandwich?
>> Check out Bird's boy Lucas on the Cliché site switch frontside flipping a pole with some musically accompaniment.
>> >> When Rudy called the dentist yesterday he asked the receptionist if the buff black guy who plays the guitar in their commercial was going to be there because he wanted him to pull his tooth. Rudy thought he'd be able to pull it out easier and faster than some other regular sized dentist who doesn't play the guitar. It kind of made sense when he explained it to us. It doesn't now. It's a children's dentist too by the way.
Stolen Interview #1
The Gav answers the questions from the Playboy Playmate Data Sheet, AKA the centerfold:
Name: The Gav
Bust: Waxed A cup in the summer and a solid hairy B cup in the winter.
Waist: ?ed.
Hips: Be moving to J-Lo's new single but you definitely need a stretch. I pulled a hammy on that Usher single.
Height: Asian
Weight: Fluctuating between 175 and 160.
Birth Date: 8/29/74
Birthplace: Boise, Id
Ambitions: Teeing it up on Friday
Turn-ons: I'm a Virgo and I love long walks on the beach following an extensive foot rub by an Italian.
Turn-offs: Well drinks at the club and anyone who's not dancing
Ads I've Been In: Not a lot of ads but a lot of editorial, Italian Vogue, Guns and Ammo
My Wheels: Be spinning at the stop light beeeatch.
Why I Love Tennessee: Because it's at least on the East Coast yo.
My Five Favorite Music Artists: Phish, Grateful Dead, Conor Oberst, Rudy Johnson, and J-lo.
QUOTES:
"I gotta go back to work."
—Nick Diamond
"I'm gonna grow out my hair until I look like the guy from Quiet Riot."
—Rudy
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 9, 2005
>> Between Jereme, Biebel, and P-Rod the state of Virginia stands to make a $150. It's good to know that the 'ol U.S. of A. is marching forward into the twenty first century. Can we get some legislation to get Ty to put a shirt on while we're at it?
>> Rick Raymond is on to us about using Google. But Raymond might want to start taking some of his own advice about being "motivated," and update his column a little more often.
QUOTE:
"Have you noticed that the Puerto Rican gay guy from The Real World looks exactly like a smooth skinned Giovanni Reda?"
—Jaime Owens
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TUESDAY, FEB 8, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes.
Another guy slips through with a technicality. Tad you should have just lied and said it was Rickk. No one would have been able to tell the difference.
>> Smyth comes thru with the common cure for excessive Skate Tongue. A disease, though much more prevalent in the mid to late '90s, still inflicts one out of every five skaters.
1. "Feeling a little fat and bloated? You might have skate tongue. Don't fret. With a short invasive surgery you can rid that cancer for good."
2. "Scalpel!"
3. "Make a small incision from throat to tip."
4. "Open up, and the tumor is revealed. Not for the faint of heart."
5. "Booyow! Thankfully it was benign. If scaring occurs, slap a sticker on it."
>> Aside from shooting Carroll for Skateboarder, Ben's found time in his busy schedule to play some live action D&D. He's the one throwing "Lighting bolts! Lighting bolts!"
>> So far Rickk's winning for tannest guy to return from Australia. But only by default since Ty, who, surprise, surprise, didn't wear a shirt the entire time, hasn't come home yet.
QUOTE:
"I'll entertain you guys and I'll be on the other side of the world."
—Biebel
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MONDAY, FEB 7, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes.
Chi-Town's Stevie Dread's stoned face little son, Trevor, doesn't loose his cool around the dudes one bit. If this is the Stevie Dread that I'm thinking it is, from the Alva Posse photo, then this Me and One of the Dudes is working on multiple levels of Dudeness. Because anyone in the Alva Posse photo is instantly certified One of the Dudes. Dude.
>> The Many Faces of Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Would it surprise you that Rick Howard was once awarded Best All Around Athlete? Would it surprise you that Mike is sadistic enough to drive around and bust people for petty crimes? No and no.
>> Congratulations to Kenny Anderson and his lovely wife Kristin who had a baby girl this past Sunday. Which also means Kenny made a baby faster than it took him to send us his Top 5 answers. Let's get our priorities straight, Kenny. And the one unfortunate aspect to this beautiful event is that their daughter shares a birthday with Reda.
>> Even though he's flying to Australia tonight Smyth Keeps It Real with episode 21.
>> Uh oh, Staba just walked in my office. And Bird.
QUOTES:
"I met Biebel today."
—Guy
"Yukmouth is soooo wack!"
—Biebel
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FRIDAY, FEB 4, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes.
Rob Sissi, an industry insider who would normally be ineligible to participate in this type of fanfare, slips under the radar and rides in on the coattails of one Dave Chappelle. And if you didn't know, Chappelle is undeniably one of the dudes. If you only knew how close Chappelle came to having a World Famous Top 5. Maybe we'll show you next week.
>> The Many Faces of Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. This is the Hobby Edition. Two guys that work hard gotta play hard. Rick likes to blow off some steam by picking up his axe and lay every scale and blues riff to waste. While Carroll likes to go outdoors and get primal with his homemade longbow.
>> Chris Roberts, from Malibu, is on ValSurf. A dude from the 'Bu repping the Valley?! That's like if Hook the leader of the Daggers went over the hill to Corey Webster's hood and tried to win the LA Massacre. Could you imagine? Man "Thrashin'" would have been a whole different movie. But Roberts and ValSurf are just cool like that.
QUOTES:
"I would perform horribly."
—Burnett on if he went to prison
"Goats are like Satan's little dogs."
—Jeremy Carnahan
"Snoop's pretty cool, I'd chill with Snoop."
—Jeremy Carnahan
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THURSDAY, FEB 3, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes.
Jarrod Wood's buddy Andy from Houston gets locks arms with York while York points out Alex's funny earring.
>> Tell your mom the Crail Store has been updated.
>> A road weary Scott and Mike in Australia.
>> Today we introduce yet another new feature to the Tap, in honor of the President and Vice President of our company. We give you The Many Faces of Rick Howard and Mike Carroll. Two renaissance men in a postmodern world. First let's start with Rickk who found the time in his busy schedule, as a pro skater and company man, to link the Great Pyramids with hyper-dimensional geometry. And who knew the equally busy Mike had a PhD and a Postdoctoral, or even a "Personal record" for that matter.
>> Smyth delves deeper into the sexual exploits of the Real World cast with Keepin' It Real episode number 20. One time Smyth said if he every won the Lottery he'd find a way to penetrate the supper secret, supper upscale, swinging sex world of the rich and famous. Some of that "Eyes Wide Shut" type of shit.
>> If you ever need a Swatch Watch or R.L. Osborn's autograph? , the Ringer can hook you up.
>> Speaking of BMX did you know that Mushroom Grips were birthed on Kashiwa Street, where the old Girl building was?
QUOTES:
"Gnomes were, like, the small Vikings."
—Jeremy Carnahan
"Isn't it sick? I'm still contributing to skating."
—Rudy on Rowley skating one of his spots
"The guy from Duran Duran was 32 when they got their first hit."
—Rudy on why he's still young enough to be front man in a band
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WEDNESDAY, FEB 2, 2005
>> Me and One of the Dudes. Brent Donnell and company gamble with mal nutrition, sleep depravation, animal cruelty and the possibility of being grounded for life, just to get this shot of Biebel and Mikey Taylor.
Send us your shots of Me and One of the Dudes.
>> Here are a couple of fun facts we gathered about Mike Taylor while skating with him this past weekend. He and his brother, Matty, drive around in a 2000 Cavalier and they leave the keys in the ignition in the hopes that someone will steal it. It hasn’t happened yet. Mikey and Matty also end all of their friends’ names with a“y” as well, in kind of a forced way, like they have a friend named Blakey.
>> I would write more but Reda, who’s surely already on his third cup, is on his way to pick me up. It’s 10am.
QUOTE:
"I got my own entity dude. I'm the Nick Dump."
—Nick Diamond on whether he's part of the Art Dump or not
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