 Girl's Gone Mild CURRENT ENTRY Friday, July 1, 2005 Our own Larson points out the similarities between our own Eric Anthony and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Today we had a BBQ on the lawn to warm it up for the 4th. It must officially be summer because the pitter-patter of flip-flops have been filling the halls here. And the source of this raucous has been male feet! First it was Larson who struck out as a fashion leader in the footwear department, then it spread to Jeremy, and dare I say Rickk? Could Nick Diamond be next with a pair of "rare" flip-flops with a high eBay value? To our large Canadian caucus, Antisocial will be hosting a photo show tonight. QUOTE: “Stop talking, I'm trying to rip.” —Alex Klein “Homeless Mike is on my flow team. He's got Vonzippers, a Nixon watch and tons of my old socks. He's siked.” —Hime “I'm down to throw a poker game tonight.” —group email from Schnurr “We know you are, Matt.” —Gavin's email reply “If you concentrate real hard it almost taste like beer.” —Smyth drinking a Catcus Cooler at the BBQ Thursday, June 30, 2005 Steven Theisen shows muff respek after someone tried to play Greg C. out as a member of the Backstreet Boys. The Daly City Massive. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. MINI TOP 5 Top 5 ways that Carroll and Smyth have changed since leaving San Francisco, according to Alex Klein: 1. Traded in their Nickatina CDs for the new Black Eyed Peas album 2. New Era SF hats out, $80 faux-hawk cuts in 3. Matching tans and Pec implants 4. No self-respecting gangsta in the ‘Sco would ever step to Pilates 5. Sam turned white With phrases like, “Liquored-up in the hot tub” “Girl on girl tongue wrestling match” and “Long-back hoe” it could only mean one thing, Smyth is back with a new season of Keepin’ It Real. QUOTE: “What’s a holla back girl?” —Charlene Wednesday, June 29, 2005 One nollies police barriers the other shoots arrows, but Pete from England thinks they're damn near twins. Paul Sharpe and Orlando Bloom. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. TONE! SCOOCH! LULU'S! Park Clip of the Day. Alex Klein attacks the Hubba with a snap off the proboscis to 50-50, while his little brother Ned watches Indian style. Ty saw this homeless guy named Mike increasing our brand awareness at the La Brea Petco. So the Ringer and the Crail Shop are trying to bring the pain with their own Daily Mottos. Stop biting my shit! I challenge both columns to come up with the best Wu-Tang lyric-inspired Motto for tomorrow's post. Ringer no asking Rickk for ideas. There's a new season of Real World on. Smyth where ya at? Seeing that it only took him two months to write an 800 word Thrasher article, it might take him a couple of episodes to bring it up to speed. Besides he's too busy playing sports agent. QUOTE: “You get depth. You don't look as fat.” —Schnurr on being tan “I was going to PetCo to get crickets for the little ones.” —Ty Tuesday, June 28, 2005 I think we know which new music artist will be getting sponsored by DVS. Paul Wall your long lost twin, The Gav, will be asking for your shoe size shortly. Bird's ex-wingman at the nightclubs, Tony Turbo sent that one in. I say "ex" because ever since Tony got in The Muska's face he's been banned at the door. Good to see that you've been using your freed up time wisely Turbo. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. By now you've seen documentation of everything Carroll, from back Smithing Hubba to buying tiles for his patio. Well, now you can add Crown Lengthening Surgery to that list. Rest well tonight children. McCrank has beat out the likes of Atiba, Morford, Kanights, Gaberman, and Dawes for getting his name first on the "Featured Artist" list for the Landslide Photo Show flyer. Good job Crankers. Our boy, and yours, Travis Graves will be touring this summer with his band Mt. Egypt along with openers Simon Dawes, of What Tour? end credits song fame, (as well as being one of Smyth's fav songs), and Mikey P.'s little brother, Nicky P. Print out the flyers and post them around town. Uncle Lee, if you wanted some info on Bright Eyes you should have called Dill. He knows way more about him. He even knows him. QUOTE: “Sam, in the skatepark, not out front.” —Rickk on the graffiti that appeared on our wall overnight “Why don't you take it up eight or nine inches?” —Reda to Kenny about his hair “I might have to enter that one.” —Schnurr about the Hubba Free Contest Monday, June 27, 2005 Rob Davies from the UK thinks that "it's just the moustache" that makes Greg C. and Dude from the Backstreet Boyz look alike. Well, Rob Davies I guess you've never Greg C. on the dance floor. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. France's Clark Magazine pays the boys from the Art Dumb the highest respects by putting them on the cover. A little lost in tranny there. Your new favorite skater. Proof that track housing isn't the safe haven for kids that it was cracked up to be. I've already accepted that kids a third my age can skate better than me, but do they have to be female and drum better than me too? The Boys are back from the U.S.S.R. I know that they don't call it the U.S.S.R. anymore, but we don't call them "the boys" anymore either. QUOTE: “That was the definition of a fart right there. The real deal.” —Jeremy, the Desert Twin Friday, June 24, 2005 More than a couple of people felt that the Cheeks looks like this guy. But it was Adam Ianniello who sent this one in. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. We've already seen him go into the drink. Now Arthur Gonzarelli comes with the make and stays dry. Thanks gooDs. If you guessed that Wednesday's quotes were from McCrank and Kenny Anderson you're wrong. But if you guessed The Gav and Matt Schnurr you're right. Girl's What Tour? promo is now available in our Featured Feature section. It's from a trip to Australia that the dudes went on last fall. That's last Spring if you're Australian. We've been putting a full court press on Smyth to do weekly updates on The Cut, starring Felix Arguelles, but he still won't budge. Felix, I had everything bet on you to become the Cuban Puck, but outside of getting choked up a couple of times you haven't really brought the pain like we thought you would. Come on, be a dick already! But your girl Princess has taken up the slack. I don't' even think The Lix would do an impromptu poetry slam about vaginas at a party in the Hamptons. Let's just hope she makes it to the end. Dowling, give me a call. QUOTE: “That dude is the worst wigger ever. He's giving us a bad name.” —Smyth on Kevin Federline “I miss one day and I'm swamped.” —Rudy “Sign me up for penis.” —Eric Anthony “Hmm, a Hollywood comparison? That's generous. I'll take it! Usually I get this guy.” —Alex Klein on Wednesday's Dude Looks Like a Dude Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Alex Klein wishes his college years were as cool as "Animal House's" Peter Riegert. Thanks Dirk. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Russia Clip of the Day. No matter where you are there's a little bastard going for broke. In an attempt to get Nick Diamond off our back we're letting him post this contest. We're gonna let you in Chocolate's travel plans for the summer. If you had the cover of Creativity Magazine wouldn't you email it to someone and half jokingly and half seriously mention that it should be posted on The Tap? Wouldn't you? Spike would. Here's a game. Read the quotes below and guess which two people I had lunch with: QUOTE: “I'd blow a shit ball on the table.” “Did he tell you about that buttercup.” “She wouldn't let me in the party because I pressed ham on her face.” Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Some guy named Rich sent us some paparazzi photos of the hottest couple in Hollywood. Looking at where her hand is placed, this might have been the night he got her prego. Russia Clip of the Day. It took decades of Cold War, glasnost, and finally the collapse of the Communist regime, so Mike could travel to Russia and catch this blader going "Balls out" (avi file, 11.8megs). Some people claim it was Bird who helped popularized the phrase, others feel that it was Dimitry who made the suggestion, but they're all wrong. Here's what really inspired us to the name the video. Truth be known, we stole the name of our company from them too. J. Nevada cracked the sucker wide open. We're guilty as charged. Sam's Reggae weekend! Owww! The Ringer told me yesterday that the Ringer is glad that the Ringer doesn't live in Hollywood. Well, Ringer, I saw Farah Fawcett at my local grocery store here in Hollywood yesterday. Does that do anything for you? It's only a matter of time until I see Burt Reynolds buying toupee glue in the express lane. The Gav's back. And tripled booked. QUOTE: “I saw a man on a time machine.” —Johannes Monday, June 20, 2005 More often than not The Dude Who Looks Like a Dude aren't very flattering, especially when Dude gets compared to a Dudette. As is the case with Lucas Puig and JD Samson from Le Tigre. "Sorry, Lucas. Maybe it's the 'stache. Still my favorite skater." —Will. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Our tour guide in Japan, Rip, showed up out of nowhere today. We walked into work and there he was. Rickk and Mike, you each owe him a week on your couch. More proof that Larson lead a much cooler childhood than you. Ringer, I tried to get Ben "Conquer of the Stone Giant" Colen to give an audio explanation of the story behind the name River Jim to be posted today, but he kind of clammed up once he knew he was being taped. Beside he's been kind of busy finishing his first documentary about a pastime that is very close to his heart. For those interested, Ben's current stats are as follows: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d6, Strength d6, Vigor d4, Climb d6, and Fighting d6. We're just the plain old Girl Skateboards, this is the cool one. Let's get that straight. Nick Diamond finally got an image suitable for the cover of his portfolio. The million$ should be rolling in anytime now. Tucker Campbell sent in this example of Vending Envy #4. Eat your heart out, among other things, Smyth. QUOTE: “I really like it, so I'm afraid of it.” —Rip on burritos Friday, June 17, 2005 Unbelievably, I couldn't find a good photo of Ty (not even on his own website!) to match up for this episode of Dude Looks Like Dude. But c'mon this dude looks just like him. Don't you think? Well, so does Dan Stoneberg who sent in the photo of the young Dave Coulier aka Uncle Joey. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. When Max isn't having a ménage a trios on his motor bike he's filling out his Top 5 Questions. See below. Russia Photo of the Day. Rickk must have felt the heat because here's a photo. Just to drive the point home, here's EA's lunch receipt from the other day. It's practically illegible, but it doesn't say Togo's. I tried to get Smyth to do a weekly update about "The Cut" aka the Felix Show, but he's too busy. But it is in his schedule to go to Reggae camp this weekend in Northern California with Gerard and the Tershay brothers. As always Joey's gotta build a miniramp wherever he goes. So if you're at a Reggae festival in the woods and your skating a miniramp in between playing with your devil sticks and hacky sacking, thank Smyth for helping with the ramp. But don't thank him for not writing about "The Cut" each week. Ringer, we forgot one more grooms man for Gav's wedding. I think this is the last one: Anne Hufnagel QUOTE: “Back in the day it was beat in and beat out, now it's press releases... times sure have changed.” —Mic-E Reyes “If it's on the same day it's just all white noise.” —Ben "Tamer of Shadowfax" Colen, on wanting to wait until Monday to explain the origins of River Jim Thursday, June 16, 2005 Our own B. Mettee disagrees with Liam Bishop thinking that Kitty Carroll is less rock and more pop. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. After Gonz ditched the kickflip on the bike he's been trying to bunny hop things instead. Maybe he should go back to the kickflip. Clip provided by our favorite cell phone videographer, gooDs. Well it turns out that sending emails from Russia cost like 5 bucks or something so the Russia Photo of the Day isn't in our travelers' budget. Have you seen the Featured Email lately? Hide under your desk, Wade's back. Ringer, did you know that your favorite sixth level druid hunter, Ben "Lighting Bolt" Colen has a friend named River Jim? Now I don't know if River Jim melt's the ladies hearts like River Joe but I think Ben's a lot cooler for having a "River" friend. There should be a guy with a "River" name in every circle of friends. Let's start calling him River ShnEEr. And another thing, you forgot some of Gav's other groomsmen. It'd be rude to leave any of them out, so here goes: Pat Lawler Jeron Randy Colvin Major Bro The Drummer from Velvet Revolver Daniel River Jim and Trey Anastasio Brian Brannon, Rudy really liked in Speed Freaks when you said, "Well, I think everybody should just live, just live." He said he's always liked you because of that. This is our first post written during a major earthquake. QUOTE: “Ninety-five degrees, 100 percent humidity and he's wearing a fleece sweatshirt.” —gooDs on Gonz video clip “Yeah, we bolted to Vegas.” —River ShnEEr on his date, the one that used to be flowed by DVS “She was so cut I felt twice as fat.” —River ShnEEr Wednesday, June 15, 2005 It came from the man himself that Kitty Carroll was biting Liam Bishop's style. Liam, there are only two ways this can go, you either need to fight 'em or ask him to join the band. I say you stick him somewhere in the rhythm section. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Do to a clerical error, Manchester's, Michael Ashley's, name was omitted from yesterday's post as the lad who sent in the Devine and Huggy Bear comparison. Russia Photo of the Day. Carroll sent us a photo from Russia! Kind of. He actually sent it to Scott. I heard Scott say something about it yesterday, so I called Scott today and asked him to send it to me. And here it is. Don't hold your breath on this Russia Photo of the Day thing. For all Tappers of the Russian persuasion. Burnett, your middle name's Peter? Oh, I get it, it's more like a Branding thing now, Michael Peter Burnett, kind of like... Smyth made fun of me today for walking all the way down to the reception area to get Jelly Beans. And when I said they were Jelly Bellies it still didn't do anything for him. Tuesday, June 14, 2005 There’s an obvious age difference, but I can see the resemblance. Now if we can only get Devine to skate in some fishbowl platforms. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Nick portfolio piece #32. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Kitty Carroll. QUOTE: “I only came here to make one friend, Mr. Hilfiger.” —Felix Monday, June 13, 2005 London UK's Tom Richardson comes in hot with this one. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Rickk, Carroll, and Bird, if they knew what was good for them, would be sending me a photo from Russia each day so we could post the Russia Photo of the Day. If you only knew how close these three keep the Randoms to their heart. In actuality, Ty will be the only one to come through with any photos. Thanks guys. On Sunday, July 10th at 1pm Fourstar will be hosting the Hubba Free Sunday, an innovational manual contest, at Val Surf in Valencia. It'll be a lot of two-wheel motion. More details to come. He made Thriller... Thriller! Ringer, there's always the 777th post. QUOTE: “I dance just like him too.” —Kenny Anderson on looking like Michael Jackson “River Joe just walks into Starbucks and the girls drop their pants.” —Rich “On tour right now in Belgium. Just had some fries, phenomenal fries.” —Tim Gavin Friday, June 10, 2005 OG Girl Bud, Sam Baerwald, feels that it's a moral imperative that we posted the incredible likeness between Maurice Cheeks, aka Mo' Cheeks, and Jeron Wilson. I think The Ringer would know who Mo' is. It's probably some jock basketball player or something. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. I guess we know where Hime will be hanging out this weekend. Definitely not at his "summer job." If you call and I'm not at my desk it's because I walked over to Rudy's office to turn the first tripped out thing he says into a... QUOTE: “I can't blow. I tried to blow out of my mouth but I couldn't.” —Rudy dealing with food poisoning after eating too many meatball samples at a grocery store Thursday, June 9, 2005 Will Danckwerts has taken noticed that Blueprint's Nick Jensen growth spurt may have been attributed to his knowledge of the darkside of the force. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Park Clip. Guy makes a — wait, let me start that over again. Guy Mariano makes a mockery of the executive quarterpipe, then adds the variation. Eat your heart out Slap Pals. Val Surf and éS are teaming up for another round of the Koston Game of S.K.A.T.E. You're welcome Hime. I don't know. I may or may not see Sammy Hagar tonight. I might. QUOTE: “She's not all SoCal anorexic, she's just NorCal tiny.” —Max “They're treating me like royalty out here.” —The Gav in Europe Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Kenny, this is kind of a harsh one. If you don't like it take it up with Dan Ananta. It was his idea. Is that even a real picture of MJ? Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. Mike and Rickk are always proud of their kids...  If you're an elderly Russian woman who likes to give your unsolicited blatant opinion on the color of stucco people use on their homes, stay away from Carroll's house and, more importantly, stay away from his lady friend, Desa. As pointed out yesterday, I mistakenly thought the Ringer was in Acapulco, when in actuality the Ringer was here. Tomorrow just may be the most metal day of the Ringer's life. Terry, get well soon, your friends at Tha Tap QUOTE: “It's called a collaboration, Brian. It's a word you're not familiar with.” —Meg Tuesday, June 7, 2005 Jim, your dudes at Deluxe have been heavy contributors to our Dude Looks Like Dude campaign. You better remind them whose signing their checks. John from DLX apologized to BA in advance about his uncanny resemblance to this guy. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. In further efforts to expand Mike Carroll's cultural horizon's his beautiful lady friend Desa took Mike to see Zumanity, or as Mike referred to it, the sexy Cirque du Soleil, in Las Vegas this past weekend. Way to go guys. Ringer for your 666th post I say you and Larson sacrifice a goat, and kill the fish in Rickk's aquarium while you're at it. Sam Francisco mashed up to SF for Ben Sanchez' birthday and the FTC contest. There's a something about a reggae camping trip later this month too. As always with Smyth, photographic documentation of the trip. Were you wondering if Ben could still got his 360 flip? Wonder no more. What should we do to Gav's office while he's gone? QUOTE: “They were topless but that's about it.” —Mike Carroll “The bums around my house are all buff.” —Donny Miller “I just love fireworks.” —Rickk Monday, June 6, 2005 This one kind of hurts, well maybe not, but the similarities between Kenny and, Gav's boy, the front man from Incubus, were just too hard to ignore, at least by the fans. Seattle's Wyatt Carroll (no relation) and Alabama Alan were the first to point out the striking resemblance between the two long hairs. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. We forgot to mention that the lens man behind the Fourstar in Japan Featured Feature is none other than esteemed photog, Rickk Howard. Expect to see him at the Top of TWS Biz' Photographer's Exposure Meter next month, much to the dismay of Mike Burnett, of course. If you ever wanna hear The Gav kind of bummed out, just call him right before he's about to board a flight to Europe for an all expenses paid two week trip. It's tough being VP. I know we don't do Polls anymore, I know, but if we did a good one would be "In Which Country Will The Gav Prematurely Leave the Skate More Premiere Tour of Europe?" Unfortunately for Rickk, Chocolate won Best Team at this year's TWS awards. Congratulations guys. And despite Rudy's vote, Haslam didn't win Riders' Best Video Part, but did take the Readers Choice Award. Max Schaaf Fives coming soon. Right Max? QUOTE: “I used to be flowed by DVS.” —Matt Schnurr's date on Friday night “They got so many teams over there we can probably get her on something; the wake team or moto team.” —Schnurr “You looking for Koston?” —Construction worker at schoolyard to Ty Friday, June 3, 2005 Travis and Neal from Arizona couldn't help but think that their bud and early 411 darling, Ron Ressurection looked a little like the Champ. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. I know we've all begged moms to get us that board but imagine if this was the route she took to get it. In the winner for Best Sweater at a Company Christmas Party goes to? Brandon Biebel. Sorry Sherm. If you're in the Bay Area this weekend it is vital, and crucial, that you check out the FTC contest on Sunday, with celebrity judging by Jovontae, Kelch, and Henry Sanchez. Should be good. A $1,000 not just for just any shoes Sanger, we're talking Nick Diamond shoes. Now do you get it? QUOTE: “Tell Mez there's only 3 grams of fat in these.” —Meg “I'm sneaker famous, yo!” —Nick Diamond “The crazy thing is that you're psyched on it.” —Joey Suriel to Nick Thursday, June 2, 2005 They were both childhood stars, Macaully for "Home Alone" and Spike for "Club Homeboy." And they both met Michael Jackson. Lookout! John from Deluxe knows that Culkin and Jonze's boyish good looks aren't the only thing they have in common. Dude looks like dude. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. It's been a while since we've let you know what Biebel's been up to, which usually means that he hasn't been letting us know what he's been up to. But this week he decided to keep us in the loop. The emails he sends are simply one line and a photo attached below, usually shot by him. Here's how Biebel was living last week; "I got too much game," "You know how I roll," "Happy memorial." If the Ringer were posting today (and I'm sure the Ringer won't) the Ringer would have put Acapulco in parentheses right next to the date. For sure! Haslam, Rudy voted for you for Transworld's Video Part of the Year award. So if you win shout him out in your acceptance speech. Nick Diamond portfolio piece #27. QUOTE: “Rudy's well over due for a Top 5.” —Gav Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Kevin Bruce knows that a good chin dimple is a sure sign of separation at birth. Send us your "I know of a dude who looks just like one of the dudes" here. With all the corporate scandals happening in the last few years, we decided to closely monitor some of our executives to make sure they were walking the straight and narrow when it comes to daily operations here at the plant. At lunch yesterday we skated the Channel Street Park in Pedro. Here's the epic gallery. At lunch today we just talked about prenups and how to get out of a D.U.I. Check out Devine in the "UK Craze" video on the DCFilms site. QUOTE: “I like love stories.” —Rudy See past Randoms |