Anthony Pappalardo
Baseball: America’s Racist Pastime
Brandon Phillips got really pissed earlier this week when Pittsburgh Pirate Jared Hughes plunked him. Baseball players get “unintentionally” hit all the time, but Brandon got extra heated and alleged that Jared called him “boy” during the altercation.
I Talked to Roger Miller About Dreams, Cartoons, and Mitt Romney
If you only know Roger Miller from his work in Mission of Burma, you’re blowing it. Roger’s output with Sproton Layer, Alloy Orchestra, No Man, Binary System, and his solo recordings all reflect the unique perspective of an outsider. They’re all...
Animal Chin Changed Skateboarding Three Times
I watched The Search for Animal Chin for the billionth time recently and nothing changed. The dialog was still goofy, the acting awkward, and the “plot” scattered. But that’s OK. We’re not talking about auteur cinema here; it’s a fucking skate video...
Big Surprise - At WAR with SABR
Right now the leading candidates for MVP in both the American League and National League make less than one million dollars… combined. Mike Trout is leading all of baseball with a WAR of +9.3 and Andrew McCutchen third at +6. What the fuck is WAR? It...
I Talked to Manny Santiago About Skateboarding, Swords, Gangs, and Lowell, MA
Born in Puerto Rico, professional skateboarder Manny Santiago got started on the Lowell streets. Manny is always animated and seldom seen without an ear-to-ear grin, accentuated by his missing front tooth. He took some time to tell us about samurai...
Big Surprise – Wide Receivers Get Arrested a Lot
It’s no secret that NFL players get arrested a lot, but why? I created an Excel sheet detailing the 75 reported arrests of NFL players since 2011. I broke down each arrest by the following criteria: Date of Arrest, player name, violation, position, and...
Salman Agah Makes Pizza in LA and it Doesn’t Suck
Influential skater Salman Agah opened Pizzanista! in downtown Los Angeles. Pizza snobs are always quick to shit on left coast slices, but they’re the same turds who think it’s impossible to have a good taco anywhere but California or Mexico. Lighten up...
Iron Maiden Is Great Thanks to Murder
Some friends of mine in New Jersey had a theroy about Iron Maiden. They surmised that the first five Maiden albums were perfect metal records, mainly because every song was about, alluded to, or conjured up images of killing. Even the instrumentals...
Is William Lantigua the Most Corrupt Mayor in America?
William Lantigua, the controversial mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts, does not give a fuck. “Controversial” doesn’t really do him justice though, since that implies people have good opinions of him in addition to bad ones. Last week, he got married to...
From "Video Days" to Finding Islam, Jordan Richter Has Been Always Been on His Own Trip
Jordan Richter has been on a nonstop journey since appearing in the Blind Skateboards movie Video Days in 1991. He’s the subject of a recent documentary called Wayward Son about his life in skateboarding and finding Islam, and then returning to...
Guns Are Everywhere in Honduras; Urban Maeztro Fires Back with Graffiti
Urban Maeztro, a former graphic designer quit his job and is now devoted to his craft, which is wheat-pasting the provocative images he creates, commenting on the horrific gun violence in Honduras. He plasters his artwork, which often contrasts iconic...
I Thought Nickelback Was the Worst Band on Earth But It’s Really Gaslight Anthem
While I was cleaning the other day, a new Nickelback song came on and distracted me. A few notes intothis track on the TV and Nickelback wasbumming my ears out like they always do. I glanced up at the screen in disgust and my jaw dropped: It wasn't...