Purple Teef

Well, we got dissed. I was skeptical that Mr. Al Jefferson was going to get voted to be an All-Star backup, so him getting snubbed in favor of the resurgent Shaqovich (the formerly most dominant player in the game's awesome self-appointed nickname for when he can make free throws) came as not much of a surprise. HOWEVER, it was a bit of a shock that chaboy Kevin Love wasn't selected to play in the Rookie/Sophomore game; he's the best rebounding rookie of the bunch, has improved greatly over the last month, dudes have him ranked second in the Rookie of the Year race, and well, yeah. With all that linked, the best reaction to the news comes from Mr. Love himself, who said of his snubbing, "That's bullshit". Scroll to the bottom of the post to see it.

Boil the Ocean has a proper write up of the newest and upcoming TWS video. Looks interesting as always, and the fact that Duffel has one of those Biebel Jerseys yet again proves that the joke's on us.

Pappalardo Part Five of Epicly Later'd appears to be the final episode and ends on a happily ambiguous note. I interviewed O'Dell for probably the next issue of the Mag, talked a little bit about how the show actually comes together, so read it when it comes out, re-watch some episodes, and realize that it's even more amazing than it already is-not trying to blow the thing out before it comes out.

Dispatches from the Bar

It came to light tonight that Mike Tice's wife had to be banned from Plat for talking shit to ma' girl Cody. Done, next time, think twice about hating.

Otherwise, from a fairly reliable source, it's been reported that eight out of ten girls probably like the taste of their own vagina. It makes total sense. Comments?

Resurrection of the Banned List

Rashad McCants is hereby banned from Platinumseagulls.com. Amazingly, dude averaged almost 15 points per game last season for the Wolves, and shot over 40% from the 3. This season, while still hucking in ten ppg, his inconsistency, total fucking of the offense every time he touched the floor, and obvious shitty attitude caught up with him once McHale took over, first marginalized, now strictly sitting on the bench. Couple that with the fact that we've gone 10 for 12 since he's been in the doghouse and currently have the best record in the league for January of '09, and I still wouldn't find cause to ban Mr. McCants.

Indeed, I should be all rosy for the Wolves tonight, as they just pulled out their third win in a row by taking out the Milwaukee Bucks in Beer City; winning there for the first time since 2004. The game was not pretty in the fourth quarter for the Wolves, too many turn-overs, at least four shot clock violations that I noticed, and their shots weren't coming close to dropping. Luckily, in the first part of the fourth, the Bucks were shooting equally atrociously, but then they went on some runs. We managed to answer with free throws and the like, but the Bucks crept it to within five points, and I'll admit, we looked so bad that if someone had asked, "Who's nervous?," I'd have said, "Me." The game was really up in the air tonight until the well spoken glue guy Ryan Gomes hit a go-ahead three late in the game to essentially seal the deal for the moribund until that point Wolves. That was that, we'll call it a game, Wolves 90, Bucks 83.

So why is Mr. We Shall No Longer Speak His Name banned from Platinumseagulls.com? When Gomes hit the deal-sealing three, MWSNLSHN just fucking sat there, no emotional response, as the rest of the bench manifested some "Oh shit we're really going to win," type shit. Nothing. Nada, zip, banned from Platinum. Hopefully boning one of those Kardashian chicks (seriously, I have no idea why those broads are "famous") will make up for being banned. I doubt it, seriously doubt it.

Post Notes: What up to Pizzy; sad to see Michael Redd go down while you guys cling to the eighth playoff spot. When's Bogut coming back?

In Rememberance of Dudes That Moved

First Yemen stole Mr. Ben Ragsdale, then a girl in NYC stole his heart, or some cheesy analogy like that; either way, like Damian said, he's one of the greatest. Right before a Tum Yeto demo at the Lair in '97 Ben did a switch heel frontside crook on the box, and half the park went home before the demo started. Don't fuck with Mr. Erickson, or so I've been told. First Chicago, finally NYC, knee surgery in the Twincities, realized he could skate again in Mazatlan; crooks up and into the couch and that's wassup.

JTMR-amazing skill sets, nothing more to say.

In Your Mind Field

Edit: Just remembered the last AWS video premiere here in the Twincities; Photosynthesis, the year 2000...probably? I went to Tree's house and smoked weed and we shared a 40 in his room then went to the premiere at the St. Paul Student Center where Show used to work. From there we vowed as a group to learn backside nosegrind pop outs, and Kalis didn't skate to the Freddie Foxxx song in the premiere version.

I wouldn't be surprised if Tyler Bledsoe has first or second to last part in Mind Field; dude'll turn heads (first ever use of the contraction "dude'll"!!!).

PS: It'll be interesting to see Dyrdek's part for any number of reasons, one of them being that he's been busy writing movies. Snoop around that page, and definitely read the (cringe worthy for sure, puke worthy maybe) synopsis of the movie, written by none other than Mr. Dyrdek himself. I wanted to say stick to what you excel at dawg, but then I could just say don't quit your day job, but what the hell is his day job anymore?

Live-Blogging Shitheads Vol. 8

This idea struck me when I returned home from the bar late at night and watched some skate videos, one of them being Shitheads Vol. 8. Right then and there the idea for the post had hit me, but alas, I was way too gone to actually do it. Here I am now, bored, home from the bar, and it begins. Refer here to download the video if you don't have a copy handy...

-The intro "Warning" shot is so good. "Three frames of shitty tits that you don't want to see." I wrote that. Booya.

-At this point know that I'm not watching the video but typing, so there're gaps.

-Macho Man was a must.

-SoDak kid slammed, whoa.

-Nesser banger, and then the forever loved "Shitheads Johnny" came in.

-I skated the Supernatural demo at the Lair and did a frontside crooks on the box. That's all I remember.

-Was also at the 4 Seasons demo. Me and Vang drove out for that.

-I edited the SPRNTRL section. What's up with Trees' nollie bigspin front board the wrong way? Is he the only dude to do that trick?

-Injured pimp was so hot, Spettle walking off the short bus with a pint of something and an afro wig was too good.

Always hated the jump cut in Sissi's line; I edited this section too and that was painful.

-Spettle line!

-Tim Kulas!

-Little Hecky Do Good!

-I showed Neal's face while Blacksheep said, "Don't punch girls" because at some party he actually punched a chick.

-My only backside smith on film.

-Kickflip fakie on the steep bank was the first trick done on there since??? First try filming.

-Joe Blum filmed the NYC part, Indonesian Jack is actually Jack Curtain, Dolo was legendary for that tre flip, and Beji edited this section. Blum caught heat for using the football catch at the end of the segment.

-Keith had a snake board once. That bum was super hyped to be in the video, he got a copy.

-Ghettoplex, edited twice. The first one was better but was lost. I did it. Chris Carnahan is listed as the megaphone operator because I fucked up filming his switch front noseslide on the wooden ledge that used to be outside The Quest.

-A-Plus post knee surgery.

-SMOKE BREAK, pause.

-Ghettoplex was held in a parking lot of a building that was supposed to be a recycling plant but they didn't move in all summer. We stole copies at kinkos for flyers and the event, if you want to call it that happened a week after it's inception as an idea.

-Dan Jackson Sal Flip!

-We went to Old Chicago in Roseville afterwards.

-Heck was bummed on that slam.

-"Yeah fuck you, put my shades," courtesy of Apocalypse.

-Got some Milwaukee foote courtesy of Wiskate for the "Now You're a Man" section.

-Benji did this one; Dolo did his line right after going to church. Clint's flip 5-0 was sick!

-Park foote section was me, I did that tre flip fakie in a sleeveless Iota shit.

-Tucker Gerrick's only clip in a local vid!

-We did demos back then!

-Right when A-plus is skating the hip at the old Lair I'd done a hail mary type music edit and it worked! Neal in the dew flag is priceless.

-Old roller skate chick foote...Staying up late editing...

Oh, you sent us foote at the last minute? Let's put it in the video and set it to Lil' Kim. Where's Randy Korwin?

-Again, where's Randy Korwin? Dude rips!

-I like a whole lot of foreplay...

-Oh fux, the dork section. Rappin' Rodney. I had a boner from making out with Red Robin in the bathroom and she'd taken off her shirt. Cool?

-Neal's line with the tri-board lipslide at Next-plex was amazing...

-Street Life! I filmed Elijah's nollie front board at the U but he'd done it on the Highland 8 was better; he wanted my booty filming anyways.

-Me, pressure flip inward heels. Gross.

-Yung Nate!

-360 spinners from ZED sooooooo'z hot.

-Swtitch tre on the sculpture bank wins; good job Chad.

-The "Blaine Dirt" had no name until I gave him one.

-The Blaine concrete park is even worse than it looks. Trust me. For Dan to switch crook that rail is so fucking amazing that my grammar and brain have no bearing on this sentences. See, I lost it.

-The afterblack is using music from the movie "The Omen." Fucked up shit.

-The interlude features Ganster, the only cat I learned to love.

-Fuck this water line section.

-Smoke break!

-And back! Best interludes ever; first Lair contest ever.

-Holy fuck that kickflip of Nesser's was amazing.

-Dan did the ollie ollie to flat first, so he got it the video, Benson had to chill.

-Cheating, I paused the video; Damian has a sequence lying around of Dan switch crooksings that rail and Meyer needs it because he got in the frame eight years ago!

-Back. Hack rips.

-Elijah rips.

-Benson pretty much shut down under cover five with that shit.

-Neal's noselside is so gnar, go there do that shit.

-A-plus!

-The credits! Boycott 2001!

The beautiful facts are that Shitheads Vol. 8 happened in less than a year after Anonymous. A lot of fools were skating and we weren't just drinking, right? It was one of the hottest summers ever, and they, I mean, Brayden Knell shot a Minneapolis article for TWS that summer...shit was hot...A lot of typos and shit are in there, but whatevz.

Yup-Twolves Post

From a pretty rad retrospective piece about he Timberwolves from City Pages:

The greatest game to date in franchise history came on Garnett's 28th birthday, exactly four years after Malik Sealy's tragic death, during Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Sacramento Kings. Every seat in the Target Center was filled, though there would be little sitting that night. With 2.2 seconds remaining and the Wolves up by three, the Kings took the ball in-bounds for one last shot at a tie. After Chris Webber's buzzer-beating three-pointer rimmed in and out, the Target Center transformed into an insane asylum.

Garnett, having just racked up 32 points, 21 rebounds, and 5 blocks, leapt up on the scorer's table and saluted the shrieking crowd, which turned out to be the most iconic moment of his career with the Timberwolves.

Downtown traffic that drizzling evening was at a standstill. Car horns—celebratory, not frustrated—echoed between office buildings. Hooting fans hanging out of car windows proudly waved Timberwolves flags and jerseys. It was the high point of the franchise.

Ah shit, kinder, warmer, better memories huh? Somehow we got tickets to that game, we were three or four rows down from the top of the Target Center, and it turned out to be a deliriously drunk euphoric amazing time. On the concourse chants of "Beat LA" broke out, and by the time we were in the stairwells going down to street level, it had changed to "Fuck LA." Youtube proof below that at one time, the team with the best record in the Western Conference was from Minnesota.
Video of the game mentioned starts around the 7:00 mark (fuck Brad Miller).
LA beat us.