JUNK DRAWER
featuring Polonious Reap
STEP TO ME
Ecko Shoes
EEP in the bowels of the Thrasher building, hidden behind the conspiracy-concocting
machine and buried beneath mounds of unused photos of your favorite skaters, there
is a secret chifforobe whose drawers house the heaps of promotional material that get
sent in every day. Once a month, an office trog by the name of Polonious Reap empties
it out and grunts his comments on the items that catch his eye.
I hate fresh skaters as much the next metalhead, but
something about these silver-tongued devils
brought out the Smolik in me. They're
not very good for skating
in, but sometimes when
my bros are deep in a
Shlitz-induced doze I
sneak out on the ave
and represent in these
fly foot-covers.
Diakka Watches
TIME TO GET ILL
I've lived my whole life on Rasta time; I'm always late, no time to hate,
no worries. But it's a new millennium and ever since I got jiggy in my Ecko
shoes it's been flossin' season! Polonious came up. With my new Diakka
watch on I'm steady mobbin' 24-7. Check the signature models from The
Muska, Clyde Singleton, and my favorite vert dog, Rune Glifberg. Contact
Diakka at 949-645-3151 or online
at www.diakka.com.
Jamie Smith
12 stair board slide
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LITTLE MORE
No More Prisons by William Upski Wimsatt
Usually I avoid reading like soap and a shower, but this book is
incredible. Anyone who cares at all about the society they live in
William Uoski W
Winsett
NO
MORE
PRISONS
must read this. You might remember Mr Wimsatt
from his other self-published book, Bomb The
Suburbs, but if you didn't read that you should buy
it too. No More Prisons breaks down some of the
major problems with America's cities, suburbs,
prison system, and even charity organizations.
But, instead of just complaining about them, he
actually gives some constructive criticism and
even provides addresses and phone numbers at
the end of each chapter to make it easier for you
get off your ass. If this sounds boring to you then
you're probably exactly the person who should read
it and will really enjoy it. You should be able to find
No More Prisons in your local open-minded bookstore or even on the
Web at www.softskull.com (a punk rock press that also has a bunch
of other books that any self-respecting trog would want to read).
Ego Trip's Book Of Rap Lists by Sacha Jenkins, Elliot Wilson,
Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alvarez, and Brent Rollins
am terribly narrow-minded when it comes to music, so when a
book of rap lists appeared in the drawer I
immediately took it to the bathroom to wipe
with when I had to back that azz up onto the
toilet. But when I glanced inside I realized
that even I was curious about Kool Keith's
favorite places to pleasure himself in public
and the ten reasons why Will Smith loves
Miami. So now I keep it in the bathroom and
relish the reams of hip-hop trivia that tickle
me as I tinkle.
egotrip
BOOK OF RAP LISTS
46 THRASHER
PLAYER'S CLUB
Sometimes just listening to Led Zeppelin isn't enough of an activity to
pass an entire rainy weekend when you can't skate. That's when I rely
on an old standby to take away the pain of my boredom-racked brain:
the video game. Here are a couple of good ones that have been making
the most-wanted list in my living room.
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style (Playstation)
This is a pure fighting game, complete with
gushing blood and fatalities that appeal to the
barbarian in all of us, but what sets this game off
from the rest of the senseless pixelated violence
and makes it worth your C.R.E.A.M. is the good
storyline, well-illustrated with computer-gener-
ated movies, and the fact that the characters are
based on the core members of the Wu. The
Wu-Tang game ain't nothin' to fuck with.
Toy Commander (Dreamcast)
After an afternoon doobie I always have
these daydreams about shrinking really small
and skating all the stuff in my house. That's
what this game is like, except instead of a
skateboard you pilot little toy cars, planes, and
helicopters around and shoot pencils against
enemy toy soldiers and stuffed animals.
Dynamite Cop! (Dreamcast)
Rent this game, don't buy it. I put on Guns 'N'
Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II when my bro
and I started this arcade-style fighting game,
and we beat it before Axl had even finished
blow-drying the November Rain from his hair.
PlayStation
WU-TANG
SHAOLIN STYLE
MT
COMMANDER
Photo: W. Driver
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