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Cover Shot!

Guy Marsh on the COVER OF A GERMAN MOUNTAIN BIKE MAGAZINE!!!

Congrats GUY!!!

Here's to doing your own thing, and doing it well!

L

Billy Bob Thorton

This is something I found after checking my hotmail account on MSN. It's from a collection of essays called "What I Learned." Basically old, famous dudes reflecting on life?

Read this. Especially if "30" is in your rearview mirror, not your windsheild...


"It's not that I don't like being interviewed. I don't mind it at all. It's just that my answers aren't always what people want to hear.

I was this poor kid from Arkansas who loved music and baseball. I'm raised in a household with a hotheaded little Irish basketball coach and a mom who's a psychic. If you want to be schizophrenic, there's your recipe.

Everybody thinks I'm a weirdo. I have all these reputations: I'm a blood-sucking vampire. I live in a dungeon. I eat orange food. I'm like: No, I don't. Or: Wait a minute, yeah, I do. I have a recording studio in my basement. I stay down there a lot. I guess that's the dungeon. I eat papaya every morning -- it's orange. It's not all I have all day, but it is orange. And Angie [Jolie] and I had this notorious "blood vial." Leave it to the press to call it a vial. It was a little clear locket that big around, and we poked our fingers and put a drop of blood on it. We've been vampires ever since.

Pretty much every movie I've done, for some creepy reason, has been parallel to my life in some way. When Angie and I split up -- and she's like my best friend forever, and still is one of my best friends -- but when we split up, what'd I go away and do? Bad Santa and then The Alamo -- you know, my last stand. You don't have to analyze that too closely.

I never go anywhere. I'm either at home or working. Because I don't think I fit in. I can fit in, but it's like an acting job. Most of my acting is done in public, you know?

Sex doesn't have to be with a model to be good. As a matter of fact, sometimes with the model, the actress, the "sexiest person in the world," it may be literally like screwing the couch. Don't count out the average-looking woman, or even maybe the slightly unattractive woman, or the really unattractive woman. There may be this swarthy little five-foot-two stocky woman who just has sex all over her.

If I want to talk a problem over with someone, I always call a woman.

Never get a tattoo with somebody's name on it unless you're ready to get another one put over it.

If a cop stops you and asks, "Do you have any pot in there?" I've always found it's best to say, "You know what, officer? I'm just going to level with you. I smoked a joint with a friend a few hours ago, and he left a roach in the floorboard here." Because if you don't tell him, he's going to find it. He may still take you to jail. But maybe not.

I've been clean of drugs for twenty-seven years now.

I've eaten wheat- and dairy-free for years. I eat only raw food. I exercise. I do everything right in my life in order to be able to drink Bud and have a smoke.

Until they outlaw drinking, I'm not going to quit smoking.

You want a beer?

You'll never catch me writing Star Wars. A) I'm not interested. B) I wouldn't know how. All I can write about is stuff I've either done or seen. That's my process, right there, if I had to boil it down. I've never said that to anybody. I usually say I don't have a process. But yeah, I do have a process. It started when I was born.

Sex onscreen can be awkward. I would never consider it fun. The Monster's Ball scene is a whole movie in itself. I get a little turned off when people say, "Hey, man, how about that Halle Berry! You're a lucky son of a bitch!" It's like, man, see it for what it was: two desperate people who had a desperate need for each other in that moment because they both hated themselves.

I was a musician before I even knew acting existed. There are critics who will give you a bad review or dismiss you just because you're an actor. But there's plenty of bands out there that suck on their own merits without ever having been actors.

When I was growing up, in the sixties and early seventies, the idea behind being a band or being an actor was to be different. So as a result you had all these different types. You had Jethro Tull and you had Don McLean. And they were on the same radio station. Now the point is to be the same.

The fact that I'm not friends with Tom Waits is a tragedy. I don't even know him, but I love him.

They say brown is the new black and your fifties are the new thirties. I don't worry about it, frankly. My girlfriend likes me fine. I have a baby I can take care of. I'm not on a walker or anything. I'm an athlete. I still play ball. I feel so lucky to be alive that I never bitch about my age.

You ever wonder why pubic hair doesn't turn gray? Why is that?"

Tonic Fab Salutes

Charlie's tapes.
Seth B's enthusiasm.
Kai Kai for being such a good kid at the Jam.
Abbitt.
Looch.
Charlie. Untucked William Shatner shirt, tucked riding.
Peanut.

Rodney Mullen

You don't have to skate, or know anything about skateboarding to appreciate this fascinating documentary about Rodney Mullen.

Part 2

Part 3

Tonic Fab Salutes (part 2)

New Equipment

Pros in Sweat Pants

Kids with Serious Boost.

Picasso Trigger

Charlie and Aaron insist this is "The Best Movie Ever Made."

At least it covers most forms of transportation, and manages to blow them up. What ever happened to the Hovercraft? Certainly a vehicle capable of seamlessly traveling on land and water is key to solving global issues?

-L

Hipster

What if being a "Hipster" also meant being able to blast the "f" out of a hip?
Guy, setting an example...

-L

Hiram's Van Stolen!

Hippie-on-Hippie crime is out of control in Portland!

This is the second time his van has been stolen. Hopefully just another "joy rider" but keep your eyes peeled for this 4x4 Toyota van with Alaska plates.

If you see it: hiramhenry@hotmail.com

-L

Back East

Some pictures from a very mellow week-end.



Moto Graveyard.



Safe at this speed.



Tire Sculpture.



Taking a break from work.



In a big city this would be a loft or a brewery. Here, it's a machine shop.



Seth getting rad at the skate park.



No Permit required?

Tonic Fab Salutes (part one)

A relaxed event event atmosphere. So relaxed this particular Mountain Bike Celebrity(?) was cool with peeing into a cup on deck. Also, GHY for doing a bang-up job on our new T-shirts.





Guy Marsh. No circus tricks, a new bike and still made Pro Finals.



Groms. Norm, Abbitt, Barett(?) and another Seattle kid who rode really well.



Dave Rocker and JB Rodgers. Geniuses with plywood, a nail gun and an deadline.

Britten V1000

"..clever, beautiful, and really fast..."

It's probably easier to put a satellite into orbit than build a competitive Grand Prix bike.

Here's a guy who did it in his garage.

-L

No Sleep Till...

Still recovering from the all things leading up to the event, the event itself, and the aftermath, so no good summary yet.

How about a blurry photo of Guy getting busy on a pillar at Burnside?

-L

The Queen Is Dead

Darin Read at Queen Ann.


Here's some bad news from Scott Matual. The fact this place even existed was amazing, and for a while the community was really behind it. I only got to ride it once, and it was amazing. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.



"Well, I’m sad to say that this past week, queen anne bmx in Seattle was plowed. The city came in and put up signs and gave us 30 days, as they determined that the hill side was prone to slide (from the jumps being built), and said it was unsafe and that they had to remove it.



They came in, armed w/ picks and shovels, and tore it down by hand. It took 4 guys 2 days to kill the 10,000 hours Rama Fire, Chris Eimen, and others put in.



We had a jam on Feb 17th, and I must say, it was unreal, w/ over 30 riders there. All kinds of legendary NW riders, like P. Kintner, DR, Rama Fire, Chris Eimen, Seth, BG, Brian Taylor, Drug, Adam Provo, myself and many others came out an rode the trails on one last sunny Saturday in February. Even BMX superstars showed up like Jimmy Levan and even Ron 2-Hip Wilkerson was there. We rode, laughed, heckled, and had a great time. Thanks to Rama and the crew there, it was really a special place to ride, let alone just hang and enjoy the beauty. Thanks for the memories.



HereR17;s a blurry pic I took of DR getting his flattie 3 on....7’ out of a 9’ dirt spine w/ Downtown Seattle through the trees that is…



Keep on digging..Scott Matual"

Burnside at 1:00 am.

Still buzzing from the best ride I've had in a long time. Hooked up Guy, Billy, Aaron, Charlie, Patrick and Peanut for dinner and a ride.

Looks like Guy is getting very used to his new bike, the Howie. Dumped and tabled 270. Burnside, well past midnight.

More later.

-L

We can dream...

Guy is riding a 2" rise bar, and no spacers under his stem. Who would have thought this was possible?

Timeless style.


-L