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🛹Just to ramble off the top of my head…
Toy Machine-Welcome to Hell
Surely a million love letters have been written about this but it just goes. Melted my brain with the heaviest skating I’d ever seen at the time. Whole crew just bangs. I was listening to NPR this week talking about Jefferson Airplane being inducted into the library of Congress and all I could think about was the friends montage section here.
World Industries/Blind/101-Trilogy The soundtrack on this thing is just incredible. 101 firing it off with Dill and Gino parts. The whole Blind section is so pleasant. Kareem skating to Nas. Sam Devlin skating to Jesus Lizard, so weird I love it. Something to this day you can put on and vibe out and do chores around the house and enjoy the music and pop in and watch something amazing on screen. The only downside is mid 90s cali spot overload.
Stereo-Tincan Folklore When skate videos were little films. The complete opposite of something like the Toy videos. More meandering and vibey, lots of super 8, lots of cruising sf at night.
Alien Workshop-Timecode It’s a more structured version of something like Stereo was doing. Alien has always been weird and cool and had their own lane and I love this era. Photosynthesis gets so much love for good reason but I like this. If for nothing else, take in the final part from Lenny Kirk. The flash in the pan and descent into madness is wild. Head injuries are serious. Escape hell.
Solid Brand-Take Five This is kind of a deep cut but it’s just like the skate video equivalent of comfort food for me. Based around Cincinnati, it was different because it just looked like home. It opens with cruising past a carousel to Van Morrison’s Sweet Thing and I can just feel the whole thing in my bones every time. The music is awesome, the skating is great and the spots are crusty.
World Industries/Blind/101-Trilogy The soundtrack on this thing is just incredible. 101 firing it off with Dill and Gino parts. The whole Blind section is so pleasant. Kareem skating to Nas. Sam Devlin skating to Jesus Lizard, so weird I love it. Something to this day you can put on and vibe out and do chores around the house and enjoy the music and pop in and watch something amazing on screen. The only downside is mid 90s cali spot overload.
Stereo-Tincan Folklore When skate videos were little films. The complete opposite of something like the Toy videos. More meandering and vibey, lots of super 8, lots of cruising sf at night.
Alien Workshop-Timecode It’s a more structured version of something like Stereo was doing. Alien has always been weird and cool and had their own lane and I love this era. Photosynthesis gets so much love for good reason but I like this. If for nothing else, take in the final part from Lenny Kirk. The flash in the pan and descent into madness is wild. Head injuries are serious. Escape hell.
Solid Brand-Take Five This is kind of a deep cut but it’s just like the skate video equivalent of comfort food for me. Based around Cincinnati, it was different because it just looked like home. It opens with cruising past a carousel to Van Morrison’s Sweet Thing and I can just feel the whole thing in my bones every time. The music is awesome, the skating is great and the spots are crusty.
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