Hey everyone reading Vice. I’m excited I get to do a column this issue. I still think Vice is kind of a Big Brother rip-off but beggars can’t be choosers. I make a zine in Columbus, Ohio, called Rye Zine (a hilarious pun, I know—maybe I should change the name to something even more hilarious, like Epicly Lame or something). I try my best to cover the scene around these parts, though Smelly Curb zine does a way better job.
Anyway, the best skater in Columbus right now is Chad Knight. He just switched from Evol to Maple and I think he’s gonna blow up once he moves to San Diego. He’s also on Duke shoes, which make really stylish kicks, hopefully they’ll be around awhile. There’s also a little kid who lives in the projects next to Dodge Skatepark named Chaz McGee who can do frontside 540s. I think he may be the next Brian Patch.
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| Phil Shao blasts a phat one at Dodge, in Columbus, Ohio. |
The music scene here is pretty awesome. I just saw the New Bomb Turks. A band of old dudes called Guided by Voices opened and they are easily my new favorite band. In fact, I bought their records Vampire on Titus and Propeller and my friends and I started a cover band, basically. We have our own songs too, but we usually just play their songs. Luscious Jackson also recently came through. They’re like a chick version of the Beastie Boys. My favorite record right now is Weed Forestin’ by Sebadoh. It’s Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr.’s side band and it’s way better than Dinosaur Jr.
There is a house here called the Neil House that straightedge-type bands play at. I like going there to secretly drink and watch those kind of bands. All the bands have funny names with numbers in them, like Kerosene 454, the Delta 72, or Slant 6 or something. The dudes all wear chokers.
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So anyway, I’m really sick of the big-pants little-wheels thing and I’m glad we’re finally getting away from that shit (though a few years ago I was guilty too). This summer a lot of awesome skaters have come through Dodge. Phil Shao, Tim Brauch, Sam Hitz, Josh Beagle, and Steve Olson (I read somewhere that there used to be another guy with that name, but this was a young nerdy guy).
Well, thanks for reading. If you want to contact me or buy a zine for a dollar, my address is 3000 Oakridge Rd., Columbus, Ohio, 43221. Bye!
Patrick O’Dell
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Nov 12, 2009 wrote:
As for P. O’Dell... dude always seemed like a dick. Yeah, him, Chad Knight and the rest of that cool crew always came across as hoes. Whatever. Fuck’em. | | Anonymous, on Nov 12, 2009 wrote:
Fuck. That sucks about Chaz. One skatin’ ass motherfucker from a place that showed little or no love to black skaters for the longest time. He really could’ve gone somewhere (besides the fucking corner). :( | | Anonymous, on Nov 8, 2009 wrote:
No mention of orwell’s 1984? It was like only written 10 years ago I think. Or something like that! | | Anonymous, on Nov 8, 2009 wrote:
phil shao and tim brauch, both dead. | | Anonymous, on Nov 7, 2009 wrote:
i think this is fake. homeboy mocked this up, he wrote it last week and stuck some old photos on. it sounds just like his shit now. | | Anonymous, on Nov 7, 2009 wrote:
jesus lord hallelujah, can this 1994 issue please be over?? | | Anonymous, on Nov 7, 2009 wrote:
He’s hot. Should get rid of the unibrow, then he’d be amazingly hot. | | Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2009 wrote:
Guided by Voices "Bunch of old dudes" awesome, I miss seeing uncle bob and the old dudes | | Anonymous, on Oct 22, 2009 wrote:
god some of you are stupid as fuck, you know that? | | Anonymous, on Oct 20, 2009 wrote:
How old is this. update this shit man. | |
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| Tubba Botox, on Oct 16, 2009 wrote:
Hmmm... how depressing. The Neil House is no more, Chad moved to San Diego and talked all kinds of smack about his hometown, and Chaz is currently known as "The Back-Flip Bum" because he’s homeless and does back-flips for change. But I suppose you have to break a few eggs to make a Times New Viking. | |
| sailor, on Oct 14, 2009 wrote:
sdfasf | | Anonymous, on Oct 12, 2009 wrote:
talk of music but no morrissey??? | | Anonymous, on Oct 12, 2009 wrote:
i wanan buy one, i’ll send you a dollar.. or two cos im from australia. | | |
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