Mark your calendars, Blasians.

Gourmet

Here's a cool article on the top 10 Fast Food Fumbles (alliteration) of all time -----> here

But, as I consider myself a fast food connoisseur I would like to talk about the top 5 most triumphant specialty menu items of all time:

5. The McRib

- This was a small piece of heaven. Maybe the most popular specialty menu item of all time. They bring it back about once every 3 years, so you should be on the lookout for it sometime in 2008. The best part is how there are no rib bones, but it is still shaped like there are. It's like you're eating bones! Really makes me feel like a man.

4. The Triple Cheeseburger (aka The Tripp)

- Still a classic. They add this one back to the menu every once in a while as well. This delicious fast food delight will make you more regular than fiber.

3. Carl's Junior's Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger

Carl's Junior is what fast food should be. A greasy mess. Though I hate the commercials so much that they make me punch the television, the food is the topps. This beast has onion rings and ranch on it. It sits like a ton of hot rocks in your stomach for about 4 hours after. The team that created this sandwich deserves some kind of a trophy.

2. The Jason Kidd burger

-This probably went by many other names in many other cities, but here in Phoenix it was named after Jason Kidd. The burger appeared at McDonald's shortly after its namesake had been traded to the Suns. Also referred to as "The Triple Double" the burger was on a half sized sub roll and it was douched in cheese and mayonnaise. They have never brought this one out of retirement, but it's better to burn out in a blaze of glory than fade away in a sad Big Mac style mess of secret sauce.

1. Jack's Tacos

-I can't say enough about these. Who would've thought that we would one day live in a world where the best tacos come from one of the shittiest American fast food establishments. Jack in the Box has had its fair share of bad press and worse specialty items (I'm looking in your direction rice bowl), but the tacos wipe the slate clean and deliver a flavor explosion that is irresistible. Not only are they delicious, but affordable. Instead of Del Taco, make Jack in the box your last stop on an evening out drinking and save a bundle. I say there should be an Iron Chef Jack's tacos edition.

Just a refresher

I know you've probably seen these before, but it never hurts to push down memory lane.

Slob & Big

Slob Molar and Big Shoe are you there? Or have you been logging too many hours at this site?

Real People Part 2: Washington State.

Dear ***,

My name is **** Brown, I'm 28 and live in Yakima, Washington.I thought long and hard about not letting my true personality out, one way or another it's going to happen, so I'm am going to just let him out. I am currently in a drug and alcohol rehab program. I call it getting my Jesus learn on. I was a little discouraged the other day. I had a vision of Jesus, and in this vision Jesus point's at me and call's me a pompous retard and he proceed's to say that everything that comes out of my mouth is verbiage. The first thing I'm thinking is Jesus is trying to screw me. The second thing I'm thinking is what the hell is verbiage. Every night since then I pray to God just to let him know Jesus is a LIAR! On a more serious note, I was addicted to marijuana. I've been cleen for about 10 month's now.

Before I entered rehab and started working at the mission I was a bartender who could say no to anything but temptation. I also had a apartment at the county jail for awhile. My story is I was not drunk .07, I was chasing a cat when I ran.

Lee Smith

Always a treat to watch, Lee Smith in what I think was his first Ad (for ATM Click).  And his last video part below that....

My Mom took me to Megadeth.

Mustaine showed up beautifully. Whole thing was really tight. My kid is definitely the fan, I was kind of more along for the ride. I'm intensely moved by their skills, but I wouldn't have gone to see Megadeth in the 80's if the fate of the world depended on it. That's a little extreme, I'll admit. I was just more into the less known and less radio friendly shit.

Everyone around us assumed that I was introducing a 13 year old to some throwback from my own past, but the situation was quite opposite to that picture.

There I am with a kid who played every lick in the air, chord by chord, perfectly.....knew every lyric. Oldheads around us were impressed. I was impressed.

The kid's got charisma, that's for fucking sure. I think he found his first groupie. Or she found him. Fucking awesome. Didn't get home till 5 am. He stayed home from school, only to perfect the recap to his friends......"it fuckin ruled!" and "I touched a grown woman's ass!"

Squeeze it up, and grease it up.

Real People.


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Fall 2000

Back when Emerica was in its prime. Kirchart, Ellington, Templeton, Barley, Strubing, Reynolds, MJ and Greco (back when he wasn't such a weirdo).  This catalog is full of the best color of Marc Johnson shoes (warm grey/navy/gold), Ratios, The first Ed T. shoe, Senns, of course the first Reynolds, and above all, the entire line appeals strictly to skateboarders.  The colors are so muted and an abundance of suede and rubber toes is great. Take a minute to reflect on those better days when everyone wasn't ripping off Vans and Nike (except DC) yet still made good things.

Pete has probably seen this

Ricky Gervais meets... Larry David

Lil' Steven

I'm sure you all remember your first board, I know I do.  Well this photo, courtesy of C. Erwin Piper, tells the charming tales of my friend Steven on his 7th birthday at the local skateshop getting his first skateboard.  Doesn't he look adorable?  Unfortunately Mom & Dad made him wear the pads until about 8th grade.  Don't fret though, Lil' Steven still has that same twinkle in his eye and spring in his step to this day when he steps on a skateboard again.  God bless you, Lil' Steven. 

Keenan Milton

You Remember the Keenan Milton tribute in the Beginning of Yeah, Right? Well it starts off with a phone interview originally printed in the August 1993 Issue of Thrasher (#150).  Video and the interview below.

Although you should probably have these bookmarked already, here is some more Keenan Milton footage worth studying up on (mostly stolen from the good folks at Bobshirt).

20 Shot Sequence

Las Nueves Vidas De Los Paco

Mouse

The Chocolate Tour

411 Roomies with Gino Iannucci & Eric Pupecki

Rock Ultra-supergods and shredsleds

Courtesy of an old Thrasher Mag comes a couple photos of some rock n' roll legends (according to Big Shoe) with their other axes.  First up is Dave Mustaine of Megadeth looking like a commercialized Wet Boy holding a Blind Gonz board from 1991.

Next is all around sweet dude, The Nuge being his usual awesome self clutching one of the best board graphics ever, so simple yet so good, the Blind Jordan Richter Safety Gear deck from 1993.