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January 29, 2017
#72: Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy is an OG NorCal native.
Since Murph and I had an hour to kill on our way to a session in St. Helena, I hooked up the audio gear in my truck and we recorded on our way north. We talked politics, comedy, what skating means now versus when we were kids, and so on.
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Here’s some of Murph’s skating in an edit by Rich Diaz.
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— BRIAN KRANS
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January 19, 2017
#71: Shredpool
Shredpool is, well, he’s not Deadpool, but they are kin. They both stab people for a living. One talks about taking his rollerblades to a skatepark to show kids how it’s really done. This one does it.
Ol’ Blade Skillson talks about his stockpile in the League of Xsjados, who can help him get himself into a video game, and, of course, his Instagram account: @project_shredpool.
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Here’s Shredpool’s edit from November:
Click here to read his interview with ONE Magazine.
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— BRIAN KRANS
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Photo by Reggie.
January 3, 2017
#70: Jason Reyna
Jason Reyna is everywhere, from being the “Daniel Kinney of the Blading Cup” to being in Chris Haffey’s corner at the Nitro Games.
Reyna was in Oakland for a turn-and-burn for work, so we took the opportunity to talk about being grown grommets, the different styles of skating today, what’s in store for the Forecast trade show, how he manages to be everywhere.
You can directly download the episode here, or on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. (Subscribe, if you feel like it.)
Here’s what the recording setup looked like:
And here’s that Southern Scum video we talked about:
Sorry America from skitchvideozine on Vimeo.
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— BRIAN KRANS
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December 31, 2016
#69: The Ghost Ship Fire
On Dec. 2, 36 people were killed when a fire broke out during an electronic music show in a warehouse known as the Ghost Ship in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood.
Oakland’s arts and music community rallied in the wake of the tragedy, hosting benefits for families who lost loved ones, as well as attempting to protect other live-work spaces in a city with skyrocketing rents.
Featuring interviews with Jason Urbina, Brendan Tidd, and Daniel Guardado.
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Music from this episode was either performed or mixed by Johnny Igaz, a victim of the Ghost Ship fire. You can hear more of his music at https://soundcloud.com/nacktmusic.
Huge thanks to our supporters on Patreon: Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, Zach, Basti, Jon, Levi, Sean, Brad, Ivan, and our newest sponsors Randy Edwards and Jeff Asi, better known as Uncle Jeff.
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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December 15, 2016
#68: Michael Braud and Philip Moore
Philip Moore and Michael Braud are two southern gentlemen who have been skating and filming together over the last few weeks here in the Bay Area.
We talk about Making America Blade Again, 2016 as a whole, and racism in fast food chains, and why pizza is not a vegetable.
The song at the break is Isaiah Rashad’s “Soliloquy,” as used in Philip’s most recent edit for Kaltik.
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Huge thanks to our supporters on Patreon: Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, Zach, Basti, Jon, Levi, Sean, Brad, Ivan, and our newest sponsors Randy Edwards and Jeff Asi, better known as Uncle Jeff.
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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November 22, 2016
#67: Kevin Chow
Kevin Chow has been everywhere forever.
Kevin is a mainstay in rollerblading, from writing profiles for Daily Bread to being part of FISE in France, this Canadian-born Barcelona resident has had his hands in more rollerblading-related events than, possibly, anyone else.
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Huge thanks to our supporters on Patreon: Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, Zach, Basti, Jon, Levi, Sean, Brad, Ivan, and now Uncle Jeff.
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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November 13, 2016
#66: Trump and the Riots
Sometimes I talk to myself.
This time it’s about covering the 2016 election, rollerblading through the protests and riots that followed in Oakland, and the ramifications of underestimating the “fly over states.”
The music at the second break is “The Last Days of Oakland” by the Fantastic Negrito. (You should buy the full album.)
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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October 9, 2016
#65: Omar, B. Free, and the Oakland Blade Jam
Now in it’s fourth year, the OBJ is getting back to the streets this Saturday, starting at Madison Park in Oakland. Right near the Lake Merritt BART station, if you’re in the Bay, there’s no reason to stay away.
Omar, B. Free, and I talk about the comp, a few things that are resting heavily on our hearts, infighting, and other less serious topics.
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Huge thanks to our supporters on Patreon: Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, Zach, Basti, Jon, Levi, Sean, Brad, and Ivan.
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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September 12, 2016
#64 Matt Lewis
Hello, and welcome to the Rock Town Podcast.
Matt Lewis is the founding editor of the zine-turned-literary journal, The Radvocate, which publishes poems, fiction, non-fiction, art, photography, and illustrations by bladers and non-bladers alike. A publication of So Say We All, a non-profit in San Diego, it recently released its 14th issue.
(Psst…buy it by clicking here and going to Amazon.)
We talk over Skype about how the magazine went from a Kinko’s copy-and-staple publication that started with a joke about a Xsjado ad to becoming a publication you can find at some of the best bookstores in the country.
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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August 22, 2016
#63: Aaron Powell
Aaron grew up in the Bay, but took some prime time off from skating. Now that he’s all in again, he’s been a consistently great homie for a session. Now, he’s heading to Portland.
We talk about why he’s moving up north to Oregon, not missing Bay Area traffic, working at AMall, Trigger skates, and why it’s always important to leave home.
You can download the episode directly here, or on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play.
Here’s that edit from Nolte and Sneaky:
A video posted by aggressivemall (@aggressivemall) on Aug 16, 2016 at 10:37am PDT
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BLADE OR DIE,
— BRIAN KRANS
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