AFI will release their much anticipated album CRASH LOVE on 9/29 and before anyone hears it we have a preview of “End Transmission” right here for you on Skateboards.com! For more information on AFI check out their sick new website www.AFireInside.net and make sure you pick up CRASH LOVE (pre-order it now on iTunes!)
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Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single “At The Bottom.” The album, which promises to be another boundry breaking assault, is the follow-up to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, an album that earned critical acclaim from SPIN, Blender, NY Times, LA Times and Billboard, among others.
With The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, and early works Your Favorite Weapon and Deja Entendu already in the books of Brand New’s storied career; the band is set to take fans down another path with their defiant new album, Daisy. The new record features a collection of songs produced by longtime friend Mike Sapone and mixed by Dave Sardy (Rage Against the Machine, Cold War Kids, Slayer). Brand New continues to break the mold and, in true Brand New form, they delve into new musical territory that will astonish both critics and fans alike.
In support of their forthcoming album, the band will embark on an extensive tour across the United States culminating in an epic headlining performance at Nassau Coliseum on November 28th in Uniondale, NY. The band will be joined by a slew of distinguished guest artists they handpicked to share this special occasion with them, including a performance by friends and fellow Long Islanders Glassjaw. Other stops on the tour will also feature Manchester Orchestra, Thrice, and Crime In Stereo among others.
09.16.09 Puyallup, WA Puyallup Fair and Events Center
10.01.09 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
10.02.09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
10.03.09 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
10.04.09 St Paul, MN Myth Nightclub
10.06.09 St Louis, MO The Pageant
10.07.09 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theatre
10.08.09 Denver, CO The Fillmore
10.09.09 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Palace Convention Center
10.13.09 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
10.15.09 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena & Convention Center
10.16.09 San Jose, CA Event Center @ SJ State U
10.17.09 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
10.18.09 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
10.20.09 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10.21.09 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10.22.09 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
10.23.09 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
10.25.09 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheater
10.26.09 Austin, TX Emo’s
10.27.09 Austin, TX Stubb’s BBQ
10.29.09 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
10.30.09 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
10.31.09 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
11.01.09 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Experience
11.03.09 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
11.04.09 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11.05.09 Tampa, FL The Ritz Ybor
11.06.09 Orlando, FL House of Blues
11.07.09 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
11.09.09 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
11.10.09 Richmond, VA The National
11.11.09 Baltimore, MD Sonar
11.13.09 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
11.14.09 Philly, PA Electric Factory
11.15.09 Philly, PA Electric Factory
11.17.09 Boston, MA House of Blues
11.18.09 Boston, MA House of Blues
11.20.09 Montreal, Quebec Olympia De Montreal
11.21.09 Toronto, Ontario Kool Haus
11.22.09 Toronto, Ontario Kool Haus
11.24.09 Rochester, NY Dome Arena
11.25.09 Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theater
11.28.09 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
“Medicate,” the first single from AFI’s forthcoming album, CRASH LOVE, has just premiered on radio and the internet. The song, which will also be featured on Guitar Hero 5, is already making waves on radio stations with simultaneous worldwide premieres and band interviews. LA based KROQ got the honors in the early hours of the morning playing “Medicate” and welcoming front man Davey Havok who later explained one of the song’s many meanings as, “speaking of the mutability of elation that’s based in really powerful, yet fleeting, experiences and those experiences being referred to in a sort of metaphoric way such as medication.” While CRASH LOVE is the first AFI record to feature sociopolitical and observational perspectives, the darkly personal AFI lyrical strain is distinctly present on the standout single which can be heard now on MySpace.
Marking the premiere of “Medicate,” iTunes has launched a special pre-order for CRASH LOVE which will give fans who pre-order the album the chance to recieve “Medicate” right away. The iTunes version of CRASH LOVE will also feature bonus tracks “Breathing Towers To Heaven,” an unreleased demo, and “Too Late For Gods,” an unreleased studio track, both from the CRASH LOVE sessions.
If you would like to make someone’s day, email them this video. This is just one where the good guys win.While there is no way of knowing the exact circumstances as to what went on here, it appears that a couple of kids were skateboarding when all of a sudden a gang member-looking fellow pulls what appears to be a gun on one of the skateboarders.The skateboarder immediately backs down, but the suspect keeps pushing him.
Bam Margera has found a more effective way of dealing with his marital problems than going on a four day bender: Marriage counseling and meds.
The “Jackass” star, who was recently hospitalized with “dehydration” after a drinking binge, says he’s been trying to work it out with wife Missy — and she’s forced them into couples counseling twice a week.
Bam also tells us Missy “thinks I have a split personality, like Jekyll and Hyde” and he has been taking the antidepressant Lexapro to control his “mood swings.”
This summer, UCSB marked off a pilot skateboard lane in the main campus corridor to judge the possibility of keeping the skate-friendly portion of the student body from thrashing the pedestrian and bike population.
The first of its kind at the university, the 5-foot wide path is considered a first attempt at a project to improve the safety of pedestrians and skateboarders alike. According to Ron Cortez, the associate vice chancellor and chair of the skateboard committee at UCSB, the skate lane, which consists of several hundred feet of paint, graphics and signs cost $12,500 to install.
Cortez said Summer and Fall traffic on the skate path will be guinea pigs so the university can judge if the paths are effective.
“The lane has emerged as a way to make the campus pathways safer for everyone,” Cortez said. “[The committee] will be judging closely throughout the Fall Quarter to see whether or not it works and how the students are reacting to it. It may make things safer, but then again it may make things difficult. It’s all going to decide whether we want to expand and put more lanes throughout campus in the future.”
With the implementation of the lane, skateboarders must now abide by it at all times and stay clear of the pedestrian pathways beside it.
Associated Students and the campus “Be Smart About Safety” fund matched the $7,500 that two students from the Skateboard Committee, Jose Magana and Raymond Collins, fundraised for the construction of the lane.
“Ray and I raised $7,500 for the lane and have done a lot to spread awareness for skateboarding safety,” Magana said. “I think this lane will reduce skateboard related injuries because pedestrians will have their own area to walk in. We just don’t have sufficient amounts of bike racks, so by skateboarding, it alleviates bike congestion on the paths.”
Of the total $15,000 allocated for the skate path, only $2,500 remains, Cortez said, in case the skate path is not received well and needs to be removed.
Magana said that if the lane proves to be a success, it will only make sense to install more lanes around campus. However, the most important thing right now, he said, is for skateboarders to unite and ensure that skateboarding doesn’t get banned.
Tina Cheng, a third-year comparative literature major who regularly skates to class, gave a skateboarder’s perspective on the new lane.
“I’m happy that there’s a lane because that means skateboarding won’t get banned anytime soon, but I am a bit skeptical about how the lane will work,” Cheng said. “Skateboarding has a different way of control than biking in a sense of its speed and direction. I’m sure there will be less crashes towards pedestrians, but there may be more crashes between skateboarders. The lane just seems too narrow for comfort.”
Magana noted he is currently in talks with Cortez for possible ways to get students accustomed to the new lane, one idea being a skateboarding education section in this summer’s freshman orientation.
“I saw a lot of people on campus looking at them in confusion,” Magana said. “I want to make sure that skateboarders know the laws and the rules so that everyone can get to class in peace.”
While the pavement of the skate lane may be rough and patchy in spots, Cortez said the whole campus corridor cement is scheduled for replacement in the next several years and no large-scale work is planned before that.
Plan B Pro skateboarderJereme Rogers swears he’s officially done experimenting with magic mushrooms — after cops found him naked and preachin’ gibberish to his neighborhood from the roof of his Redondo Beach home Monday.
According to reports, the police had to forcibly remove the 24-year-old from his perch and drag him to the hospital for a cat scan. Rogers says he was never charged with a crime for the incident.
Jereme did learn one valuable lesson from his tripped out experience: “Mushrooms don’t give you powers” — so don’t try to use The Force on the cops.
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The auction ends on April 24, 2009 and the current bid is only $78. Thanks, Tony.
AFI will release their much anticipated album CRASH LOVE on 9/29 and before anyone hears it we have a preview of “End Transmission” right here for you on Skateboards.com! For more information on AFI check out their sick new website www.AFireInside.net and make sure you pick up CRASH LOVE (pre-order it now on iTunes!)
Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single 
“Medicate,” the first single from AFI’s forthcoming album, CRASH LOVE, has just premiered on radio and the internet. The song, which will also be featured on Guitar Hero 5, is already making waves on radio stations with simultaneous worldwide premieres and band interviews. LA based KROQ got the honors in the early hours of the morning playing “Medicate” and welcoming front man Davey Havok who later explained one of the song’s many meanings as, “speaking of the mutability of elation that’s based in really powerful, yet fleeting, experiences and those experiences being referred to in a sort of metaphoric way such as medication.” While CRASH LOVE is the first AFI record to feature sociopolitical and observational perspectives, the darkly personal AFI lyrical strain is distinctly present on the standout single which can be heard now on 
Bam Margera has found a more effective way of dealing with his marital problems than going on a four day bender: Marriage counseling and meds.
