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Landmark Skate Tunes #11: Sebadoh - 'Skull'

Landmark Skate Tunes #11: Sebadoh – ‘Skull’

By Joshua Finnell   There are dragons to be slayed. Hearing that line will always conjure a baby-faced Geoff-Rowley staring directly into the camera while reverse time-lapse footage of surfers tossing a football in the Pacific ocean plays in the background. The segment would be one of many great clips forming Transworld’s first video release,...
Landmark Skate Tunes #10: Tommy Guerrero & Gadget – ‘Deep Sleep’

Landmark Skate Tunes #10: Tommy Guerrero & Gadget – ‘Deep Sleep’

There are certain smells, sounds and collective fragments dispersed amongst our memories, which when we’re lucky enough to briefly recall them – albeit unintentionally or otherwise – that literally take us to that very moment when we first experienced them. Excuse the fact that this is the second chosen from Sight Unseen (and you know we could...
Landmark Skate Tunes #9: Elliott Smith – ‘Junk Bond Trader’

Landmark Skate Tunes #9: Elliott Smith – ‘Junk Bond Trader’

A few months have passed since posting a Landmark Skate Tune, but The Skateboard Mag’s recent flattering article on The Deaf Lens has kicked it back into action. This track has raised a question: is it in bad taste to use a track for a part if it has already been used in another skating...
Landmark Skate Tunes #8: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - 'A Perfect Teenhood'

Landmark Skate Tunes #8: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – ‘A Perfect Teenhood’

There are so many well-selected tracks from Adio’s ‘One Step Beyond’ – Brian Sumner’s tops our list however. Perfectly attuned to the edit and Sumner’s explosive bangers, the part could easily end as the track comes to a near-halt. The slow build-up however (yes that filmer nearly getting beheaded by the frontside blunt is definitely...
Landmark Skate Tunes #7: Band of Horses - 'The Funeral'

Landmark Skate Tunes #7: Band of Horses – ‘The Funeral’

The premise behind each Landmark Skate Tunes feature has been to try and focus on the music rather than the skating. Of course this presents problems, and especially so in this case. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably...
Landmark Skate Tunes #6: Sizzla & Anthony B - 'Haunted And Nervous' (Submission by Chico Brees)

Landmark Skate Tunes #6: Sizzla & Anthony B – ‘Haunted And Nervous’ (Submission by Chico Brees)

The first section of Transworld’s ‘Sight Unseen’ featuring John Cardiel as with all videos, by definition, sets the tone for what is to follow. From the generous foreword by Mark Gonzales to the first licks of the background track, even the introduction creates anxious anticipation. The heavy bassline quickly links up with Cardiel’s rabid attacks...
Landmark Skate Tunes #5: Modest Mouse – ‘Shit Luck’ (Submission by Ciaran McClure)

Landmark Skate Tunes #5: Modest Mouse – ‘Shit Luck’ (Submission by Ciaran McClure)

‘Misled Youth’ – a first full length feature for many and most likely watched on a copy of (of a copy) on VHS, a video that would eventually be rinsed time and time again. Toy Machine, under the Tom Yeto umbrella at the time had an ad feature in Zero’s classic. The Modest Mouse track,...
Landmark Skate Tunes #4: Adolescents - 'Kids of the Black Hole'  (Submission by Reader Joe Burwell)

Landmark Skate Tunes #4: Adolescents – ‘Kids of the Black Hole’ (Submission by Reader Joe Burwell)

‘Mindfield’ still a relatively new video and Anthony Van Engelen’s track is somewhat set aside from those it stands beside (Mikey Taylor’s Dinosaur Jr. and Jason Dill’s Animal Collective for instance). Adolescants and their featured track match Van Engelen’s skating style; raw, fast and great technical flair for those willing to pay attention to it....
Landmark Skate Tunes #3: Interpol - 'Obstacle 1'

Landmark Skate Tunes #3: Interpol – ‘Obstacle 1′

We’re getting closer to #PrettySweet, if we get a video part from Brian Anderson that’s as great as what we got from ‘Yeah Right!’ we’ll be very surprised. Of course the skating is top notch and Corey Duffel says of Anderson when introducing this part for Thrasher’s ‘Classics': “BA is beast, he’s the sickest skateboarder...
Landmark Skate Tunes #2: Mogwai - 'Tracy (Kid Loco's Playing With The Young Team Remix)'

Landmark Skate Tunes #2: Mogwai – ‘Tracy (Kid Loco’s Playing With The Young Team Remix)’

The credits of a skateboarding film are after all, watched. Often glimpses dedication, trivia and lifestyle are found here. Mogwai’s track closes Emerica’s video perfectly as we watch Suski’s smoothly filmed line, Joey Poirez’s mini section, travel and let’s not forget as the song slowly fades we see what skateboarding can be – paying a...
Landmark Skate Tunes #1: Donovan - 'Get Thy Bearings'

Landmark Skate Tunes #1: Donovan – ‘Get Thy Bearings’

We don’t remember the first time we watched Reynold’s part in ‘Baker 2g’. But we know after ‘Crimson and Clover’ by Tommy James & the Shondells faded, leading to Reynolds standing, checking his board (sunglasses on), whilst this song began followed by probably the nicest fakie tre and most casual switch crook ever, that this...