The FREESTYLIN’ Book
Earlier this year, Mark Lewman somehow conned Nike into funding the FREESTYLIN’ Magazine reunion book he’s been wanting to do since FREESTYLIN’ stopped printing pages in the early 90s. Having finally received my copy, I am glad he did.
If you came up in the 80s BMX world, or even if you missed it, this book is a must-have if you’re interested in the history of BMX. Andy Jenkins, Spike Jonze, and Lew got back together, went through the archives, contacted everyone they could find, and reassembled the magazine that we all worshipped during BMX freestyle’s original heyday. From the pros to the zines to the behind-the-scenes is all here.
FREESTYLIN’ covers…
Craig Grasso puttin’ it down.
80s zine covers [Yes, even I have a couple in there... and I got the opportunity to contribute writing some to this thing as well. Thanks, Lew!]
Here’s a video clip from the L.A premiere of the book [runtime: 4:38]:
Props to the write up of our culture Roy. Where can I order one of these books?
BMX made me who I am today!
Team Anonymous!
BB
Thanks, you two (for some reason, I can’t get Paul’s comment to show). Sandy just gave me a BMX bike to replace the one I had to leave in Portland, and Taj just ordered me a new fixed-gear frame. It’s on like ‘fridgerators…
Miss you guys…
Wow. Just wow. Whoever chose the live Agent Orange track knows what’s up. I still have all my freestylin mags from back then, waiting to be busted out & read by a couple of drunks. Isn’t that one of our zines in the 1st diagonal down from the NW corner?
roy, what up! How can I purchase this book? Email me at my email if you have any info.
Peace
BB
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I was Assistant Editor to Paul D. Miller a.k.a DJ Spooky on his Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture, which is available from The MIT Press and fine bookstores all over.
My first book, Follow for Now: Interviews with Friends and Heroes, is an anthology of interviews with all kinds of minds. Disinformation named it "among the most important books published in 2007," and Erik Davis called it "a crisp and substantial remix of the major memes of the last decade or so."
Top Ten for Now
2. Astra The Weirding
3. Antipop Consortium Fluorescent Black
4. El Trio de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Ciencia de los Inutiles
5. Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back
6. Tom Waits Glitter and Doom Live
7. Zu Carboniferous
8. AZ Legendary
9. Ahab The Divinity of Oceans
10. Voivod Infini
Featured Interviews
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Renegade Motorhomes - Credit Card Consolidation - Debt Consolidation - Credit Consolidation
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