Fundraiser Swag

So... remember those skateboards & wheels that we were gonna give away last Sunday at McKernan, before I got evil sick and couldn't make the sesh?

No?

They looked like this:

Remember them now?

Good.

I'm gonna raffle one of the decks and a set of wheels off this afternoon at Kaskitayo.
Like 4ish.
Then later in the evening, say 8ish CRBM is going to raffle off the other deck and set of wheels.
Still at Kaskitayo.
The party kinda goes on all day.

THE DEAL

a: How the deal works.

Raffle Tickets for the DECKS are $5 or THREE for $10
Raffle Tickets for the WHEELS are $3 or THREE for $5

IF you buy your tickets before the first draw, you'll still be in for the second one that happens later in the evening.

IF you buy your tickets after the first draw, the price is the same, but you missed out on a chance to win already.

Here's the other thing, when we draw the ticket, You're gonna have to yell really loudly to let us know you've won. So make sure you stick around for it, cuz if you haven't claimed the prize in like 30 seconds, we're gonna rip up that ticket, and draw another one. No second chances. Its shitty, I know.
But we want you to spend the day enjoying punk rock with us, and thats easier to do if YR around.

b: Here's the deal.

Sometime around 4pm, I'm gonna draw a ticket from the bowl/cup/god knows what that says WHEELS on it. IF YR number gets called. You yell, scream, whatever and make YR way to where I'm announcing (probably the PA) and I'm gonna hand you a set of ZERO SKATEBOARDS WHEELS. We take a crappy instagram photo, maybe two and then you wander away and do whatever you want with your new wheels.
About 30 seconds after that happens I'm gonna draw another ticket from a different bowl/cup/god knows what that says DECK on it. IF YR number gets called. You yell, scream, whatever and make YR way to where I'm announcing (probably the PA) and I'm gonna hand you a KROOKED SKATEBOARDS GONZ DECK. We take a crappy instagram photo, maybe two and then you wander away and do whatever it is with a slightly used, not cracked, maybe warped deck, that you want to do. 

Then sometime after that I leave.. BUT if you bought a ticket for either or both of the items, YOU stay, you skate, you do whatever. THEN...

Sometime around 8pm, SOME OTHER DUDE gonna draw a ticket from the bowl/cup/god knows what that says WHEELS on it. IF YR number gets called. You yell, scream, whatever and make YR way to where I'm announcing (probably the PA) and SOME OTHER DUDE is gonna hand you a set of JOEY PEPPER AUTOBAHN WHEELS. SOME OTHER DUDE and you snap a photo and text it to me and then you wander away and do whatever you want with your new wheels.
About 30 seconds after that happens SOME OTHER DUDE is gonna draw another ticket from a different bowl/cup/god knows what that says DECK on it. IF YR number gets called. You yell, scream, whatever and make YR way to where SOME OTHER DUDE is announcing (probably the PA) and he's gonna hand you a FOUNDATION SKATEBOARDS DECK. SOME OTHER DUDE and you snap a photo and text it to me and then you wander away and do whatever it is with a slightly used, not cracked, maybe warped deck, that you want to do. 

THATS IT! ITS SIMPLE!

- Jim Nowhere

Kaskitayo Today!

This is happening today!

So get your asses down to Kaskitayo Skatepark and get a sesh happening.

We're gonna be onsite from about 1:30pm - 4:30pm

We've got some 2nd Pressings of the File Under Music Comp
(Each CD comes with a download code as well, as it's the only way you can get your hands on Issue 1)
We've also a few Zine+Comp download codes left as well.

Special pricing for this event is:

CD COMP $5.00

ZINE/COMP DL CODE $3.00

$2.00 from each CD will be donated to the water supply fund
$1.50 from each ZINE/COMP DL CODE will be donated to the water supply fund

Don't live in Edmonton? Can't make it to the park? Want to donate anyways? Cool.

$1.50 from each ZINE/COMP purchased at http://onthewallzine.bandcamp.com until Aug 16th will be donated to CRBM's water supply fund.

Both are in limited supply, once this pressing of CDs is gone, we will not be doing another run of them.

Once these download codes are gone, no more will be made available, though you'll still be able to buy the digital copy from http://onthewallzine.bandcamp.com

- Jim Nowhere
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Sadly our costs on producing the Comp, digital or CD version still need to be covered. BUT feel free to donate directly to the cause, I'm sure they're gonna have people around to make sure you can do that.

McKernan Park Sesh!

Sunday August 4th. 2pm.

Whoever shows up, shows up.
We're gonna sesh from 2 - 5pm
It's a long weekend, so there is a chance that we'll be hanging out for a while after.
Gonna print up a few more copies of Issue 1 as well for people. (available for $1 each)

details on the FB event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/144587475748207/

Also poked through Jim's skate parts box.. found some wheels to give away (sadly no bearings in skate shape at the moment.. cept maybe some ABEC1s that he's kept for some odd reason or another..)

Autobahn Joey Pepper 52s / Zero Brockell 51s

Also in the spirit of giving away stuff that Jim doesn't ride anymore, and he needs more space on his walls for art that aren't old skate decks.. We're gonna find new homes for two Decks that are in great shape, a little old, loads of flex left, not even pressure cracked!

 Foundation Dan Murphy Deck 8.06" / Krooked Mark Gonzales Deck 8.12"

They're even already gripped and sticker'd for you posers who may want to try and win them..

We're not quite sure what you'll have to do to win them yet.. but it'll be something.

Hope to see you on Sunday!

- On The Wall `Zine

Broken Boards - Distro & Pre-Order Info

Great news everyone!
We've gotten all the bugs worked out of the shipping & tax part of the distro site, so everything is now good to go.
Mind, while that was all happening, we managed to sell out of all the compilations, and print editions of Issue 1…
That’s okay though, as Issue 1.5 is due out in late September, and we'll be taking pre-orders for it once the 10th rolls around. It will be retailing for $1.50 an issue, and distro priced at $1.00/ea.

We'll be packing them into bundles of 10 for shops, and the initial run will be of 300 issues.
We've spoken with quite a few places in Edmonton who will be carrying them right off the bat, and are more than willing to ship them to whatever location you happen to be at.

More as it happens.

- Jim Nowhere

Vol.1 Issue 1.5: Broken Boards - Now Accepting Submissions

With the success of Vol. 1 Issue 1 - File Under Music, we've decided to open things up to accepting more submissions for photos, articles, and songs for the second issue & compilation.

On The Wall: Vol. 1 Issue 1.5 - Broken Boards
Due Out Late September 2013

Submissions Due SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

All Submissions can be sent to us via our Facebook Page, or by emailing editor@onthewall-zine.com

it's Alive!

The DISTRO is ALIVE!

Kinda...

We're still having a problem with the store adding up the correct shipping amounts, but the Mail order form/catalog is now online:

http://distro.onthewall-zine.com/

Hell I'll even accept e-mail orders till we get this shipping bug sorted out.

- Jim Nowhere

File Under Music - Now Available!

Great News Everyone!
File Under Music is off to the photocopier, and the Digital Version of the Compilation is now available for purchase at: http://onthewallzine.bandcamp.com/album/file-under-music

The print Zine will be available at all local shops on May 15 2013 in Edmonton, AB

Vol 1 Issue 1: File Under Music

SO, you may have noticed that May 1st has come and gone, and yet not a sign of On The Wall `Zine anywhere about Edmonton. Not a copy in sight. Don't worry, they didn't all get snapped up while you weren't paying attention.  What has happened is something that I can't say I didn't anticipate, see we missed our first deadline.  However, that just means that it is going to be a little delayed.

On The Wall `Zine Vol 1 Issue 1 Due out May 1 2013 May 15 2013.

You'll be able to hunt down a copy at these fine establishments:

Independent Skater Owned & Operated Skate Shops:

Showdown Tattoo & Skateboards (97 St & 106 Ave, China Town)

Local 124 Skateboards & Longboards (124 St & 107 Ave)

Plush Snowboards & Skateboards (Whyte Ave)

Allrose Skateboards & Snowboards (Red Deer)

Independent Locally Owned & Operated Record Shops:

Freecloud Records (101 St & 108 Ave)

Listen Records (124 St & Stony Plain Road)

Permanent Records (Gateway Blvd & Whyte Ave)

Blackbyrd Myoozik (Whyte Ave & 105 St)

Sound Connection (Whyte Ave & 100 St)

Shady Music Venues & Pubs That May Have a Copy Laying Around:

DV8 Tavern (99 St & 83 Ave)

Wunderbar (Whyte Ave & 101 St)

Hooliganz Pub (124 St & 107 Ave)

NOW, onto the next piece of business, the compilation album "File Under Music" has also been delayed.  This is a little less under our direct control. Firstly none of the bands involved are to blame.  WE just happened to not realize how quickly time passes, and with an estimated turn around time on the cassette duplication and shipping being about three weeks, and us always further extending the deadline for submissions, well it all kind of got a little out of hand.

SO, with any luck the compilation album should be available for download on May 15, 2013 with the limited edition cassettes becoming available on June 1, 2013.  Pre orders for the Cassettes will be available. Hopefully not every copy will disappear during the two week pre-order phase as these will not be re-issued.

FILE UNDER MUSIC

Vol 1 Issue 1
BAND LIST

The Mange
Rebuild/Repair
Good Friday Brawl
Jim Nowhere

Micelli
Zero Cool
The Rhubarbs
Down The Hatch
MESSiAHLATOR
Gorgon Horde
Punktured
The Anatomy Cats

Spastic Panthers
Fire Next Time

N.N.

- Jim Nowhere

*Edited at 5:50PM MDT for correct Zine cover art, and complete Band list for the compilation

DILL+AVE

umm, so it looks like Jason Dill and AVE have left alien..

 I found out via DGKalis on instagram.. how about you?

 

anyways, this doesn't effect skateboarding in edmonton at all..
but if you want to check out some of Dill's earlier coverage, head over to the Chrome Ball Incident, just click the link on your right (unless you're rocking a mobile phone, then just tap the link above)

word..

also, slight delay in the production of the compilations/zines but don't worry I suspect you'll see them very soon.

- Jim Nowhere

Thrashion - Recycled Skateboard Jewlery

www.Thrashion.com

If you've spent any sort of time with me you'll know that I'm all about DIY and repurposing objects for other uses once they are done. Especially when it comes to mersh. So to give you a little back story, sometime around the summer of 2011, as Instagram was starting to take the skateboard world by storm, I happened upon this rad couple from the UK. Now I'm not quite sure what it is that the dude does, outside of spending a fair amount of time pushing wood, and helping to raise offspring, but the Lady she is all about repurposing all of our old focused decks. 

What first caught my eye was the simplicity of it all. Jewellery from old decks at more then reasonable prices. so we chatted a bit, i got hooked up with some stickers and proceeded to place them everywhere that I could. Eventually I ordered a set of dog tags made from an old Real deck.

So what I'm saying is, this is a self run company that I have no issues in supporting.

So the other day, as I was reading the monthly Thrashion E-zine (a quick email blast with a feature on an artist or someone who is doing similar things, usually) I decided that I should send them (Nat & Mohawk Projects) a quick email interview, here is how that went down:

JN: Tell me about Thrashion.com, and what prompted you to start doing this?

Nat: I've always made things and dabbled with bits and bobs, I love tools! And I've always been inspired by the DIY/recycle ethos of the punk movement.

I am a skateboarder (not a good one!) and so is my husband, we met through skateboarding (he's behind all the design stuff and the merchandise by the way!) we had loads of knackered skateboards kicking about and a load of tools and so I tried one versus the other and it all kinda grew on its own. 

JN: How long have you been running Thrashion?

Nat: I've been recycling since 2007 and sold my work in galleries but Thrashion really started when I moved online. Which was around 2009.

JN: How has instagram & twitter impacted how you?

Nat: I love Instagram! I'm also a bit of a tweeter, I've made some great connections on twitter and Instagram. I've certainly felt more a part of the wider skateboarding community since tweeting and instagramming. Some of my cufflinks went to the Emmy awards through a connection on twitter, and I've also met some rad people in the skateboard industry who are really supportive of me, I'm very lucky.

JN: What made you decide to start doing your e-zine monthly mail out?

Nat: The eZine was a little way of me giving back! I wanted to give people a voice to a different audience, as I think it's hard to reach a wider audience in the skate community. I also wanted to give people a chance to write about something they felt strongly about which might not necessarily be associated with them. It's still a pretty new concept but the response has been great so far.

Nat: Maybe you should write one?

JN: I just may have too, once a few more things around here have been wrapped up.

JN: Tell me about the process of repurposing the decks, like how do you decide what each board will become?

Nat: I have a specific way of splitting the board to get the most out of it. And I literally recycle every last bit! I also recycle the shavings to a resin artist friend of mine who embeds it in her jewellery (Just K Jewellery you can find them on Etsy) 

JN: I know you take donations of old boards, if some of the folks who read On The Wall wanted to donate, how would they do so?

Nat: I have a Freepost address for UK donations but if you're overseas you can fill in a form on my website:

http://www.thrashion.com/donate.html

I will refund the shipping costs depending on the size of the shipment.

JN: If you weren't doing this, what else would you be doing?

Nat: I'd be working in an art gallery, I'm a trained curator and my other job is managing the art collection of a small art museum (http://www.falmouthartgallery.com) I also run workshops for families.

JN: Is there anything else that you wanted to add?

Nat: I have got a new product launching on Friday 26th April which is a bag made in partnership with pro skater Emma 'tiny hands' Richardson (image attached) 'thrashion vs Tinyhands textiles' they are limited edition of only ten and are 100% handmade, they feature fabric designed exclusively for us and the handles are made of skateboard tails. This has never been done before! They will officially launch on that Friday at 8pm on our website http://www.thrashion.com

JN: Thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us, and we hope to see a lot more new stuff from you soon.

If you'd like to check out more stuff from the fine folks at Thrashion you can find them online at http://www.thrashion.com 

Or hit them up via the whole Social Media thing we have going on in 2013

Tweet

http://twitter.com/_thrashion

Like

http://Facebook.com/thrashion.ltd

Instagram

@thrashion 

- Jim Nowhere