
Okay, admittedly that wasn’t the hardest thing to guess—it’s your classic bacon scab—but the story behind it is rather funny to visualize (especially if you happen to be a skateboarder who has done this very same embarrassing thing in public). The severely skinned knee, you see, belongs to Lauren Graham, our resident BMX bike-riding director of the forthcoming Big Brother documentary*. This past weekend, while biking around Downtown LA like a turtle with all her camera gear in tow, Lauren lost control on a slippery patch of sidewalk (a spot of bum feces, most likely) and spontaneously wiped the fuck out. Her camera was fine, but her knee was an altogether different story as her short shorts will attest. Guess they don’t call it “skid row” for nothing! (more…)
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When I told Knoxville I was driving an RV with five of my friends to the SXSW music festival, he suggested that we hang out with some of his friends while we were in Austin to get a real Texas experience. Man, I bet he regrets that now. Just kidding. Well, maybe not. No, but seriously, how cool was that? Not to mention he and Derek hooking us up with gas money to make it there. Thanks, guys. You’re the best. (more…)