Mad Dogs.

Is there everlasting Dog life after DVD? Or maybe we are still stuck with these suckas. "Meet TONY ALVA: Purchase the new DVD Lords of Dogtown at Tower Santa Monica to receive a wrist-band in order to have PRIORITY PLACEMENT IN LINE AT THE SIGNING." Yowza.

And if that alone is not a clear enough violation, cheek out the following situation. Across town at the opening of rival Virgin's Hollywood and Highland mega store you could line up for autographs from Peggy Oki, Skip Engblom, Paul Constantineau, Nathan Pratt, and a numerous grouping of other Z-Boy types. There were even anxiety driven crowd swirls forming around the esoteric specters of Chris Cahill and Cris Dawson. Also present were Gang of Four, Dredg and INXS all whom declined to play due to fear of electrocution. Sir Richard Branson rocked Z-Boy attire, Social Distortion clocks, and even an Axl Rose costume in various photo opportunity enterprise zone scenarios.

Elsewhere Jim "Red Dog" Muir and inimitable Pat Mark seemed to be centered on the DJ Quik release party with the general upper echelons of the Los social strata. Disturbing rumors have FM doing another skate-bike collaboration of sorts with Muir. Scarier than that reported alliance is that Fat M is also said to be doing rides for fashioners Paul Frank and Don Hardy. It has recently been heard around a grapevine or two that Justine Reynolds has a pay grade of around 150 G per year with half of that being for art and the other half being skate related. Shine on.

TV has been sited hanging in Evanston, Ill, with the Harris clan. So, is this improper industrialization referencing future moves or is Tony Vitello scoring slotcar stock from the Tom Thumb Hobby vaults?