Unwound

This week’s only full length of note is Alex Greenberg’s Much Needed After A Long, a good cross-section of (what feels like) the early 20s scene in the city as of late. Lots of surprising clips, unexpected guests, and good music throughout.

Kirian Stone and the best kickflip backside nosegrind I’ve ever seen.

Chops goes in depth with Marc McKee on artistic inspiration, differentiating between World, 101, and Blind graphics, the inner machinations of Steve Rocco’s empire, and much more.

Tangentially related: Sean Cliver’s Strangelove collaborated with Side Effect, filming an edit in the process.

While we’re all reeling from the Adams administration’s decision to skatestop a fucking curb, pour one out for the now-deceased Alligator Ledge, a victim of the East River Park destruction.

-ATM