The second ep in the Lone Wolfs' awesomely quirky series Everything's Not Working!
Derek’s trying to make me go to Oahu for two weeks to cover Pipe. I’m not super opposed to the idea, though I’m also not exactly chomping at the bit about it. I’ve spent enough time on Oahu.
I only mention it because he cc’ed me at the end of an email exchange with Dave Prodan that featured this lovely little nugget from Derek to Dave about me.
…it’s important to get him into the real world rather than be hyper-critical/paranoid from the safety of his house.
1) I’m not paranoid. It’s my enemies who plot against me.
2) I love tons of stuff. I may be critical, but that’s only because most shit straight sucks. That’s the thing about being good, it’s special. Rare. Difficult to achieve. What’s the point of being Mr Super Positive Rah-Rah Cheerleader? There’s enough of that shit floating around. Especially within the surf industry.
Like, I adore Gary Rogers and his weekly installments of Skateline.
I also can’t get enough Eric Andre. Dude’s managed to meld all the faux-talk show tropes into pure genius.
Not so sure how much I love Everythings Not Working. It’s kind of funny, almost gets there. I’ll call it silly-but-safe. Which doesn’t mean bad. Only two episodes in, plenty of room to grow. And they’re trying something kind of different, which I love and support.
The high point is Paddy Wilkins, the guy who plays “Aggro Surfer Bro.” He’s very funny. I did some internet stalking and found out he’s an actual actor. Knows how to deliver a line, sell a set of power tools.
Everythings Not Working is financed by Lone Wolf Objet’s d’ Surf. It’s a high-end boutique surf joint in Venice. Not exactly my scene. But I don’t want to be hyper-critical or anything. The fact that I don’t understand it doesn’t automatically make it bad.
I assume that, if you can open up a spendy surf shop in Venice, you’ve got some money backing you. Which is good news, possibly, for me. Their title is sort of similar to my podcast’s, Everything is Always Terrible. Grounds for a lawsuit? I sure hope so!
I called my lawyer to see if I shake ’em down for some cash I don’t deserve. She gave me the standard, gonna-bill-you-for-it, legal response.
“I’d need to research the issue.”
Not much help. Maybe I can strangle-fuck a proper answer out of her later on today.
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Thank you Lincoln Hardware
bait
Why should you ya seppo?
As my old man likes to say: “just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get ya.”
I have absolutely nothing against ass-kissing – I know where my commenting-bread is buttered.
A sort-of related question: why are so many gals into choking? What ever happened to sweet, gentle, lovemaking?
There’s still room for us.
“Everythings Not Working is financed by Lone Wolf Objet’s d’ Surf. It’s a high-end boutique surf joint in Venice. Not exactly my scene. But I don’t want to be hyper-critical or anything. The fact that I don’t understand it doesn’t automatically make it bad.”
Trust your instinct on this one. It is actually worse than your instinct.
Gary Rogers Jr. is the greatest and Skateline is the only goodamn “action sports” “show” worth a fuck. Save the Beach Grit videos, of course. Loveletters to Skateboarding has a good episode now and again too.
Raglan Surf Report is way better – https://youtu.be/kTSmyk9Atlw
He can surf too – Innersection clip
https://vimeo.com/47387470
…it’s important to get him into the real world rather than be hyper-critical/paranoid from the safety of his house / office cubicle.
Pretty apt description of beach grit’s comments section
Did your wife leave you? Why didn’t you just ask her about the law suit while you were shagging? I’m here if you need support mate.