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Aggro Rag Freestyle Mag! Plywood Hoods Zines '84-'89: The Complete Collection contains all 12 issues of the underground BMX freestyle fanzine that rider and indie publisher Mike Daily made from the mid- to late-'80s. Limited to small print runs from the Xerox machine at a local video games arcade in York, PA, Aggro Rag was distributed at shows, AFA/2-Hip contests or by mail. Now is your chance to get them all in one comprehensive volume featuring exclusive new interviews with Kevin Jones (19 total pages) and Dave Mirra; previously unpublished photos of Plywood Hoods and friends; classic interviews with innovative flatland and street riders including Gary Pollak, Craig Grasso, Ceppie Maes, Dizz Hicks, Jason Parkes and Pete Augustin; plenty of "fidge" and more. 43 footnotes! Foreword by Andy Jenkins. Introduction by Lew.

5.5" x 8.5"
443 pages

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For the first issue of my zine Aggro Rag to appear since ’89, I interviewed 15 of the most innovative flatlanders from the fluorescent era of freestyle: Tim Treacy, Marc McKee, Frank Garrido, Aaron Dull, Chad Johnston, Greg Higgins, Chris Day, Joe Gruttola, Jim Johnson, Adam Jung, Derek Schott, Gerry Smith, Dave Nourie, Craig LePage and Gary “Pinky” Pollak. Twenty-three years later, what are these guys thinking? What were they thinking? Finding out felt a bit gonzo at times, but it was something I had to do.

Fully 75% of Aggro Rag 13 is BMX freestyle (with images and action sequences pulled from AFA contest footage courtesy of “Large Ray” Schlechtweg). AR 13 features Scott Towne’s four-page bio about Jeff Venekamp, a.k.a. Shinglehead; articles by Mark “Lew” Lewman and Curb Dogs’ Maurice ”Drob” Meyer; my interview with Team Shralp’s Dean Dickinson about his new pool-riding book, You Won’t; and more.

“The Hip-Hop Issue” includes Roy Christopher’s exclusive interview with Aesop Rock; Rose Miller’s review of the new Death Grips record; my interviews with Tim Holland (SOLE), Onry Ozzborn of Dark Time Sunshine (+ piece about Portland rapper Cloudy October); Peter Relic’s classic ’96 zine about working as Bob Mack’s assistant at Grand Royal (with update/tribute to Beastie Boys’ MCA, Adam Yauch). Art/poetry/fiction by Sam Pink, Brybox, Forrest Armstrong, Joshua Johnston, David Moscovich, Pecos B, Patrick Bocarde and Manuel Mayhem.

Each copy of this limited edition of 500 is signed by Plywood Hoods Brett Downs, Mark Eaton, Kevin Jones, Jamie McKulik, Dale Mitzel and me, Mike Daily. Covers are each autographed in gold paint pen ink by Intrikat, Chad Johnston. “Aggro Rag Freestyle Mag!” ink stamps make each copy unique. Available now. Back Cover:

PRESS for AGGRO RAG FREESTYLE MAG! PLYWOOD HOODS ZINES ‘84-‘89:
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

“Mike Daily: Writing is the Solvent”
by Roy Christopher

X GAMES/ESPN Book Review/Mike Daily Q&A by Brian Tunney

U.K. Review by Effraim Catlow
on Flat Matters Online

Mike Daily Interview with Ryan Sher
for Subrosa

Willamette Week Book Review 4.3.2013

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