Monday, June 08, 2009

Crip Mathews?


We go BMX'n yesterday down at Seatac and since we're down there end up over at Burian Sk8 park. This is South Seattle too, pretty ghetto. The houses all have bars on the windows for the most part, but it's always been cool when we're there. Till this time. As I'm unpacking the Burban this trashy Mom rolls up with two skinny ass teenager kids that are running some stupid arm tats. She starts yelling into the park "MIKEY, Mikey, who's the motherfucker that was pushing my boy on the ground!!!???" Mikey is this 18ish year old kid, sagged pants, skating his ass off. The kid that pushed the little kid down gets a verbal reprimand but then Mom and Mikey get into it. She starts heckling him then all of a sudden home boy starts tripping. He pulls his shirt up and show her his stomach that's got tat's across it and goes "What's up!!! What you think about this BITCH! West Side mother fucker, this is CRIP territory." I look at Milo, who's horrified and go "time to go." Guns were about to come out. And off we go to Greenlake. Milo starts skating and Mac goes over to the BMX jumps. He's all alone except for this older dude (my age) and his little 2 year old kid. Older dude compliments Mac on his Evil Knievel skills and we greet each other, then throw out some small talk. I'm looking at him thinking I know him and then it hits as we're walking away. It's Dave Mathews. I go to Milo "see that dude that was talking to your brother? He's a very famous singer." "Oh really, what kind of music does he sing? Is it like Pennywise?" "Uh no, more like Jack Johnson." "Oh...folk music. Cool."

8 comments:

  1. I don't know what experience will be more damaging to the youngster's life... he's going to be torn between gangs and jam bands...

    CHOOSE WISELY, SON...

    ps: first!!!

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  2. Anonymous5:16 AM

    DM is a local, Im sure you'll see him again in that fancy Blue Ridge Club House you recently became a member of as wel.

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  3. Anonymous9:15 AM

    Tell DM to go dump his shit elsewhere. Find another bridge punk. HAHA.

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  4. Anonymous10:04 AM

    Greenlake=Very White

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  5. Anonymous7:17 PM

    I'm sure you had that same dumbass look you always get on your face when you finally get who you're talking too.

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  6. haha I've had those moments, I saw DM at a restaurant in Seattle like 10 minutes after I told a friend how common it is to see him. Or being in Breck and seeing Sawyer from Lost and wondering why he looks so familiar and then realizing it after you leave.

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  7. I was actually kind of stoked on him walking around the jumps with the little one watching shit go down. Normal guy sort of.

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  8. This is an incredible story.

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