Yeah... I gotta agree with you on this one Shitty. Other than poor music choice and the overdrawn opening montage the video was quite nice. The filming was beautiful and props should be given to the guys who shot this video for sure. I thought the guys who skated were all pretty sic, its just more should have been done to bring out their personalities and to keep the Alien vibe going. Also the "budget Jerry Hsu" jab was very harsh. How soul crushing must this article have been for anyone involved in this project to read, especially the editor.
I've never really liked Jenkem yet I think they should say whatever the fuck they wanna say- but dude, at least make sure the criticism your boys write is
somewhat constructive, especially if they are writing about dudes you've worked with in the past and see from time to time... you know, dudes you have to look into the eyes of when they call you out in real life.
Alien will always have a special place for me in the corner of my brain and it sucks to see them struggle so much, but if the yungbloods running this show have any heart they'll work their way through this, pick the meat from the bones of these criticisms, ingest it, heal up, and carry on. Fuck it.
If you want to criticize something you should make points and not just go "NYAH NYAH THIS SUCKS THE MUSIC SUCKS EVERYTHING SUCKS WAAH" which is exactly what he (and most people on here) did. If it was some jerk off on here or on their own blog, whatever who gives a shit, but jenkem is supposed to be an alternative to horse shit like Transworld or Ride channel or even Thrasher. It was poorly written by an idiot and, for a "magazine" named after shit and piss juice, made the whole thing stink. A bad review is fine and I don't mind people having differing opinions than I do, but that was just some dipshit pissing and moaning. People say dumb stuff when they're stoned, and people run over other people when they're drunk.