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Posts Tagged: counter-culture

Chairmen of the Boards

By Mat Weir in News

Sep 10 2013
Keith ‘Slasher’ Meek, one of Santa Cruz’s first skateboarding stars, in 1980.

How Santa Cruz’s surf and skate underworld of the 1980s sparked a punk counter-culture movement.

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Confessions of a Mad Bomber

By Steve Palopoli in News

Sep 10 2013
An illustration from James Reitano's 'Nineteen Eighty Five.'

From the ashes of Santa Cruz’s graffiti underworld, James Reitano transcended the local punk scene to produce music videos for the likes of Biz Markie and Skrillex— now he’s on to graphic novels.

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