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Big Boy Randy 'Biscuit' Turner Found Dead 8/20/2005
In the worst form of happenstance imaginable, Randy "Biscuit" Turner was found dead in his home late Thursday afternoon. Close friends had not heard from the local musician/artist for several days when Chronicle staff writer Marc Savlov, author of this week's cover story on the ebullient Austin icon, stopped by Turner's house to ascertain his whereabouts. Sensing something wrong, Savlov called the police, who arrived and found Turner's body inside. As of 11:30am Friday morning, the medical examiner's initial autopsy report attributes cause of death to "gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to cirrhosis associated with chronic [alcohol] abuse." Although time/date of death has yet to be determined pending a final report from the medical examiner, it's believed that Turner, 56, had been dead for at least several days. Needless to say, the entire Chronicle family is shocked and terribly saddened by this news. Pedazo Chunk, 2009 S. First, where Turner's art installation "Mental Volcano" was to be displayed this weekend, will instead host an informal wake tonight, Friday, Aug. 19, beginning at 7pm. 441-3505.
While some California skateparks are switching to a pay-to-play format, and others have been charging since day one, the Etnies Skatepark of Lake Forestis doing what it can to keep skating free. With a little help from skaterock legends JFA, along with Broken Bottles, Thee Indigents, The Pillz and Rabies, the park is holding a gig on August 20, from 5 to 10 p.m. Look for giveaways from The Firm Skateboards to keep things interesting. Cost is only$5 and couldn't go to a better cause. For more information, call the skatepark at (949) 916-5870. Useful links:
Look out for Denver skate punks Frontside Five on the following tour dates:
Rob put on a fine punk show at the Clubhouse in Tempe for the 3rd anniversary of AZPX. The show was almost washed out by a broken water pipe that shut down the whole strip mall. Some impromptu plumbing saved the day and the show went off. Lots of goodies were raffled off and the bands rocked quite hard. Congratulations to Rob for 3 fine years.
Believe in the skate culture revolution. Long live skaterock! © Skateboardwedo
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