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The Secret Museum

Michael Polnasek — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:04:00 +0000

Back in the 90′s before Thatch made his first move from New Jersey over to Minneapolis we pretty good at getting into trouble, which is probably most of the stories you’ve heard on this blog. But in between harassing people wiuth megaphones, writing on other peoples property, and destroying public benches and handrails with our skateboards, we managed to squeeze in a few productive moments. I was into doing shows at the time, and Chris and our other bud The Mysterious Doctor had themselves a killer band called The Secret Museum. These dudes were playing punk music inspired by dark wave punk rock before doing that shit became cool again. Unfortunately the band was a round for such a short amount of time, they only had an opportunity to record this demo. This was hardly circulated… although it did score them a television score credit on some show of which I cannot remember the name. As for punk rock cred, this band also featured members of NJ legendary hardcore band Bodies in Panic and Mykel Boards Artless. Not a bad resume eh? SO here it is. Free stream & download. Feel free to share. Thatch forever.

Street Theater #2 – Digital Download!

Michael Polnasek — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:59:55 +0000

Oh hell yes. I finally got around to digitizing Street Theater #2. It took forever I know, but just think how much more you’ll appreciate this now. I can’t front, I’m lazy as fuck and filled with a ton of the slacker spirit that Thatch and I so boldly encompassed and expressed daily. Remember these are like almost 30 pages and take forever to download… but you’ll have it forever. Anyway here’s a link. Street Theater 2

Also, I will hopefully have another Thatcher media related fun treat coming soon. Believe me ripps?

“How’s My Blog?”

Michael Polnasek — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:31:23 +0000

2009 Thatch illustration. Click to Enlarge

Street Theater #0

Garret Bell — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:22:13 +0000

We will be posting up digital issues of Chris’s zine Street Theater. This is the first of six issues… The PDF might take a minute to download, but they are high res. print quality PDFs. Here is a download link… Street Theater #0

NJ’s

Christian

Thatcher

memorial

Skate day!

Time	July 15 at 12:30pm – Saturday at 7:30am

Location	Three different skate parks and a blow out jam at the 660 Ramp

Created By	Frankie Sutherland, Mike Yannetta, Michael Polnasek, Garret Bell

More Info	First stop; Hopewell park NJSecond stop; Hilltop park Princeton NJThird stop; Sayreville park NJ Fourth and last stop on the tour for Chris will be a big blow out jam at the 660 ramp in Jersey city where all are welcome to skate and have a beer for our homie. Party on the roof or skate the ramps doesn’t matter as long as Thatch is in your heart or touched your soul.

Session at 3rd.

Michael Polnasek — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:25:50 +0000

The second time I went out to Minneapolis to visit Thatch we did a 3rd lair session. We actually went straight to the park after a 21 hour drive from Jersey. Im so stoked that Sean got so much captured to video on that trip. It’s amazing how mundane things can become so valuable. This is just raw footy… maybe ghetto edited with a VCR and a video camera, but fuck it. I’d kill for another session with you homie. rest easy.

Thatch Shreds…

Michael Polnasek — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:03:07 +0000

Michael Polnasek — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:18:53 +0000

Inked faces

Michael Polnasek — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:11:39 +0000

Thatch never told me the names of these ink drawings. They were so new that I doubt they even had names. Im not going to bore anyone with a long winded description… some of Chris’s best and purest work. Miss you homie.

Go To Church

Michael Polnasek — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:43:54 +0000

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Pastel on black construction paper.

Hands & Crosses

Michael Polnasek — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:16:12 +0000

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So I’ve definitley been negligent of this blog, not because I’ve lost interest at all… but just because it’s been too painful. After the shock of Thatch leaving so abruptly, after the chaos of rushing to get all of his art scanned, after the chaos of settting up for the art show, after collecting Thatchers belongings from the local police… after all that, there was just sadness. Fuck I haven’t even sent Chris’s things back home to his family yet. It’s bittersweet to have part of him still hanging around. I’m still waiting for him to come crashing through my door with a megaphone, a six pack, and a skateboard. Anyway I’m ready to do this again, to confront the fact that Chris is gone, to honor his name, and one way or another never let the world forget about Christian Thatcher. Artist, skateboarder, one of my best friends. With that said… here is another Thatcher illustration.