Sean Cliver

“Great nations are not murdered; they die by suicide.”

Good morning. Maybe it was Hegseth’s “Kill em all,” order, but I have realized that popular culture and radical conservatism has completely destroyed the culture i grew up in, and it’s just absurd that so many pretend it hasn’t. That monstrous man was made by TV, movies, …

Failing upwards. The greatest American tradition of all.

Incompetence will save us from full blown autocracy… probably

Reality TV killed… well… everything.

gruss vom krampus; or, the making of a holiday tradition ‘Twas the year or so before December 2012 when my friend Nick Halkias finally emailed me with the question he’d long been hinting at but never previously managed to put into motion: Would I be interes...

Trip the tryptophan fantastic. Or, digest and destroy with this look back on a shoe that beat all legal odds: the Holiday 2012 Nike SB “Krampus” Dunk High. Words, a lot of them, but pictures, too, found here:

sayonara, soshite sakana o arigato This comes way too long after the fact—and probably should've been posted in part before I even embarked on my trip to Japan back in October—but let's face the confusing facts: My woven word webs here...

Amid all the heavy, how about something light and refreshing? No, I’m not feeling 7up, but I did have a couple of art shows in Japan and consumed a lot of fish (the latter which you will not read about at all… just trying to tie up the title with a neat and tidy bow):

Your Services As Guidance Counselor Are No Longer Required, Mr. Vonnegut Dear Mr. Vonnegut, As principal of Stephen R. Perry High School, it is with regret that I inform you that, after considerable reflection and numero...

"You have at times seemed to question the very concept of a career. You told senior Barry Platowski, 'We are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.'"

We have reached the ICP inflection point… all bets are now off.

Tired of the This American Life Horror Show? Flip on over to the poppy li’l creature feature playing out this Halloween at StrangeLoveSkateboards.com

A screenprinted skateboard deck featuring vintage Americana salt and pepper shakers; one, the pepper, an upright porcelain rendition of Jackie Robinson with baseball bat; the other, a broken salt shaker in the form of a Klansman.

My body may be in Sunday, but my mind is back in Saturday where we just released all the new decks (with zines!), accompanying tees (and others!), the mysterious missing sticker pack (who knows!), and more. Find it all at StrangeLoveSkateboards.com

The full release this weekend includes a hypothetical “What if… ?” sliding door through time and space where @donpendleton.bsky.social was hired by Steve Rocco in 1992. Crazy? Not so much. Buy the ticket (deck) and take the dimensional ride (zine) this Saturday on StrangeLoveSkateboards.com.

The KNOW HISTORY ad we placed in the latest issue of Thrasher magazine that probably has more words printed on it than any other they’ve run from a skateboard company since 1992, the majority of which pertains to an absurd executive decree from the White House calling for “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”.

Keeping it all in context, this is the follow up ad for StrangeLove that ran in Thrasher. There was one step between this and the other, but I’m simply going one step beyond to avoid any unnecessary confusion. Still confused? Welcome to strangeloveskateboards.com where puzzlement is job one.

A StrangeLove skateboards print ad whining about how the editor of Closer Skateboarding mag denied the previous ad we submitted when he had every right to do so. But we love a good historical jab and couldn’t resist having some fun, recalling the plucky ads run by Steve Rocco in the early 90s.

Remember the early 90s in skateboarding? We certainly do and knew how much it meant to crack open the new issue of Thrasher and TransWorld to see the latest happenings in skateboarding. Social media has robbed us all of such anticipatory joys. Anyway, here’s a recent print ad or ours in social form:

time to get your crayons and your pencils Picture Pages, Picture Pages. Time to get your Picture Pages. Time to get your crayons and your pencils! Picture Pages, Picture Pages. Open up your Picture Pages. Time to let… uh. Hmm. Well... how abo...

Picture pages, picture pages. Time to get your crayons and your pencils. Does this ring your bell with a Pavlovian response? If so, ride the wormhole to…

Since 2018 all strangeloveskateboards.com torso sheaths have been guaranteed rapture-ready garments in anticipation of The Day. Prepare thyself!

Jet Ski / 8.5 Deck Artwork by Sean Cliver Manufactured at BBS Mfg. Hand-Screened at Screaming Squeegees Caveat: Be aware that blemishes and imperfections are an expected and accepted part of the screen-printing process....

What once was “skate and destroy” is now “skate and escape.” Achieve spiritual enlightenment not by witchcraft but watercraft on strangeloveskateboards.com

the young man and the sea Before diving into this anything but Ernest Hemingway-like tale, I should warn you, the reader, that this post addresses the hot topic of ignorance. I know, bear with me, we've all been put through th...

Look. It’s been pretty heavy lately with ignorance and dumb red-lining in severity. (Anyone else remember the old color-coded HSAS? Ah, sweet innocence…) So, come along and enjoy this tale of seafaring stupidity from a kinder, gentler, and simpler time of life in the US of A, circa 1991.

metamorpho and other tales to astonish You know, it's always a crapshoot when it comes to these posts. I mean, in theory I know where they ultimately have to end, but generally only have a vague notion of how to start and practically no id...

A little of this, a little of that; or, professionally schizophrenic by design, a brief if not slap-dash history of my pen and I.

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Listened to the song “Hey Sarah Palin” tonight and instantly became nostalgic for such blissfully simpler times of American ignorance.

I heart this.

More like “Good night, America.”

Every day just gets more and more insane with inanities… the Dumbening is real.

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

Max Murphy / Hello Dali / 8.5 Deck Artwork by Sean Cliver  Manufactured at BBS Mfg.  Hand-Screened at Screaming Squeegees Caveat: Be aware that blemishes and imperfections are an expected and accepted part of the screen-printing proces...

Hello, Dali! Take a ride on the surreal side with this latest blacklight beauty.

StrangeLove Pack #27 / Stickers New Header Card One 3mm 5x9 Polyethylene Bag Two Staples 21 Adhesive Forms Note: All sales are final. Can't say that any simpler. Unless the product is defective in the manufacturing sense, we will no...

All that can be stuck should be stuck; or, stick it to the man! All new adhesives now featuring clear vinyl (no space age polymers included).

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

just the fuqs Hello. Here at StrangeLove we receive a lot of questions, oftentimes as many up to two-to-three a month. As much as we'd like to personally respond to each and every one it's simply not possible. Why,...

Did you know there are StrangeLove terms and conditions? I mean, there’s not but there are, and I don’t mean that in a passive-aggressive way. Or do I? Just the FUQS.