Pug's Orchard – County Highway

Memoir

From Mouseketeer to Easyrider

A tale of batshit motorcycle craziness; being one of the most famous kids on earth; meeting Buster Keaton; and finally, blessedly, becoming a hack

Lonely men of the road will inseminate anything with a vagina

‘We’re Americans. Fuck you, deal with it.’

By J.J. Solari

I sat in the Easyriders editor/owner’s “office,” where a sign hanging from the ceiling proclaimed, “THIS IS NOT A SANCTUARY.” A lone employee, Izzy Petty, dressed nice with short coiffed hair and business-like glasses, had met me at the “office” door, the office being a sparse space at the end of a marooned strip mall that had a 7-11 and two abandoned adjoining offices. The third and last door opened to the Easyriders office, which was unidentified. All of this anemic industry on a short dirt road off the main highway that went through Agoura Hills, California, on the other side of a range of hills that separates Agoura and points oceanward from the populated glut of the San Fernando Valley. I immediately knew why Izzy had been hired as we ambled along together: So that “normal” visitors entering the Easyriders den would not be frightened. There was a Harley in the hallway. That was the decor. It was clean. There were no people in the lobby. No pets. No decorations. Izzy smilingly …

Dispatch

Rodeo Champs

Some say 20-year-old rookie bareback rider Rocker Steiner is a punk-ass bitch for cursing

‘screw ’em, they’re stuck with my ass’

My pink Stetson was the cheapest hat in the store

By Ani Wilcenski

Rodeo has been described by Forbes as America’s “fastest-growing sport.” After a recent Yellowstone-driven burst of popularity, it now draws 43 million people a year, which is larger than what both golf and tennis attract, and is even practiced by supermodel Bella Hadid, who is currently dating a Mexican-American cowboy from Fort Worth, Texas. Rodeo competitions can be watched live or via subscription to the Cowboy Channel, which is essential, since most rodeo fans live in smaller farm and ranch towns, especially out west, where Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)-sanctioned rodeos are a real-world fixture of local communities, offering cowboys the opportunity to show off their skills. The sport’s popularity initially peaked back in the nineties, before experiencing a slow decline that paralleled the struggles of rural America. Small communities found it difficult to maintain PRCA rodeos as their major employers closed or relocated, leaving the events without most of their …