INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN KEELING CREATOR OF SMASHSOMESTUFF.COM
{By Angelo Lagdameo, 02.01.06}

Angelo: Yo Jordan. What's going on dude?
Jordan: I just got back from the gym.
Angelo: Same here bro: Back and bis. I'm sore as heck.
Jordan: Same.
Angelo: When did you start smashsomestuff.com?
Jordan: December 28, 2005
Angelo: Damn, like yesterday. So you all had some quick momentum?
Jordan: Ya, somewhat. We were doing it before we made the site so we just made it to bring mindless destruction entertainment videos to the public.
Angelo: Sweet. How did you get your crew together?
Jordan: Well the co-creator, Keith Bunnell, is sorta like my 2nd closest friend and we both loved to destroy stuff. So the first idea we had was to smash the gamecube and thats what first started the site. Me and Keith pooled together enough money to buy the domain and the gamecub, and then went to town.
Angelo: Man, you bought the gamecube just to smash it? This is hardcore. Why the gamecube?
Jordan: Well, at first we didn't enjoy the nintendo products. We went to the G.A.M.E event in San Francisco and played around on it and decided it sucked and some one needed to tell people that. We bought the gamecube and just beat it down in front of 2 nintendo fanboys.
Angelo: I saw that; they were about to cry which was pretty funny.
Jordan: Ya thats what made it funny. Ya, they loved nintendo that much.
Angelo: You are not even 4 weeks into this thing and you've already done like 4 vids?
Jordan: That's the cool part right now I just got my hands on an Apple iBook
Angelo: No freakin way! How?
Jordan: Well one of our good friends is an IT person at our High School. So we asked for 2 and he just picked up 2 ibooks and said, "Here ya go." We're gunna switch it with one of our friends. And he is gunna just be like in tears when we smash "his" laptop.
Angelo: Oh man, I'm not going to include this part of the interview on the site.
Jordan: It's ok if you do. I was going to make it public on like Friday.
Angelo: Damn that's so freakin funny. I just don't want you to get in trouble. Alright man, so back to the beginning. When was your first smash session for fun?
Jordan: For fun? Hmm... we were going to smash the 2 nintendo fanboy's real gamecube. But then we decided to smash one of there favorite games. They were crying a lot.
Angelo: Haha, fanboys. What was it, Contra?
Jordan: Hmm.. I cant remember the exact title.
Angelo: Who's your tech guy? You have a forum up and we can't get one to work. Your site is pretty well structured. Better than most business sites I go to.
Jordan: Our tech guys name is Mr. Johnson. He's a IP person who was trained by Apple.
Angelo: He does an awesome job.
Jordan: The layout for the site I personally made.
Angelo: Good layout bro. I'm a graphic designer so I know a good layout when I see one. Good logo too.
Jordan: Thnks:)
Angelo: How are you promoting your site?
Jordan: Amazingly, right now its by word of mouth.
Angelo: Dude, so a lot of people are into this stuff.
Jordan: It's pritty sweet. We racked up 11,800+ hits in the first month.
Angelo: Do you feel you have to make better and better vids or just keep them the way they are?
Jordan: Right now, were trying for that. But were still gunna do random technology items.
Angelo: You seem to be smashing more expensive stuff. Do you think your crew's gonna get bigger or keep it three people?
Jordan: We're aiming to get 5 people on the crew.
Angelo: How does your funding work?
Jordan: Right now its just donations.
Angelo: It's cool how your fans help out like that. What's their top request?
Jordan: They're looking forward to the PSP episode.
Angelo: So am I and I don't even game. Where did you get your bats from?
Jordan: Well, we bought em for Sportsmart.
Angelo: I got yah, thought you all played baseball
Jordan: I do alittle bit on weekends.
Angelo: Which is cool. Jocks are weird, like gamers. Do your buddies think what you're doing is badass or stupid?
Jordan: Well, the gay nintendo fanboys want to hurt us and everyone else thinks its badass. They're constantly asking how they can be in the videos which is a $45+ donation.
Angelo: People would pay to be in the videos? Man, you must be a genius to make a killing like this site. Think you'll do a dvd?
Jordan: We're actually planning on it. After we do the ibook and psp episodes.
Angelo: Man, that would be sweet. Any ideas for that?
Jordan: Mmm, right now its still in planning... can't really say.
Angelo: What was the most you've ever gotten into trouble doing this?
Jordan: When we did the smash a computer episode. We came dangerously close to hitting the car and then we got a notice from our neighborhood saying we cant do it. But were still gunna.
Angelo: Yeah. They're dorks.
Jordan: Ya, and the neighborhood president is a power hungry british woman.

Angelo: Ever get kickback debris in your eye?
Jordan: Keith got glass in his eye when we smashed the printer
Angelo: Dude, careful. Careful! Sport some goggles or something.
Jordan: I was gunna wear some shades.
Angelo: That would work. What music do you all listen too?
Jordan: Well, I don't really have a favorite. Keith mainly listens to "They Might Be Giants" and some other stuff. As for Peter, I really don't know.
Angelo: Gotcha. Ever do one of your videos for a school project?
Jordan: A video project hasn't come around yet. But if it does, I'm totally using it.
Angelo: Hahaha, Cody from our site does all this obscure video stuff and somehow gets credit for it. What are you all doing when the smash isn't on?
Jordan: We're mainly chillin playin Xbox 360 or rockin out on either mine or Keith's ipod.
Angelo: Please don't tell me your destroying on i-pod.
Jordan: We have a working 2nd gen we might smash.
Angelo: Man, that would make me cry.
Jordan: Eh it would make any apple lover cry.
Angelo: Well, I will cry when I see you smash that iBook. It should be playing one of your vids when you smash it.
Jordan: That would be funnah.
Angelo: Do you get more chics now with this site?
Jordan: A little, we have a lot more attention than we used to have.
Angelo: Well, you all are famous. Where's your home base?
Jordan: Milpitas, California
Angelo: So you are in suburb land? I kinda saw the cookie cutter houses in the background.
Jordan: Ya but there all like million dollar homes because of the view.
Angelo: Hmm... so what to you say to people who accuse you of having too much inner aggression?
Jordan: We say we don't and we take joy in what we do. There was only anger in the Gamecube video.
Angelo: What do you say to people you accuse you of being spoiled suburban kids?
Jordan: Well, we say we get the money from donations and we try and make them fell as uncomfortable as possible.
Angelo: Man, you worked it out. That's why I thought you all were so badass. You made this awesome smart site, with sick videos, and you pay for it. It's like the Teen American Dream.
Jordan: It's what every person who loves destroying stuff's dream is.