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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

dp x dirty jerz

Shouts to my boy Dirty Jerz who is one of the true lifestyle representers on the internets. Def bookmark his page. Fam came through for me last weekend by sending me a box to get me out of my doldrums. I got an unexpected ring at my door and lo and behold it was the postman with a Priority Mail package [ll]. Inside was a dope fitted cap from this spot in the Chi called Leaders 1354.

I’ve been trying figure out how I could splash off with this pair of Dunks I came up on during a previous Sneaker Fiends Unite! NYC tour. Now I just need to see if I can find a 3x tee that rocks these colorways. I’ve got my eye out for something by Mishka. Send me a link if y’all see anything.

There have been so many sneaker releases over the past several weeks. The Nike Swingman ‘Jackie Robinson’ special edition joints are fucking crack. I need to come up on these for sure. My Josh Gibson Dunks and Satchel Paige Air Max 90s would never forgive me if I didn’t put these Jackie Robs into the archive alongside them.

I’m patiently waiting for the Nike Air Trainer Max III ‘Medicine Ball’ retro joints aka the ‘Mookies’ from ‘Do The Right Thing’. This year is the 20th anniversary of that seminal Spike Lee joint and I think Brooklyn will be an important part of the summer celebrations for that film.

I got a message from Sneaker Fiends Unite! DMV Commissioner JaiSlayer that he will be up top on 06.13.09. If anyone else is down to pound the pavement with us just holler. I think we will conclude this SFU NYC tour at AmyRuth’s again. I have a taste for some stick to your ribs grub that all our walking and talking will facilitate.

These Air Max Plus below are so fucking official that I need to see if I can cop these during our tour. The 360 air platform is continually evolving along with the shoes upper which is ‘FlyWired’ out. It looks like this might be one of the strongest, lightest shoes ever made. I’m geeked.

See you on the SFU NYC tour.

sfu nyc

* BONUS BULLSHIT * BONUS BULLSHIT *

Much respect to Black Ice MGG

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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

am98

When I spotted these Air Max ’98s in super crisp condition I had to take a picture. These are some of the hardest to find kicks in the game. If there is one place that will have them, that place is Flight Club NY.

Flight Club NY is the museum/temple/clubhouse for sneaker collectors to buy and sell some of the rarest Air around. Hundreds and hundreds of sneakers are there in some of the most unimaginable materials and colorways.

I paid a visit to Flight Club NY this weekend just to chop it up with the folks that grind there. These guys are like the monks that guard the Holy Grail except these holy grails you put on your feet.

I can’t wait to be rich.

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In Memoriam Of My Money…

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

check cashing

**Always a shout out to the soldiers getting their shit blowed the fuck up in the mountains or the desert in order that I can type my shit on these here internets…

I went to the ‘hood financial services institution to liquidate my earnings from my XXL column. The rate at check cashing locations has gone up from 1.7% to 1.83%, that is a 6% increase and perfectly honest within capitalism’s morays. I feel every penny though. I was still able to pay some bills with the remainder of the check and blow the rest the only way I know how.

Lord & Taylor is having a banana-head sale on Polo Ralph Lauren. I.T.’s that were $125 are now $40. I caught a nice knit shirt for summer splash-off status.

Red Lobster is hell’a expensive for being just some regular ass seafood spot. The cheddar biscuits were good. C.S. ended up not sharing the leftovers with the kid.

Marshall’s was selling Nike Dunks for $35 so you should already know how that went down.

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C.S. took me to a Mexican tapas spot in Red Hook. We squeezed off another C-note thanks mostly to the pitcher of sangria that we ordered.

Later that evening I found myself in a bar in Williamsburg with the DeCon crew and DAN from OKP. The bartender was sexy enough to buy me back on a round of Ketel-1 and tonic.

From there we rushed the door of the Bobbito and Rich Medina party ‘Happy Feet’.

With my last ten bucks I went to White Castle.

Sadly for me, it’ll take another month before I can do this shit all over again.

I just wish I could be the same way with money the day AFTER cashing my check as I was the day BEFORE it arrived.

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Jailhouse Rock…

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

rapfags

I thought I’d try something new to keep this shit funky over here.

Jailhouse lifestyle and fashion trends have long since been a staple of cRap music. Shit like the du-rag, the wifey B, the kissing men on the mouf, the male hustler who rubs talcum powder on the old men’s nuttsachs, you know, the whole nine…

The popular jailhouse fashion trend right now is currently flashing the men behind you what your underdrawls look like. I can’t imagine this is for showing off to the ladies. Who wants to see skiddoo streaks anyhoo?

Pictured above are three of the most popular young artists in cRap music right now performing in their underdrawls. Which one of these cRap dudes is going to go platinum in his pissypants? You make the call…

*[ll] and no Boutros Boutros BOUTROS for all voters*

Which one of these ghey ass rap fags rocked their underdrawls the best?

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All Day I Dream About Sneakers…

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

adidas

I have been on some adidas shit lately. Nike has so many wonderfully designed technical shoes, but when it comes to simple, classic profile sneakers I have to turn my eye to adidas. Especially for spring and summertime. Especially for tennis shoes. Rod Lavers are forever one of the gems in my holy grail, but y’all already know this.

I’m getting myself prepared to make a few jumps out to Philadelphia to document the city and the culture going on over there. I’m looking for a pair of adidas to rock on my trip(s) to the city of brotherly love. I made a visit to one of NYC’s classic sneaker come up joints – V.I.M. on Nostrand Avenue. I’m right around the corner from Combat Jack’s crib but he ain’t home now so I have no one to chop it up with.

Won’t you walk with me internets?

adidas

Attitude Retro b/k/a PATRICK EWINGs
These were the joints I rocked during the Mets 1986 title run (along with the Syracuse and royal blue Dunks). I really want these too, but I scoff at the $40 pricepoint. I’ll let these marinate in the retail locations until the price falls below $30 cent. I would love for these to wind up as $20 so I could copp two pairs at once.

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Ciero
This is a BMX skateboarding lifestyle shoe meant to compete with the Nike 6.0 series. I’m not really feeling the colorways or the profile. Maybe if they issue this joint with some sexier leathers I might look at it a little harder. Maybe.

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Rod Laver Hi
These joints are like WTF?!? I don’t even know why these joints were produced. Replace the black accents on the sole and the collar with a white or soft grey colorway and then this shoe isn’t so out of order. Rod Laver Hi’s are so hit or miss in my book. When its done right they become fresh tennis ‘boots’, but when its done wrong I have no effin’ words.

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Stan Smith classic
I never cared for the Stan Smith tennis shoe. It was just TOO plain for me. But I will say something for its longevity as one of the most sold sneakers of all time up there with the Chuck Taylor. If I did own a pair of Stan Smiths it would have to be the white with navy accents pictured here. These joints are built for rocking with a blazer and khakis on your Sag Harbor Sunday swagger steez.

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Rod Laver Lo
This is what the fuck I am talking about. I’m gonna let the pricepoint dip another ten bucks and then I am copping two pairs of these joints with the quickness. Rod Lavers are like white tees. You can never have enough of them.

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