Last week I had a chance to chop shit up with LTD mag founder and CEO and super sneaker fiend Hawaii Mike. From running a publication which is one of the hypebeast bibles to running a family and running the streets of New York City I had to find out what makes someone not burn out from the constant grind.
LTD mag is what a Hip-Hop publication is supposed to look like. They respect all the elements of Hip-Hop from the graphic art to the fashion and of course the music. LTD was also smart enough to take their magazine online to give readers a constant update of all things fresh. Most deadtree publications don’t have a regard for the online presence but the internets is where that new-new is up next and Hawaii Mike made sure his online venture was just as fresh as the print edition.
Inside the LTD offices Hawaii Mike’s son ran around and acted like the intern for LTD mag. Whenever his father asked his to retrieve something he scrambled through the office and picked it up. Mike’s wife operated a phone and a surfed the web at her computer. She complimented me on my Apple store computer love video and several other joints of mine she had peeped. Mike told me to help myself to as many back issues of LTD as I wanted. I didn’t beast out too hard, but I beasted.
You need to fux with the LTD site because it frames Hip-Hop without borders for regions or even countries for that matter. LTDmag.com is on some globally fresh shit. I should have asked Hawaii Mike if he was developing an iPhone app for locating the best sneaker spots worldwide? This is the type shit LTD mag is on. All the best things in life at one website including the ‘Hump’ Wednesdays features.
I talked to hawaii Mike about his kicks collection too. I wanted to know if he deadstocked his favorite shoes like I do or did he just rock his joints with reckless abandon. Mike fell somewhere in between the two Sneaker Fiend extremes. While he did deadstock certain shoes he said that he mostly rocked everything in his collection of nearly 600 shoes. I’m actually the opposite where as half my collection has never been worn. I intend to wear them one day I’m just waiting for the motivation of inspiration to wear a pair of kicks.
Hawaii Mike wears his just to clear out some space.
i like the ‘Hump’ Wednesdays features seems like something they should send to all guys on wednesdays.
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BIGNAT Says:December 13th, 2009 at 11:38 am
i like the ‘Hump’ Wednesdays features seems like something they should send to all guys on wednesdays
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6 100 Says:December 14th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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In related news, I wanted to relay a story about my man “Joe”. We both work for the same company and he is a true sneaker head. Recently, he was the victim of a theft that left him shoeless. My man and his girl were moving into a new house, and he had some items left over in his old apartment. The building they were moving out of was just coming out of foreclosure, so the new owner had given the tenants until the 1st to pay the rent, which hadn’t been payed for about four months. Long story short, dude had about 96 pairs of all types of joints stored in his spot. The crackheads downstairs, in a desperate attempt to come up with that rent, lifted his door off the hinges, went in and over the course of about a day and a half, made out with his collection. Chicago police suck, as they stated that there wasn’t much that they could do without “actual, visual proof”.
I have a 2 year old Bradford White Defender Model MI 503 36FBN-394 . I have been getting this sickening odor out of my Aquatherm heating/air-conditioning system ducts. I have spent so much money already on plumbers . It was now suggested to me to have the flu connection checked for leaks. Should the plumber who installed the heater be responsible for that? Also they never installed a pan underneath? Should I hold the initial plumber responsible for that? The odor comes out mainly at night but not all the time. I am living in a condo, first floor. I read now that many people have problems with hot water heater. It seems some plumbers have no idea what causes that. Any suggestions?