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Entries from March 2008

The Brooklyn Circus San Francisco

March 27th, 2008 3 Comments

Yesterday I found myself with a huge chunk of time (once again) and set out to visit The Brooklyn Circus. I’d been meaning to stop by since we posted about their sale and party last month and I was excited to check it out. Gabe was there and he was kind enough to bring me [...]

Tags: Fashion · street wear

Thrasher TV - Making Money Never Goes Out of Style

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

I’d like to reiterate the statement - MAKING MONEY NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE! We were introduced to Thrasher, a company that handles a mutual fund targeted at individuals in their early teens to late twenties when Heron Preston was featured in an ad campaign for the company. Created and managed by Khalid Jones, James [...]

Tags: Culture

Steve Nash - Training Day

March 26th, 2008 1 Comment

Steve Nash’s story revolves around the fact that he is a Canadian point guard for the Phoenix Suns, but that’s not the point of this post: He has accomplished two very uncommon things in the last few months that were of some interest to us. First he teamed up with Nike to release the upcoming [...]

Tags: Advertising · Marketing

Muxtape

March 26th, 2008 1 Comment

Muxtape, not a misnomer, is a site that has been making the rounds rather quickly on the ‘ole interweb. Simple premise: you can create a mixtape that has it’s own unique URL that can be shared with friends and played anywhere. Here’s my mixtape, go on and try it out.

Tags: Music · Technology · web2.0

Rickey Kim - He Knows What’s Next

March 24th, 2008 5 Comments

While searching for a Saul Williams interview a couple of years ago I stumbled upon a site called Evil Monito. I had no idea what it was at the time; After reading the interview and going through the archives I found several interesting essays ranging from identity politics to capitalist consumption. As I browsed through [...]

Tags: Art · Culture · Design · Fashion

They Came by The Hundreds!

March 22nd, 2008 No Comments

They waited up to 4 hours for The Hundreds‘ new store in San Francisco on Post St. The turnout exemplified the dedicated support that the Los Angeles brand has built over the last few years. Patrons from all over the bay area lined up despite the slow moving procession and late opening. Passersby were more [...]

Tags: Fashion · San Francisco · street wear

HUF SF

March 22nd, 2008 No Comments

After the hoopla over at The Hundreds store Alicia and I headed over HUF to check out how the guys there were doing. As usual the selection of gear from HUF was up to par (I still don’t know which pair of sneakers I want to pick up). Mega (Blackscale/HUF) was grindin’ as usual as [...]

Tags: Fashion · San Francisco · street wear

Million Dollar Mano - ” A Connoisseurs ‘Connoisseur’ “

March 21st, 2008 2 Comments

If you’ve been checking out any music publication lately then you’ve probably noticed the string of artists they are lauding as “the next big thing”. Good or bad it must be an honor for any artist to be featured and it’s also a great way to freshen up on whatever you’re spinning. I wrote about [...]

Tags: Interview · Music

E-Readers a flop?

March 21st, 2008 3 Comments

About 6 months ago most people probably saw ads for Sony or Amazon’s new e-readers. However, the-readers are not a new hustle, they’ve just never really caught on. Maybe it’s the fact they range from 300 to 400 dollars which, in the books they compact into their digital interface, could buy the equivalent of hundreds [...]

Tags: Technology · gadget

Shiny Toy Guns x The Retrospective Contest Photos

March 19th, 2008 4 Comments

Here are some photos from our contest winner “Little One” hanging out with Shiny Toy Guns:

Tags: Music · The Retrospective · contest