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Lupe Fiasco “Dumb it Down”

October 4th, 2007 by
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Genius, end of story. This is some other ish kids, hip hop is an ART FORM, it shouldn’t be your venue to hock your latest BS trend. Lu’s new record “The Cool” is going to kill it this year…I can feel it.

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Can Goods Industry Pool Party – San Francisco, CA

September 21st, 2007 by
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Let me start out by giving a big thank you to Mega (HUF) for inviting David and I out to this shin dig. On Sunday brands from LA, Las Vegas, and SF came together at The Phoenix Hotel to showcase their latest apparel but also, just to kick back. Being from the East Coast this party was completely different than what I was used to . Being a complete stranger, it was so refreshing to find everyone was so nice and inviting and laid back. The event was catered with great food and on par DJ’s. David, Tara and I had a ball checking everything out. Everyone was dressed to the nines in their fliest threads. I was a big fan of different looks from not only the companies there, but also everyone who came out to support the event. Check out our Flickr page for all the photos. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE ANY OF OUR PHOTOS PLEASE GIVE US SOME PROPS AND A HEADS UP THANKS!

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The Fizix San Marcos, CA

September 21st, 2007 by
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While I was in San Diego, Pat(My American Heart) took me out to San Marcos to check out The Fizix. Owned and operated by three friends Conrad “Rick” Alberto, Mike “Slim” McDonnough, and Nelson Duong the Fizix has been around since 2005 online, and opened it’s first brick and mortar store June of 2007.

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As Cities Burn “Come Now Sleep” Album Review

September 20th, 2007 by
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As Cities Burn

Come Now Sleep

Solid State/Tooth and Nail 2007

It was a long road toward As Cities Burn’s sophomore release, “Come Now Sleep”. The band, who signed to Solid State and Imprint of Tooth and Nail in 2004, spent the following year on the road relentlessly touring with the likes of UnderOath, Emery, and Gym Class Heroes. At the end of their summer tour last year the band decided to head into the studio which then lead to major changes within the band’s structure. Visceral front man TJ Bonnette left the band for personal reasons and at that point it seemed as though As Cities Burn had to decided to call it quits. However, fast forward to a few months later, the band does a 180 and decides to persevere. The line up is altered with the addition of Chris Lott from The Planning Fallacy, new drummer Aaron Lunsford and Cody Bonnette assuming vocal duties.

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Road Trip the web 2.0 way!

September 11th, 2007 by
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My friend from high school Niraj and his college roommate came up with a pretty slick idea. They both have decided for one, to move to the west coast (San Francisco to be exact), but more remarkably Niraj built Consensual Treks. The site allowed friends, family, and complete strangers to suggest cool destinations that the duo should venture to, on their way to the west coast. The two update pretty regularly with blogs as well as youtube videos. Everyone’s always wanted to do something like this, I know I have. I’m glad they did it in their own way though.

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West coast livin’ and changes

September 7th, 2007 by
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So yeah, hello everyone! I’m writing this from the library on campus ugh…I haven’t received my new notebook. If you don’t already know, I am now residing on the west coast in San Francisco where I am finishing up my last few years of academia at The Academy of Art University. The school, the city, and the people are amazing and this was just the change that I needed. I spent a couple days in San Diego with Pat(My American Heart) where he hooked me up with ever so fresh Conrad(The Fizix). I picked up a chic purple cardigan from Orisue. In a couple of days probably I will have update reviews of both The Fizix and my next big stop HUF, along with a bunch tidbits from Warped Tour 07. Keep it mogul fam!

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