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Thursday, November 11, 2010
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Creative Recreation -Boat Shoes
Creative Recreation recently dropped a preview of their Holiday Collection, which briefly showcased their own version of a Boat Shoe. Coming in two different colorways, each one uses canvas all over the upper, with leather ties and prominent stitching on the toebox. The upper rim and top eyelet are lined withpremium leather as well, a nice break from the canvas. Available in Blue or Red, you can pick them up within the next week at Creative Recreation retailers
DeadPrez "Malcolm, Garvey, Huey" Video
The latest from DP's giving their take on Lloyd Bank's Beamer, Benz or Bentley. As always, revolutionary but gangsta. Turn Off The Radio Vol. 4 is out now!
Fans Treated to Impromptu Kanye West Concert Aboard Plane
Passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Minneapolis to NYC literally experienced the coolest night of their collective lives Nov. 5 when they were treated to a surprise performance by Mr. Kanye West. A passenger tells HollywoodLife.com that Kanye, who was seated in First Class, came on the loud speaker about 30 minutes into the flighI had to pass through First Class to get my seat in Economy, and I saw Kanye sitting there with a little drink in his hand,” t and rapped family-friendly versions of “The Good Life” and “Gold Digger.”
“the passenger recalls. “I wouldn’t have even thought it was him, but he was sitting with a very PR-looking lady.”
Needless to say, everyone freaked out when they heard Kanye’s voice over the loudspeaker 30 minutes later.
“He was like, ‘Yo, this your n***a, Kanye,’” the passenger says. “Then he couldn’t decide if he wanted to do ‘The Good Life’ or ‘Gold Digger,’ so he was like, ‘I’ll just do a little bit of both.’ It was awesome… but I still have no idea how he got into the cockpit.”
But the most surprising part of the whole flight, the passenger tells us, is that Kanye wasn’t the first person to get off:
“He filed out in line with everyone else, and I thought that was pretty cool. Especially for Kanye.”
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sony Internet HDTV with Google TV
If you watch lots of online video, yet you’re into the new fall TV shows like we are, you’re probably tired of going back and forth between the computer and the TV. If you are, Sony and Google TV may have a solution for you. Partnering together for the Sony Internet TV, they have made it possible for you to enjoy both mediums in one.
The Sony Internet TV uses WiFi, allowing you to surf the web and TV listings to find what you’re looking for. It also comes in sizes 26″-42″ with a QWERTY keypad remote and an integrated optical mouse. The kicker is that TV and internet browsing can be done simultaneously in split screen mode and the TV will soon have the ability to download and use Android apps. Read more of the hype about it HERE.
Levi's Photo Workshop: A Stylish DIY Free-for-All
If only all huge corporations gave back to the community like this: Levi's opened the doors to the second installment of its workshop series in New York on Friday, focusing on photography. The first, in the company's hometown of San Francisco, was all about printmaking, and that kind of DIY attitude is just as prevalent here.
Anyone who walks into the workshop off the street is entitled to sign out one of the dozens of vintage cameras available for loan, get a little refresher on how to use them, and then get the film developed or the digital versions printed. While you do have to pay to take home your film stills, the digital stuff is free, and the formats are impressive: postcards, t-shirts, full-on posters are all gratis. The latter would be most appropriate for the in-house studio (with full lighting schemes and technicians) available for use by the general public as well. The Photo Workshop, housed in the former Deitch Projects space at 18 Wooster Street, will have its doors open for three months along with plenty of community programming, online and in-store.
There are, of course, other things for sale, but the offerings are limited to what a photographer would want, or need. The only clothes are trucker jackets and five-pocket cords, the only bags are for carrying camera equipment, and the only books are about photography. It's an immersive experience and an opportunity for pros and amateurs alike to use equipment not available to the public (for pay or free), and in that, it's also a challenge. Levi's has put up the resources and the venue; now it's up to the public to use them wisely.
Astor & Black's Suit-Making Machine
When David Schottenstein started Astor & Black in 2004, the gap in the market was apparent and the mission was simple. "I felt like there's a tremendous market out there of people who want and appreciate fine clothing, but can't — or don't want to — spend a fortune on it," he recalls. So his hand-canvassed suit business (from patterns cut to each customer's measurements) is based on a different model than traditional bespoke houses. First and foremost, there's no house: a growing team of 80 representatives nationwide will come to your home or office to take your measurements, help you choose your style and fabrics, then get your suit hand-made and delivered. The style combinations are endless and the prices ridiculous — the basic line starts at $499, and the high-end Nobility line, with softer canvassing and more luxurious fabrics, starts at $1,200 — and the customer base keeps growing (including a certain Best Dressed Real Man In America).
Kathleen Parker: Legal marijuana A "Good Stimulus Bill"
"The worst thing that can happen is people become boring." Classic.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
50 Inks Deal For $200 Million To Make More Terrible Movies
Some how 50 Cent has turned his straight-to-DVD factory known as Cheetah Vision Productions into a $200 million investment. It was announced that health care executive Richard Jackson and real estate developers Gary Sakwa and Daniel Ret will be fronting the cash for 50 and production partner Randall Emmett to produce 10 more films for the next two years. Either these guys are really bad at business or they know something we don’t. So far every one of 50’s Cheetah Vision films has gone or will go straight to video…some cashing out at $5 million a picture against $20 million budgets. Some where the math doesn’t add up. BUT…for 50 this is all good. He’s taking candy from a baby and you can only give him mad props for this.
“The thing about ‘50 Cent’ is that, just like in his music career, he isn’t someone who sits around and waits for things to get done. He came to me and said, ‘How do we move quicker on projects?’ With this new fund, we are able to do that,” Randall Emmett told Variety.
The next films under the deal are Set Up, which started shooting last month, in addition toCatch .44, which stars Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Ackerman. Expect 50 to start focusing much more on his film career with this deal…it’s clear this is where the money is now. The films will be distributed through a deal with Lionsgate. Seriously, mad props to 50 Cent and Randall Emmett for pulling this off during a time when film funding is almost dried up.
Does This Levi’s Ad Go Too Far?
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at whether this Levi’s ad that uses the word “ass” is a little too blunt.
A current slogan for Levi Strauss & Co.’s Levi Curve ID women’s jeans reads “All Asses Were Not Created Equal.” The slogan, which doesn’t bleep out the three-letter word for the behind, appears in store windows, on billboards and as part of a flashy magazine campaign. VF Corp.’s Lee Jeans brand has a television commercial in which Mike Rowe, host of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel, refers to his hindquarters as “butt.” Gap Inc.’s Old Navy brand recently used the word “booty” in TV ads for a system to determine the best jeans for all sorts of behinds. The words “Booty Reader” show on the screen.
The brands say they’re merely reflecting the way their consumers speak today. “No woman turns around in the mirror, looks at herself and says, ‘My derrière is not as perky as it should be’,” said You Nguyen, Levi’s head of women’s merchandising and design.
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