I spent spring break in SoHo–SPRING BREAK WHOO!!!!!! Had myself a GOOD ol’ time trottin’ around and going out every night–bed at 5–wake up at 12. The schedule of a true downtown aficionado. I decided without a doubt that I will be moving to the East Village or LES in the near future. I heart NY and NY loves me right back.

Sperry Autumn/Winter 2009

These are the tanned leather mids.  I’ll have them, don’t worry.

(It stopped working)

I was really enjoying the limited selection though–this is looking hot to me.

Sorry, I need new shoes. You know how it goes.

“Rockport’s been mounting a relevancy comeback as of late, targeting the cool guy crowd and not the dad’s-on-decks scene that might come to mind for some. In collaboration with S.L.A.T.E. (the “cool” part of the MAGIC trade show, for the uninitiated), the design team at Rockport has created this particular Ghille Moc High model to spread the limited-edition love around.”

Exhibit A:

I’m a sucker for anything leather with a contrast sole. (sperry freak)

NYC KRINK INK

I went to Jeff Chang’s lecture today @CarnegieMellon entitled:

“Taking Over: How the Hip-Hop Generation Changed the World”

The lecture covered the origins of Hip-Hop in the Bronx and the civil unrest that birthed it. Jeff Chang is a super smart dude and I’m going to be reading his book Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop as soon as I can.

“His first book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, garnered honors including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. He has also edited the acclaimed anthology, Total Chaos: The Art & Aesthetics of Hip-Hop.

Jeff was a founding editor of ColorLines magazine, and a Senior Editor/Director at Russell Simmons’ 360hiphop.com. He began writing for URB and The Bomb Hip-Hop magazines, and has written for the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Vibe, Foreign Policy, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among many other publications.
He covered the 2000 presidential elections for 360hiphop. In 2007, he interviewed Barack Obama for the cover of Vibe.
In 1993, he co-founded and ran the influential hip-hop indie label, SoleSides, now Quannum Projects, helping launch the careers of DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He has helped produce over a dozen records, including the “godfathers of gangsta rap”, the Watts Prophets.”