AF Twenty-Seven

Diddy’s sampling days was aight but Kanye is way more John Blaze than that.

If you haven’t heard this album yet then my friend you are truly missing out.

I actually got to taste a frosty mug of this beautiful concoction a few months ago and it was delicious.

Found two videos by Federico Urdaneta that were so cool I had to share them. Enjoy!

Trainer Confidentials: Alex Nash

Alex Nash customizes shoes on a different level to most customizers. Using a combination of appliqué, trinkets, logos, paint and re-stitching, Alex transforms the everyday sneaker into something unique and special.

Trainer Confidentials: Chum 101 / I-Saw

I-Saw’s Chum 101 has been customizing trainers since 2000. Using engraving tools, Chum 101 has developed a technique he calls ‘engraviti’ – a mix of engraving and graffiti — with which he customizes leather trainers and shoes.

I love this kind of stuff.

Band: The Dead Pirates

Made by:  mcbess + simon

With help from: the Mill

I loved this video. Here is some info on it:

This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.

Director: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura

SOUR official site: sour-web.com

2009 Neutral Nine Records

Animation by Ronnie Bruce

I used to get a kick out of Taylor Mali’s slam poems back in like ‘98 when I was all about the art of spoken word poetry. There is a snippet of this piece in one of my favorite docs of all time Slam Nation.

If you want to read along:

Totally like whatever, you know?

By Taylor Mali

In case you hadn’t noticed,
it has somehow become uncool
to sound like you know what you’re talking about?
Or believe strongly in what you’re saying?
Invisible question marks and parenthetical (you know?)’s
have been attaching themselves to the ends of our sentences?
Even when those sentences aren’t, like, questions? You know?

Declarative sentences – so-called
because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true
as opposed to other things which were, like, not -
have been infected by a totally hip
and tragically cool interrogative tone? You know?
Like, don’t think I’m uncool just because I’ve noticed this;
this is just like the word on the street, you know?
It’s like what I’ve heard?
I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions, okay?
I’m just inviting you to join me in my uncertainty?

What has happened to our conviction?
Where are the limbs out on which we once walked?
Have they been, like, chopped down
with the rest of the rain forest?
Or do we have, like, nothing to say?
Has society become so, like, totally . . .
I mean absolutely . . . You know?
That we’ve just gotten to the point where it’s just, like . . .
whatever!

And so actually our disarticulation . . . ness
is just a clever sort of . . . thing
to disguise the fact that we’ve become
the most aggressively inarticulate generation
to come along since . . .
you know, a long, long time ago!

I entreat you, I implore you, I exhort you,
I challenge you: To speak with conviction.
To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks
the determination with which you believe it.
Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker,
it is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY.
You have to speak with it, too.

Check out Taylor Mali’s site: http://www.taylormali.com/

This is the next film I’d like to see. Here is some more info about it:

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability.

Visit the site: http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/