The red cup theory

You're browsing facebook, you come across a party album. *CLICK*. "WOOOOW! RED CUPS, PEOPLE!!!". Looks like an awesome time right? Little do you know that he hates her, he is fucking her, and the her in the corner will be kicked out of school by next semester for god knows what.

BUT, the red cups tell you otherwise. Look at me, I'm having a great time.








..Until five minutes later when I was praying to the porcelain goddess. My drunken tweets might know more about that night than I do.

But fuck it.

Red cups= Fun...right?

An angry rant from..Mr. West

"WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, REMEMBER THE FEARLESS, REMEMBER THE DREAMERS, REMEMBER THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE GHETTO...THE FAIRY TALE OF NOTHING TO SOMETHING. I'M BRIEFLY SADDENED BY NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE ARE SCARED, INCAPABLE OR JUST PLAIN IDIOTS. WE ARE THE FUCKING ROCK STARS BABY. NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE MY NIGGAS!! NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE! IT'S FUNNY TO ME WHEN FASHION BLOGGERS DOWN OUR OUFITS AND THEN SUPER JOCK OUTLANDISH SHIT ON THE RUNWAY BUT THEN THEY DRESS MAD PRUDE AND DON'T LIVE FASHION. WE LIVE IT MAN. FUCK THAT, WE LIVE IT!!! WE LIVE IT SO HARD PEOPLE LIVE THROUGH US! WE REPRESENT YOUR INNER SPIRIT!! THE CHILD IN US ALL, THE BRUTAL HONESTY, THE NAIVETY, THE BRAVE WARRIOR, THE ADRENALINE THAT ALLOWS A MOTHER TO LIFT A CAR IF HER CHILD WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT! REMEMBER, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVERYBODY DISSED MICHAEL JACKSON EVERY CHANCE THEY COULD. IMAGINE THE PRESSURE OF BEING A TRUE ICON. VERY FEW HUMAN BEINGS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE CONSTANT HATE!!! IF WE DON'T DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE SHIT, YOU BEAT US UP VERBALLY AND MENTALLY, LIKE A CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER BEATING A CREATIVE STUDENT INTO SUBMISSION. I CAN HEAR YOU SCREAMING 'COLOR INSIDE THE LINES!!!' WELL FUCK YOUR COLORING BOOK, COLOR BY NUMBERS APPROACH TO LIFE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO ARE WE HURTING??? OH "THE NEW BLACK???" SINCE BARACK IS PRESIDENT BLACKS DON'T LIKE FUR COATS, RED LEATHER, AND FRIED CHICKEN ANY MORE?! WHEN YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND CULTURAL SETTINGS, BOUNDARIES, AND OUR MODERN DAY CASTE SYSTEMS, THEN YOU CAN FEEL THE GLORY AND PAIN FROM THE DAYS OF KINGS IN AFRICA TO THE NEW KINGS OF THE MEDIA. LET THE BALL PLAYERS DANCE AFTER THEY SCORE! IT'S LIFE MY NIGGAS, IT'S LIFE! REMEMBER CLOTHING IS A CHOICE. WE WERE BORN NAKED!!! FRESH IS AN OPINION, LOVE IS OBJECTIVE, TASTE IS SELECTIVE, AND EXPRESSION IS MY FAVORITE ELECTIVE. NO MORE POLITICS OR APOLOGIES!!!"

Thoughts anybody?

Personally, I'd like Kanye to focus on making another quality album.

and hey..Kanye, where were you during the grammy's?

Winter 10'

The Sartorialist

Notable Kid Cudi quotes

"Raaaaaaaaaage"

"And the Devil in a hot pink dress tryin' to ask me for one dance "

"Shut your mouth before I fuck it."

"PHILLY, WHAT THE FUCK IS UP? WHAT THE FUCK MAN???"

"Dear god, me too. I like the hot bitches."

"Now I give a shit bout less more than a little bit"

"Now super duper fame gets me super duper brain"

"How you doin' Officer? Nice moustache"

"I still wife her up even with her flat chest"

"Girls that I dated, I am not mad yo. Unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho."

"This game is more than spending money and fucking dimes."

"And you smell good just like some new shoes ..Just like my bathing apes"

"So I just pull that bag of colorful frosty leaves on out & free my scalp "

"Once upon a time nobody gave a fuck. It's all said and done and my cock's been sucked. So now I'm in the cut, alcohol in the wound. My hearts an open sore that I hope heals soon. I live in a cocoon opposite of Cancun. Where it is never sunny, the dark side of the moon."

"Tall. Clutchin my kid cudi bizz-allz."

"I was too artsy, known to be a clown "

"I know it's easy to imagine, but it's easier to just do, see, if you can't do what you imagine, then what is imagination to you?"

"the type that make you tell a bitch just dance"

"I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I'm doin’ my thing"

"Baptize myself in the river of Henn-essy "

Commes des garcons Spring/Summer 2010

Tank chair

PHARRELL WILLIAMS x BKRW video INTERVIEW from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

Take your eyes from the mustache, briefly. And listen to him speak.


Pharrell is such an interesting individual.

To the Polo Snoot.

It always seems to be those who struggle with their own individuality that have the most to say about what other's are doing; Case in point, Polo boots

A third of Philadelphia is in Uggs, another third in Nike, and the final third is in polo boots. Don't get me wrong, (I made up those statistics) and had made my fair share of jokes until the day that I actually picked up a ranger boot and then looked down at my own feet.

At the time I had been wearing a pair of Palladiums and after tracing my finger over the Polo's boots leather, then my leather, putting both shoes side to side and noticing too many simialarities, I thought, "The only difference is the label and price". Naturally the Palladium were cheaper, the Timberland's on the feet of the guy beside me were also eerily similiar to both, AND $150 as well.

The only eyeopening difference? The polo boots were the nicest of the three pairs.. Ignore the man on the horse, ignore "polo" on the heel and what do you have? A boot that will keep your toe armed warriors looking chic and snug in the cold. So tell me, if Kanye West hadn't worn his timberlands to the BET awards last year would you have seen your local blipster in a pair? If complex magazine hadn't showcased palladium how many people do you think might actually consider them? If 3 males on your bus (that's transporting at least 30 people) weren't wearing the same model of Polo boots..Would you really cast your nose up?

EVERY male on the bus also undoubtedly owns a white tee (hanes) like the one that you have at the bottom of your laundry basket. What justified that white tee but scares you away from the "cookie boot"? Your white tee is better than their white tee for some reason, right? And your space jams, aqua's, and three's.. I bet they're better than everyone else's for whatever reason too.

$175 (or more) for a sneaker that might be worn three times this year (twice to difference sneaker events, once in your bedroom). I bet that all of your so called "sneakerhead friends" will have them also..Or $150 for a pair of attractive boots that you might also see on strangers around the city but are much, much more comfortable than your timbs that you now proudly stomp around in (but were dissing a year ago)?

"Ha, I'm not in that unoriginal category. I wear clarks". I hate to wipe the smile off of your face but yes, you are., Brilliant choice in terms of style but the $55 that you saved doesn't compensate for your wet & frozen toes when winter laughs at the fact that your boots were made for the desert (and not the snow ridden streets of Philadelphia) or the fact that some of us saw the same "NOBODY has these" crepe soled boot on Sidney Lo (ska Skidknee) years ago.

And unless you are a worker in the 1920's, your red wings were showcased in a room, thrown unto a catwalk, and caught the eye of someone who would later spoon feed the idea to you, for more than 2x the cost of retail in 1920.

Yet you're better than the 14 year old in polo boots, hm. How is it that his "extended middle finger and grimace" picture is any more unoriginal than your "creative dslr and squinted eye" picture that you took in the mirror? A lot of "artsy & original" people seem to have those also.

None of this is to call you (nor I) posers. It's more like, uh..How do you figure? Why is your neighborhood "lo head" a copycat when he's only a copycat of his immediate environment? Most things that most people are wearing would throw them into the copycat grouping as well if looked at in depth.

The ONLY thing new under the sun is individual distinction, the same distinction that might seperate your hanes tee from his (or hers).

In short, don't diss the polo boot, Either A: own up to the fact that you wouldn't be able to find a way to unassociate your choice of winter footwear with the city's latest trend,B: go to The Ralph Lauren store and see what the fuss is about, or C: Say nothing at all.