Long-necked Smokes - May 2009

The Vanish - 13th May, 2009, Spectrum

......so i went down to Spectrum on Oxford St to catch my friend's band: THE VANISH. They have been getting press here and there; well worth checking out if your into electro-clash, or went to Private School.

...they only had 2 of their 3 members on stage, one of them did too much coke and missed his flight from New York or something, still managed to rock the crowd...

Gingerbread Boy - with hair!!

...so i spotted a new range of ginger-bread at Coles in Lance Cove last week. An actual ginger boy, with actual ginger hair; uncertain if associated red-hair genetic defects are included, but the dude's eyes sure looks wobbly:

...what's for sure is that you can use them to act out hate crimes, such as ginger decapitation:

L.A GEAR - totally rad kicks

below is what set me off into the amazing world of LA GEAR - a nice pair of kicks i found at Rozelle markets about a fortnight ago (i strapped each pair differently, just to show some options):

...what really sets them apart is the poppin' grill on the side of each shoe:

...the white and green colourway for the shoes is pretty weak, but then it has obviously faded, and i think its the women's version...

The most amazing shoe i have found in the LA GEAR range, however, is the late 1980's Michael Jackson x LA GEAR shoe, which led to an eventual US$10 million dollar lawsuit against Jackson by LA GEAR for breach of contract. Below is the shoe (with studs), the other 2 shoes pictured are promos that were never released:

more pictures of the only Michael Jackson x L.A GEAR shoe released:

Michael Jackson x LA GEAR promo videos below:

...below are some random old LA GEAR promo videos:

...still hunting...

Shaq - dirty Bootleg T

....so i found this bootleg Shaq t at vinnies the other day:

The t has so many rad details:

• nice fake Nike's
• Shaq's genie expression and billiard-ball holding smile
• Shaq's i might be a pirate, i might be gay gold ear-ring
• Shaq's party-dude floral print clothing
• Shaq's masterful ability to dunk, and whip the 'hang-ten' sign simultaneously
• the grey and hyper-colour-orange colourway

props to Lisa for altering it for me!

Newtown corner, Sydney, late March 2009

RAD Vs. BAD

RAD:

BAD:

CHURCH PROPS #4

by far the most extreme yet:

Pepsiman - he'll drink ya !!

Pepsiman!

(i picked up the figure in Japan, 2003, don't know any details about it hit me up if you do.... but i doubt it)

....below are some Japanese videos:

dude is all types of crazy!

Takes one to know one....

beard VS. no-beard