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Rewind

2009-11-17T22:19:00.000-08:00

In light of me being home early and the preview I posted earlier today I've decided to rewind this for nostalgia's sake. This was originally posted on my Sneaker Freaker Freakin Blog on the day of delivery for the very first batch of the Melbourne tee's. It explains everything enough, no need to edit anything other than names.

I do want to add though that the second run last year, and the 1 of 1's, never really got explained. I'll try get photos of each colour and put them up before the new venture happens. Til then, rrrrrrrrrewind:

The Melbourne box tee idea kind of started as a joke. Basically Boobs and I were watching a preliminary AFL final being played in Melbourne and saw that the word Melbourne in a semi box logo style had been painted on the ground of the MCG (as they do for coverage of bigger games).

Later that day I was talking to Simon about it and he said he'd noticed too. Somewhere along the line we decide it would be funny to make a tee like the Supreme box saying Melbourne as it wasn't a diss (eg $upreme) or a joking play on Supreme (Supleme) but just gving props to a logo we love for its simplicity and style while representing our home town.

So anyway I did a bit of homework, enlisted the help of Davasawa & James (previously from AER fame) who helped make sure all the dimensions were right, made sure i knew where to get tees from and where to get it screen printed, etc. and told a few friends about it and decided we'd make a few.

I made a post on Sneaker Freaker about the tees and ended up getting alot more orders than expected... ALOT more!

After some initial screen printing troubles we ended up finding a place and made 100, of which 2 tees came back faulty so technically there are 98 of these things going around.

We all ended up really happy with the quality and accuracy of the print (both colour and font wise) and hope that everyone who puts down their hard earned for one is too.

Now, usually, I don't do this but uh....

2009-11-17T21:30:00.000-08:00

Go head' on and break 'em off wit a lil' preview of the remix....

YA DIG?

Soon, but not too soon...

Beached

2009-10-19T13:09:00.001-07:00

You may have already seen everyone else's photos (and THE video) but here's the past weekend through my eyes.

Toby can cook, that's a fact, but this stew above is THE best thing I've had of his. It was amazing.

My new background. It looks even better bigger. Let me know if you want it.

Travel Photo Catchup

2009-08-25T18:06:00.000-07:00

When I started this blog the idea was to update it as I traveled. Clearly I neglected to do so. I figured I'd finally post some of the photos from my Nov 08-Feb 09 travels. Location below each.

Essaouira, Morocco

Marrakech, Morocco

Ueno, Japan

Roppongi, Japan

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany (Koons)

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain (Nou Camp)

New York, USA

NB: I'm pretty sure I took all of the photos except for the ones I'm in.

Pizza Time!

2009-08-25T03:49:00.000-07:00

I was making dinner for one tonight and thought toasted sandwiches would be too boring. Solution? Pizza!

I didn't have any yeast but found a great recipe that had parmesan IN the dough! Throw on some home made pasta sauce, cheese, ham and home made salami then at the end drizzle a little home made olive oil over it, season with salt pepper and chili flakes and we're good.

Here it is:

Cons: I had no mushrooms or basil to add, they would have helped. It should have been a bit thinner but it was m first time making the dough.

Pros: It was still awesome! WAY more interesting than a toasted sandwich for dinner.

This was the wine. It was given to me a while back so thought I'd try it. Not the best match but it was there at the time.

was OK, giving it the title Best really set it up for failure.

In all Tuesday 26th August 09, consider yourself conquered.

Photo Taking

2009-07-08T07:12:00.000-07:00

So now the net is set up at the new place and things are starting to settle I figured I'd give this a bit of attention and use it to show some of my playing around to the public eye

For a long, long, loooooong time light painting has intrigued me. So when I first got my new camera I couldn't wait to give it a go.

My first shot playing with shutter speed:

Then I tried moving the source:

Now I think I get it:

Some more playing around from that first night:

The whole thing is as much fun as I expected it to be since I first stumbled across it.

The camera is purely a hobby thing but I have taken a few photos I've liked for assorted reasons (clarity, colour, detail and so on) so here's a few examples of photo's I've taken over the past months that I like enough:

That'll do for now

Got Keys?

2009-06-16T00:05:00.000-07:00

I doubt anyone's going to see this due to the lack of attention I myself have been paying to the blog but it had to be put somewhere... plus who knows, i may just start using this again.

Anyway, today 16/06/09 I picked up the keys from Biggin Scott to my new place in Abbotsford.

Very much stoked. The champagne and amazing leather pouch holding the keys were a touch of class courtesy of the agent.

Now to move everything in...

Logo-less

2008-11-11T16:07:00.000-08:00

This is a bold move

No Golden Arches, no clown with giant feet, and only 2 burger options. Over the last few years after what I'm pretty sure was the first time McDonalds didn't profit in a quarter, the company has made an enormous effort to re-brand and reposition themselves in a new marketplace. This move in Tokyo is possibly the biggest move thus far. This new Quarter Pounder store front, offers just Quarter Pounders and Double Quarter Pounders, a clean black, red and white fit out, even with new food packaging. Check out the website - quarter-pounder.net

2 stores both open 24 hours, one on Omotesando and the other in Shibuya East. I'll make sure to check for it when in Tokyo in just over a week.

This is not a fashon blog

2008-11-09T14:35:00.000-08:00

but I had to post these!

Vans Jason Jesse Sk8 High. The leather looks great. Details:

The funny thing here is in the heel. They've changed the shape a bit and it's now very reminiscent of a Visvim Logan High

which I guess is completely fine as the Logan in High, Mid and Low is Vans inspired anyway right?

Art in NY

2008-11-09T14:19:00.000-08:00

I was pretty excited to find out recently that two artists I really like have exhibitions on while I'm in New York

The first is Ari Marcopoulos' Fear God

The Project
Midtown

This should be great. I was exposed to Ari's work through Supreme a few years ago and have loved it since.

37 West 57th Street, 3rd Floor, 212-688-1589
November 6 - December 19, 2008
Opening: Thursday, November 6, 6 - 8PM

The other is a Basquiat exhibition an Van De Weghe Fine Art's Madison Avenue location

Basquiat
1018 Madison
November 8 - December 20, 2008

I believe this is the inaugural exhibition at this location

The best part is they're a half hour or so walk from each other through Central Park.

View Larger Map

I think I'll have to go on the 18th or 19th

In exactly 2 weeks...

2008-11-06T04:41:00.000-08:00

... I'll be in the air and on the way to Tokyo for the first leg of the trip.

Here is the planned route:

To say I'm excited is an understatement.

Haven't yet figured out whether I'll post images on here or we'll do a group blog.

Obligatory Obama Post

2008-11-05T00:33:00.000-08:00

I love that photo. I'm not entirely sure why, the lighting and position sure but maybe because it makes them come across as normal people. Plus it's a scenario I can see myself in.

Change, hope, etc. Sure it's all great to believe and yes Obama was the lesser of two evils in many ways but this is Politics remember.

Congratulations to the next President and First Lady.

[sn:ap]"

2008-11-04T06:03:00.000-08:00

Apparently en route to NSW as of now

I hope one gets to me before I leave

Tokyo Bound

2008-11-04T05:48:00.001-08:00

I should be asleep or writing final essays but In 2 weeks and a day I leave for a huge trip that'll have me touching down in many places I've never been and some I feel the need to always be in.

First stop is Tokyo! Dave touched down on the weekend, see you in a couple mate.