I had the chance to see Odd Future at a free concert at Amsterdam’s famous Paradiso on Queen’s Day this Saturday. About 2 minutes into the set a single thought ran through my mind:
Holy.
Fucking.
Shit.
I would call the show a mixture between a Punk Rock gig and a Southern Baptist revival. The floor was filled with rabid fans whose energy never wavered, and the OFWGKTA members present gave them everything they could.
I’m not a huge fan of the music, but after watching these kids create an international grassroots movement with a wordpress blog, I’m incredibly impressed by the movement.
This Friday, ASICS will be celebrating the release of a collaborative project with Amsterdam-based DJ Agency Robin Banks. The Can’t Run Like This EP features 14 tracks on two “sides” one side contains 7 tracks that sample Biggie’s “Gimme Da Loot” while the other 7 tracks sample Kris Kross’ “Jump.”
Sound Mind, Sound Body:
Stimulate The Brain With Music You Love,
To Make The Body Achieve Greater Things.
Mind and Body In Sync, At Their Best – Music As Stimulation.
Love, Music and Running. Get It…
I’m no stranger to the feeling of culture shock. As the son of a diplomat I moved across the world at a young age and I often found myself having to deal with norms, mores and attitudes that I found at times strange, unusual and sometimes offensive. Those seminal days taught me that cultural relativity wasn’t just a useful skill during intercultural exchanges, but sometimes also a survival mechanism. Read the rest of this entry »
German Blog Art School Vets chose to feature our Sr. Manager of Product Marketing for Lifestyle in their Faces and Spaces feature series. Think MTV Cribs for cool people, with really dope photography instead of sped-up hallway sequences.
For those of you that don’t know who Kwon is, he’s one of the most important pieces in the ASICS/Onitsuka Tiger puzzle and has been behind some of the craziest sneakers of the last 10 years from the Adidas A-Z series and the recent drops we did with Slam Jam and Sneaker Freaker to the upcoming pieces we have with H**, P**** and H****.
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Hattrick for the interviews, thanks to all three of these guys. You get a sense that this was a real collaborative effort, and I’m sure they had as much creating the sneaker as I had doing the interview. One thing I can’t forget is a special thank you to Ken-Tonio and Deniz for putting in overtime to make all of these pieces happen, there are many more to come.
Sneakers are available at SNS
A couple of weeks back, I talked about an event Onitsuka Tiger was having to celbrate the release of our collaboration with SEVENTYFIVE at their store on Haarlemerdijk. The event was great, I think everyone that attended got all of the mileage possible out of the Bacardi sponsorship so shout out to them for keeping everyone very social. Of course after the show is the after party and Bitterzoet played host to some of Amsterdam’s dopest DJ’s including the hometown hero, Flexican. Special thanks to Chris Noorda of SEVENTYFIVE who not only let me walk away with a pair, but also bought me a drink at the afterparty, pretty much the definition of a Stand Up Guy. More photos below
Friday evening and on into the night, Onitsuka Tiger and SEVENTYFIVE will be celebrating the release of our collaboration with SEVENTYFIVE, Amsterdam’s first real sneaker boutique. The shoe is a collaboration between Amsterdam-based MC/Designer Sef, SEVENTYFIVE founder Chris Noorda and our own Remko Nouws.
Keeping to the classic look of the Vulcanized shoe, they came up with a clean, off-white make up with blue piping and gold accented hardware. I think they came up with an incredibly clean and subtle piece that looks premium but could still be extremely wearable. A definite cop for me and I haven’t worn this type of silhouette since my college days.
The release event, which is sponsored by Bacardi, opens at 19.00 at the SEVENTYFIVE on Haarlemerdijk 55C in Amsterdam, followed by an after party at Bitterzoet. More photos of the shoe after the jump.
Photos from yesterday’s Basket Ball tournament. It was a great time, met some great people including the legendary Bobbito Garcia/Cool Bob Love, who clowned the hell out of some players while on the mic. Congratulations to the two winners, Berlin’s Candy Girls for the Women and France’s Pigalle Germany’s K1X for the Men. More pictures below.
This weekend Amsterdam will host the PXA Collective’s latest tournament. Event will be all day tomorrow featuring a 16 team basketball tournament as well as artists, dance crews and barbeque. Your boy will definitely be in attendance.
