What you are witnessing are the Dee&Ricky x PONY collabo coming out in december. Dee & Ricky are NYC designers/taste-makers and twins!) probably mostly known for designing the Lego heart brouch famously worn by Kanye during his "808" days. Now they are coming out with these bad boys as well as a multicolor low top leopard pair. The ones picture above the canvas is made of velcro and comes with letters to stick on and customize your sneaker. AMAZING! I know these are going to cost an arm and a leg and I probably won't get them, but I'm definitely trying to get back in my PONY game. I was into it heavy in high school.
I just had a realization that this blog is subnamed "The Mid 20s Crisis" and that next year I'm going to have to rename it "The Late 20s Crisis". I hope I don't have to then rerename it "I'm In My 30s, I Still Live With My Mom, Get Me Outta Here!" now that would be just sad. -fin-
Yesterday September 24th was the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's classic album that rocked a generation Nevermind. Im quite sure all week people have been sharing their Nevermind stories about the first time they heard it how it changed their lives etc. So I'm going to tell you MY Nevermind story....I don't have one. Yep that's right. I do not have a nevermind story. I was six years old and have not yet embraced rock music, or music as a whole really. I think I just learned how to tie my shoes (which was difficult for my because I was a lefty). However I do remember seeing the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video tons of times on MTV ( dude remember when they played videos!? 0_0) Although I may have been to young to grasp the cultural significance of Nevermind, I remember falling in love with the song "Heart Shaped Box" from their third and final studio album In Utero. Then of course not too long after that I along with millions of others watched in shock as Kurt Loder has an MTV News flash about the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Even then I still didnt understand what I was watching or listening to or hearing. As the years went by and I not only truly embraced music as a whole but rock music especially that I began to understand just how monumental Nevermind, Nirvana and "grunge" as a whole was. I often wish I was the age I am now back in 1991 (okay maybe a little younger :-/) to fully be a part of the whole "Gen X" thing. Rock music is not at all what it used to be, its all dance based now which isnt bad, but its not ROCK. I'm quite sure there are great bands still making great music somewhere and we can all find them somewhere on the internet, but the energy is not the same, the radio is not the same, MTV is definitely not the same. Although I was too young to really understand it, I'm glad I was old enough to watch it. Now I'm not going to leave you with a song from Nevermind rather I'm going to leave you with a song I've been playing on repeat for like 30 hours now "Sappy" from the With The Lights On-Box Set jank. Cause this is not only a celebration of an album, its the celebration of a movement and a man.
We all know the story of creation. Of how God created the earth in seven days. But what about all the other days after that? I have a theory that on day 20,378 he created Dollar Tree. The Dollar Tree is the greatest concept for a store ever. Where, get this, EVERYTHING IS ONE DOLLAR. EVERYTHING!. Now sure there stores that try to follow these formulas. The beloved "99c Stores" that I grew up with in NYC. Then there's your Family Dollar, Dollar General, Five and Below. But let me ask you, is everything $1 in those stores? NOOOO. In these times where I count every single cent that comes out of my account and even with 2 jobs I'm still dreadfully broke with a mother who likes to remind you that you need to get a better job and pay more bills because you of course haven't thought of that brilliant concept of your own :breathes: The Dollar Tree is kind of my savior right now. So this is my love letter to you, Dollar Tree. I'm planting a seed of my own so we can grow together.
I am usually not a fan of modern R&B. I feel like the singers don't really have great vocal ability and the concept of their songs are drab at best. In the past year R&B has taken a new twist with the emergence of artist like Frank Ocean, whom I'm a fan of. And the The Weeknd whom everyone makes a big deal over but is personally not my cup of tea. Then there's guys like The Dream. Although I have never heard a complete Dream album I'm always a fan of the singles that he releases as well as the countless songs he has written for other artists (um "Single Ladies" helloooo) Recently he released a free album under his given name Terius Nash titled "1977". His brand of R&B is less sweet, coy, and sensual and way more brash and vulgar. There are MANY expletives in every song. Mostly cause the dissolution of his short second marriage to "singer" Christina Milian that has been blog fodder this past year. All the tracks are dope the vocals go well over the tracks and all the songs are catch as hell. Download the album here. Here is a video to one of the standout tracks on the project "Long Gone"
