Kobe Bryant on Jimmy Kimmel Live Show

In cased you missed it, Kobe Bryant was on the Jimmy Kimmel show earlier in the month. You know what’s funny, I am pretty sure I was wearing my KB24 Nike ‘Blackout’ Hyperdunks - the last time I blacked out, but I can’t remember. Enjoy.

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Here’s how you know you’re an A-list celebrity… you can go to China or you can go to Japan, walk off the plane, get into downtown Tokyo, and still get hit with your own a-list FOB (fresh off the  boat), pussy-shrapnel. Just saying… and don’t act like you weren’t into the deaf chick in Babel. And I digress.

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New Murs track from his upcoming album “Murs For President” IN STORES SEPTEMBER 30TH!

Murs - Everything

This is my fav. track off the new Murs album, folks - hotttt. Utube link, if you want to share. Murs is reppin’ LA hard… notable upcoming tour dates:

Sep 30 2008      6:30P
Amoeba Music - In Store Performance and Signing     Los Angeles, California

Oct 29 2008      8:00P
Bowery Ballroom / 16 & Over     New York, New York

Nov 1 2008      7:00P
Rock and Roll Hotel     Washington, DC

Dec 11 2008      8:00P
El Rey Theatre     Los Angeles, California

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A quick D.C. slang lesson, that you might only half learn on Urban dictionary.com… In the 90’s in D.C., there were several trendy slang words that were DMV (DC/MD/VA) specific. Those words were: Bama, Joe, and Tree.

“Bama”
Originated from Black youth in Washington DC.
1. Original meaning was “cant dress well” or “fashion misfit”
2. Now the word has a more general use meaning “person”, as how Whites use “Dude”
1. That bama wearing a coat in the summer
2. Tell bama to meet me at the store.

Joe
A Chicago based slang term taking the place of a person’s real name. Commonly used when a person knows your name but you don’t know theirs.
Mark: Man Joe you trippin’ -or- Mark: Wass up Joe.

That was sort of how it was used in D.C., expect even if one knew a persons name one would still say Joe. One almost ended (or started) every sentence with Joe.
Eg: Damn, Joee - you see that new line of clothing by Alex Pardee?

And finally,
TREE!
There are 52 definitions of Tree on Urban Dictionary.

Here’s is how it was used in D.C. in the 90’s…Tree - an expression of disbelief or surprise.
(After seeing a homie get bitch slapped)

“TREEEEEEEEEEE!”

It was also mainly used to describe excess. . . eg: Treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, your kicks are all the way scuffed up -or- Treeeeeeeeeeeee, that’s a big bitch.

TREEeeeeeeeeeeee. Just try saying it aloud on your own once.

Let’s fast forward from the 90’s. Hurley didn’t come to me and ask me to explain a cool angle (90’s DC Slag), to a concept of a clothing line (but maybe they should?!?!) - I just made that connection for the sake of an interesting blog post, but that’s not to say I don’t set trends - even if that means recounting the “throw back.” ;)

The great Alex Pardee has coupled up with Hurley and come out with his new cinematic clothing line called: Night of the TREEPLE (Tree + People / Tree-people, for the slow folks out there).

Pardee tells us on the myspace blog:

The idea behind the whole project was basically that I wanted to create a line of clothing that was both an homage to a genre of film that I love 70’s and 80’s horror / exploitation films), as well as a catalyst to introduce a new way of presenting apparel as a way of telling a story visually. In a way, the “Treeple” line is my own personal and original version of a 1970’s exploitation horror film, as told through my art and Hurley’s apparel.
I wanted to create “A Cinematic Apparel Line”.

In an era where gorgeous models fought aliens in space (Barbarella), where a group of farmers buried people in the dirt and harvested their heads (Motel Hell), where the government was ALWAYS at fault for negligence, where alien plants took took over and replicated humans (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), deformed Siamese twins became evil serial killers (Basket Case), and toxic waste was EVERYWHERE (Toxic Avenger, Empire of the ants, Food of the Gods, Robocop, etc), it was apparent that the reality of the story never mattered, it was simply fun and new to explore the “What if’s?” of storytelling and film making.
So I asked “What if toxic waste made trees attack humans and turn them into some kind of tree/zombie/slasher hybrid?! Like mother nature’s revenge for neglect.”

So yah, within the next week or so you should start looking for the TREEPLE line to start branching out into a bunch of stores, like Buckle, Macy’s, Zumiez, Hurley.com, etc.

These images will be available on a variety of t-shirts and hoodies. Check em:

The bite behind the treebark, Alex Pardee interview folks.

I know I sound upbeat like you’d think I am getting backend money, but you know how much backend honey I’ll be in for? More specifically - do you know how many hippie chicks I am gonna get now when I wear one of these shirts? =)

Cheers.

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) participate in the first 2008 Presidential debate.

Who says you can’t have debate drinking games after the fact?

http://wonkette.com/403075/coward-mccain-will-maybe-show-up-tonight-so-heres-your-debate-drinking-game
http://davethenovelist.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/presidential-debate-drinking-game/
http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/09/25/the-presidential-debate-drinking-game/

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Poll Results

Congrats to JD for being my favorite interview to date, according to this month’s poll! Eat your heart out Jarred Fox…douche! :)

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New Poll Up (right sidebar):

“My Next Pair Of Jeans Should Be…?”

* Skinny Jeans (0%, 0 Votes)
* Baggy Fit Jeans (0%, 0 Votes)
* Normal Fit Jeans (0%, 0 Votes)

$kinny Jeans, folks.

Brianna Frost, Miss Howard TV April 2008 is back at it again. Her pay website is launched, and now she has a DVD coming out called Up Close and Personal…above is the trailer! Word on the street is she goes to or WENT to Penn State, but has since been doing her stripping thing. Proof is in the panty pudding.

BONUS INTRO VIDEO:

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Paul Newman, known for his piercing blue eyes, boyish good looks and stellar performances in scores of hit Hollywood movies, has died, his foundation said Saturday. He was 83.

Newman, who had been battling cancer, passed away on Friday, Newman’s Own Foundation said in a statement from Westport, Connecticut.

“Paul Newman’s craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all,” Foundation Vice-Chairman Robert Forrester said.

Newman played youthful rebels, charming rogues, golden-hearted drunks and amoral opportunists in a career that encompassed more than 50 movies. He was one of the most popular and consistently bankable Hollywood stars in the second half of the 20th century.

Two of his most popular movies included “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) and “The Sting” (1973), in which he co-starred with an equally popular and handsome actor, Robert Redford.

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NOT Dj AM & Travis Barker.

The music producer, Travis Barker’s So So Def clothing line partner, Jermaine Dupri has been speaking out on his on-the-mend friend, saying the former Blink-182 drummer remains positive and is looking forward to leaving the hospital after last week’s fatal plane crash.

Dupri visited Barker, who, along with Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, was critically injured in the incident, at Georgia’s Joseph Still Burn Center on Sunday.

“He’s doing good, he’s gonna be all right. He’s just got a lot of healing to do,” Dupri told People.

“He’s supposed to send a message out to everybody in a couple of days to let everyone know that’s he’s feeling better. He’s definitely feeling the love from everyone.”

Barker’s also feeling the love in the form of a pimped-out hospital room.

“He’s just now getting everything in the hospital set up for him—iPods, computers, everything that he needs,” Dupri added. “You got to make sure he is comfortable.”

His plugged-in suite will also no doubt help Barker communicate with caring fans, something Dupri says his friend is gearing up to do.

“He’s in good spirits,” Dupri added to OK! magazine. “He’s gonna be on iChat in like two days, so he’s going to send you all a message.”

In the interest of good measure, and mad PR skills, Dupri also spoke with Us Weekly about his recovering pal, who has undergone several surgeries to treat the second- and third-degree burns on his torso and lower body.

“It’s a seriously sad situation,” he said. “He’s doing good…but I really hate to see my friends go through this.

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