Sure there’s the obvious Depeche Mode sound reference but what really attracted me to HURTS is the band’s fashion aesthetic.

As if Raf Simons and Kris Van Assche both decided to concoct a music band together. HURTS delivers on sound and visuals.

Here’s a live rendition of “Wonderful Life.” These guys are professionals.

Everyone knows that POLO has made its firm imprint in the American fashion spectrum. Mr. Lauren’s imagined world where the highest echelons of society dynasties meld with Native American heroics and a newfound brazen attitude of modern America has echoed deeply into the conscience of many. What’s more fascinating is how POLO as a brand has

penetrated the subconscious of the Black American experience in their steady path of aspiration.

POLO has quickly become co-opted as the uniform of choice from the hood as the emergence of the “Lo-head” came into fruit in the hood. The subculture of POLO is equally interesting since POLO as a brand has never addressed this fanatical group, rather have chose to ignore and seems to amuse themselves from their retail line of excursion. Such is the lore of POLO to begin with, yet it’s rather refreshing to see how POLO acolytes defend their turf of “authenticity” and “brand loyalty.”

These guys are my latest obsession. Diller Scofido + Renfro were tapped to design the new BROAD museum in Downtown Los Angeles.

Thank you Air Walk! There are OLD SCHOOL as you can get.

Got some new running shoes! Thanks Adidas!

The internet is a strange place. Last week a video began to circulate around surrounding an attempted rape in Huntsville, Alabama. Rape is no certainly no joking matter but the news recap of this event spurred forth a new paradigm. The introduction of an “Antoine Dodson,” the brother of the victim became an overnight internet sensation.

This clip soon made headways similar to the “Double Rainbow” effect…no pun intended. Famous art music duo “Auto-Tune the News” reappropriated Dodson’s voice and created a song now known as the “Bed Intruder” song.

Take a listen:

A few days later, the original newscast team did a follow up with Dodson to hear his response.

This is what our culture has come to. And I say this with a smirk on my face while I type these words. In closing here’s yet again another rendition of the “Bed Intruder” song performed by the North Carolina A&T Marching Band. Who would’ve known youtube can actually be used as an incubation of orchestra music?

Enjoy:

Rarely comes a documentary that unveils the secret handshakes of Capitol Hill. If this trailer is of any indication of what to expect, I’d say this is definitely a film worth seeing.

Synopsis: This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff—from his early years as a gung—ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob—style killing in Miami, this is the story of the way money corrupts our political process. Oscar—winning filmmaker Alex Gibney once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to get elected—and the millions of dollars it costs—may be undermining the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably fun to watch, CASINO JACK is a saga of greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.