Our buddy Andrew looking fresh in our first product shoot.

Sporting the Lightsleepers x Olde Ivory brainstorm at The Sunburn Classic last weekend.

By far one of my favorite things in 2009. Everything about bacon is delicious except for the clogging your arteries and killing you part. Fake bacon is pretty good too.

Andy Kessler, OG New York City skateboarder, passed away recently. He had an allergic reaction to a insect sting while surfing Montauk, NY. Dude shredded so hard, I used to see photos of him in old Thrashers. It always looked like he was skating REALLY fast.

“I just remember him always being on a skateboard,” his sister said. From NY TIMES article.

Those 1$ DVD Machine things at Foodland and Safeway are genius. And by genius I mean smart business. I waited 25 min behind two people scrolling through and reading every single review of every crappy movie so I could rent a movie like Labor Pains.

I rented that last movie Joaquin Pheonix made before he became a rapper. The cinematography looks great. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. Production and editing is on point. Acting is superb. It shits on all the other romantic indie dramas that the festivals seem to be flooded with. I’ve always believed that movies should end better than they start, sounds like a no brainer, but sometimes people do the opposite. This movie had a pretty good ending.

My homies said American Gangster was weak. I think it’s pretty good. It starts off Marty Scorsese, then kind of meanders into New Jack City territory. And by New Jack City I mean naked chicks chopping up drugs in a seedy top floor apartment in Harlem. That ain’t bad. Russell Crowe plays a cop law students trying to crack down on Denzel the smooth talking pimpalicious drug lord. I was entertained. Russ Crowe’s coke head cop partner looks like Fred Armisen in that SNL Muppets bit where he plays the muppet with the sax, fishing hat, and big sun glasses. It’s a good look.

Who are you 808Rooted? If somebody gave me a video camera at 16, I’d probably make something like this. But there’d be more skating and I worked at TCBY, not Jamba.

Saw these on the beast. Pretty dope. I’ve been wearing dickies since elementary when the Beasties dropped Check Your Head. There are a few more Olde Pinstrip Pocket Workshirts at In4. They are starchy, of course they are work shirts, but they are super tough. The more you wash and wear them the better. It’s hurricane season. Make sure your gear is made to last.