Uh Oh

Yes, it’s another installment of my “beef with..” column. This time the designers let me put my photoshop skillz to the test. Here’s what I came up with. I think it’s charming, but whatever.

Polycollaborating. Yes, that’s a new word that I made up. And yes, I  have beef with it. What’s polycollaborating or polycollaboration? It’s a new phenomenon that’s wreaking havoc in the streetwear biz. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for collaborations, but the new trend seems to be three (3) or more brands collaborating/crossbrading one piece. To me, this seems a little excessive, and a lot of these polycollaborations i’ve seen don’t seem to really represent all parties involved. That seems like a rule for collaboration: represent everyone equally. What I do enjoy about this polycollaborating involves the good-natured , non-competitiveness these brands are showing with a willingness to work together for the community at large. What I’m not enjoying is the multitude of partners. One of these brands is liable to catch something around their “unmentionables” if this promiscuous brand-whoring, polycollaborating continues. Perhaps [ 2 one 5 ] will develop a condom specifically designed to reduce the risk of unwanted, embarrassing CTD’s (cross-brandingly transmitted diseases).

-dan

PS - Get at us if you’d like to collaborate with [ 2 one 5 ]. We’re clean. We swear. If something happens, somebody else gave it to you. Also, sorry if we don’t call the day after.

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Is that some misto spot off jersey?

Hurricane Barry delivered some very sweet nectar to da boys up and down the east coast last week. The shot above was taken by ann coen on LBI somewhere, but the whole storm was captured by plenty of great lensmen and women for that matter on SURFLINE, so start clicking through and get a better perspective as to what the east coast can deliver surf wise.

-slk

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Get in the Vans

So, Vans continues to kill it. Frankly, I’m kind of getting tired of Nikes. I mean I still wear them, but they haven’t really released anything lately that made me really excited in an “I need to have those” way. But, Vans has consistently been evoking this reaction for the last six months. And now, to get my motor revving, they’ve updated the Vans Vault page with what I believe to be the Fall 2007 collection. Basically, everything in their is pretty dope. They got some all perforated slip-ons that would be perfect for the summer. But, these two jawns really stuck out to me. Chances of me copping them?? Pretty high.

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Wilde x Phillies

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
- Oscar Wilde

Oh, if only the Phillies would start playing unimaginative baseball. First, they start off the year looking like their in an amateur league. Then suddenly they turn it around and get a little hot, only to have that fire doused by a sub-.500 team. Following that slight skid, they regain their composure and go on to sweep series from both the Mets and the Braves, two division rivals, two of the best teams in baseball. But as always, their latest brush with a “junior varsity” opponent in the Royals has resulted in 17-5 blowout. Now, the individual players are doing little to curb their “imaginative” baseball. Example 1: Ryan Howard. Check out his month of April and May. Yeah. Example 2: The Bullpen. Touted as the team weakness, they pitched a stretch of 20 scoreless innings, only to be shelled the next series they get into. Example 3: Starting Pitching. Cole Hamels is all they have. You probably should fold if you only have one Ace. Example 4: The rest of the team. I gave my glaring examples, but just look at the rest of them, and they’re all playing inconsistent. Jimmy Rollins was hot, now he’s colder than the vegetable crisper. Chase Utley, his defense has been lacking this year and that four strike-out game didn’t help, but he does lead the team in RBI’s. I could go on and on about this, but basically, I wish the Phillies would suck it up, turn it around, and pull their heads out of their asses. Consistent baseball wins championships. It may not be imaginative, but it wins. Bring me a championship, then you can do whatever you want.

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