• Rob

    Rob Heppler, formerly of the Weekly Drop and other imploded fiascos, is streetwear's biggest mouth and most notable "What does that guy really do?" character. You can keep up with his adventures here, behind-the-scenes of the coolest scene, in impossible situations, and being good at being up to no good.

Wieden + Kennedy Founders Day XXX (sun up edition)


Wieden and Kennedy is the greatest advertising agency in the world.  Every April 1st they celebrate the day Dan Wieden and David Kennedy borrowed a typewriter from Nike and made history, it’s called… Founders Day.  It’s an employee’s only event and is usually spectacular. The best rule is no wives or girlfriends… unless your significant other is an employee… which means… shit gets outrageous instantly.


Craig Allen


David Povill


Patrick Abbey


Curtis Pachunka and much better half.


Motherfucking Peter Yue


Ryan O’Rourke


Alberto Ponte


TWELVERS!


Byron T Oshiro


Brandon Drew Jordan Pierce 4 names, one ex wife.


Brian Mork


Mike Weihs and her majesty Elisa Silva


Do you know how Moses make tea?    …Hebrews it!


Brian Troyer


Another Founders Day tradition, Dan gets naked.


Mira Kaddoura


Brian Reavy


LTA


Tinkerbell


Scott Phillips


Dani Pak


John F. Dwight


Andrew Dickson


Lady Connie Wohn


Eugene Jefferson


Donna Lamar


Lane Musgrave


Maya Roberts


Charles Lee


Aaron Lee

Aubrey and Abby


Erin and Mitch Sorenson


Susan Hoffman yes, I do owe you my life.


Dominic Orlando


Catherine Wolpe


The Hoover damn isn’t as powerful as this photo.


Jason Kreher


Natalie P.Montgomery

Faces In the Cloud


Taylor Twist

Something I never thought I would type again “Byron Oshiro”


Mary Fielder


Mike Wilson


I was in Kimbo’s top 8 on myspace when I met Brandon Drew Jordan Pierce.


Eugene Jefferson brought his bread out to party.


Rob Lewis


Kim Harris


Victor “beard sniffer” Long


Catherine Wolpe and it wasn’t even a pool party.


Alison Selby and her friend that might be moving away depending if her boyfriend gets into this nursing school he really wants to get into and oh did you see my new tattoo? I’m just a receptionist at a laser hair removal place but as son as I get my esthetician license I’m thinking of opening…


Mison Henley


No my pupils always look like that Aunt Molly.

Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins


One third of TLC. One half Native American, and one whole bottle of survival, T-Boz came in the office to talk some T-Bizz. Anyone that is a part of the opening scene of Belly, and personally responsible for the instant reaction every living person exclaims whenever they see a waterfall… is a champion by everyman standards.


Luckily I wasn’t hanging out the passenger side of my best friends ride trying to holler at her.


I was able to cross a few things off my list today, prom picture with T-Boz… check! Note to self, when using a fixed lens 7D make sure you look at the photos before T-Boz leaves…

Bricks and Chains and Carbs


Ben Baller‘s collection of 1000% Be@rbricks are on display at Guy Hepner gallery.  If you were wanting to purchase any of these… to bad they are all sold.


Ben’s allegiance is proudly worn on his chest. Jesus, Himself, and World Star Hip Hop!


Matt Senna is who I blame for inviting me.  His brand is surprisingly good, I’m happy I introduced him to you.


Hugh Jackman, Josh Wisdumb, Jada Pickett, and Robert Pattinson.


I am on a very strict diet, I don’t eat anything that costs under $75.


Get the truffle spaghetti or the table, its a powerful move. Then tell people the rat pack used to hang here, and the bathroom is haunted.


Looking at my Gucci it’s about that time for Christina Perry Okubu to move to L.A. and start working with me at Amusement Park.


Christina is years ahead of everyone on style and trends, next year this time you will be begging for a Nissan connect so you can get a Versa.

 

The Elusive Audi R8


Oh hey Audi R8 illegally parked on Abbot Kinney. Let’s investigate.


Lot’s of front intake holes for a rear engine vehicle.  I’ll put that in it’s permanent record. That driver looks familiar, it’s not me… cuz I’m standing not in the car.


Josh Rubin! You crazy car enthusiast, where did you get this machine! Oh you threw a Tap into SXSW party in a cemetery and Elija Wood and Thom York DJ’d. Then you hosted a Pentax event at AplusR on the exact road we are breathing on right now!


Gearbox would be a cool name for a brand.


In case you were wondering yes I did touch the caliper. It was so clean and dangerous.


This kid is a HUGE Teddy Roosevelt fan.


This is the Pentax K01, perhaps you notice the pancake lens. AplusR the store down the street will let you take one of these cameras and shoot whatever and you get to keep the SD card! Minipuffer not included.


Writing it in the Thrasher font makes it ironic, don’t cha think?


The best part about this post… it was all done in about 25 steps away from my bar stool! And no, this rainbow didn’t come out of Josh Rubin’s exhaust pipe when he drove away… shame on you!

tax Man


There are three certainties in life; 1. Death, 2. That someone will make a lame reference to death and taxes around April, 3. and the fact that a man on the run will make a mistake sometime in the first 72 hours. When you are broke you don’t have to do your taxes, no seriously they don’t care. When you are stupid, H&R Block will do your taxes for $500 and give you no return. When you are an iced out player balling out of control you go to Victor Jones.


Once a year I make the trek to Victor’s compound  hidden deep in Glendale, California. You won’t see this space on The Selby. I just noticed there is a gun in this photo.


You won’t find any KAWS dolls. Every item on display Victor found, killed or ate himself.


This is a painting of his happy family.


Before Tumblr all there where was walls.  Some walls are better than others.  This is the best walls site I have ever seen.


One more year, Victor has kept me out of prison, and given the government exactly the right amount I am legally obligated to continue being a part of this incredible country.

SXSW 2012 ALSO


Jon Steinback is the director of marketing for Foursquare. The single greatest platform the world has ever seen. I love Foursqaure and I don’t care who knows it! I am especially proud of my TIPS!


These are only like $200 on Amazon.


One big room, full of bad panels.


Scene Tap was there.


Armando went H.A.M., Bacon, and Blue Cheese.


I bet I’m the only person here that has gotten fired over Hootsuite.


Thank you Skitch! Just keep doing you!


First, yes, this is the awesomest thing you have ever seen. Second, yes you can only print one. Third its $34.95 for a full color front. Oh the places you’ll go.


Josh Rubin, creator of why the internet looks like it does today. Rob Heppler, the reason your brother keeps downloading Grindr even though he says he is studying the GUI for a different project.


Tomaz Stolfa and the word “founder” show up in more places than a Karmaloop gift code. He invited me to BBQ with 3 other champions you will be working for next year.


Braaaa Braaaaaaaappppppp!!!


Mommy, where do TOMS shoes come from? Oh, from these two…


Marlon Hernandez. He likes Fuel Bands and Jay-Z American Express concerts. He does not like Sharing, Anne Frank jokes, or javelinas.


Not the first time I have gotten my fortune from a filthy dumpster in a spooky ally behind an Asian sorority.

SXSW Interactive


“911 what is your emergency?” …The Roof, The Roof…


Elle Woulfe is a different kind of celebrity. The wife of celebrated graffiti artist Dana Woulfe, we couldn’t even talk about her new baby or my retard cousin without nerds coming out of the woodwork to discuss


David Evans just opened his new shop HOOK in L.A. Not many people can say they are turning away work… he can.


Keith Bellinger is the 2nd happiest guy over at Saatchi. This pic will not help his career.


I found a girl!


Davi Lui and Montreal’s Leslie Woods. Leslie used to do THIS, remember? Davi used to do THIS.


The mayor of Chiat/Day Armando Socmidik, Richardo Yosy and another girl.


Zech Bard (not a typo) did the WK12 program after me, he was shocked to see me.


Create music anywhere, or at least look powerful at Starbucks with a digital portable piano from Miselu.


Storify is a drag and drop blogging platform. My days are numbered.


This kid was going huge at the #makeitcount Fuel Band pavilion.


Victor formerly of L.A. is up in Beaverton at mama Nike now. Fuel bands are sold out everywhere.


Glow stick truck.


Boxed water.


DJ Mel is Austin’s resident DJ. When asked how he did it, “one party at a time..”


He is also very helpful at unlocking your iPhone. Say hi to Ez Blaine who is now a CD at Chiat. Yes, If you want a job just email him. Ez.blaine@tbwachiat.com


Everyone gets in the nerd spirit around here.

Philosophy is not Funny


Whether you accept it or not Jim Riswold is an artist. All of you hung his work on your walls growing up, umm.. no, you did. Riswold goes deeper than the Mariana Trench with his second major art show Philosophy is not Funny. On display at W+K in Portland.


Jean-Paul Sartre was the stinkiest of the philosophers. So Riz made him into a bathmat. You might be able to buy it, but art is expensive.


Get it?  It’s low to the ground and friendly… not like his last works.


There’s Riswold! Doing what he does best… raping finger puppets.


My philosophy?  You don’t have to be the best, you just have to be first.

Portlanding


Portland happened this weekend. Retrokid can usually be found giving advice in front of the Nike employee store.  This place is a mandatory stop at every visit. What has Retro he been up to? Eating, breathing sneakers and the lifestyle just as he has erry day for the past 30 years. (Yes I know he is older than 30, but he has been participating in the game since then.)


Mikeshot had to make one last stop before he moves to NYC. Taylor Twist window shops every sneaker release but really comes for the Allen Iverson arm sleeves.  Yes I know Allen Iverson is not a Nike athlete but if I said he had a bag of arm sleeves you wouldn’t get it. Anyway… we got  a shit ton of arm sleeves.


No one does advertising better than Jelly Helm. This photo was taken seconds before Jelly gave me two tickets to the Portland Timbers. Everyone kept warning me to be-careful… it’s crazy… Isn’t it just soccer?


Only healthy food in this monster vending machine… isn’t Portland weird?!


The Roy family never stops smiling. Follow Jon Roy on instragram.


East coast transplant Kim Harris and the bitch that ordered the fish filet were caught wildn’ out at Ron Toms.


Kim and Taylor at soccer practice… just kicking it… Taylor wrote a book about straight guys that drink Martinis… it is zero pages long.


This is pretty insane. The Timbers Army make noise constantly. Drums, songs, massive flags roaring for the entire game. Also lot’s of people kept saying “Drunk people will puke on you.”


Right after I took this photo the ball went into the white net thing.  Everyone freaked out.


During the games Timber Joey walks around revving this giant chainsaw.  People freakout over this.  He even has his own licensed MLS t shirt.When a goal is scored Timber Joey slices a hunk of a giant log.  Then he walks around showing off the slice of wood and everyone freaks out.