Blog
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HOW 5 & A DIME SURVIVED THROUGH A CHANGING ECONOMY
I’m constantly in a tug-of-war with the internet, which is slowly becoming more and more apparent with each piece I write. In the world...
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THE DEFINITION OF A BEAUTIFUL FÜL
I find myself stuck in the past, most days. Not because of some hatred towards innovation, but because time moves too fast, especially nowadays. It’s not like before, when 5...
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LIFE AFTER STREETWEAR
My “professional” involvement in streetwear began in the late ’90s, and I put the word “professional” in quotations only because it and I were anything but. At...
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THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE JOGGER PANT™
One year away from my 30s, I’m quickly becoming fearful that kids will soon not care to know about the 90s, a decade that I attribute to be the most...
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This Time Last Year in Tokyo
The Bucket List. We all have one, right? Mine is definitely big, but the top places I want to visit generally tend to surround an interesting happening that occurs in...
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Copywriter-ing :: How I Sold Out and Got a Job
So you have never heard of a copywriter and think “if Rob can do it so can I”? Chances are, if you are a human with basic personal hygiene capabilities...
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TURN BACK THE CLOCK.
The future is never what we expect it to be. 2015 is a few months away and self-lacing shoes are nowhere to be seen (although apparently being worked on). We...
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Bespoke :: The Advantages of A Mall Job
I started e-hustling at the age of 15, selling just about anything I could get my hands on via eBay. This continued well into high school. There was no other...
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Stash Talks the Internet, Haters and Human Interaction
According to Stash, a visit to L.A. longer than a couple of days is rare for him, but when he’s here, he seems to enjoy it. In town for not...
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Falcon Fever
What is the most successful way to get rid of hundreds of nuisance birds? I don’t like that opening... How bout: Tired of getting your whole life shit...
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IF ONE SUCCEEDS, WE ALL DO :: A CHAT W/ THOSE FOLKS
“Those Folks ain’t no jokes, local Venice homie locs,” muses Rick Klotz, artist and founder of Freshjive, at the end of an interview with Those Folks on their...
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The Brick Artist Nathan Sawaya X Art of Craft
The notion of building something out of nothing can be as cliché as the American Dream and as punk rock as DIY’s ethos. Out of the accessible and miniscule,