Kidulthood

Pac Div - Anti Freeze

2011-03-29T20:30:00.003+02:00

It's the first visual look from Pac Div and the newest addictive mixtape album, Mania.

The video is straight up vintage Pac Div and the track is fire.

XXL freshman class 2011

2011-03-17T21:10:00.004+01:00

I do believe I have the above magazine laying around and obviously there's always mixed reactions and discussions as to who is left out of the cover and who doesn't belong in there but as always with these things, XXL can't please everybody. It all comes down to styles of the different rappers. From the 2010 class it seemed to me that J. Cole & Wiz Khalifa came out on top even though I was also loving songs from Nipsey Hu$$le, Freddie Gibbs and Fashawn but the rest didn't seem to be on my radar even though they had albums and songs out here and there.
Pill and OJ Da Juiceman don't have songs I know anything about and Big Sean has been outhere for some time since he has the cosign from Kanye and G.O.O.D. Music but I'm afraid he's becoming more and more like a Memphis Bleek with a fresher style though. Donnis & Jay Rock made a bit of noise due to cameos and a few songs but nothing more.

Obviously XXL's 2011 freshmen will be up for a heated debate again and this time I'm sure this group are faced with the same hype, anticipation and disappointments like the class before them.
Meek Mill, Big K.R.I.T., Fred The Godson, Lil' Twist & YG I know little to nothing about and haven't heard them make any noise and in the time of fast info and online communities that doesn't show for a promising future. I guess I have to see what music will come from those guys since I did get to hear 8/10 rappers from the 2010 class even though I wasn't necessarily impressed by everything I heard.
Cyhi The Prynce became a household name due to his appearances from the G.O.O.D. Fridays songs coming from Kanye and of course being on Kanye's latest album didn't hurt at all. Besides he had some memorable verses too. He could deliver something interesting and I hope he doesn't become a new Big Sean.
Kendrick Lamar is another westside rapper who has been working with Dre which of course can go either way since the good doctor either skyrockets your career or leaves it to be forgotten in his vault of beats.
Yelawolf seems to stand out from the Shady Records cosigns and being with Eminem should give you quite a big support from other big names in the music industry.
Lil' B already is known for his cooking dance and being the BasedGod and has been using the online community to gain a loyal following like Souljah Boy and seems to be on the same lane for superstardom like Wiz Khalifa.

However, my two favorites on this cover are rappers Mac Miller & Diggy Simmons. Mac Miller's Kickin' Incredibly Dope Shit album aka K.I.D.S. were a enjoyable listen.
Diggy Simmons, obviously having some easier options to get his music out due to his father being Rev. Run from Run-DMC and having Pharrell as his mentor, has so far released two "mixtape" albums. He has a wicked flow too and his latest offering shows some growth and more aggressive rhymes and with more guidance I'm sure he could grow out of his father's shadow and make his own path. Having already done a sneaker line (I posted about Chivalrous Culture and the Hamachis some time ago) and possible clothing next, he seems to be well on his way whether he wants to succeed in music or making clothes.

Anyway, XXL did some behind the scenes material for the 2011 shoot and they even blessed us with a couple of cyphers from the freshmens.
With little knowledge regarding YG and Lil' Twist, they seem to be able to hold their own alongside my two favorites Mac Miller and Diggy. The cypher part 1!

Loving you is killing me

2011-03-15T16:09:00.003+01:00

Yeah, it's the title of the new funky video by Aloe Blacc.

I already got the tickets for my sister and I for his upcoming concert in Copenhagen next month. That was my X-mas present for her and after a few enjoyable watchings of the first season of How To Make It In America starring Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk, I've been very much enjoying the fantastic theme song for the show by Aloe Blacc.

The song is amazing and I enjoy the video very much as well.

It seems like he has been an overnight celebrity but the truth is that Aloe Blacc has been grinding for a long, long time. I have to admit that I never knew too many of his songs from the past either. I believe I have only heard a few songs that Madlib either produced or put onto his many records and his songs didn't really stick with me at all.

With him being able to tour around with his first official album that I know of, is just amazing to me so I hope that his performance will be nothing short of epic.

Here's the fantastic song and video for Loving You Is Killing Me. I need to get my dance shoes ready.

Flavour in my ear

2011-03-14T21:20:00.003+01:00

Here's a few dope mixtapes brought to you from near and far.

The group from the westside Pac Div with their brand new Mania mixtape!
Get it here

Another west coast rapper. Dom Kennedy blessing us with another west coast classic with his The Original Dom Kennedy mixtape right here

Sir Michael Rocks aka Mikey Rocks from The Cool Kids with his solo offering, The Rocks Report.
Get it here

Last but not least. Ash Catch'em repping the UK and official Trapstar member with his Stouts & Silvers mixtape.
Pure fire right here

Biggie day

2011-03-09T06:52:00.005+01:00

Canibus rapped once that "The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th". I have loads of favorite rappers each with their own style but there's no denying what Biggie meant to rap music and NY rap in general. Sean Combs made him B.I.G. and so the reign of Bad Boy ruled rap and R&B in the 90's. Puffy's big break was definitely The Notorious B.I.G.

We'll always miss Big Poppa! I'll just let the music talk for itself. Too bad that the world only got to see two official Biggie albums since they belong up there with some of my very favorite rap albums too. Here's just a small portion of the music videos and his cameos during his reign.

Me and celebs 1

2011-03-07T20:15:00.006+01:00

Just a random night out for drinks with my friends and then you bump into a former national player who has played for the likes of Aston Villa & Milan in my favorite bar.
Had to end his career due to an injury that just wouldn't seem to go away, he was a loss to the national team and also for his club.

Had a few chit chats with him on the night and he was very down to earth the entire time. He was ready to be in the picture as soon as I asked him. Just look at the two big smiling schmocks to his left, haha.

I'm sure the national team would be better with him still playing for sure.

The Black Mamba

2011-02-25T16:47:00.002+01:00

Last year's finals MVP and also this year's Allstar Games MVP, Kobe Bryant seems to be doing quite well and has even gotten the upperhand after all those Nike ads from last season hyping James and Kobe to go at it in the finals during the NBA season. We all know the Cavs led by Lebron didn't make it to the finals but Kobe took yet another ring with the boys in purple and yellow.

Lebron is still one of the best players in the NBA but Kobe Bryant is the truth. He has fantastic technique and also enough experience to keep having that upperhand on Lebron and I guess Nike felt like they had to give some credit where credit is due so they have been hyping this for some time on the internet.

This isn't like the best ad outhere by Nike and still doesn't beat the puppets from last year but still an enjoyable watch for me especially since I am a fan of Robert Rodriguez as well who directed this little piece.

Restless

2011-02-02T20:36:00.003+01:00

One month into 2011 and I'm feeling like I need a new beginning. New opportunities, new options in life. Time to be more happy and not just settle for the next best things.

Feeling inspired by the people around me. Creative juices flowing in my body and in my mind. Time to make things happen and not just stay stuck in one place especially if the place can be so much better. In 2011 I need to make things happen.

There's more to life and I only have one life to live.

Dare to dream, dare to dream big!

I'm on my pursuit of happiness!

Waiting For Superman

2011-01-15T21:10:00.006+01:00

Hey everybody, hope you have all gotten into 2011 with your fingers intact and loads of great memories spent with family and friends.

Due to a pending case versus an electronic store my computer has been AWOL since it had submitted for further research and such. That should explain my long hiatus from my blogging site and the case is still pending so I might have yet another draught coming up which sucks of course since I am not at all tired of blogging about this and that on my mind.

Yes, I could be waiting for Superman to save me from my current issues but that's not something to sit around and pray for. Reality check.......it's not going to happen.

Today I was out in town with my little sister to grab some lunch with her since she was missing Copenhagen's very own Pizzahuset sandwiches which are crazy insane delicious in case you haven't tried them. It's good to have cravings and we both enjoyed our small meal.
Actually, the whole purpose of the day was to go to the movies to check out the new movie which has just come out here in Copenhagen by director Davis Guggenheim. Yup, it's called Waiting For Superman.

Schools in America have issues which leads to the very logical fact that teachers and in the end kids will have issues. If kids in the US are already off to a bad start then you can imagine how bright a future America will have as time goes on.

This movie gives the viewer an insight into how the public school system works in America and why the families and kids who can't afford private schools are very likely to fail in the educational system from the very beginning. A very high number of kids will never get the chance to graduate high school or even enter a high school for that matter.
I knew a lot of things weren't going very well in the US but still some very interesting facts were revealed to me about how the system works against the kids and in many ways not for the kids.

Sad, sad reality.

I think Guggenheim did a very good job with this movie to let the world and most importantly America to see the severe problems created within the system and why some changes had to be made as soon as possible. I didn't walk away with the feeling that he simply blamed the lack of good teachers for failing in educating the young kids who came from poor families and who lived in poor neighbourhoods. I feel like he went deeper into the whole situation and shed a lot of light on the system that works against the kids' futures controlled by numerous unions, politics and other ridiculous rules. The most ridiculous and outrageous one all comes down to "geography and luck" when certain rules apply to whether or not a kid is qualified to be in a certain school's lottery draft and luck comes in play to have your number picked out to be eligible for that one school which could be life changing and life saving for millions of kids around America.

These kids can't rely on hope and prayers and the ultimate dream scenario used as inspiration for the movie's title. There's no use in waiting for Superman. He's not real but these kids' future prospects are very real and the failing school system is real too.

H&M x Lanvin

2010-11-22T15:42:00.011+01:00

Well, this is old news to most people who has already gone crazy about the videos and the whole hype about Lanvin joining forces with H&M. The hype always seems to be bigger and better than the actual clothes from what I have gathered in recent years.

Obviously the whole idea about getting expensive designer clothing for a much cheaper price has been working amazingly for H&M in recent years. From Stella McCartney, Jimmy Choo, Rei Kawakubo and now to the fashion house that is Lanvin.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with H&M at all. It's really not the cheapest stuff you can find even though they still have pretty cheap items all year around but the quality is not something you can expect will last you a life time but then again with those relatively cheap prices and mass produced items I guess you should know what you're investing in, right?
H&M is probably the best alternative outhere for basic items.

Every time H&M has done these collabs with high end designers, I always seem to hear about people lining up from the early morning and basically all the good items will be ripped away in no time so I'm sure the profits gained from this recipe is something that works for both companies.

However, I don't seem to be seeing anything absolutely mindblowing from these collabs that I would label as "Must-have" items.

Obviously joining forces with H&M and for what has to be moderated into H&M prices as well, Lanvin will have to downgrade their items into worse quality items while I'm sure H&M will increase their prices for these limited Lanvin products.

Again, after seeing the items for the mens collection, I am not blown away by any of the items. I mean, come on! Take a look at the hoodie or the more than casual cardigans. Just a minor patch or maybe a shawl collar or some leather buttons would have made them soooo much more interesting to me.
I think both the blue blazers and the coat could look great on me. Maybe the shades, the red and purple bowties could work too but I'm sure I would rather spend more money on something I already know is pure quality rather than just settling for what could have been.

Anyway, the new H&M collaboration will be released tomorrow morning at 8 am in Copenhagen and I'm pretty sure there will be lines from early on and I probably won't be seeing or feeling these clothes in my own hands by the time I decide to get my ass down to H&M. Well, let's watch the sales go up the roof again for H&M and the quality of yet another designer brand go down.

Lazy Sunday

2010-11-21T19:35:00.003+01:00

Just another Sunday and this weekend I didn't have to work so it was just one of those days where you get to be lazy and relax on the couch or bed even though I had to do laundry most of the day.

Luckily on a day like this I can't even hate on the fact that MTV doesn't show videos anymore since they were having a marathon showing of old episodes of Run's House.

That show just makes you feel good. The Simmons family are a cozy bunch of individuals.

I'm pretty hyped about young Diggy Simmons who is now doing a lot on the business side. Not only did he just release the Chivalrous Culture sneakers. He is also working hard on his career as a rapper.

You know I was buzzing about the Made You Look freestyle video.

Today I fell over this new freestyle video and he is steady growing on the lyrical side and also sounding more cocky on this track. I guess he came hard on the Nas track and rhyming over THE Mobb Deep track, he had to come hard as well. Shook Ones is probably the most known Mobb Deep song. Guess a Chivalrous Culture clothing line is coming soon too. Peep it in the video.

AA Part 2

2010-11-20T23:32:00.010+01:00

After a wonderful first impression of Aalborg by night and meeting some very nice people there, it was morning. You know "morning" as in 11.40-12 ish.

Woke up and obviously being dehydrated and not being fed any food during the 4 hour drive from the capital for the up north trip and landing straight in the land of drinking on an empty stomach, will leave its mark on you the following day. You didn't pay for it last night but we will always get you the following day. That seems to be alcohol's favorite motto and it stays true as always. Actually it wasn't all that bad but headache is some of the worst stuff you can have hanging over your head most of the day.
The weather that "morning" didn't make things any better either. It was raining like crazy and we had to leave the apartment to 1. Get some food in our stomaches 2. Go look for a present for an upcoming housewarming we were invited to later that evening.

Not much to do but to get ready for cold weather and lots and lots of water from the skies. One thing I can say about Aalborg is that they make great pizzas in this town. By the way, pizza was on the menu during the whole stay. Not very original choices but if it's good, why not eat it again and again right?

Went to Friis/Salling I think the department store was called and even though buckets of water was falling down on us mortals the city was still buzzing with a decent amount of people who was defying the rain and wind. Upon walking a bit Kris and Rene decided to leave the department store clearly feeling the agony from the drinking from the night before to go home and rest some more. After finding and picking the present for the housewarming Anders & I decided to take a minor detour just to have a look around the city and a small stroll down by the water. It's a lovely little city indeed. I had actually imagined it to be somewhat bigger but I was amazed at how small it actually was. I am clearly a big city kid.

This actually popped up a few days after our return from Aalborg. That's my lovely friend Mia who is also now living in Aalborg since she's also a student here. I don't remember her snapping this pic of us but I do remember writing her and somehow she managed to find me as I mentioned in the previous post. I am very happy that I got to see her during my short weekend stay. Unfortunately she couldn't make it out to town the following day :(

Got home and didn't have too much time to get ready before we had to leave for the housewarming. Meet Pia. She's the one on the left with the blue dress. It was the first time meeting her and she was an amazing host from the get go. You know how it is when you get to come along as your friend's guest then the host of whatever event can't really be bothered to take care of you? Well, there wasn't any of that here. Obviously as the host she had to take care of her fellow students and also some friends from her hometown but she had time to talk and make you feel welcome even though it was our first time meeting her. That's an excellent host in my book and she made sure the snack bowls were full too. The girl on the right is of course Line whom I got to meet the night before. She was looking lovely too this evening.

Here's Rene with Tine and Line. Tine is another girl we got to meet at the housewarming. Very sweet and funny girl. Full of smiles and laughter most of the time.

Yup, great pics taken by me. Clearly judging from the quality of these photos meant I wasn't drunk.

Guess who is in heaven right about now?

Here's Casper aka CJ. A very nice guy who also came to town with us later. He made you feel good around him and told some fun stories as well. Just a real cool and chilled guy to drink and engage in conversation with.

Meet Kate. Pia's friend and happy raver. I give her most excellent points for naming my Comme Des Garçons cardigan. She was also a very happy girl who was smiling a lot and was dancing around most of the time. I liked her a lot since she was full of energy.

I think these are actually the first pictures of Kris who was the trusted captain for our adventure in Aalborg. Without him we wouldn't have a car to take us from Cph. to AA. Getting love from Tine & Kate.

All smiles at the paparazzo!

The host needed to be in some photos too.

Guess who is in heaven right about now?

Not too much leg in this pic Pia, hehe.

Finally went to town later after a great evening at Pia's apartment. Unfortunately she didn't make it to town since she was the host and not all the guests were ready to leave the crib so she had to stay home and eventually stayed the remainder of the night as well.
Basically more drinking and someone got to boogie on the dancefloor too.

Yeah, another excellent night in the streets of Aalborg.

Finally it was Sunday and we got up around 10 and went hunting for pizzas which didn't open until 12. That left us wandering the streets of Aalborg for a little bit which was nice I think. Got to see more of the city and some fresh air always do you good.

After eating and talking a bit it was time to leave Rene and thank him for letting three wild bears crash at his place and it was time to get back in the ride and head home for Copenhagen........

......however, the car alarm had apparently been activated on the first night after our arrival and it had drained the battery so we couldn't start the car. Needed some assistance to jumpstart us back to Copenhagen.

Guess who is in disbelief on a cloudy and grey Sunday right about now?

Luckily no problems with the actual jumpstart and we were soon on our way back to Copenhagen. Very few stops and we weren't stuck in traffic and thanks to Kris's fast and steady driving we were back in Copenhagen in no time. Well, he was doing all the driving and I was tired from two days of partying so all I saw was........zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz zzzz in the backseat.

Managed to snap this pic when we were leaving Aalborg city.

This whole roadtrip was fantastic. Great to see Rene doing good and Aalborg truly is the City Of Smiles. I didn't catch any bad vibes from anybody during the whole time and I met a bunch of really nice people. Great food (I mean pizzas) in Aalborg and I can't wait for the next visit. Great first time impressions!!! Have to thank everybody that I got to meet for the good times.

AA Part 1

2010-11-17T22:19:00.001+01:00

No, I don't have an alcohol problem...........yet. Naahhh.....not at all to be honest. I rarely drink but this weekend I had some great fun with some friends of mine. Probably my first offical roadtrip. Copenhagen to Double A aka AA aka City Of Smiles aka Aalborg!!

Danish rapper Niarn repped it with this video some time ago from his official debut album.

Early start at work and then after that, straight home to get the bags and meet at the pick up spot. A drive from Copenhagen to Aalborg takes around 3½ hours to 4 hours and we were on the road when it was still bright out. However on a Friday afternoon people are going home for the weekend as well so we were stuck in traffic for quite some time and due to work in progress on the highways, it stole an hour from us so we were delayed.

The view most of the time from the back seat. I don't have a license so I was just chillin' by myself in the back. It was going to be a long drive up there and somehow I couldn't sleep on the way up there. That turned out to not be a wise choice at all.

Didn't get any sleep and no food on the ride up and it was straight to drinking upon arriving.
Drinks and games.

I was losing badly which meant I was drinking faster than the others. No problem. I wanted to drink too. Line & Majbritt were killin' me in the drinking games. Vision is blurry and my friend Anders is looking at me like: Dude, are you ok?

Judging from the shots I snapped. My vision weren't 20/20 and my hands weren't very steady either.

Different games, more drinks.

It's a miracle. Steady pic. Thomas came in time to get his ass whupped by the girls too in drinking games. I still remember nasty ass strawberry shots.

Rene was the host for the weekend. We came to visit him since he is now studying in Aalborg and he was an excellent host. Besides I haven't seen him for a few years and I'm happy for him since he seems to doing great in his new city.

Besides Line, Majbritt & Thomas, we met even more people from Rene's school and study groups but basically mostly a blur for me. For some unknown reason the rest of the pics snapped by me turned out pretty good. I was even capable to text my girl friend (as in female friend) Mia who also moved here some time ago to see if she could meet up and luckily she was in town and somehow managed to find me and Anders. She only stayed for a short time before she left for home but I was very happy that I got to see her as well.

After being out to the early morning, it was time to hit the couch which was my appointed place to sleep for the weekend. Zzz zzzz zzzzz zzzzzzz.........

This concludes the first part of the pics. Part 2 coming soon

Locals Only

2010-11-16T23:56:00.003+01:00

You guys know I love me some Dom Kennedy & once again he's hitting us with a visually beautiful video.

I've been steady bumping this album since I got my hands on it and I was hoping for a new video after the "1997" video.

Guess what? It's out on the net now!!

Check the beautiful shots, the beautiful girl, the movie set-up and so on. Gotta love it.

LMF

2010-11-09T20:13:00.004+01:00

LMF aka Lazy Mutha Fuckaz was the very first hiphop/metal/rock/punk band in Hong Kong made up by many different artists from Hong Kong's underground music scene.

It wasn't until the early 90's that they decided to have a full roster and become an official LMF band.

They grew to be one of the most popular underground bands mainly because Hong Kong has always been very conservative and they seemed to have a more rebellious agenda at hand. However the conservative Hong Kong media would often scrutinize them for foul language in their songs and lyrics but not commending them for their focus on social issues for Hong Kong youth, financial crisis, Chinese pride and identity and Western influence in Hong Kong. They also blasted the entertainment community in Hong Kong and was considered the black sheep of the herd and always going against the grain.

The reason behind this particular post that you're reading now, is not that I really listen to their music at all and to be honest my friends played a few of their songs in the 90's one night and of course we had a good laugh about all the foul language but I wasn't focused on the lyrics. Besides my Chinese isn't that strong at all to grasp all the topics and serious issues they would cover in their songs. However, the thing that caused this post, is basically because I was suddenly reminded of the documentary about the band called Dare Ya.

Many of the things expressed towards the Hong Kong society, media, music scene, social issues for Chinese youth by the band is something that is still very important on a worldwide scale. The many personalities in this band make them entertaining and very captivating as well. Besides they do a great job explaining their views on things and as you can see for yourself, they don't always agree about everything but they do seem to make their own perfect recipe for music. I love how passionate they all talk about the music, the media and all the simple things in life. Through all the rough patches they have come across, they are not just good friends but a band of brothers. A family!

Enjoy the documentary of Hong Kong's legendary LMF. I know I did.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T21:34:00.003+01:00

Well, I'm not really into dressing up but my favorite crew of sneakerheads like to simply because their maker Mr. Solo decided to give them a make-over for Halloween.

On The Daily made this happen to Mikey, Kazuki, Derek & Tino.

The Social Network

2010-10-26T19:28:00.007+02:00

A few days ago I was in the movie theater to watch The Social Network about Mark Zuckerberg and the early fruition of the website I use on a daily basis known worldwide as Facebook.

Surely I felt like the movie was a must-see in my book (pun intended) and I wasn't disappointed. I liked the movie. It was very good entertainment I think. I was actually BBM'ing my girl friend who is currently in The States as we speak and she thought it was well overrated. I agree that the movie probably wouldn't be as hyped as it is if the central story wasn't about Facebook and the creators.

The storyline isn't especially groundbreaking about two friends having an idea to built a company/website to get rich and famous. Afterwards it's all about betrayal, feeding your own ego and getting blinded by fame and money, lawsuits and the drama that comes with it. Basically not anything you haven't seen before.

However, the things that give the movie it's edge and finesse, is the dialogue, the editing and of course the acting. Like I wrote in my earlier post I was very confident in Jesse Eisenberg's abilities as an actor and guess what? He nailed the lead role as Mark Zuckerberg even though I have no idea whatsoever if Zuckerberg ever acted or talked like that in real life. I have never even seen a clip of Zuckerberg speak or how he dresses but Eisenberg's acting was fierce. He wasn't the only one acting his butt off. Andrew Garfield was doing an amazing job too as his friend and co-founder of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin. Timberlake stars as Sean Parker and his part in Facebook was interesting since this was a bit of information I had never heard anything about. I guess you'll have to watch the film yourself if you want to know more.

Armie Hammer who played the Winklevoss twins and Max Minghella who played Divya Narendra also did an excellent job and the part written for the twins served as a great comic relief in the movie as well. I had numerous laughs throughout the movie when it came to the way the twins were portrayed.

The real life Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra.

The director David Fincher and also writer Aaron Sorkin did great things with the film as well. The whole opening sequence and the atmosphere in those very first minutes were intense and the dialogue was incredible as well. There are also other memorable scenes with exceptional dialogues especially during the two different lawsuits taking place in the movie. The first one between Zuckerberg vs Saverin and the other one between Zuckerberg vs Winklevoss twins and Narendra.

I can recommend the movie for all the good things I have mentioned here and I do like the movie a lot but still I feel that it's also very much hyped because it is The Facebook movie but definitely an enjoyable watch for anyone who appreciates great acting, nicely written scenes and intelligent dialogue.

Runaway by Kanye West

2010-10-24T12:24:00.003+02:00

Highly hyped and anticipated last night was the airing of Kanye's short film named Runaway like the song he did with Pusha T at the MTV show a few weeks ago.

There's no denying Kanye's musical genius and how great of a producer and also a lyricist he is in my opinion. Obviously a man with such a talent and also ego has to create or expand his horizon and challenge himself in whatever he does so I wasn't really surprised that he would do some directing himself along with some help from Mr. Hype Williams who is a legend when it comes to music videos.

His mind has created a short film about a fallen phoenix that he tries to humanize and basically keep for himself but as we all know a phoenix shall rise from the ashes again and again.

Let's not go crazy with the analyzing of this piece. It has some beautiful images and some beautiful scenes but really it just doesn't qualify as a great short film at all. I got love for Kanye but it's definitely more hyped because it is done by Kanye and starring Kanye than the actual piece (kinda like the Facebook movie, more on that later). Yes, Kanye is not a movie director and yes, it's his first short film but this is just an attempt to be artsy and it falls short.

I did enjoy the opening scene with him driving in his fly whip and also the ballet scene but other than that I was just mostly excited to hear some of the new songs that plays during the movie in different scenes.

Have a look for yourself and make your own opinion. I liked the soundtrack not the movie. Kanye is first and foremost a musical artist and that's where he shines. Can't wait to hear the new album. A for effort and not so much for execution.

Kanye did star in another short film called We Were Once A Fairytale directed by someone who actually knows how to direct and even with fewer effects and money spent on the budget. This movie speaks more volumes than the Runaway short film. This is the huge difference between trying to be a movie director and actually being a movie director.

We Were Once A Fairytale directed by Spike Jonze and starring Kanye West.

Which one was your favorite?

In a bit.......

2010-10-22T19:25:00.004+02:00

I will be at the movie theater to watch a guy I thought was perfect in the role as a zombie fighting teenager who was afraid of clowns. I'm talking about Jesse Eisenberg.

Yup, he was great in Zombieland and I liked the movie for the most part and I guess you already know he's the talk of the town since he landed a role (Actually THE ROLE since he's Mark Zuckerberg) in a much hyped movie now. The Facebook, I mean The Social Network movie.

I haven't read the reviews and I'm sure this movie is hyped since Facebook is such a huge thing worldwide so of course people want to see what this is all about.

Anyway, it's been out for some time now but hasn't had the chance to see it yet. Tonight's the night. I hope it's good. At least I'm pretty confident that Jesse Eisenberg will be great in it. He has the talent!!!

Sock game is underrated

2010-10-13T23:31:00.005+02:00

Obviously loving the sneakers on your feet is important but what about your sock game?

You know you can't go out like this fella right here which by the way is a true story and of course, the art is courtesy by Solo.

Besides I know a lot of guys are matching their socks with their sneakers and the first time I thought this was important was the time I saw Clot's very beautifully done Air Max called Kiss Of Death. I don't think people realise how difficult it is to find some orange socks to match these babies. Besides you can see through these sneakers so no holes either.

I guess the message for you today is: "STEP UP YOUR SOCK GAME!"

On my mind

2010-10-12T19:05:00.003+02:00

K.R.E.A.M. = Kicks Rule Everything Around Me!

A.D.I.D.A.S. = All Day I Dream About Sneakers!

Last night some random naked dude gave me a compliment on my red Gourmet sneakers. Actually he was like: "Damn, your sneakers are dope. Where'd you get those? What brand is it? Adidas?"

Well, you're probably wondering not so much about the conversation but why was I with a random naked dude, right? I was done with my gym session last night and I was on my way out and the naked dude was just done with his shower when he noticed the crispy red Uno's.

Anyway, I proceeded to school him on the great brand that is Gourmet and maybe Gourmet just gained a new fan. Will you send some fresh Gourmet's my way Mr. Buscemi?

I know I'm not the only who is loving some fresh clean sneakers on my feet so last night's episode sparked this little blog post from me.

Love your feet? Then bless them with some comfy, fresh, clean sneakers and make them feel damn good!!!

Ode to sneaker freshness!!!!

Run-DMC

U-N-I

Wale

Mack 10

Raekwon The Chef

Nelly with Jermaine Dupri & Ciara

Whoa Yeezy!!

2010-10-11T00:36:00.002+02:00

Say what you will about the man named Kanye Omari West.

I love his music and his amazing musical talent. I love the energy he put into his live performances.

I love the Power song and also the Power remix and even though the short video dubbed a concept video piece or whatever, I thought it looked great but was hyped beyond belief.

However, channeling the idea from that video into a live performance is genius and it is so well executed. This is one great live performance and I can't wait for his next album to drop really, really soon.

Pato Pooh x Adam Tensta

2010-10-02T18:31:00.004+02:00

Not too much going on this Saturday for me. I'm on weekend shift which means I have been up since 4.45 am this morning since my shift starts at 6 am. I am pretty beat up. At least my body is darn tired right about now.

My friend is actually going out but he's going clubbing and wants to suit up and tonight I'm nowhere near the mood to suit up or go clubbing. Besides a night out when you have work the following day is not a good thing at all. Too old for that shit.

Anyway, I was buzzing about the Mega Man trailer and then I stumble across this gem which is old but damn, the visuals do it all for me and Adam Tensta is a personal favorite of mine. Stockholm's finest doing damage but this video which starts off with their redesigned version of Mega Man and even other classic video games!!! I was hooked, game over!!

Tomorrow more work and hopefully I have energy to hit the gym. I'm motivated people!!! Get that body in shape!!

Mega memories

2010-09-30T23:23:00.007+02:00

Long time ago when I was 7-8 years-old, I was visiting my family in Hong Kong with my mom and one of my mom's friend brought me to a store where we would end up buying the first home console I would love!!

The NES aka Nintendo Entertainment System.

Most people probably grew up with a certain plummer as the star of this NES gaming console but not me. I think I was just picking a few games judging from the cover on the game cartridges.

One of them was a game by Capcom and no it wasn't Street Fighter but let's try a hero in blue with a cannon on one arm named Mega Man.

Amazing memories and the many hours I have spent in his company. Mega Man is a badass hero!!

Even the bosses at each level were super dope.

Just imagine the excited look on my face when I saw this amazing animated trailer. So many fantastic memories spent in front of my small tv and the many hours of frustration over dying on the different levels and losing the boss battles. The thrill of finally defeating the final boss and finishing the game and then starting over again and again. This game brought me many hours of joy so this is simply pure pleasure for me.
Please enjoy this dope video and do share your memories of Mega Man if you have any.

What to do On The Daily

2010-09-29T22:00:00.011+02:00

It's no secret that I am a pretty big fan of comics. Ever since I was young even before I could read or understand English I was fully captivated by all the colourful pages in various comic magazines and the animated characters I would see on the television.

I think most of us has also had colour books which we would colour with our own choices of colours. Obviously I was never really good at colouring within the lines and having a certain amount of love for those comics and cartoons, I even started to draw myself. I never practiced enough and I just have to admit that I never possessed the skills to draw anything amazing.

Therefore I am always fascinated with people who are skilled in the art of drawing. So there's loads of talented and respected people in the world of comics but what if you suddenly come across someone who can draw well, bring some great humour and also combine the love for the things we wear on our feet.......SNEAKERS!!

Well, you get the online magazine called On The Daily

The images you find on the site are drawn by a Chicago artist named Solo and I love his personal style of drawing and combining good old fun with his passion for sneakers. That's just an instant hit in my book.

On The Daily has four main characters and they are all sneakerheads but the stories are drawn from experiences from friends and fans of sneakers and popular culture as well.

Mikey
Derek
Kazuki
Tino
Plans to bring some ladies in for the comic as well. Ladies have sneaker love too.

Nike Skunk SB release!

Iron Man craze!
A real life observation of the Yeezy craze.

I wanted the De La Soul Dunks sooooo bad. Saw some English bloke wear them in London, buhu buhu.

If you don't know by now, I'm talking about Chi-Town!
Summertime
Always bring your freshest sneakers out.
Don't steal Jordans!!!
Dude should've been bumping "Off The Books" by The Beatnuts! You better watch your step!!

Yes, I guess this could've happened in Footlocker.

These fantastic images will keep me coming back on the daily (pun intended) and these are all that are posted so far on the blog but if you like what you see, you should keep on checking for On The Daily and even better the artist Solo has another site to showcase other art work than his sneaker based comic. Check his more personal art out right here Solo RM

Truly original

2010-09-23T22:41:00.002+02:00

Ever since the German brand Adidas started doing collaborations with talented artists I have been pretty stoked with every single release coming out of their camp.

They had me going a bit mad about the girl collections from Fafi every time since I'm a big fan of the world famous French artist and her sneakers have been pretty tight.

However, even after blessing the girls with Fafi goodies, they doubled, no, they tripled the guys' appetites for the new O by O's collection. Kazuki Kuraishi, Alyasha Owerka-Moore and of course the original mad man from LA......Jeremy Scott.

The clothes were really not my style but I did find a way to rock the sneakers and they are simply works of art for your feet.

The huge tongue on these sneakers just double their hotness and I simply love them. I was only able to get the LA Lakers version first during their release but found the black/white ones a week later in Woodwood. Super ill!!

I'm so fly my sneaks have wings! I still haven't rocked these yet since the weather has been pretty shit most of the time and haven't found the right occasion either but would go well with a suit so I still have a bit of that street style on my outfit.

Clearly the most original and thinking out of the box artist of those three is Jeremy Scott.

His Mickey Mouse inspired theme became known worldwide when Lady Gaga did her amazing video for Paparazzi.

Obviously he had to do some sneakers too with Mickey Mouse and the result is well executed.

Ciara rocking them with style.

Kelis gives the Mickey Mouse sneaks some much deserved love too.

With the O by O's collection still going strong for Adidas, it was a no brainer to continue the working relationship with Jeremy Scott and let him mix and match Adidas precision with the creative hurricane in his mind.

What is the new outcome you say? It's on some Victor Frankenstein shit but not so morbid though.

He's going for cute most definitely and I can't wait to see who's going to rock these. I think these are art pieces as well and would look just fine on a shelf but not on my feet. Not my style but again, he's going outside of the box and I love that.

How many girls still have a little pet toy they are sleeping with in their beds? I definitely know a few so this will surely speak to them, haha.

It's soooooo fluffy!!!!!!

Let's hope PETA doesn't attack people for wearing fluffy fur bears on their feet ;)

Decoded

2010-09-22T21:38:00.003+02:00

Yes, he is a rag to riches story. Born and raised in the ghetto and choosing drug dealing to make ends meet and then pursuing rap music to make a honest living.

Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z has done it and he has done it like no other. Having conquered the rap world and basically the music world and breaking number 1 album records and becoming a legend in music in every way and even changing the world of fashion just by spitting it in his rhymes and even making the hottest chick in the game, his wife.

Decoded will trace Jay-Z's life from his childhood in Brooklyn's Marcy Projects to his early years as a drug dealer to becoming a hip-hop superstar. The hardcover will be fully illustrated and also telling the background for some of his most known songs.

This is a must buy, must read for me.

Jeff Staple brings the heat

2010-09-13T01:06:00.015+02:00

Jeff Staple, one of the true pioneers of the streetwear game who is also the founder of Staple Design and of course his amazing store in NY, Reed Space has been doing a new interview project with some influential artists within the creative world.

The first interview I saw was with world famous artist Futura aka Leonard McGurr who is known for his art and graffiti but lately he has been planning on world domination in form of my favorite kiddie toy, Lego bricks. If you thought the Pacman ghosts and Lego hearts from Dee & Ricky were cool. Take a look at Futura's skills when he gets his hands on Lego bricks. Wise words from a true master at work.

The newest interview I peeped is this one with world famous photographer and film maker 13th Witness aka Timothy McGurr. I've been following his blog on Hypebeast for some time. He's been shooting photos of Jay-Z, been on tour with John Mayer and if you guys remember, he was also in an episode of Maestro Knows and actually did the intro for the NY editions. You should definitely check for his work too.

Take a look at some of the 13th Witness' videos following the illest biker Nigel Sylvester from NY. The Know The Ledge song by Rakim is the perfect soundtrack for the first video and then the way he captures Futura at work (In case you were wondering about their last name McGurr, they are indeed father and son). Futura's daughter is definitely doing her thing as well. Been the head bitch in charge over at the MOB blog since the tender age of 15-16 years-old and her writing skills have been growing and growing and she is definitely one of my favorite writers on the internet. The McGurr family is definitely one cool creative family.

Here's also a few random selections of his photo work.

Who got next?

2010-08-27T21:34:00.006+02:00

Actually, who got Gam3?

Another Summer passing and another Gam3 street basket finals happening in Copenhagen.

After my shift tomorrow and if the weather holds up I will be joining hundreds of people going out to watch some 3 on 3 and even 5 on 5 street basket right in the center of town in front of City Hall. Hopefully the dunk contest will be back and hopefully the dunks will be awesome and jaw dropping. This is not strictly a game for the fellas. The ladies will come out to represent as well and I tell ya, they will bring their skills too.

The setting won't be as beautiful as this amazing video brought to us from Phil and the rest of his Madbury Club brethren but it definitely gets me hyped and excited about tomorrow's event.

Give a holla if you see me tomorrow and bring your B-ball skills and bring out your freshest sneaks too.

Chivalrous Culture

2010-08-25T00:59:00.003+02:00

When I was younger I didn't think too much about what I was going to do with my life and I guess life is still a learning process for me. I believe everyone has thought about their purpose in life and even what the future might bring. The future isn't written in advance. We have the power to rewrite it. Realizing the potential and doing something about it is a completely different thing though. In order to get something you have never had, you have to do things you have never done before.

Some people start with nothing and work hard for their dreams and succeed. Some people who have talent and potential have tried to pursue their dreams and failed. Nothing is really certain.

Some people are more fortunate and have better means to go follow their dreams and live out some of their creativity. One of those young people who seem to be having fun and who is making his own road to stardom just so happens to be the son of a living legend and out of a very famous family. His uncle is a co-founder of the label Def Jam and his father made his name known through his rap group RUN-DMC.

I'm talking about Daniel "Diggy" Simmons.

The above video had the internet buzzing for awhile and his next collection of songs entitled Airborne will be released very soon as well.

At age 15 I guess he is indeed still just having fun with everything and why shouldn't he? I know I wasn't too concerned with what moves I would make to secure my future path in life at age 15. He just has different opportunities and is already making moves.

The obvious doesn't seem to always fit in with kids when they are venturing into adulthood as you all know. When your father is a doctor, a cop, a lawyer and so on, families can often expect you to go down the same path. So when your father is Rev. Run of RUN-DMC fam, many people would naturally expect you to become a rapper or at least pursue it and with another album coming soon, that could very well be the case.

However again at age 15 Diggy seems to be merely testing the playground in front of him. His approach and desire seem to not only include his love for music as this is already in his genes. The Made You Look freestyle is good but the music wasn't what caught my attention.

What was it then you ask?

Well, Chivalrous Culture caught my attention.

Chivalrous
- chiv-al-rous [shiv-uhl-ruhs]
-adjective
1. having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.

2. considerate and courteous to women; gallant.

3. gracious and honorable toward an enemy, esp. a defeated one, and toward the weak or poor.

Culture
- cul•ture [kuhl-cher]
-noun

1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.

2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.

3. development or improvement of the mind by education or training.

It seems to be the visual brand that is going to make the bigger impact to me at least. First thing I saw was actually the logo for the brand and the nerdy frame and yet comic-like logo is an instant Kidult hit for me. The first thing to come out is a pair of sneakers named the Hamachi and it is done in 6 versions so there should be a pair that appeals to the sneakerfiend in you. Maybe fashion and sneakers weren't straying too far away as Diggy's sisters have already set up their office in LA and doing Pastry clothing and Pastry sneakers but I think Chivalrous Culture could get a whole lot bigger than Pastry to be honest if it is marketed right.

The Hamachi sneaker seems to have taken bits from the Kanye LV sneakers and also some bits from a Gourmet sneaker so obviously the sneaker itself isn't truly original and different but I can definitely dig (no pun intended) how the materials look on the sneaker and colour selection have me loving them already.
See here and make your own opinion. I'm actually thinking about getting the grey ones or the black ones with the red pop on the logo.

B-ball & football

2010-08-20T11:48:00.014+02:00

Basically, who's down to play against the Kidult who's in charge of this blog?

Damn it, I'm trying to save money up and these two new games will make it slightly harder to do so. Haven't been up so much on Pro Evolution but seem to be very happy with the last few Fifa versions and NBA Live has long been replaced by the NBA 2K versions.
This doesn't seem to change for me.

NBA 2K11 hyped about the whole Jordan cover and being back in a NBA game. Greatest ever!

Fifa 2011 will continue to leave competition behind with even more improvements on the gameplay and graphics.

All black everything?

2010-08-18T23:17:00.010+02:00

"We are, yeah I said it, we are.
This is Roc Nation, pledge your allegiance.
Get your fatigues on, all black everything.
Black card, black cars, all black everything!"

We all know the words from the first verse of Jigga's Run This Town Feat. Kanye & Rihanna. We all know how powerful his influence is, not only when it comes to his no. 1 albums record and his numerous cultural influences as well.
He had loads of people rocking button ups and fitted caps, making wannabe players buy Cristal until he found out "Them motherfuckers racist" and then he made people stop. Maybach craze for the rich and famous, he did it. He proclaimed the death of auto tune and that was basically it as well. Stating that New York is the best city in the world along with Alicia Keys, no problem. Probably boosting NY Yankees cap sales more than the Yankees team itself as well.

So.....this "all black everything" deal, well, I think he did make an impact just for rapping it on his song but obviously this "all black everything" mentality isn't really new.
Villains in movies have for a very long time been cast in the darker contrast to the hero's white uniform. There always seem to be a white knight in a shining armour on a white horse and a crook in a black armour with a black horse, right?
Fans of rock/metal/punk and even the whole Goth movement have pretty much been rocking all black everything for soooo many years.

Even most girls I know will tell you straight to your face that black clothing is simply fantastic because it matches with everything. If the girls I've seen during Copenhagen Fashion Week parties this past week is a true indication of state of affairs than black on black isn't going anywhere at all. It's not because I don't like colour or anything silly like that but mostly the tees I own are black with splashes of colourful design some times but still on a black background.
I've even begun to wear black jeans as well.
Don't worry I am not close to change my style or wardrobe into a complete Goth movement. They do it well and I'm definitely going to let the experts continue with that.

I have to say that one of my favorite brands who have been releasing an onslaught of wonderful tees and designs since the beginning have to be Triumvir. They basically made me change up and fill my closet with more black garments than ever before. It was through former founder and lead designer Brandon Chang's own blog post that he revealed he was colourblind and therefore made tees in mostly black and white. The designs still came out amazing and I'm very excited to see what will happen with the brand in the future. The last pieces I got was a bunch of tees from their continued SF collection, the black ones of course.

Another brand entirely that has been growing and growing since it started, is Mega's Black Scale brand. He's been doing amazing things and also simply just working with black/white and grey tones in his designs and his collections are tight and still very different from Triumvir.

Remember I was high after Erik Brunetti's new venture on brand advertising for his Fuct? Giving us consumers/fans of the brand a simply amazing piece of cinematic advertising.

Well, I'm all for being entertained and amazed with movies in general so when brands start to not only shoot great photos for their look books but also start to make even greater videos for their brands then I take notice and I will love it.
This is what Black Scale is doing right now for me. These videos are cool and I love them. I love the storytelling aspect of them and the musical backdrop is so, so important and just kicks everything up a few notches.
I was sold on the beginning already.

"Black is not a colour. It is the absence of all colour. Black absorbs all aspects of light. While the white reveals, black conceals. It is also mysterious. Providing a sense of potential and possibility."

Lonely guy seeking

2010-08-13T11:28:00.004+02:00

Hi people,
I'm a bit new to all of this but I guess I should start with writing a bit about myself and my hobbies.

I live in the woods with an extremely nice view right next to a lovely and beautiful lake. Even though I love the lake I'm not too fond of water since I never learned how to swim. It's actually a local camp that is visited by young people during the Summer time. I see them every year, coming through. Lots of new faces.

I'm a handy man. I'm extremely good with tools. All kinds of different sorts of tools. Chain saws, shears, axes and machetes. I have a lot of things to cut and chop, living in the woods, you see.

As far as my personal dressing style, I'm sure I could need a minor make over since I always wear work clothes which is very practical when I'm cutting and chopping through everything during the Summer. I look like a dirty janitor most of the time, hehehe.
I'm a bit shy and sometimes it does feel like I'm hiding behind a mask so I'm a man of few words. Maybe this was caused due to the passing of my mother at a very young age. I could need a caring woman's touch. I'm very much a mother's boy.

I would really love to meet some new people in these beautiful surroundings so I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely yours
Jason Voorhees

P.S. It's my birthday today. It's going to be a killer party!

AF1

2010-08-10T21:35:00.004+02:00

First they hit us up with this excellent and highly entertaining movie about sneakers and the people who created the worldwide phenomenon about sneaker collecting and who also helped make brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok so very relevant in our lives. Sneakerheads know what I'm talking about. Well, Just For Kicks gave a great insight into the world of sneakerheads and sneaker culture, the same people behind it, are now paying homage to one of the most influential sneakers around.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm talking about the Air Force 1.

I can't wait to see this and be entertained once again.

This is Fuct!

2010-08-08T02:55:00.008+02:00

I know a lot of young people for the last couple of years walking around in the streets have upgraded their style into something more mature and adult looking with the cut and sew "trend" and shelving their sneakers for desert boots and boat shoes but for someone like me who is still pretty much a jeans/t-shirt/sneakers rocking guy, you should know about Fuct.

People know about Stüssy and Obey which seems to be almost everywhere in Copenhagen and is really accessible in most "streetwear" stores in Copenhagen but for some reason Fuct is not such a big brand here. People still love anti-political messages on t-shirts, pop culture icons and various Al Pacino as Scarface movie stills on t-shirts so we need to give credit to Fuct.

Erik Brunetti, the man/artist/graffiti painter/visionary/pioneer, made all these trends popular.
Movie stills on t-shirts was basically started by this man and others just followed. Planet Of The Apes tees craze was done by Fuct and the designs were always subject for conversation/discussions and so on but they were definitely ahead of times. During Fuct's start, the brand has done collaborations with contraversial movie director Larry Clark, world famous photographer Shawn Mortensen (RIP) and even doing a Fuct line only available in Japan.

Now Mr. Brunetti is about to make something new and exciting again. The brand is established but to give the consumer/the fanbase a new experience when you are a clothing brand.....how do you do that? How about taking online advertising into a whole new level?

Can't lie. I love watching movies and giving me this experience with a clothing brand is sick! I love these two parts so far and maybe you will too. Can't wait for part 3.

London 2010

2010-08-07T11:54:00.015+02:00

Here are some of the pics from our recent trip to lovely London.

We had the early flight which meant I didn't get much more than 4 hours sleep before we had to wake up and be at the airport quite early for the check in as usual.

Arriving around 9 am at Gatwick and was trying to see what was the cheapest way to our hotel.
Decided to skip the trains and go for the Easybus even though we would have to change to trains and underground once we arrived but still cheaper.

Waiting for the bus to arrive.

Everybody move to the back of the bus which really was a mini van. We have tried going to London by bus before but a different ride in a mini van. Doesn't matter. Was tired and slept on the plane and I think I dozed off a couple of times on the bus as well. Not much to do before you arrive to your destination.

Anyway, we arrived at our hotel way too early for the check in which is at 2 pm so we left the suit case. Besides I was to check out places in East London and a sample sale for Ice Cream, Mishka and some other goodies. Besides Greg Rivera from Mishka would actually be in attendance. Maybe I could engage in a small conversation with the man himself since I dig the Mishka brand.
Took some time to find the sales spot and unfortunately there wasn't enough stuff I found interesting. I was hoping to find some dope caps and maybe a few Mishka shirts and some Ice Cream tees but the tees weren't that exciting to me and the Mishka shirts left were not in my size and caps were all gone. I did manage to find a pair of Gourmet sneakers in my size and I had to get them since they are not available in Copenhagen.

Mr. Greg Rivera was there indeed and he seemed pretty chilled but we/I didn't have time to chit chat so I was really just running through the clothing at the sale and had to move on to the other stores around the area. I wasn't the only one who had stores to check out during our 3 day stay, mind you. My significant other had her sights on things to find and look for as well and we all know how women do shopping right?

A French invader.

To my homies from Drop Dead in Copenhagen. Didn't know you had a store in London too.

In our search for Brick Lane we did come by Old Spitalfields Market and naturally after walking around Brick Lane, we decided to go back since the missus wanted to look at some jewelry at the stands at the market. First it was time for lunch though. Greek burger was good. Dessert waffle with ice cream to share!

After refueling our engines, we were up and running again around the area. Found Wholesome and some nice peeps in there. Unfortunately the tees I wanted were not in the colourway I wanted. Nearby was Goodhood as well but nothing interesting for me.

Walked to Shoreditch and came across Present which is a really nice looking store indeed. The store was decorated nicely and all the clerks working there were dressed very nicely as well. Loads of Vans sneakers on the shelves, vintage Levi jeans, Commes Des Garcons clothing, Alife sneakers and they even make coffee at the store. My girl heard about Hoxton Boutique and she was looking for some jewelry and minor accessories there.

After all that walking and boutique searching, it was time to go back to the hotel. Needed a minor break and even though it wasn't sunny, it was very hot indeed. It only changed with an occasional rain shower during those 3 days.

Luckily my friend Darren and his girlfriend had time on the first night to take us out for a nice dinner in Chinatown. No pictures from that meal. I was hungry so taking photos weren't on my mind at the time. I did snap a few pics from the place we went to get dessert. My milkshake wasn't good though, not thick enough.

Common view all day, every day for people in London.

The next couple of days were all about Oxford Street, Topshop, Selfridges, Urban Outfitters, Dorothy Perkins, River Island, Office & Primark for my girl.
I was onto Size?, Bape Store, The Hideout, Levi's store, Upper Playground, the new Footpatrol store, Offspring, Carhartt, New Era and just walking around and about in Covent Garden and Carnaby Street.

Imitation of how happy my girl was about her Marc Jacobs Daisy that she didn't buy when it first got released some time ago.

Starbucks quick breakfast.

McDonalds Apple Pie! Not available in Denmark anymore, boooo!!! Look how happy I am to see it again.

TGI Fridays.

Much more tasty than a Snapple.

Waiting to get home from another great trip in London. 3 hectic days with good shopping, nice people, good food and nice weather.

Did a great deal of shopping so will post those things later on. London, we will be back!

Gotta love London

2010-08-02T16:49:00.003+02:00

It was a wonderful (hectic) 3 days in London town. I guess things just move a whole lot faster when you have to make the most of your short stay.

Ate a lot of food, ate a lot dessert and shopped a lot of stuff. I think one pair of sneakers have been worn down from all the walking I did in 3 days. Yes, the London underground is highly effective and easy to go around but some stations makes you walk almost for hours before you make it to the trains. It's been too long since I'm clearly not fit for all that walking from store to store and from train to train.

Finally got back home late last night since our flight was delayed for one full hour because of problems loading baggage onto the plane. Waiting is one thing but afterwards being stuck on a non moving plane in Gatwick with a class of 15-16 year-olds was making matters from bad to worse.

Gotta love London but gotta love being back home as well. Will most likely post pics pretty soon and talk more about my recent trip to London.

Here's another London I love. The artist known as Theophilus London. His music is dope and this is his new video.

Next stop

2010-07-29T13:35:00.003+02:00

Blogging will continue after I get back. Take care!

Affion Crockett is the man!

2010-07-28T16:14:00.005+02:00

Maybe you have never heard the name before and maybe you have never seen his face before either.

I have to admit the very first time I saw his face was on Nick Cannon's MTV Wildin' Out show where two teams of comedians, one lead by Nick Cannon and another one lead by a new celebrity guest for each show. They would then have to battle each other in different catagories and gather points for each round. Affion Crockett was one of the comedians who stood out to me along with Katt Williams on that show.

I do believe he was making a name for himself as a stand up comedian on Def Jam Comedy before the MTV fame. However he's been doing quite good after Wildin' Out as well.

One of the skills that I love to see comedians perform is a good impersonation of someone that they are making fun of. Through Affion's love for hiphop culture, he is simply a master of doing exactly that on some of my favorite artists. He is absolutely spot on when it comes down to locking down their movements and most famously doing a good Jay-Z voice.

He was fast to address the Chris Brown attack on Rihanna. I believe Rihanna bounced back from the incident with this song backed by Jay-Z & Kanye West.

Affion did this. Funny as hell. Yes, Chris Brown shouldn't forget what he did and his Larry King excuse was phony as hell but check out Affion doing Jay-Z and Kanye spot on. The most fun is his Kanye performance.

Now I don't think Affion has it out for Chris Breezy but maybe this silly video and his guest star's verse on the song was too much to ignore. It was too easy for him to make fun at so he jumped on it.

Sounds like Breezy jacked something from Rihanna's Te Amo song as well, doesn't it? Chris Brown Feat. Tyga & Kevin MCcall. Check Kevin MCcall's verse and tell me if Breezy wasn't asking for it.

Affion and friends did this and killed it. Again, he asked for it, check Brandon Phillips' verse, the guy rapping last.

It's the 26th

2010-07-26T01:16:00.000+02:00

Just enjoy Day 26 ladies!

24 hour karate school

2010-07-25T14:04:00.001+02:00

It seems like forever ago when I found this video online and being a fan of The Cool Kids I have been bumping this track alot ever since I heard it. Producer Ski Beatz did this joint but was it a one time thing? The track is bumping and also introduced me to Stalley.

Some time ago my two friends from Bandit did a good job interviewing Stalley himself and somehow I had missed this joint also produced by Ski Beatz. The video is amazing! Check out the interview here and while you are there, make sure you check the rest of their site out. It won't be a waste of time.

Producer Ski Beatz has been in the lab cooking some raw shit which was supposed to have been released some time ago but he is pulling a Detox on us right now but check this "trailer" out for his upcoming mixtape which contains the two above tracks and much more. It looks like a dope mixtape but can you please stop the Dr. Dre move so you can take people to karate school now?

Chuck's

2010-07-24T18:17:00.003+02:00

Converse Allstars aka the mighty Chuck Taylor shoes.

This is a classic staple shoe in alot of people's homes. However I have never owned a pair of this classic shoe.

I was into basketball sneakers more when I was younger so I rocked these instead. Big and bulky sneakers for a chubby kid.

I do realize why the shoe is so popular among so many people both young and older. It looks very good with jeans, skirts and short dresses for the girls so it simply goes well with most outfits and that just brings more people to like it. It's also a very simple looking shoe without too many gimmicks. Just an instant classic.

Anyway, recently Converse brought Rostam (keyplayer from Vampire Weekend), Bethany (lead singer from Best Coast) and The Man On The Moon aka one of my favorites Kid Cudi together to promote the Chuck Taylor some more. I'm actually not so much into the song itself but I like the video because of one crucial item. The big bubbleheads!!

The big ass heads remind me of something very time consuming and extremely costly back when I was a young kid.

I'm talking about the good old NBA arcade game called NBA Jam!

I have no idea how many hours went into playing this game and I'm sure my parents wouldn't appreciate the amount of money that went into this game alone. I'm not even talking about other arcade games. The numbers would be frightening, I'm sure.

This was for very apparent reasons an instant hit among gamers around the world especially among B-ball/NBA loving fans. This was the first licensed arcade game with real life NBA ballers.

We're talking about Barkley, Pippen, Kemp and many more. However, the greatest one MJ never made it into this game. It really didn't matter that much since all this game did was make B-ball into a action packed frenzy, giving all players acrobatic skills and insane dunks. Plus if one of your players made 3 buckets in a row, they would be ON FIRE! Every game was just intense with all the running back and forth, pushing the oppenents, insane aerial dunks, ON FIRE dunks and 3 pointers.

I was there alot and by alot I mean I think at one time my names was on the entire high score list.

See Dennis Rodman. I think you were actually able to change his hair colour whenever you picked the Bulls.

I'm too old for this shit!

2010-07-21T13:22:00.004+02:00

Famous line from Roger Murtough in the Lethal Weapon movies. I guess that all along it was a matter of time before I was to use this very famous line as well.

Why you ask? Well, some things just makes you think, what the hell happened to the youth? Yeah, sure I'm a sucker for lame people on even lamer tv shows whether it be scripted drama on The Hills and The City or looking at young people fucking (quite literally) their way to money on Paradise Hotel. Yup, the show is still going strong here in DK.

"Can it be all so simple". Yes, the title of one of my favorite Wu joints and seriously, wasn't it so much more simple to be young back in the days before the internet?

We didn't have the need to be logged on all the time to have a sense of belonging and knowing what was going on in the real world. Wasn't it just nicer to get lost in your own world in your mind, in your very own fantasy world and with your very own games and ways to play. I remember running around with my plastic viking swords/ninja blades, capes and toy guns while fighting and hiding from imaginary enemies. Come on, it was really the best feeling. Not a care in the world until my parents called me in for dinner. Building Lego fortresses and destroying them again during one's imaginary battles between good and evil. Playing with Transformers, G.I. Joe's, Playmobile & Ninja Turtles.

Even as I got older and hung out with friends from grade school, we would watch football games, play board games, pretend to be rappers while we jumped around listening to tapes of (Yes) Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, Naughty By Nature, Kriss Kross and so on. Even in my late teens it would still be a bunch of guys doing guy stuff. Sports games, drinks, smoking sessions, long hours of gaming on consoles from Sega to Nintendo to PS2's and even watching intriguing movies (yes, mostly porn). It happened from time to time.

However even during those periods of being inebbriated with drinks or sticky green, we would NEVER and I mean NEVER EVER do some of the shit I have just seen today. The ways of having fun with a bunch of friends gathered in a room together have definitely changed and not at all for the better.

Andy Warhol already said this back in 1968: "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes".

I just never imagined that kids would be doing stupid nasty shit like these guys. I mean "WHAT THE FUCK"? Times have changed.

I'm too old for this shit!

Chillin' like a villain part 2

2010-07-14T23:39:00.007+02:00

Bateman.

Ice Queen

Scariest clown ever.

Hannibal.

Cobra Commander.

Ear lobe collecting Dolph.

Nurse Joker.

Joker Jack.

Sexy haircut Chigurh.

Harry & Marv.

Vega/Balrog aka Mr. Vain.

The infamous Weasel Gang.

See you in my nightmares!

Archibald.

Rain, Thunder & Lightning.

1997

2010-07-12T22:03:00.005+02:00

Yes, there is a new video by the rapper Dom Kennedy who came to my attention when I stumbled across his Watermelon Sundae video.

Ever since then I have been trying to follow the dude since I really like the vibe of that song. It's straight up LA chillin'.

I've posted that song before but here you go once again. Perfect for those Summer days and nights.

So far he has been giving his fans free downloads for his albums. I'm not exactly sure how many albums but I have "25th Hour", "Futurestreet/Drugsounds" and the newest "From The Westside With Love" and they are all good in their own way but Dom Kennedy definitely has his own unique way of saying things to you.

I gave you guys the Maestro Knows episode where he was out chillin' with Dom and he was finishing his "Futurestreet/Drugsounds" album and the first video from that album was with another artist who was also hanging out with Maestro during most of his Tour episodes and that was BJ The Chicago Kid.

Love the song and the vid.

He also came with this dope song who I think Chuck Inglish from The Cool Kids produced. The way the bells work on this song sound like something Chuck could have done with ease.

The newest song from the album "From The Westside With Love" is also the title for this post. 1997, enjoy it people. It's a simple video but a more clever song if you will care to listen to it.

Enough talk about LeBron James

2010-07-09T19:43:00.004+02:00

So........King James leaves Cleveland after 7 years. He chose Miami Heat and South Beach as his new home. Now, get off his back and wish him good luck in his future NBA games with his new team mates.

Could be a new holy trinity.

Watch these sell crazy like the arrival of Beckham in Madrid and L.A.

Even though I'm not super thrilled to see him in Miami, I'm still very excited to see how well the Heat and also LeBron play in the next season. He is still one of the best and most exciting players in the NBA and Wade & Bosh are also very talented in their respective areas.

Now let's see if they can shake the Celtics, The Magics and the reigning champs The Lakers.

First we still have a 3rd place match up between Uruguay and Germany before the final game to decide the World Cup 2010 champs between Netherlands and European champs Spain. Let's finish the football World Cup before we have any more NBA talk, ok?

Chillin' like a villain part 1

2010-07-08T09:34:00.007+02:00

Have to say I love my video games, comics and movies on a regular basis.

Didn't we all as young kids get caught up in the eternal fight about good vs evil? I know it was always about G.I. Joes vs Cobras and Turtles vs Shredder. Even when I was playing with my Lego figures, I would still have two groups battle and fight each other.

Of course as a young and naive kid, you would always root for the good guys or the heroes of the movies, games and so on. However once you step foot into the arena of adults and all the world's worst nightmares have corrupted your fragile mind, you finally realize bad guys have more fun and better costumes so here's a minor compilation from me and some of my favorite villains in no particular order.

Let me know if you like any of them and why.

Deacon Frost, head vamp in charge, chillin' with his Mac. Love it.

Corrupt Stansfield.

Mr. Blonde with the musical torture scene. Tarantino at his best.

Bowler hats never looked this good.

My other nickname.

Aren't those guys just a cute bunch of karate loving friends? Especially when they kick Daniel-San's ass!

Just a mama and her two sons.

He shot Ricky!

Water is forbidden on these guys and don't let them eat at night either.

Master of Muay-Thai, Sagat.

Russian Dolph!

Skeletor himself. Funny since Dolph did play He-Man.

Jason.

Ursa, Zod and Non.

M. Bison as we know him but known in Asia as Vega. Psycho power made him a tough boss in SF.

Lord Vader.
Fuck the droids! I want the Stormtroopers.

Come out, come out wherever you are! Max Cady on the loose.

Best dressed sluggers.....The Furies.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the world

2010-07-05T19:38:00.016+02:00

It was only a few months ago that I was in the movie theater watching a gem of a movie. Another movie adaptation of a comic and it was called Kick-Ass. I have to say I actually liked the movie and the acting plus the movie had enough fun busting violent action sequences to keep me entertained.

Obviously, that was only until I read about the original Kick-Ass story by Mark Millar. It's usually that the Hollywood twists and changes take away the entire intentions of the original story and Kick-Ass is no exception to that Hollywood curse but still the movie is worth watching since it is a good story and also a great cast of actors.

So you're probably wondering what's with all the talk about Kick-Ass and who the hell is Scott Pilgrim? Well, you see, being that I am indeed a Kidult a movie such as Kick-Ass speaks directly to my childish mind and I still love reading comics so obviously all the things combined made for a match in heaven.

Now thanks to my friend, Yautin, I saw something he posted on Facebook which once again spoke directly to my inner Kidult spirit and guess what..........yes, it is yet another movie adaptation of a comic. I'm not sure if I would actually read the actual comic since I'm not really a fan of how the comic is drawn. The style kinda looks like the Power Puff Girls cartoon.

However the story about a boy, who falls in love with a girl and to be able to date her, has to defeat (yes, defeat, not just fight) her seven (yes, not one, not two but seven, 7) evil exes. That sounds extremely funny already and if you throw in some arcade style stuff in the middle of the mix, the visuals are just straight Kidult fun madness.

Best of all......Michael Cera will be starring as Scott Pilgrim. Please enjoy the trailers further down. I can't wait to see this movie!

The story of denim jeans

2010-07-04T18:00:00.016+02:00

Well, actually my story about denim jeans.

A pair of nice looking jeans that has the perfect fit for your body is something most people can truly appreciate nowadays. However that has not always been the case in my adolescent years as a chubby kid, oh wait, I'm still a chubby kid. Guess nothing's really changed then.

Anyway, during my early teens I wasn't at all messing around with jeans as my preferred wear for my legs. I didn't really have too much of a say since shopping was with my mom and she was deciding on things that our budget could afford. Besides she didn't think I was fit to wear jeans so basically I was always wearing big sweaters/crewnecks and tees and...............

lots and lots of sweatpants! These were pretty standard in my closet all the way through 6th or 7th grade. I would have them in different colours too but basically the same brand and model and later I was also comfortable in different lumberjack shirts which were around 100 kr for two at the store we went to at the time. So different coloured lumberjack shirts and sweatpants were my chosen gear in school but somehow my shoe game were still on point since my mom did get me expensive sneakers (Converse, Kangaroos, British Knights and Nike) in those days but earlier on I was mostly wearing sneakers with velcro straps since it took me some time before learning how to tie my laces.

It's easy to say I was a geeky looking kid when it came to style or maybe I was just way ahead since plaid/flannel/checkered shirts have been pretty hot these last couple of years, right? Naaah.....who am I kidding? It's all about fashion and trends going in circles and they are just coming full circle once again. They weren't really a hot commodity when I was a teen.....sigh.

However, one instant classic that really can go on forever is a crisp tee, some fresh jeans and a pair of nice sneakers and you're good to go. Nowadays I simply love wearing the tee/jeans/sneakers combo and really, this is also the most comfortable wear for me on a daily basis. Simplicity will always prevail.

Fashion really is what you wear but style is more about being who you are. The clothes don't make you.

Basically, I wish this genius invention was out when I was a little baby so even my mom would have grown accustomed to the idea of putting her kid in some denim earlier instead of me looking like a geek when I could have been more like this fresh kid from the get go.

Bella ciao Brazil!

2010-07-03T12:33:00.004+02:00

Another day of world cup in the lovely weather.

Not in the mood to take too many photos yesterday. Got to the game after kick off due to some searching of bags and so on by security. Chilled with my partner in world cup football, Jasmin, once again.

Basically, bye bye Brazil! Oranje came away with the 2-1 win after a 1-0 lead by Robinho. Guess Sneijder used his head eh?

Later, shopped me some new Adidas sneakers. Pics of them later. They are fit for Summer and much more. Dinner at Wagamama but the most interesting pic to share from that meal is this one. Mmmmm..............cakes!

Today will see the big game from Argentina vs Germany and even later on, will Paraguay shock defeat the Europe champs from Spain?

Sayonara Denmark

2010-06-25T18:08:00.008+02:00

So last night saw the exit of the Danish national football team at the feet of a very focused Japanese team. Basically it wasn't a hard fought game at all. It was more of a game where the samurai warriors entered the arena and started to slice and dice the Danish vikings apart piece by piece and play by play.

After a loss against the Netherlands and then a crucial win against the lions of Cameroun and superstar Samuel Eto'o, the Danish team had to push hard for the win against Japan who could have settled for a simple draw.

I had written back and forth with my friend, Jasmin, to catch the crucial game somewhere outdoors and we decided to go a place by the water where sponsors have placed a big screen monitor, displaying world cup games. Buying beer and getting some nice thai food before the match was a great way to get us started for the game. The location was lovely and the weather was perfect. However we weren't allowed to bring own food and drinks into the disclosed football game area which sucked since we had gotten beer and snacks. Jasmin was definitely more pro than me. Time to use some sneaky tactics and we managed to sneak our beer in but a bag of potato chips didn't make it. I'm sure the security shared that bag of goodness, damn bastards.

Dressed for battle!

National anthem.

Captains JD Tomasson & Hasebe.

Japan had been playing some great football and in my opinion were the favorites to win this very important 3rd match against the Danish vikings. Of course I was still rooting for Denmark as I was born here and live here and also hoped that Denmark would advance further into the tournament.

The funny thing about this match was something I read in a Danish newspaper where they had actually compared the heights on each starting teams' players. Obviously the Danish vikings would surely crush the tiny and much shorter Japanese players with their height differences. Surely the entire Danish nation is in shock and in a state of disbelief since we lost to a team of shorter people (Mark the sarcasm as I write this).

To the people who watched the actual game know that the article would be ridiculed today since the Japanese players pretty much dominated everything in defence, in offence, in the air and on the ground. Sure, I can't remember a single finishing with the head by Japan but every single cross from the Danish team were headed out of danger by the Japanese defense. I guess the reporter forgot that Japan is also the country where ninjas originated and they got maaad jumps.

One of our best strikers through the years on the national team is Jon Dahl Tomasson and in recent years he hasn't had many minutes for his club sides which has also shown on his performances in the recent years on the national team. Nevertheless he is a regular starter for any game and last night he had all the biggest chances and he didn't score on a single one of those chances. I think if any other player on the team had the chances he had, they would have pounded the leather ball in the back of the net but it wasn't meant to be. He even missed the actual penalty shot and was lucky to get the rebound on his own shot for the goal. Thomas Sørensen, the number 1 choice in goal for us even displayed his worst performance ever as he was close to making Robert Green's drop look alot better but lucky for him, the post saved us from a complete disasterous easy ball.

However the fact remains with the scoreline ending in a 3-1 win for Japan and so far this year only 3 freekick goals have gone in and 2 of them were in last night's game by Honda and Endo. The first freekick goal in this year's world cup was put in by another Asian player from South Korea. Seems like the Asians have the technique locked down this year. The better team won and deserved to advance to the next round so Denmark will have to make some changes in the future (Sack the old players and let in the new blood) but for now, congrats to the samurais, who had the will and skill to defeat Denmark.

One mad and one sad fan.

Still keeping the good vibe going in the lovely weather.

Good thing we can drown our sorrow in drinks and beer. Yes, my vision was kinda blurry at that time too.

1-0 Honda slicing one arm off.

2-0 Endo dicing through the midsection.

2-1 JD blocking a few shurikens with his shield and wounding the samurai warrior.

3-1 Okazaki......FATALITY!

Thank you to my friend Jasmin who was really good company before the game, at the game and after the game bringing the right football spirit and vibe to the mix. Very nice to chill in the sun with food and drinks and just good conversations.

Actually I met her in town today but she was too busy making her debut for Korean tv to talk to us mere mortals. That's the kinda star she is. Getting pulled over for an interview about dressing in style while biking in DK. She's going to be a big hit in Asia, I can feel it, haha.

Oh Sookie Snoopy!

2010-06-24T17:18:00.005+02:00

I'm a fan of True Blood & the new season 3 has just begun which means I'm up for more vampire/redneck/sex/werewolf/shapeshifter fun & of course more genius from Jason Stackhouse. Damn, gotta love that character.

HBO decided to have Snoop promote the new season too with a typical Snoop Dogg twist. Kinda corny but still funny though.

Check it out yourself people.

Oh Sookie

NBA 2010 champs

2010-06-18T13:04:00.002+02:00

Just another day at the office. 2010 finals MVP, Kobe Bryant aka The Black Mamba. I just miss Kobe with his mini afro.

The game was intense but not high in scoring and both teams looked like they were nervous, missing alot of shots and many unforced fouls and turn overs. Lakers did come back after trailing behind for 13 points but caught up and the 4th quarter had me biting my nails after both teams came up with some important 3 point shots but in the end The Lakers pulled through.

Can't wait to what will happen next year. The rookies, the free agent talks, the sophomore players and so on. NBA, where amazing happens.

NBA 2010 game 7

2010-06-18T00:33:00.004+02:00

In just a few hours the 2010 NBA champions will be crowned at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.

One of the biggest sporting events without a doubt and thank you for DK4 I can now follow these games on Danish television.

This year's final series have been great but that's largely due to the fact that the two teams battling on the court are also NBA's most winning franchises. The Los Angeles Lakers & Bostons Celtics.

The rivalry has been legendary even way before I started liking B-ball so I'm very excited to see this game live later tonight. The games have been intense and very close at times so I get that most fans will be biting their nails all through the game since this series made it into this season's crucial all or nothing game 7.

I've been repping LA all day today. Not so much that I'm an actual Lakers loving crazy fan but I do enjoy watching Kobe do his thing on the court. He is simply an amazing player on the court. This is my new t-shirt from Triumvir. I always regretted not getting the original "Fuck Your Clique" tees so when they re-released them for the NBA rivalry this year with green & black for Celtics and the classic yellow & purple I put on the colours for the westside.

Goes well with my sneakers from Adidas which Jeremy Scott designed.

With all my Hollywood movie hating, tonight's game is an exception I can make. I want this game to have it's Hollywood ending. Come on Kobe & Gasol & Artest & Fisher & Odom & Bynum & Walton & Brown & Vujacic & Farmar! Make the Zen Master proud!

Bye bye 2-0-0-9 movies

2010-01-06T01:52:00.008+01:00

After talking about music I have to talk about some of the movies of 2009. As always during a year there will be loads and loads of movies produced and filmed and unfortunately the scale is much heavier on the amount of movies weighing against the time I have to actually sit down and watch through them all.

Of course I was compelled to watch more than a few of the movies coming out this year.

I believe I started out with the long awaited Terminator Salvation which starred Christian "The Dark Knight" Bale who seemed to be in tremendous form after the fantastic movie that is The Dark Knight even though much of the attention of course went to Heath "The Joker" Ledger after his untimely death. Not only were we greeted with a leaked anger tantrum thrown by Christian Bale before the movie came out but much to my surprise, Terminator Salvation doesn't even show much of Bale. It turns out to be about Marcus Wright played by now famous actor Sam Worthington who really got to outshine every single person in this movie. That was actually a very positive surprise for me and I definitely liked it.

Angels & Demons with Tom Hanks. Basically everything that made Dan Brown's book good is missing in this movie. Go ahead and read the book instead!!

Off to another "robot" movie which took a decent amount of my playing time when I was kid and having my mom spent her hard earned money on Transformer toys. After the success of the first Transformer movie thanks to kidults all around the world, it was certain that Michael Bay, the director, would have even more money to play with. Just read the taglines from this pic I found. In Revenge Of The Fallen, that is exactly what we get. More robotic metal crushing action, more bots, bigger explosions, more excuses of seeing Megan Fox undress for no apparent reason, more slow motion scenes of Megan Fox running and even worse dialogue than the first movie. Proving that Michael Bay just gives us what he does best. Explosions and action sequences and yes I did enjoy the robotic violence but was it a good movie? Hell no!

From one childhood memory to another. Enter the world of G.I. Joe or Action Figures as titled when you bought the toys. With a bad storyline and some messed up rewriting of the original characters' stories, this movie must've disappointed so many true fans who also used to own these amazing toys. This movie probably had some of the worst acting and dialogue in 2009. Loads of action scenes didn't make up for all of the stuff that it was missing.

It is clear after the three X-Men movies that Hugh Jackman is Wolverine and with all that focusing on him, a solo movie must've been in the works and that's what we eventually got. I really wished they didn't film that right away while the franchise was hot since the result is pretty shit. I wished they would have taken their time to really write a fantastic story due to the complex being that is Wolverine. From the introduction of this movie they decided to rewrite some essential stuff that doesn't make sense and only angers real devoted fans and leave the rest of the world ignorant to the changes. They cast Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool which is perfect and then they use him completely wrong in the movie and also destroys the character Deadpool. Will.I.Am is also probably the rapper I would least want to see in any movie. Who did he pay off to get a part in this movie?

Anyway, Avatar has gotten astonishing reviews from all over the world but apparently not too many people could see beyond the visuals of this film. Yes, it is a very beautiful movie due to great animated environments and the 3D effect. You might have read my review and really only the visuals stand out in this movie. However it lacks substance and this script was a safe bet from Cameron and luckily Sam Worthington is back again starring in another huge Hollywood production. I just wish people could see beyond their 3D glasses when they talk about "The best movie of the year" or "This century's most spectacular movie experience".

Avatar doesn't even come close when it's faced against a movie such as Watchmen. It's another one of those stories where superheroes aren't cheered on by the public and it shows a much more real world than most people want to admit. Superheroes with a much more human side. Yes. Even the darker and ill viewed sides. Yes. This movie also has an amazing visual side coupled with an amazing storyline and even better characters. Rorshach was the most interesting character I have seen in a long time and the way the story unfolds through his personal journal is fantastic.

Cameron vs Tarantino? Yeah right!! Just because you have more money and decides to hire someone to help you create a new language for your movie, doesn't mean you actually have the talent to direct and compose a movie such as Inglorious Basterds with all the perfect castings and an even more entertaining dialogue and an epic take on historic events. Tarantino definitely takes this one home without breaking a sweat. Anyone who haven't yet seen this movie needs to go and watch it and if after watching this or the above mentioned Watchmen and they still think Avatar is the greatest movie out in 2009, it's no longer a discussion about having bad taste in movies, it's more about having none at all.

Unfortunately no animated movies such as Coraline and Up were featured in this blog since I never got around to watch them but my sister and girlfriend give them thumbs up so I really need to catch up on two more movies that are probably way better than.....say....Avatar!

Book him again ASAP!

2010-01-02T18:20:00.003+01:00

Mr. Traveling Man himself.

It's the Mighthy Mos Def. I was so happy last year when I was quick to order and recieve my ticket for Mos Def's European tour concert for his best album since Black On Both Sides. I was feeling True Magic too since he sounded focused again and out of nowhere he came with The Ecstatic last year and of course I was excited about the whole thing until he canceled out his entire European tour.

Some promoter in Copenhagen should definitely work on getting him back. I've seen that his long time partner in rhyme, Mr. Talib Kweli is scheduled to perform live some time in February. Some one should make this the dopest concert ever. First Talib and then some Mos and then some Blackstar joints. That would be straight up epic stuff.

Anyway, here's a little treat from Nabil who did the visually amazing Welcome To Heartbreak video for Kanye and now he's done this vid for Mos Def and his Supermagic song.

Bye bye 2-0-0-9 music

2010-01-01T18:13:00.000+01:00

Let me show you some things that should get some thumbs up instead.
Some music albums that have been bumping alot on my iPod.

Mos Def made his best album since his solo debut Black On Both Sides with his fourth solo joint named The Ecstatic. A more aggressive Mos Def on some harder beats. Of course he decided to bail on his entire European tour after I purchased my ticket for the concert and now still no plans of touring for his newest album.

Rihanna made a very therapeutic album with Rated R and it's a good album which has gotten alot of play on my iPod ever since I got it. Still a song like Stupid In Love has me shaking my head for Rihanna's forever love for Chris Breezy after the beating he gave her. She might be dumb but she's not stupid.....yeah right?

If you still love rap like I do then you would still have to love Jay-Z who didn't really deliver the best rap album of the year but he's still one of the best lyricist rhyming and doing his thing. This album definitely has some fine tracks but please don't have Neptunes produce for you unless they come with the dopest beats for you to flow on.

Talented song writer Keri Hilson who has been writing hits for WAY too many stars on the music scene finally dropped her debut album In A Perfect World. Most criticism will probably be on why the songs don't seem to have the same instant radio hit sound that we have come to know from the artists she wrote for. Well, basically Keri is a different type of performer than the people she gets paid to write for. She's definitely more old school r&b and bringing us back to some of the slow songs and I love that.

Another person dropped his debut album and his name is Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi who did one amazing mixtape with Plain Pat and then got on Kanye's 808 & Heartbreak album.
This album is all about Cudi's style and I'm sure he got the final result that he wanted the world to have. This album is almost flawless except for a few of the last songs that I could have done without. He's a witty rapper but brings his own unique sing songy style to the mix and it's basically something new and fresh for hiphop. Cudi made the best album in 2009 in my opinion.

Ben Hudson aka Mr. Hudson is another performer made known to me by Kanye once again. Apparently he heard a song by Hudson and decided to bring him on for the Paranoid song on Kanye's 808 album and then he decided to produce some songs for Hudson's Straight No Chaser album. Just when you thought autotune was completely dead after Jigga denounced it after his D.O.A. song Mr. Hudson brings his way of using it and he's not boring me with it. Amazing album I didn't know I was going to love.

The Chef has really taken his time in the kitchen to cook up this sequel to his legendary Only Built For Cuban Linx album since the other albums after his classic debut haven't had the same high amount of quality really. With this album he definitely shows us all why we loved his debut album so much in the first place.

Ryan Leslie, a talented songwriter and producer with an ego matching or possibly bigger than Puff Daddy in his prime came out with album number 2. This guy just makes really good songs and he knows what keys to hit but for some reason he doesn't quite get the shine he deserves. Maybe the ego of his won't let him shine bright enough for the world to see? Anyway, so far his two albums are some of the best albums on the r&b/pop scene.

The Thornton twins aka The Clipse came out again in December and this album isn't even a month old and it's already another classic album in my book. They have done it yet again. Just as the year for good rap albums were looking pretty dark for 2009, Pusha and Malice decided we should have a White X-mas giving us another much needed dose of coke rap. Like I said The Neptunes didn't fare too well for their contribution for Jay-Z but when Chad and Pharrell are in the studio with the twins, they bring out their best production skills since this album is pretty much classic Neptunes/Clipse magic once again. The Neptunes can easily switch between minimalistic beats to more synth and pop infused songs for The Clipse to rhyme to and they don't miss a beat at all. The more albums they make the better rappers they have become. Not the first dope lyricists hiphop fans will name on their list but already from the intro Pusha seems focused to drop some heat for the critics and fans too showcasing his hardest rhyme ever for us. Easily my number 2 pick of best rap albums of 2009.

This is my Danish music fix. Karen who was basically nicknamed"r&b Karen" with her debut album since she was the first to record an r&b album in Danish has made 3 great albums so far in her career. The debut showcased the talent and the potential with her music. The second album came even harder and with more attitude in music production and with the song writing. This third album named Stiletto has probably changed quite a bit from her debut r&b sound to something more mature and you can hear it once again in her picks for the sonic soundscapes but even with new different sound she simply matches it with her great songwriting skills that are just very easy to feel and relate to. Karen is in my opinion a very unique singer and a very underrated not to mention one of the best songwriters on the Danish music scene right now.

Selvmord consists of famous original rap group Suspekt (rapper Orgi-E, rapper Bai-D, producer Rune Rask), platinum rap darling L.O.C. and producer Jonas Vestergaard.

They decided to form like Voltron and make something different for Denmark to hear. A mix of electro/rock/pop/rap with an album themed about love gone bad. The name Selvmord translates directly to "Suicide" going with the theme about oneself committing suicide once you fall in love with another person. Explaining that once you sacrifice a part of you to a relationship you really lose/kill a part of the old you.

These guys are all at the top of the rap game and are simply the best in the country so this album is pure quality all the way through. Can't wait to see them live once again in February.
Jooks is another rapper who is from the Danish rap group Rent Mel. I never really paid too much attention to this rap group since they weren't really rapping and bringing the music productions I was feeling. That was until the latest offering from the group where Jooks apparently had also done a very good job of standing out from the rest of his group members, sounding very versatile and outshining everybody else. It's really been a long time coming for him and basically this album is very personal and he brings his own unique style of rapping and makes this album 100% his own and it stands out again with what is normal on the Danish rap scene.

Bye bye 2-0-0-9

2009-12-31T18:33:00.018+01:00

In just a few hours time we have come to yet another end of a year. This time we're ending the year of 2009.

Many things can be said about this year and here's my take on a few things.

I was actually fired around this time last year in 2008 right before X-mas. Not the best X-mas present to recieve and my last day at the company I had gone back and forth to for four long years came to an end in 2009. Luckily through some friends I have I was given a new job opportunity and here I still am after around 6-7 months while so many other people in this country and also worldwide are still without jobs due to the financial crisis that came as a surprise to so many of us. Thumbs down and then thumbs up.

I believe it was on January 20th that Barack Obama was officially sworn in as the first Black president of the USA after coming up on top of his first game versus Hilary and then going strong in the final run with McCain and he definitely changed the America forever. He came and gave everybody HOPE and even the first time I have seen Oprah go crazy about politics. How can you lose a campaign when you have Oprah backing your whole operation, right? Even though things in my life won't change much with a Black president, it's still a historical event in my life time. He definitely had the majority of people in his country voting for him. Thumbs up.

Meanwhile in the kingdom of Denmark we got a prime minister no one voted for. Lars Løkke known more for a scandal about wasting tax payers' money on expensive food and even more expensive wine was all of a sudden without an election given the top seat as leader and representative of Denmark. Not exactly Obama like fever coming over us here in Denmark. Thumbs down.
COP15 was an utter waste of money and time. Once again proving that Denmark wants to be at the forefront of all the great happenings in the world and living up to the title of being the happiest country in the world like Oprah says. Complete failure on the political side of things trying to come up with an agreement to solve climate problems and even more failure from the government turning Denmark into a police state. Thumbs down.

Copenhagen seemed to have changed into a more violent city when the battle for supremacy erupted in a wave of public shootings between the Hells Angels and foreign gangs in 2009. Had everybody shook when walking around town since this clearly was something we haven't experienced before. Thumbs down.

You know you done fucked up Breezy!! Beating Rihanna senseless and then appearing on Larry King and not remembering a damn thing about it. Thumbs down.

Unfortunately some more thumbs down for 2009.
We lost MJ in 2009. Only the biggest icon of my generation and like Janet said: "He's an icon to you all but to us Michael is family". The world did indeed lose an icon on June 25th but his kids lost a father, the Jackson's lost a brother and a son in Michael Jackson.

One of the original Outsiders who would start to work in a Road House and then do some Dirty Dancing before he eventually became a Ghost in 2009 due to cancer. Definitely an actor who I watched many times when I was lost in some movie magic in my teens. Patrick Swayze was cool.

Before Chuck Norris was doing his Texas Ranger tv crap another White dude was already kicking ass on tv and he was given the leading role of the character Uma was going to chop down in Tarantino's 2 part movies Kill Bill. David Carradine was apparently murdered while shooting a movie adding to another casualty of mysterious celebrity deaths.

Wu-Massacre

2009-12-27T00:14:00.003+01:00

During some late night internet surfing, I came across this on youtube. Raekwon's latest album the long awaited Only Built For Cuban Linx 2 brought back some of that good old Wu flavor.

However, the most consistent Wu member is still Ghostface and one of the most loved members is still Method Man so why not form like Voltron since the last Wu album wasn't something Rae was happy with? Let infamous Rik Cordero give us a little teaser for the upcoming Wu Massacre next year.
Method Man, Raekwon The Chef & Ghostface Killaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.....no one can get iller!!!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Avatar 3D

2009-12-26T21:12:00.005+01:00

A-V-A-T-A-R!!!

Ahhhhh........yes, this new movie by Mr. James "Titanic" Cameron is on most people's lips. Apparently Cameron had to wait nine long years before we had the proper technology to film this movie the way he always wanted. I've been hearing about the visuals being out of this world since they made it into a 3D movie.

Well, when your last movie was the huge blockbuster that is Titanic (I was never caught up in the hype, watched it on tv some time after it's movie theater release) then expectations are big. Especially since the movie is also one of the most expensive movies to produce amounting to a total of $300 million. It's definitely already making it's earnings at the movie theaters around the world. It already broke the record worldwide for most money earned on an opening weekend.

I have to give props to James Cameron who really took his time to develop these new movie characters called the Na'vi. Creating their whole culture and developing a new language for his characters. He's definitely trying to make this into some timeless stuff such as Tolkien's LOTR. Does he succeed? I guess yes and no. I love the stories about the Na'vi and the way they are portrayed in the movie but that's only a small part of the movie. The main plot is probably Cameron's safe bet since it isn't original at all and very predictable throughout the movie.

The easiest way to sum up the film is to say a White marine are taken into a government project to control these bodies called Avatars which are produced by mixing human and Na'vi DNA together. The Na'Vi just so happens to live on soil that contain huge amounts of rocks which are worth millions. To get to it they have to convince the Na'vi to move willingly or by force. The marine's main objective is to infiltrate the Na'vi (Savages/Indians/Native Americans.....you get the point right?) and learn about their culture (Find their weaknesses) so the humans have the upper hand once they decide to move in for the rocks.
White marine falls in love with culture and Na'vi girl. White marine disobeys orders and turns against the government and then action time.....the end.

It's really a classic tale that has worked for years and years and I was really hoping it would change during the tale of this movie but it didn't.

What is left then?
Well, obviously the 3D effects of this movie were supposed to be stunning. I think the movie definitely has some beautiful scenes in it and I thought the animation of the facial expressions were on point on the Na'vi when they had to show different emotions. That definitely gives points on the acting part which is appreciated when the script isn't that strong. At least that made me believe in the Na'vi people and the planet of Pandora.

However, I still have yet to see a 3D movie that actually takes full advantage of interacting with the viewer. I was expecting stuff to explode towards me and arrows coming straight at me, making me duck in my seat or something like that. I had that experience ONCE in the entire movie. ONCE and the movie is almost three hours long. Blink and you would have missed the scene and it wasn't anything thrilling at all. Even though I can't front on the beautiful scenes and some of the action sequences I still feel like I was just watching another animated movie with glasses on. I didn't feel like I was getting my money's worth for the 3D effects at all.

I was entertained by the Na'vi culture and story but somehow couldn't shake the fact about the numerous "White cowboys vs Indians" or "Western civilization vs native culture" plotline that has been done so many times before.

To make it work, the casting and acting has to be pretty tight.
Luckily we have that.

Sam Worthington was the highlight of Terminator: Salvation and he continues to prove why he is the new hot name in Hollywood with his lead role as Jake Sully in this movie. The cast also has Sigourney "Ripley" Weaver and even though her part isn't really that big, it's always nice to see her in movies. Zoe Saldana, who I first noticed in Vantage Point and recently in the new Star Trek movie, does a great job with her role as Neytiri. Stephen Lang does a very mean bad guy and I also enjoyed his part in the movie. He's very stereotyped but he fits the part well for this movie. Another person who isn't in the movie that much is one of my favorites, Wes Studi perfectly casted as Eytukan (Really pushes my point across with the cowboy/Indian plot)

Maestro+Ibn

2009-12-25T15:31:00.003+01:00

Hey, what's up? Hope everybody had a nice X-mas eve. Hope everybody got some bomb ass food and some amazing presents. I know I had my first round of great food with my gf's family last night. Tonight in a few hours it's going to go down at my family's place.

Anyway, I'll post pics of my gifts later but for now Maestro gives us another episode.

Hanging with Kanye's barber/stylist, Mr. Ibn Jasper! Season 3 - Episode 3

Rihanna

2009-12-18T23:45:00.008+01:00

I've given this album named Rated R quite some rotation lately by the one and only Robyn Fenty better known by her middle name, Rihanna.

It's probably an understatement to say that it has been a rough period in Rihanna's young life lately. First of all there was the vicious beating from her former scumbag ex bf Chris Brown and then the naked pictures of her surfaced on the internet as well.

This should give enough fuel to fire up a new album and it's pretty clear that you just can't shake any of the lyrics in the songs without having in mind that she's talking about her ex on this album.

I believe she first showed up on the Jay-Z song Run This Town after the incident and she seems to be just fine and doing her usual self on the song. We already know Jigga co signed her and having her hang with the best in the rap game does wonders for you. Especially since she was already a well established star of her age and generation.

She started her career looking like this and having huge R&B/pop appeal while looking this beautiful didn't prove to be difficult at all.

Even turning Tainted Love into the SOS song that I enjoyed dancing to whenever I was out in the clubs. The song and video is hot even after Rihanna admitted in an interview she didn't know Tainted Love which to this day is still a fantastic song.

Being a popstar also brings us some looks and when Rihanna opted to cut her long hair short, I believe it did start a little fire causing loads of girls to change their hair to look similar to hers.
She's one of the few girls who can still look absolutely beautiful with short hair.

Here she is with her more recent look. She is quite the stunner with her dope outfits and her Versace shades. Not sure about the blonde look though but she does look very hot in her new videos.

Russian Roulette

Wait your Turn

Hard Feat. Young Jeezy

Here's some more shots.
I guess all you can say is.........Chris, you know you done fucked up right!!!

Ninja Assassin

2009-12-17T12:38:00.005+01:00

Last night it started snowing and it usually makes you want to stay inside but I already made plans to see this particular movie with my gf since I've been wanting to see this movie ever since I peeped the trailer. Due to a wide exposure to old Chinese kung fu movies and also some American movies, I have an interest for these ancient assassins who will appear in the shadows of the night and kill with brutal efficiency. These so-called Ninjas!

That brings us to the movie Ninja Assassin starring Korean popstar Rain doing his best in portraying a young man taken from the streets at an early age to be trained as a member of the Ozunu clan. Ancient clans equals ancient traditions and some of them don't go too well with our hero. Basically the movie is about a female FBI agent trying to crack a series of brutal killings which has her researching the ancient tales of governments using these contract killers known as ninjas. Obviously this doesn't suit the people in power who then sends out ninjas to chop off her head but our hero will cross paths with her and will do his best to protect her.

Let's just say there is plenty of ninja action to go around in this entire movie and in these kind of movies that is much needed since the script and dialogue is quite weak most of the time. Let's just say that Rain does a decent job or maybe it's because I don't expect too much from Asian actors since not too many have succeeded in impressing me before. The only one who does a good job in the movie is played by Sho Kosugi who is the leader of the Ozunu clan. His cool and icy performance is only held down by the fact that everyone speaks English in this movie. No one seems to speak the language of Japanese not even when there's a scene with Yakuza mobsters. This does take away from the whole vibe of making it feel like a real ninja movie. They would all be so much more badass if they spoke Japanese.

The movie drops a few notches by the end since all these movies that don't seem to last 2 hours anymore, are always in a rush to finish the movie. All logic and everything seen in the movie destroyed by a few minutes of random madness since they have to wrap things up.

Anyway, I was excited for the tale of this particular ninja assassin and that would have been great but the whole protecting the FBI agent story was crap. All the ninja action was on point though but a better script and a better casting of the good guys would have been welcomed and also the Japanese people in this movie should have spoken Japanese, really!

Maestro Knows Season 3

2009-12-11T00:00:00.004+01:00

Surprise by Maestro the other day when all of a sudden he posted the second episode of Season 3 following a day with world famous tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon.

He's also the friend and partner of Estévan Oriol, the famous photographer, whom Maestro already filmed for Season 1. Together they made the clothing brand Joker Brand which is actually also seen around the Copenhagen streets.

Not bad for these two self taught individuals eh? Want something done right you gotta do it yourself.

Season 3 - Episode 2 Mr. Cartoon!

MK & 9th

2009-12-09T21:14:00.004+01:00

Not leaving us with a little treat before the new year that will be known as 2010 Maestro goes from 13th to 9th. Formerly of Little Brother fam the musical maestro (pun intended) 9th Wonder. He already has two classic albums under his belt with former group members Rapper Big Pooh and Phonte with their debut classic The Listening and also The Minstrel Show which might have gone over some people's heads.

He also teamed up with LA rapper Murs to make two very excellent albums and then produced songs for Jay-Z and Destiny's Child.

What is he cooking in his studio now? How about a new intro for Maestro Knows?

Season 3 - Episode 1 9th Wonder

It's the Maestro & 13th Witness

2009-12-02T09:42:00.004+01:00

It was a short stay in NYC but we were blessed with some of NY's finest people doing their damn thing on a daily basis.

It's another end but also the beginning of something new and fresh. 2010 will be a great year for these two talented people. Maestro Knows NY Edition wrap up!

Pleasure for my tummy

2009-11-24T23:35:00.003+01:00

My girlfriend enjoys cooking. All I can say to that, is that I am a lucky guy.

She decided to make some Swedish köttbullar which is meatballs but not just any meatballs. This dish goes very well in Ikea's around the world or at least they do in Denmark.

Making sure they get the right shape.

Lovely!!

You need mashed potatoes with them meatballs. Yeah, look at that!

We need some tyttebær which in English are called cowberry or moutain cranberries. I would never have guessed on cowberries anyway. Fun fact.

To top it off. We need some sauce on the plate. Ready to be devoured! My tummy was very happy with this meal.

Pleasure for my eyes

2009-11-19T18:46:00.009+01:00

These are for my viewing pleasure. Whenever I get tired of staring into the little 15 inch screen in front of me I would like to either go out and catch some air or stay in with some good stuff to read and flip through some pages. Even though you can already get to most of these news online alot faster since the printed works won't get out and onto my hands fast enough I still enjoy the feeling of flipping through pages of a magazine or a book using my hands and not just my fingers for mouse clicking. Besides I already told you I can't imagine myself bringing my laptop with me when I'm taking a dump.

Anyway, got my hands onto another Complex mag. My favorite rap twins. Not the ones that Warren G introduced to us in the 90's. Whatever happened to those boys? (Pun intended) It's another Kaws cover for Complex mag and he has also done the cover art for Clipse's upcoming third album which should be out around the beginning of December month.

Wow! Look, it's Faith from Buffy. Well, actually it's Eliza Dushku. Eye Candy on the flip side of the Complex mag. Gotta love that.

My sister told me about a booksale taking place in fashionable store Storm and I went and found me this book from amazing artist Ron English. He has a way with colors and I love his take on various comic/cartoon characters and also the messages he conveys against big franchises such as McDonald's. Loads of more great art in this book but you would have to get your own copy.
Courtesy of Bongo Boy who I admire alot since he has brought me some nice interviews with people that work on brands that I love, he has landed a great interview with Ron English so feel free to watch it.

Slam doing an entire issue around legendary no. 23. How can you not love that? Loads of stories and loads of Jordan sneakers in this so go get it and enjoy some history of this legend right here.

Talking about sneakers then you would have heard about this book. It's the most entertaining book ever on the sneaker culture and has loads of pics and highly entertaining stories about sneaker collectors and how the movement got started in NY.

The author of the book is none other than legendary NY dj, Bobbito Garcia. Yup, he finally put his name in my book. What a day to remember!

Met the legend himself at the Sneaker Banquet a few weeks ago where he was kind enough to sign the book and be photographed with some chubby Chinese groupie. That would be me.

Of course Bobbito gets love from the female groupies too. Located next to him on this picture is my friend Lo9 pretending to be all starstruck and shy but celebrities, be aware of female on the prowl.

NYC Edition part 3

2009-11-18T22:39:00.004+01:00

Well, just finished watching the Denmark vs USA friendly soccer match. Was behind 1 goal but after 9 minutes into the second half Denmark fired back with 3 goals which left us winning the match 3-1.

Had some nice dinner with my gf. She brought home some nice fish.

What better way to end the evening? How about a new episode by Maestro?

Part 3 in the company of photographer Jonathan Mannion.

Listening to this

2009-11-17T01:01:00.003+01:00

I've been bumping the Church League Champions by the west coast's own Pac Div hard on my iPod. I already mentioned these fresh dudes before on the blog.

Here's the brand new video from yet another track on Church League Champions.

Whiplash/Young Black Male

Gotta bless you with the other videos for some of the other songs on the album. This is just good ol' rap music.

Pac Div

Mayor

They are also certified The Hundreds fans which is one of the clothing brands I love.

I love these Kids

2009-11-10T09:37:00.005+01:00

The Cool Kids to be exact. Check out their new video with cameos from Nick Diamonds and another dope rap group Pac Div.

Everybody alright! Alright. That's cool! That's cool. Let's see if you can do it like we do!

The Cool Kids - Knocked Down

Maestro in NYC

2009-10-27T23:22:00.006+01:00

I already showed you guys that he was getting ready to bring you some heat from the heart of NYC and he does so and bringing you something new to his online show. It's not all about him goofing around in front of the screen anymore. He's actually focusing more on the people he shows on each episode instead and is happy being a narrator on the episodes. A new edition also required a new intro for his show and it's done by none other than 13th Witness. If you don't know about him and his work you should check out his work on his own website.

Season 3 NYC edition part 1 with Nigel Sylvester. Can you guess what he does for a living?

Season 3 NYC edition part 2 with Anoma Ya Whitaker. A woman doing her thing on one of my favorite magazines.

Zombieland

2009-10-25T20:49:00.008+01:00

This is a movie I haven't really heard anything about until a few days before we actually went to see it. I kinda dig zombie movies since there's something scary about undead bodies running rampant devouring fresh human meat! Besides these movies usually mean some pretty gruesome kills during the movie since you really need to make sure these former human beings remain dead.

Zombie flicks are usually about the dead rising from the graves or maybe people getting infected with some kind of chemical substance and Zombieland takes place after a person eats an infected burger which turns the person into a flesh eating disease spreading zombie.

When I saw the trailer for Zombieland it was obvious that that movie had a funny take on the whole genre. Jesse Eisenberg is the lead in this movie and apparently we follow his rules to surviving hungry zombies on our infested planet. This is shown early on in the movie and those scenes are hilarious. Besides he is pretty good as the geeky wuss who is trying to go back home to find his parents.

Another great character that he teams up with pretty soon is played by Woody Harrelson. He is very different since he is not afraid of the zombies at all and takes great pride in whupping their asses. He's funny, childish and badass all at the same time.

After the male characters team up they encounter two sisters played by Emma Stone who is pretty hot and Abigail Breslin as the younger sister. However the two girls have an agenda of their own.

Did I like this movie? Well, I most definitely loved Jesse and Woody's characters since they carry the whole movie. Jesse is very good as the charming unlikely geeky hero with his own rules of zombie survival and Woody is good as the badass zombie killing machine with a very childish demeanor. Emma Stone is just eye candy for the boys and Abigail has done these parts a million times.
As I mentioned earlier the movie did show some scenes with the rules of Zombieland survival and those scenes are definitely very funny and it hints that you'll get to see all his rules in the movie and more extremely funny scenes however after the first half of the movie the director cuts it short so we are only left with a few of the rules which are later recycled in other scenes. That was actually quite disappoiting since I loved the idea and how it was used in the beginning of this movie.
The last half of the movie involves a special cameo scene with quite the legend in movies but this segment you will either love or hate. My friend Anders hated it since it has absolutely nothing to do with the movie's main plot. It's really just thrown in for the sake of it and the director must be a huge fan of this actor on a personal level. I didn't mind seeing him in the movie but it doesn't add to the movie as a whole other than a few minutes of extra fun.
All in all it's a pretty cute movie which introduces us to some lovable characters and a funny idea which wasn't used to it's full capacity in the movie and that brings the movie down in the end since the climatic ending scenes are not exciting or funny at all.

Portraits of the process

2009-10-22T08:44:00.005+02:00

Another project filmed by Levi Maestro and narrated by his friend Rickey Kim who has this blog and also this online magazine.

First person to be portrayed is Mr. Undefeated himself, Eddie Cruz.

Surrogates

2009-10-18T23:29:00.007+02:00

Another night at the movie theaters in the good company of one of the biggest action stars who is still doing it big. Bruce Willis' new movie Surrogates.
I haven't seen a Bruce Willis movie since Die Hard 4 I believe but I do think he's a very talented actor who can do many different characters and movies so why not enjoy a good movie on a Saturday night with my gf?

Anyway, Surrogates takes place in a near future where society has once again given their trust to technological improvements so to speak. Humans are no longer required to do anything physically anymore since you can sign up for a "Suri" or a surrogate machine which is just an empty robotic shell of you controlled by signals from your brain. This would require your actual human body to be restrained in a seat where you are plugged into your robot surrogate who needs to be recharged from time to time.

Work accidents and crime/murder rates are down since the only things moving around in society are of course surrogate machines. Until one night where two surrogates are attacked and the actual users/owners are found dead in their homes as a direct result of the attack. This is of course where our hero Bruce comes in as an detective to solve the case.

Let it be said. The movies main plot about solving the case is predictable and quite weak. The movie could've have contained some more action sequences since the very few action scenes in the movie are decent but just so far in between. The underlying story and message about being way too attached to surrogates/machines/computer/tv is pretty obvious shown in the movie through Bruce's character's personal story in the movie and his relationship with his wife but somehow I feel it fails since the director seems confused to what kind of a movie he's making. Does he want it to be an action movie involving machines and murder or does he want to make the movie more about people losing touch with people?

I get the message and agree with the fact that in our day and age people are extremely connected to the internet and are youtubing/tweeting/facebooking/myspacing their lives away and some people are in fact very connected but yet so very detached from actual human contact. I just think the plot and idea could've been executed alot better in this movie.

On another note I think the actors did quite a good job acting and looking like surrogates. There always seemed to be something about the lighting and the way they moved in the movie that made them look and feel very fake. Radha Mitchell as Bruce's partner in the movie had the walk and facial expressions of something very machine like and I thought she did a good job. Rosamund Pike as his wife in the movie was also good, bringing the more emotional parts to the story.

I won't recommend you to spend money on renting the film though so just wait until they air it on tv. It's really not that good.

MK 2 ending

2009-10-09T22:45:00.006+02:00

Hey, good things come to an end once again people. Maestro Knows season 2 wrap up.

You didn't actually think that he would stop. Already working on his next episode. Ready to see his NYC friends? I know I am.

Are you still watching?

2009-09-23T01:25:00.004+02:00

I can definitely tell you guys my eyes are still very much on the Maestro Knows show!

Still loving every bit of footage he brings us viewers and all the cities he gets to visit and the people he gets to meet and the food he gets to eat. Man, I'm a only a little bit jealous, just a little.

Still on the world tour with Anthony Hamilton.
Season 2 Episode 7

Back in the US, visiting the place that gave us Missy, Timbaland, The Neptunes and The Clipse while hanging out with Lil' Jon.
Season 2 Episode 8

The latest one where he's visiting a place most of us mortals will never visit. NIKE CAMPUS!! I want one of those hoodies too.
Season 2 Episode 9

How can you be so heartless?

2009-09-20T11:31:00.009+02:00

I was out and about with my girlfriend and we were just out in town enjoying the fine weather and decided to see if we could make it in time for some brunch at Luna. I told you about that cafe before already. However we missed the deadline for the brunch service by 30 minutes. Bummed out!

Oh well, luckily they have other interesting food on the menu.

Gf decided to have a mean tuna sandwich. Massive cheese on that chunk of tuna right there.
Mine actually looks like some sort of Mexican wrap but guess what. I ordered lasagna. Their spin on it. It was good but different since it had the dough around it but still very satisfying for my tummy.
Hot chocolate for her and milkshake with chocolate cookie for me! Mad tasty!

OK, so this seems like a wonderful time, why the heartless title on the post?
I was actually just borrowing a little lyric from everybody's favorite subject Kanye West. Remember my friend's B-day party I attended? Well, I was not wearing anything especially high end or anything but one thing about my attire got some heads looking and the B-day child was loving it. What was it you say?

Something most us of know from our childhood. A heart made of Lego bricks. Yup, someone was clever enough to make these into a business and a fashion statement. Some people calls it stupid, gimmicky and childish. However the business is booming for these two young upcomers and guess what they still remember to have fun with it.

I give to you the twins Dee & Ricky. They have managed to turn their love for Lego into a money making machine for them and they are just having fun and rubbing shoulders with all the famous fashion people in NY and having celebrities wearing their Lego creations.
Did people just forget how to have fun? Why so serious?

The waiter who took our order actually asked me if I made it myself and people who commented on it asks the same question basically because you can make this thing yourself. It's Lego bricks with a safety pin glued to it. Simple idea. By the way I haven't paid for this since this goes for $75 on their website and you can even get one bigger heart for $100. My good friend Kim let me borrow it for the B-day party and now I'm rocking it on a daily basis just to see reactions actually. I think Kim only rocks it on special occasions as well.

Let's see if this "gimmick" will hit Copenhagen anytime soon? So far nothing but love from the girls and guys. I think this could catch on. I rock it because I think it's good fun.
Colin Munroe, Kanye West and Travis from Gym Class Heroes loving it too.

Subway köttbullar, Complex & TGI Fridays

2009-09-17T16:27:00.018+02:00

Let me tell you guys about yet another fabulous day I've had with my gf. It was just one of those days where we felt like we needed to do something else than the usual stuff and places that we've grown accustomed to in good ol' Copenhagen.

Well, why not hop on a train and go to Malmö. Across the waters and arriving at the central station approximately after one hour.

Malmö is a part of this country and if you don't know or recognize the flag then you'll just have to Google where in the world Malmö is, ok?

Upon arriving you feel the sudden urge of hunger since it would be stupid to eat at home since they have a few different variety of options when it comes to food joints located in Cph. In Malmö they have Subway and a long time ago Cph. had Subway joints located around town too. Even a couple of my girl friends worked there once. Nowadays all the Subways in Cph. are replaced by Sunsets. Basically it's the same concept and also extremely identical logos but the quality of the food is not the same. Well, it's sandwiches served in baguettes but they have köttbullar for their sandwiches. Köttbullar=meatballs ya'll!!!
I guess the difference is really that Sunset tries to be more healthy than Subway. Can't be bothered by this, gf and I need meatballs!!!

Actually these pictures weren't taking from our trip yesterday since I hadn't charged my digi cam after using it last time but we did eat at the same places and my gf did shop at the same stores so why not show you some pics anyway right?
My gf looks for the same things as most girls do anyway. Shoes, clothes and make up stuff. I haven't found too many hot places to shop in Malmö yet. Need to know my way around some more. Did find a Manga store though and I did buy Ghost In The Shell dvd box. It's a classic I still didn't own at the time and also Malmö has Complex magazine.

I used to only buy this magazine on my trips to London and I haven't been for a few years now and I'm bummed because they don't have it anywhere in Cph. I know it's available online and I know the printed media is going down fast but still I don't find it practical to bring my laptop to the loo.
Vibe closed down recently but I also read that Marc Ecko already took precautions before everyone else that he already had imagined this scenario a long time ago so most of his Complex venture, I believe it was 63% of it, was already online based so that he would still be able to print his magazine without losing too much profit. Not bad for someone who started out as a graffiti artist eh? Love the newest one with Keri Hilson/Kid Cudi. The pics with the cartoonish theme are nuts even if it's not done by Kaws. Keri makes me go ooooooh weeee and Kid Cudi's album makes me go oooooooh weeeee too, haha.

Another place we have to eat at every time we're in London town is......TGI Fridays!
Aren't we happy that it is now to be found in good ol' Malmö as well?
Just some pics of the heavenly food you can get there. Good service and good food. What more can I ask for?

However the ribs (Not pictured this time around) aren't up to par with the London ones but still some good ribs. Oh, I will be seeing you around TGI's. Can't wait to eat here again.

J'adore Quentin Tarantino

2009-09-16T21:10:00.007+02:00

Last night I finally found the time to go watch the newest movie from Quentin Tarantino with a good friend and my gf. The movie is of course Inglorious Basterds. Basically alot of people were talking and buzzing about this movie and it is a Tarantino flick but somehow I have managed to watch other movies before this one. District 9 is still a movie you need to go watch.

I've been a fan of Tarantino ever since Pulp Fiction like many others. He has the uncanny ability to make so many scenes memorable. Obviously one thing is to write the amazing dialogue between the actors on every scene but also picking the right actors to say the lines and perform the scene masterfully as well. If you haven't seen any Tarantino flicks you should definitely treat yourself to a fantastic experience. His dialogues and the way they are filmed are in a league of their very own. Everything said and done and even down to the music score in his movies. It's all part of the Tarantino experience.

He's also known for bringing out the best in some actors who people have forgotten about. Most noticably one Mr. John Travolta who has practically been revived after Pulp Fiction and also Uma Thurman who was also in Pulp Fiction but later killed it (Pun intended) as the lead in his two Kill Bill movies.
The biggest star in this movie is without a doubt the guy pictured above. If you've seen your fair share of movies starring Brad Pitt you would know that he has already proven himself to be quite the diverse actor a long long time ago. People still saying he's a pretty boy who can't act are wrong in my opinion. His acting as Aldo Raines is funny indeed and I didn't have any doubt that he would pull it off. He's good and in all fairness all the actors are amazing in this movie. Every scene is good in some way.

However this movie is lifted into untouchable grounds by one brilliant actor named Christoph Waltz and his scene stealing performances as Colonel Hans Landa. Every scene that evolves him is memorable and he owns every single scene he's in. He switches from charming to terrifyring effortlessly and also has some comedic scenes which are just flatout funny. It's also important to note how well and convincing he is as "The Jew Hunter". He also switches from French to German to English and even Italian in one very, very funny scene.

This is indeed one of the best Tarantino movies ever and again all the actors in the various scenes are simply amazing too. Go watch this movie now if you still haven't seen it. It's well worth it and I'm reading rumours about a prequel to this movie and as long as it has QT as the director once again, I'm sure it'll be amazing.

Good B-day party last night

2009-09-12T16:58:00.007+02:00

Yeah, I was invited to a B-day party for my girl friend Leonarda last night. It was a lovely night and it was very nice to see her again. We're just too busy to find the time to hang out most of the time during normal work days but I wouldn't miss her B-day party. Good thing I made it.

Party was held at this joint called Club 8. Apparently a place for the rich, young and famous.
I am neither of those three things, haha. Never even knew there was a club located there. It was a nice club I think. Nicely decorated and not too big and not too small.

Her sister Jackie was filling me in on the info about the club. I don't go out much but Jackie has the inside scoop on all the hot spots in town.

Thanx for throwing the excellent party! I hope you had a good B-day girl! She was styling on everybody!

Sister, sister!

Jackie always flips the bird at my cam.

A good party needs lots of dancing and that's what happened.
That's all the photos you are gonna get from the evening.

We were definitely WILD FOR THE NIGHT!!!

Do you like graffiti art?

2009-09-03T09:33:00.003+02:00

If so then let's take a walk during the night with Maestro once again and see what's up.

Maestro Knows Season 2 - episode 6
Bombing with Seventh Letter!!!