Fraggle Rock Tee's

I used to love Fraggle Rock. The little builder dudes were classic.

Still, I'm not sure a man of my age could carry these off.

Follow the link below to see the full collection.

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Dr Romanelli x Fraggle Rock x Cassette Playa T-Shirts

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Available now at Paris's colette

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via highsnobiety

Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2) Poster

I haven't forgotten about this... arriving Xmas 2010. Click for close up.

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Soundtrack by Daft Punk!!

Beck covers The Velvet Underground

'Sunday Morning' by The Velvet Underground & Nico, covered by Beck.

Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow mp3

Blasphemous or Genius?

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Sometimes it's a thin line. Personally, I think this falls into the latter category.

Utilising an obvious sample from Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car', this 1991 classic offers a different vibe to Ms Chapmans ode to a miserable life. One thing is certain though... NYC duo Greg Nice and Smooth B got it badly wrong with their choice of jackets for the cover art. Tassles and Leather? Noooooooooooooo!

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James Corden to cover New Order?

James Corden is rumoured to be recording a cover of the best football song ever, New Order's 'World In Motion'. This is sacrilege. Only the inclusion of John Barnes to recreate his 'rap' could appease me. But not fully.
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Plus, Corden's star has well and truly fallen of late. He's about as funny as cancer when he hasn't got Ruth Jones to write jokes for him.

Raekwon & Ghostface - Criminology Part II mp3

This will excite fans of classic, mid-90's, East Coast Hip Hop.

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Criminology Part 2 mp3

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This is pretty much a remake. The beat flips the original sample to an extent, but it is immediately recognisable. Plus, the structure of the song is exactly the same... it even features some Al Pacino/Scarface dialogue on the intro, as per the 95 version.

Far from original, concept-wise, but still 649% better than all mainstream Hip Hop in 2009.

Barack Obama - 'Run-DC' t-shirt

Black Klown Clothier are releasing their originally-limited run t-shirt featuring Barack dressed as DMC (Cazals and hat, of course) and the bearing the words 'Run DC' in the classic style of the legendary groups red lined logo.

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Click the image for a close up, and pick it up on the web HERE.

Spotted at hypebeast.

When They Reminisce - Blog

When They Reminisce is one of the best Hip Hop blogs on the net, if not the best. Dedicated to the best of the culture's golden era (mainly the 90's though) as well as the best new beats & rhymes, it acts as a one-stop shop to educate young 'uns who think Hip Hop is 50 Cent, Soulja Boy and T-Pain.

I've been inspired to write a post in praise of this website today (rather than just visit it, as I do daily) because the dude who runs it, Eric, just posted two CLASSIC albums to download in their entirity: Gang Starr's "Step In The Arena" and A Tribe Called Quest's "People's Instinctive Travels...". Everybody should have these albums, but if you don't, Eric is giving you megabytes of GENIUS for nothing.

Click on the banner above and go and visit. And then visit again and again.

Nom De Guerre X Red Wing

I know the original Red Wing boot is a workwear classic, but the usual reddy-brown colour always put me off. This collaborative effort with the military-inspired (and very 'now') Nom De Guerre team, I can live with.

Unfortunately, they would still look like big breezeblocks on my fat caveman feet though...

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If you are quick, you can pick these up at Oki-Ni now, for a princely sum somewhere in the region of 300 sovs.

Incoming: adidas zx9000

These are available at most good fashion and sneaker stores from early Feb 2008 (apologies for the Yankee-doodle-dandy-isms). Click HERE for a side-on profile.

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I had to post these for two reasons:

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(1) I like them. The colours are class for the spring (although not as good as this classic), and I'm sure they'll be comfortable.

(2) These take me straight back to 1989, when the little yellow adidas Torsion bar replaced the Nike Air bubble as the must-have feature on your running shoes (that you stood around youth club looking cool in). Well, for about 3 months it did.

THAT Lotus is up for sale...

Next week, Bonhams auction house will be selling James Bond's swimming Lotus from 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. This was the greatest thing I had ever seen in my life at the time (and remained so until I saw Eva Mendes, and then in turn, Steven Gerrard's 91st minute equaliser against West Ham in the FA Cup final of 2006 replaced her).

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From Bonhams website: "The white 1976 Lotus Esprit from the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, will be sold by the international auctioneers on 1 December at its annual motoring Sale at Olympia, in West London. The car is expected to fetch £100,000-120,000."

Pharoahe Monch - Welcome To The Terrordome (Video)

Monch covers the classic Public Enemy record, updating some of the themes in the process. This has been around for a looooong time, but this video is brand new.

Powerful music...

Knight Rider 2008 - Promo Poster

Coming soon, by all accounts (Click image for close-up)

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I wonder if the car will have a super-gay voice, like this one did?

The Wackness - Trailer

The music takes me straight back to '94.

BBC Sport Olympic Idents - Monkey (Video)

There will be a whole host of these Monkey-themed idents shown throughout the BBC's Beijing Olympics coverage, produced by artist Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn.

It may not mean an awful lot to you if you are younger than 30 years old and can't remember the original version.

Madvillainy 2: The Box

So, Madlib has remixed some tracks and is putting it out as Madvillainy 2.

When you get news like this, it's impossible to be disappointed, even though when M2 was first mooted, we thought it was all new Madlib and DOOM tracks. Not to be.

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Then, Stones Throw hit us with the news that a special limited edition box-set will be available from 15th September (picture above) for the princely sum of $125, and containing a CD, a demo cassette, a t-shirt and a bunch of other shit that I covet like a lunatic.

You can pre-order until August 15th.

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For those who cannot wait until then (or can't afford to spend 70 quid on a CD), go to their webstore and download a digital version for $10. I just did.