dunk x wedding

to commemorate the beautiful wedding of my friends i had some buddies at nike help cook up these dunk hi's limited to 2 in the world (one for him, one for her).

royal purple, black, and white with contrast stitching with gum soles. the shoes alone are fresh but add lasering on the outside heel (pw in infinity on high font, as on ashlee's font, and the date of wedding) and these make for a very sentimental pair of dunks. (big big thanks to ashley "the tom" for doing the font layout for the laser). there's a cool inscription embroidered on the inside of each tongue but we'll keep those private.

congrats you two!

the unofficial free r. kelly muxtape!

click here for the muxtape

the most genius website i've seen in a while

things i did last night

love chicago, hate chicago politics

*UPDATE*
it looks like all the attention from the blogosphere and the phone calls to aldermen in the city really made a difference and as a result, the ordinance is being tabled. that doesn't mean it's dead but now the city will hear out people's opinions from the entertainment community before trying to sneak some bogus legislation through. whew!

so it looks like the city of chicago is at it again, this time trying to pass legislation THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 14 that would effectively shut down DIY shows in small clubs across the city.

please take a few minutes to educate yourself about this ordinance by clicking here.

also, if you are a chicago resident i urge you to contact your alderman and voice your opposition. if you're not quite sure who to call visit this website and it will point you in the right direction.

one of my favorite artists

here's a cool little video i found on hypebeast documenting the earlier works of KAWS. like a lot of the new breed of designers, he started out as a graffiti artist and has since become famous for designing toys, starting a clothing line called original fake, and collaborating on countless projects with the likes of bathing ape, nike, etc. etc. etc. i basically want to be this dude's friend.

it's springtime and you know what that means...

props to the BBC for calling attention to the one of the biggest upsides of the sunny springtime weather we've been enjoying in NYC.

but seriously, do they have any copy editors over there? surely there's at least one dude hired to add the letter "u" everytime the word "favorite" or "flavor" pops up in a story who can make sure they find a better word to describe this species of bird other than "tits"

my weekend in our nation's capitol

through a random set of circumstances your very own korean tom cruise was invited to lay down dj skills at a post-white-house-correspondent's-dinner party at the newly opened smithsonian newseum (nee smithsonian news museum as some of my DC friends pointed out). they gave dude a train ticket and a much-too-large-but-i'm-not-complaining corner suite at the intercontinental willard hotel. life is good sometimes.

i don't know a whole lot about the DC social scene but apparently the white house correspondent's dinner is a huge deal and takes place, logically enough, at the white house. people wear tuxes and eat a fancy meal and the president gets up and reminds the crowd that hey, crusty old white politicians can be funny too sometimes.

then everyone leaves with their wine-from-dinner buzz in full effect for the after parties, which is where the fun really happens. i was invited, along with a certain mr. pete wentz to dj the event. easier said then done when the crowd looks like this:

these people are NOT getting down to the new TI track so i had to keep it very white and 80's. big highlights included new kids on the block, madonna, and inxs. also, white people, like the guy below, love the song "she drives me crazy" by fine young cannibals.

i've been known to knock back a few adult beverages to get loose while i'm spinning but saturday night definitely called for a little extra imbibing since it was a little more difficult to get the crowd moving. i do like me some veuve.

pete came up and did his thing. we are bad photographers but the yellow tshirt is genius (honorable mention for the cardigan).

towards the end of the night, a nice drunk man handed us the following request:

can't argue with that one.

other things that went down that are not pictured include:
*pete wentz stage dive
*perez hilton actually looking classy
*met the newly crowned miss usa very briefly. she seemed like a sweet girl.
*rosario dawson and craig ferguson in da house
*lots of white people getting drunk

big props to the fine folks at capitol file magazine for taking care of me and inviting me to dj the shindig. hopefully we'll do it again next year...