Quality Clydes, Not Quantity Puma!

Back in 05 when Puma started dropping the vintage Clydes' line I was ahead of the curve with copping them to relieve my 70's and 80's and became known as the guy on the scene with mad flavors that you just couldn't find at the time. After a few years bboys started overdoing the "Pumas" just for the sake of having them in a bunch of colors. But what I had noticed was they weren't rocking "Clydes" they were wearing "Suedes" and calling them Clydes. After that I started seeing peoples Myspace pages with pics of all their "Clydes" (but were Suedes) and bragging about how many that they had. Here's a little history.... Back in the day Suedes were wack and still are! If you wore Suedes back in the day you got called wack and you weren't fly or official! Same rule applies now! Quality over quantity! And please retire the stupid colorways that some of you guys are wearing!



All flavors, even custom Skeme Richards Sesion31's, limited edition Horse Hairs, and limited edition leather with suede.

Perfect Saturday

As a kid a perfect Saturday would be a bowl of cereal, cartoons, afternoon kung fu flix and riding my bike. As an adult those same things still apply with the addition of record shopping and finding other rare collectibles. While driving home from a morning of digging for records I drove by a bike shop that caught my attention, they had an OG Schwinn Screamer bike in the window!!! I had to do a u-turn and find out the details. After looking over the bike and seeing it was all original I told dude to tune it up and I'll be back for it! It might cost me a nice penny but "Ramo I just gotta"! Ask any kid in the 70's and this was it!

Saturday Beat Mission

Been meaning to post about this topic for over a year now and never got around to it, but there's no better time then the present! One of my favorite spots to hit in Philly is the Milk Crate Cafe which is owned by my man Botany 500 (who used to own Cue Records). From time to time my phone rings and I see his name on the ID which means he's got something for me. What makes this spot unique is that its a record / coffee / breakfast / bagel spot, hence Milk Crate Cafe. So B5 calls me up and says I've got some 45 heat for you so of course I wake up in the morning and head down. Before the scavenger hunt begins he fixes me up a nice bacon egg and cheese bagel with a tea and then its on.












Besides the 45's that B5 had for me and the 12's and LP's that I found in the bins the comeup of the day definitely goes to the OG pressing of Can I Get A Soul Clap 12" by Grand Wizard Theodore & The Fantastic Romantic 5 that I pulled from the bins.



Perfect morning of diggin!

On the auction block

A few new pieces have recently hit the auction block.

A Walther pistol wielded by Sean Connery as James Bond in the photo shoot used for the main image in the poster and advertising campaign for 1963's From Russia With Love (above) is expected to fetch up to $32,000 at Christie's' Popular Culture: Film and Entertainment sale in London on Nov. 25. The iconic image of Connery holding the gun was later used in advertising and promotional material for every Bond film up until 1967's You Only Live Twice and remains a major pop culture paragon.



An impressive collection of Steve McQueen memorabilia including two classic Harley Davidson sidecars used in his famed 1963 flick The Great Escape (above) are being offered for sale Bonhams & Butterfields' Classic California Auction on November 13th at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The items come from the collection of McQueen's good friend, racer, stuntman and Triumph dealer Bud Ekins. The Harley sidecars date from 1936 and were used in the movie set during World War II, in which Ekins, acting as McQueen's stunt double, made the famous motorcycle jump over the wire fence.



A very rare and original Darth Vader costume, created for the epic Star Wars movie franchise, is going up on the auction block next month. The costume includes the iconic helmet, mask, and shoulder armor that helped make the character one of the most infamous and recognizable in movie history. It's thought to have been created for the second Star Wars film, "The Empire Strikes Back," in 1980 and is expected to sell for as much as $365,000. The current owner, a private American collector, obtained the costume back in 2003 and it will soon change hands again.

The costume will lead off Christie's pop culture auction in London on November 25th and represents the first complete costume to ever be offered at auction.

Essential 45's

I was recently asked by my homie Nex Millen to do I a mix for his Respect The Culture podcast which is an honor for me that he even asked. This is a nice mix of "Essential" 45's that should be in everyones crates. Give it a spin and enjoy!

Bullies & Brothels 2

If you were one of the people packed into the place enjoying the first Bullies & Brothels with guest DJ's Supreme La Rock and Cosmo Baker then don't break the cycle and miss this one! Bullies & Brothels 2 - Bad Guys & Bandits! Same Hot Peas and Butta formula but this time included within the rare visuals with be our tribute to the Spaghetti Western, Blaxploitation Western, and Western-Fu film genres!

Joining me for the evening will be DJ Monk One (Wax Poetics) spinning a cinematic selection of funky 45's.

Hot Peas and Butta throwback

Since I've released volume 3 to the "Sound of Film" series, a tribute to the spaghetti western genre I've decided to pull out a little something from my collection just for the occasion. This was a piece that I've had since I was a kid, it's a Tin Can Alley target set.