Gary Aspden is the curator of the adidas Originals x SPEZIAL collection, an archive of some of the brand's premium looks. Aspden is also, as you might imagine, a sneakerhead of the highest order. While working on the collection, he was tipped about a store in Buenos Aires with a huge selection of vintage three-stripe gear. As any sane obsessive might, he gathered three friends and a film crew and flew across an ocean to have a look.
The resulting mini-documentary, Sole Searching in South America, is equal parts hymn to the brand, archeological dig, and homage to one man's lifelong passion.
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someone remind me on saturday to watch that usa rugby game . . . or else.
I plan to watch this when I get home. I'm a big adidas fan when it comes to the kicks I wear pimpin around.
me, too. adidas is my sneaker of choice when i need to kick mad style. or something.
Yeah, man. Those are the boss treads for my scurries and my scamp'rin'. And those laces suck . . . knot!!
Clarence strikes me as more of a Pony guy.
Full disclosure: I had a pair of Pony City Wings which were preposterously bad imitations of Jordan 1s.
your city
my city
shoe city
I love that Dave uses this site as a personal assistant.
"Or else" what?
It's cool, and a bit weird at the same time.
It does harken me back to my Foot Locker days. One pair of Samba's were the only pair of Adidas I owned. Always had nice new fly kicks though - Mark & Z would have been envious with the 45% discount. K-SWISS', Diadora (that's right), Asics Gels, Reebok (no pumps please) all sorts of Nike's (Air exclusively) including the very first pair of Bo's in Freddy County VA and possibly all of VA. Fuck yeah. A good collection, though it didn't touch neighbor, one of my bff's,, and coworker who in high school had amassed 60 pairs. I think he still owns the lot of them.
I had a pair of Diadoras as recently as 2011, I played tennis in them. Ridiculously heavy shoes but nearly indestructible. I've since switched back to Nike tennis shoes like a reasonable person. I had a pair of K-Swiss Si-18s in high school and they were great tennis shoes. Asics Gel-Lyte IIIs are my shit, I have a purple and orange pair at home.
awww yeah z
I vividly remember telling my dad, circa '86/'87 when Nike Air came out to buy all the stock that he could. He didn't. Jerk.
TR-just now seeing and acknowledging the baby Halloween costume from yesterday's post. They've probably sold a few of those in CO. Not sure the wife would approve but it sure is funny.
BTW, Nike stock on 1/1/87 was $.40.
It's $93.00 Today. EFF, I could have bought 1000 or so shares! AHHH! I wish I hadn't looked that up.
A $2,500 purchase would be worth $232,500 today. Thanks Rob! Jerk.
When I was in Australia in 2005, I was surprised--nay, shocked at the popularity of Pony. It wasn't the most popular shoe but that there were people wearing Pony and subway ads for Pony was enough.
Then, I go to Dubai in 2011 and there's a stand-alone Pony store in one of their massive Western-style malls. And a stand alone Lee jeans store.
The point to all this? Nobody knows.
Run-DMC always liked Lee Jeans for some reason.
But I never understood this:
First, I get it:
Calvin Klein, no friend of mine
Don't want nobody's name on my behind
But then DJ Run says:
Lee on my legs, sneakers on my feet, D by my side and Jay with the beat.
So he wears Lee, which I presume is someone's name on his behind. What gives, Run? Huh??
Doesn't have to make sense. He's the cool chief rocker.
Tonight's CFB game brings back memories of the last trip to Louisville for FSU. It was a Thursday night as well and my final year in Gainesville.
My roommates and I started out the night hanging out at the house with no plans on going out. We ended cheering on Louisville and drinking throughout the game, eventually ending up at the bars post game to celebrate the Seminole loss. We weren't the only ones who decided to celebrate that loss. The bars were packed and we ended up at a huge house party after last call until about 4 am. One of those random spur of the moment party nights that make college great.
Anybody got any suggestions for Little Rock? I gotta go there on Monday. NOT happy about it.
Anybody got any suggestions for Little Rock? I gotta go there on Monday. NOT happy about it.
If you are into cigars head on over to the Clinton library.
Look up Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones. Maybe wrangle a trio.
I've seen the HBO documentary "Bangin in Little Rock" numerous times but I don't think that's relevant to your question.
fucking seminoles are going to win this, aren't they?
Friend of the Blog Derek and I have seen that ridiculous documentary a million times and quote it. So much sadness/unintentional comedy. There is the poor white social worker trying to tell the gang kids to "drop the gats," the white kids saying they need more guns as they pretend to be real gangsters, and the real gangsters being pathetic and terrible.
Knicks are doing everything in their power to blow this game.
Is that the one with the spur posse? Or the one where you can get beat in or sexed into the gang?
It's the one where the white girl gets beaten in b/c a female can't be a real G if she gets sexed in.
Louisville's helmets are matte black camo? Because that's what cardinals look like?
Great job, Louisville D.
Great hands, Louisville TE.
Followed up by atrocious play calling.
At least this win won't actually count once FSU is forced to vacate the games Winston played in.
Ben Watson is still in the NFL? Isn't he old as hell?
hey gheorghies!
in high school, i had an excellent pair of BKs.
Allo Gheorghies from the windy city!
T minus 21 hours before I begin a "single parenting" session of about 60 hours with the trio.
Yahoo NBA fantasy league - right now we have 6 confirmed teams? We can't muster a few more squadrons? I believe everyone in the GTB fam (who would care about the NBA) has been sent an invite, but if I missed anyone, tell me.
Ill get on it this later this morning.
I've said it before but it bears repeating. 2014 FSU is 2009 Florida (right down to the arrests).
They'll win every regular season game but they won't win impressively. Then they'll lose the first time they face a truly formidable opponent (CFB semis for FSU, SECG for Florida).
I was not invited to join G:TB:NBAFL.
I'm in Bradenton, FL - [semi]locals - what the hell should I do while I'm here?
Hit the beach....
check ur zgmail - sent just now
Mayhugh- go to the IMG Sports Academy (formerly the Nick Bollietieri academy) or go to Bradenton Southeast High School and see if they've erected a Tommie Frazier or Peter Warrick statue yet.
That's all I've got.
teej, count me in, but i won't be able to get to it until this evening.
Happy Halloween Gheorghies! Where are the scary Teej pictures?
Where are the not scary Teej pictures???
Kudos to the lazy parents who opt to have their college age baby sitters take their kids trick or treating. It enhances my experience.
Kudos also to the guy up the street giving out cider and Makers to dads.
Have had a margarita and jello shots thus far. But makers and cider....nice.
giving myself beers and pizza for halloween. treat.
Whiskey over here. Pizza and garlic knots are en route.
oldest daughter now old enough to go out wilding on her own. wife out with the youngest. me, alone, feeling sorry for myself.
with beer, though.
martini after several beers. good idea, or greatest idea?
Just got home from trick or treating with the youngest. Numerous houses passing out beer to parents. Oldest was running wild with her friends in the same neighborhood. My youngest isn't scared of shit. She's a G.
Whiskeyween starts now.
Happy Halloween Gheorghies. And greetings from gate B of the Asheville NC airport, where my flight was grounded. There's a good chance I'll be sleeping on te floor of the Charlotte airport tonight. So I'll be dressed as cranky PR exec for the night
That's a dagger, Shlara.
By the way, when did they start making candy bars in smaller than fun size sizes? What the fuck? People who give out these amuse bouche candy bars are monsters.
My wife was Joakim Noah for Halloween.
did not see 'amuse bouche' coming. erudite motherfuckers in this community.
and shlara, godspeed.
matthew delladova didn't score a point in 30 minutes tonight, but the cavs were +15 with him on the court. lebron james scored 36, but the cavs were -3 in his 42 minutes. i don't really know what to make of that.
dellavedova, whatever.
Travel update--I made it from Arkansas to Charlotte with the quick diverted stop in Ashville. Arrived at my Charlotte gate 4 mins after the flight to DCA took off. Am heading to a lovely airport hotel and then taking. 9:45am flight Sat to BWI and then cabbing to DCA.
Oh, and now I'm tired and grumpy
hotel sleep > airport gate sleep
Whole neighborhood lost power. Kids awoke at 3:30 and freaked the fuck out in the pitch black. Yeah for me.
Only good news is I have a generator that's 99% full from the last outage.
Asheville a nice place to get stuck had you truly been stuck. Wife is flying there as we speak, or write. You guys could have bonded.
Just hangin out watching some Wild Kratts. About 58.5 hours left.
Danimal--sorry I missed her--it would have been fun to hang out at the airport bar! Everyone in the Charlotte airport and my lovely Mariott courtyard hotel this morning was SUPER salty. Not me. I've become quite zen. Decided it would be easier to take amtrak from BWI to DCA once I land. And am mad b/c this trip I did not bring a hat and really need one this morning
I feel your pin, Danimal. I'm 2 hours into a 36-hr solo parent run. I see a dinner at Charlie Brown's and some football in my children's future.
And power came back on at 5:30 AM. No generator fun.
local high school band competes in the state tournament(?) today. band director decided that practicing at 6 am would be a good idea. ever wake up pre-dawn to the sound of a marching band while hung over? my wife, who's a very mild-mannered sort, was irritated to the point where she sent an email to the principal. adults are stupid.
Ok, the guy next to me on this plane wins the shitty weekend award. Got stuck & stayed in the airport last night. Is going to miss his daughters wedding in Baltimore this morning b/c he couldn't get out any earlier. His best friend is going to give her away....breaks my heart.
i was awoken by a marching band, shlara. maybe tell him that story so he doesn't feel so bad.
zsister says I'm the coldest person she ever met but that story makes me feel bad for that dad and his daughter.
I also feel bad because I was blatantly over served last night at the local bar and somehow wound up at FOGTB Nick's brother's driveway party.
Are you kidding me? If . . . WHEN I'm late for my daughter's wedding, that shit will be on hold until I arrive. Just go sit at the bar until I get there, dammit.
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