The Constorium of Greater Minds

This year will mark the 174th occurrence of the famed German festival, Oktoberfest. Nike has paid homage to this festival with a special make up of the Air Max Ltd. 2. The upper is comprised of premium smooth leather similar to Lederhosen leather. Blue accents can be seen throughout the shoe. 3,000 pairs have been allocated between Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

pusan, south korea

so much for OPSEC

street market alley

squid on the street

more deliciousness on the street

put that sucker on a stick and call it dinner

south korean coke

hiking the concrete jungle

pusan the hard way

the pusan sky line

first day in pyongtaek went on a little mwr tour to the dmz…i don’t think those crazy bastards in texas would want to build a fence along their border if they saw this ish for themselves…wild style on the 38th parallel

a tour guide talks in the joint security area (JSA) – the only place in the dmz where north and south connect. north korea in the background

a couple of nk soldiers march by

south korean soldiers standing watch on north korea

south korean soldier in the modified judo stance. all sk watch standers in view of nk stand this way, wearing rayban aviators as a means of intimidation.

standing watch on the military demarcation line (dml)

the axe murder incident in august 1976 involved the attempted trimming of a poplar tree which resulted in the death of two american soldiers and operation paul bunyan. the poplar tree obstructed the view of north korea from one of the south korean observation towers. operation paul bunyan – the chopping down completely of the tree – involved air, sea and land support. before this time, the soldiers of both sides were permitted to go back and forth across the MDL inside of the JSA, a privilege since revoked as a result of this incident. This is the site of the poplar tree – now a memorial to the american soldiers killed in the axe murder incident. war is madness

the north korean’s kept an eye on us the entire time. there are probably photos of my face sitting in some manilla envelope on a north korean officer’s desk. this particular guy was watching with binoculars the entire time we were in this part of the JSA

another view in the JSA

south korean soldier on watch

looking out over communist north. from here you could see the massive flags each side flies (the north korean flag poll is the tallest in the world), freedom village nad propganda village – the only two residential areas residing in the MDL and “freedom bridge,” given its name following the signing of the armistice when north and south korean prisoners were allowed to return home.

liberty boat ride back to the good ship blue ridge following the DMZ tour

a few final shots of the land down under just surfaced

dinner on darling harbor

document the sea food extravaganza

the j.o. jungle breaking bread in darling harbor

luke, bud and kyle eating on circular quay

shot of the opera house from the ferry

another view

adam looking as suave as it gets with a plastic beer cup

cairns australia with a new friend

the australians play some strange games at the club…

adam, bud and yours truly out in cairns

i’m savage in the sack, baby

A couple of money shots from a few weekends ago when Sweetness rolled threw the District like a white knight on his trusty steed. Hijinks and tomfoolery ensue…..

Jumbo slice after a night out on the town.

Vilseck reunion.

Iron that shit. Iron it real good.

is schoolgirls down or is it just me? im feenin.

word life.

Maxin with the office peeps at a Nats game.

Word to economics without the triple beam.

Great mash up.

If you don’t listen to Mad Decent Radio then you needs ta get on that. It’s a self proclaimed NPR for the streets. They put me on. Also check out the latest podcast for some hyphy ish that kids are putting out in the bay area. they’re all in high school. much better than any of the current clowns that pass for hip hop.

Feature Presentation:

Khia over some crazy Aphex twins beat
Download:

Check out this Washington Post article about Blelvis; the black hobo “Elvisologist” that rambles the streets of Washington in a drunken haze looking for white hipster kids to regale with his corny Evlis-antics.

Hilarious stuff. I’ve never seen the guy myself, but clearly, if I ever do, I’ll know that he likes Blue Ribbon Pabst.

Blevis talks about his only vice… it has to do with Elvis and crack and it ain’t nothin nice.
Blevis even “shows off how he likes to cup women’s butts on the sly as he brushes past them” to the Post reporter.

Priceless.

japanese wendys > american wendys

dj mehdi at warehouse in azabu-juban

cool kids, justin and adam @ the mehdi show

warehouse

emmitt the photographer…where’s waldo?

azabu-juban

early morning/late night cab ride

tokyo tower

the empire state..?

riding the tube. adam and justin

bocce in yoyogi park. the new tokyo bocce ball club. we had japanese fans watching…no joke

the day turns into evening and there is less bocce ball and more chu-hi drinking with new friends adrianna and mannuel

and more chu-hi drinking

justin acting a fool

shotgunning chu-his – east meets west

skull it!

tokyo bocce ball crew

madness in the hotel

deck department in the house

you could say we’re ballin’ in our own right

and outside was tokyo

hotel bar on the 35th floor

tokyo, baby