Crazy new and UNCONSTITUTIONAL laws being enacted around the country are nothing new. In the age of using fear to control, any law can get passed by convincing the sheep of the world that it some how threatens their perfect rainbow and unicorn filled safety. The newest trend of absurd laws being enacted in the US is to make it a crime to wear “saggy trousers”. Following in the footsteps of a few redneck towns, Flint, MI has also enacted such a law. You know because anyone wearing their jeans below their belly button must be drug smoking, gone toting criminals (it certainly has nothing to do with creating a “reason” to search otherwise innocent civilians)! To help you understand the law, that could result in up to A YEAR in jail or $500.00 fine, the Detroit Free Press created the sweet illustration above. They also provided a special concealed message for MI residents: “Flint residents now have to watch their butts because Police Chief David Dicks is on the lookout.”
It is just a matter of time before everyone is forced to dress like this guy.
Steve Jobs, aka the David Koresh of the gadget world is being good to us non-prophetical types. This Friday at 8:00 a.m. the iPhone 3G will be hitting shelves in both Apple stores and AT&T stores. For half the price and twice the speed of its predecessor, the 3G is sure to fly off the shelves. I think I even seen a few followers of Apple setting tents up in front of the Apple store already, so you might want to hurry if you must have one on the first day. Just don’t drink any punch while you’re there!
Like the “I’m too cool to like what is cool” nerds who try to tell you there are 357 genres of indie rock, there is now a handbook to help you understand the many subtle varieties of douchebaggery. The aptly titled “Hot Chicks with Douchebags” is clearly written from the perspective of a wannabe fake tanned Jersey boy who can’t get with any of the chicks on the shore. I know this because the book fails to point out that the women surrounding the douches are them too douches. This will make the perfect book for the dude-douche who can’t seem to land that perfect douche-ette. God help us all!
Check out some great excerpts of the book available on Radar or buy your copy on Amazon.
Damn just writing this gave me that not so fresh feeling. Good thing there is Massengill!
ALIFE will be releasing a memorial tee shirt, in homage to Carlucci Bencivenga, aka ELF MPC. The larger then life Carlucci passed away last year. Coming out of the Bronx and rolling with MPC, ELF spanned many genres of art and entertainment over his short life, inspiring so many. Show your love for ELF (whether you knew him or not), graffiti, art, NYC, street culture or whatever makes buying this shirt feel right to you. Remember this is ALIFE, they aren’t trying to make a buck on the memory of a deceased friend, all the proceeds from the sale of the shirt will go to benefit the Bencivenga family.
Get yours at the usual locations: NYC, LA, Vancouver and Tokyo (3-15-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP 150-0001 - TEL: (03) 5775 0200)
ALIFE collaborated with graffiti legend MED of TUFF CITY to produce a limited-edition T-Shirt. The shirt features the original ALIFE logo with the bubbles replaced by MED’s iconic stars.
MED “All City All Stars” T-Shirt available exclusively this Saturday, June 21st, at the ALIFE Flagship shops in NYC, LA, Vancouver, Tokyo (sorry, no map available) and TUFF CITY.
For a minute I thought that Kill Shop Kill was some interesting social commentary being posted all over BillyBurg. Most people don’t do anything with their free time except spend money on a bunch of pointless garbage, in essence “killing” their own souls. I was thinking something in the Decapitator style fighting retail USA. WOW this was so clever, up until I googled KSK and found out they are just some more hipster wear pushers, shelling out tee shirts with a really bad site. That’s all cool, everyone needs to make a buck, but at least do it well. KSK you need ASD.
