When I’m not able to ride my bike in certain mountains and on certain trails I come back and run the trail. It allows me to explore places that I couldn’t see on my mountain bike. I got a pair of New Balance MT-800’s and I was sort of stunned to see that the shoe was made in the USA. I try to buy products that are manufactured in the USA as much as possible (it’s not a pride thing, it’s a environmental and economic thing). I was pleasantly surprised cause I just assumed all shoes/sneakers were made overseas. I did a little more digging on New Balance and found a video that talks about this as well.

Besides the Made in the USA tag the shoes perform amazing but this isn’t the place to talk about that. Overall, good design.

(edit: I know some of the materials come from overseas)

Retro-Futurismus highlights science fiction and technology illustrators in Germany from around the 70s. Click the names and check the great works.

I’ve been listening to the new book of essays from David Sedaris (who is also on a book tour) and it’s super funny. When Amy and I drove from Brooklyn to Los Angeles we listened to a bunch of his audio books and we still quote it from time to time. The audio books are a good way to pass the time while battling the wonderful choked out Cali freeways.

As you know Josh Keyes is a favorite of mine and he has some new work. Damn, this dude is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz_coobd8GE

Kaws and I once had a long conversation about wizards in Japan and Kobe beef.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDVGPUhlAk

Emile Norman

“Emile Norman: By His Own Design is a portrait of the self-taught California artist, Emile Norman, who at age 90 is still working with the same passion for life, art, nature and freedom that inspired him through seven decades of a changing art scene and turbulent times for a gay man in America.”

Thanks Joj

I get cozy with GM in the latest AFQ

By the way did you notice Geoff put up a new site? Here’s what he said about it: “…for the first time I have a site that catalogs some of my studio champion graphics’ work and also my artwork” .

Rad

“What is happening now is not demand destruction, it is a financial disaster. The U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of per day. At $135 per barrel, the U.S. spends $1.0 trillion per year on oil, which is equal to 15% of the $6.8 trillion in take-home pay of everyone who pays taxes. If oil prices rose to $200 per barrel, the U.S. would spend $1.5 trillion per year on oil, which would be equal to 22% of take-home pay.
Moreover, those percentages of 15% and 22% do not even include the cost of coal or natural gas. In other words, the U.S. will be broke long before oil prices hit $200 per barrel, and the rest of the world would be sure to follow.” Peak Oil

Marco Cibola updates

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Benny Gold updates

Some times I work on projects I actually can stand behind other times I work on projects so I can pay the bills. This project that comes out next Spring is some thing I can stand behind. What is it you ask? Let’s just say..”one for one”