Archive for September, 2009

29
Sep

Mayer Hawthorne & The County

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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There is noth­ing quite as mov­ing as a love bal­lad, espe­cially if you are stand­ing about five feet away from the singer. Last night I had the won­der­ful oppor­tu­nity to wit­ness the musi­cal tal­ents of Mayer Hawthorne and the County.

… more after the jump!

29
Sep

Home(country)town Love!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Fashion

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Check this out, Cana­dian sneaker bou­tique Good­foot has released a very slick look­ing series of New Era caps for Fall 2009 fea­tur­ing their clas­sic G logo. The hat series comes in seven dif­fer­ent and unique colourways.

Shoutouts to

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28
Sep

Fever Ray “When I Grow Up” Music Video

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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I was recently told by my friend to check out this video by Fever Ray. So heed­ing his advice I youtubed it imme­di­ately on the street with my iPhone and was shocked by how dis­tress­ingly dis­turb­ing I found this video.

… more after the jump!

28
Sep

Nike x Cassette Playa Dunk Hi Premium — OFFICIAL RELEASE

By Mr. Banning Categories: Shoes

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via highsnobiety.com
Last week I posted about the Nike x Cas­sette Playa Dunk Hi Pre­mium kicks, soon to be released. Well, as often hap­pens, the offi­cial design release of these shoes has changed

… more after the jump!

27
Sep

“Treat Me Like Your Mother”

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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I was cruis­ing through one of my favourite record shops today (as is to be expected) with my buddy talk­ing about music, when we came across The Dead Weather record. My friend leaned over and asked if I had heard anything

… more after the jump!

25
Sep

Kid Cudi Numbers!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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Check it out! The final sales num­bers are in from Hits­Dai­ly­Dou­ble and Kid Cudi’s debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day has sold 104,419 copies in its first week. Not bad, for a dude who

… more after the jump!

25
Sep

FINALLY!!!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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Thank you to pitchfork.com for finally let­ting us poor schlubs know who is open­ing up for Jay Z on his upcom­ing North Amer­i­can tour. I was won­der­ing this for some­time now myself and this very topic has been dis­cussed extensively

… more after the jump!

24
Sep

Throw Up Some Dubs!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Culture, Music and Shoes

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via highsnobiety.com

“With so much drama in the L-B-C It’s kinda’ hard bein’ Snoop d-o-double-g.”
Well with these Big Nike High Long Beach Cal­i­for­nia trib­ute kicks, there will be “No More Drama” like Mary J. Blige, which is prob­a­bly not

… more after the jump!

24
Sep

Drake “Forever” featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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Here is the OFFICIAL video for Drake’s “For­ever” fea­tur­ing Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem from the Lebron James film More Than A Game: The Tour. Phenomenal!

23
Sep

Take My Breath Away…!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Movies and Music

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Check­out this phe­nom­e­nal promo for the new Lebron James DVD More Than A Game: The Tour, set in my favourite city in all the world, next to Toronto of course, Paris France . More­over and prob­a­bly of equal impor­tance is

… more after the jump!

22
Sep

Cassette Playa vs. Nike

By Mr. Banning Categories: Fashion and Shoes

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Beau­ti­ful! Check out these lovely hi top kicks designed by Lon­don based “art col­lec­tive” Cas­sette Playa in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Nike. These Nike Dunk Hi Pre­mi­ums come with the clas­sic, I use the term loosely here, Cas­sette Playa signature

… more after the jump!

22
Sep

Some Funny Ish!!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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My buddy linked me this today at work, and even though it is old and I have seen it before this is clas­sic and you should all watch it. Aries Spears tran­si­tions flaw­lessly while imper­son­at­ing LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, more after the jump!

20
Sep

Drake feat. Trey Songz — “Replacement Girl”

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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It seems like it is Drake and Trey Songz day. The rea­son if you are won­der­ing is that I was chat­ting with a buddy of mine ear­lier in the day and we got on to the topic of these two rising

… more after the jump!

20
Sep

Drake & Trey Songz — “Successful” Music Video

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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Here is the offi­cial Drake and Trey Songz video for “Suc­cess­ful”!
Filmed here at home in Toronto.
Great song, great video.

19
Sep

Hero Worship!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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Ear­lier this week I showed you the intro/outro to the Bea­t­les edi­tion of Rock Band, and since then I have been get­ting a ton of mes­sages talk­ing about just how awe­some they are. They are, aren’t they? Well keep up

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