Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon, Starry Wizards, And the Great Melodic Escape

I know I've been absent, and trying to pass the time and make things okay by posting stories I've been forced to write for school, by posting stupid youtube videos my boss sends my way. Playtime has been taken away from me and It is slightly aggravating. There no excuse for it, I'm sorry (although the Youtube video was incredibly hilarious).

So today, I give you a real post, and to get things off to a good start, an Actual update of things going on in the wide world of melanie. Bullet Style

• We ( a group of close, business minded friends and I) have started talks on getting something together so that a few of us don't have to dedicate our lives to making other peoples tons of money anymore.
  
• Written way too much in the two weeks I've been in school, slacked off on my reading, so far so good
• Had my interview with Dawn from Black Kids - look for that to be up on Don't Sleep Orlando soon. The feature will be published in the Orlando Weekly the week of September 14th (issue comes out wed, Sept 17) and should be available online (I think).
  
• I Made the absolute most delicious Pasta Carbonara from scratch for dinner last night. Yums.
  

By the way, if you ever get to the point where you miss me way soo much you can't stand it and start to cry in bed while crying out my name, don't fret. You can always keep up with the things that I'm enjoying, sites I'm perusing and Images I love suddenly on my Tumblr.

Now for the Fun stuff. OMG Shoes!

LA GEAR X PATTA X CLUB ZONDER



Yeah baby, LA Gear! Remember late in Elementary School when you rocked you LA gear with pride? You went home to watch cartoons and bugged your mom for an erector set or something. You were the Shit! Well now all you nostalgic fucks can get back a chunk of your childhood with the re-release of the line.

More images click:Here

LA Gear's New Website


NIKE AIR MAX 90 (FRUIT TINGLES)


What a great name. For a pair of kicks specifically geared towards ladies, This shoe reminds me of pixie stix and lemonaide.

Full Article: Here


PUMA BASKET II (2) x VAUGHN BODE

Puma has just released a variety of colorways in the Puma Basket model, which is actually a collaboration along with Vaughn Bode. The patterns used on these are basically consisted of four colors, including black, red, grey, and white. They also feature star patterns along th upper, and alothough minimal, along with the simple gloss effect help bring a lot to the shoes.

Kicks on Fire

I totally almost bought these these past weekend in Miami, which by the way, has a great assortment of amazing shoes at the most unexpected places. Vaughn Bode has always been a personal favorite of mine. At just shy of $75, the classic design of this baby is ultra-wearable, and will definitely showcase your amazing taste in art, fashion and shoes.


Now for some tunes for ya:

Mixylodian - River of Milk
Third Wave - Elanor Rigby (Beatles Cover)
Jackson 5, Tittsworth, aned Green - Easy Like ABC (Immuzikation Blend)(zshare)
Autokratz - Stay the Same (80 Kidz Remix)(320)

BONUS SONG:
Because I've made my love for this guy perfectly clear, here are two more gems for your collection.

Modeselektor - Godspeed
Modeselektor - The Dark Side Of The Sun
Can anyone confirm that its Dose One's little squeal on there. <3 him. I can't tell.

Surviving the Week, Getting through Friday

Work today is retarded. So I'm doing anything. I dont know if its because i feel lazy or because i just dont want to try for no reason, but I'm not even really in the mood to write.

So this is today's half-assed attempt at a decent post by someone who has definately not slept enough this week. Thank god for Bullet Points

• My little Selection piece for the weekly was published in this weeks edition. It for tonight's Get Mental at Sky 60. Read it Here
• Orlando's very own Pauly Crush got a mention in Rolling Stone Magazine today for a, ahem, Miley Cyris Remix
  

Miley Cyrus - See You Again (Pauly Crush Stutter To Think Remix)

• So You Think You Can Dance is over, and I am slightly saddened that neither Katee, nor Twitch won, since, in my opinion they both deserved it more than Joshua.
  
• If Satan ever loses his hair, there'll be hell toupee.
• I found a fun little website. Deceiver is fun because its bitchy. It's fun because it details the hypocritical actions of stupid rich people. It's fun because I said so.
• Found an amazing little article about how Pandas are evolutions big fat mistake.
• Found a cool comic about Flight Attendants
• Totaly Want these shoes
• Totally digging this song
  

Anyways I should probably get back to work or something. I know i have to make a quote for some guy in Dubai and this retard on the phone with me stutters so much i could punch him.

Threads: Aesop Rock x Adidas x Upper Playground

If I had to choose only three things in the world that i would be allowed to purchase for the rest of my life, they would be pizza, shoes and music. If i had to chose from a list of artists to pick my favorite, Aesop Rock would have a running lead.

You know, those artists that define your adolescence, or really represent an era in your life that defines who you are now? well, that's Aesop for me, whose music defined my teen years and decided many of my travel plans from 2000-2006.

Now, me and shoes, we have something special going on. I'm broke all the time, but the little bit of money i do have, If I'm not dishing it out for something to furnish my home, goes towards shoes (or pizza).

Put my two loves together. and the result is gray and "eerie", and truly really coveted by yours truly.



ONLY 500 PAIRS MADE. AND I NOW OWN ONE OF THEM!!!
Thank you kevin. You are amazing. <3
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From Upper Playground:
This Stan Smith shoe is the third release in the four-part adidaPublish Posts Originals sneaker series that also includes designs from fine artists Herbert Baglione, David Choe and Sam Flores.

Aesop Rock is an American hip-hop artist from New York that is known for his storytelling style of rap. He has collaborated with established entities such as Nike and painter Jeremy Fish on various projects, and he is excited to introduce his first sneaker design with Upper Playground.

Aesop Rock explains the design concept behind his Stan Smith sneaker: “The faded green and gold colors have a strange eerie-meets-regal vibe that I liked when designing the art for last year's None Shall Pass album. I wanted to continue that color scheme, and keep it pretty simple. I didn’t want anything too intrusive. Basically I just wanted something that I’d rock, and my mother might even wear them.”

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While youre there, check out the new sam flores design set to drop on thursday.

yumz.

Threads: Puma Puma Disc Blaze Treasure "The Goonies" Edition

Via highsnobiety: Legendary 17th century pirate, One-Eyed Willie couldn‘t have seen this one coming… PUMA got their hands on his buried treasure map. The actual map that was used by those kids from Astoria, Oregon in the 1985 film. Puma obtained exclusive rights to the artwork and constructed this LE release out of the map on our most iconic runner from the early 1980‘s, the Disc Blaze.It features the infamous Disc closure system, heavy weave pull tabs and exclusive Goonies film logos on heel, sockliner and midsole. The limited Puma sneaker comes in a customized burlap Goonies sack.

Overkill will be releasing the Puma Disc Blaze Treasure "The Goonies" Edition on the 6th of December 2008. DO NOT BUY ONE.

until i get mine.



Disc Blazes are awesome. Easy to tie, lightweight and just awesome. Kevin has the ones below and you can better see the disc tie system on them (not to mention the tetris pieces on the slip on sock part of the shoe). They're super easy to get on and off and super confortable.



God will proabably punish me one day for my love affair with shoes.

Detailed images of the entire pack after on highsnobiety.

BONUS SONG:
The Rapture - Who! Alright-Yeah (Goonies Remix)