NAME: Racism, Funny, Mistake or just What?

In a world with no more absolutes, but still a great deal of racial tension, no matter how liberal and diverse we all are two examples of 'Really, they did that?'
First we have Robert Downey Jr., a white actor who plays a white actor who has a surgical procedure to darken his skin so he looks like a black man. He's the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude. Or so he says in the Tropic Thunder TV commercials. Then we have the Spanish Olympic basketball team giving themselves slant eyes in a promotional picture for the 2008 Beijing Games. This is after an incident where Spanish sports fan chanted monkey taunts at black English soccer players.
On the one hand the Downey bit is... well it's honestly kind of funny. I'm sure it's offensive as hell to many, but at least Downey does not play a cartoon of a black man. Or no more of a cartoon than comic actors usually play when acting in funny movies. While the Spanish basketball picture is at best an outrageous example of lack of thought and consideration for the image of the country and team in the world's eyes. And at worst just the most racist slap in the face to not only the host country of China, but to Asia, world's largest and most populous continent.
Race is an issue everywhere. Perhaps not as overt as yesterday, but no less quiet than those times. It seems the only forum it's not being really spoken about is the U.S. presidential contest. And even there it's beginning to get a little more play.

NAME: The TUDORS

OK we're at it again...yep TV has taken a lil' bite out of our life ,but its good. Imagine Masterpiece Theater minus the awesome theme song and Alister Cooke, the host,but add boobies and more than a spot of A.P. European history and you've got the TUDORS. Showtime's original series about Henry VIII. I mean what can you say about a man who changes the religious affiliation of a nation aka says F-off to the POPE so he can divorce his wife for not producing a male heir, gets with a renaissance strumpet or like 5 renaissance strumpets, is into art music ,hunting and may have suffered from syphilis. I mean what can you say besides fair enough. It is good to be KING, and chant the Tu-dors the Tu-dors the Tu-dors in a silly voice like we did when we watched the entire 1st season in a day.

NAME: Brothers in Wallabes

Yeah so we know really random, but as our NAME : banner does read 'and stuff', and these are the kind of random thoughts that we have at times. What do Ghostface and Wes Anderson have in common? Well, besides both having large and avid cult followings, making some of the most esoteric and loved art of recent times, having mad + obvious love for 70's pop culture, for Ghost it's the soul music, for Wes it's the films of the time. As the title of the post make have tipped you off they are both Clark's Wallabee enthusiasts.

So as fellow enthusiasts of the smartest ,best shoe EVER MADE in this universe, and this being a great excuse to post pictures of the two and the shoe... that's exactly what we're doing.
Also hopefully this post will help advance the notion that these two should collaborate in some form or fashion, perhaps Wes could be a guest on a Ghostface track, about shopping for the rt pair of Wallabees or maybe Ghostface could cameo in an Anderson film in a scene about the sartorial eloquence of the Wallabee. Either way the two would not only advance their own musical and/or cinematic visions, repertoire, etc., but would be able to advance the cause for the Wallabee, and really who better than the two Wally Champs for that great and noble responsibility?

NAME: Guest of a Guest

Its not like we can just pay our bills with our good looks and charm, so now we're offering our unique perspective of the world to the blog guestofaguest.com
Basically a mish-mash of news and views(Manhattan styles). Most of the other folks at gofag come from environs other than BK and wanted to add a bit of the PLANET of BROOKLYN's flava if you will to their already savory pie. Check it out,mos def gets our seal of approval. Every Monday nite the crew has a party uptown, like way uptown in the 50's near the park... I know hopstop it

NAME: Spring Things part I

In a matter of days spring will be upon us,and as such it will be time to trade in the parkas and long john under ware for lighter,brighter shirts, jackets and flourishes. That being the case, and since at NAME: we love lists we put together this Spring Things list. Its not a buyers guide more just evidence of where our heads and hearts are at as we hit the vernal equinox.
COLOR- but not gaudy, splashes of bright for no reason, subtle, effective hints.
Does the trick every time, as in belts and pants,color straight up from the bottom.


FLOURISHES-spring time is the rt time for these type of things. There's just something about the new life and fresh starts all round that make you wanna wear flowers and or feathers. Accessories like beads and scarves do a really good approximation of flowers and feathers with their eternal hippie tinge ,but keep it uncostumey.



Lightspeed Champion- with his folk troubadour stance and the best version of the Brain Jones haircut any black man has ever had ever Dev Hynes makes lush sweet music about listening to CRUNK, envying the life of camels, and the existential questions of the value of it all.


Key tracks: Stay the Fuck Away From Me- big, honest, self loathing fuck off to a 'stupid bitch'
and Gypsy- Fleetwood Mac cover as equally, electrically liquid as the original.