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Bonafide Icon NYC Busts onto the Scene with their Controversial T-shirts
By Andrew Boni — August 27, 2008 — 1 Comment
Bonafide Icon NYC Busts onto the Scene with their Controversial T-shirts

These days, it seems like everyone loves (or loves to hate) clothing that sends a controversial message. The controversy generates buzz for the clothing company, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. French Connection UK anyone? A quick google search for “french connection uk controversy” yields almost 2 million results. When we here at Jetcomx stumbled [...]

Mixtape Mondays: The Hood Internet vs Chicago
By Andrew Boni — August 25, 2008 — 1 Comment
Mixtape Mondays: The Hood Internet vs Chicago

One way to describe The Hood Internet could be “Girl Talk on Ritalin”. If you are like me, you tend to get sick of listening to mash-ups that suffer from ADD. After listening to one of these mash-up albums long enough (Feed the Animals anyone?), your head feels likes its going to explode à la Scanners. [...]

Super Cr3w Wins America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2
By Amanda Tjan — August 23, 2008 — No Comments Yet
Super Cr3w Wins America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2

Congratulations SUPER CR3W!!!! On Thursday August 21, Super Cr3w took the gold at the season finale of the second season of America’s Best Dance Crew. Yet again, the west coast won the whole thing. I guess California (many of Super Cr3w’s members are from southern CA) is a breeding ground for amazing crews. What really [...]

Paul Mawhinney and the World’s Largest Record Collection Video
By Andrew Boni — August 19, 2008 — No Comments Yet
Paul Mawhinney and the World’s Largest Record Collection Video

Sixty-nine year old Paul Mawhinney is the owner of the largest record collection in the world. His collection spans every single genre of American music, from rock to jazz, country to R&B, blues to broadway – the list goes on. He even has a record that is over 127 years old. What’s more amazing is [...]

Mixtape Mondays: M.I.A. & Diplo – Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume I
By Andrew Boni — August 18, 2008 — 3 Comments
Mixtape Mondays: M.I.A. & Diplo – Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume I

Originally released in late 2004, Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. I can be considered old, in a way. But, with theresurgance of M.I.A.’s popularity after both the release of her album Kala, in 2007, and the featuring of her hit single in the movie Pineapple Express, it seems only natural to post this classic of a [...]

Nike Terminator High Supreme – Snake Skin / Silver / Navy Make a Statement
By Amanda Tjan — August 13, 2008 — 1 Comment
Nike Terminator High Supreme – Snake Skin / Silver / Navy Make a Statement

Whenever someone wants a fly pair of sneakers, the default shoes everyone tends to look for are Nike Dunks. Dunks will always be stylish, but why not switch things up a bit and go for a fly pair of Nike Terminators? Compared to Dunks, the shape of the Terminator High Supremes is narrower and more [...]

The Roots of Obey Clothing: Andre the Giant Has a Posse
By Amanda Tjan — August 11, 2008 — No Comments Yet
The Roots of Obey Clothing: Andre the Giant Has a Posse

Since I came home for the summer, I have been spending a lot of my shopping time in The Closet: California Couture. Everything they have in there is the epitome of street California fashion, which is definitely a style I have missed a lot since I moved out to Boston. All my time intensely searching [...]

Twenty Year Old Live Fugazi Waiting Room Video Surfaces
By Andrew Boni — August 11, 2008 — 1 Comment
Twenty Year Old Live Fugazi Waiting Room Video Surfaces

As I was making my usual rounds around the internet, I stumbled across this rare live footage of Fugazi performing their hit song Waiting Room. The video is cira 1988 from a gig in Washington, D.C. Fugazi, along with their frontman Ian MacKaye, helped to pioneer much of the styles of music that we take [...]

Mixtape Mondays: Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing
By Andrew Boni — August 11, 2008 — No Comments Yet
Mixtape Mondays: Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing

Kicking off our new Mixtape Mondays theme is hip-hop’s rising star Wale and his mixtape entitled The Mixtape About Nothing. Wale (pronouced as WAH-lay) is a Washington, D.C. based hip-hop genious who has been compared to such hip-hop greats as Lil’ Wayne and Lupe Fiasco. On The Mixtape About Nothing, Wale samples clips from the [...]

Graffiti Crew Tags an Entire Subway Train
By Andrew Boni — August 10, 2008 — No Comments Yet
Graffiti Crew Tags an Entire Subway Train

Tagging buildings is so last year. Pick up your game by tagging an entire subway train car. This adds a wholenew set of challenges – you have to complete the piece before the train rolls away, and you have to watch out for subway security and police, among other things. If this happened in the [...]