Leaders of the Boston-area sneaker elite, Concepts, teamed up with Nike Sportswear and DJ Clark Kent, to serve a more than generous offering for the sole that is guaranteed to give sneaker heads something to be thankful for well after the holidays have ended.

The Black Friday Nike Air Force 1, personally designed by sneaker enthusiast DJ Clark Kent (not to be confused with a “collector”), has redefined and reintroduced the term “classic” in relation to this popular Nike style. The shoe is, as Clark Kent described at today’s Concepts drop, “a fly luxury shoe without the luxury price tag”. The sneaker’s details include black pony hair, lenticular material, black patent leather, and a rainbow candy sparkle sole. We’re willing to bet that Clark’s impressive 1,800 pairs of Air Force 1′s, which are part of his massive 2,200+ sneaker arsenal didn’t hurt the chances of his design making it into production.

The Black Friday Air Force 1 dropped today, November 28, 2008 at 3 retail locations (see below) in celebration of the most anticipated shopping day of the year, Black Friday. Jetcomx was present at the Concepts drop to catch it all first hand.

Clark Kent first stopped at 21 Mercer (NYC) before making his way to Boston to sign sneakers and discuss how much better he feels that the New York Giants are than the New England Patriots. A crowd of about 150 people stood outside of Concepts, some of whom had traveled from as far as California’s Bay area to purchase the shoe. The first person in line, who’d been waiting since yesterday, broken foot, wheel chair and all, was handed back his money and given his pair of Black Friday Air Force 1′s free of charge as a gift from Clark Kent and Concepts, for being so dedicated.

In addition to the new Air Force 1′s, the world renowned DJ and Producer has also put together a little something extra for those of who truly appreciate the classics; a 51 track mixtape, titled The Black Friday Massacre, featuring everything from A Tribe Called Quest, to The Delphonics. When asked about the thought process behind selecting the tracks for The Black Friday Massacre, Kent said,

“Black Friday is a feel good day. I wanted the tone of the CD to reflect that feel good vibe, so I picked songs that [when heard] can take you back to a time when hip-hop felt good. I couldn’t have created that vibe by using music that came out recently because the music that’s out right now isn’t timeless and has no identity. When you hear this mixtape, these songs that you can identify with, they’ll take you back and if you can’t identify with the songs, each will teach you something about what timeless hip-hop is.”

Listen to a sample:

In addition to the release on November 28th, the Black Friday Nike Air Force 1 will also be made available at retailers across the US on December 20th, 2008.

(Thank You to Tarek, Deon, Frank the Butcher and Jimmy of Concepts*)

Here is the shoe release schedule for Black Friday:

Nike Sportswear at 21 Mercer (4:00 AM)
21 Mercer Street
New York, NY
212-226-5433

Concepts (10:00 AM)
37 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA

Shoe Gallery (8:00 PM)
244 NE 1st Ave
Miami, FL

The Black Friday Air Force 1 with Rainbow Trim

The Black Friday Air Force 1

DJ Clark Kent at Concepts on Black Friday

DJ Clark Kent Signs Shoe Boxes

DJ Clark Kent Chats with Fellow Enthusiasts at Concepts

DJ Clark Kent Shakes the Hand of the First Person in Line

DJ Clark Kent Autographed Shoebox

The Crowd Outside of Concepts in Boston on Black Friday

The Crowd Outside of Concepts in Boston on Black Friday

Bonafide Icon NYC Exploited Tee

Alright guys, so here’s the deal…here at Jetcomx we have a bunch of nifty merchandise sitting around. We figured that we might as well give it away, so we’ve decided to hold our first ever contest. The person who designs the best banner for Jetcomx will receive a brand new Bonafide Icon NYC Exploited Tee, which normally costs $25. Shipping is on us, of course.

Here are the rules:

The banner must be 930px × 138px

The banner must contain the word ‘jetcomx’

That’s it! Bust out your copy of Photoshop and start designing! Submit your creations to submissions@jetcomx.com. You may submit as many designs as you like. Make sure to include your name along with your submission. All submissions will be posted at the end of this post. Be sure to check back to see other’s designs. The winner will be notified by us. Leave a comment or contact us if you have any questions.

Submission #1 by Kevin V

Submission #2 by Jon R.

Submission #3 by El Uvee

Submission #4 by ybbot

Submission #5 by David C.

Submission #6 by Ray K

Submission #7 by Billi Kid

Submission #8 by Giancarlo

Submission #9 by Bart Thompson

Back in June a new hit single was released in which three hot artists converged in part because of the centennial of Converse. Under the Converse adcampaign Three Artists, One Song, Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. and The Neptunes, Santi White aka Santogold, and The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas came together to create the song My Drive Thru. The track features elements specific to all three of these artists and is one of the best songs so far this summer. It’s even available for free download from Converse’s site.

The video for My Drive Thru has just been released and I just have one word for it – WOW. It features Pharrell, Santogold, and Julian Casablancas reduced to cardboard-like cutouts in black and white. Throughout the entire video, they are “flipped” like you would thumb the pages of a flip-book. And of course, they are all rocking their Chuck Taylors. Happy 100th anniversary Converse.

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Our prayers have been answered. Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is back and better than ever. On June 19th 2008, his new album entitled Feed the Animals was put up for download. This is the fourth album by the mashup king who is signed to Illegal Art. The delivery system is the same pay-what-you-want style that Radiohead pioneered with the release of their In Rainbows album. According to the download website,

any price grants the download of the entire album as high-quality 320kbps mp3s
$5 or more adds the options of FLAC files, plus a one-file seamless mix of the album
$10 or more includes all of the above + a packaged CD (when it becomes available)

The physical copy of the album is due to be released on September 23, 2008. You can download the album for free HERE.

This is a piece that I really like.

It says “go to work, send your kids to school
follow fashion, act normal
walk on the pavements, watch T.V.
save for your old age, obey the law
Repeat after me: I am free”

This picture was taken from Philip Street in Bedminster, Bristol, UK. It is reminiscent of Radiohead’s “Fitter Happier” from the album OK Computer in the sense that they both talk about the growing materialism that is oh-so prevalent in today’s society. It is saying that we have sadly become a slave to everything that we own or that we are a part of. We think we are ‘free’ – but are we really?