Delphi collection by Element

Nestled into a comfy bungalow in an undisclosed San Francisco neighborhood lives a talented young man by the name of Matt Irving. Matt runs an artist collective called Delphi and handles the art direction for the Adidas Skateboarding stuff that you've been seeing lately. He used to be the art director of Stereo Skateboards and he spent years working for Element. No longer with them, this collection is kinda like a goodbye wave between Matt and them, and a great addition to their growing list of artist collaborations.

ELEMENTALITY VOL.2
DELPHI ART SHOW

LIVESTOCK MONTHLY PICK:
Air Max 1 Premium by Nike

Every month from now on we'll be bringing you our favorite thing - a pair of shoes, a jacket, a t-shirt, whatever - that's for sale at Canada's finest sneaker store, Livestock. Kinda like those game shows in the 80's where the contestants were given a shopping cart at a department store and 20 seconds on the clock to pile as much shit into their cart as they possibly could, only we take a month to choose one thing and they don't sell dishware or Betamax machines or Atari 2600's at this store. So it's kinda not at all like the shopping cart thing. Anyway, here's what we're feeling this month.

Visit the Livestock site to see what else they've got.

Geoff Mcfetridge stuff by 2K

Engaging in simplified, imaginative, thoughtful, more-than-effective graphic design which he descibes as "logified", Geoff Mcfetridge is on our top 5 designers... no... top 5 artists list. Pictured left are a couple of our favorite t-shirts, his Creature Off My Back collection of plastic figurines and a fancy cashmere sweater, all produced by 2K.

WESTERN STATE #3 - GEOFF MCFETRIDGE
PRODUCED BY SLOWTRON FOR COUDAL

ANIMATED VIDEO FOR THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE'S GOLDEN CAGE

Ashbury by Etnies Seed Project

You've noticed the tidal wave of environmentally friendly programs that almost every single company has embedded into their agendas lately, right? From shoe companies to, well, every kind of company, it's a positive global trend that we really, really, really hope sticks around and becomes incorporated into the core of all corps. We're no tree hugging environmentalists over here but we like the idea of civilization and humanity as we know it becoming sustainable so it, and we, will still be around in a few decades. The companies who are presently eco friendly, carbon neutral or whatever you want to call it and who ultimately end up staying that way after the roar of the earth friendly tsunami can no longer be heard will get a big thumbs up and the ones who don't will get a poopy thumbs down. For now, Etnies gets a hip hip hooray thumbs up for their Seed Project, of which this shoe is a part of.

C Howard's Violets

Do you like candy? Do you like soap? Do you like candy that kinda tastes like soap but in a good way? You're gonna love these, dude.

Classic by Nike SB

About 20 times less wild and 5 times less fuzzy than the 3 Bears inspired Dunks that came out 6 months ago, these wooly, Oscar the Grouch-esque Classics might add up to a good addition to your collection of shoes that are made out of imaginary animal materials.

One-off cup by Yosoh

"I've got a brilliant idea! I'll design some cool graphics and apply them to t-shirts and sell them to cool kids!"...
... was not what Scott Rench was thinking when he decided to start a little company called Yosoh. First off, the dude owns a kiln. Second, he makes blocks of clay and ceramics that he applies his artwork to in some sort of fashion that only people with kilns know how to do. The cup you see to the left is a more accesible version of his larger works but is still one of a kind, and it only costs $12. Awesome.

Situationormal hiker by DC Shoe Co

I lost track of Situationormal a while back so I went to their web site to see what they're up to and it looks like the last time they updated was in the summer of 2004. I figure the only logical explanation can be that they got their hands on the first prototypes of their DC collaboration hiking boots way back when and they headed to the woods to see if they're as waterproof and durable as they say they are. It must have been so nice out there that they decided to stay.

John Cardiel Seditionist figurine by Freshjive and Medicom

Last month we showed you the classic Mike York Freshjive Seditionist doll, the gnarly realistic one with working ziptie handcuffs and little shotgun shells and all the bells and whistles. Not sure if this Cardiel Kubrick was released by Freshjive before or after the York one (they both came out some time in 2003) but even if it's not quite as tech as its brother from a different mother it's just as stoking largely due to the fine details, especially that little hockey mask helmet thing and come on, dude, it's Cards!

JOHN'S PART FROM TRANSWORLD'S
'SIGHT UNSEEN' VIDEO

574's by New Balance

A few years back I was in this shoe store in LA - one of those discount joints where none of the shoes have boxes and if you're lucky they might have at least close to your size in an okay pair - and I came across an amazing pair of black and grey New Balances for $15. I can't remember what model number they were but they were super comfy, like a cross between those ugly ones that they make for middle-aged people who run in the morning and the 574's that you see to the left here, and they really shouldn't have been there. And they really shouldn't have been $15 either. A couple of summers ago I brought them on a road trip and they went missing out of my hotel room in Seattle. So if you live in the Pacific Northwest, or you're visiting the Pacific Northwest, and you see a cleaning lady wearing dope New Balances please give me a call because I'm still pissed that they're gone.

Vega women's watches by Nixon

If you had three super thick ponytails you could use these colorful, stretchy-band watches as hair ties. You probably don't though... you probably don't even have one small pony tail. That's cool though. Whatever.

When they answer the phone at Size? in London do you think they say "Size?" as a question or... well... as an answer? This re-issued Air Max Light that was originally produced in the 80's was brought back specifically for them and it comes in three colorways right now so why don't you call them up and see what the answer is? Or the question.

Woven patch by S Britt

S Britt is an independent artist who creates imagery reminiscent of classic children's books. We think that his work is really good so we decided to to tell others about him. That's all.

Geoff Rowley jeans by Volcom

I was just thinking about how interesting it is that there's pro model denim. Like is there any sport aside from skateboarding that has professionals endorsing a specific pair of jeans? Who started that? Hm. Anyway...

You know when you get a new pair of black jeans and two months later you realize that you've been wearing them every single day and that they fucking reek because they're black and you just kinda forget to wash them because you don't really notice that they're dirty? Those jeans that you wish you had more than one pair of? These are those jeans.

GEOFF'S PART FROM FLIP'S 'SORRY' VIDEO

Books by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Did you see that episode of Letterman a few months back when he had Kurt Vonnegut on as a guest and the dude talked about politics and he said some funny stuff but it all seemed really scripted, as if he had written his interview out and memorized it before he went on the show? If you didn't, the only way I can describe it is to get you to imagine that I was talking to you right now instead of you reading these words. It would sound really weird and it'd be trippy and, for the most part, really uncomfortable for the both of us.

Unlike his late night talk show appearances, the books of Kurt Vonnegut will forever be remembered as some of the very best in many a reader's collection. If you haven't read any of them you should go to the used bookstore and pick some up, if not to tickle your brain, simply so that you can put them on your bookshelf and impress people when they come over to your house. You can talk about how you wished you would have met him and you can lie about how you read all of his books in college and about how you're bummed that you'll never read anything new from him again and then when they ask you what your favorite thing that he wrote is you can just pretend you're too choked up about his recent death to talk about it.

Audio books by David Sedaris

Now that The Best Living Author Of Our Time has passed away (see above), it's time to crown a new champion of the literary world, and we're nominating David Sedaris. Now living in a small town in France, he got his start reading his short stories (that were largely based around growing up in a dysfunctional family and about being a weird gay dude in America) on National Public Radio and the only thing better than reading his books is listening to him read them to you like he does on these audio books released by Hatchette. Much like Vonnegut, he had an awkward appearance on Letterman but don't let that put you off. Have a read or a listen and then vote Sedaris for The New Best Living Author Of Our Time.

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Rocky I 3D movie poster by Macfarlane Toys

Did you know that Sylvester Stallone wrote all 5 of the original Rocky movies? Neither did I.

THE ORIGINAL ROCKY I THEATRICAL TRAILER