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Literally. Our editor is taking off into the wilderness for a week. We'll be back August 6th.

Arkitip sits down with Tommy G for a few minutes in the latest installment of their Arkitip Chronicles clips. Well worth the watch!

The Livestock Pick is intended to showcase what we think is the best shoe on the wall at Livestock in Vancouver, Canada at any given time. We pop in randomly every month or so, grab our favorite pair of sneakers, take a photo of them and post 'em here for you to enjoy.

This edition of the LP focuses on this womens' Air Stab which I grabbed in a size and a half larger so they fit onto my manfeet. They came out a couple months back and the theme is kinda really super not-at-all inclusive; it focuses on the astrological sign, Aries, and it even comes with a little chart and stuff. Now I'm a Virgo, and my Virgoliness gives me practical analytical abilities that are second to none. My razor-like thinking is highly effective in separating the useful wheat from the unneeded chafe, the good from the bad. So the verdict is that the astrological tie-in for this particular pair of shoes is ridiculous in that it leaves out the 91.6% of the poluation who aren't Aries, and every time I slip these onto my feet I am reminded of my un-Aries status... but the colorway is bangin' enough that I can overlook that singular downfall. Razor-like.

The secret of succesfully pulling off an 80's skate vibe? Hire a dude with some history. Jimbo Phillips teamed up with DC Shoes to design the insole artwork for Ryan Smith's new shoe, the Smith 2.0, pictured above with accompanying sweatshirt. Check out an interview with Jimbo here.

Colab eyewear.

You pretty much have to visit America's Greatest Heroes™, the Little Friends Of Printmaking online store and have a look around. They do the raddest screenprints. Here's what they have to say about themselves:

The Little Friends of Printmaking are a husband-and-wife team of silkscreen artists living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Emerging onto an already crowded poster art scene in early 2003, The Little Friends quickly established themselves as an indispensable new talent. They are best known for the interplay of layers in their prints, and a playful looseness that leads the viewer to consider the process by which the image was created. This notion is central to their work-- as commercial screenprinting becomes practically obsolete, the Little Friends do their part to demystify the process and re-affirm the qualities that make screenprints desirable and unique among works on paper.

Some more info about that Kelly D Williams Foundation board release thing.

The next (current? it's available for sale right now) issue of Arkitip is comes with a free 7" record from the one and only Tommy Guerrero who is, not coincidentally, this issue's cover artist.

You might have already seen this somewhere else but in case you haven't: SK8FACE is a documentary about the beginnings of and the evolution of skateboard graphics. Interviews with some super interesting and influential folks, we're gonna do some digging and let you know more about this flick as the release draws nearer.

One of the best living authors of our time, David Sedaris, reads from his newest book on Letterman.
SIDE NOTE: What's with the Jamba Juice on Dave's desk? Random product placement.

Beci Orpin (the Australian designer behind the Princess Tina and Tiny Mammoth brands), just released this nice little thing.

The latest issue of Arkitip is available in 3 different covers designed by Kevin Lyons, Michael Leon and Ben Drury. Each comes with a blank Beams T and an iron-on so you can DIY.

VIA PRESS RELEASE:
"You’re invited to a public gathering of the Foundation Skateboards team and artist Kelly D. Williams.
To celebrate the release of the new Team Series graphics, a reception will be held at the DDR Projects Gallery.
Please come partake of the uber good vibes and enjoy a beverage on us.
ONE NIGHT ONLY Date: Friday, July 25th 2008 Time: 7-10pm DDR Projects Gallery 1532 East Broadway Long Beach, CA 90802"