House of PainT jam is tomorrow, Saturday, August 6

House of PainT jam is on once again, and it just gets bigger and better every year. Come check it out under the bridge by Brewer Park (across from Carleton U). There will be mad graffiti, b-boy/b-girls, dope music, food and vendors selling a bunch of stuff! Also there will be a compilation of 613 MC’s available, including a track of mine that will be the first single off my upcoming album: vektrx – “Devil Music”.

for more info on the jam click here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/House-of-PainT-UrbanArtFest/61379886572

Flight Distance – “Bad Information” now available!!

My good homies FLIGHT DISTANCE (Bender, Patience and Calkuta) have just dropped their highly anticipated new album “Bad Information”! Produced entirely by my former bandmate from Lamebrainz, Crack Moses, this is an O-town classic right here! If you’re in Ottawa, pick up a copy of “Bad Information” at Reap&Sew, NORML or Vertigo records. If you are out of town, they are now accepting pre-orders of Bad Information, digital copies delivered to your inbox on Saturday, CDs ship out Tuesday, so hit them up here: http://flightdistance.bandcamp​.com/album/bad-information

also here’s a sample off the album…

Nrml x Nike x 123Klan 15th Anniversary Release Party

Last Saturday I was able to make it out to the Nrml x Nike X 123Klan release party event, commemorating Nrml on it’s 15th Anniversary (thats a long time in the game now… respect). They did a Dunk high and an Air Max 90, 16 pairs of each, some of which were given away through draws and contests during the event. I didn’t score any shoes, but I got enough free food and booze to keep me satisfied and it was good to see a lot of good people out that night. Here are some dope pics of the event, courtesy of Seku Kaba… peep some of the heat.

had to break out my '85 og Aj 1 for the special occasion

Back in the Days Sneaker Sightings: The Kids in the Hall – Bobby vs. Satan

Bobby's Nike Air Span

Last week I was totally obsessed with watching the full series of The Kids in the Hall. I loved this series growing up, and I feel it inspired a lot of other strange and weirdo comedy that we get to enjoy today. It was also from the era that I really got into Nike sneakers, and I noticed a few glimpses of Nikes while I re-watched the series, the most noticeable is the sketch Bobby vs Satan (Bruce McCulloch as Bobby and Mark McKinney as Satan). Check out Bobby’s Nike Air Span, all beat up and grimey like any true rocker/banger would wear them. Also, enjoy the clip below, one of my favorite sketches off the show. I wonder if Jack Black got some ideas from this… hmmmm.

Memory Lane Pt. 8: Nike Air Sheer Force

In summer 1993 I was preparing to go to Rautin’s/House Basketball camp. I needed a new pair and wanted something I could wear to my grade 8 graduation. I remember when I got them I really wanted the Air Raid II’s, the black ones with the funky colorful afro-centric type of patterns on the back, but they were out of my mom’s set price range. I settled for an all black pair of Air Sheer Force (similar to the pic above except a blacked out swoosh). These shoes weren’t bad but for some reason the guy at Footlocker convinced my mom that I needed size 12′s!! My last shoes were size 10 or 11, and he said I would grow into them or something like that hahahaha (keep in mind I’m a grown now and wear 10-11 depending on the model of shoe). Needless to say I was tripping and slipping in those big ass shoes and it definitely effected my performance at camp. Peep this hilarious bonus pic of me wearing them off the court in 93, notice how crazy big they look and how ridiculously tight I had to tie them up!

Back in effect kid…

After a long hiatus I’m back to drop gems from the crates, prepare for some new posts and hopefully some other goodies for sale – vek

Vek’s Vault: Nike Air Sonic Flight “Bright Concord”

I just checked out the Complex feature on Jerry Seinfeld’s sneakers he wore on his show, put together by one of the few writers in this industry that really knows what he’s talking about, CT’s Gary Warnett. He painstakingly takes us throughout the entire series, documenting many obscure models and noticing others even in the briefest of screen time. I am of course an avid Nike fan and also a huge Seinfeld fan (I remarked on most of these shoes when first aired) so I absolutely loved the in depth list and would like to personally thank Mr. Warnett for going through the whole process.

One of the least typically “Seinfeld” style shoes (he loves his subtle conservative white/blue colorways) are actually the ones I think of most when I think of Jerry’s footwear, the bright concord Sonic Flights. I think it has to do with the epic nature of “The Pilot” two part episode. I have a pair of DS Air Sonic Flight bright concord and I can’t help but think of them as “Air Seinfelds”.