Kid Robot sample sale is going down today and tomorrow in NYC. West Coast sale info coming soon…

The Roots Jam @ Highline Ballroom NYC 9.15.09 from LTD Magazine on Vimeo.

Finally made it out to The Roots Jam Session. It was my good friend Derek Jackson’s birthday (he found The Roots, Lords of the Underground) so he was able to drag me out and get me to the Highline. We caught a great medley with DoItAll (Lords of the Underground), Craig G, Marley Marl and Tarik on all rocking on stage together, classic material. Check it out.

New Fucking Awesome tees available at select retailers and online now. Accompanying the release is a series of images shot by Mike Piscitelli.

More images after the jump.

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As we reported, last Thursday was the opening night reception for the Chi Modu photo exhibition at the Crooks & Castles Con.cept store in LA. Chi was in the house along with the Crooks crew + Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian made came through to support.

The gallery is open until October 10th, go check it out. info and pics after jump.

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In all my years of being one of those people that gets a lot of free stuff, i have to say this Vespa GTS 250 has got to be one of the best things yet. I’ve lived in NY for 16+ years and have gotten around the city on public transportation, cabs, taxis, foot and have even owned a car but nothing beats zipping around on this scooter, at least in good weather. It cuts down on costs like parking, gas and metrocards and is just so much easier to maneuver through city traffic. I have put over 200 miles on it in the 4 weeks I’ve had it and the killer is I’ve only spent $11 on gas, gotta love that!

I will be updating my travels (Views from the Vespa) each week as i hit different different spots. Below are some of the places i have been and people i’ve hung out with while cruising the city on the Vespa.

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If you’re in NY you should go check out Sue Kwon’s “Only in New York” photo exhibit at Clic Gallery. There’s a opening reception this Wednesday, Septemeber 16th from 6-9pm. Signed copies of her upcoming book “Street Level: New York Photographs 1987-2007″ will be available for purchase.

Show runs through October 4th:

Clic Gallery 422 Broome St, NYC

info@clicgallery.com

On Friday 18th September, Nike Sportswear and Mercury Music Prize winning recording artist Dizzee Rascalwill release the very special, and strictly limited, Nike Air Max 90 ʻTongue Nʼ Cheekʼ sneaker. Created in aspecial partnership between Dizzee, Nike Design and long-time Dizzee collaborator and creative director, Ben Drury, Dizzee describes his Nike Air Max 90 as “Stylish but simple. The Air Max 90 is pretty much THE street shoe, ʻinnit? It’s quite sporty, but when you get the right colours you can wear it with anything. But withthis one we tried to keep it quite plain so it could complete any outfit. It’s functional and there was a pretty deep design process involved”.

Drury, who has designed the artwork for three of Dizzee’s albums, including his new record ʻTongue Nʼ Cheekʼ, said, “We’ve had a long standing creative relationship dating back to Dizzee’s first album, ʻBoy In DaCornerʼ. Independently, we’ve also both had close links with Nike and it just made perfect sense to come together on this project and join the dots. It was an organic, almost unconscious process.”

The Nike Air Max 90 ʻTongue Nʼ Cheekʼ will be available exclusively from Nike Sportswear at 1948, London on Friday, 18th September, 2009.

More info and pics after the jump.

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Cypress Hill and Guerrila Union are bringing you Smoke Out Festival 2009 with a interesting line-up of acts. Cheech and Chong will be hosting the event and performances include Slipknot, Deftones, Pennywise (minus its frontman), Method Man & Redman, and Kottonmouth Kings head the festivities, while Bad Brains, Immortal Technique, Hieroglyphics, K’Naan, and Mix Master Mike are all also scheduled. Also confirmed will be reunions by Goodie Mob, The Geto Boys, Hieroglyphics, Afrika Bambaataa, Living Legends plus more.

And as the name indicates, the festivities will also included a number of non-musical, cannabis-themed events, such as a medical marijuana expo, vendor village, and massive munchie gardens.

October 23-24 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, Califronia.The general public will get its opportunity tomorrow Saturday, September 12th. Hit up Ticketmaster.com or Livenation.com to purchase tickets.

Apple just made some announcements for new releases yesterday. Two that stuck out to us are the stainless steel iPod shuffle and the iPod Nano video. The stainless shuffle is $99 4GB and is a apple online store exclusive. The new Nano, which now records video and has a 2.2″ screen, has a 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179 and comes in 8 different colors. Both are now available.

For the launch of Mountain Dew’s Green Label Art Volume 3 we’re doing a gallery at the etnies NYC showroom for 2 weeks to showcase the new art created for the campaign. Last night was the opening show featuring Pushead. Tons of people came out to celebrate and some lucky attendees were able to get signed bottles as well.

In addition to the bottles guests got to check out the art created by the 6 artists, including Pusheads, Green Label Gear and signed artist proof prints and giclees were available for purchase.

Check the pics after the jump. Everyone got to enjoy drinks thanks to Blue Moon and of course Mountain Dew.

The gallery is open to the public during the day and will have artist prints and GLA bottles available for purchase. All proceeds will be donated to ISM Community so please support.

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