This is a real product.

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A friend of mine who is regularly gifted all kinds of ridiculous "up and coming" products passed this gem along to me some time ago.

Kush. A fine cognac.

An "herbal liqueur," if you will.



Amsterdam.


But produced in Lake Alfred, Florida.


Dell was courageous enough to try first. And it was absolutely awful.


- Nick

Compound X Shwood Party Recap

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Last Saturday Compound had a release party for their

collaboration with Shwood Eyewear. Naturally, the B.O.P. was on the scene. No

party pics this time around, in the B.O.P’s advanced age we’ve grown up. Oh yes

we have (or dudes keep staring into the camera--WTF it's a camera dude).
The colab (which can be found here).







Aside from the collaboration, Compound and Shwood commissioned

some dope local artists to show their take on wooden eye wear.
Jason Graham







Ren Sakuarai (my fav, mostly  ‘cause, you know, it’s a great conversation

starter hanging of your neck from a pair of Croakies).










Tyler Griffin







Martin Ontiveros









Zach Johnsen







Blaine Fontana (killer wood burning on the arms)







Eric Singer











Shwood's timeline from conception to present.













Sadly the Kanye stunna shades never dropped…(maybe they’ll

QS’em if they get enough fan mail).

Summer Rotation!

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download: 500 DAYS OF WEEZY

Sample song: LISTEN TO THIS

-Keith

Yeesh.

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do you know Donald Glover?

If you don't, go to his website and do some research! http://www.iamdonald.com/ He is comic gold with talent that has nowhere to go but up.

His roots lie with Derrick Comedy but he has writing credit on 30 Rock, continues to perform with the Upright Citizens Brigade and has an outstanding role on NBC's Community. If that wasn't enough, you can catch him doing rap shows as Childish Gambino. He recently released the Culdesac tape under the Gambino moniker. You can download it for free at his site or here . Look out for all the crazy punchlines and shoutouts to Tina Fey!

Did I mention there was a public outcry to see him become the next Spiderman (this should of fucking happened)? Of course that all took place across the blog and twittersphere. Catch his Tweets here @mrdonaldglover

- @pdxkeith

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Mhak x Zach Johnsen

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Currently up at Doug Fir/ Jupiter Hotel.

East Burnside.

- Nick

Test. Of next level posting.

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Maybe posting from phones will keep this place updated?

(Note: Highly unlikely.)

Here's a shot from last week. Of the best shoes I saw in New York. (It's a test, so don't expect anything exclusive.)




- Nick

NY All Week.

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- Nick

Shwood Visit.

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Yesterday, Ira and I took a visit out to the Shwood offices and workshop to catch up with Portland's own emerging eyewear company.

You may have seen pieces from their handmade wooden eyewear collection in stores like Commonwealth, Union, and of course, Compound, as the brand is just beginning to take off.



We couldn't photograph too much during our tour of the workshop, as there's definitely a skill and process to protect, but we were able to snap a look at this awesome fish piece. Shcales, an 11-foot salmon, is made mostly of recycled eyewear materials. Rather than toss aside excess pieces from production, there's all kinds of recycled art and sculptures around the offices.





Stay tuned...


- Nick

Sunny San Diego.

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Last weekend, Zac and I spent a few days down in sunny San Diego.

The best city in the country.

While we're normally in town to catch up with Pony, there's also some added fun in store since my brother is a scholar at SDSU and we can crash at his place. Pony's global headquarters also are conveniently located in the heart of the Gaslamp District. Pretty convenient.



We spent all day Friday checking out the upcoming line with a tour courtesy of Captain Colin, and even saw some promo highlights from awhile ago. SEXY.



Before our flight out on Saturday, Colin set us up for a decently fun morning.



Unreal machines.


My brother and our friend Bill took this one out.






And Zac and I got to give this Maserati a run.






There's really not a more humbling experience than to spend some time around some truly awesome performance machines that are in a whole 'nother stratosphere of reality.

When you consider that 80% of the people that purchase there simply write a single check....I'll just keep dreaming.

- Nick