Causing a Scene...

When I used to go out with my family, I was always fearful that my dad would make a scene. He was always prone to heckling the waiter, hassling the sales clerk, screaming at the cop. At some point in my youth, I decided to just remove myself from the situation personally, and become part of the audience. This made the adventures...well...adventures. Those who know me know that I love a good scuttlebutt. I am prone to sit back and enjoy a situation that makes most feel very uncomfortable. Normal is boring. So this crew of people in NYC get together and cause a gigantic scene. The organized prank at it's best. They describe it as below-

"Improv Everywhere is, at its core, about having fun. We’re big believers in “organized fun”. In the process we bring excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and give strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives. We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them."

In this one case-40 People show up to a random bar, identify a random guy who they will all call "Ted", and throw a Birthday party for "Ted" complete with gifts, cake and full "back stories" and free drinks. They planned it to the point of creating a fake dossier about "Ted" so all their made up relationships with "Ted" would be consistent. It freaked 'Ted' out at first, but within an hour or so he decided to just be "Ted" for the night. Raked in like 300 in gift cards..so how bad could it be. Another is 150 people stand frozen in place in Grand Central Station for 10 minutes at the same time, stopping dead in the middle of whatever they were doing at the target moment. Freaked the hell out of some, others didn't even notice, most found it cool. I know this may sound silly to the profane, but they are challenging people around them to maybe think just for a second that maybe things aren't as normal as they would like them to be. Is that not similar to fashion on some level? My favorite is 60 men gradually entering the AF flagship store in NYC not wearing shirts. Anyway it's worth a peek, if anything you will find their performances creative. http://improveverywhere.com/ LU23

Damn Skippy

Shop it up at Shopuponline.com

Here at the UATW compound we have these really fancy IP telephones. They have all kinds of bells and whistles that none of us understand or use. They do however ring, and we understand that part of the functionality. Lately the person calling has been somebody who doesn't live in a major city, they're calling looking for something that we have, but they can't get to our store. We didn't know what to do. Then a friend told me about this thing called the 'internet'. According to this friend, we could build something called a 'website' where people could click on 'links' and actually buy things over the 'world wide internet'...amazing. So that's just what we did. We have built a 'website' that you can point your computer at and buy things online. Right now we just have Up Label Denim, Racer Jackets, Tees and we also have Shutter Shades that a young person named Kanye wore on some television music video show or something...but it's a start. Soon we will offer a plethora of goods that you can buy on this' passing fad' the nerds are calling the 'internet'. Amazing...Truly amazing. Lu23

http://www.shopuponline.com/

Futura is Future is Dope

Futura and stussy for the summer.Who is Futura and why is he important??Born 1955 he is a graffiti artist from New York city although what he really calls home was the subway system.Doing graffiti on anything and everything he developed a his own personal "tag" in which he would be his whole foundation for which he would build on.He got his name from his favorite movie 2001 A Space Odyssey,sound familair nigo founder of bathing ape got his inspiration from his favorite movie to planet of the apes.He was one of the few people that has actaully made the tranistion from spraying halls,trains,and walls to world famous artist.He say's about his place in the art world "it was the plantform I needed to showcase my talents.not just painting canvases but actuall creating artistic compositions.I never went to art school,and wasn't even sure who warhol was,but I knew I had something.I had always known that.Right place right time,that's me.....I always go against popular opinions,like to blaze my own trails."Now with his own clothing line Futura Laboratories he is making his art on people's chest all over the world not only that he is sought after for collaboration after collaboration such as nike,bearbricks,MHI,nike and now stussy.Info per my brain,pics per hypebeast.com. Posted by CrisP of UATW14

HEY KOOl-AID

Usually you’re trying to get the odor out of your shoe, but in a new sneaker released by Reebok this month, the scent is the appeal. Formed in a partnership with Kool-Aid, the low-tops will release the fruity scents of the classic powdered drink from a sock liner. The initial flavors are grape, cherry and strawberry, but should the venture prove successful (and really, why wouldn’t it?), the line will expand to the citrus flavors of lemonade, orange and lemon-lime. According to a press release, the soles of the shoes will also depict the Kool-Aid man, just in case the whole venture didn’t sound strange enough already. (lifeted form mentalfloss.com) LU23 (BTW/FYI YOu can pick up a pair for yourself at Major in Georgetown DC)