Friday, July 31, 2009

MY BLOG CAN NOW BE FOUND AT: www.DUSTINCANALIN.com



In an attempt to better myself... j/k. The site needed a face lift.

The blog can now be found at
DUSTINCANALIN.com.

Thanks for reading... Look for more entertaining stuff as well as some of my past, present and future projects.

Enjoy!

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - THE LAYUP AD CAMPAIGN

I'm in the process of gathering all the work that we've done in the last 5 years of being in business, While digging I started to see some of our old ads. This was at the time of the big NBA Dress Code launch. No more wearing timbs and Sean John Sweatsuits.
I remember Allen Iverson wearing a Bill Russell (Celtics) uniform on the sideline... and he was playing for the Sixers.



Thursday, July 30, 2009

NOOKA INTERVIEW -

Nooka X Interview from ABB VIDEO on Vimeo.



Nooka creative director and founder talks about the Nooka brand. He also mentions the UNDRCRWN x NOOKA ZEN V.

These watches will be available on UNDRCRWN.com soon.

TWITTER CONTEST - WORST NBA TATOO



GO TO UNDRCRWN .COM FOR MORE INFO.

If I were in the NBA I think my tatoo of Tatoo would win.

Here is mine.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

DON'T FAKE THE FUNK




THE HOUSE OF LOUIS VUITTON

This is the greatest bootleg of all times.

Not sure where this is but I wouldn't be surprised if it were on CANAL ST.


IMAGES COURTESY OF RACKED.COM

SERIOUSLY?- UNRELEASED SONG



I remember watching this fight and seeing 2pac walking in with Tyson. How ill is it that he wore a Yankees hoody into the ring. It looks like he just walked in off the street.

I didn't know that the song was a personalized.



Monday, July 27, 2009

MVPENNY TEE -EXCLUSIVE


"I'ma stay winnin rock the custom drop Bentleys, Never eat at Denny's and party like Lil Penny - can he live?"
WHO YA WIT - JAY-Z

An exclusive design available only at:
PICKYOURSHOES.com
Also available in Grey Heather and Black.

I drew this by hand (YES- It's been a while). It took for ever to give it the same feel as the original. Kind of quirky but you get the picture.

Check this link for the entire LIL Penny catalogue.



MICHAEL JORDAN- GATORADE COMMMERCIAL



EMOTIONS

Anyone that knows me know's that I'm pretty emotional (thanks mom).
Not that I would want any footage of me crying, I thought this was 1 of millions of pretty random things on the 24 hour live stream with Stephon Marbury....

Here are some of my favorite crying moments captured on video.





Congrats to the NBA for making the video of Kobe's emotional apology disappear off the face of the earth.

UNDRCRWN TWITTER CONTEST




GO HERE FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO ENTER.

Word on the street is that the prize are some exclusive shorts and T-shirts.

Friday, July 24, 2009

STARBURY - MAKING SENSE

STARBURY MAKING SENSE.



STARBURY NOT MAKING SENSE. (one of the greatest interviews ever)


I wanted the Celtics to win so that Steph would win a ring.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

THE GOOD OLD DAYS - DOMINO



So I just hit the jackpot... well let's just say Pete of UNDRCRWN found a few gems.
Pete is the guy who makes you wash your hands when you look at a magazine. Or that collects West Elm catalogues, Williams & Sanoma, Frank 151, etc. etc. He has multiples of stuff since the late 80's.
Today s find has been the Source magazine from December 1993. It's too good to show you everything.
Here is an add for the Domino album. West coast stand up!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

YO MAMA! - Top 5 Shit Talkers of All Time

I remember growing up looking at the book SNAPS in the bookstore. I think I still have the book somewhere. During a random youtube search I stumbled upon this SHAQ interview that I thought was funny. This made me think about all the funniest snaps I've ever heard.

Here is my list for top 10 shit talkers of all time (SPORTS and NON SPORTS)
SPORTS (In no particular order)
1. Chad Johson - He raced a horse and changed his last name.
2. Gary Payton - I sat close to the court one time. He doesn't shut up. He's hilarous too.
3. Michael Jordan
4. Terrell Owens - I saw him play Hoop it Up 10 years ago with his boys. If I were his boys, I would not let him talk to me like that.
5. Rasheed Wallace
6. Sam Cassell - You just know he has tough skin.
8. Muhammad Ali
10. The Rock

NON-SPORTS RELATED (In no particular order)
I would chop off my finger to hear these guys go at it in a circle.
- ROBIN HARRIS
- EDDIE MURPHY
- MARTIN LAWRENCE
- JAMIE FOXX,
- DAVE CHAPELLE
- RED FOXX
- RICHARD PRYOR
- D.L. HUGHLEY











THE GOOD OLD DAYS - IVERSON | SIXERS

BEASTIE BOYS FT. NAS - TOO MANY RAPPERS



from GABEM510's blog.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING - ADAM SANDLER - EMINEM CARICATURE TEE



I heard through the grapevine that one of Eminem's new basketball buddies was Adam Sandler. Odd couple but makes sense for UNDRCRWN. It really shows our reach.

So last night I was watching Conan and saw that Adam Sandler was wearing the Eminem Caricature t-shirt. Come to find out he wore it to the premier of his new movie Funny People.

Monday, July 20, 2009

The devil is in the details - D&G

Recently was in SOHO and walked passed the D&G store on Broadway.
For such a design conscious brand it was pretty sad to see their doors.
Hopefully they were tired of people pushing the doors when they walked in.

AMAZING



Kenny Dobbs needs to be in the NBA dunk contest next year.
The NBA is about entertainment and selling tickets. I had more fun watching this on my computer than watching the timberwolves or bucks.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

70% OFF EVERYTHING

We're going to give our entire website a makeover, so we needed to make room for the new goods.
Don't ever say that I never "hooked you up". This is a steal.

USE THE CODE "LastChance" at checkout.
While supplies last.

UNDRCRWN.com

COMEDY


I often think of the pinnacle moment in creation of things.
I wish I was there when this happened.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

SNEAKER HISTORY - TENNIS SHOES


After watching a few matches of Wimbeldon a few weeks ago, it got me thinking... I grew up loving tennis shoes. I used to play tennis occasionally, but most importantly I used them to play basketball in outside on the concrete. They had a tougher outsole that lasted longer.
What happened to the importance in tennis in our culture? The shoes now suck. Cool tennis shoe commercials are non existent.
We used to have McEnroe, Agassi, &  Chang. Before then Rod Laver, Stan Smith. They all had dope shoes. Reebok even took jabs at Agassi and his flavorful assortment of shoe colors with his pump. We need some more sneaker beef!


Coming up I bought Agassi's signature shoe every year. Just like I did with Jordans.
So now, I'm in the process of photographing all of my shoes, (I have most of them saved in storage that I've accumulated since the early 90's) I'm seeing all kinds of old tennis shoes.

Here are my top 5 tennis shoes of all time.
5. NIKE AIR FLARE (great baskebtall shoe)
4. NIKE AIR TECH CHALLENGE (the first 2)
3. REEBOK COURT VICTORY PUMP ("The Michael Chang's")
2. Air Cross Trainer 1 ("The McEnroe's")
1. ROD LAVER (one of my signature shoes that I wear atleast 4 times a week)


Here were a few shoes that I did for Adidas a couple of years back when Agassi just signed to Adidas. (So weird I know, but gotta chase that check right?) Like a lot of streetwear ispired sports graphics, these shoes were inspired by his first Tech Challenges.







SUMMER PRODUCT SHIPPED



In a recent trip to the t-shirt factory, I was able to see all of the summer product that was shipping. Most should be instores already so you may even have a tee or 2 or more if you know better.

Look for all of this product to be online at UNDRCRWN.com in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more info.



Friday, July 10, 2009

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SMACKFEST 05 - OLDIE BUT GOODIE



check out all of them here.

What happened to Victor Page?



I was wondering what happened to the slick left hander that ran the back court with A.I. at Georgetown. He was the truth.
I guess he had some issues.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Monday, July 6, 2009

The DOC ART Collection





So last night as I was on my way to Rich Medina's and Bobbito's Happy Feet party, I noticed some street art for sale by West 4th St. Park. Not even sure how the piece I purchased actually caught my eye. They were all so similar. 
Zorroz the artist himself was there selling them. When I inquired about price, pointing to the painting I was interested in, he quietly smirked and yelled out- "Oh you want the boooty- I just did that today... I had to get that booty just right."

As an ex artschool guy and an art collector, I know that the point of art is the story behind it and what it represents. I think "The Booty", will always be in my collection.