When you buy Saucony shoes, you can’t just get one pair. Seriously, these funky kicks are so affordable, you really owe it to yourself to buy more than one pair at once. This lets you mix it up a bit and keep both pairs of Saucony shoes fresh for the long haul.
So after purchasing a pair of Saucony Jazz Low Pro Brown/Tan/Green shoes, we hit up Amazon and picked up a pair of Saucony Jazz Low Pro Brown on Browns. Two Saucony Jazz purchases in two days. Yea, we love ‘em, and you can never have enough Saucony kicks at your disposal.
We’re big fans of Saucony shoes. They’re the perfect stylish mix of affordable and comfortable. These funky kicks never go out of style.
The Saucony Jazz look fits all kinds of fashion senses. Whether your a preppy kid, a hip hoper or someone who just loves fresh kicks with a funky-comfy twist, Saucony Jazz shoes always deliver the goods.
Last night, we picked up a pair of Brown/Tan/Green Saucony Jazz LowPro Sneakers from Endless.com. An Amazon.com spin off, Endless.com is great place to shop for kicks. The site features multiple detailed photos that let you explore every angle of the shoe you’re looking for. Their selection is solid, and their shipping policy is quite friendly. They currently have a promotional offer that provides overnight shipping with a $5 discount. Anytime you can score free overnight shipping it’s a plus. Getting an extra $5 marked off of every pair of shoes is an extra bonus.
So check the site out, review their Saucony collection and have your funky new kicks delivered to you tomorrow.
This funky commercial runs through the history of the Adidas brand by following Adidas founder Adi Dassler through his workshop. You’ll see highlights from Adidas storied past — running shoes for Olympian Jesse Owens, cleats for the German national team who won the 1954 World Cup, boxing boots for Muhammad Ali, shoes for tennis players, hip hoppers, Bob Marley, Liverpool F.C., Oasis and the rest of us.
Produced by ad agency 180 Amsterdam, this cool claymation commercial is sure to turn some heads. More than thirty people worked on recreating Dassler’s workshop. It took over a month to build. To top it all off, German actor Jurgen Prochnow (of Das Boot fame) adds Deutsch-flavor to the narration.
After checking out the “Ashley’s Roachclip” post on the awesome Funky16Corners blog, we saw that Larry put up a list of songs that sampled the funky track from the Soul Searchers. Larry pulled this list from The-Breaks.com.
So we went to check out the site, and there’s a ton of great information compiled on sampling from all different types of music. The site divides sample lists by genre and artist, and there’s also a search function that makes it’s easy to find out who took what from whom.
“The Breaks”
Chemical Brothers’s “It Began in Africa”
De la Soul’s “Brakes”
DJ Shadow’s “Basic Mega-Mix”
KRS-One’s “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know”
Not Enough ft Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks”
Poison Clan’s “Rough Nigga Gets Busy”
T La Rock ft Jazzy Jay’s “It’s Yours”
So the next time you want to track the journey of a sample, visit The-Breaks.com and find out quickly where samples originated and where they turned up.
On a side note, my buddy Saif still owes me money for stepping on my Kurtis Blow 12-inch and busting to pieces my copy of “The Breaks.” I haven’t forgotten bro…
You gotta love the Dutch. They’re such chill, laid-back people. Their language sounds like a collision of Armenian and German. They love tulips, smoke-filled coffeeshops and the color orange. They have soccer stars with names like van Nistelrooy, van der Sar and van der Vaart. Seriously — how you can you not love the Netherlands?
Well, now you can show you support for the Dutch with this Adidas Holland Men’s Track Top. The funky orange track jacket features a sick coat of arms style Dutch lion that pops off the orange with force. It’s a great addition to your funky track jacket collection.
It’s not often that you can parlay your love for funky kicks into a charitable cause. But these funky Classic Kalsh shoes will give you the opportunity to do just that.
When you buy a pair Classic Klash shoes, Buy Shoes Save Lives will donate 100 percent of the profits to help children in Iraq get much needed surgeries. The shoes are typical of the style of funky footwear that’s been around in Northern Iraq for countless centuries. These Classic Klash shoes cost $100, and there is currently a 12-week waiting period. Visit the Relevant Store to check out these philanthropically funky kicks. You’ll end up looking great and feeling great too.
When you hear funky music that makes you happy, all you want to is capture it, keep it and save for a future good time. The right groove. A head-bobbin’ beat. These things can change your outlook on life within seconds. Seriously, you could be all glum and down and then boom — what the hell was that break I just heard?
We’ve all been there.
After the fixation of a sampled break gets into your head, it can cause some serious damage. You start digging through your own music memory crates trying to find a tune that’ll give context to the loop in your dome. Once you identify where the break comes from, a full-on investigation is launched to find out the origins of the original track.
Tracking down oft-sampled funky breaks is fun stuff. You get to take a chaotic musical trip through pop, hip hop, dance music, and of course, seriously funky music. It’s always fulfilling when you can track down the migrations of a break and experience the full richness of the original context. It’s like books and movies — the OG track is always better.
Listen to this funktastic, soulful jazzy journey. About three-and-a-half seconds in, you’ll hear a 20-second break that’ll start the mental digging process off immediately. You’ll be reaching for tracks you can’t even remember to put a mental tag on the break that’s blaring in your internal speakers.
If you want a complete answer to the question - what the hell was that break I just heard? - scroll down on the link above and read the full Funky16Corners post on Ashley’s Roachclip - the Soul Searchers’ frequently sampled track. Funky16Corners is as good as it gets, and this post was certainly a treat.
So check out the track and be sure to read Larry’s take on this classic funky break.
Here’s a bonus Zapp and Roger video of a live performance of “Computer Love” in Aruba. For all those funksters who love the talk box sound, watching Roger work his magic on stage is certainly a treat. The guy knew how to work a crowd. It’s so sad that the Troutman brothers musical journey had to end with the bizarre murder-suicide deaths of Roger and Larry on April 25, 1999.
This SF Weekly article details the tragic day when Larry shot Roger and then turned the gun on himself.
Here’s a live video of Zapp and Roger performing “Dance Floor.” With vocoder vocals making a massive comeback (check out Snoop’s “Sensual Seduction” video in the funky video section), it’s nice to get some original talk box love from the dudes who first popularized the sound. Zapp and Roger are often imitated, but rarely do the new-school takes on their signature sound live up to Zapp’s original funky jams.
The 3rd Annual Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival is taking place on March 15th and 16th at Dolphins Stadium in Miami. The Festival combines funky, jazzy and soulful music with amazing food and a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
Here’s the lineup of artists:
Saturday, March 15th
Wyclef Jean
Chaka Khan
George Benson
Mike Phillips
Sunday, March 16th
O’Jays
Nancy Wilson
Kem
Chrisette Michele
Anthony David
For more information about the event, visit the Jazz in the Gardens official website. Tickets are on sale now. You can secure prime reserve tickets that will put you in th front of the stage, reserve seating tickets that will place you in rows 28 through 42 or general admission tickets that feature unreserved seating beyond row 42.
Ticket prices for prime reserve seating are $50 for one day or $75 for two days. Reserve tickets are available for $40 (one day) or $60 (two days). The price for general admission tickets is $25 (one day) or $40 (two days). Tickets will also be avialbe at the event, but a $5 surcharge will apply.
