This past weekend was pretty eventful. Let’s start off with the Sneaker Pimps Show last Friday:

An old friend of mine from my Future Relic days did me a favor and put me on the VIP list for the show. I asked Jenni, the XLARGE female counterpart, to join me since she is probably the biggest sneakerhead in the office. When we arrived there were two lines wrapping around the block with people waiting to get in. I was worried it was going to be one of those clusterf*cks to get in, but luckily they had a Goodfellas/Swingers backdoor entrance set up and we got in right away.

Some of the rare and collectible sneakers on display.

Our friend, Logan Hicks’s limited edition shoe was on display at the KSwiss section.

They had a little mini ramp set up that was open to anyone with a skateboard. The skaters were pretty good.

But they were all upstaged by Tyson the skateboarding British Bulldog.

He was so rad.

Peps from the show:

Graphic Artist and Atwater Surf Clothing creative director, Dean Bradley.

Aaron aka Angry Woebots

Aaron creating one of his iconic rabid panda during the show.

Estevan Oriol

Redman offering some XLARGE sh*t in the VIP.
He has a very “college buddy” vibe to him. (Not to sound all Brokeback or nothin’.)

Redman killed it. This was the first time I’ve seen him perform live. He was amazing. I’ve been to a fair amount of hip hop shows in New York and I have to say that he now ranks as one of my favorite live performers along side Mos Def, Method Man, and Last Emperor. Redman just destroyed it and the audience definitely showed their appreciation.

It was weird seeing the show from this perspective. Watching the people react to the performer and seeing people know the songs word for word, must be an interesting feeling for performers.

And there was free beer in the VIP. Good times.