Make sure you cop your advance tickets for the 10,000LB Hamburger Tour which starts this weekend! Ticket links are here.

Today I did a photo shoot for the next Swagger collection. Here’s a few pics from my camera.

Also met Pac Div at the shoot, they were mad cool.

I can relate when he talks about how DJing for Eminem is humbling — just when you think your career has reached a certain level, you do those huge concerts and it puts it all in perspective. I’m just glad Kanye used to let me do more than push a button!

Via CK

Seriously I took these pictures in NY on Friday as the sun was setting. It was surreal, the sky was literally orange and then purple. The day after MJ died, man…. This was at the South Street Seaport where Kid Cudi did his show - and rocked it.

Well, not quite new but reissues. That’s how we like them anyway. Introducing the Air Jordan VI Infrared 2010 Retro. The only previous retro was in 2000. I welcome these with open arms and fresh socks.

Via gradientmagazine

Great interview with PB Wolf talking about some key releases in the Stones Throw catalogue. Wolf has been a dear friend for over 10 years. He put out my first record, Enter Ralph Wiggum, a 45 in 1999.

Does anyone have his first album My Vinyl Weighs A Ton on mp3? If you could post a download link in the comments that would be much appreciated!!

From Crate Kings

More and more of us are carrying on our luggage now that all these airlines are starting to charge for checked bags. So you gotta commend Tumi for launching a new line called Tumi Light, promising bags that weigh 25 to 40 percent less than other similar models.

I live in constant fear that my carry-on bag will get weighed, so this is definitely a step in the right direction. More info over on the NY Times’ The Moment blog.

As announced a few days ago, Dust La Rock and I are doing a signing at the Kidrobot NY store on Wednesday. Well we teamed up with our Trouble & Bass vampire buddies for the official afterparty and the headliner is none other than Fool’s Gold’s latest signee Kingdom. Also Star Eyes’ bday party! Co-branded out the wazoo…

By Korean designer Rhea Jeong.

This is not an illusion. This thing is said to actually levitate vinyl and play it in the air through that red ball. Check the description:

“The record player uses a carrier and dock outfitted with a magnetic and auto-calibrating control system which carries the LP into thin air as it is playing music. A self-running record player shaped in the form of a red sphere, contains a needle, amplifier and speaker, spins around the record, bringing the music to life.”

Wawaweewa! From designboom blog. More pics after the jump.

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It’s still sinking in… I know he’s gone but I still catch myself thinking “damn, Michael Jackson died.”

What a strange day. I got home mid-afternoon and my friend told me there were some rumors of Michael Jackson having a heart attack. Twitter started buzzing about “is he dead?”. The next 2 hours were very eerie. People speculating on his death, checking news sites frantically waiting for some sort of confirmation. It’s weird how we feel this entitlement to know right away whether or not the man had passed away. AIM shut down a few times. Then TMZ announced it way ahead of anyone else. I remember thinking “If they’re wrong they’re going to catch a lashing. And I hope they’re wrong.” But slowly, one by one, sources started announcing what we all feared. Michael Jackson died today.

Damn. The icon of our generation when we were growing up. Possibly the last music superstar of that stature. Who since Michael made pop music that was so universal and uncompromising? You listen to Thriller today and it still embodies perfection on so many levels, from the songwriting to the instrumentation, the mixdowns all the way to the pure emotion and well-roundedness of the album. The King of Pop reminded us in this jaded age that pop doesn’t have to be cheesy; on the contrary it can be superior music.

In the evening as I was watching a live stream of De La Soul’s Maceo playing old Jacksons joint, I started hearing that New Yorkers were going to rally in Times Square for a sort of vigil. I decided to go but alas found nothing but a small group of people dancing and the music getting cut off by cops. I thought this would be one of those magical nights where New Yorkers come together. I guess not. I’m sure there will be some proper tributes to come though. This is the biggest loss that the music world could have suffered. Let’s stay positive though and celebrate the man’s life and all the gifts that he left us.

Rest in peace Michael! Your music will live on forever.