“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them” -George Bernard Shaw
BY ETHAN SMITH HTC Corp., the Taiwan-based telephone maker, said Thursday it is planning to pay about $300 million for a 51% stake in a company that makes high-end headphones bearing the name of superstar music producer Dr. Dre. The headphones are made by Beats Electronics LLC, a venture involving Dr. Dre, whose given name is Andre Young, Interscope records and its chairman, Jimmy Iovine. Interscope is part of Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group. The headphones are built for Beats by electronics company Monster … Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903918104576500963658850274.html#ixzz1UgzfLlzn
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OH IM ON THESE In an interesting collaboration, Puma has teamed up with Paris retailer Shinzo on the Bolt New Future Pack. Consisting of several sneakers, the Jamaican colors of Usain Bolt’s home and an overall smart eco-friendly theme make up the theme behind the pack. Clean tonal uppers sit on white outer soles. The Puma stripe logo is hardly visible and has been kept very subtle. Other great features include eco friendly leather, cork sockliner, recycled foam last, reground rubber outsole and more.
FRESH This Friday August 12, 2011 (from 11am) these NYC Boro Air Force One’s will go on sale at the Nike Sportswear Ice Cream truck parked in front of 21 Mercer. “Each of the white on white Air Force One’s feature details that individually honor Harlem(Manhattan), Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Outlines of the respective boro’s can be found on the left heel of the shoe and the name of the boro on the right shoe. Additionally, each shoe comes with a different colored tongue label and laces and a specially engraved “NYC” lace tag.”
DAMN HIS SHORTS ARE BASICALLY OFF! AND WHY ALL THE DUDES GOTTA HAVE THEY SHIRTS OFF??? , “People in Jonesboro don’t want to look at other people’s drawers,” said Mayor Luther Maddox, according to AJC.com. The mayor noted that our young people’s lack of home training was affecting tourism in Jonesboro, a suburb just south of Atlanta. “Jonesboro is home to ‘Gone with the Wind’,” said Maddox. “We get visitors from all over the world, and we don’t need to show them our underwear.”