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I remember the first time I heard “two-step” a.k.a. UK Garage.  Having recently arrived in London in 1998 to go to school at Westminster, I followed the scent of ganja in my dorm floor and made some new friends.  The stereo in their small, smoky dorm room was tuned to a pirate radio station and [...]

Listening to old-school acid house often means listening to scratchy old recordings ripped from 20-25 year old mixtapes.  Not this time!  Back in 2000, Underground Construction, a Chicago house label known for releasing literally hundreds of great 12 inches, compiled and released an excellent compilation of hits from the Trax Records vaults.  For those not [...]

Here is the second installment of my clipless / SPD shoe round-up.  This bunch are all sneaker-style shoes, typically aimed at BMX riders.  None of them are quite as cool as the Nike SB Dunks, but they do offer a better shoe than my home-made SPD Dunks and are probably a little cheaper.  I hope [...]

Following up on my last post, I recognize that not everyone wants to make their own SPD-compatible shoes.  So what are your “off the shelf ” options?  Well, I’ve done a lot of research and here is the first installment of my two-part “2010 buyer’s guide” based on the coolest shoes I have seen that [...]

For a while now, I have been searching for cycling shoes that are fashionable and comfortable enough to wear every day.  A while ago I got a pair of 611 Filter shoes (reviewed here) that have become my favorite every day shoe.  However, I still felt like I hadn’t attained the holy grail of sneaker [...]