Can a Sneaker Fanatic Win the Hypebeast Game With Homemade Kicks?

I got out of the Uber in industrial Brooklyn, trying to get my bearings on this sweatbox morning. There was no address on the brewery to my right or the scrapyard across the street. I tried the front door of a brick-block building, but found it firmly locked. Rare Nike sneakers, covered in protective plastic film, on display for sale during Sneakerness at East End Studios on Oct. 5, 2024, in Milan....

October 26, 2024 · 5 min · 952 words · Aaron Jackson

Fare Thee Well Organizer Peter Shapiro on Phil Lesh: ‘He Showed Us How to Live a Life’

He was like a dad to me. He actually showed us all, in a lot of ways, how to live a life. He kept going and going. Bill Kreutzmann, Trey Anastasio, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti and Bruce Hornsby during the Fare Thee Well concerts on July 5, 2015 in ChicagoJeff Kravitz/FilmMagic He just had this inner strength, and he loved to play. I met Phil in 2005, when I did something called the Jammy Awards, and he co-hosted it....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 336 words · Marvin Riley

Garcia Family Pays Tribute to Phil Lesh: ‘Say Hi to Jerry’

We will miss his sharply dry humor, wry smiles and brilliant insights, they wrote. There are no words to fully express the impact he made with his music and his incredible mind. Their letter ended with a message for Garcia: P.S. Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead on the corner of Ashbury and Haight streets in San Francisco, CA.Ted Streshinsky/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images say hi to Jerry....

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 94 words · James Clark

Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Remembers Phil Lesh: ‘A Life Well and Fully Lived’

TheGrateful DeadsBob Weirpaid tribute to his band matePhil Leshfollowingthe death of the bassistFriday. This happened because Phil turned me on to the Coltrane Quartet, Weir wrote on social media. Our conversation and interaction will last, at very least, til the end of my days. Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead perform at the Greek Theatre on August 14, 1983 in Berkeley, California.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born....

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 122 words · Nicholas Brooks

Grateful Dead’s Surviving Members Pay Tribute to Phil Lesh: ‘Today We Lost a Brother’

In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born. His bass flowed like a river would flow. It went where the muse took it. The Grateful Dead perform at the Oakland Stadium in October 1976Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images He was an explorer of inner and outer space who just happened to play bass. He was a circumnavigator of formerly unknown musical worlds. And more,Bob Weir,Mickey HartandBill Kreutzmannwrote on the Deads social media accounts....

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 147 words · Tyler Schwartz

Jan. 6 Is Looming Over the 2024 Election. They Made It Into a Board Game

That and then lying, cheating, and deals are encouraged! Will the real joke be how small Jan. 6, 2021 looks in comparison to what could be coming? But when it was released on Jan. 6, 2024, people were confused. Storm the Capitol. Were the creators pro-insurrection? Poking fun at it? Was it all just in bad taste? Pointing the mirror back on an absurd society was the only way to process it....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 251 words · Erika Long

Lil Durk’s Murder Arrest Shows Drill Rap Is a Dead End

Quandos cousin Lul Pab was murdered instead, spurring Quandos anguished cries at the crime scene. In 2019, Durk made an X post noting, Young boy so hard. King Von and Rondo (whos signed to NBA Youngboys Never Broke Again records) had been friendly. Lil Durk attends the 66th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images/The Recording Academy Things went beyond the point of resolution with Vons death....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 363 words · Gregory Murillo

Michelle Obama Appeals to Men on Trump Policies: ‘We Are More Than Just Baby-Making Vessels’

Obama acknowledged the frustration at the slow pace of change many must feel. We all know we have a lot more work to do in this country,she said. Harris followed, and also addressed womens suffering when it comes to the loss ofreproductive rights. Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris onstage at a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Oct. 26, 2024.JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump still refuses to even acknowledge the pain and suffering he has caused....

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 176 words · Shannon Webster DDS

Mickey Hart Pens Tribute to Phil Lesh: ‘He Was Singular, an Original, Nobody Sounded Like Him’

Phil Lesh changed my life. Phil was foremost an improvisationalist and taught me, all of us, Hart wrote. All those years we all rode the third rail together creating something that cannot be defined in words. The Grateful Dead perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 5, 1989 in Mountain View, California.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images He had wisdom, was older and showed us the way. Phil Lesh wasirreplaceable, the band wrote. In one note from the Phil Zone, you could hear and feel the world being born....

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · Jennifer Fowler

Phil Lesh Was the Uncompromising Embodiment of the Grateful Dead

The moment could arrive anywhere, anytime, but you always knew it was coming. Most bass players in traditional rock & roll bands provide a solid low-end foundation for whats around then. Maybe they sing an occasional harmony or are content with a supportive, background role. Phil Lesh performs with The Grateful Dead at Spartan Stadium on April 22, 1979 in San Jose, CaliforniaEd Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images That was never the case with Lesh....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 368 words · Robin Morales

Pony Bradshaw Doesn’t Want to Ramble Any Longer

Pony Bradshaw, the rising Americana, alt-country, and indie-folk troubadour, knew he needed to switch gears. These shows we do now, folks come to hear the North Georgia Rounder himself. But Im not some character, Bradshaw, 44, tellsRolling Stone. Pony Bradshaw completes a three-album cycle about Southern Appalachia with his latest LP, ‘Thus Spoke the Fool.‘Carley DuMenil* Im writing songs and making up stories about the area I live in; its not me....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 215 words · Elizabeth Wade

See Phish Honor Phil Lesh With Grateful Dead’s ‘Box of Rain’ Cover at Albany Concert

Im so grateful for those beautiful memories. Gordon also took to social media Friday to pen a lengthy tribute to the influential bassist. Phils tone was both beautiful and unprecedented. PhishKeith Griner/Getty Images for ABA No one embodied this balance like Phil; it was astounding. Phils classical training may have helped him see basslines as intricate counterpoints. Phil was undoubtedly one of the greatest conduits ever.

October 26, 2024 · 1 min · 66 words · Aaron Graves

See Thom Yorke Perform Radiohead’s ‘Sail to the Moon’ for First Time in 16 Years

Three shows intoThom Yorkes solo Everything tour, the singer has continued to perform track from both his solo, side project andRadioheadcatalogs thathavent been performed in years, or decades, or ever. That trend continued Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand, where Yorke unearthed RadioheadsSail to the Moon for the first time in over 16 years. The performance of the fan favoriteHail to the Thiefpiano ballad was the first time Yorke had played the track live since a Radiohead concert in May 2008, as well as Yorkes first solo rendition of Sail to the Moon since performing the track at a pair of Bridge School Benefit concerts back in 2002....

October 26, 2024 · 2 min · 320 words · Christopher Smith