Legit: Pablo Neruda

Excerpt from Neruda's "Oda al presente / Ode to the present"

Este
presente
liso
como una tabla,
fresco,
esta hora,
este día
limpio
como una copa nueva
del pasado
no hay una
telaraña...

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In this
moment
as smooth
as a board,
and fresh,
this hour,
this day
as clean
as an untouched glass
not a single
spiderweb
from the past...

Kanye West : Naked

Last night we were invited to a private listening event for Kanye West. Vanessa Beecroft (an italian artist) did the visuals. The event was fantastic. Held at an abandoned parking garage. Ms. Beecroft curated 40 nude women (not fully nude, they wore designer stilettos, dahling) and everyone was backlit by a deep pulsating red light. It was an intimate event and Kanye spoke heartfelt words. In his own words, the album is his "naked" self expression for all to see.

SANTOGOLD!

So a whole squadron of The People's Shoe people went to the Low vs Diamond and Santogold concert last night.  These are 2 of our fav artists.  If you don't know Low vs. Diamond, stop everything now and listen to their anthem "brothers & sisters". Do it now.
Then we stopped in at Santogold's sound check to give her a one-of-a-kind pair of kicks.  She LOVES 'em!