Part of full length interview with EMILIO SPARKS. Sidenote, on the way back to the S.I. Ferry we caught the wrath of Flint, Michigan and black ice. (If you tuned into the entire radio show, you will know what that means). Fortunately, no radio personalities or bloggers were injuried, but the car was totalled. Seat belts, folks - seat belts. Shout out to Joe Montanino and WSIA 88.9 Fm

Visit www.lafayettecrew.com to catch the entire LAFAYETTE Spring and Summer 2010 collection. Congratulations to Jun and the entire unit for the upcoming opening of their third store, which is located in Tokyo. KANPAI!

UK based Dancer and Choreographer Mark Swarf put up his routine of cap tricks, making the extremely difficult look incredibly easy. Swarf shows off his technique, speed, creativity and agility in this 3 minute showreel.

DJ TEDDY KING talks the talk about the respected Brooklyn Boutique BOUNDLESS NY and his feelings about NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted baseball caps. Towards the end, we get a hint about the official launch of a Boundless Brand. We’ll keep an eye out for that movement.

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Before “Stan” there was “the Fan”. 4 years prior to rapper Eminem dropping his critically acclaimed song about an obsessed fan, there was the 1996 film directed by Tony Scott. De Niro stars as Gil Renard, a down on his luck knife salesman, who takes on an unhealthy fixation with all-star San Francisco Giants center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn played by Wesley Snipes. Baseball, slumps, stalking and maniacal behavior round out the plot. Ellen Barkin, Benicio Del Toro and John Leguizamo also star in the movie. PIctured above is a still of the two actors (both New Yorkers). A related side note is that the San Francisco Giants were originally the New York Giants before the team relocated to the West in 1957. The Fan wasn’t a star in the cap of either actor, but makes a good Sunday afternoon Netflicks viewing.

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Our Founder/Editor-in-Chief will chopping it up with the “Charlie Rose” of Hip Hop, EMILIO SPARKS live today Feb 2nd @ 10pm EST on WSIA.fm 88.9. If you have followed any one of our late night Twitter rants you know it’s going to be random. Go Staten!

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Emcee / illadelph representer / Grammy Award winner, Black Thought of The Legendary Roots Crew (over 25,000 shows served!) speaks to us, dropping news on several high powered upcoming projects. Thought is rocking our Vintage SF lock up fitted baseball cap, produced by Elm Company. Much love for the drop, 100% Dundee! Check the Vimeo video below:

Watch for The Roots upcoming Def Jam release “How I Got Over ” this year and the Strictly Fitteds online store to open for business in Fall 2010. Clip directed by Kellen Dengler Special thanks to Chace Infinite, Shin Nishigaki and Prohibit NYC.

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In celebration of NEW ERA’s 90th anniversary, EYESCREAM magazine’s February issue features a 12 page spread containing photos of 90 Japanese influencers wearing NE product. Photo credit goes Keiichi Nitta. We’ve spotted a lot of familiar faces in the crowd. Look for this where international magazines are sold.

Caps and Hip Hop go together like PB&J - no news flash there. However, FIF’s latest video “Do You Think About Me” bears mentioning. Director Chris Robinson (Thanks for those Robot Films checks.) has framed up some eye catching fitted Kodak moments. First would be Mr. Jackson catching a face full of ice water while wearing a NY Yankees 2009 World Series patch edition 59Fifty. (No stunt double even.) This would have been a prime product placement for the new waterproof Yankees caps we previewed earlier. Consider that a suggestion to the G’s and Gents in the audience. Shout to Toasty of WINFIELD CAPS.