Dear CMG, I’d like to think I’m a pretty cool married guy, with a deep love for all things retro that remind me of my childhood in the 80s.  I recently stayed up till midnight (or 1:45am if you consider all of the trouble I had with the Foot Action website crashing) so I could buy myself...

I just want to start this by saying that I will absolutely never call Mos Def “Yaslin Bey” for as long as I live. Poor professional moniker choices aside, you pretty much have to at least be curious when Black Star drops a new single. That’s right Mos and Kweli are back at it again,...

I’ve already accepted the fact that I’m starting to really sound like an old person because I vehemently believe that everything was better when I was growing up, including the tattoo-less, short shorts sporting, affordable shoe wearing, sky-hooking professional basketball league that was...

Let me present you with a scenario: You and I are standing on one side of a giant frozen lake and you need to get to the other side, but aren’t familiar with frozen bodies of water. I’m an expert in matters like this, so you ask me “Um, excuse me, I need to get to the other side but...

Before I had a baby, or rather my wife did, I used wait for the latest COD to get released with sheer anticipation.  I was never crazy enough to go buy it at midnight, but I knew that within a week or 2 I’d be online with my good buddy Sym Sw3lz taking out my aggression on young foreigners who...

Most of you are probably familiar with the NikeID website, where from time to time different Nike silhouettes are offered for customization.  The latest in their offerings is the Nike Toki, which has been probably my favorite for the last few years because of it’s casual versatility, and appropriateness...

Like most dudes, I’m not much into carrying umbrellas.  Add in my shaved head, and it’s almost not worth it to lug something around that I may never use, and will inevitably lose at some point in the near future.  But if there were an umb-a-rella I’d be interested in carrying, it’d...

I guess in the world of trying to be successful in an overly-saturated market (read:  blogs), one is never supposed to show their weaknesses.  I don’t operate like that.  My plan at first was to pump out enough posts in the course of a day to establish myself in the blog arena, until I could...

Continuing to show why they won’t go away (well, that and the fact that Nike owns them), Converse returns with a new spin on an old classic.  The “Star Classic” that is.  Shown here in a muted off-white leather with brown suede accents, and a black logo, the Star Classic takes on...

Need a way to show your love for your favorite hip hop icons, but in an artistic and “adult” sort of way?  Well look no further than the Hip Hop Heads series from…. someone, I guess.  The prints feature character drawings of Biggie, Snoop, Flav, Skateboard P, Pac, Doom, ‘Ye,...

I know, I know, all you have to do is plug your phone in to transfer your pictures into your computer, and then print them out.  But who wants to make an extra step when you if you don’t have to?  That’s right, the iPhone Photo printer allows you to simply sit your iPhone, aka your real...

  “F-R-E-S-H, FRESH, FRESH, FRESH, THAT’S FRESH!”  There is no bootmaker more classic than Timberland, and last winter saw a huge resurgence of original designs from the brand.  My personal favorite was the Timberland Abingdon, that was not only relevant visually, but also had...

I’ve never claimed to be omniscient, only to have an opinion about most things. So when I have a question of my own, I’m never scared to reach out to a cohort for answers. In this case, I contacted my friend and CMG Alumnus Dave “Deacon” Jones for help. Check out the dialogue...