They sent me 5 Ts. Good quality and good fit.

My personal favs is this one

and this one

The other 3 are fresh too!

I love the colors on this one

The black is cool, but I think the blue one is better.

When I pulled this one out the bag...I lol a lil. It reminded me of the days when I wanetd to go down to Freaknik...but I fucking never made it. oh well! This shirt rocks! I like its old school feel. it's on some shit you but at a truck stop. Back to basics?

They also sent me a pair of shades I have been wanting and a couple pair of the sneaker charms? wtf do you call them shits? What ever...they are fresh.

Check out www.ihmdj.com for more info...they have a pretty nice site so get on it!

Thanks!!!

1st off I would like to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July. I hope you have many cold beers, eat good BBQ and and the night with a bang with out blowing up.

The Trace Magazine issue with my spread has been published and should be at your favorite cop a mag spot soon. I have 10 pages in this bad boy! Yoller!

Please hunt this shit down and peep my work!

I also have some work in the new issue of URB.

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It’s a double cover issue.

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In other news Do Wut You Like will return to the Gallery Bar later on this month! Be on the look out

I am also have a BIG BDAY Jumpie in August...I turn the big 23 again! This jumpie is going to be something NOT to be missed!

I might need someone else to take the pics this day cause it’s wild out time!

Last week was kinda chill for me. I went out and about but I mainly just chilled and played it low.

I did make it over to Hope Lounge for the Juke Box Heros & Mighty Healthy Present Out in Brooklyn The Summer Friday Jumpie.

Www.Villageslum.com to see the rest of the pics.

Thursday things swing back into action...

It’s the 3rd to last day of the 3rd annual Afro Punk Festival. www.Afropunk.com

I am going to shoot

At Southpaw. For more info on them go here: www.myspace.com/gamerebellion

they are a bad ass bunch of talented dudes who will rock the shit out of you! Getting great photos is never a issue when the play

Other bands performing are:

Whole Wheat Bread

The Objex

CX Kidtronik

Tickets available at

www.ticketweb.com

www.spsounds.com

18+ With ID

Southpaw

125 5th Avenue

Brooklyn

Then I head over to one of my favorite bars....Gallery Bar for the start 1st night of this Jumpie!

I will be in the house taking pics!

Friday

My boy Vinny and his crew are having their record release party at The Sullivan Room.

I am taking pics at this one too

Have a good week!! I’m out!

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Mel D. ©ole Photography (Concerts, Events and now Studio)

Tune Age DJ Productions

Vs Promotions

Contact info:

E-mail: mel@villageslum.com

Cell: 917-687-2135

AIM: cusetownusany

Website: www.Villageslum.com

Myspace: www.myspace.com/villageslum

Blog: www.highsnobiety.com/the_columns/village_slum/index.htm

To www.kilogoods.com for hitting me off with the Memphis T

The shit is right up my alley!

To www.wherebrooklynat.com for hitting me off with the Who Shot Ya

BK Fool what! Thanks Danny!

And www.reasonclothing.com/dev/index.html for blessing me with a pair of their new jeans...which are now officially my favorite jeans.

Jon..these shits are so wicked! I rocked them at the BK Hip Hop Fest...had dudes and chicks asking about them.

Thanks!

I really do mean to.

I have been meaning to blog this pic since I 1st started blog'n on here

Minus the girl...this photograph shows some of the kings of street wear fashion..NY and LA.

This was taken last year @ Opus 22.

And yup it will be in my up coming BOOK!

Shit...I should blog about some of the packages I have received over the last few months.

Maybe I will do that tomorrow.?

So, I had one busy ass week.

1st up was Monday @ Sway

Tuesday was all about On the Low Tuesdays @ Crudo Bar

Then it was on to Crème de la Crème x Mighty Healthy x Diamond Supply Co x Vapors Magaxine @ Opus 22

Wednesday I took the night “off” and got fucked up with my friends.

Hung out with Jesse of Dub Frequency and saw Nick of Diamond Supply Co..thought I would have seen him at the party but his flight was late or he missed it or some shit..I don't know.

Thursday I was right back at it at, at the Dunk Atmos 80's After Party @ Rewind

After the Atmos Party, I walked down to King Size with a few other folks.

I ran into The 10 Deep folks.

At King Size I ran into Nick again. Nick was telling me some good news. Be on the look out for fresh shit from his company real soon!

King Size was a rocking...with one of the Rockers too

Dude is dumb cool! I love the shit that the come drop all the time

On the way home I meet Todd from Frank 151/Franks Chop Shop and fuck I forget his name but he was hella cool...dude from www.halloffameltd.com

Good fucking night it was!

Friday I hung out at my local dive bar called Lucky 7. Had some beers, then skated home and watched s good action flick. I forget the name of that shit?

Saturday it was all about hip hop in BK!

The Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest 2007 version!

Featuring:

Ghostface, Consequence, Large Professor, Sean Price, Dres, Skillz, Emily King, Tanya Morgan,

El Michels Affair, Kidz in the Hall, Bliz, Pack FM & J. Period.

Guest Appearances:

Fat Joe

Chubb Rock

Parish from EPMD

Jeru The Damaja

Smif n Wesson

Capadonna

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The fest was good! My only beef is the press pit. There must have been 30 people in there at one point. Which is 20 to many.

I hope next year they fix that shit...cause every person with a pocket dig cam was in there taking pics and taking up my got damn room!

Go to www.Villageslum.com to see pics for the all events!

Myspace.com/villageslum

Hello yous guys.

Before we move on...if you want to hire me for your event or show/concert/performace get at me.

I had a good week...again! Minus the time I spent fucking around with Johnny Law, last week was grand!

I had jury duty on Wednesday.....it reminded me of being in jail. All I did was sit there and wish I was somewhere else.

Thursday night was a long one. 1st I went over to the Lex Lenorad Gallery for the Reduce Art show: curated by my main man Nyugen Smith.

The show was fresh. Artist made bags that were auctioned off. The show was all about environmental human waste and how we can cut down on them by reducing and reusing shit. Peep the site for more information. www.bagthehabit.com/BagtheHabitcreduceinfo.html

Nyugen’s bag was the best in my opinion.

Peep his site here: nyugensmith.com

After the Reduce show I headed up to The Hiro Ballroom for URB’s June magazine release jumpie.

Shit was ok but I was not feeling the tunes.

It’s always cool shooting the shit with URB’s Publisher/Creative Director Raymond Roker ( the Black dude)

He always has some interesting shit to say.

I also got a chance to finally meet Joshua Glazer who is URB’s Managing Editor.

Peep the rest of the pics here: www.villageslum.com

On Friday I had to go to court in the city for breaking the laws of Johnny Justice. I got caught taking a piss in Williamsburg last March. No one else saw me except the damn off duty, out of uniform ass hole cop... go figure. I have to mid August to pay 50 full bucks to my favorite city. Yippee!

On Saturday I worked for www.48hourfilm.com good looking out Maggie!

I shot film crews all day long.

After the gig I ate corn and had a few margaritas at one of my favorite restaurants...Cafe Hanbana

The corn is the bomb, the frozen margarita’s are the shit and the girls that work there are yum! The one girl who a few of us have a crush on had on mom jeans. Man oh man she is so fucking hot!

After my corn.....

I walked over to the Continental. They have cheap beer and 5 dollar shots of anything for 10 bucks! Go there for drinks sons!

I Chilled there for a few then met up with the birthday boy Ron (he turned the BIG 31 on Saturday.) and crew. Before I met with them they all ate at this spot called www.ninjanewyork.com/index.html. They said fools was dressed up as ninjas.

A good portion on the dinner party hung out at some bar/lounge on Avenue C for post dinner dranks!

Here’s some pics.

Caption this pic

Pen got dressed up! Peep his party shirt and hat.

Sunday was all about sleeping, working and the Yankees kicking the Mets asses!

This hat is so fresh!

Here is what they say about the freshest kids hat around!

"Say goodbye to the knit beanie. Sir Hayes teamed up with Still Life to

bring you a hat worthy of a young knights crown. Still Life's

bestseller J.Nicely is now in baby sizes! The Baby Nicely comes in fun

seersucker stripes, it's completely reversible and has two different

color ways to choose from Blue/Kiwi and Sea/Lemon."

Available only at STILL LIFE. Please, visit the online store and scroll

down to Specialty Items

WWW. STILLLIFENYC.COM

www.sirhayes.com

"power to the little people"

Yup Yup!!! go get that shit for ya kids!!!

So, yesterday I made my way over to Crudo Bar on 54 Clinton st btw Stanton & Rivington. For Kilo Internationals: On The Low Tuesdays. Which is a after work kind of jumpie. Each week they will feature a different brand, store or magazine.

Here is the Summer Schedule:

6/12 Rocksmith Tokyo + Kilo Goods

6/19 Deadly Dragon Sound

6/26 Coat of Arms

7/03 NO HAPPY HOUR

7/10 DAP Magazine

7/17 THEME Magazine

7/24 Reed Space

Last night was the 1st night. It featured brands Rocksmith and Kilo Goods.

DJ Equal kicks things off. (middle)

That’s Joey on the Left( myspace.com/tastenyc) And Eva ( Leroy Jenkins)

DJ Lindsey ( www.djlindsey.com)

worked the decks next. She is a fucking MASTER! Yall can’t see her!!

The jumpie was good which was a surprise...in NYC we had crazy ass thunderous rain storms all fucking day long.

Pics of the peeps:

Zunebug Starski ( bbpbx.com) Shit.. I forget the other guys name, I just know he does Rocksmith

The girls from www.sugarheadquarters.com/shq/

Zunbug and Friend...(Dude email me and give me your name again)

Peep the rest of the pics here: www.villageslum.com

Thanks Linyee!

After this jumpie me and boys went up to PM, (it’s this lounge in the Meat Packing District. BLAH) for the V lounge Party.

They had major sponsors: Giant Magazine, Alize, Blackberry,

Azzure, and HIM Fragrances. It was hosted by SWAY.

BORING!

We did get to see a old friend who is having a baby! What up Vy?!!

That’s her and Pen.