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I must have worn right through the soles of my old black and white checkered Vans. Holy crap was I the coolest kid in my entire mind. I had those sunglasses with the little piece of pleather in the corners for maximum shade as well as the ultimate in limited visibility. I had my Ramones concert shirt, despite never having seen anyone other than Rick Springfield and REO Speedwagon in person (not together, man, that would have been a ticket!). I was cool, maybe even reckless, and everyone knew it. They saw it on my feet.

So I suffered from disillusions of grandeur. It happens.

I think Vans is about to send a whole new generation on a similar path, one filled with cool buzzes and tasty waves. The new Paisley Skull Slip-On almost demands it. The shoes come in 3 colors according to Ripe, at least that's what I think it says.

Skulls and paisley, what's not to like?



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If you think the word "punk" has anything to do with Ashton Kutcher, listen up.

An urban youth movement that was one part attitude, one part music and three parts style, punk is what the 1970s gave us (well, okay, punk and Watergate ... and the OPEC Crisis. Whatever.) Thirty years after punk hit hard in New York and London, the BBC is running a three part series on its BBC World Service "Close Up" program chronicling what punk was.

Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, CBGB, mohawks, nose rings: that's "punk." That annoying guy with the crooked hat who plays tricks on people to the adulation of MTV? That's "a punk."