To All a Pair Of Kicks, And To All a Good Price

http://www.Starbury.com

So my mom calls me the other day at about 9:30 in the morning. Obviously I'm still at least an hour away from waking up but since the age of 9 or so I've always HAD to answer the phone no matter what. Being that my screen is damaged i couldn't see who it was (not that I'd dream of not answering a call from my mom) so i blindly answered. After the ritual "ian, it's 9:30, you shouldn't be asleep" and "where do you stand on school" conversation [love you mom!] she proceeds to ask me if I know anything about Starburys. Stephon Marbury's company right? Yea. So...? Pretty random. Well, apparently he's putting out a line of shoes that cost $15 doolers. 15 Muthafuckin DOOLLERS!

The first thing i thought of was a pair of $12.99 payless shoes that my dad bought me in 1994. They were some faux reebok pumps, but they had a pump so i figured 'fuck, if i'm gunna look homeless i might as well at least TRY to fit in' [i was 11]... Anyway, the pump was plastic, as was most of the shoe and the soles fell out within 9 hours of wear. I kid you not.

So by now my mom is telling, between laughs of my father's frugality, that these Starbury's are actually quality shoes.

"On March 23, 2007, Starbury was featured in a segment on the ABC show 20/20 (edition
entitled "Enough!"), hosted by John Stossel. The segment
dealt with the high price of sneakers and the role of Starbury and Marbury
as an alternative. During the show, Marbury stated "If you take my shoe and
you take a $150 shoe, cut it down in half, and it do the same exact thing.".
Stossel put Marbury's statement to the test and a pair of Starbury Ones were
brought to Professor Howard Davis, Shoe Design department professor at Parsons
The New School for Design. Davis proceeded to cut apart the Starbury
Ones and a pair of "$100 plus Air Jordans" and stated "They're constructed
the same way". Stossel then mentioned that "others in the business" came to
the same conclusion." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbury]

Commendable to say the least.

I remember when both Shaq and Hakeem Olajuwon[sp?] released cheap shoes. I can't really recall how people felt about the Shaq's (though i do remember when they had the pumps and the portable pumping mechanism. My cousin used to pump and pump and pump [pause] only to immediately let the air out) but i DO recall that if you were wearing Hakeem's, you were gettin clowned. I mean, spaulding shoes? In retrospect i wonder if those Spaulding's were comparable to the Starbury's, qualitywise.

Anyway, been hella months since my last blog, don't know where to else go with this one sooooo... here's a picture of a guy about to get some head from a dog: