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Title: Where'd You Get Those? New York City's Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 by Bobbito Garcia, Testify Books ISBN: 1-57687-179-7 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ah, those were the days...
Comment: Reading this book is like travelling in a time machine with an expert guide by your side. Bobbito has done an incredible service to those of us who stepped through our New York childhood and adolescence in the 70s and 80s fixated on our sneakers, especially our basketball sneakers. My wife gave me this book for Christmas and I spent much of the day poring through it, absorbing the photos and reliving experiences I had in many of the sneakers Bobbito included in the book. She didn't understand it, but she appreciated my rapture. It was like seeing pictures of dream images--looking at things I never thought I'd see again, as if they had never existed, with memories of games played in particular sneakers, in particular leagues, in particular gyms and parks, with and against particular players in their particular sneakers, flooding back to me. It also brought back memories of the sneakers that I wanted--the Wilson Batas that my cousin had, the $100 red-on-white Indiana addidas Top Tens, the yellow-on-blue Nike Waffles--and the pain of not having them. If any of this sounds strange, or even pathetic, this book may not be for you, but it will thrill the sneakerholic in your life.
But the fun isn't just in the pictures--Bobbito has assembled a crew of not-so-famous commentators on sneaker and basketball culture in New York City. To his credit, Bobbito has arranged their funny, opinionated observations in a way that makes it seem like you're reading the transcript of a barbershop conversation. This "dialogue" makes up the bulk of the text and is as engaging as the photos.
Lastly, Bobbito's introductions to each section of the book are also valuable for their personal honesty and dead-on social observations. Where'd You Get Those? is no exercise in nostalgia. Instead, Bobbito strikes a perfect balance between testimony and critique, which makes the book a valuable piece of cultural history.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Flat-Out Great Book!
Comment: Powerful stuff, if you grew up in/around NYC in the early '70s through the mid-'80s. You'll see all the old faves, beautifully categorized and depicted, with extraordinary and completely appropriate attention to detail. Note that this isn't just a picturebook or catalogue, but rather takes the form of an oral history where the participants are a panel of sneaker fiends from way back (propers to 3rd Bass!) The slang (e.g., grips, quiver, slept-on butters) is incredible and infectious, and prone to misuse by people like me. And the shoes? Can't get enough, from Walter Davis's unique Dr. J's to Sake's green half-shells. Message to Bobbito: I've got 3 pairs of Lendl Comp's on ice, tell your friend!
Rating: 5
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Comment: this book is heat. best book on shoes of all time. it is like a dictionary for shoe lovers.
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Title: Sneakers ISBN: 1844429423 Publisher: Carlton Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Sneaker Book by Milk ISBN: 1861541678 Publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sole Provider: Thirty Years of NIKE Basketball by Robert "Scoop" Jackson ISBN: 1576871614 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Sneaker Book: Anatomy of an Industry and an Icon (Bazaar Book, 1.) by Tom Vanderbilt ISBN: 1565844068 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Back In The Days by Jamel Shabazz, Fab 5 Freddy, Ernie Paniccioli ISBN: 1576871061 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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