4/23 – Fri – Neil Armstrong in L.A. for Soul Sessions @ Grandstar

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1st Time in LA this year baby. And I’m bringing it back to the hip hop. Party Rocking, thumb Originals Set. Like from them mixtapes you may have heard…

FRIDAY April 23rd.

Guest Dj Inka One (Boombox, purchase Beathackers)

In the Lounge – Beat Ventriloquists

With the Soul Sessions Soundsystem :
The Remitch | B-Nasty | Plann.B | Baby Bubba | Ninja Simone

Grand Star 943 N. Broadway, DTLA
9pm – 2am
$5 B4 10:30 / $10 after
21 +

www.soulsessionslive.com

4/22 – Thurs – Neil Armstrong in San Diego @ U31 for Cros 1’s Homecoming!

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Ahhh, salve San Diaago . In spanish, sovaldi it means, a whales vagina.

It’s been to long SD! I’m back in town baby …

April 22nd Thursday
Cros 1’s Home Coming Celebration

Residents Armory Massive & No Sucker DJ’s
And NEIL ARMSTRONG

U-31 Cocktail Bar
North Park
3112 University Ave

Doors Open @ 9 PM
$5 Before 10:30/ $10 After
VIP & Bottle Service Available
For more info www.myspace.com/U31SD

www.generationsparty.com

4/20 – Tues – Neil Armstrong Heads to Hawaii ;)!

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Did y’all know at one point I lived out in Hawaii? In Makiki, cialis right off of the H1 Highway by Ward Ave.

I haven’t been back in a while and am STOKED to go back.

The Architechs 10 Year Anniversary

To Show our appreciation for all of your support over the past 10 years, we will be hosting a late supper reception and dancing and partying from 10 PM to 2 AM. Together, we have built a soldi foundation & we are all the Architechs of this scene and culture. Crhis – Blaise – DJ XL .

Architechs is a Hawaii Staple in the Scene out there, and I’ll be out there celebrating with them For A PRIVATE PARTY!

BUT, I have a small guestlist available! So if you guys, my fans happen to be out there and want to party with me – please contact me at djneilarmstrong@gmail.com , with the Subject – HAWAII PARTY .

The Roc Boys Family Reunion…

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Ughh, physician on my last little world wurlwind Run, I made a stopover in Stockholm sweden. 1st Time out here rocking solo actually. But not my 1st time here.

The 1st Time I was here in Sweden was with Jay-z and the Roc Boys Band.

In fact, my time here was the 1st Blog Post I ever made when I used to have this tour blog up for LTD Magazine. Peep myself, with Members of the Horn Section site seeing in the Old City Below.

Now of course, this brought back many a memory for me.

If ya’ll been paying attention to my recent journeys, I actually missed doing the last tour with Jay as my schedule went from working with the 3 stripes of the Blueprint, to the Three Stripes of Adidas. I’m not really sure if I ever will go on tour again to be honest, you know when its time for the kid to leave the parents nest, your success is when you make your own path, when you find your own home.

I did a lot of travelling when I was on tour, and did many significant groundbreaking events . Being the First Hip Hop Representative on the 1’s and 2’s to celebrate the inauguration of A U.S. President. Backing up Jay for tons of Rock Festivals all over europe, helping him hold down the headline spot at the Glastonbury Festival, the 1st Time A Hip Hop Act ever did that…

I actually DO NOT miss a lot of it. The Touring life… It’s a hectic one. Every nite you sleep in a different bed. You live your life on buses and airplanes, and trains. You are gone from the place you are visiting before you even get there . It seems glamourous, but that lifestyle is meant for a strong chosen few, not everyone is meant to handle it.

You leave your friends and your family behind, constantly surrounded by unfamiliar faces with the exception for the people that are on the road with you. So the People you travel with… they become your family. The Roc Boys, they became my family, for better and for worse ;) .

Now , the Roc boys have gone through some personnel changes throughout my time with Jay – mostly the Horn section changes, and now my man Young GURU is on the 1’s and 2’s . The last time we were on tour, this was the lineup, and mostly its stayed the same –

Out of everything on tour I could miss, chillin with the roc boys on the top of that short list.

l to r : me, tony royster jr, Shaun Carrington, Omar Edwards, Tony chicago Russell, the core of the roc boys

Now don’t get it twisted. I was The Asian Dude with a bunch of black Folk on tour… so best believe I got a lot of heckling. But its like a tour of duty when you go to war I guess… You go through a shared experience that no one else has, you end up making brothers.

When we made a stop in Indiana last month, I did an afterparty for one of the concerts, and for the 1st time in a while I got to see the Roc Boys,and it was like I said above… A family Reunion ….

Roc Boys Reunion in Indiana

When we got together, it was all pounds and smiles… A lot of, “we miss you brother neil”, and I mos Definitely missed them… even after all the crap they would give me ;)

Roc Boys Reunion in Indiana

The Roc Boys ARE :

Omar Edwards – Musical Director / Keys
Shaun Carrington – Guitar
Tony “Chicago” Russell – Bass
Tony Royster Jr – Drums
Brett Baker – Percussion
Jeff Bradshaw – Trombone
Aaron Goode – Trombone (current)
Lamont Caldwell – Sax
Monty Reynolds – Keys
Lee Hogans – Trumpet
Matt Cappy – Trumpet (current)
YOUNG GURU – DJ

And me ;) Yours truly, gets to say he Rocked with the Best. Here below are some of our greatest hits ;)

The Roc boys on the way to Nigeria – on the G4 ;)

Roc Boys at the All Points West Festival

Roc Boys at the Inauguration of President Obama

Roc Boys Horns at Electric Lady Studios

Hazing the Roc Boys

Me And Matt Cappy At Wimbledon

The Roc boys and Jay are about to head out on tour again soon. Right now they are gettin ready to tear down COCHELLA . Myself… well my own wings are spread now… and I got a bit of touring to do of my own ;) CALIFORNIA AND HAWAII… HERE I COME.

Roc Boys. Salute .

4/17 -Sat – DJ Neil Armstrong @ Club Denim in Illadelphia…

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I’m barely recovered from heading all over the World – Angola, viagra sale to Sweden to Finland – But I’m about to head out to visit all over the good ole USA of A.

1st Stop, Our funky Neighbor to the southside – Philadelphia –


Mike Fazio & Velvet Elite Present to You
SATURDAY April 17th
CASUAL ENCOUNTERS @ DENIM
1712 Walnut Street | Philadelphia, PA 19103
Denimlounge.com
www.facebook.com/denimlounge
215.735.6700
From 10 PM to 3 AM

With DJ’s Elvis Suarez & Isaac Jordan
Featuring Yours Truly, Neil Armstrong
For Table Reservations Call : 267.670.1756

This is for you classy and sassy party goers down in the illadelph…

Keep your eyes open for the rest of April, Im gonna be busy..

4/9 – Fri – Armstrong heads to Helsinki Finland @ Club Tiger

Year of The Tiger – One year anniversary of The Tiger nightclub Main act DJ Neil Armstrong

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http://www.thetiger.fi

April 9th – This Friday –
Urho Kekkosen katu 1, sick 00100, advice Helsinki, Finland
By invitation only

For table reservations please contact us via email: reservations@skravintolat.fi

My fans – hit me @ djneilarmstrong@5thplatoon.com for the invite…

4/7 – Wed – at Club Berns in Stockholm Sweden Live from NYC

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2.35:1 Wednesday Presents Live from NYC
NEIL ARMSTRONG
+Resident Dj’s ; Dj Viet-Naam & Dj Taro
Host ;Myggan
Wednesday 7th of April 11 pm – 03 am
Venue; Berns

Famalam in Sweden – If you around this wednesday, Tomorrow – come out and party with us in Stockholm at Club Berns …

4/3 – Neil Armstrong Heads to Angola

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See that picture above??? That’s my visa to get into Angola. I had to jump thru hoops and ladders , cialis sale with denied visas and Lost Passports added to the stew.

But I got it.

Now, I head out to Angola to perform TOMORROW, at Ilha de Luanda for SAMK Eventos and Sandro Silva.

I’m in luanda. and I’ll be getting supposedly 10,000 + groovin with me.

Talk to y’all soon!

Sole Searchin on a sunday…

Sole Searchin on a sunday nite with my manager Sky Gellatly @skygellatlyhttp://bit.ly/bZoHt8

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3/25 – DJNA heads to Squeeze Radio – WKCR 89.9 FM tonite

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Tonite – 3/25- 3/26 from 1AM to 5AM, ambulance I make my way uptown to join the NYC Airwaves/Interwaves on WKCR 89.9’s squeeze Radio with Sucio Smash.

They JUST celebrated their 7th anniversary, troche and its been a minute since I’ve been on the show, so if ya around tonite near a computer you can listen to it liiivvve. I’ll be on earlier then later.

If You don’t know about the show, well here is some background ….

Airing on Thursday nights/Friday mornings from 1:00-5:00am, Squeeze Radio is the place to listen to hip-hop in New York City. In its original incarnation, DJ Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito aka DJ Cucumberslice co-hosted the Stretch & Bobbito Show. In the early 1990s the show was voted “the best hip-hop show of all time” by Source Magazine and “the best hip-hop show in New York” by the Village Voice. Today, Squeeze Radio is hosted by SUCIO SMASH. The show was voted best Hip Hop Show in New York by Time Out New York magazine.

Pictured above is the homey Sucio Smash. The host with the most. We’ll be up their talking up the DNA of the Blueprint, talk about my life on the road, and my future endeavors. AND OF COURSE, I’ll be getting on the one’s and 2’s …

Tune in true believers!

From Flushing to Madison Square – me & my old boss in some new documentary…

This year I’ve moved on from the 3 stripes of the Blueprint to the 3 stripes of Adidas, sovaldi but there are still remnants of my days wearing all black everything surfacing in the public consciousness on the daily.

Recently a new Short Film has been making its rounds –

ABSOLUT® VODKA UNVEILS “NY-Z” – A SHORT FILM FEATURING LEGENDARY ARTIST AND NATIVE NEW YORKER JAY-Z
Director Danny Clinch and Hip-Hop Icon Pay Tribute to New York City with Black & White Short Film; Latest Creative Collaboration from World’s Most Iconic Vodka
NEW YORK (March 22, 2010) – Today, as part of an ongoing creative collaboration with JAY-Z and Madison Square Garden (MSG), ABSOLUT® VODKA introduces “NY-Z” – a 14-minute short film featuring JAY-Z and directed by popular music and culture photographer Danny Clinch. Featuring exclusive footage of JAY-Z and John Mayer as they prepare for the September 11 benefit concert at MSG, NY-Z offers a rare glimpse into the life of native New Yorker Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter as he discusses his hometown and what it means for an artist to “arrive” with a performance at the world’s most famous arena. The short film is available for viewing at facebook.com/ABSOLUT.

At that time I was still running around the world on the 1’s and 2’s for jay, so yours truly has appearances peppered throughout the documentary.

NY-Z

NY-Z

NY-Z

NY-Z

From Flushing to Madison Square ;) Roc Boys 4Ever….

3/20 – Sat – The jay-z show DOPE COUTURE afterparty in Indianapolis Indiana

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Last but not least on my midwest trip, click is the Dope Couture Afterparty in Indianapolis.

Dope Couture’s Spring Line Release party following the Jay-z Concert
3/20 – Saturday @
Mo’s, (47 S. Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, IN 46204)
VIP reservations @ 317-624-0720

Dresscode : Black & White a la mode
21 + , $25 dollars at the door.

Featuring DJ Neil Armstrong + the Roc Boys + DJ Indiana Jones + DJ Limelight + alpha.live

This will be one of the few Afterparties I will be at, so if you in Indianapolis come thru and party with me!

3/20 – Sat – Quick Stop in Cinncinati @ Corporate Store 5-7pm

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Next stop we gonna go say whatup to my streetwear folk at http://corporategotem.com/. We gonna have a little in-store with myself and DJ Clockwork on the one’s and 2’s to celebrate the release of the DNA of the BluePrint Mixtape.
Come thru , sick chill with some good folk and get your shoppin on. Spring is already here baby!

http://corporategotem.com/
Corporate Store
513.771.0432
11578 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati, OH 45246

From 5PM – 7PM

3/19 – Fri – Neil Armstrong heads to Mercury Lounge in CLEVELAND OHIO

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Another 1st – as I head out to the midwest with my 1st Stop in CLEVELAND OHIO –
Mr Bradley Presents DJ Neil Armstrong @
http://www.themercurylounge.com
The Mercury Lounge
1392 West 6th Street
Cleveland, discount OH 44113-1308

21+
$5 dollar cover
Tables Available – 216.566.8840 for info

I will be hittin you Neil Armstrong style – Soulful to the core. Get up and Dance style.

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Adidas Originals & Neil Armstrong Welcome y’all to the neighborhood….

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOA3Veod8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOA3Veod8s

So you guys have most likely seen the Imperial March Recreation we did in NYC with me and Snoop Dogg, drugstore and hopefully the Star Wars X Adidas video short that hit the internet last Jan – I put a post up about it in this here hypebeast blog so if you haven’t seen it for shame for shame!

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZooYDKIDOaQ

Well, buy this is the FULL length add, cure introducing you to the street where originality Lives – with a plethora of Adidas Representatives across the Entertainment plane. And your’s truly , Neil Armstrong is one of the Hip Hop Representatives holding it down for adidas and for Originality – and you know this ;)

Quite a list. Peep my cameo where I kick in the door… they had me set up in all this crazy gear just to get like… a half second shot ;)

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Welcome to the street where originality lives; the adidas Originals neighborhood. This is where athletes, musicians, skaters, artists, entertainers and more all come together to show their colors, their style and their originality.

Our neighbors include Adrienne Bailon, Agyness Deyn, Ana Ivanovic, Calle 13, Cheer Chen, Ciara, David Beckham, DJ Neil Armstrong, Fernando Verdasco, Hyori Lee, Ian Brown, Jay Baruchel, Jeremy Scott, Louise Roe, Mr. Hudson, N-Dubz, Noel Gallagher, Snoop Dogg, Tallulah Morton, Whitney Port and, most importantly, YOU!

Visit: http://www.adidas.com/originals
Become a Fan: http://www.facebook.com/adidasoriginals

3/15 – Mon – Neil X Microsoft @ the Speakeasy – SXSW Austin Tex

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Microsoft Party and Interactive Gallery

http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/5289

Technology and music mix it up at the Microsoft Party with special guest Carsonified. Party with some of Austin’s finest DJs including DJ Neil Armstrong and DJ-Mel, drinks, and networking at the hottest nightclub and best rooftop Terrace59, Speakeasy. Come see the live debut of The Roebucks (Brooklyn, NY) being hailed as “United States’ answer to the Verve” – Craig Collins, NYC.

Satisfy your inner geek and experience installations that showcase the future of multitouch and mobile interfaces and devices—Technology you will not see anywhere else at SxSW Interactive.

For fun people, great music, exciting technology, and a few surprises, bring your SXSW badge or invitation (Available at the Microsoft Booth in the SXSW Expo Hall). Don’t miss the Microsoft Party on Monday night, March 15 at Speakeasy.

SXSW X Microsoft @ Speakeasy,
412 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

This event is for all the SXSW badge holders, so if you are out there, make sure to stop on thru…

3/12 – Fri – Tomorrow – Neil Armstrong heads to Rumor in Boston

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Man o manowitz, view Its been 3 YEARS since I been to Beantown solo. Come out and party with me at Rumor if you up there!

Friday 3/12
Neil Armstrong @
Rumor NiteClub in Boston
100 Warrenton ST
Boston, MA 02116 –

617.422.0045
http://www.rumorboston.com

Check out the website for guestlist info etc etc.

3/15 – Mon – Neil @ COMPLETE Clothing in Austin TX for SXSW

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2010 has been a lot of firsts , and we continue the tradition with my FIRST TIME @ SXSW in Austin Texas.

I’ll be chillin with the party people EARLY @ Complete Clothing.

DJ Neil Armstrong @
Complete Clothing in Austin
SXSW Jump off Party
MEET & GREET : 5-7 PM
DJ DIGG – FREE DRINKS
DJ ENFOE & DJ FUNDAMENTAL

1904 Guadalupe St, Suite C

Come thru to start of SXSW with good folk and good music!

HipHopDX shows the DNA of the Blueprint love…

Props to the Hip Hop Website http://hiphopdx.comfor spreading the word on the latest mixtape Project DNA of the Blueprint.

Dj Neil Armstrong X Jeff Staple : ” Across rue de Charonne” (Paris)

DJ Neil Armstrong X Jeff Staple: ‘Across rue de Charonne’ from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Last February 27th 2009, store on a chance meeting out in Paris, I ended up getting interviewed guerilla style walking around Paris by Jeff Staple, with the fellas from brandrmx.com at the helm.

One take, 2 cameras, and very good editing to tell the tale of what is coming up next for Neil Armstrong.

On a side note, much props to Jeff Staple, who has been there pretty much since I’ve been around. Jeff created my crews first logo, and was essentially my First Sponsor. Funny how time flies…

Description from the BrandRMX guys –

“Across rue de Charonne” is an action shot caught in 5 mn with Dj Neil Armstrong, official Dj of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Tour and Jeff Staple, founder and creative director of Staple Design (Reed space, Kia Soul, Nike).
Take a walk through Bastille (typical Parisian area) with these two creative minds, sharing current projects during their trip in the City of light.

music credits: © Dela/The Roots/Karriem Riggins

The Next Chapter Begins…

What a year its been so far.

2010 has held only one constant for me, malady and that is that things are CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

Here we now have for the 1st time, a website for the brand – http://djneilarmstrong.com.

I welcome of y’all to the new site, which will be the homebase to get a taste of all my future projects and endeavors. But lets take a quick sec back to about a month ago, when the next chapter of my life started.

Time to reflect.

What has happened in my life over the last two years is nothing short of incredible.

2010 is poised to be a boundary-pushing year for me–new horizons and new creative challenges. Above all: the start of the next chapter.

If in January of 2008 you told me that I would travel the world with Jay-Z, perform at the Olympics in Beijing and at President Obama’s Inaugural Ball with the Roc Boys, have bagels on Damien Hirst’s boat, represent the elements of hip-hop alongside Kanye and Coldplay, perform at MSG for the firefighters and police lost in 9/11–and now be featured in a global TV campaign for Adidas and Star Wars (with David Beckham and Snoop Dogg nonetheless)–I would have said, “yeah right.” Didn’t you know: I’m just a turntablist?

But that has all happened. Now in 2010 you will see me embark on a new chapter in my life: as a Global Spokesperson for Adidas.

I’ve gone from the three red stripes of the Blueprint 3 and onto the three white stripes of Adidas. From the premier face of hip-hop to the kicks that rep it best: my adidas.

For Jay’s upcoming tour, my familiar face will not be there behind the 1’s and 2’s. Hov will be “Armstrong-less,” but I’m sure that he and the Roc Boys will be more than alright. And who knows, maybe if my schedule and Mr. Carter’s coincide, and the stars align for the right reasons, you might see me at a stadium near you — once again throwing up that almighty diamond.

But for now , my seemingly impossible career, has led me to the brand that coined the term ‘Impossible Is Nothing’.

While the Roc Boys and Mr. Carter are poised to travel far and wide in the name of the music I love most, I’ll be on my own award tour repping for Adidas and rocking parties for you the people. And when I’m not on the road, I’ll be back in the lab, back in my creative space making new mixes and an array of other musical treasures. (**I know a lot of y’all new fans know me as Jay-Z’s tour DJ–but previous to that I was known for the “gourmet mixtapes” that I would drop every so often).

Now let the story begin with this … a project I have been working on for quite awhile which I was planning on dropping right before this next tour started…

Download here for free – The DNA of the Blueprint. A tribute mix to thank Mr. Carter for all the amazing opportunities he has given me.

Signing off, two handle slaps and a Navy salute,
DJ Neil Armstrong
One of Jay-Z’s Tour DJ’s
Founder of the Almighty 5th Platoon
Global Spokesperson for Adidas and Aerial 7

2010 till infinity ya’ll

Aerial 7 Celebrates the new website….

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Above is a pic from the last time I was out in England – at a show with Jay-z and Coldplay at Wembley Stadium.

My headphone of choice for a while now has been Aerial 7.

For the Website Launch, sovaldi sale they are helping me celebrate by offering my fans a discount on their fine audio producto –

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Thats right, seek you can save 20% on your entire headphone order.

When you check out use the code – NEILA7 and you will get that automatic discount.

Pretty Sweet huh ;)

Happy Shopping – I promise, your ears and your wallets will be happy!

Visit the aerial7 site at http://www.aerial7.com.

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FREE Download – the DNA of the Blueprint : Jay-z X Neil Armstrong

On March 3rd I released the project that I’ve been planning on dropping since Sept 11th of 2010 – A tribute mix for Jay-z’s Blueprint series.

Well, stuff after a VERY Hectic Touring schedule with jay across North America and Spot Dates in Europe, treatment a solo run out in Australia, search and running around with stormtroopers and Darth Vader for Adidas, I was finally able to see the project come to fruition.

Here it is, presented FREE , http://djneilarmstrong.com/DNABP3.

This mix is a thank you message to Mr. Shawn Corey Carter, Hova, Jay-Z, for the opportunity he gave me to Rock along side him and the rest of the Roc Boys.

It should at the least remind all of y’all, why he’s the King.

Make sure to catch the BluePrint 3 Tour when it hits a town near you… this mix I did should get y’all warmed up properly.

Fri 3/5 NYC – DJ Clark Kent, Akalepse and yours truly at South Paw in Brooklyn

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DJ Neil Armstrong and DJ Clark Kent
LIVE FROM SOUTHPAW: March 5, 2010
A celebration of the launch of the new www.DJNeilArmstrong.com
100 FREE pairs of Aerial 7 Sumo headphones to give away to the first 100 people to show up!

download
Event Details:
Southpaw, March 5, 2010
125 5th ave, Brooklyn NYC (between Sterling + St. Johns)
Doors open at 10PM
Tickers: $12 adv / $15 day of show. Tickets available at www.ticketweb.com
Opening set by DJ AKlepse

A Day in the Life…

Neon Gorilla presents A Day In The Life of DJ Neil Armstrong, try the Official DJ of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Tour. The Neon Gorilla crew documented Neil during the tour’s stop in Toronto, drugstore which was also the official release day of our Ransom by Adidas Footwear Collection.

Take a look as he stops by the shop, the concert, afterparty, along with an interview.

www.ransomholdingco.com
www.livebeaumonde.com

NYC- Feb 4th – We recreate the Imperial March!

Adidas X the Imperial StormTroopers X Neil Armstrong X ????, ambulance originally uploaded by djneilarmstrong.

Star Wars super geeks and Adidas Fans GO CRAZY.

NYC, cialis the Imperial army is coming…

Join Adidas Originals and Star Wars for a reenactment of the Imperial March, led by Darth Vader, a bunch of stormtroopers and A SECRET CELLLLEEEB.

The special guest is ONE of those CATS that in that video with me . You know – the one with the Death Star blowing up behind me while I spin.


Be the first to get your hands on the new Skywalker Shoe while your’s truly Spins.

Check it out at the Soho Adidas Originals Store at 136 Wooster in NYC.

11 AM on Feb 4th Thursday.

March Begins @ 10:45 AM at Broadway and Houston…