After nearly two months in hibernation, Don’t Believe the Hypebeast is wide awake and already kicking sand on your 400 dollar hoodie. Don’t worry, it brushes right off. By way of wacky explanation, DBTHb says it was forced to shut down when Wal-Mart threatened “litigation to the tune of $325.50″ over a parodied collaboration with aNYthing. In other sarcastic news:

However, keeping with its move towards investing in the internet-
namely social networking sites- Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. stepped in and bought the rights to DBTHb for an undisclosed sum. Effective September 30th, Mr. Murdoch became the primary share holder in DBTHb and emboldened the site to once again return with its bitchy and sarcastic observations on the this culture.

Hopefully, DBTHb will be sticking around a little longer this time. Thanks go out to the few dozen individuals who emailed to confirm rumors Zoo York’s LA crew is responsible for this comedic effort. Get back at us to redeem the limited edition pat on the back we promised. In early December, we’ll release the “Loose Lips Sink Ships” Bearbrick in 100% and 400% sizes to commemorate everyone who was dying to drop the dime on their buddies at Zoo York. Makes a great holiday gift!

Somebody is spitting fire. Don’t Believe the Hypebeast is a hilarious new blog mocking the internet streetwear scene. From their legal page:

If you take anything here as fact, then you probably buy into the concept of limited edition sneakers, wear an LV bandana over your face, and hang out on Lafeyette Street.

Some call it hate, others call it humor. Regardless, I’ll be checking back and judging by the comments, I’m not alone. Now, if only Street Art Blows would update as often.

Saved By the Bell X The Hundreds from DBTHB.

Artist, Dash Snow, is back modeling AG Jeans for easy money. After so many sleepless nights, it probably feels great to curl up in the fetal position and stare at the wall for a day or three.

In other cocaine news, Rick James received a new tombstone on the second anniversary of his death.

For the last few seasons the chain link fence on John Street in DUMBO has stocked the greatest dirty tee styles this side of the East River (arguably the Hudson River too). You’ll never find yourself on the wrong side of history with the subtle authentically handcrafted details: pit stains, dirt stains, blood stains and body odors. Each If you don’t have time to work up a good ring around the collar or get stabbed with a shiv, your problems are solved. Your wallet will thank you, your soon to be ex-girlfriend won’t.

However, whether digging through dusty crates, filming protests or searching out dead stock, the importance of protecting one’s sources cannot be denied. Tape up your records, “destroy” the master tapes, pretend you bought those kicks on Ebay and jump ship before people catch on. This spot is a diamond in the rough.

Continue reading: A Tee Grows in Brooklyn

Within the immaterial Lucky Magazine is artist, Dash Snow modeling in an ad for Adriano Goldschmied. Consider that this is the man who takes photos with a camera “made of wood, palm leaves and cocaine” and creatively combined newspaper clippings and semen in ‘Fuck the Police’. In his own words from Paper Magazine:

I’m not a businessman. [But] my business used to be and still is thievery, to some extent. I came across a camera, which I thieved when I was 16 and started taking pictures. I’ve been partying for years, probably since I was 11. I did my first line of coke when I was 13 years old and I’ve been partying every night and taking pictures ever since. Everything’s a blur and every night is New Year’s as far as I’m concerned. [When I’m at a party, I look for] a dark corner, a wallet, a bag of blow and some love to go.

Though we don’t question Dash Snow’s motives for taking the job ($30,000 is a nice bit of scratch), we do question Adriano Goldschmied’s reasons for choosing Snow and barely showing off the jeans.

Continue reading: Dash Snow, the New Face of AG Jeans

Diamond Supply Co. and Crooks & Castles, two popular streetwear brands, tried to make a socially conscious t-shirt and failed miserably. Nick Tershay, of Diamond Supply Co., posted the collaboration on Hypebeast.com forums and exclaimed, “Sierra Leone is craze! So we made a shirt.” He explains the t-shirt is meant to “cause awareness, nothing more, nothing less.”

The t-shirt in question features the chilling photo of a 17 year old boy holding handless arms to his face. He is a victim of rebels running conflict diamond mining operations in Sierra Leone.

“When I put Diamond & Crooks together on the front I had the idea because they say they do this to people who steal Diamonds while working in the mines…. I also thought it was a good saying, because it could be interpreted as the rebels are crooks for doing such a thing and controlling the diamond trade in Sierra leone.”

Shamelessly marketing human torture under the guise of social consciousness? Check. No plans to donate profits to charity? Check. Jacking a photo from Unicef photographer, Giacomo Pirozzi? Check. (Yeah, we can use Google Image Search, too)

Looks like a winner to me.