Instant Club Hit

Nike Air Force I -- 25th Anniversary "Bawlmer"

My current chain.

So I have a bit of a thing for shoes. My second job ever was at Rudo Sports in Northwood shopping center. This was pretty much a dream job at the time (1990-1993), even if I was working for minimum wage (I think it was $4.75 back then). I got mad discounts on tenners, and happened to work with KW Griff who was DJ'ing every Friday at Paradox. Jimmy Jones, Booman, Rod Braxton and others would be in the store constantly, goofing around and getting me seriously hooked on the club and house tracks. I had crazy mix tapes then, but after some car break-ins where I lost a '30 case' of cassettes, not many are left.

The hot shoes back then were Reebok Classics running shoes, Air Max Is, K Swiss, and Jordan VIs, with a few ACGs and trainers thrown in. The king of all shoes though were the "Airs" (Air Force I's). I was vaguely aware of this back then, but Baltimore was really the only place in the country still selling Airs back then. I've seen the importance of Baltimore in keeping this shoe alive before the 'sneaker craze' of today mentioned in a few sneaker books (Where'd you get those by Bobbito Garcia), but this Nike pamphlet I just picked up last weekend at Nort/Recon breaks it down! This is a nice glossy ad for the upcoming 25th anniversary releases and Baltimore gets a full spread with a nice name check for "Charley Rudo Sports"! The maroon shoe is the colorway of the Rudo signage, and I'm going to be all over them when they get released.

[EDIT: More Baltimore shoes here: "Cloverdale Park"]

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While searching for info I stumbled on this completely insane trainspotter site on Baltimore transportation.
I can't believe something like this exists!

DJ Technics - Madhouse Vol 3 (1994)

[EDIT]
Just got a message from the one and only DJ Technics himself setting the records straight on this one. Turns out that this was labeled wrong on my copy, and it is actually a mix of his from 1994!

"that marc henry mix is really ...my dj technics madhouse volume 3 ...marc henrys tradmark was he never scratched records..he only blended his tracks. i have the case with the track listing from 1994 when jammin gerald git the ho remix came out. i was working in the sound of baltimore on 33rd & greenmount at the time"

Thanks for the correction!
[EDIT]

I got this a few years back from my boy Kevin - he worked at Best Buy in Security Square installing stereos - and just happened to work with a relative of Mr Henry, who gave him copy of this CD. This was actually mixed as an 'old school' set, and it has TONS of classics...everything from house to club...straight up, no nonsense!!

DJ Technics - Madhouse Vol 3 (1994)
Marc Henry Old School Mix

This is a little belated but the Gentei X-Mas party was off the hook as always!! You can see some pix at the Gentei shop blog. They have also started posting their new products there so go get your gear on.

And last but not least GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!