P. T. Barnum—it does not matter what is behind the curtain as long as there is a line out front
(Gamson, 1994; Lasch, 1979)

James Twitchell would compellingly agree, this is definitely an ad that has shocked the world.

I’ve always said “Charge for the Experience, give them the show for free.”

equally well played on YOUTUBE!

Happy Superbowl everyone. let the marketing dollars spend.

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loop
clothing| sneakers | culture.
56 King street North.
Waterloo, ON.
N2J 2X1
Canada.

Established in 2007 Five&Dime is pleased to be celebrating itʼs 5th year & 10th show as Ontarioʼs
premier action sport and street culture trade show.

In its 10th instalment, the show creates an exciting opportunity to meet new faces and grow customer
bases, all while showcasing the latest products from your brand. five&dime brings together
the fashion industry with like-minded culture-based vendors, in a two-day, one-night meet and
greet.

Five&Dime Trade Show Fall / Winter 2012 will be held at Polson Pier 11 Polson St. Toronto, ON
January 10th & 11th, 2012

Check out the video from 2011 below with LOOP owner AL putting in work. (0:20)
Shout Out to also Big C making a cameo!!!

Five & Dime Winter 2011 – Toronto, Ontario from five&dime on Vimeo.

Should be another great turnout with Detroit rapper Royce Da 5’9 returning to Toronto for a special one-off performance at Sound Academy as part of the Five & Dime Trade Show. Joining Royce will be up and coming Toronto MC and producer Raz Fresco.

JB

As another great YEAR comes to an END, the LOOP Crew wants to wish everyone a safe and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again for all the continued support. May 2012 be YOUR year!!!!!!!

Our ANNUAL BOXING DAY Inventory CLEAR OUT is almost here!!!
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Tee’s starting @ $10
Sweaters starting @ $39
Shoes Starting @ $25
Jackets starting @ $89
Snap backs + Full back’s + Other accessories
all @ clear out prices.
+ so much more.
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As most of you know from previous years, we only do two major sales a year and this is definitely- THE BIG ONE!!

Come early to take full advantage of our deals + early door crashers.

It all starts – Monday Dec 26th, 2011 – 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

** Please note we WILL NOT be doing any returns or exchanges on
Dec 26th, or the 27th (we are closed the 27th).

We WILL start processing returns and exchanges Dec 28th.

Thanks again for your continued support.

LOCATION:
56 King Street North (Enter off Princess St beside McMullans), Waterloo, ON
Phone: 519-746-1688

Note to our valued customers:
If you are putting a picture book or “wishlist” of items together that you would like from us, for xmas. We strongly encourage you to tell the people getting you these gifts to come in sooner better then later. Our goods are moving really fast.

Thank-you for shopping local this holiday season.
The support is always appreciated.

Be safe and all the best.

loop

Just wanted to drop a quick note to all of you that came out last night.

Hope fully all of you had a good meal and enjoyed the hospitality of Jansport x loop.

The event was a huge success and the weather was perfect.

Mad love to DJ BOUNCE (www.djbounce.ca) for providing the vibes.

hang tight cause there is more to come for the fall.

peep the pics below.

peace and mad respect,

loop team.

Apple’s press events have long ceased to become simple announcements and have grown to be more like rock concerts or runway shows everyone want to be looped in on real time. The next Apple press event will be held soon on October 20, and for the past few events, we have seen the iPad, the iPhone 4, and of course, a collection of remodeled iPods. So, what is to come? Verizon iPhone? iPad 2.0? Well, while details are definitely sketchy at best for now, the invite does take us “Back to the Mac.” so we can safely assume the next announcement has something to do with a new Mac OS? With the lion peeking out from the bitten apple, perhaps the successor to the Snow Leopard will be the Lion and we will know more about the OS X, a non-mobile product?

via: Engadget

Stay tuned on October 20 as that is when everything will go down.

Being a local business owner and a member of my community, I feel that it is very important that people get out and vote.

Here is the lowdown on who’s running.

Get off your ass and vote!

Eligible candidates in the City of Waterloo may run for the following Offices:

* Mayor
* Ward Councillor
* Regional Chair
* Regional Councillor – Waterloo
* Member – Waterloo Region District School Board
* Member – Waterloo Catholic District School Board
* Member – Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
* Member – Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

NEW FOR 2010 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

In December 2009, the Province of Ontario passed the Good Government Act, 2009, which introduced changes to municipal election legislation. Specifically, the amendments include the following:

* The movement of Election Day from the second Monday of November to the fourth Monday of October. This year, Election Day is October 25, 2010.

* Voters must now produce identification when voting in municipal elections, which must include the voter’s name, qualifying address and signature. See here for a list of acceptable forms of identification.

* Clerks must ensure that each voting place is accessible to voters with disabilities.

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS

On October 25, 2010, electors will vote at their assigned voting place. Further information on voting places will be available online beginning in September. Additionally, all electors on the Voters’ List will receive notification detailing their voting place. All electors may vote at an Advance Vote. The City of Waterloo will be hosting six Advance Votes in 2010:

Check the link here

CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR:

Jan d’Ailly
Brenda Halloran
Franklin Ramsoomair
Dale Ross

CANDIDATES FOR WARD 7: City Council

Noel V. Butler
Melissa Durrell
Erin Epp
Edwin Laryea
Duncan McLean
Peter Woolstencroft

Need more info?
Link here

Come one, come all to the loop mad sale of the summer.

So for the last 6 years we’ve been able to do our thing based on your support, well it’s our time to say thank you!

Sale starts tomorrow July 22 and ends July 24th.

Thurs 11- 8pm | Friday 11- 8pm | Saturday 11- 6pm

Here we go…

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All ladies gear – 40% Off Regular Price

All ladies kicks – $59

43 styles of mens kicks – $69

38 styles of mens kicks – $59

Jordan’s at $79 – $99

Jordan Spizike’s @ $149 – Reg $229

All Jordan DMP, Retro box sets – 50% off

Tonnes of mens clothing on sale.

Need we say more?

Thank you for the continued support.

HOlla!

loop

What the media ignored: 25,000 peacefully demonstrate against G20 policies in Toronto

TORONTO – A roving band of violent G20 protesters has rampaged through the streets of Toronto, setting fire to police vehicles and smashing windows, as terrified people ran for cover.

The protesters, dressed in black balaclavas and using what’s referred to as a Black Bloc tactic, remained at large as police cordoned off a huge area north of the fenced summit district and began driving back non-violent demonstrators.

“Our streets!” the protesters chanted in response.

Toronto Mayor David Miller implored citizens “to step back and be calm.”

“A very small group of people has deliberately come here to do violent acts,” he told CP24.

“It’s an illegal choice and they are criminals and police will do everything they can to apprehend them.”

A thick plume of dark grey smoke hovers above the city’s financial district at Bay and King streets where three police vehicles have been damaged by fire.

Police yelled at pedestrians to move away.

Riot police in gas masks, helmets and carrying shields held a line north of the protected security zone that’s already cordoned off for world leaders convening for the start of the G20 summit.

The renegade group of about 50 protesters left a trail of destruction down Queen Street West in the heart of the city as they targeted symbols of power, authority and capitalism.

Bank windows were smashed with hammers. Rocks were thrown through several Starbucks coffee houses. TV vans were smashed. Mailboxes were flipped and thrown through windows.

One protester threw a pickaxe through the window of a bank tower like a tomahawk as his posse roared its approval.

“Bomb the Banks,” was spray painted on walls.

One protester has been seriously injured after suffering a head injury and was carried away by others.

EMS says at least three protesters received head injuries in a confrontation with riot police, and were bleeding but conscious.

Storeowners wept on the sidewalks outside their shops, and parents hurried past carrying crying children.

An eclectic group of about 4,000 people ranging from greying seniors to families with strollers and tatooed hipsters had gathered to protest the summit. Things turned violent when the smaller group dressed in black broke away.

The larger protest peacefully continued along its route back to the Ontario legislature.

The “People’s First March” was organized by an umbrella organization of labour unions.

Queen Street was the key watch point since the G20 security zone begins just south of the funky commercial strip. There had been talk protesters wanted to take a run at the steel and concrete barricades.

Police have said 5,100 officers from forces across the province have been tasked with protecting the summit.

Security has been pegged at $1 billion.

The large but seemingly peaceful crowd held banners reading “Save the planet, sink Harper” and “G20 Fascism.”

Two people allegedly carrying “incendiary devices” were arrested near the protest before the march began. Reports say the two had so-called Molotov cocktails — glass bottles filled with gasoline.

The Integrated Security Unit says there is no word of charges and would not specify what was seized from the pair.

At a Saturday morning news conference, the Toronto Community Mobilization Network said protesters intend to confront the heavily guarded security fence surrounding the summit site.

The Canadian Press

Whistler

Catch KEYS N KRATES Performing live in TORONTO March 11th, 2010 –
CMW SHOWCASE with DONNIS & PIPER DAVIS @ WRONGBAR

This year’s Coachella lineup was recently released.

Stacked, as expected.

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ’s, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.

http://www.coachella.com/

He’s the one in the wicked suit.

The man behind all those amazing custom Gregory Allen shirts.
Exclusively available at loop.

It’s reported that Mr. Folarin’s debut album Attention:Deficit has been pushed back just a week later than it’s November 3rd release date. Last month it went from September to November 3rd to now November 10th. I guess the Blueprint 3 tour, which kicks off this Friday just has the kid a tad bit busy these days. A week later. He twittered last night he will be unleashing a song he just recorded so heads up.