Who wants some Back to the Future shoes?
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Hokey smokes, Al Cabino sure does like sneakers. The young man, who chooses to
remain silent about himself, is not at all silent when it comes to his love of footwear, and especially his quest to
convince Nike to create a pair of shoes based on the swanky footwear worn by Michael J. Fox in Back to the
Future II. I mentioned this back in December, and also
opined that such online petitions rarely get results. Those in the sneaker biz tend
to agree, claiming the shoes would be more for show than anything and not serve any useful function. Yeah, well,
Cabino doesn't care. He's garnered over 3,700 signatures, some of which are allegedly from such big names in the
recording industry as Lupe Fiasco, DJ AM, and Billions McMillions. Personally, I'd rather have a pair of
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-20-2006 @ 11:19PM
Targ8ter said...
Very few shoes do serve any useful function, apart from, you know, being shoes. And these shoes would be, you know, shoes... so I fail to see the drawback. Of course, they are marginally less cool without the power laces and blue LED display, but still!
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2-21-2006 @ 12:02PM
darryl said...
Billions McMillions???? Thanks Cinematical, you've made my day!
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2-21-2006 @ 12:30PM
Ronald Dijon said...
Bill McMullen (a/k/a Billions McMillions), Def Jam Recording’s former design director.
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2-21-2006 @ 2:44PM
ThePete said...
Sooo... is this happening or not? I've always fantasized about these shoes being real...
No, not "fantasize" in THAT way...
Just me naked with them on. That's all...
HAHAHAHAHA...
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3-03-2006 @ 8:35AM
Q said...
no usefulness??? aparently, they have never met anyone with hand disabilities, people who've had strokes, and are partially paralized, people with arthritis, or anyone who may want to stand out just a iittle bit,
with a similar chip to whats in the new adida smart shoe, and the reebox pump 2.0, and organic led which is dirt cheap these days, they can make the power laces a reality 10 years sooner than estimated in that movie.
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