June 27, 2006

read story | posted by Ufez Jones to Culture at 11:09 PM CDT (20 comments total)

Celebrity endorsement by Rob Zombie?

posted by geekyguy at 11:27 PM CDT on June 27

The shoe is stitched together with multiple pieces of latex rubber cast out of moulds made from my own skin.

If this is true, this man must look like a walking mound of bacon.

posted by forrestv at 12:32 AM CDT on June 28

How long will it be before Nike's lawyers issue a cease-and-desist letter (or letters)?

posted by curtangle at 2:06 AM CDT on June 28

I wish he would've named it something cool, in the tradition of Nike.

Like, Nike Hair? Nike Freek? Nike Shoxthehelloutofme?

posted by worldcup2002 at 2:25 AM CDT on June 28

I wish he would've named it something cool, in the tradition of Nike. Scare Jordan?

posted by curtangle at 2:56 AM CDT on June 28

Air Lecter.

posted by The_Black_Hand at 5:08 AM CDT on June 28

Gross. My feet own are ugly enough. Ed Gein Cross-trainers.

posted by GoBirds at 5:59 AM CDT on June 28

Air Jame Gumbs.

By the way, you guys make it sound like you never made clothing from your own skin.

posted by SummersEve at 6:01 AM CDT on June 28

Man, that's just wrong.

posted by kcfan4life at 6:02 AM CDT on June 28

Looks like something out of a David Cronenberg film.

posted by psmealey at 6:23 AM CDT on June 28

I've given myself some time to think about it and I've decided I could have done without that last photo and those squiggles of hair growing out of the shoe.

posted by forrestv at 6:37 AM CDT on June 28

Air Lecter.

Since the killer in "Silence of the Lambs" was Buffalo Bill, maybe this could be the Bills' new team shoe.

posted by dyams at 7:11 AM CDT on June 28

A tale of five 20-somethings whose freespirited roadtrip becomes a terrifying descent into madness. When they find themselves isolated in a rural Texas community, they fall into the clutches of .........the newest nike product?

posted by ksb122 at 8:04 AM CDT on June 28

Tool bad he couldn't make it out of the skin of Phil Knight.

posted by wfrazerjr at 8:53 AM CDT on June 28

How long will it be before Nike's lawyers issue a cease-and-desist letter (or letters)?

Doubt it will happen. I am pretty certain that American copyright law allows for artistic expression that acts as criticism as falling under fair use.

psmealey: yeah, I was thinking of eXistenZ the whole time, or perhaps of the Australian artist Stelarc.

posted by smithers at 9:35 AM CDT on June 28

BACON!!!!

posted by lil_brown_bat at 11:15 AM CDT on June 28

yummy shoes?

posted by chemwizBsquared at 11:23 AM CDT on June 28

That's a great idea. After you log a couple miles, you can fire up the grill, grab a couple cold ones and just kick back and munch out. Instead of BBQ sauce, how about a little toe-jam for flavor? MMMMM! Just like mom used to make.

posted by Desert Dog at 2:37 PM CDT on June 28

Doubt it will happen. I am pretty certain that American copyright law allows for artistic expression that acts as criticism as falling under fair use.

Thanks smithers. Enlightening--and I hope you're right. I'm certainly a supporter of artistic expression--even if the art in question is OOGLY!

posted by curtangle at 3:21 PM CDT on June 28

Celebrity endorsement by Rob Zombie? Or by Flesh-N-Bone (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)?

posted by curtangle at 3:25 PM CDT on June 28

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