http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Chucks/rss tag posts with Chucks Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:07:08 -0800 Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:07:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/26930/Chucks <strong>Chucks</strong> News of <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/09/news/companies/converse_nike.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes">Nike's buyout of Converse</a> got me thinking about the <a href="http://www.chucksconnection.com/history.html">oldest sneakers around</a>. I don't mean that crusty pair buried in your closet, unless it's <small>(likely for some of us)</small> the <a href="http://www.chucksconnection.com/articles/ConverseArt49.html">Chuck Taylor</a> <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/gif/ct-lbl-v.gif">All-Star</a> basketball shoe. Sure, some of us wouldn't be <a href="http://www.chucksconnection.com/articles/ConverseArt45.html">caught in a pair</a>, but as the choice of <a href="http://www.puresportsart.com/warehouse/wilt69.htm">legends</a>, the uniform footwear of baby-boomer youth (<a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/clone-b.htm">knock-offs</a> were worn at risk of <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skips">mild derision</a>) and as a <a href="http://www.brekanarts.com/Consumables/pages/Converse.htm">cultural</a> <a href="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/r/Ramones/sq-group-bw-press-war.jpg">mission</a> <a href="http://chucksconnection.com/honor.html">statement</a>, this <a href="http://www.converse.com/zplf.asp?zcatid=2">80-year-old</a> <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/gif/ascard1.gif">low-tech affair </a> is <a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_119830.html">still</a> <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/taylor.htm"><em>chuck</em></a>-full of <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/nov01/object.html">game</a>, and still as <a href="http://www.classicsportsshoes.com/chucktaylorhi.html">affordable</a> as <a href="http://jordan.sportsline.com/">that other guy's</a> <a href="http://www.instyleshoes.com/shoes/used/nds.htm">shoe</a> <a href="http://www.chucksconnection.com/articles/ConverseArt42.html">isn't</a>. Fortunately for the <a href="http://www.plankity.com/digirati/stories/chuck_taylor.html">shoe's</a> <a href="http://geoffreygoldberg.com/converse2.htm">many</a> <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/chucks.htm">adoring</a> <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/jpg/ct-tatoo.jpg">fans</a>, the word is that the <a href="http://sneakers.pair.com/gif/chukpat1.gif">Star</a> won't be replaced by a <a href="http://www.nike.com/before/images/swoosh.gif">Swoosh</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.26930 Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:07:08 -0800 Nike Converse ChuckTaylors Chucks ChuckTaylorAllStars shoes sneakers buyout basketball LinusMines http://www.metafilter.com/3746/ <a href="http://espn.go.com/gen/news/2000/1017/823135.html">You can have my All-Stars</a> when you pry them from my cold dead feet. If they discontinued Vans, I'm not sure what I would wear.. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.3746 Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:15:31 -0800 ESPN converse Chucks ChuckTaylor All-Stars AllStars shoes sneakers TennisShoes hightops basketball schlomo