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The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era - Episode 31 - Blends Bones, Slipreme, and Alyasha the G.O.A.T. (3.22.22)What’s up and thanks for joining us for Episode 31! By now, you should know that we pretty much wing it. Last week, we took a sick day, but we’re on the mend, and we have some interesting shit to talk about.Bill was the only one drinking a beer tonight, while Ed and Joey had their waters on deck. I never thought we’d get into a pleasant conversation around water, but we learned what brands we like, and don’t like. Joe just installed a reverse osmosis system under his sink and it’s life chang...
2022-03-222h 03The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 30 - Blends Vans, BAPE Drama, & Nike Dropping Malls?? (3.8.22)We’ve made it to episode 30, and we want to thank you for being a part of this journey! Who’d have thought we’d make it this far? You’re a real one for sticking with us this long. If you’re new here, then welcome! We hope you stick around for the next 30 episodes.Bill is back from his Hawaii vacation on the Big Island, and he’s not ready to go back to work. He also went to Phoenix for Dodgers Spring Training, but the MLB had other plans. At least he got to hang with ou...
2022-03-082h 00The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 29 (2.22.22)Welcome to episode 29. Tonight’s show starts off with a little Young Dolph (RIP) talk, and some insight to our opening music. Bill’s preparing for his Hawaiian vacation to the Big Island for the next 7 days, which also means there won’t be an episode next week.Eddie brags about the bomb food he’s had lately, reminiscing on his days in San Diego. Shoutout to McDonald’s Taro pies, and Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Empanadas. Also to Chef Roy Choy’s Broken Bread show on PBS here in SoCal, and tortilleria Kernel of Truth.This week’s...
2022-02-221h 49The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 28 (2.15.22)Welcome to episode 28 folks! It’s been a busy week, full of some new Vans stuff to talk about, but first a little bit of small talk about work, and some of the crazy stuff we’ve dealt with over the years. What are we drinking? Ed is trying out Bang’s new Vooz hydration sensation drink; Joey has a Pint House “Green Battles” American IPA, and Bill has one of his Burgeon favorites, the Juice Press Hazy IPA.This week saw a few releases. The All Nations Skate Jam collection for 2022 finally dropped. WTAPS released their Olive GPS...
2022-02-151h 56The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 27 (2.8.22)After some recent storms took out Ed last week, we’re back better and stronger than ever, with some fresh new things to talk about. Schedules have been a little funky, but we’re making it work. Ed’s drinking a Wild Watermelon Bang. Joe’s got a Slice Beer Co. Vaxx to the Future DIPA, and Bill is working with a Harland x Mortalis Hydra Fluff Smoothie Style Sour Ale.Vans releases for the past few weeks include the Vault x Javier Calleja Pack; the Vault x Notre OG Style 36 LX; the Vans Skate x Palace Skate Ol...
2022-02-081h 58The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 26 (1.25.22)We’re back y’all. Episode 26. Some of us are getting over a little bug. Some are feeling a little bit tired. Some are trying to figure out if we should put away our winter gear yet, but all in all, we’re all in great spirits. We know you’re dying to know our drinks for the night. Bill chose an Amigo Lager by Port Brewing tonight. Joe had a Disaronno & Coke, and Ed had a Sweet Tea Bang.It was a great weekend for NFL football. Joe’s happy to not see Tom Brady advance to the con...
2022-01-251h 33The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 25 (1.18.22)We are back from our Winter break! Refreshed, and ready to get back on our bullshit for 2022. Everyone had a nice time off. Joe went to the Chargers v Raiders game in Vegas. Eddie enjoyed getting a cold. Bill didn’t get too much done, and just hung out with the fam.After our quick drink intros, we got into a little bit of current events, which included volcano eruptions, tsunami warnings, and the Omarion variant, jk. Eddie wants to find a place to travel to soon, possibly SoCal, so we’ll see.Current Vans rele...
2022-01-181h 35The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 24 (12.21.21)What’s good everybody? Welcome to our last episode of 2021! We’re just getting ready for Christmas, and just stressing out a little bit. Tonight’s episode is our longest one yet, but we promise it’s our best one yet.We get right into some talk about vintage clothing, and used Carhartt workwear, for those who might want to look like they do an honest days work. We share our new drinks for the evening, and Joey took a do-over with his choice. We do a little resellers talk, mainly about eBay, and how they’re taking bac...
2021-12-212h 13The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 23 (12.14.21)What’s good friends?! We’re back for another episode. Our 23rd! We open up tonight with a local weather update for each of us. Joey & Bill are back to another California mask mandate. Apparently vaccines aren’t working we guess? Don’t quote us on that. Each of us had a new drink to try out tonight. Good stuff.Jumping right into release talk. This weeks drops include the Vault x Cali Dewitt pack, a Vault x Velvet Animals pack, and a Vault OG x CDG Girl OG Era LX. The annual All Nations Skate Jam collecti...
2021-12-141h 53The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 22 (12.7.21)Sup fam! How’s everyone? We’re back in the flesh for our 22ndepisode, and it’s a long one. We’re getting ready for Christmas, and we’re just trying to maintain. After sharing our drinks for the evening, we got off on our first tangent about HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, which Joey and Bill urge Eddie to catch up on ASAP.Not much for releases this week, except for the Japan exclusive Moon Eyes collection, featuring a Half Cab and Era in the Japan silos. There’s also a Vault Hiker that dropped exclusively at DSM Ginza...
2021-12-071h 58The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 21 (12.1.21)What’s up y’all? Sorry for being MIA last night, but we doubled down and did nearly a 2hr show tonight, so enjoy! After sharing what we were drinking, we got right into a lengthy talk about Virgil Abloh, and his sudden passing. He got a little bit of indifference from us over the years, but it was mostly our “old heads” negativity coming out. We can’t deny Virgil was a man of the culture, and affected many personally. Everyone had personal stories. He had the sneaker industry by the balls, and the resell market is doing what it do...
2021-12-012h 08The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 20 (11.23.21)What’s good everyone? We hope you’re doing well, and getting ready for the holiday season. We’re thankful for many things, especially making it to 20 episodes!!! Our health. Our good spirits. Our friends & family, and of course all of you!We started out tonight’s episode, discussing our recent trips. Joe & the fam went to Julian for the day, which is a nice little getaway up in the mountains just North of San Diego, known for their apple orchards. Had some beers. Ate some pies. Enjoyed the fresh air. Bill and Tintin did a quick drive up...
2021-11-231h 52The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 19 (11.16.21)Welcome everyone! Tonight we got right into some drink talk, and what we were drinking. Bill gets shitty like a Real Housewife when he drinks wine. For this week, he’s switching it up from a craft beer, to a pre-mixed Old Fashioned from Trader Joe’s. Only available during the holidays, so check it out if it’s your thing! We all love Trader Joe’s. Somehow got on a tangent about air fryers and instapots, and all the things we can cook in them. Joe had a DHIPA from North Park Brewing. Eddie had a solid Peach Mango Ba...
2021-11-161h 28The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 18 (11.9.21)We’re back for another week of nonsense, mostly centered around all things Vans, but sometimes not! Started off with a little bit of talk about work. Shared what we were drinking. Talked about our love for bad tv shows. Riveting stuff.Offspring update! We finally got the rest of our coasters, thanks to the homie Graham Cheeseman over at Vans UK. We hate that it came to reaching out to him, but all things are right in the world again. Bill updated us on where he was at with The Sopranos.Just before that, we...
2021-11-091h 40The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 17 (11.2.21)What’s up folks! We had a slight delay with the start but Joey and Bill held it down until Eddie was able to join us. The convo had a laid back vibe with us talking over the background music. Started off sharing our drinks, as usual and then got right into the releases.First up, the BAPE x Vans release, and our slight disappointment in how the collection turned out. We were expecting more, and we got much less, in terms of design, options, accessories, etc. First tangent was about Eddie’s new game Red Dead Redemption...
2021-11-021h 41The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 16 (10.26.21)What’s up peeps! Welcome back. Get ready for our longest episode yet, but honestly it’s a great one. You’ll want to listen to the whole thing! We start off with some great beer talk, and this past Sunday’s party at the Burgeon Oasis. It was an amazing time, and Bill and Joey both got to heap praise on each other for it. Get a room!This week’s releases include Haven’s Lampin VLT LX, Shanghai’s Avenue & Sons Skate Sid. We went off on a wild tangent about Vans releases in Asia, shouting out T...
2021-10-261h 50The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 15 (10.19.21)Hello everyone! Welcome to another wonderful episode of The Authentic Era. We’ve now got 15 of these under our belt, and almost nothing to show for it, lol. After popping open our drinks of choice for the evening, we remind everyone that this upcoming Sunday is the Burgeon Oasis’ 1yr Anniversary in Escondido, CA. Joey will be managing the event, and Bill will be trying to please everyone in attendance, with some great music. Come hang from 12-6 PM on Sunday 10/24.This week, Vans will be dropping a super sick Skate Sk8-Hi by pro skater Ben Kadow, feat...
2021-10-191h 36The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 14 (10.12.21)Welcome back peeps! We took a bye week, but we’re back in the flesh to deliver you more nonsense and opinions, with a sprinkling of Vans culture and sneaker related convos to add to the mix. Speaking of mix, thanks to Joey, Bill is going to be providing the tunes for the Burgeon Oasis’ anniversary party on Sunday Oct. 24th, so if you’re a San Diego local, stop by for a “frew brews” –Kanye. Eddie cleaned up and reconfigured his computer, so we started off the show with a little bit of technical maintenance to make sure everything w...
2021-10-121h 22The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 13 (9.28.21)Tonight’s episode opened up with a little bit of pleasantries, and discussing what we’ve been up to for the past week. The mustache game is strong. Joey went back East for his buddy’s wedding. Bill hung out in San Diego last Friday night. Made a special delivery to Joey along the way, before ending up at Harland for their Ube Day event, where he got to meet a few of the OG streetwear / sneakerheads from SD, and enjoy all the festivities going on at the sold out event.This week’s Vans releases have been pre...
2021-09-281h 31The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 12 (9.21.21)Welcome to our new Tuesday night show! Started off with some quick NFL talk, as well as what we were drinking tonight. Our agenda is a little packed, so we jumped right into upcoming releases.First off, was the Rassvet Skate Bold pack, which looks to be a DSM London exclusive at this point. We immediately got off on a little tangent about an old Gosha Rubchinskiy controversy that just sort of disappeared. You know us. Bringing up old shit! We also mentioned the PACSUN x ASAP Rocky Slip-On and Mule Slip-On that some have been waiting...
2021-09-211h 42The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 11 (9.15.21)Welcome to our temporary Wednesday show! After realizing that we were accidentally competing with Clayton’s “Meet the Vans Fam” IG Live time slot, we’ve decided to change it up again, and will be settling in on Tuesdays, starting next week. We obviously weren’t thinking!We started out discussions with the only Vans drop of the week, the Vans Vault x Noah Caballero VLT LX & Authentic One-Piece VLT LX collection. We absolutely love Noah, and everything they stand for. Their style is all their own, and the earth tone colorways chosen for this collection are absolute f...
2021-09-151h 43The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 10 (9.9.21)Some technical glitches at the beginning of the show, caused us to not get it going for a few minutes, but we got that all figured out! Tonight’s conversation starts off with a little bit of craft brew talk, inspired by what we were cracking open tonight. We talked a little bit about what we’ve been up to this past week. Joe went shopping for a new time keeping piece. Bill got outdoorsy and went on a nature hike. Fun stuff.This weeks releases, include a teaser of an upcoming Sneeze mag collab. The official rele...
2021-09-091h 36The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 9 (9.2.21)Tonight’s episode jumps off with our first ever guest on the show, our Vans brother, Dave Metcalf aka @nu_dav. He shared his awesome experience with SE Bikes, after having his Vans PK Ripper order cancelled, which ended up with a personal call from Perry Kramer (Mr. PK Ripper, himself), confirming that he will be taken care of. You gotta listen to the whole story. We then have Dave show and tell a few of his Vans accessories , which included an entire set of Vans Vault x Taka Hayashi “Skate Monkey” decks, and a few other rare and obscur...
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The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 8 (8.26.21)We start off tonight’s episode with Bill spilling half his Belching Beaver x Deftones “Phantom Bride” IPA while opening it, which sparked a quick discussion about everyone’s favorite Deftones song, while Bill cleaned up his spill. Then a quick discussion on what hats we were wearing.Shoe releases for this week include the wild and out of left field, Vault Boot Skoot LX, and we give our “Old Head” opinions on it. Blends and Born-Free are back again for 2021, but the details are still vague. Blends posted up a teaser, then took it down, then put up anoth...
2021-08-271h 37The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 7 (8.19.21)Tonight’s episode was fun. Started out with a little bit of new releases, including the Vault x Aries collection, and how wild that pack is. Other releases discussed were the Hockey Andrew Allen Authentic Hi’s, the Thalia Surf “20th Anniversary” Collection, and the latest Vault VLT shoe to come out, the Dream Leather Sk8-Hi Reissue VLT LX. We’re also anticipating the Vans x SE Bikes to be dropping next week, but be prepared to fork out $1k for them!We give Henry (The Other Side of the Pillow) a shout-out, for having Jason Mamoa (Aqu...
2021-08-201h 55The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 6 (8.12.21)Tonight’s episode starts off with a little bit of explaining to do. Let’s just say, things didn’t go exactly as planned for this past Saturday’s Wafflehead Summit at Blends Costa Mesa. Although Eddie had made it out to SoCal safely, he had a little bit of a health scare shortly after arriving, and we thought he was having a nice “trip” while staying at an AirBNB out in the local San Diego mountains, lol. We discuss what he missed out on. Joey is now officially a dad, and we welcomed Joey and Kay’s new baby girl, Isa...
2021-08-131h 42The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast - Episode 5 (7.29.21)First off, we’re just gonna come out and admit that we don’t know what the fuck is going on with our recordings. This week, Eddie has this weird echo. I (Bill), had to join in via my phone and airpods, so I sound different, and Joe came in crystal clear, even when he thought he was muted, lol! Sorry. We suck. We know it. This was supposed to be the “collaboration wishlist” episode, but we got majorly side tracked. We went down a rabbit hole of sorts, talking about our earliest memories of buying sneakers, mainly Nike SB, caus...
2021-07-291h 24The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 4 (7.22.21)This is the Band Collabs episode. After a brief discussion on Ep.3 about band collabs, and just bands in general, we decided to dedicate pretty much an entire episode to some of our favorite past band collaborations with Vans, including the likes of Bad Religion, H2O, Iron Maiden, Sublime, Descendants, Public Enemy, and Bad Brains just to name a few. We talked about Nice Kicks’ re-release of some major band collabs for Ausin, TX’s SXSW festival back in 2012, and then Vans doing it again in 2014.We talk about the recent SE Bikes shoe release, and stil...
2021-07-231h 38The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 3 (7.15.21)Tonight, we start out with a little bit of technical work. The last episodes had Bill and Joey sounding a little low, but I think we’ve figured it out!The 31 Days of Vans Skate Half Cab was the first topic of discussion. Everyone agrees that these were awesome, and such a great surprise. We then get into some favorite picks for #31daysofvans, which transitioned into talking about band or artist collabs we’d like to see. That then led into some stories about the punk rock scene, and how sneakers tied into that. Eddie and Joey can talk an...
2021-07-151h 52The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 2 (7.8.21)We start off with a little bit of craft beer talk, and Joey’s connection to that industry. Then we dive into #31daysofvans, and feature a few cool posts, which gets us talking about some past cool releases, like the PBR Vans, and the Disney collection. New releases for the week, include the Patta Black Cats, Madhappy’s 2nd release, A$AP Rocky Mules, and a few others. Talked about the Musicians Wanted contest. Talked a little shit about SNKRS app and their Exclusive Access criteria. Did some free promo for some ridiculous eBay sellers. Had some good interaction with...
2021-07-081h 34The Authentic EraThe Authentic Era Podcast – Episode 1 (7.1.21)We finally got our first podcast / live stream / Youtube video off the ground, but naturally with a few hiccups. We did a few brief intros. More to come on that in the future, for sure. We kicked off #31DaysofVans, and discussed how cool it is to finally have Vans on board with it, and a little bit on how that came about. Mentioned the upcoming anticipated releases from Palace, NBHD, and a few others. Thanks for putting up with the growing pains. We always appreciate the destructive criticism, so be sure to comment what you think! Keep us accountable...
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The Authentic EraTesting shit outTesting mics and punching in voicemails and background sounds. Intro music too.
2020-09-1000 min