Ew! That looks like shonky photoshop to me. And not just me.

“It’s a hack Photoshop job on a repainted action figure,” said someone in the Newsarama comments section. “Yeah, that pic is OBVIOUSLY a fake. Why would Nic Cage go in for a Superman role with long hair?” asked another.

Well, in answer to that, Superman did have a dodgy mullet throughout the nineties. Check it:

— By Akira The Don on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Yeah, I know my blog game’s been poor this week. So what? I gave you a whole mixtape on Sunday. Play that over and over and stare at the lovely sleeve until you feel inclined to spend your next pay check on Don Shoes, why don’t you. There are worse ways to pass the time.

I, for example, have been hanging out in the Passport Office in Victoria. I got a new passport, as you can see above. Well, you can see my new photo above. I’ll be damned if I’m scanning my new passport. How stupid do you think I look? Not as stupid as I did in 2002, that’s how.

Anyway. Passport office. A lot better organised than it was last time I was there. There are men wandering around with fucking guns now! This surprised me, as I am famously naive. “Well, duh,” said Littles when we were talking about it on the phone earlier. “It’s a passport factory! That’s more money than a bank! Man could run up in there with straps and be rich!”

I suppose man could. Me, not so much. I was tempted to steal a magazine in WH Smiths last week. I stood there in the isle, holding the thing (a copy of Future Music, since you asked) for a good four minutes with my pulse racing before I pussied out and out it back on the shelf. My days of crime are far behind me now. I am like George Bush.

Anyway, I have exciting things to tell you about, but I don’t want to jinx them. So I shall bid you a good day, and get back to learning my lines.

— Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

You know, I have a friend who used to work at DC, who said next time I’m in New York I could get a guided tour of their offices.

— By Akira The Don on Monday, September 21st, 2009

Wow, that’s some crazy wiggling. Dude looks ill as hell. RIP.

From This Is It, out next month.

— By Akira The Don on Monday, September 21st, 2009

Sleeve mastered by Zef

You’re welcome!

Yes, you knew it was coming, and you were right. It’s ATD18, The Don Shoes Mixtape. Over an hour of brillaint shoe-related music. Who’dathunkit? Not me. I don’t think. I feeeeel.

Word to Bruce Lee!

So. Shout out Sole Music, my Brummy shoe-elves. Who’d ya think makes my kicks, me? I just draw the pictures. And package them. (Speaking of which, I have an epic post run on Monday. If you’re waiting on stuff, hold tight. I got new stickers in!).

So. Enjoy the tape. AND GET YOUR DON SHOES HERE! They will be gone soon.

Tracklisting after the jump. I find it better to look at that AFTER, so you are surprised.

TRACKLISTING:

Akira The Don – S.A.D. Intro
Theme From The Shoe People
Akira The Don – The Official Don Shoes Anthem
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walking
Akira The Don ft Littles – AK Donovans
KC And The Sunshine Band – Boogie Shoes
Akira The Don ft Notorious BIG, ODB, Will Smith & Pals – ‘Till I Squirt
Marvin The Martian ft. Pixel – Fresh Kick Feeling
Buck 65 – Craftsmanship
The Mitchel Brothers – Sole Mate
Run DMC & Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Elton John – Who Wears These Shoes
Alice Cooper – The Shoe Salesman
Akira The Don ft Littles & Lickel P – Try Walking In My Shoes
Tom Waits – Walk Away
Woody Guthrie – Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (Akira The Don Remix)
Jimmy Nail – Crocodile Shoes
Jimmy Nail – Crocodile Shoes (Akira The Don Manual Glitch Mix)
Wale – Kicks
Lupe Fiasco – Me And My Sneakers
Plies – Watch My Shoes
Raekwon – Sneakers
Jay-Z & 50 Cent – Da Kicks
Run DMC – My Adidas
The Cars – Lust For Kicks (RIP DJ AM Edit)
Betty Everett – The Shoe Won’t Fit
Hank Williams III – If The Shoe Fits
Akira The Don – S.A.D. (Summer Always Dies)

— Saturday, September 19th, 2009

WTF 50? This sounds like the Bloodhound Gang ripping  that Ozzy Osbourne joint. But not awesome.

I lol-ed when she said I wasn’t allowed to touch her ass. This song is fucking hilarious. But, really. What is Iovine doing to 50? What is this, the 8th attempt at a single this year? If this was a Pussycat Dolls record it would be an embarrassment. Imagine if by some freakish miracle it did get big! 50 would be a laughing stock! As it is, Prom Queen >>>>>>s this off a cliff. 50 can never say anything about anyone else’s records ever again.

— By Akira The Don on Saturday, September 19th, 2009