Malcolm McLaren Supreme Vans-V-79

In 2009 the former manager of the Sex Pistols, Malcolm McLaren, teamed up with Supreme for an interesting footwear collection with Vans, creating three colorways of their V-79 model. The shoes, used imagery from McLaren's groundbreaking 'Duck Rock' album, a record which mixed hip hop, appalachian mountain music and South African sounds way before anyone had even thought of Vampire Weekend.

The style was produced in 3 color ways: orange, pink, and yellow. Each pair carried a white toebox and midsole, while having the 'Duck Rock' print and logo atop a black tongue. To finish it all off, these styles have a vulcanized outsole, a signature feature on Vans models.

5 Minutes With Alan McGee

Alan McGee with Malcolm McLaren

Alan McGee a music maverick known for co-forming and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983–1999, and then Poptones from 1999-2007. He has managed and championed successful acts such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Oasis and The Libertines.
TEDxOxford - Rachel Felder and Alan McGee - A Discussion on the Music Industry.



Q1. What was the first record that you bought and how did it change your life?

Alan McGee: It was T.Rex 'Get It On'- it was number one in the UK at the time I was 11 and I knew from that point on I never wanted a job.

Q2. Would you agree that kids today look at video games and technology the way we looked to music as a way to define our identities?

AM. Yeah, culture and times change all the time music is less important for identity in 2011.

Q3. I interviewed Malcolm McLaren extensively in 2008 and he talked about your support and funding for his run for Mayor of London. Given that you are very open and vocal about your political views, would you consider entering into politics?

AM. No because politicians don't run anything, they are all puppets. Elite families run the world and have done since Egypt.

Q4. It was recently reported that you have lost interest in music and are now more interested in the esoteric and occult teachings of Aleister Crowley. True or false and if so, what would have to happen musically to get your attention these days?

AM. I am more in the the chaos majickians than Aleister Crowley. Peter J Carroll and Austin Osman Spare. Music wise the Primals still have it so I still believe.

Q5. First Creation Records, then Poptones. It's said that there are no second acts in American lives but there obviously are second, third and forth acts in the life of Alan McGee. What's next for you?

AM. I don't know. I don't want a real job ever, as long as I never have to ''work'' in a job I hate, then I won.



Primal Scream - Rocks (Live From Abbey Road)

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Malcolm McLaren Documentary

In August 2008 I interviewed Malcolm McLaren.
Malcolm generously gave me a couple of hours of interview
time and I believe this was his last long form onscreen interview
before died in April 2010. I have shown a clip of this interview in
college lectures for my book 'Rebel Rebel-Anti Style' at Parsons,
Fashion Institute of Technology, Marist College and the
Academy Of Art San Francisco over the past year.
Students have been really inspired by Malcolm McLaren's
statement that "It is better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind
of benign success". It's for this reason that I feel many more people
should see the whole interview and I am turning the tapes into a
documentary film titled 'Malcolm McLaren: Spectacular Failure'.



Malcolm McLaren Documentary trailer 2011.

Malcolm McLaren - Rest In Peace

Malcolm very kindly granted me an interview in August 2008 for
the TV show that I co-host on the Plum Channel. The interview took place
in the decidedly un punk surrounding of The Hamptons on Long Island ,
New York. Much closer to Jackson Pollock than 'Never Mind The
Bollocks'. Malcolm spoke to me on camera for a couple of hours about
the Sex Pistols, Africa Bambaataa, Bow Wow Wow, Sid Vicious and his
most recent video art work.  As always Malcolm was very funny,
insightful and rebellious in the ideas he presented.
In February, during New York fashion week I saw Malcolm again,
presenting his short film 'Paris, Capital of the XXist Century' at the
Swiss Institute in New York. Afterward Malcolm was interviewed by
Michael Bracewell. Again, though looking thin and a little frail
Malcolm was above all, the Great Raconteur. And that's how I will
always remember this wonderful, inspiring man who I am lucky to have
met.