And much More to come.

Wow! The year is at its end… To think we launched The Brooklyn Circus only 322 days ago (on February 11th of this year to be exact). With nothing but two partners (from the previous venture) parting ways, pure passion, a love for street culture, an honest dream, and a sneaker closet to begin our voyage. Some respectful relationships, a few thousand dollars and a chunk of overdue commercial rent later; we kept on trucking with our veteran A/C on it’s last leg, and a contractor who was always late and made a side hustle off of selling DVD’s to everyone who came within a 6 foot radius of him.

We had no idea that we would touch the lives of so many people, receive calls from those we dreamed of working with, and receive features and mentions from many a magazine. Never did we think we’d meet and make friends in so many places and be the happiest kids on the block. Yep! Life has a way of making things better when you persevere and dare to dream. We made lemonade from lemons and we iced some up for next year, yep!

Of course there are no roads without bumps, no tracks without hurdles. Similarly there is no industry without its share of charlatans, psuedo-artists, fakes and snakes, wannabees, hype-monsters and star hopefuls with no commitment to the game.

The lows of it all…The folks who receive your payment and ship bull-ish garment, the Myspace emails with line sheets that should be burned, the visits from dudes who are only interested in being famous and think a few t -shirts, a blog and a cool boutique are what its all about.

Street culture would not be street if you didn’t have your share of brands who think they are the hottest thing out the gate, while producing pure non-sense. It’s the same as the streets that accept modern day Hip Hop – where Jim Jones thinks he can go after Jay-Z – really just preposterous. Comparable to Nas saying Hip Hop is dead and rappers with dead lyrics, no style and manufactured swagger get upset. No different!

Its an endless myriad of brands hating on other brands, stores spitting fire and manufacturers spending more time making up stories of why they are late than actually making garments. Deals going bad, good brands going unnoticed and bad brands selling lots of units. There seems to be no respite…

So as freshmen in the game it’s only right that we speak our point of view from the bottom up, years from now they’ll either say, “These young dudes were right” or “They were young – they knew no better” We say – Yep! To all of the above!

At any rate, we’ve gathered a few pics that will have you flashing back to what seems to be a lot longer than 322 days since The Brooklyn Circus came to town… So sit back and enjoy, because despite it all – we definitely have!
Happy New Year From The Brooklyn Circus family. . .

To all the folks that are going to put a James Brown tribute t-shirt in their lines next season, I hope you at least went to pay your last respect to The God Father of Soul. I was also hopping to see all the Hip hop producers,many of whom have sampled the ish out of James Brown. As for The Brooklyn Circus, my brother in law would kill me, if I did not go and pay my last respects to James Brown right in our backyard. Now on to a brief synopsis of the event: The lines,the lines,the long lines for blocks, ahh man I’ve never witnessed anything like this in my entire life. Al agreed and he is as old as James Brown.

Wow! The feedback has been tremendous since we posted this a few days ago, keep them coming folks.
Tell us a story about The Brooklyn Circus 2006,tell us what you love about The Brooklyn Circus,what you hate about The Brooklyn Circus.
+Ask us a question,any question.
+What would you like to see stay and what would you like to see go.
+What would you like to see us do in 2007.
+More exclusive kicks, more of The Brooklyn Circus product,More events=whatever!.

+Be creative and don’t suggest ideas that everyone else is already doing in the scene.
+ Your story,opinion or feedback may end up in our yearbook. How often do you get a chance to publish your opinion on something you love or hate. Not often!

Emaill : Thebrooklyncircus@gmail.com subject: Feedback/Yearbook
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Fine Print:All questions and ideas will become property of The Brooklyn Circus – RR2,LLC

Since we are in the fever to give, we thought it would be nice if you, our readers give as well. We fed you all the dope threads (ha!ha!) now it’s time for you to FEEDBACK. Yep!
Tell us a story about The Brooklyn Circus 2006,tell us what you love about The Brooklyn Circus,what you hate about The Brooklyn Circus. Ask us a question,any question. Show us how thoughtfull and genius you really are.What you would like to see stay and what you’d like to see go. What would you like to see us do in 2007. More exclusive kicks, more of The Brooklyn Circus product,More events=whatever!. Remember to be creative and thoughtfull, don’t suggest ideas that everyone else is already doing. You did not think we were going to make this easy, did you? Your story,opinion or feedback may end up in our yearbook. How often do you get a chance to publish your opinion on something you love or hate. Not often!

Emaill : Thebrooklyncircus@gmail.com subject: Feedback/Yearbook

Fine Print:All questions and ideas will become property of The Brooklyn Circus – RR2,LLC

SATURDAY DECEMBER 23rd & SUNDAY DECEMBER 24th We are Open from 12PM-8PM
Refreshments will be served all day!

The Brooklyn Circus ” Gift Of Giving”
The “Gift of Giving” for the holiday weekend. To all valued customers spending 200+ plus Dollars- not pesos, dollares,dollars, you RECEIVE A FREE GIFT courtesy of The Brooklyn Circus staff ,which automatically enters you to win a BKC or Rich Yung Hoody or Rebel Air x The Brooklyn Circus X Adidas. Really? Yep!
Happy Holidays from The Brooklyn Circus

My boy Vince has a history of putting these really dope events, I think this one will be no different: Yep!
Catch us there and smile for the camera. Wear your Rebel Aire x The Brooklyn Circus x Adidas shelltoe and stop the show, Now that’s a sneak attack,Yep!
Sneak Attack
“Bboy Kumite” (Ku-Ma-Tae)
Saturday Dec 23rd
1pm-8pm
$15 at the door $10 if you RSVP
$10 for video cameras
RSVP:sneakattackrsvp@yahoo.com

What: 16 B-boys invited from around the country to compete in a one on one
battle for a $500 prize and their opponents sneakers. Each battle will be
judged by the participating bboys in the 16-person bracket in a silent
vote . . .

When:Saturday December 23rd 1pm-8pm.

Where: 383 Carroll st., Brooklyn, NY 11231, Between Bond and Nevins.
Event will take place in a raw warehouse space. Take M,R To Union Stop.
Or you can take the F, or G, train to Carroll St.

The invited Bboys are:

1.) Waka -Brickheadz, Chi-Town,2.) Evol -Brickheadz, Chi- Town
3.) BlackAttack -Brickheadz, Chi-Town,4.) DVS -Xfenz, NY,5.) Kelvin -Xfenz, NY
6.) Taizo -Japan,7.) Bebo -GFX, MA
8.) Jeggs -Queens boro,9.) Kom3 -New York Fuckin City,10.) Omen
11.) Toyz -LOZ,MD,12.) Phyz Ed -PA,13.) open to attendees,14.) open to attendees
15.) open to attendees,16.) open to attendees

Twas’ the night before the night before,the night before X-mas and all through the street . . .
Yep! THIS FRIDAY DECEMBER 22 at 1PM doors open for a pre-release of The Long Awaited
The Brooklyn Circus x Rebel Aire Shelltoe & The BKC Polka dot Zip front Hoody. Only 13 numbered pairs Available. To secure your size and or a pair early arrival is HIGHLY SUGGESTED.

Part of our Connect The Dot series . . .

We at the Brooklyn Circus have gotten into the holiday Spirit, Ouigi ofcourse is Santa Clause and Bevin Rudolph. Seriously, we are learning and practicing the “Gift of Giving” for the holiday weekend. To all valued customers spending 200+ plus Dollars- not pesos, dollares,dollars, you RECEIVE A FREE GIFT courtesy of The Brooklyn Circus staff (Al The Dancer,DJ Kohey, Gabe West,The Bearded man Ouigi, First lady Vanessa and Young Bevin). Ohh,can’t forget this part: It automatically enters you to win a BKC or Rich Yung Hoody or Rebel Air x The Brooklyn Circus X Adidas. Really? Yep!
Happy Holidays from The Brooklyn Circus

*Hurry, you have but a few days!!!!

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