Filthy Rich Barbershop’s tent was set up far back behind the courts, adding a full-on urban touch to Nike’s takeover of Rucker Park for last week’s WBF. Weird as well but I guess to me only because their barbers stayed busy with clippers abuzz for the duration of the Festival.

One of those getting a ‘cut was my PNC for last week, Nick Schonberger, columnist for Selectism & High Snobiety. On the morning of day three, I hit Nick to see what he had planned, to which he replied “I think I need to get a fade uptown today.” Understand two things: homie’s side-splitting funny, speaking with deceptively dry wit and he’s white, so the prospect of him actually getting a fade never actually crossed my mind. At the time, I figured he was just quoting an obscure song lyric. A couple of hours later, I inquired his location…and he was getting a haircut @ Rucker.

Folks, that’s how one takes an offbeat approach to writing, doing anything to make the story an actual story.

Follow Nick on Twitter, @nschon and read his superbly offbeat ramblings for Selectism, too.