So I got my hands on a friends apple iphone, let's just say it's everything Steve says and more. One really cool feature is when you're out on the street and there is wifi available, the iphone brings up the names of the available networks. This feature lets you know which are open and which are locked (so you can leach on all the new airport users who forgot to make there network closed). If there are none available it will use the edge network, which also might be the only downside as well. So if anyone Apple haters want to buy a sidekick3, leave me a comment. I am stuck with it until my contract runs out. I cannot wait to start hearing about people getting robbed on the train for there iphone. Will you be able to transfer a stolen phone? If you want to see inside the phone and all of its glorious features, check out think secret.
Oh Snap. Really, that is how I have to sum up the collaborative project. I have no clue what these shoes look like, neither does Keith Hufnagel who brought this collab to light on the internet. Most likely limited edition, definitely sought after. Check the portraits of Kaws and neckface! Instant Classic.
Scientist, grew a new wing on an embryonic chicken. Salk Institute of Biological Studies were able to change the expression of a few genes to grow vertebrate, regenerate limbs, rebuild blood vessels, bone, muscle and skin. Its not coming to humans anytime soon. but anything is possible! A endless supply of 10¢ wings.
The idea of sleeping in a pipe might not immediately connote luxury in your mind, this hotel design turns concrete pipes into quite the comfortable space for your next overnight stay. The DasParkHotel is a series of individual hotel room pipes, set on a beautiful flora-filled backdrop just steps from the Danube River.
There is no reason to go to nature to experience it, make it! Travel to the desert to ski the 5.5 acres of manufactured snoe and fake tree's. You will have access to five downhill runs, a snow cave and to après-ski café. You can even rent a jacket! The photo via Nation Geographic magazine.. Photographed by Reiner Riedler
Heat Radiator "Sunokotan", This is a heat radiator for your PC, game console and DVD player. Just put it on this cute design heat radiator. It will radiate heat and protect your PC, game console and DVD player! By Marudai.
Twbe music blog yonikkafreezmusics.blogspot.com has gathered a collection of links to download rare recordings of some really great bands. Black Flag, Fugazi, New Order, Ride, Quicksand, Sleep, Doves, the list goes on and on. Some are straight from vinyl, some are live, and some are mono. All I have to say its a great collection of free music. Check it out.
Truly the worlds best album title (working title that is, I hope they keep it, very fitting). The Hives are in the studio around the world, according to Blender magazine, the Hives have recorded with Dennis Herring(Modest Mouse), Garret Lee (U2) and....Pharrell Williams(a whole lot of people). "We know we are the best at playing fast rock music," says Pelle Almqvist The Hives, outspoken frontman but we wanted to stretch in different directions."...."so far, "less cohesive but more interesting." Its been described as Rolling Stones disco era meets AC/DC......Sounds like a winner to me
Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass made the official announcement at a packed news conference in Cairo.
It is being billed as the biggest archaeological find in Egypt since the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb.
Archaeologists hope the Hatshepsut, which has lain unrecognised for decades, will yield clues about the mystery of her death and subsequent disappearance.
Mr Hawass has set up a DNA lab near the museum with an international team of scientists to verify the identification.
The study was funded by the US television channel Discovery which is to broadcast a documentary on the subject in July.
An important piece of the evidence is said to be that the mummy has a missing tooth, and the gap matches exactly an existing relic, a preserved tooth engraved with Hatshepsut's name. Via the BBC.
In lieu of the Bruce Willis Die Hard, we thought you might want to know what are the 25 ridiculous action movie moments, Just a tease Will Smith makes an appearance more then once and its not for the Pursuit of Happiness. Via theshiznit.co.uk.
Via Reuters Jun. 22 - An Ecuadorean airline has come up with a risqué way of attracting customers - they have put models in lingerie in the aisles.
Ícaro airlines is putting underwear fashion parades on several national flights for a two-week special. All passengers on Ecuador's most well-travelled route from the capital Quito to the port city of Guayaquil will be treated to a 10-minute sky-high show.uadorean airline"click here.
The Street Art Collective known as "The Splasher", has created a limited edition book boasting their manifesto. The book, a 16-page leaflet was first distributed at the Saturday Night Public Opening of Shepard Fairey's 'E Pluribus Venom' show and is titled "if we did it, this is how it would've happened" Read all about it at the Gothamist and see the pictures of this book here
Released earlier today at Shepard Fairey's internet portal was the Toxicity Inspector, an instant classic which was one of the standouts of his 'E Pluribus Venom' show which opened last week at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC. Check back later tonight for our round-up.
Hopefully its not to late to become immortal. Troika is compiling and writing the first book on technology infused art, design and architecture. The book will flag a new generation of interaction designers, designers, artists and architects that are exploring new and creative uses for digital technology, being on a social, conceptual or aesthetic level.
"We are looking for projects where a non-linear train of thought is apparent in the end result, where technology is re-invested with subjectivity and play, art projects for mass production, products that trigger thoughts as a book or a film can do."
The book will be published and distributed world-wide by Thames and Hudson.
It will feature over 100 protagonists over 304 pages, and will include interviews by leading critics, designers and artists, such as Ron Arad, Anthony Dunne, and Machiko Kusahara.
Submit your work by emailing project description and low-resolution pictures at studio@troika.uk.com
Despite being the worse magazine cover this year, the July issue of
British GQ has on of the coolest "fashion" spreads. Turn to page 185 and
check out the photos for the feature "hollywood action man". Maybe it's
me but "the fall guy" was a cool show. Take one part stuntman, a handful
of designer suits, and blow them up, beat them up, and set them on
fire. You will know if that suit you just bought can withstand a fall
from a tall building. Photographed by Laura Wilson, Styling by Jo Levin.
So, when I was about 12 years old in 1991 there was this great show on MTV—you might remember it—120 minutes. I used to tape this show on vhs and stew over it for 2 hours the following day, since staying up from 12 - 2 am on a Sunday did not really cut it for a pre-teen like myself. Let's fast forward to 2007, maybe 16 years to the date of the first time I saw the show. Apparently VH1 Classic is doing there own version of 120 minutes now, with all the old tracks that I was obsessed with. Same time, midnight Sunday, same length, 120 minutes and same good stuff. They even have a bit you can watch online here.
H & H 5 guide to the N.Y scumrock scene. "Social Conscious Underground Music", I love the future sites of NYC condo's and the how shitty LES looked. Its a little trip down memory lane, with the LunaChicks, Reverb Mother Fuckers.
Sync up with the all-new Plaxo. Introducing the only online address book and calendar that can synchronize with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, Apple, AOL, Thunderbird and your mobile phone. So they say. Check out the demo and see what you think, you can use it for 4 days and then get the iphone.
Nigel “GM Goodwrench” Godrich has pasted together all the edited-out bits of studio tape from Radiohead’s as yet unnamed 7th LP into a audio-teaser goulash. Including new songs “Open Pick”, “All I Need”, “Down Is The New Up”, “Arpgeggi” and “Bangers ‘n Mash”.
Out on paperback, Jason Woods, new book "100 Road Movies". In "100 Road Movies", each entry will offer an insightful critique in terms of aesthetics, plot structure and defining formal and thematic features, whilst also considering the title in the wider context and understanding of by what criteria a film may be considered a road movie. From the Blues Brothers,(pictured above) to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The guide to movies where the road is the star.
As first reported by Wooster Collective and then more thoroughly by The Gothamist, 24 year old Alan Cooper of Bushwick was arrested for attempted arson after trying to set off a stink bomb at Shepard Fairey's installation space opening in Dumbo on Thurdsay night. Apparently when authorities ignited the stink bomb after the fact in a safe place a flame burst of 4 feet was allegedly seen. While doing a photo edit for a round-up of the weekend's events I encountered a shot of Mr. Cooper in shock as TWBE photographer Steven Torres unknowingly catches him outside chatting up his accomplice in what must have been moments before his idiocy prevailed.
Earlier this morning, four banksy pieces went up on the auction block at sotheby's in london. As usual, the bidding crushed pre-auction estimates. The high bids going to Mona Lisa with and AK-47 and Fuck The Police (pictured) each taking in £130,000 pounds a piece. The 'Keep it Real Monkeys' (below) went for a modest £120,000. You have to love it.
Jonathan Levine Gallery art opening for Shepard Fairey, in Dumbo Brooklyn, was a a huge hit! Twbe, was there and as you see Shepard is a fan. There will be more coverage of the opening weekend to come!
Well its that time again, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade! Since every free newspaper has a picture of a half naked women with shells on her breast we thought we would let you know what its really like! Its a Jesus in a wheelchair with a big dildo! Its been awhile since I have gone, to the parade. I can remember the days where the police did not even bother showing up. Now it feels like its on lock down! If you want to see more photographs check out the new theworldsbestever photos account at flickr.
In our ongoing preview of E Pluribus Venom which opens tonight in Dumbo at the installation space we bring you some of the prints on metal. Also, Gothamist has an interview with the man of the hour.
When you have your graduate show, you hope to sell some pieces. If you have it in England, I guess you should expect to sell out. James Howard did just this. Famed collector Charles Saatchi bought up Howard's entire collection of 46 works for a modest sum of £4500. Howard's work which are all digital prints comprised of collages (choppy photoshop), mimic internet advertising. Maybe I missed the boat on this guy, but I would rather drown than have something like this in my vicinity. Oh England, you crazy little island. Via the Times
Free coffee and random films in the les? Bound to be filled with the coolest 30 + year olds. Although it does read like some type of anonymous meeting.
Opening June 28th Project to Surface is "a collaboration between five visual artists and an architect in rendering their visual concepts into three-dimensions through the use of cutting edge architecture software, fabrication tools and techniques." Featuring artists Matzu-MTP, KAWS, David Diao, Kenji Hirata and Leah Raintree who collaborate with designer Ben Krone to complete the five large scale sculptural panels. This looks to be good.
Susie Castillo, The 27-year-old Dominican/Puerto Rican from Lawrence, Mass., spends her days as MTV, TRL VJ educating the teens on all the new music. via complex
In lieu of showing any type of print, since the only thing released today was the preview of the show, I bring you the centerpiece of the show. These Sunsets are to Die For
Steve Powers or Espo is a phenomenal artist representing Philadelphia, but residing in Manhattan. Available now for a short time is a print titled Superfeen, which is undeniably brilliant. Find it here
New York Dolls
We Are Scientists
Matt And Kim
The Black Lips
Dr. Dog
Lavender Diamond
The Detroit Cobras
Elvis Perkins
The Twilight Sad
The Noisettes
M.I.A
Our Favorite director Randy Krawlman, from Smuggler productions, is currently feature on the cover of Creativity magazine the directors issue. Its a great cover and of course he directed the photo shoot as well. Randy is the man behind some of our favorite spots, "bus station" for Starburst, with the crazy strawberries and cream guy.
and the award winning Echo ad, still free,
Check his work and check smugglers real to see whats up.
Everyone is at the Moma for Richard Serra, while your there check out Dan Perjovsch,"What Happened to Us?" It is a refreshing elegant installation, that catches you off-guard. Dan Perjovschi (Romanian, b. 1961), who lives and works in Bucharest, has transformed the medium of drawing, using it to create an object, a performance, and an installation. In the last decade, Perjovschi has made his drawings spontaneously in museum spaces, allowing global and local affairs to inform the final result. For his first solo museum exhibition in the United States, the artist will draw witty and incisive political images, in response to current events, on one wall of The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium. Two weeks before the official opening, beginning April 19, Perjovschi will draw on the wall during public hours, allowing visitors to observe the creation of the work. The project is accompanied by a pamphlet created by the artist.
With all the buzz growing about Shepard's upcoming E Pluribus Venom show this week, SuperTouch gives us a quick glimpse inside of the installation space, here
I think I could deal with flying on this plane with the lifesize Hello Kitty characters. I recently flew back from California, and I actually had a meal option, and lets just say the plastic melted cheesburger and iceburg lettuce, wa delicious. Check out CityRag, for more picts of the inflight food. For more details on Eva air (aka kitty air) click here.
The Dumpling House - has added a fantastic item to their menu... the kimchi sandwich! a thick fresh slice of sesame pancake, split open and stacked with kimchi, grated carrot, cucumber, cilantro, dumpling and hot sauce on request (a veg twist on their famous beef sandwich). Inventive and delicious. And like everything at the Dumpling House insanely cheap at $1.50. Via CityRag. We can not wait to try this one!
No do not adjust your dials, this is not a test. Above, a view of Julian Schnabel’s new hot-pink high-rise at 360 W. 11th St. Via thevillager.com "...Andrew Berman, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation’s director, said he suspects the worst. “I don’t know for sure — but my fear is that this will be the color,” he said. “I think virtually any other color would be more acceptable.” Berman called the building — with arched windows and clay roof tiles — Mediterranean style. “What it actually looks like is a house you would see in the hills above Hollywood — if it was two stories. On the Greenwich Village waterfront at 17 stories, it’s a nightmare,” he said. The preservationist thought this very may well be intentional — that Schnabel wants to punish, with pink, those who opposed him." It will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
Tommy Guerrero, Legendary skater, and musician plays Union Pool Bar,Brooklyn, June 22. If your not familiar with his music, check it out here at his myspace page. Its kind of funk, jam grind rock.
"What Sort Of Gadget Should Naomi Campbell Attack With Next?" As everyone knows, when supermodel Naomi Campbell wants to inflict pain, she looks to the modern telecommunications industry. Read more at Jezelbel.com
If you are a Francophile, a lover of street art, or a francophile in love with street art, available for a short time is a gorgeous print by the French Godfather of street art Blek Le Rat. Homeless in Paris is a stunning print, The beggar on this print is an etching with aquatint and the flag is screenprinted. Go buy now at Black Rat Press as the supply is depleting as you read
Today, in the New York Times discover all the sounds at your local cops fingertips. "Earsplitting Symphony" experience the menu of sirens available to New York City police officers, each one making a specific impression, each at an officer’s fingertips. The sirens allow officers to choose sounds with a personal touch, like the conductors of a screeching, sound-bending orchestra. And there is something new. Christened with a tantalizing name, the rumbler it sends out low, bone-rattling vibrations, so it is not only heard, but also felt. One has been tested on the streets of New York, but the jury is out on whether it is effective, offensive or terrifying. To experience them all check out the story.
Banksy has created another epic piece, this time on the grounds of Glastonbury. "Now he has built a replica of Stonehenge using porta-loos, including a sunken 'altar' centrepiece, in the 'Sacred Space' field at the famed British festival." It looks gorgeous, but probably smells horrible. He is quoted by the Guardian as saying "A lot of monuments are a bit rubbish," he said, "but this really is a pile of crap." Banksy, holding it down. more here
Last night The World's Best Ever & The Chutney Collection crept out to Bushwick to visit the opening of No Sleep Till Bushwick, a show featuring Skewville, Bast, Aiko, and Chris Mendoza. By the time we reached, the british had already made their impact (currencied & frenzied) felt, purchasing up all but one of Aiko's works. Basts pieces left a bit more to the imagination and did not fully flatter what is usually his solid work. In the back room there were more Bast pieces that were not hung, but should have been as they were the strongest of his work, the gems being a painting titled "the Duke" and two "Revolucion de Papel" screens on some type of foil. The sleeper in this show was its organizer, Skewville. They hit hard and consistent, with works on wood and metal in a classic ode to the street and street fixtures. Until next time. More pics after the jump.
Stereogum, has a little toy that will allow you score the final scene, Paste in teh song you want to hear and click play, its that simple. and watch Carmela walk into the diner about sixty times, sometimes with funky old Children's Television Workshop songs or really filthy zydeco. So, while you contemplate the imminent return of Journey and gauge the viability of referencing BASEketball or the Journey Atari game if this ever comes up in conversation again, we give you the power to be Chase for a Day and score the end of The Sopranos as you see fit.
It was only a matter of time before this style came back. Think of Native Tongues, Krs-One, and Spike Lee as the icons. A mix of jungle / back to africa patterns. Waiting for the hi-top fades and cut parts to creep back in. These vibes came from a new collaboration between Adidas and LA based UndrCrwn, featured are the Tracy McGrady model. Man I wish I could pull these off, Oh wait, I can
Possibly late to this—but whatever—Faile x Urban Outfitters. Sad but true. However if you are looking for a shower curtain I would definitely think of picking this up.
Twbe, has been given the pleasure to hear the new UNKLE album, due out July 24th in North America. We all remember the Tom Yorke collaboration and the great video for the track.
The album features the likes of Josh Homme, Chris Goss, Ian Astbury, Massive Attack, Autolux and The Duke Spirit. It is amazing to say the least.
All we have to say here at twbe nyc office, the album is on a continuous loop.
Disc one
"Intro"
"Chemistry"
"Hold My Hand"
"Restless" (feat. Josh Homme)
"Keys to the Kingdom" (feat. Gavin Clark)
"Price You Pay"
"Burn My Shadow" (feat. Ian Astbury)
"May Day" (feat. The Duke Spirit)
"Persons & Machinery" (feat. Autolux)
"Twilight" (feat. 3D)
"Morning Rage"
"Lawless"
"Broken" (feat. Gavin Clark)
"When Things Explode" (feat. Ian Astbury)
"Buying a Lie" (feat. Lee Gorton) (Japanese bonus track)
"Mistress" (feat. Alice Temple) (Japanese bonus track)
Disc two
Instrumental versions
"Hold My Hand"
"Restless"
"Keys to the Kingdom"
"Price You Pay"
"Burn My Shadow"
"MayDay"
"Persons & Machinery"
"Twilight"
"Morning Rage"
"Lawless"
"Broken"
"When Things Explode"
Babycakes, the lower east-side hipster desert shop, is opening in LA this July. BabyCakes offers all natural, organic and delicious alternatives free from the common allergens: wheat, gluten, dairy, casein and eggs. Rest assured, all sweeteners have been chosen responsibly and used sparingly.
So now you have a new place to see celebrities eating.
Retro-mod and limited-edition kicks are part of every gent's uniform these days. From the streets of Philadelphia, Ubiq a special sneaker store has just emerged on the ultra posh shopping strip, Walnut Street. For more in depth info and picts check out Refinery29.
Star Wars Celebration IV - Sexy Slave Leia Photo Shoot. A bounty of Slave Leia's bare all in the largest slave leia photo shoot ever. Geek Ray vision goes behind the scenes with footage you won't find anywhere else.
If you are in Brooklyn this weekend, make sure to get all knitted up and head to MCarren Park Pool to the Renegade Craft Fair to see what you can buy from the D-I-Y crowd. I'm sure it will be zany.
Mike Giant is the man. Available now on his site are copies of his latest book, Muerte. Only 3000 were published and 200 of those are still available, so don't sleep. This man can work magic with a sharpie.
Released yesterday, Welcome Back Kotter,1975 tv at its best! From the age of television when a theme song defined the show and was written for the show, rather than lifted off a who album. Watch all the crazy mishaps of the boys and there teacher. A little bit of triva, this sitcom was not aired in Italy until John Travolta's big smash on the silver screen as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977), whose title was literally translated as "La febbre del sabato sera". This is why Italian adaptors decided to rename this sitcom "I ragazzi del sabato sera", i.e. "Saturday Night Guys". Rent it here. Buy it here.
Finally, In 2005 the MultiPot, a centralised charging multi-haven for all our pocket gadgetry, previously scattered around various surfaces, waiting for their turn on the adaptor. Only available in the Uk. In 2007 they have created a multibook, charging device. I like the pot better!
"Welcome to BrickGun, the world leader in custom Lego weapon models." I was waiting for this all my life! BrickGun claims to...."specialize in creating the coolest, most realistic kits that can be built using genuine Lego parts. Each model is life-sized, with accurate dimensions and details. They feature functioning mechanics such as triggers, hammers, slides, safeties and magazines so they not only look like the real thing, they work like the real thing as well.
Take a look at our models and see why we believe they are the best that can be made. Once you do, we think you'll agree that they are The Coolest Lego Weapons in the World." And why do we need the "Coolest Lego Weapons in the world", you ask.... because we can!
After years of debate, both houses of the Legislature are on the brink of legalizing medical marijuana, via the Daily News. "It makes no sense to put cancer patients and AIDS patient in jail for trying to relieve their pain and nausea," said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington-based lobby group.
According to GQ magazine, this is the summer drink! The Cheleda,which consists of...
Coarse salt,
ice cubes,
juice of 1 to 2 limes
12 oz of Negra Modelo.
(optional, for a michelada add two dashes of Worcestershire and two dashes of Tobasco).
If your a beer snob, and would never put ice in your beer, don't bother. If you like the idea, or your on the fence, grab this month's GQ turn to page 84, for a convincing reason to give it a try.
Photograph by Jess Frohman
Tired of dialing 1-800 numbers and not being able to get through to a human who can help you?
BRINGO cuts through all of that so you don't have to. That's right, BRINGO has conquered phone trees.
Here's how it works:
Find the company you'd like to call by category (credit cards, mortgages, loans, health care)
Enter your phone # (we will never disclose your phone number to anyone, not even your mother!).
Wait a few seconds while we navigate the phone tree.
When we call you back, pick up your phone and you're done. No more phone trees.
They might even be in the country.
Indie Anthems: It’s the moment in the night when with a special tune behind you, for three and a half minutes it’s like you can do anything at all. It’s the songs that bring meaning to life and bring you and your friends close together. They’re the songs that make a difference.
Now’s your chance to rate the best ones of all time. Simply rate each anthem from 1 to 10 and NME.COM will update the Top Fifty based on your votes.
Robert Langhorn's "The Rem" vase was the result, the name an abbreviation of Remington – the style of bullet casing that the vase is based on. Not only is this vase of interest because of its origins, but because these very origins can be so easily missed. Langhorn’s other designs are just as creative, such as the Trench table or Work, Rest & Splay garden fork/seat, but none as provocative as the Rem.
Releasing today at Obey Giant is an offset print in an edition of 800, titled 'Two Sides of Capitalism'. If you are unable to get your hands on the obey currency, this is the next best thing as both sides of the currency are visible on one surface. With the large edition size, with a little luck you will be able to purchase this fine print.
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Magnum Photos and the establishment of the Magnum Foundation, Magnum Festival '07 will explore documentary in its various forms – photography, film and journalism.
The New York Public Library, International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, the Film Forum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center (Walter Reade Theater) will allow you to experience over 30 photographic exhibitions and special events, and over 40 documentary film screenings. Visit Magnum Photos to find out about all the events.
So the last laugh is on the critic, after reading all the headlines about how the last episode was horrible. I just recieved this forwarded email, that explains it all.
He was killed....
in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell yall why and explain in detail... There was 3 people in the room total who had a reason to kill tony.....
the two black guys, they were paid before to kill tony but he was only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons, also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nikki leotardo, Phil Leotardos nephew, he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down....
heres where the genius comes in....
When tonys walking in the diner,you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, and you see him looking @ the booth he's gonna sit at...then the camera switches back to tonys face, then it once again switches to his perspective, and it shows him looking @ the door and looking @ the people come in..... Everytime the door opens the Chimes sound....... Carmela walks in, Chimes, AJ walks in Chimes, this when Meadows parallel parking, still trying to get inside the restaurant....at this point the camera switches back to the trucker who goes in the bathroom......Then it goes to a scene where meadow finally parks and starts running in the diner....
the doors about to open,
Tony looks up....
and No Chimes......................
No Music............
Everything just goes black...............
In one of the early episodes of the sopranos, tonys talking with bobby about what it must feel like to die..Bobby says "at the end, you probably dont hear anything, everything just goes black" part of that was revisited in the second to last episode during the last seconds of it, when tonys about to go to sleep and he flashes back to the memory of him and bobby on the boat... "You probably dont hear anything everything just goes black" so in the end, the Journey song was playing, the chimes on the door sounded but when meadow came in, the guy in the trucker hat came out and killed tony...its the reason you aint hear, or see sh*t when he died.... it was from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled.
ROME — Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well — inside a computer.
Experts from around the world on Monday unveiled what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city, which digitally recreates Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power. Check it out now.
This bag has been designed as our statement product in the Urban Mobility collection as well as being their key PR tool and door opener to the top end of the lifestyle market. The bag will be launched exclusively at Selfridges and then globally in July through select high-end furniture design stores and top end department stores.
It is a limited edition piece of which there will only be 600 bags. Each bag will feature a silver metal plaque engraved with ‘Urban Mobility ltd. edition’ and its own Ltd edition number. It will go nice with your chris-craft.
This is twbe, idea of storage. Here’s a brilliant idea that leaves us wondering - why didn’t we think of this first? You have seen the chairs with drawers, why not steps. Via Inhabitat
As we watched Paris go back to Jail, (Lindsay must be sweating bullets), this interview with Tommy Chong, you know since he is a celebrity and he also went to jail, was by far twbe!
So I was in San Fran. this weekend for a wedding, which includes a bachelor party. It starts off basically the same as all bachelor parties with a group of guys who have never gone out anywhere together packed together in a limo, heading for the big city.
Drinking, jokes, jukebox's..... and then the club's, strip clubs that is. We start out at one where there are three guys standing at the bar where full length trench coats and wide brim hats, right out of a 1920's gangster movie. They were dressed like Bugsy, and Capone, and the girls, lets just say were not top notch, it cost 5 dollars to get in and it was in Chinatown. Nothing wrong with the location, it just... well looked a little weak!
One beer later we are back in the ride off to Mitchell Brothers. For the record, I have never been there nor do I think anything will be able to top the experience. As you walk in ($30 cover) you are given a plastic cup, for the free fountain soda, and led down a hall. Now, to the point, do you remember the film Requiem for a Dream, staring Jennifer Connelly, and the singer from 30 seconds to mars, more importantly do you remember the last scene with Jennifer? I walk into a room with two women on the floor on a blanket, surrounded by men holding illuminated batons and illuminating the "action", and the "action" was not limited by a 10 foot law lets just say. Later on that evening a friend and I were propositioned while listening to LL Cool J, "going back to cali" a fully nude girl walked up and said " I want to fuck you to LL." If that is not prostitution, then call me naive. This truly makes Mitchell Brothers twbe, legal prostitution/stripclub in San Francisco. (scary).
From the creators of Garbage Pail Kids and the Topps company comes Hollywood Zombies. Putting celebrities on playing/trading cards and making fun of them for profit should have happened a long time ago.
H&M has collaborated with Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfeld, Victor & Rolf and now we have the world famous Sims. Talk about marketing to the young! I never played the game, but I can only imagine, the bargin hunting, the crazy discounts, the mad rush of new york hipster sims players needing all the latest fashions for the there hip fake friends.
At 11 this morning, Faile's 'Nothing Lasts Forever' Show in the Lower East Side will be open to the public. The address is 201 Chrystie Street, between Stanton and Rivington. Go check it out as it is only open through Sunday, 11am - 6 pm.
Opening this Friday June 8th at the Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn, the Porch Show features 30 artists including Richard Colman, The Polaroid Kid Mike Brodie, AJ Fosik, Matt Leines, Brendan Monroe and more. Running through most of the summer until August 5th the show will have porch-related events to keep the locals happy.
Maybe the brit's are taking it too far with the bring back the rave scene because the logo that they have gone with for the 2012 Olympics looks like it should be on Pop Rocks packaging. Evidently it causing quite a stink across the pond. What was supposed to appeal to the youth with a graffiti rock feel, doesn't appeal to anyone.
Yup, whoever took these product shots definitely has an awkward sense of humor (or is it me?). Little Joseph designed by Maxim Velčovský is a hand-painted porcelein candleholder that is ten parts creepy. Available through Canadian cool-arbiter Generate this product may possibly look better with a colored candle or on a pedophiles bedside table. ouch!
"It may not be officially summer yet, but a new crew of interns have already joined the Teen Vogue team."
Why? you may ask. Because deep down, those offices of Teen Vogue are something very special. So the intern blog is a way for all of us to really get to know these girls and that is what matters most. Commenter/Wannabe reggiebelle said "if Barbie had an internship, i bet she would have chosen your job because it's every girl's dream! she might have worn a burberry trench to her interview, as well. :)" Friggin gems.
In the age of reprising roles, action hero roles, we have yet another, Dirty Harry. This time we find Clint Eastwood, picking up his Smith and Wesson, and his role as "Dirty Harry" Callahan". This time although, he is smart, a little smarter than Indiana Jones smart, he is voicing in the character in the upcoming video game (originally announced in 2005) which is slated to come out this year.
In what will probably be his last print release before E Pluribus Venom later this month, Shepard drops a doozy titled 'Revolutionary Woman with a Brush'. Deep, I know.
With the preview happening tonight and the public opening on thursday in NYC, Faile sits down with Fecal Face to discuss what else, themselves and the world. Read it here
For those to whom Adidas is both a lifestyle and obsession, A custom piece of adi-goodness is available on ebay.
The Adidas Lambretta GP150 is a customized to three stripes and has never been run. It wintered in the window of an Adidas Original shop. The price tag is steep, but for something that no one else has it sure is worth it.
People who love to gorge should think big. Major League Eating oversees professional eating competitions and television specials. The main draw is the July Fourth hot dog eating contest in Coney Island. Perennial favorite Takeyu Kobayashi saw his record of 53 3/4 hot dogs and buns crushed this past Saturday by Joey Chessnutt who consumed a whoppping 59 1/2 hot dogs and buns. This year's contest is sure to be epic, train hard and one day you could be a pro too.
I am not a big fan of remakes, and their ability to destroy the original's credit and childhood memories, (texas chainsaw...,hills have eyss...herbie). I do like Rob Zombie, and his love for pure horror films. The one and only time I met him was back in 95, in LA at a shop on Sunset with Phil Anselmo (of Pantera). Rob was buying film reels of old horror movies (Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff). He did not say much, at the time I only knew Phil. Plus, I thought it was strange buying "reels"... why would you want that? Twelve years later we have the remake trailer for Halloween which will be out this year, and I assume around halloween. If that is not a sign for the love of horror, and this trailer is not the sign, I am not sure what is.
One of twbe, boxsets, the films that defined Clint, and defined the anti hero. You don't always have to be where white to be the good guy. Available on June 5th. From the innovative "James Bond Western" style of A Fistful of Dollars (1964) to the complete restoration of Duck You Sucker (1971), The Sergio Leone Anthology pays lavish tribute to one of the greatest of all Italian directors. A lifelong film buff deeply influenced by the movies he enjoyed as an uneducated youth in southern Italy, Leone (1929-1989) had officially directed only one previous film (1961's The Colossus of Rhodes) when he recruited a relatively unknown American TV star named Clint Eastwood (on a modest salary of $15,000) and made cinema history with A Fistful of Dollars, not the first Western made by an Italian but certainly the first truly Italian entry in the "Spaghetti Western" genre that Leone virtually invented.
“Naked Girls Smoking Weed” by Rob Griffin (Goliath Books) is the book title of the month according to SuperTouch. No words are needed here to describe the content or the M.O. of this brand-new little hardcover coffee-table book, it just simply is what it is, and we love it for that. Some of their other titles include,"Naked happy Girls", "Pervy Girls" ,and "Pantys".
In honor of the release of the Beatles, SGT Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, we have posted the trailer to the best bad movie ever! The BeeGee's Rock! The film also features Steve Martin, George Burns, Areosmith, Peter Frampton, Alice Cooper, and Earth wind and fire. I am feeling a remake is a brewing.
