D.J. Max Tannone, the remix magician behind Mos Dub (previously) does it again, but this time with Talib Kweli. Result is considerable.
Remember the blazing auto-lacing Nike sneakers from "Back to the Future 2" (pictured above)? Well, sneaker freaks unearthed a patent submitted by Nike that looks an awful lot like the ones worn by Marty McFly. The film was set in 2015 too, which makes the timing pretty damn suspicious. These might be a pair worth waiting in line for. Click the above link for more scans of the patent application.
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Jason Lazarus's "Otis Redding Motivational Poster." You can get a free copy by sending a SASE to the artist. Address A hipster reality show casting call.* They're looking for the following hipstertypes:
- "The NYC transplant from middle America or Connecticut" one
- "The cynic"
- The "hipper than thou" one
- The "one with the handle bar moustache"
- The "we gotta save the world but fuck my own neighbor" one
- The "misanthropic one",
- The "know-it-all-blogger" one
- The "I'm not a hipster"- hipster one
- The "not so secretly gay" one
- The "too cool for school" one
- The "Brooklyn is the greatest place on Earth" one
- The "one who calls everyone a douchebag" one
- The "one who will beat all the odds and make it in the music industry cause I'm soooo special" one
- The "one who just can't admit that life totally passed me by so I'll move to W'burg and reinvent myself" one
- The "one without a fucking clue" one
- The " I tweet therefore I am" one
- The "One who can eat my asshole" one
*Fake, but still hilarious.
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Funny illustration by designer and artist David Schwen.
[[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F8xhAsyvE8&feature=player_embedded] Amazing vintage Japanese commercial for Suntory whiskey (Yes, the same one from "Lost in Translation") starring Sammy Davis Jr. Make sure your volume is turned on.
The inspiration for having Bob Harris do a Suntory whisky commercial was partially inspired by the fact that Sofia Coppola's father, made a real Suntory commercial with Akira Kurosawa in the 1970s.
Someone please upload this to YouTube. Thank you.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y82npOI0Va0&feature=player_embedded] I really like this song and video of Jake Shimabukuro playing "Blue Roses Falling." It's quite zenful to me. A ukulele on a float in the blue waters of Hawaii? Yes please.
KAWS shows off on 
View the almost-complete 1991 Pro Set "Yo! MTV Raps" card collection. Complete, except for cards 23, 39, 98.
The above Public Enemy card is amazing, mainly for the thug usage of the brick cell phone being used in a pre-free nights and weekends era.
[Hat tip: Melissa]
Photo taken in Sydney, Australia by Chris Baron.
This is hysterical: hipster dinosaurs.
A few friends and I have started a monthly supper club where one person selects a relatively new restaurant that we all dine at. The inaugural meal was held at 6th Street Kitchen in the East Village. The food was delicious and inventive in a non-intimidating atmosphere. My friend Annie (Thanks!) hooked us up with a few complimentary plates, which was fantastic as well. If you need a versatile restaurant with tasty food and wine for a casual dinner with a few friends, a romantical date, or an outing with a large group of friends, then this space is ideal. A few photos below of some of the plates that we ordered. Some dishes were not photographed (like the amazing chorizo sliders) because...well, they looked too good and we ate them before I thought to snap a photo.
That's a great looking bike.
Of course if I took this photo, I'd be pervy, but since it's snapped by The Sartorialist it's "artistic" and "street fashion photography."
A designer uses fonts for knowledge and defense, never for attack. By Bill McMullen.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssn2kmNf0ME] This. Is. Crazy. I've never seen anything so scary: Someone in Brazil captured on video this fire tornado or technically known as "fire whirls." Or to be truly technical: "HolyeffingshitRUNNNNN!"
[Hat tip: Annie]
Bad yearbook photos. More like amazing.
Interesting ESPN article on the early history of the now video game behemoth EA's Madden NFL. They originally wanted Joe Montana. Instead they got coach Madden. Madden was later offered the option of purchasing EA shares at the IPO price when it went public. He turned it down.
From 1989 to 1999, EA's share price went from $7.50 to $70. Madden laughs. "That was the dumbest thing I ever did in my life."