November 2008
October 2008
8 Most Over-used Samples In Hip Hop History -... →
In the early days of hip hop, when it was just two turntables and a microphone, having a ready collection of samples and drum breaks was mandatory. It was just how things were done. But over the years, improved sampling technology and the introduction of live instrumentation made using the same songs over and over less necessary. Nevertheless, some samples refused to die. Some are even still used...
Hand-Made Basement-Built Lamborghini: Hand-Made... →
Seventeen years ago, Ken Imhoff watched Cannonball Run and became so enamored with the Lamborghini Countach in the film, he hand-built his own, in his basement. Today Ken Imhoff becomes your hero.
Kevin Amato: Shit Iz Real →
We mentioned a while back that Bronx-based photographer Kevin Amato was amazing at doing what he does. It’s like there’s a little button in his back that he switches to ‘rad’ before he…
Manga Makeup - Extreme Japanese Anime Eyes... →
(TrendHunter.com) Anime is a culture from Japan based on a style of animation which is now popular around the world. The big eyes iconic of these illustrations originally comes from shojo…
Printing 3-D Objects - The Real-Life Star Trek... →
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a printer that prints solids—not solid colors, solid objects! Any 3-D object that can be created on a computer can now be printed just like the Star Trek…
Saran Palin & Tina Fey on SNL (video) →
can you tell them apart? Just two weeks after Duffy appeared, the other “next Amy Winehouse” Adele was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. (the real) Sarah Palin (cringe) was on…
Counting the ways to fall without landing →
Counting the ways to fall without landing
33 Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Innovations (CLUSTER) →
(TrendHunter.com) Karl Lagerfeld is considered royalty in the fashion world. The ultra-hip, 70-year-old kingpin of Chanel is responsible for the current success of the design house. While…
“Ann Coulter is actually a former drag queen from Key West named Pudenda...”
– Robert Anton Wilson
Tony Womo Out Three To Four Weeks With Bwoken... →
In other Cowboys news, Adam “Pacman” Jones is still grounded for the rest of his life, or at least until he learns to stop back-sassing, and receiver Terrell Owens is listed as “probable” for Sunday’s game despite suffering a chronic case of turf piggy.
RAPPERS SINGING + CHOCOLATE BOOBIES = SCORE! →
Kanye West recently debuted his new album 808’s and Heartbreaks for a room full of important people in LA. We can now confirm that Yeezy will be singing all the way through ala T-pain…
Brutally Honest Bedding - The ‘Everyone I’ve Slept... →
(TrendHunter.com) This make-your-own ‘Everyone I’ve Slept With’ pillowcase was produced by The Art as Art Project as a homage to Tracy Emin, who used the concept for her Everyone I’ve Ever…
Zero-Star Hotels - Swiss Nuclear Bunker Costs $9... →
(TrendHunter.com) People around the globe have been awestruck by the world’s first 7-star hotel in Dubai. At the very opposite end of the accommodation scale, the world’s first zero-star…
The Credit Crunch is giving me a brain tumour (Pt.... →
Although there is no escaping it, I think people are underestimating the importance of this whole credit crunch thing. It may be on the news constantly, but people seem to just gloss over…
Radiohead Reveal Sales Figures, I Reveal How Much... →
Fine, I’ll admit it. I paid nothing at all. Not a cent. But only because I didn’t have a credit card not because I’m, you know, selfish…
Seeing as “In Rainbows” clocks some serious mileage on…
Franz Ferdinand's New LP →
Franz Ferdinand have revealed the album title and track listing for their upcoming LP slated for a January 26 release.
Frontman Alex Kapranos described Tonight: Franz Ferdinand as “music of the…
Kaiser Chiefs Cover MGMT →
Ubiquitous much? Following Kate Perry’s cover of “Electric Feel” and remixes from Holy Ghost!, Soulwax, and Justice it seems that MGMT-mania is at critical mass. But like that last bit of chocolate there’s always room for one more piece. So despite how bloated and cynical you feel here’s UK five piece Kaiser Chiefs putting “Time To Pretend” through its...
Gisele Bundchen - Models in Music Videos →
Gisele Bundchen is no stranger to “acting” having cameoed in 2004’s Taxi and 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada. In her latest “role” Bundchen joins the pantheon of models who have appeared in music…
GRENADE GALLERY PRESENTS: REVOK - CRIME IN THE... →
Notorious LA street artist Revok - whose work is admired by luminaries such as Takashi Murakami - makes his UK Debut at West London’s Grenade Gallery this Wednesday October 15th (tonight)….
Going West →
58 Innovations in 3-D - From ‘Iron Man 2’ to Pablo... →
(TrendHunter.com) In a recent interview with Collider, Stan Lee and John Favreau divulged their interest in shooting ‘Iron Man 2’ in 3-D for IMAX screens. Making such an influential comic…
Misshapes: Celery Moon Mixtape 7 Download →
Celery Moon just passed his latest mix our way. It’s a nice little lo-fi-disco concoction - grab it over at his Misshapes.com blog.
01 Mondkopf - Ave Maria (I:Cube Remix) 02 Alland Byallo &…
New Björk (Feat. Thom Yorke) - "Nattura" →
Björk sounds great on her new single “Nattura.” Thom Yorke (that guy from Radiohead) adds smeary, windy way-ambient backing vocals, but the most prominent ingredient is Lightning Bolt drummer…
Banksy's Pet Shop →
More “Animal Farm” than “Doctor Doolittle” iconoclastic UK street artist Banksy explores the darker side of the the relationship between man and beast…
From a tomato sauce drinking chicken…
Does n e 1 else hope that this is the future of... →
hipsterrunoff:
[photo by thecobrasnake] Yall I hope that this is the future of fashion 4 women. I know that most Americans don’t realize that ‘less is more’, but I feel like the world would be a…
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding…...”
– Kahlil Gibran
Paris Outtakes by Kathy Lo →
Midweek review. 5 days to go.
Paris fashion week: Very Givenchy →
Ricardo Tisci produced a darkly gothic show for Givenchy with a few sci-fi oddities thrown in for luck
Los Inrockuptibles →
Advertising campaign for argentinian magazine Los Inrockuptibles…
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Art, Design and Technology for Obama →
Of the many history-making aspects of Obama’s run for President, the art and design that’s come out of it isn’t insignificant. From the identity of the campaign itself to Shepard Fairey’s…
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: Starring Michael... →