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.
