Assembling a vision of unique hats from diverse artists hailing from Germany, Spain, Italy, England, Sweden, United Arab Emirates and Africa, Introducing New Era hosted the second edition of their exhibition of custom hats on November 18 & 19. The hats are all based on New Era’s ubiquitous 59FIFTY caps, but they resemble works of […]
18
Nov
Second Exhibition of the hat competition is held in Milan
30
Jun
Accessories, Charity/Non-Profit, Fashion, Gadgets, Jewelry, Odds / Ends, Opulance, Style / Design, Technologic, Watches
Unique piece features the word's fastest chronograph movement
In 1969, when TAG Heuer first introduced its “Monaco” design on the wrist of Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans, the chronograph made headlines. Four decades later, the Swiss watchmaker is making a unique, one-off version to auction off in benefit of Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. The Mikrograph features the fastest chronograph movement on […]
28
Jun
Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire team up for award winning short film
Awhile back we posted that Arcade Fire + Spike Jonze = Probably Really F*cking Amazing Flick, which was about a short film titled Scenes From the Suburbs. Well that short film, directed by Spike Jonze and based on the motifs of Arcade Fire’s Suburbs album (and co-written by Jonze and Arcade Fire’s Win and Will Butler), is now […]
17
May
Tristan Dickerson struggles with the powerful Shembe Church
The upcoming documentary To Skin a Cat addresses the alarming loss of leopard populations in southern Africa to illegal skin trade and poaching, and its close ties to the Shembe Church religion (over four million strong) which uses the hides in ceremonial rituals. Ironically, the Shembe Church reveres these beautiful animals, but believe they are […]
17
Mar
VBS.TV and Agnes B present "Umshini Wam" short film
The paring of South African zefs Die Antwoord with fringe indie director Harmony Korine seems like a no brainer. The white trash obsessed director must’ve first seen Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er and had his heart explode. Now they’ve worked together on this 15-minute short, following the exploits of two daydreaming, wheelchair-bound, gun toting costumed gangsters […]
9
Mar
Gold plated South African zefs
New vid from everyone’s favorite South African zefs, spotlighting a gold-plated Yo-Landi Vi$$er…
23
Sep
"Straight from the Horse's Piel" mini-documentary
A short mini documentary of South Africa’s Die Antwoord in their native environment, hanging out with shirtless friends and talking mad shit like only Ninja can. Do they have a chance of some serious longevity or will they be yet another white hot internet-fueled flash in the pan? I personally love their Miami-Bass-meets-Soweto lunacy, and […]
28
Apr
The first episode of Diplo's serial music documentary
As described on Mad Decent, “Diplo’s been working on a new documentary series for Current called No One is Safe, where he sort of Anthony Bourdains on the music scenes he’s deep into and explores their origins/history/current state, etc. This is the pilot, on New Orleans Bounce music, and it turned out to be really […]
