The third (and final) mixtape in our July 4th Summertime 3-Pack series comes courtesy of our past featured Aussies over at Vanishing Elephant who present Captain Franco’s second Hearts Collide mixtape. The Sydney DJ’s mix is some lovely vintage soul and funk, and can have many an application on your upcoming long weekend: either pop […]
1
Jul
Lovely vintage soul & funk to soothe the hungover soul
16
Jun
Wear Spiderman, Venom or Captain America to the supermarket
You know, I’m actually not hating on these Marvel Superhero Hoodies. 90% of the times comic book clothing licenses are about as creative as laundry detergent commercials, or as appealing as Ed Hardy on a Revere Beach guido, but these hoodies actually look alright. The long-sleeve, full-zip hooded sweatshirts are 60% cotton / 40% polyester, […]
4
May
Photograph your favorite Marvel ephemera, win a poster
There’s been a lot of bustle lately about Stussy’s collaboration with Marvel, and considering the onslaught of Marvel comic book movies coming out this summer the Cali boys at Stussy couldn’t have a better brand to get in bed with. To promote the collab, they’re doing a GIVEAWAY as well (altho clearly not as cool […]
21
Apr
Pilot your own Starship in Joquer's new Oru lounger
If you wanna be the pilot of your own private Starship called Life, you should look into Joquer new lounger/armchair called Oru. Designed by Spanish architect Ramón Esteve, the Oru lounger also comes with matching ottoman — just like intergalactic alien polygamist Kirk would’ve kicked his feet up on. See the Oru lounger with matching […]
29
Mar
Charles Moore draws attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas for TED
We touched on this epic plastic dilemma facing the Planet Earth a couple years back when we covered photographer Chris Jordan’s Midway: Message from the Gyre in 2009, but it doesn’t get any less scary. We have a serious, serious fucked up problem with our consumption of plastics, and if nothing changes we can just […]
24
Mar
America's original hero out July 22, 2011
The first full trailer of this summer’s upcoming Captain America film, The First Avenger, was released today. In case you weren’t prepared (which I’m thinking most of you are), there’s a windfall of Marvel superhero movies all coming out to set up the inevitable Avengers mega-blockbuster, and along with Thor this summer will belong to […]
13
Dec
Johnny Depp throws on the tights for one more go around
The trailer for the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides film was released today. I’m not a huge fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but the special effects make them worth seeing if only for the dazzling eye candy. Plus, Johnny Depp kinda rules as Captain Jack Sparrow and Penelope Cruz […]
