If you’re looking to get the best sound from your loudspeaker — and you’re willing to throw $175,000 into your system — then you could do worse than Trenner & Friedl’s Duke loudspeaker. The ultra premium Austrian stereo manufacturer has spared no expense crafting what they consider the finest speaker, and they’re not afraid to […]

In California we can’t just go into any local Quik-E-Mart and pick up a slingshot, but you can if you’re from Idaho (as I discovered last summer to much joy). I miss my slingshots: lining up a rack of fresh G.I. Joe figures on the wooden fence, fistful of metal BBs burning a hole in […]

When I first saw Joshua Ben Longo’s creations I knew I’d stumbled across a little bit of pixie dust. I can’t totally explain it, but his monstrous creations just resonate with me from a distant place reserved for childhood wonders — stuff like comic books, monsters both repulsive and whimsical, sci-fi flicks and, yes, stuffed […]