At this week’s annual EICMA show in Milano Moto Guzzi made the biggest splash unveiling its Moto Guzzi V7 Clubman Racer. Usually the Italian motorcycle show is dominated by the 3 Kings — Ducati, Aprilia and MV Agusta, but this year the triumverate’s biggest release was Ducati’s technologically innovative but aesthetically questionable Multistrada 1200. So […]
13
Nov
Moto Guzzi steals the show with 70's-inspired café racer
Italian design firm Bel & Bel have created a line of chairs manufactured out of recycled Vespa body panels. I dig the aesthetics, but have you seen how expensive vintage Vespas are nowadays? Sure those old school 2-strokes aren’t the most ecological engines on the road, but it’d be cheaper to make chairs out of […]
9
Nov
Frames made of water buffalo horns...really...
Designed by Zurich-based aekae studios and manufactured by Swisshorn Eyewear AG, these SIRE glasses strive for a future-forward design. But although their Swiss style may hail from future lands, their material could not be any more primitive — they’re built from water buffalo horns. “Each SIRE natural horn spectacle consists of up to seven thin […]
16
Sep
Until yesterday the only chance of you getting your mitts on one of the selections was via a handful of restaurants and retailers
I had no idea Renzo Rosso, the man behind the Diesel brand, was in the wine and olive oil game. He is and they make a whole range of products, Rosso di Rosso, Bianco di Rosso and Nero di Rosso wines, and olive oil. It’s a little weird to think about, but it doesn’t seem […]
I’ve heard great things about this Gomorrah movie but haven’t checked it out yet. Supposedly it’s Sopranos meets City of God, and some are claiming it’s the best mobster movie ever. That seems like a stretch. Still, definitely worth peeping. Maybe this weekend…
Damn. October’s been a great month for cops, and a crappy one for my license. This new Lambo Gallardo LP 560-4, specially modified for the Italian Polizia, begs the question: Why did Robocop have to die so young? He missed out on this and the ridiculous Carbon Motors E7. What a gyp. The Polizia Gallardo […]
As you may have discerned by now, we’re kind of all over the musical map — but the Madman don’t really give a fuck about that. We’re not a music blog, smartypants, so we just share what we think is dope in this great big Supermarket we’re all wondering around in. We poke stuff, and […]
