In a brief but very well done animation, motion designer Sean McClintock combines Jack Kerouac reading “Lucien Midnight” — the long narrative poem now known as Old Angel Midnight —over DJ Shadow’s beautiful “Second”. Enjoy… Friday Afternoon in the Universe from Sean McClintock on Vimeo.

The great literary magazine McSweeney’s returns with one of their most imaginatively plackaged issues, Number 36. Utilizing a very innovative presentation, which borrows more than a bit from Visionaire‘s philosophy of outside-the-box packaging (no pun intended), the “issue” is actually a 275-cubic-inch crate filled with goodies. The giant head box is filled with a litany […]

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 […]

The continuing saga of one girl’s plight with unemployment…(read vol I,  vol II, vol III, vol IV, vol V,  vol VI, vol VII, vol. VIII vol IX, vol X and vol XI) Over the last month a few people have started to ask me things like: “When’s the new Bureaucracy for Breakfast coming?!” or: “Where’s the new blog? I’m waiting!” I’m sure […]

Up and coming designer Tatsugo Yoda from Aloha Rag has made waves in fashion with his modern collection and meticulous attention to detail. To take his design even further, he recently partnered with Converse to create the ARNY JP Zip sneaker. Many of his pieces are inspired by cities he’s traveled to in his career, […]

God these are some beautiful shoes, courtesy of Japanese cobbler sak, aka Hiruma. Elevating the art of shoe making to an artisanal level, the Japanese born sak chose to study and practice the art of Italian craftsmanship in Florence, Italy for nearly a decade. This is his third collaboration with Converse — after tackling the […]

The latest artist out of the Mad Decent roster, the 26-year old Mumdance (better known to his mum as Jack Adams), released his highly anticipated Mum Decent EP last week. The first single, “Don’t Forget Me Now”, sees LIAS favorite and past feature Esser on the vocals, with an appropriately clever and absurd video to […]

Damn that Jack White! Can’t he just leave shit be? Does he have to be cutting edge in every damn thing he does, making the rest of us look ineffectual and doodling? Turns out today he announced that The Dead Weather’s new single, “Blue Blood Blues” will be issued in the previously unheard of Triple […]