The chopper is the one special breed of bike that has come to best embody the legend of freedom on the road that is everything Americana, from Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper’s Easyrider to Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels. In the 288 pages of Gestalten’s hardcover, Chopper: the Real Story traces chopper history back to the early customized bikes at the turn of the 19th century […]


18 Dec
Win tickets to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans

The best in the NFL are up for debate as Green Bay Packers linebacker, Clay Matthews, readies to pick the best comments made by football fans in The Gillette No Debate Contest. Watch to learn how to join in, and how your opinion could land you tickets to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Join […]


1 Jun
New Orleans Jet Life emcee drops first full album on June 5th

New Orleans rapper Curren$y drops his first full album on June 5th, The Stoned Immaculate, and has put its entirety up for your streaming pleasure. Although Curren$y has dropped many a mixtape, this is a full cohesive album featuring collabs with Wiz Khalifa, Wale, Pharrell Williams, Estelle, Daz and 2 Chainz — not to mention the […]


5 Dec
Confederate's lightest, fastest & cheapest streetbike ever

The third generation of Confederate’s Hellcat motorcycle, dubbed the C3 X132, is promised to be the lightest, fastest & cheapest bike ever to come from the erstwhile New Orleans-now-Alabama builders. Based around a 132 bhp generating 2163 cc V-twin motor engine made of billet aluminum, the real star behind most Confederate bikes is the design — […]


29 Nov
New Orleans / Birmingham custom bike maker releases 3rd generation Hellcat

While I’ve been a fan of Confederate bikes for nearly a decade, the brand has had its share of legal issues — from going bankrupt after Hurricane Katrina trashed their factory and leaving many who had paid deposits high and dry, to its subsequent move to Alabama and then recently trying to relocate back to […]