Last we saw from Fool’s Paradise, it was something along the lines of a sexy Jedi Jesus. It’s a little harder to exactly pinpoint the narrative this time, but a first guess might be Barbie the robot-alien-headed bounty hunter who likes to keep her boobs well ventilated. This marks 12 rounds of Alan Ng-designed Jango Keiko dolls […]


Debuting this Thailand Toy Expo is a vivid, sexy and awesomely creepy scene built from the toy parts of Fool’s Paradise and JP Toys (and perhaps maybe just a tinge of Star Wars scrap parts). The image is a sexy hodgepodge of a Jedi-Jesus meets stripper cat-fight delivered in a lurid, mildly slapdash, deliciously blasphemous sort […]


Am I the only person out there who gets kind of annoyed by Lana Del Rey? She reminds of that girl at the party who’s definitely hot, but is not nearly as hot as she thinks she is. Her doe-eyed ingenue/sex kitten pouting and calculated smoldering looks feel like a perfume commercial stuck on pause. […]


Last Friday marked the closing event for Social Media Week in Los Angeles, which consisted of panel speakers and events throughout the week. Not only did the event provide networking opportunities and major promotion of new social media outlets, but it also supplied a plethora of booze. Enter Shellback Rum, a premium rum that celebrated […]


11 Sep
Selena Gomez & Vanessa Hudgens lose their Disney contracts

Kids is one of those movies that’s a total anomaly, in that as great and seminal as it is none of the creative forces behind it ever did anything else worth a damn. Sure it gave the world Chloë Sevigny and Rosario Dawson (for which we’re grateful), but the duo behind Kids — director Larry Clark […]


14 Jun
...or how to get inspired for a hot summer day

It’s quite a musical Thursday, but I guess that’s what we got on the mind. As your summer day of barbecuing, swimming and drinking starts to wind down this weekend, be sure to throw on this new jam from Poolside, “Slow Down”. Being from Los Angeles, Poolside (Filip Nikolic and Jeffrey Paradise) know the sounds […]


15 Jan
Book & exhibit by subversive sculpture artist opens January 19th

We’ve been fans of Mark Jenkins’ subversive wit and knack for unintentional trouble for a minute now — check out our interview to hear his words of wisdom. The American artist, famed for making eerily lifelike figures and inserting them into public and causing a disturbance, is releasing his first monograph, The Urban Theater: Mark Jenkins. […]


27 Jul
DFA's resident scat-bot drops a mix to honor Andrew Weatherall

SE Minimix 011 – Shit Robot by Synth Eastwood on Mixcloud Today’s mix comes courtesy of one of our favorite DFA artists, Shit Robot (aka Marcus Lambkin) — remember his “Losing My Patience” video?. Mr. Shit Robot’s put together this little minimix for Irish art, music & technology collective Synth Eastwood, and so decided to […]