Every year the Pirelli calender brings a little dollop of joy to a very troubled world, and today we receive the first images of the 2012 edition — just when we needed some really good news. This year’s photography epic is shot by the great Mario Sorrenti, just another legend in a long string of Pirelli […]

With his usual ambition to stay on the cutting edge of global dance sounds, Diplo dips his toes in the latest much-buzzed movement with his official Moombahton 2k11 mixtape, utilizing many of the Moombahtonized tracks he’s been spinning out lately. The summertime jammy mix features the likes of DJ Shadow, Missy Elliot, MIA, Beastie Boys […]

Last week we met with the fine folks at Pirelli and the ID Agency for a possible project, and in said meeting they were kind enough to hook us up with this year’s coveted Karl Lagerfeld-helmed Pirelli calender. Of course we previewed the mythology-based calender of International Supermodels Gone Greek back in November, but to […]

Last week we previewed the highly anticipated 2011 Pirelli Calender, and this week the Italian performance tire manufacturer released a video showing the Making Of process behind the calender. Featuring interviews with this year’s chosen photographer and curator Karl Lagerfeld, as well as interviews with models Daria Werboy and Abbey Lee Kershaw and actress Julianne […]

In 1969 Ford unleashed the Boss 302 Mustang in order to compete in the then-popular Trans-Am racing series (and versus its arch-rival Penske Camaro Z28s), and unknowingly created one of the most coveted editions of the running pony in its illustrious history. The Parnelli Jones-driven Boss won the Trans-Am championship in 1970 (the last year […]

The saddest aspect of GM’s burying the Pontiac badge last year was surely the end of the proud Firebird lineage. After all its predecessor, the GTO, was the first muscle car ever made — the brainchild of Pontiac chief engineer John DeLorean when he had the epiphany of stuffing a Pontiac Bonneville’s V8 engine into […]

Pirelli have just released a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of their 2010 calender, including interviews with Terry Richardson and Ana Beatriz Barros, where it becomes painfully evident that Richardson has the best job in the history of the working man. I do find it hilarious when models complain about working so hard tho, it […]

Pirelli’s calenders have become iconic treatises on the female form since their inception in the mid-60s, and the 2010 version photographed by Terry Richardson is no different. Featuring a bevy of Brazilian models — and a surprising dearth of actual tires — the 2010 version reflects Richardson’s playful, and quasi erotic, style to a tee. […]