8 Oct
If you live in NYC, call in sick today and nurture your inner nerd

We told you a couple weeks ago about The Cultyard at the New York Comic Convention this year, and the time is nigh! If you live in New York, call in sick today — or just take a long lunch — and hit up the New York Comic Con for the The Cultyard collective. The […]


24 Sep
Kid Robot, StrangeCo, Loyal Subjects, tokidoki, Mimobots, Cotton Candy Machine and more invade NYCC

This year at the New York Comic Con a collective called The Cultyard will be taking over a large swathe of the floor and sort of creating their own convention-within-a-convention. The idea being to congregate a certain aesthetic into one condensed location — an aesthetic defined by the artists and brands taking part. These include […]


10 Sep
Win free tickets to tomorrow night's bash with Mix Master Mike and Del the Funky Homosapien

In order to promote the latest iteration of the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit franchise, EA is hosting a series of parties across the US to give video game heads and car aficionados a chance to get their greasy paws on the game before the rest of the plebes out there. Along with Gran Turismo and […]


The four guys in San Francisco’s The Stone Foxes play the sort of stripped down, roots rock n roll that has all but disappeared from the musical landscape. It’s dirty, gritty and loud, with tracks like “I Killed Robert Johnson” loaded with foot-stomping hooks and irresistible, sing-along choruses. Much like Creedence Clearwater Revival, it’s hard […]


30 Jul
One man's perspective of San Diego Comic-Con 2010

The San Diego Comic Con is quite unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, be thee commoner, X-Man, vampire, mutilated zombie, Star Wars cretin or garden variety fanboy. It is the ne plus ultra Mecca for geeks worldwide — but you don’t need me to tell you that. We attended it last week and had 3 […]


17 Jun
WolverKitty, Boba Kitty, Gundam Kitty, RoboKitty...what's there not to like?

These Hello Kitty Model Kits were designed by Stiletto Ninja, and they are absolutely bad ass. Although they claim to be a “model kit” I have my doubts — these kind of look like renderings. But really, who cares? If people didn’t lie on the internet what would be its point? Sharing actual, veritable information? […]


15 Jun
Be a tourist, but still avoid looking like a Dutch yokel

What’s the best way to succumb to the unavoidable need of a city guide in an unfamiliar city, while still keeping the horrific stench of camera-toting tourist off of you? Why Moleskin City Guides, of course. These specially curated 3.5″ x 5.5″ guidebooks make an ideal way to organize your trip while  preserving your memories […]


7 Jun
Planting Santa Cruz psych rock back on the map

Sleepy Sun, the fuzzed out, neo-psychedelic rock band from San Francisco (actually, from parts of California far-flung), is resuscitating a sound that hasn’t been quite the same since the transitional mid-70s, when peace signs were no longer cool, tie dye was forced to the back of the closet to make room for leathers and steel, […]