Seeing as Keanu hasn’t made anything decent since Devil’s Advocate, it’s kind of a surprise to see just how watchable his latest film looks. 47 Ronin tells the tale of a somewhat Akira Kursawa boilerplate conflated with a Zach Snyder masturbation fantasy. The Seven Samurai aping film also stars Oscar winner Rinko Kikuchi and that […]


8 Jul
The Ultra High-performance & Lightweight 2-seater

It seems Mexico has a thing for ultra lightweight, track-oriented speedsters. Last year we covered the Mastretta MXT, and now there’s word of another Mexican born trackster hitting the marketplace. The very well named VUHL 05 — an acronym for Vehicles of Ultra High-performance and Lightweight — is similar to other 2-seaters like the KTM […]


The Hood Internet’s latest mixtape dropped this morning, and as can be expected it’s packed to the cellophane with what one would dub party starting mashups. The Mixtape Volume Seven is what you wanna put on in that summer BBQ before the DJ’s get set up, or maybe what you wanna play when you’re trying to […]


Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond has one goal in life: to be the first human to conquer the infamous Ocean’s Seven of the world. With three swims already tucked under his cap, Redmond battled the 22-mile channel separating Los Angeles and Catalina Island. He had no idea it would be the toughest swim of his […]


Irish marathon swimmer Stephen Redmond has one goal in life: to be the first human to conquer the infamous Ocean’s Seven of the world. With three swims already tucked under his cap, Redmond battled the 22-mile channel separating Los Angeles and Catalina Island. He had no idea it would be the toughest swim of his […]


18 Oct
0-60 mph in 2.7 seconds with a 220 mph top speed

Born just four years ago, French carmaker Genty is re-igniting France’s supercar dreams with its highly limited edition Akylone. Sure Bugatti is technically French, but we all know ze Germans are the real puppetmasters over at Molsheim. Built around a carbon fiber and aluminum chassis, the Genty Akylone will be powered by an alleged 1,000 […]


15 Feb
Portland 7-piece indie folkers reject the Cult of Autotune

Portland’s AgesandAges is a a seven piece allegedly non-cult band that refers to itself as a cult in the interview, so we’re confused. Considering the beautiful acoustic driven indie-folk AgesandAges play, however, we’d gladly spend a weekend in their foresty compound listening to them jam away — even if some dubious Kool-Aid were involved. Clearly […]


2 Feb
Round three of the special edition collaboration

Japanese retailer Kinetics in partnership with boot king Timberland have announced their third series of boots with guest designer Jeff Staple of Staple Design. While the exact release date is still unknown, these extra cushioned high tops will be available soon. The boots are business in the front with a cool gray exterior, but party in the inner […]