Mad Decent is training, fighting, and winning… well maybe not in that order, but Derek DJ Allen and Dirty South Joe have rained down into the ignorant public’s rivers of Styx and Cocytus some 80s synth masterpieces mixed with some 80s synth masterpieces, all from classic 80s movies about bad guys and good guys. See below […]


Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is, in a single word, brutal. Unflinchingly, gorily, misanthropically, even gleefully brutal, to a point that a couple scenes were so ruthless they will churn your guts. Now I survived Irreversible, so that’s saying a lot. This observation is neither a complaint nor praise, but rather a (obvious?) comment on a […]


6 Dec
New York's photography maestros ascend the shores of Miami

Stop me if you’ve heard this one… a super hip art gallery from NYC walks into a chic hotel in to south beach during Art Basel and says… OK so that’s not a joke at all, and yeah we’ve mentioned Morrison Hotel Gallery a few times in the past (e.g. exhibits with Lynn Goldsmith, Jim […]


18 Oct
Happily repping the opposite ends of the artistic spectrum

At total opposite ends of the artistic spectrum in just about every way — visually, sonically, comically and in layers of subtlety — two of our favorite artists premiered videos this week: The Weeknd and Die Antwoord. Of course The Weeknd’s clip is a noir, brooding black and white video that matches the dark erotic […]


10 Sep
Ninja & Yo-Landi offer up their acapella for the free remix

South Africa’s finest return with their latest video, a quick clip of the duo rapping over Mims’ “This Is Why I’m Hot” beat. Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er are offering up the acapella of the track over at their website to let bedroom producers make up their own remix. If you think you gots the skills, give […]


11 Jul
Taschen's 2 volume set captures 100 intricate & enticing interiors

TASCHEN has taken it upon themselves the horrible chore of traveling around the world — North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia — to photograph 100 home interiors representing a variety of contemporary styles for this TASCHEN 25 Edition 100 Interiors Around the World book. Interior decorations give a dwelling and its inhabitants […]


5 Jun
Return of everyone's favorite South African albino rave rappers

Everyone’s favorite albino Zeffers are back with their latest video for “Baby’s On Fire”. Although they asked to jump from the major label Universal deal and go indie, Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er don’t seem to have slowed down much. Besides dropping this video today, Die Antwoord have announced a new set of U.S. dates to […]


7 May
The South African supermodel lounges on a couch doing stuff

We know, Mondays can be a bit rough. That’s why we present you with Candice Swanepoel, the South African supermodel, hanging around on a couch doing stuff. In high heels and short shorts, because GQ asked her to. It’ll bring your sorry existence one and a half minutes of joy…