Ken Block’s potent Gymkhana series just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger, with the stunts getting evermore tighter and complex. A little while ago he did his madness at the Battersea Powerstation, and now for the latest edition Block turns it up to 11. Gymkhana 4: The Hollywood Megamercial is about as over the […]
16
Aug
Jetpacks, gorillas, zombies, Bollywood & an Epic Meal Time cameo
4
Aug
80's dance-offs, Human League twisted & more Another Earth
A 3-pack of brand new videos for your thursday afternoon, started off with Mayer Hawthorne’s “A Long Time”. The clip is the first video for Hawthorne’s upcoming album How Do You Do (Universal), with clips edited from VHS tapes of an old 80’s Detroit public access dance show. Next up comes the incorrigible Chain Swangaz […]
6
Jul
A two-and-a-half-hour odyssey dedicated to all things summer
The illustrious Flying Lotus released a mixtape this week dedicated to all things summer. Lovers Melt 2 is a followup to his previous Stones Throw Podcast #66: Lovers Melt mix — a two-and-a-half-hour odyssey through the warm weather leanings of one of Los Angeles’ premier purveyors of bass. “Lovers Melt 2 will hopefully be part […]
1
Jul
Deep & soulful funky breaks to warm things up
We’re not just gonna give you one mixtape to enjoy this beautiful 4th of July weekend, we’re gonna give you 3 and let you decide which you like best. The fist comes courtesy of UK DJ Touchsoul, who brings us this beautifully blended, very deep mix of various classic breakbeat tracks. If there’s an ideal […]
1
Jul
Peak hour dancefloor weaponry for when the jacuzzi is bubbling
The second mixtape in our July 4th Summertime 3-Pack series comes courtesy of Brighton’s Benji Boko who shares the mix he delivered to delirious heads at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Boko promises the set was completely improvised live —”no mixes were pre-prepared or planned. This was the greatest show of my life to date!” Considering […]
1
Jul
Lovely vintage soul & funk to soothe the hungover soul
The third (and final) mixtape in our July 4th Summertime 3-Pack series comes courtesy of our past featured Aussies over at Vanishing Elephant who present Captain Franco’s second Hearts Collide mixtape. The Sydney DJ’s mix is some lovely vintage soul and funk, and can have many an application on your upcoming long weekend: either pop […]
30
Jun
Accessories, Charity/Non-Profit, Fashion, Gadgets, Jewelry, Odds / Ends, Opulance, Style / Design, Technologic, Watches
Unique piece features the word's fastest chronograph movement
In 1969, when TAG Heuer first introduced its “Monaco” design on the wrist of Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans, the chronograph made headlines. Four decades later, the Swiss watchmaker is making a unique, one-off version to auction off in benefit of Duchenne muscular dystrophy research. The Mikrograph features the fastest chronograph movement on […]
7
Jun
The BBC's 2004 one-hour documentary hits the interwebs
Lucky for us users of the world wide web we get to stumble across treasures like this: the BBC’s 2004 documentary Once Upon a Time in New York: The Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk. As the title suggests, the one-hour documentary tells the story of how the squalid, crumbling streets of downtown New […]
