On Thursday and Friday November 17 & 18 what looks to be an amazing event is going down in Los Angeles at Exchange LA. In a well named tribute to the great Roy Ayers, Homage is taking place with Pete Rock turntabling live with soul & funk legend Ayers and his band. One of the most […]

Our society’s love for Steve McQueen shows no sign of slowing down, and although I hesitate to worship false idols there are few better men we could learn a thing or two from. Who are 21st Century America’s male cultural touchstones? Donald Trump? Glenn Beck? Lebron James? The Situation for chrissakes? Hell no! No wonder […]

I think four hundred years from now, when we’re zipping around on jetpacks and making sweet tender love to our personal Marilyn Monroe clones (with bi-polar disorder removed, naturally), we’ll still be listening to new Wu Tang-based mixtapes being freshly released. You just can’t go wrong with the formula: take some rare Wu accapellas (there’s […]

As a pioneer in the implementation of titanium in watchmaking, TAG Heuer’s vaunted Research & Development team has now developed a process enabling the use of Titanium Grade 5 — a lightweight but difficult to employ alloy normally used in aircrafts, turbines and surgical implants — in the case construction of the Monaco V4 Titanium […]

Bell & Ross’ latest BR01 was crafted as an homage to World War II US military paratroopers. The aptly named BR01 Airborne II wristwatch features a skull on the face with crossbones molded into the stainless steel casing, a look lifted from the Airborne paratroopers’ badge — not unusual for the military-inspired watchmaker. As usual with Bell & […]

In tribute to a “band that no longer is”, someone took the time to create a shot-by-shot recreation of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends” video… done completely with LEGO figures. Sure it’s a pretty basic video to redo, and no it may not have the engineering prowess behind, say, a fully functioning V8 engine but […]

Of all the tributes to the late Ms. Winehouse coming out, Rolling Stone has compiled a comprehensive litany of musicians farflung who have paid tiny tributes this past weekend following her passing. The list of farflung musicians includes everybody from Tony Bennett, The Who and Mark Ronson to Lady Gaga, Rick Ross and Sebastian Bach. […]

Inspired by the venerable acting legend, Persol has introduced the Steve McQueen Special Edition sunglasses. More than 30 years after his death, McQueen is still held in incredibly high regard both for his style and character — no sheen has disappeared from the halo around the King Of Cool. His love of racing and bravado […]