While the first Wolverine movie disappointed, anyone who read the Marvel comic as a kid knows the Mariko storyline from the seminal Chris Claremont and Frank Miller limited series Wolverine was one of the best from the 1980s. Even Hugh Jackman admitted the first film went south, so as the lead actor and co-producer of the […]


26 Oct
Melvins, Cat Power, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Feist & more

We’re starting a new series highlighting a genre of art that has long been held dear to my heart: rock posters. For the inaugural edition of Rock (Poster Art) Gods! we’re kicking things off with Dan Stiles, a 15+ year veteran laying it down from his studio in sunny Portland, Oregon. We loved Dan’s interview, […]


11 Apr
Start blastin' up the dog park

Ok, so this is completely stupid. Which is why I must have it. It’s a retractable dog-leash with a gun-shaped handle, made by Art Lebedev Studio. The genius is that I can’t think of anything in the world more amazingly stupid, other than perhaps a Chihuahua. But this is way cheaper, and less annoying.


10 Dec
...while 1960s TV gameshow audience tries to comprehend

Pioneering experimental composer John Cage performs the genre-defining composition Water Walk on a game show in 1960. I can’t even imagine — is that why all the people are laughing, they can’t comprehend what Cage is doing? Of course, no one in 1960 had seen anything like this, so it’s understandable that they’d default to […]


One of the most beautiful structures ever seen by my own eyes, the Astronomical Clock Tower in Prague’s Old Town Square just celebrated its 600th Anniversary. Part of the celebration included a visual mapping ceremony on the Tower’s facade that is, simply put, mindblowing. We’ve covered some amazing video mapping here before and are big […]