O jesus

Oh dear god

From Triumvir



Clockwork Orange Dunk Highs.

No more words necessary.

Bape '07

I'm sure most have seen this, but if not, here it is.

Bape 2007 Spring Preview

IRON MAIDEN KICKS

To go with that "Powerslave" shirt of yours...

Bonnie and...

Let me introduce you to a good friend of mine. Well, actually he's not really a friend, he's more of an acquaintance. Alright, he's not even that; I've never met the dude. But I've read a lot about him and seen a ton of pictures of him so I really feel as if we have a personal connection. His name is Clyde, and he is a shoe.

A little while ago, Clyde met up with a couple of guys who call themselves "Crooked", and they helped him pick out a few new threads to wear. They decided he was to be as money as possible, and stuck some green on him. But this wasn't enough; he also needed the phattest of laces, and by phattest I mean fattest. The result was an outfit that blew my mind. The fat laces, the color combination, the contrast stitching, all of this came together to make an irresistible pair of sneakers.





Recently, Clyde had a reunion with Crooked and decided that this time, his attire would be a little less conspicuous, but just as phat. Crooked gave him the same laces as before, but decked him out in warmer colors. The result was much different from before, but just kickin'.




Unfortunately, Clyde got mixed up with a girl named Bonnie, and things didn't end well for them. They started robbing banks shooting up stores, and eventually were gunned down, bags of loot in each hand. The following shoes were made in memory of Clyde and his crazy ho, Bonnie.

Pseudoephedrine

Pseudoephedrine is fat.

At least, I remember it that way. I've had a cold for a few days now, and all I want is some god damn sudafed to clear everything up. But no, now no one puts the pseudoephedrine in their stuff, it's all this new shit, phenylephrine, which, maybe I'm crazy, but doesn't do shit. I'm tempted to go buy some meth so that I can reverse make sudafed for myself.

Pseudoephedrine was fat.

The good shit.

The worthless shit.

++Coachella 2007++

It's about time Michael Mayer got pushed down, eh? Past the part about "Kompakts philosophy..." I kind of lost interest. Sorry Minimill, the "phattness" of minimal hasn't quite captivated me yet.

But! I came across the NEWLY RELEASED artist lineup for the legendary COACHELLA 2007.

To highlight just a few:

---April 27th---

• Arctic Monkeys
• DJ Shadow
• Peaches (You love 'em)
• Felix Da Housecat
• Gogol Bordello
• Benny Benassi
• Busdriver

---April 28th---

• Tiesto
• MSTRKRFT
• Ghostface Killah

---April 29th---

• Paul Van Dyk!
• Air
• Infected Mushroom
• Spankrock
• Ratatat
• Lupe Fiasco

Oh yeah, RICHIE HAWTIN is on the 29th as well. I must have forgotten him. HAWTIN? RICHIE?



The line-up (while not all the hard pounding beats of the tech) is solid as fuck. It'll be quite a show for those lucky enough to rock it out over there. Alas, no more INSANE sets from Daft Punk like we had last year. If you guys don't have it, ask me to send it to you, because the sheer awesomeness of it all far exceeds the lameness of the audio quality. No doubt.

<3

Michael Mayer - Immer 2

Michael Mayer
Immer 2
Kompakt

Alright, this was released a few months ago, but whatever. To begin, many don't like Mayer's style. Granted, it's one that I don't prefer; I prefer long mixes, making the tracks play simultaneously for awhile. Mayer makes very short cuts, prefering to play each track fully. Obviously, Kompakt's philosophy of tracks as songs rather than tools carries over to Mayer's mixes as well.

Immer 2 begins with "Ploosh", an intro that, like with the first Immer mix, makes you forget that you're listening to dance music. "The Dog" picks this up a bit, and the next three tracks all bring us into dance music territory. Things really start picking up with one of the best releases of last year, Justus Köhncke's "Advance", a great song with sweeping synths and a sort of disco-ish sound (something that Mayer, in an interview, said he sort-of welcomes the come back of). Lindstrøm's "Another Station (Todd Terje Remix)" is where the mix really reaches its most dancable.

Clearly, this is the climax of the mix in terms of dancibility, but it is past this point where the mix really begins to shine. The Rice Twins' "For Dan", released on K2 last year, was a great release that didn't get the attention that it really deserved. It's followed by SCSI-9's "Morskaya" from their album "The Line of Nine" which was a great release following the typical Kompakt sound. "Lying in a Bed of Mist" brings the mix down a bit more, and segues beautifully into DK7's "Where's the Fun (Sten Remix)". You might not exactly be dancing anymore, but this is where dance music shines and where Mayer's philosophy comes through. The mix ends with Supermayer's remix of Geiger's "Good Evening" which, for all of its 11 minutes, never once falters. It's not as "get up and dance" as their remix of Gui Boratto's "Like You" last year, but it's just as good.

Having to live up to both the first Immer and his mix for Fabric, Mayer has created something here that, on its own, stands up to any mix CD out there. Unfortunately, it is hard to look away from his older CDs, but it's unfair to expect him to be able to match the greatness of those two. For what it is, Immer 2 is a fantastic mix CD, and is easily one of the best CDs released last year.

Mixplay

DOUBLE POST?
YEAH DOUBLE POST.
TOTALLY WORTH IT?
YES.

This is the most kickin' dance video I have seen since any of the David Elsewhere stuff. It also happens to be an ad, but that's forgivable seeing as the entire ad campaign is fantastic and the stuff they're selling is pretty cool too.

The ad is for a line of colorful parkas by UNIQLO. The parkas themselves aren't ground-breaking, but they look solid and the colors are great. And if I was living in Asia, I'd say they're pretty affordable at about $25 USD but the shipping to America would probably make it not worth the trouble.

The site is supposed to be some sort of beat/movie creator game which is fun, but really the best part is the dancing. Each little part of the beat has a dance that goes along with it, and they're all great. Also, if you go to look at the parkas themselves, they have another little part of the dance you can watch there. Watch all of these little extras because they're awesome.

And the coolest part of the entire site is the main video, which is a pretty long choreographed dance between the four guys. It's all synced up to the music and it just works so fantastically. If you aren't interested in the parkas or even the little dance clips, at least take the time to check this out.

Mixplay

Update: Apparently you can link your "mixes" so uh everyone post yours.

my first

Ceramics for Breakfast

I never eat breakfast. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I wake up way too late to have anything. However, if I had a few things from this list, I'd probably try to make time for breakfast just so I could use them. Recently Designboom had a competition to design a new household object related to breakfast and make it out of ceramics. The winning design of the competition is amazing, and it's probably something you didn't expect to be re-designed. It's a toaster, and it's so incredibly awesome and I want one in my house right now.

You can check out the other runner-ups and whatnot here. Some of the honorable mentions are pretty cool, like the "milk moments" bowls and the "parlez avec moi" plates.