February 4, 2012 | New Music | 
by Nils Clauss |
Farewells tells the story of on old couple that found the key to eternal life by vivisecting special fluids from insects. The problem, however, is that one of the two always is in a sort of coma while the other one prepares the shot needed to extend life. This means they can stay alive separately, but never share their love again. The old lady in the end decides to not go on with the procedure. She puts the shot aside and lays her head on her husband’s chest before they die together. The video was directed by Max von Lux, a master student at the University Of Arts in Linz, Austria.
February 4, 2012 | New Art | by Gerry Mak 
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Fulvio Di Piazza’s surreal and epic paintings look like the earth itself erupting into gigantic animate forms to obliterate humanity. Read more
February 4, 2012 | New Art | by Josh Atlas |
My ‘holy-trinity of want’ consists of food, love, and sex. They all have the power to reach beyond reason and tug directly at the gut. Through my practice, I want to explore the funnier sides of desire. After all, comedy is a man who can’t get what he wants. Read more
February 4, 2012 | Cool Websites | by Nils Clauss |
‘America is a …’ is a blog about what America is not, more like what America was, used to be, and has become. None of these things are positive, but more importantly in these times, they are representative of the ever-shifting and eroding landscape of what was once a democracy or American exceptionalism.
February 4, 2012 | New Art | by CC |
Celeste Chen is a Boston-born, Asian-American artist who currently lives and studies in Washington, D. C. at Georgetown University. As a studio art and neurobiology double major, Chen explores themes of transition and identity formation through non-traditional combinations of media, including oils, acrylics and spray paint. Read more
February 4, 2012 | New Products | by Gerry Mak |
Corkers are little animal appendages that you can affix to wine corks to make them into little cork creatures. They come in monkey, deer, buffalo, bear, bunny, and crow.
February 4, 2012 | New Music | by Josh Atlas |
Mitchmatic’s Why Don’t You Know? is syrupy sweet Canadian Hip Hop with a beat straight out of a 1940′s education video. Oh, and it sounds like he might be a stalker.
February 4, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Gerry Mak |
A couple years ago, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Gundam anime series, Sunrise Studios built a life-sized, 60-foot-tall Mobile Suit Gundam in Tokyo. Now, a small museum/theme park has been announced devoted to the giant robots, slated to open in April of this year. My inner child is peeing himself.
February 4, 2012 | New Photography | by Nils Clauss |
A favorite photostream of mine by American born, Seoul-based photographer Aaron Choe. On his Flickr homepage he writes: ‘I can’t always be sunny honey, but I’ll always make you smile”. Fun and playful street photography shot on film that will definitely put a smile on your face’. Read more
February 4, 2012 | New Design | by Josh Atlas |
This sweet moustache’d man has room for a note and then folds up into an envelope. Everyone loves getting mail. Send something to your crush. You will get make outs. I promise.
February 4, 2012 | Video | by Nils Clauss |
Safari is a collaboration between film director Denys Arcand and artist Adad Hannah produced for the exhibition Big Bang, which celebrates the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ 150th Anniversary and the opening of a new pavilion. Arcand and Hannah developed a 7-minute scene that takes place in the back of a nightclub in the middle of the 1980s.
February 4, 2012 | New Trends | by Gerry Mak |
If supervillains don’t actually exist, then who the hell is buying these $44,750 ergonomic work stations complete with LED-backlit 24-inch touchscreen displays and built-in air-filtration systems?
February 4, 2012 | New Trends | by Joshua Harker |
Pugz Luv Beats is halfway between an iPad game and a musical instrument. As you send your pups running around harvesting some love for themselves, they start making different beats. It’s easy to get distracted from playing the game and lose myself in making jams.
February 4, 2012 | New Products | by Tiana Vasiljev |
Published by Process is a Melbourne-based publisher of the quarterly publication Process Journal, which is by far one of my favourite Australian design magazines. Not only is the content wonderful, but the execution and design of every issue is created to the highest standards. The magazine is an essential piece for every designer’s library.
February 4, 2012 | Video | by Michael Tyson |
A director from Los Angeles, Douglas Burgdorff’s work can be described as raw, morbid and shocking. You should be looking away and squirming like the first time you watched one of the ‘saw films’. The majority of it is not safe for work but this guy’s work is almost worth losing your job over.
British artist Stephen Wiltshire is known as the ‘human camera’ for being able to render images of entire cityscapes in uncanny detail after only viewing the real scenes once. Wiltshire’s abilities stem from his autism, but his pieces are no less stunning. Perhaps Wiltshire’s condition isn’t truly a disability, merely evidence that our species is still evolving. Read more
Very few band reunions get me excited, but I’ve consistently loved Faith No More since I was 13. I loved their pre-Mike Patton era, I loved King for a Day, and I even loved their track with Boo Yah Tribe on the Judgment Night soundtrack. Kerrang recently hinted that a FNM reformation is in the works for ’09, and though bassist Billy Gould has emphatically denied the rumors, the general consensus is that the reunion is on.
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Films involving characters faced with an impossible choice never make easy viewing, an example being the Nick Cave Australian gem, The Proposition. A nightclub manager, played with understated power by Joaquin Phoenix, is the victim here, and you actually feel truly uncomfortable as his predicament unfolds. Set in the 1980s, We Own The Night shows a real nostalgia for that period — particularly in the costumes. Read more
What is it with these big fake islands that look like things from the air? We’ve had palm trees, a map of the world, and now an island that looks like Russia! Read more
Cheese and Burger a great site to check out, with about 30 different burger options. Here you can find a selection of States with different burger recipes from each, along with a voiceover of a man who sounds like Mike Buffer. Fun.
UK-based one-man-band Sieben has a new album out: As They Should Sound. Frontman Matt Howden builds songs with a loop pedal and a violin, which he uses for rhythm and melody. His sound is wonderfully sophisticated and cabalistic, with a particularly British sense of lyricism.
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Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction which had made its way into the world of fashion. These chrome metal steampunk goggles are interchangeable lenses with anti-fog, shatterproof UV-400, and come with fully functional alligator clips, claw spikes on the top, and a spike in one lens.
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Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
Christoph Niemann illustrates a nightmare flight
New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a brilliant visual diary outlining the peril and pitfalls that beset the everyday passenger based on his recent experience flying from New York to his home town of Berlin. Read more
Baltimore Mural by Josh Van Horne
My friend Josh Van Horne, a local Baltimore artist, did this amazing mural in our neighborhood that depicts the history of this warehouse-laden area.
It’s refreshing to see artists like Joe Kievitt who are contented to explore the beauty in simple forms and asymmetrical patterns. Read more
New York-based artist Suzuki Mariko has made this handmade felt doll set of a mom and happy baby bear sitting on a sofa. At just three inches wide and two inches high, it’s perfect for your side table. It can even watch TV with you. Aw! We have it for sale in the Lost At E Minor store. Read more
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