October 25, 2011 | Cool Websites | by Jordan Galland |
I won’t explain entirely what Pill Advised is since the video below will show that. Rather I just want to take credit for naming it and mention the coolest thing it does. If you type in a prescription or over the counter drug you are taking, it will actually recommend natural supplements that can a) either strengthen the effectiveness of the drug, and / or b) that can lessen the negative side effects of the drug. Read more
October 25, 2011 | New Film | 
by Jordan Galland |
I speak a little French, but when I watch French films, I always have to read the subtitles. So, yes, I may be more forgiving of them than English films, where I’m not constantly lowering my eyes every five seconds (some might say like talking to a girl with giant boobs). But this film, and more importantly, this trailer above, was a big influence on me. Read more
October 25, 2011 | New Fashion | by Jordan Galland |
I grew up making t-shirts to promote my bands, and then later, to promote my films. I always liked referencing a design that had, at first glance, no connection to what I was promoting (music or film), like an extinct fast food chain or obsolete computer company or Mexican vacation resort. Read more
October 25, 2011 | New Music | by Jordan Galland |
Devonté Hynes is a magician in my eyes (and ears.) I fell in love with him as the all denim wearing, yankee hat sporting Lightspeed Champion – an interesting enough sounding band name, which I thought, wrongfully, referenced one of those weird creatures from The Never Ending Story. Read more
May 7, 2011 | New Art | by Jordan Galland |
Just like the way spaceships and monsters will never feel quite as cool in CGI as they do in stop-motion animation (Mars Attacks by Tim Burton was supposed to be all stop-motion, imagine!), so the femme fatales will never feel quite as seductive and men holding guns never quite as spy-like in Mac-generated Photoshopped splendor as they did in the paintings of old posters and paper backs. The brilliant eye behind most of these drawings? Robert McGinnis. Read more
May 7, 2011 | Video | by Jordan Galland |
I mention this, not because it is something I watched the whole way through and enjoyed, but because it succeeded at something I tried to do and failed. Years ago (in 2004) I tried to do this. I got cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and turned the main character into a six foot tall stripper in a red white and star spangled blue bikini, then recorded the game-play of her with my camera, as she went running around town with a machete. Read more
May 7, 2011 | New Film | by Jordan Galland |
Walk On The Wild Side and Candy Says being among the most influential songs in rotation on my Walkman during my formative years, and having had a deep fascination with Warhol and the New York of the 70s and early 80s (I moved here in 85, so I caught the tail end as a kindergartener), I was drawn to this documentary and laughed and cried the whole 90 minutes. Read more
Murray Lightburn, frontman for Canadian indie group, The Dears, gave us the rundown for our sister site, My Secret Playlist, on the tunes that are currently on high rotation on his inner-ear iPod. He started with the Air song, Mike Mills [listen below]: ‘I’ve been working from my home studio and have a few tracks that I play in it because I am very familiar with how they sound. Mike Mills, aside from being a well-composed track, sounds really good. When the strings come in towards the end, I am wishing that I had written it’. Read the rest of The Dears’ Secret Playlist, along with Playlists by Girl Talk, Cocoon and Weezer, among many ohers.
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Melbourne-based artist Thomas Pavitte uses basic techniques to create complex artworks. For his take on Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, he carefully arranged and numbered 6,239 dots and then spent the next nine hours connecting them. The result is not only the (unofficial) world record for the most complex dot-to-dot drawing, but also happens to be a seriously cool piece of art. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Whoever said Goth is dead failed to inform these people. This blog is vivid proof that Goth is very much alive — I mean, undead — and kicking, in style. So if sinister sisters and brooding brothers tickle your fancy, cast a glance at this virtual necropolis. Don’t forget your parasol. I hear they’re praying for rain. Read more
The slow building melody and delicate folktronica production of London-based James Yuill’s This Sweet Love is the perfect soundtrack to a lazy Sunday morning.
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Japanese designer Kazuki Kuraishi has come up with the Ian Brown ObyO KZK shoes for adidas Originals and the ex-Stone Roses frontman has his very own limited edition with a bit of his monkey magic tattooed all over it.
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