This is as awesome as it is useless. That is to say I can think of all the reasons that I need this and it’s the same exact number of reasons that I don’t.
Behold the USB powered Alien which when plugged into a USB port sticks out its illuminated tongue. No storage space, not other functions. Nothing. But like I said, as awesome as it is useless.
These days Ferrari logos seem to appear everywhere: On leather jackets, pens,sneakers, and even cars that aren’t Ferraris. The latest, sanctioned non-automotive item to bear the famed “Prancing Horse” is The Blackbird Rider Carbon Fiber Travel Guitar.
Donning a sticker price of $1,500 and multiple Ferrari accents including a “Ferrari-red” A-string and Scuderia shield, the axe is made out of carbon fiber and serves Blackbird’s commitment to making small, lightweight traveled-sized guitars.
However, if you want one, you’ll have to search eBay as the all of the produced units sold shortly after being put on sale. Below is a video of Blackbird’s founder talking about the guitar and the collaboration.
A long time ago, in a year we’ll call 2000, a young battle rapper from Minneapolis, MN who went by the name of Eyedea won the Blaze Battle, rocked HBO and took home props from Puffy. Around the same time his DJ partner, DJ Abilities was winning DMC battles and making a name for himself and their record label, RhymeSayers Entertainment.
A group album, a few solo projects and tours in between and the duo of Eyedea & Abilities have finally released their new project, By The Throat and recently dropped a video for the song “Smile.”
Starting today, November 20th, Eyedea & Abilities are also on tour.
Date Location Venue
11.20.09 Denton, TX Hailey’s
11.21.09 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
11.22.09 New Orleans, LA The Parish Room (House of Blues)
11.23.09 Atlanta, GA 529
11.24.09 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506
11.25.09 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
11.27.09 Brooklyn, NY Knitting Factory
11.28.09 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs
11.29.09 Providence, RI Jerky’s Live Music Hall
12.01.09 Toronto, ON El Mocambo
12.02.09 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
12.03.09 Chicago, IL Reggie’s Rock Club
12.04.09 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
12.05.09 Milwaukee, WI The Cactus Club
Since a very small (and very rich) percentage of the population can afford a anything that bears the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy, the BMW owned company will be outfitting some special ordered MINI Coopers (which BMW also owns) with Rolls-Royce accessories.
The MINI Coopers will be custom built in the Roll-Royce factory and will feature upgrades like custom leather and instrument panels.
No pricing or availability information has been released yet, but the Rolls-Royced-out MINI Coopers are expected to debut next year.
Check out MINI’s inspiration below:
Actor Lin-Manuel Miranda’s at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word. Performing “The Hamilton Mixtape” — a rap about Alexander Hamilton — as told by Aaron Burr. Genius.
TGIF single serving — Clients From Hell — A collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers.
Funny because it’s true.
Submit your own horror story here.
Directing duo Hammer & Tongs have stepped to the plate to deliver the first official video for Vampire Weekend’s highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Contra’, due out January 12th on XL. The song, ‘Cousins’, features all the hallmarks of the Vampire Weekend sound we’ve come to either despise or love: Tongue-in-cheek lyrics, polyryhtm and the popped collar swagger of pop’s favorite prepsters.
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Japandroids are a Vancouver duo make anthemic garage-rock flooded with distortion, wild-ass drums and an overdrive approach to laying guitar brick. “Young Hearts Spark Fire” is one of the stars on an album of visceral and emotionally charged songs. Youth, beauty and death ignite in the hands of the duo’s bare-bones drums-and-guitar setup and the directness of their songwriting. The flowery yearning prose of emo bands is replaced with something free of unnecessary distractions. Bring on the beer, the parties, and the disaffection of being young in America. It’s New York circa 1978 all over again. Only this time it’s from Canada, eh?
