Daily Archives: Sep 15, 2009

Slice Of Life

Select works from graphic designer/illustrator, Victor van Gaasbeek’s Sliced Pixel Project.
An interesting take on pixelization indeed.

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Off The Chart

Very detailed flow chart outlining Ice Cube’s iconic ‘Today Was A Good Day’.

See the full size image here.
And just in case you need a frame of reference:

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Babelgum offers 20g’s

Global web video hub Babelgum is hosting the world’s biggest contemporary art competition, seeking out artists who speak to the spirit of their urban culture-themed Metropolis channel.

Focusing on the idiosyncrasies of a city, Babelgum’s Metropolis channel covers the urban environment and its fashion, art, design and culture sectors.
Open to artists of any medium, entrants must [...]

Duck Hunt x Contra

Old school gamer mashup.
*spoiler — the ducks lose.

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Since Its Almost Fall…

…And Metropark has had a ton of new stuff come in, we’ve got a bunch of new sneaker matches with new product. We all need a little help sometimes and our dear sneaker friends have told us constantly. So take your hints here and make those kicks proud!

Kallusive Tag Your Mark Tee and the Adidas [...]

2009’s Music Scene Predictions

The Kooki Plops and Bloodshot right eyes are in. Thanks to Diplo for the link.

Kanye vs. Obama

Yeah.

MONOTONIX

LIVE AT MONOLITH (VIDEO)
I just saw these guys at Monolith at Red Rocks in Colorado.  AMAZING!  They play in the crowd and the energy level is off the charts.   They are from Tel Aviv.  Most of the time their shows get so rowdy they are shut down.   If you see them [...]

Old School Tuesday-Naked Raygun

I woke up thinking about Naked Raygun.  This band from Chicago put out some of the most original sounding punk rock of the early/mid 1980’s and was a major part of the Mid-West/Chicago scene.   Members went on to be in or were/are in bands like Big Black, Effigies, Pegboy, Bhopal Stiffs [...]