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What do you do when your favorite new band from Manchester happens to not only be passing through your city, but is also playing around the corner from your apartment? You drop everything and go. It was barley a month ago that the heavy, poppy, noisy sounds of Wu Lyf first rattled my senses. Who … Continue reading »

If only life could be like a Wes Anderson film. A world where feckless, often aristocratic, souls lead lives of whimsy, accompanied by the latest in obscure mid-century French or Spanish guitar soundtracks. Don’t get us wrong, we’re actually, ok marginally, sincere here. The Life Aquatic aside, we find Anderson’s fantastical immersion into the near-surreal … Continue reading »

Love it or hate it, the DeLorean is an icon of 1980s culture, probably most famous for its appearance in the Back to the Future trilogy. With gull-wing doors, a polished stainless steel body, and a low-slung futuristic design (fit for a time-machine…) the DeLorean looked, to many, like a car way ahead of its … Continue reading »

When Microphones front-man Phil Elverum joins forces with singer/songwriter Julie Dioron, beautiful things happen. Mount Eerie, the latest incarnation of Elverum’s collaborative musical project, shares much of the lo-fi drone rock early Microphones fans will remember. But with ‘Lost Wisdom’ Elverum and Dioron take lo-fi to a new, dare I say, prettier, place.     … Continue reading »

Here’s a short film that every American needs to watch. “Skwerl” aims to portray a couple’s interaction through the emotional content of their words, only the words are nonsense gibberish mixed with out-of-place English words. It strikes us as what English must sound like to a foreigner. In fact, it really conjures up memories of … Continue reading »

Like many who commute to work by train, Japanese artist Seikou Yamaoka likes to keep himself occupied. Rather than reading the paper or playing Angry Birds, Yamaoka passes the time by doing what comes naturally to him, creating art. With the help of an inexpensive app, ArtStudio, Yamaoka creates stunningly intricate portraits on his 3.5 … Continue reading »

Since the invention of the digital camera, photographers – professionals and novices alike – have struggled with ways to imitate that nostalgic old-timey Polaroid film appearance, first with software like Photoshop and more recently with smart phone apps such as Hipstamatic and the like. The Impossible Project, a small company devoted to the field of … Continue reading »

Big. Old. Things. We love them. From The Great Pyramids to Stonehenge to the monuments of Easter Island, few earthly creations engage our imagination with such vehemence, stir our curiosity or leave us wondering, “What the fu*k?” quite like mysterious ancient monuments. Clearly the best way to be remembered (and in turn completely mind-fu*k future … Continue reading »