So, this publishing company PRESTEL sends us really cool books all of the time. But I wanted to wait for one that would have our office exclaiming all kinda good things (as in, "that's dope", seemingly the only exclamation of any worth amongst a certain set). Skateboarding.3D (that would be one of the sets!) with photographs and text by Sebastian Denz was just that book.
You gotta put on 3D glasses (included) to "immerse yourself in a hyper-real world of vibrating color, extreme tricks, and professional skateboarders". The release date is November, 2009. Umm, that's now.
So, it's final. Bacon is absolutely, totally, irrevocably IN!
Apparently, this tuxedo not only looks, but smells like bacon. Not kidding. It's chemically treated to smell like bacon.
Note, it's also just proving my theory that anything, and I mean anything, that is so off that it makes you metaphorically (or literally) scratch your head and say what the f@#k?, will always be displayed or portrayed by an Asian. dammit.
has a band! surpriseeeee...cause so many of these indie actors don't.
Dead Mans Bones has a really cute shtick, tho. They go around having local choirs perform with them in place of the L.A.’s Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir which is featured in almost everyone of their songs on their debut album (released, Oct 6th).
Okay, while this doesn't normally jazz us up over here, most recently they performed with the choir from St. Peter's school (located...you guessed it! here in Philly!).
Here's a peek. It's long, but it's kids dressed up in Halloweeny clothes with a star...and since it's halloween. whatever, just watch it. oh! and that Gosling guy might even be talented.
Or I wouldn't post this many breasted monstrosity of a commercial.
The Danish have done it again. Altho, I have no idea what they usually do, it sounded like a good sequeway.
If you are boob averse, do NOT watch this video. If you are silicone boob averse, DEFINITELY do not watch this video. Everybody besides the 2 people who nodded in response to the previous 2 statements, this is for you.
The Philadelphia Student Union's tryin'! I'll let the group's description come straight from their spokesperson Jacob Winterstein (? or at least the guy that I spoke to), since I'm likely to chop it up to indecipherable shreds.
"We are a youth-led organization that exists to build the power of young people to demand a high quality education in the Philadelphia public school system."
Nice, right?
Apparently this past summer they decided to tackle the issue of the nearly 50% drop out rate of our high school students. How? By recording a high quality CD to aid them in their fundraising efforts (pix of the cuties recording below.)
Check it out. It's for a good cause and how often do you run into those in our blog?
if there was technique involved in wiping your butt, there is. Watch this, you skid marking cretins, this video's been out for 2 months, but it would appear that people who know how to wipe their arses either aren't watching or even scarier, aren't aware...
Mr. Jonze seems to have a theme going on...fresh off the heels of Where the Wild Things Are, we're now seeing a collaboration with his old friend Kanye on the "We Were Once A Fairytale" movie short.
Here's Part 1. The whole shebang isn't available due to copyright infringements? But, if you can, find it. It's a whole inner demon type thing...
Oddly enough, in my whole life, I've never ever thought about a whale's penis. Until now.
Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition (it's a mouthful(hehe)) will be selling for a mere $1.5 million in 2010. It comes with a lotta bells and whistles, most of which is crap that's necessary to only James Bond. However, there are some that appeal to everyday folk like you and me. For example, gold-plated bulletproof windows, white gold diamond and ruby encrusted badges - grill, side and dashboard, and wait, what was that other one? OH YES, a whale Penis Leather interior.
Need we say more?
Yes. Whales penises can grow up to 7 ft. Chew on that.
On October 22, Commonwealth Proper will host a pop-up shop at North Bowl in Northern Liberties. The pop-up shop is slated to house select, limited edition garments from the Commonwealth Proper Fall 2009 collection, including its revered button-down shirts.The brand is also launching winter scarves made of 100% wool.Adding to the event will be artists phsh, Nicholas, Suzi Analogue, El Malito, and DJ Ruxbin.There will be free bowling, free beer from PBR and free hugs and kisses all night.
Launched in May 2009, Commonwealth Proper has already received critical acclaim while garnering a cult-like following of loyal customers. Specializing in button-down shirts for the athletic man of style, the Philadelphia-based company has dedicated their development to “product before promotion” – meaning each product it releases is nothing but extraordinary.
When asked about the night, Craig Arthur von Schroeder, Creative Director of Commonwealth Proper, had this to say:“Establishing our Showroom right around the corner from North Bowl, our dream is first and foremost supplying the people with exceptional garments. Ours happens to be one of artisanship and heritage; steeped in the in the haberdashery traditions of old Philadelphia and instilled with the city’s revolutionary roots.Suffice it to say, our shirts are incredible, just try one on and you’ll feel the difference.”
The Commonwealth Proper Pop-up Shop will be held in North Bowl, located at 909 N. 2nd Stin Northern Libertiesfrom 6-9PM on Thursday, October 22,2009. Questions and concerns may be directed towards Bela Shehu at bela@commonwealthproper.com
might just say it all. If ever there was 1 title that made people wish they had thought of it first, it's Barclay Hendrick's exhibit name.
The first ever retrospective of Barclay Hendricks, a Philly native and PAFA alumnus opened last Friday at PAFA. His incredible life sized portraits of people of color (and landscapes!?!), are on stunning display until January 3, 2010.
GO. The pictures attached suck since they come from my very sad, camera challenged black berry (and I'm only posting 2 as making you look at more pix from my phone would be cruel), but that should just encourage you to go even more. Because the real thing is really, truly, definitely, cool. For real, for real.
Oh, and shhhh, if you go on Sundays, entry is free.
1 of his kickass self portraits Mr. Hendricks himself videotaping the audience.
Ok, so here at 215mag.com, we don't cover that much financial stuff (ergo the savvy financial language). We apologize for being remiss. Here is my first (and quite possibly, last) attempt.
Puma has launched the Puma Index where every time the market goes down, a guy or a girl takes off clothes. When it goes up, they put on clothes. I'm highlighting the guy, cause naked ladies never need any extra help getting views.
Kellogg has confirmed, but we're still a little skeptical, that they have developed a laser technology to stamp their logo on individual Corn Flakes. Apparently, they are sick of losing market share to generics or private label imitations (they call 'em fake flakes) and wanna clarify that the company does NOT produce corn flakes for anyone else.
They'll be in trial phase for a minute and if everything works out well, they'll think about putting in a certain amount in each box. (deep breath). If that works, Kellogg will consider branding some of their other commodities.
While this sounds incredible, this still doesn't address how ungodly expensive cereal seems to be. Note to Kellogg: Throwing money towards insane technology is all great and good, but maybe you wouldn't lose so much market share if the generics weren't so much less expensive than yours. Just sayin'.
Yay, environmentalism! or blatant marketing pathos disguised as a good cause....or both. Whichever, it's designed to make you feel better about the world and of endless possibilities. and that is a good thing, deep seated cynicism aside.
"Our plan is to retrace the route of the automotive CEOs who went to Washington DC asking for government loans. But instead of looking for aid, we'd like to present President Obama with a homegrown solution to the transportation crisis. Having worked with Brammo, we're fans of what they're doing. We want to spread the word and we want to have a little fun while we're doing it. So join us as we surf from plug to plug in a quest to meet Obama, fueled by nothing more than electricity and the kindness of everyday Americans" - http://www.shockingbarack.com/.
You've gotta love Mr. Dyson. A bladeless fan? Who woulda thunk...or cared? Ok, maybe those of you who have lost a finger or two, but anyone else? Ok, it's supposed to be good for the environment. And, it's pretty. Alright, 3 reasons and not necessarily in order of importance.
Current TV is starting a new series that will kick off tomorrow entitled, embedded. It's going to be a 6 part series that brings you backstage and up-close with artists like Mos Def, Common, and Lykke Li. For now, here's a vid of Mos performing "Quiet Dog" in Tokyo and Osaka Japan. Look for the full Mos Def feature to premiere tomorrow, and Common's next month.
This is hilarious. A chain of FAST FOOD created this commercial with a network making fun of Jessica Simpson, whom we can all assume is probably, at her fattest, thinner than most of the fatasses watching football on the network eating Burger King.
Fashion week strode along the catwalks of Philly this past weekend. No, it wasn't like New York or Paris, but by the end of the week Philly really seemed to find its niche in the world of fashion. In between all the free foreign imports, Blue Coat G&Ts, and bottomless bottles of Barefoot wine, I was able to appreciate the smaller things in high fashion; the red carpet entrance, the catered hor deurevs, the North Bowl mini bacon burgers, some of the Philadelphia Eagles, the gangs of models, mock socialite Arthur Kade and a lot of other Aristocrats floated around the scene. Off the catwalk you could find yourself navigating the vendor field, which featured locals such as Matthew Izzo. The inclusion of student-generated lines from local art schools was a pleasant addition to the runway (Philadelphia University, The Moore College of Art and Design, and The Art Institute of Philadelphia), some of which outshined the real designers... Another great feature was the musical line up: Philly's own Black Landord, DJ Mr. Sonny James, The Model, DJ Dirty, The Hustle, DJ Phsh, and the best performance award goes to (drum roll) TUpHace whose music really pumped up the Triple5Soul show and made it the best run of the week. I'd like to personally thank Philly based modeling agency, Wilhelmina, for providing the stunning talent, although some model walks were as gawky and awkward as the animated characters from a Tim Burton film. All in all, I think the event ended on a high note, or at least higher than expected. I'm looking forward to whatever comes with next year's shows, but I really hope it becomes the main event of the night rather than a mere pregame for a binge-fest out at Silk.
According to The 99 Percent (lifted directly from their splash page) the site:
focuses on what happens after inspiration — researching the forces that truly push ideas to fruition. Our profiles of proven idea makers, action-oriented tips, best-practices sessions, and annual conference are all designed to help you transform ideas from vision to reality.
For the laymen - it's a site that helps you take your ideas to the execution phase.
And for the rest of you that don't care - some kickass lectures from incredible creative luminaries (see, my hyperbole, again, but this time, I swear...)
If you missed the subtle link above, you can also click here to see what's up.
Taking some great (and very mediocre) moments of TV and movies and cleverly editing them to a quasi thumping club beat, who woulda thunk? It's fun, but hey, I almost always like anything set to a quasi thumping club beat.
I dunno how to describe this. I wanna say it's the iest of something since I have a problem with hyperbole. And it is the iest....but of what, what?? This is a frigging campaign for the California milk processing board, (altho, if they just changed their name, they might have saved a bunch of marketing $...) of all things.
THE BATTLE OF MILKQUARIOUS complete with dialogue and song....The "short" is 20 minutes long. However, if you wanna see what you're committing 20 minutes of your life to, first, watch the really short version.
A website for a world that's never happy where they are....(or, in a more optimistic interpretation, a website for people who so love a place and need to replicate it somewhere else), sortuv.com allows you to type in a restaurant, hotel, boutique, etc. to find out where there's a similar location in another town. Now, if they only had something like this for people......
(Couldn't find a cool pix to go with this, so just click on the damned button above...)
Svedka's concert series, the most recent of which was hosted in The Hudson Hotel Bar last night is increasing awareness of something...maybe their vodka, who knows? That isn't the point, clearly. The night was illuminating for a variety of reasons. Here's a couple of 'em:
Diane Birch is crazy good. Her voice knocks the s*@( out of you especially since it comes from such a young, incredibly fresh face (she's gooooooorgeous). I asked my other arbiter of cool ex-intern whether he had heard of her and he said no, so, I thought I would introduce her to you guys who don't know her. Altho, she was on Letterman a coupla weeks ago, so maybe Rob isn't as cool as I thought he was!
damn, the shot's bad so you can't see how cute she is. However, you can see her horns section who I snarkily whispered was clearly the breakout star. Then he busted out the tambourine AND sang along with his horn. So, mud on my face. Triple threat anyone?
Secondly, did you know of the iphone app of the zippo lighter to pay homage at concerts? GENIUS.
Thirdly, bangs are in. Sam says so.
Lastly, dictator mustaches are in, too. I saw 2 last night. weird.
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