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Author Archives: Luke Norris
Marvel Minimalist Posters
These cool Marvel minimalist posters designed by Marko Manev are available to be purchsed at Society6.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Announcement
For those who have been diehard gamers for a long time will know the origin of how Counter-Strike began as a modification from the Valve title Half-Life and from there grew into a game of its own. I love first person style games on PS3 but have never played Counter-Strike so I’m looking forward to testing second edition due for release early 2012. Expect to see it on all gaming platforms – PC, Mac, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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Banksy’s: The Antics Roadshow TV Special
The Antics Roadshow from French Kiss on Vimeo.
Attention all artists, appreciators of art and general renegades. This is a great watch!
For our readers who aren’t located in the UK, you probably haven’t seen Banksy’s one hour TV special, The Antics Roadshow, which aired on Channel 4 over the weekend. Titled as a pun on theAntiques Roadshow, a long-running British television show, Banksy explores the “history of behaving badly in public, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics” including many interviews and re-enactments with the actual protagonists.
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JAM HOME MADE SKULL PRAYER BEADS Bracelet
Bracelets are a dime a dozen these days, but this one by Jam Home Made caught my eye because of the blue beads used. A great accessory available now for $273 USD through JAM HOME MADE.
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Beers, beats and burgers at South Bay Beach Club HK
When summer time rolls around in Hong Kong the city can become quite a steamy dumpling. So there’s nothing better than getting a crew together on a Sunday afternoon and heading to the other side of the HK island to a little spot called South Bay Beach Club. It’s a cool little rooftop cafe/bar where Steve spins some nice cruisy summer beats, the BBQ’s fired up and plenty of cold beers and jugs of mojitos. The scenery is amazing looking out to sea with the beach full of people soaking up the western sun and a fan of boats off the beach. There’s no better way to recover from the night out before or just relax before the start of another busy week.
Photos by Martin Hill
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Mick Boogie: Excursions-Rarities and Remixes of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is one of my favorite groups of all time… in any genre of music. After seeing Michael Rapaport’s amazing documentary on the group, I felt inspired to put together a mix and this is the end result. This is NOT a greatest hits mix. This mix is for the true Tribe fans only… the die-hards who know every lyric and remember every interlude. I thought it would be cool to basically create the “lost” Tribe album… with all the rare songs, demos, limited-edition remixes, and collaborations you may have missed over the years. I hope when you enjoy this as much as I do, and hear some things you have never heard before. Special thank you toUNDRCRWN for the amazing artwork. Long live A Tribe Called Quest!
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Wallpaper* + Reebok + A-Cero
A-Cero are by far one of the most talented international architectural firms around. So it’s not surprising that when Wallpaper* Magazine asked the firm to create a design that was inspired by the new Reebok ZigTech running shoe. Here’s a behind the scenes video of their creation.
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A day in the life of DJ Mick Boogie…
Mick Boogie is one of my favourite DJs and always does killer mixtapes. Read his story of how he and fellow DJ Jus Ske had the privilege to spin at the top secret after party for Jay-Z and Kanye’s new album ‘Watch The Throne’ –
Sometimes life as a deejay is amazing. Sometimes life as a deejay is repetitive and monotonous, like any career. Last night fell into the first category. I got a call from my 4AM homie Jus Ske like “stop what you are doing and meet me at The Darby.” I finished up what I was working on and headed over there… and what a night.
We ended up deejaying the top-secret afterparty for Jay-Z and Kanye’s exclusive “Watch The Throne” VIP listening event and it was amazing. A who’s who of pop culture in 2011 was in this room… Jay, Kanye, Nas, A-Trak, Khaled, 88-Keys and more. And everyone was partying to the soundtrack we provided. The best thing about playing for a room of music insiders is you can just play from the heart, and not worry about throwing in silly top-40 girl anthems. And that’s exactly what we did.
Jus started off with a great set of Jay-Z rarities and Jay/Nas collabos (“Success!”) and Jay was sitting in the corner bobbing his head, rapping with all the songs. The highlight for me was when he played Biggie’s “Realms Of Junior Mafia” and Jay went nuts.
Then it was my turn… as I got on, Kanye jumped up on a couch and took control of the room so I intro’d with “Dark Fantasy” and so we began. After running thru my favorite Kanye hits and album tracks… (my favorite: “Thru The Wire” – his favorite: “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”) it was time for the big moment: “Otis.” I swear, we must have stopped and restarted that song about 5 times and Jay and Kanye enjoyed the crowd mouthing every word to their new classic.
After that, I was able to dig a little deeper, playing some remixes from my Viva La Hova project, some old Kanye/Jay blends I had in the stash (Jay’s face when I mixed “Heart Of The City” over “We Major” was priceless), and even some live Jay-Z “Unplugged” audio.
The personal highlight for me was when I played “Big Brother” and Kanye basically rapped the entire thing with Jay right there. Seemed like a perfect way to end a night celebrating a momentous album from the two most talented people in hip-hop right now. All in all, an amazing night.
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Speedboat Concept for Bugatti Veyron
Designer Ben Walsh created this super stylish speedboat concept, inspired by the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. The boat features a single 1000-horsepower engine and a quad turbo W16. Love the colour way.
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Street Fighter Artwork
Street Fighter is still one of my all time favourite games. The evolution of each new edition from the graphics, speed and characters made it always draw a crowd of players and spectators in the gaming arcades and one Nintendo. Here’s a few illustrations by various artists of some of the original and latest characters. Sagat was my favourite player.
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Arthur C Clarke predicting the future in 1964
Mr Clarke is amazingly on point for his predictions of the future of what life will be like in the year 2000. This clip is from 1964 BBC Horizon programme.
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UK Riots
Following the riots in England, text messaging and social networks such as Twitter could be turned off during disturbances – under plans being considered by the government.
Spencer Kelly examines whether BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter and Facebook can be blamed for the trouble and if it would be possible to silence them.
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Nigel Sylvester + Casio G-Shock GD100NS-7: Launch Party Event
Street style BMX rider Nigel Sylvester launched his signature Casio G-Shock timepiece, the GD100NS-7, and officially joined the Casio action sports roster. Hosted by Nigel’s “Big Brother” DJ Clark Kent and dear friend “Hawaii” Mike Salman partied at penthouse suite of The Hotel on Rivington, from Mayor, Mel D Cole (Village Slum), Dee & Ricky, DJ Soul, Billionaire Boys Club, L.R.G., Nike Sportswear, AM PM New York, Mishka, ALIFE, and etc… Even Pharrell made an appearance.
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8 Hours in Brooklyn
8 Hours in Brooklyn from Next Level Pictures on Vimeo.
This video was simply shot with a Phantom Flex camera, the concept behind the video was to document whatever the group could find in Brooklyn, New York during an eight hour time span.
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HK Urban Terrain
I love riding my fixie in Australia but unfortunately Hong Kong isn’t the best town for fixies. All the hills and the roads and footpaths are so dodgy. Not to mention the 24 hour traffic of cars, trams, buses and people. So I recently took up Mountain Bike riding. There’s a huge MB community in HK but most of the spots take a bit of planning to organise a mini van or ferry to get to the tracks. That sucks for me because I never know when I’m going to have some free time, so instead I’ve taken the challenge to find some urban terrain around the city. I’m still getting my head around all the gears and weight distribution when going down stairs and off drops, but it’s f#ckin’ fun! I love any sport with an element of danger and gets the adrenaline going. Here’s a few pics burning around central.
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The Flake
The Flake, Da Feng’s latest design, is covered in hinged carbon-fiber pieces. Each one is connected by carbon nanotubes to tiny solenoids that can make them stand up or lay flat, like an angry cat puffing up its fur. Each “flake”, is made of carbon fiber, and can go from perfectly flat and streamlined to standing up nearly vertically. So if you want to go fast, all the flakes lie flat, but when you turn, all the flakes on one side of the car will stand up, helping lock the car down to the road. The Flake car, its wheels are made out of twelve independently extendable leg-things, allowing for an adjustable contact surface. Their 12 “legs” extend and contract in response to the road surface and vehicle speed, the bottom part of the “wheel” flattens at high speeds, turning the circle into a D-shape, so Feng calls them D-wheels.
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adidas Originals: All Originals, Iconics Commercial 2011
See how many big names you can spot.
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Sweet Meats by JASMIN SCHULLER
I think these would even fool a vegetarian. Check out more of the talented work by Jasmin Schuller here.
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Kanye’s Black Book
Selita Ebanks
Candice Swanepoel
Sian Honeybell
Kate Upton
Alina Puscau
Kanye is building quite the black book of ladies any man would dream of. Just in the past week alone the rapper was spotted having dinner with Australian supermodel Sian Honeybell (cool last name) at the Maritime Hotel in NYC. He’s also been spotted with Victoria’s Secret models Kate Upton, Candice Swanepoel, Selita Ebanks and Romanian model Alina Puscau at his album after-party.
God speed to you Mr West. You’re living the dream.
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