Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires MUSIC VIDEO

One of my all time favorite bands and my favorite song off their newest album, can't wait to see them preform again in APRIL!

Samsung Memoir

It's a new camera phone from Samsung with a 8MEGA PIXEL sensor. Probably the best camera phone you can buy, presently. It could easily be mistaken for one atleast. It has one of those nifty xenon flashes you find a normal point and shoots. The phone is due on VERIZON soon.
At one point i was very earger to replace my phone and camera with one device, this of would a been a good option, if I was on Verizon. Anywho, I'm very content with my Blackberry Curve and will remain so until it, or I break. Although BB is getting way too popular, it kinda urks me, I'd probably would have to let it go if it didnt have a dope keyboard.

Hellz Bellz x Stussy Callbo

two of my fav brands decided to get together for a special occasion. Old me would of flipped to see a gurl rockin one of these brands now not so much... you'll still get bonus points just not as many.

Stussy Spring 09'

Stussy, one of most respected pioneers of streetwear/surfer brands is set to release their spring 09' line. Here are my favs. The women's line is dominated this season.












you can check the full line out here.

THIS WEEKS: MUSIC ON REPEAT

So Jazz has pretty much consumed my life over the past week along with midterms. I watched an interview with Q-tip on Tavis and he mentioned this album as the inspiration behind the production of A Tribe Called Quest's beats. So I decided to check it out. It's nothing short of a brillant work of art. What more could one expect from an albm with such a badass album title? Miles was definetely the defintion of cool of his time. I can see why this was considered to be a revolutionary album for it's time. It's a perfect of fusion of jazz with really prominant rock undertones. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to expand their musical prowess.

^^ I saw them perform a lolla a couple years back and knew the name, but not ther music. But the show was very solid. So a good friend of mine gave me this album this album a couple months back. Because I was wondering what all the hubub was about with this band was about. I listened to this album all the way through once and nothing seemed to capture my interest, so i never listened to again..... till now. It's finally clicked. The songs feel very uplifting with long almost whimsical choruses. Now that I'm not completely ignorant to their music I'll definetely have to see them again.

^^^ The album that made a big fan of these guys. The first track sets the tone for what is a beautifully dark album. The production of this album is outstanding. I just wish it translated better in their live performance when i saw them at Lolla in 07' i was sooooo pumped for their performance but left early and unsatisfied (so i caught the end half of muse). But every deserves a second chance... especially from band that makes such great music.

Kid Kudi - Day N Nite

kid kudi - day 'n' nite
by 75_prod

normally i try not biting stuff ye posts but this is a kool video. reminds me of the Justice D.A.N.C.E. video. check that out here

Transformers revenge of the fallen Movie Trailer

*Smh* they're in for a hell of a run. Looks like this is gonna be a sad for the Autobots. I can't flipin wait!

The Kooples

So most of us know Fashion week is goin on in NYC(Give almost anything to go and just experience it right now). Anyways we all know about the greats out there APC, Band of Outsiders, Commes Des Gracons, John Varvatos, Y-3, Junya Watanabe ayayayayaahhaha and all those guys. Being the enthusist that I am I'm lookin for the new up and comers that doing design dope shit. and I think I've found one. The Kooples, it's a french brand, *smh* of course, dont ask what it mean cuz i have no clue. But their work speaks for itsself. I feel like it's a hybrid of A.P.C. and AA. Both male and female lines are dope i tried to narrow down my favs as much as I could.










Good work guys
Props to my buds at Skeleton Legs for the find.

Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers: Nagoya, Japan

Epic. Ok I Know I'm going to head to Japan at some point, so I'm adding this to my long list of "places to hit up while there". Cuz this is nothing short of amazing.

This stunning structure by architectural group Nikken Sekkei really does set the standard for educational architecture. Located on busy Main Street in Nagoya, Japan, the Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers were designed for three schools that represent the school of fashion design, computer programming, and medical support. The concept of the towers are derived from the enthusiasm of students from three schools, twining and rising up to the sky then departing to the real world.

Three buildings of class rooms around the spiral core are called “Wings”. The towers' wing-like shape, narrow at the top, changes the rotation axis as they rise and create an organic curve. Spiral Towers appears to change shape slightly when viewed from different angles, giving an elegant yet dynamic impression.

THIS WEEKS: Dope Poetry

OK so I'm in the library working on a philosophy presentation for school. ALmost forgot to this week dope poetry. anyways I'm not gonna play too much into this hallmark infested holiday but I had already planned on posting this. For all those who've suffered unrequited love affairs. Enjoy.

Consequence

Special Bonus poem


side note: More importantly, NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND is this week so peep it out!

Vans Vault Peacoat Fall 09'

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OH boy... I need them all. I'm srry... these are nuts like these might be better than the del barco's i posted a lil while back. Man ,Fall 09' couldnt come any sooner...

Yo Yo Ma Playing with Andrew Bird

So i've been pretty obsessed with Andrew's Bird music as of late. I found this video while searching for more his older material. He did a brief impromptu jam session with the great world renown cellist Yo-Yo Ma. There's almost nothing more amazing to me then seeing 2 amazing musicians doing what they do best.

null |MTV Music

Just think if they did a song together.... it'd be so freakin sweet... lol
ENJOY

Bert Monroy - Photoshop Painting Master

So I've found out about this guy a few years back. But couple weeks ago I was listening to a podcast where the host mentioned him and exhibit he is currently holding. And then I remembered all the amazing work he's done that i've ssen. Bert Monroy is THE GUY when it comes to photoshop realism art. He is my inspiration for all the stuff I do in Photoshop pretty much. He's his some of this most recent work. He considers himself a hyper-realist artist since he creates his paintings completely from scratch using reference photos.

Any1 here from the city of wind? This is an amazing panorama of the Damen Station on the Blue Line of the Chicago Transit Authority.
heres the stats on this actual painting because pic doesnt really do it much justice:
The image size is 40 inches by 120 inches.
• The flattened file weighs in at 1.7 Gigabytes.
• It took eleven months (close to 2,000 hours) to create.
• The painting is comprised of close to fifty individual Photoshop files.
• Taking a cumulative total of all the files, the overall image contains over 15,000 layers.
• Over 500 alpha channels were used for various effects.

here are some more detialed pics of the painting

It's crazy to think of a person spending sooooooo mucccchhh time on a single piece. it is nothing short of amazing though here are some more.



check out more of his work here on his site