Magic Flashlights from Mike Benson on Vimeo.
Knife Show Inc and friends uncover a strange phenomenon at Timberline Lodge at Mt Hood. Snowboarding video takes place in and out of High Cascade Summer Camp. Shot and edited by Mike Benson. Starring Brendan Hayes, Eli weiner, Scott Stevens, Chris Beresford, Matty Mo, Jesse Burtner, and Casey Wrightsman.

When it comes to snowboarding back in days I was super pumped with Robot Food’s first vidoe Lame came out because it completely added an new dimension to videos. They were fun again, they were creative, they were well directed and produced… snowboard videos were interesting again. And this is exactly what I feel Mike Benson is doing, making videos about riding with friends and just having fun.

And Yes the music is MGMT. For the other post of MGMT - Kids (This is My Empire! RMX) travel here.

MGMT - Kids

Brille Brille - Showreel 2008 from Tetsouille on Vimeo.

Another killer showreel by  Brille Brille for 2008. The collective consists of onekon7 , Tetsouille , and Woumpah. Check the previous showreels I’ve posted by Incog Designburo , Phunk Studio and I Love Dust.

Empire Of The Sun are one of those bands from Australia that are proving there are no “bad” music coming from the land down under. Empire Of The Sun consist of Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson. Who knows I could be hatted for this reference but Empire Of The Sun kind of reminds me of a Australian MGMT in a with their easy listening pop psychedelia. Many people have been claiming that the remix of Walking On A Dream by Sam La More (Sam Littlemore the brother of Nick Littlemore) is the best rmx of the song. While it is good, my vote goes with VanShe Tech remix. Empire Of The Suns debut album is currently available on iTunes - watch the video and when you see the album link click it and it will talk you to the iTunes store.

Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Van She Tech REmix)

Empire Of The Sun - Half Mast

The new song by The Killers does not suck, it is just as authentic and majestic a band can get. Noting The Killers are getting weirder and more obscure their music keeps raising the bar for the fusion between Indie Rock and Alternative music. Human starts off with similarities to U2 and blends into a more familiar sound of When You Were Young but making sure that they are not just banking of the sound and success of their previous hit. I found Human also shares similarities with the Toronto group Put The Rifle Down. Aside from the roaming majestic animals I am in awe of Brandon Flowers feather vest… like what? A-mazing. The Killers new album Day & Age is being released November 25, 2008.

The Killers - Human

I’ve been playing around with new music video and Overlay.TV’s interactive features for online video. That’s how I addeed all the dynamic content, text and links into the videos. Help the artists out and link to where you can buy their albums/mp3’s online. Overlay.TV allows you to link through the videos you post to itunes/beatport/amazon etc. YE!

I know i’m a bit late on this but here’s the teaser for the upcoming Justice tour Accross The Universe. So badass. Also the new release from Justice - Planisphère a 4 part track… its so good to hear them go back to their roots as just be grungy, heavy and rough.

Justice - Planisphère(parts 1-4) + remix by Kaxe .zip file

There’s photos floating around of the new Spring 2009 line by Jeremy Scott at Paris Fashion Week. one of these photos consist of Jeremy Scott’s collab. with Adidas Originals. Pretty tight for sure. There’s back stage photos of the Jeremy Scott show found on The Cobrasnake here and here. The new line by Jeremy Scott is killer, keeping with his signature contemporary designs and patters mixed with influence of styles from the French Revolution royalty. Video of the show below.

Matt Haffner’s wheat paste installation - “Pushcart Vendors” from matt haffner on Vimeo.

I am really diggin’ and appreciate the scale of this peice. YE, respect.

I’m not one to wear jewelery, on occasion maybe but not on a regular basis at least until I found the work by Philip Crangi(it seems currently his site is down).

“It’s really hard to put pearls on a man,” says jeweler Philip Crangi moving over to a display case of his own designs, “but let’s try this.” Leading his hand through delicate, web-like pendants, his fingers come to rest on a small, embellished black pearl. He affixes the bauble to his ear and turns to a mirror. “Oh, yeah,” he smiles, “that works.”

For the rest of the article check Refinery 29 the link to it is located -> here WITH FUN!

If you are interested in purchasing a piece online check out these stores Blue Bees or Kabiri.

Wear Accessories, it makes you special.

Funky Forest from Long Tran on Vimeo.

I first found out about Theodore Watson with his collaboration with Evan Roth(ni9e) with the graffiti analysis / lazer tag project. However his work is amazing, completely interactive, loved by everyone who takes part in his installations and always visually addictive. Taken from his bio here is more information. He was a source of inspiration for our Senior Thesis project this year - Emocapsule.com

Theodore Watson is an artist, designer and experimenter whose work is born out of the curiosity and excitement of designing experiences that come alive and invite people to play. Theodore’s work ranges from creating new tools for artistic expression, experimental musical systems, to immersive, interactive environments with full-body interaction. His recent work includes the Graffiti Research Lab’s Laser Tag, laser graffiti system and Funky Forest, an immersive interactive ecosystem for young children. Theodore works together with Zachary Lieberman on openFrameworks, which is an open source library for writing creative code in C++.

Theodore Watson’s work has been shown at MoMA, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, The Sundance Film Festival, Res Fest, REMF, Cinekid, Montevideo, OFFF, SHIFT, ICHIM, The Creators Series, Deitch Projects, Eyebeam, Pixel Gallery, Museum N8 Amsterdam.