Oh Danny Boyz In The Hood
03/17/2008
South Central L.A., March 17, 2008—It's the one day of the year when L.A.'s Crips gang members ditch their telltale blue apparel in favor of kelly green in honor of their Irish heritage. Read More
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White House Redux
01/29/2008
Storefront for Art and Architecture, an NYC-based nonprofit geared towards promoting innovative ideas in (yup, you guessed it) architecture, art and design, is currently taking "idea" entries for White House Redux, a contest it is holding for a brand new White House design. What should the most powerful house in the world look like these days? We're thinking Graceland ... Read More
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Bombay Subway Commute More Fun Than Smallpox
01/07/2008
No really. We always think it's annoying when SEPTA is a little late. This sh!t is c-r-a-z-y. We don't even want to see what third class looks like. Read More
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From the Department of F'd Up
11/28/2007
According to our good friends at the New York Times, the N.Y.P.D. has been placing dummy lost items around town and then busting people who pick them up and walk past a uniformed police officer without turning in the found item. Read all about it in Jim Dwyer's article "Dragnet That Ensnares Good Samaritans, Too". Wow, that's kinda totally f'd up. Read More
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A Different Kind of Pot Head: The New Johnny Appleseed
10/25/2007
Everyone likes to think of themselves as an instrument of social change these days. Everybody got some great idea for changing the world around them when they aren’t in the club gettin’ tipsy. Perhaps your philanthropy might take the form of a recently purchased, vertically-integrated-manufacturing-ed Rib Boy Beater Tank from sweatshop renouncer Am App , or, you m ... Read More
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Thom Lessner and Rose Luardo of Sweatheart on Trading Spaces
09/24/2007
A special "hipster episode" of "Trading Spaces" is being filmed right here in Philadelphia, and Thom and Rose of Sweatheart (we interviewed them in February of last year) are two of the main attractions, Ryan Creed reports:"Me, my roommate Aryon, and Rose and Thom of Sweatheart are participants in the hipster episode of Trading Spaces. I am the blogger, Aryon the prin ... Read More
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UNITED, LAS VEGAS, THE LAST
09/12/2007
The last of the Vegas trade show posts, we promise. Just a few notes on The United Trade Show, it wasn't all that great, the synopsis by most buyers was "lots of neon colors" but it looked fun and had a pool. We'll just skip to what was the best: Read More
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PROJECT TRADE SHOW, LAS VEGAS
09/10/2007
If Magic is new money, Project is old money. This trade show had the classiest set-up and the best decor. Design and marketing were tasteful and the vendors scared us a little, everyone seemed better and snobbier then us (because; although we will be new money some day we aren't even there yet), like they might make us wear dinner jackets. This was the only trade show ... Read More
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MAGIC, LAS VEGAS
09/05/2007
Magic is where the money is, and it's new money, Rupert Murdoch-style money, classless, tasteless, and because of that more fun. It's the kind of money that wants to make more money. It's the place to see any celebrities that want to be seen. We saw LL Cool J. . . in the above picture you can just make him out behind a mass of people with cameras. Larry Flint was ther ... Read More
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Pool Trade Show: Las Vegas
09/04/2007
Twice a year people of the fashion industries converge on Las Vegas to buy and sell. One of the places they do it at is Pool. Pool is the little guy of the three giant fashion trade shows (though there are several others), being; Magic, Project, and Pool, and it is sold as the most innovative of those three. This is where you are suppose to be able to find all of the ... Read More
