Post-Punk Double Features:
The Punk Rock Movie +
The Blank Generation
The Silent Movie Theatre – LA
3/5/09
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Don Letts was one of the ultimate British punk insiders, both running the trendy London boutique Acme Attractions and DJing at the Roxy, the short-lived venue where most of the performances in his vital Super-8 document The Punk Rock Movie were recorded.  This, his first film, is an effervescent ground-zero take on one of the hottest flashpoints in all of 20th-century music →

The Castiglione Morelli Design studio has a new project in the works which allows you to transform any lamp into a speaker. Without need for an external power source, the Altec Lansing Bulb-Sound-Speaker screws onto a lamp (in lieu of a lightbulb) and receives music by way of a Bluetooth transmitter that attaches to an iPod. →

Since Jack Kerouac traveled from coast to cast to reveal the weirdness and fringe culture of America, the cross-country road trip has been a distinctly American tradition. →

The S.L.A.T.E. fashion trade show (running now until Feb. 19) and Rockport present the limited-edition Ghille Moc High for show staff and key attendees. For three days at the Las Vegas Convention Center, S.L.A.T.E. will be exhibiting brands Stussy, 10 Deep, Crooks & Castles and more.

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For more info on the trade show, visit http://www.magiconline.com/magic/v42/index.cvn

Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg (AP Photos)

The other night, a friend of mine brought up the topic of Facebook’s CIA conspiracy theory over dinner.  Within the group of twenty-something year olds at the dinner gathering, he was the last person to join Facebook in fear of the “government having access to his personal and private life”. My curiosity of this conspiracy theory lead to searches on Google and Wikipedia last night.  After reading a few interesting websites and articles, I came upon a recently published article featured in US News about the NSA using Facebook as a recruiting tool  →

Parking tickets.  Mixed bathroom lines.  Getting a free drink.  There are lots of situations that call upon your female powers of persuasion, but with all that eyelash batting you’re starting to lose steam.  Luckily, Smashbox can up your performance in one fell sweep.  →

Röyksopp – “Happy Up Here”

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I’m curious to hear Röyksopp’s new album, Junior. “Happy Up Here” is the first single and the album is scheduled to be out March 23rd. A bunch of people know them from that song in the Geico commercial (myself included). I like “Sparks” too.

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For weary travelers looking for a hotel stay that offers more than basic cable T.V. and continental breakfast, California hoteliers are offering more than the typical check-in, check-out experience. →

If anyone could possibly ignore the adorable bevy of kids sandwiching Yohji Yamamoto as he made his runway turn for the recent Fall 2009 Y-3 show I’d like to know who. The brainchild of the Japanese designer and sports brand Adidas are launching a children’s collection for their sportswear meets style →

A few days a week, I usually do a stroll through the internet in the search of some interesting artwork.  I don’t know too much about certain artists or their so-called styles, but great artwork is great artwork.  →