Mark Gonzales in Motion



Movement and spontaneity. Some people embrace it better than others. Mark's definitely one of them. Here he works with Johannes Wohnseifer, Cheryl Dunn, and Jason Schwartzman who made alterations to the original film to fit a song he wrote and titled, "West Coast." Mark's latest movements were filmed and edited in Paris by Ludovic Azemar and on display here in NYC during his exhibition last year.

Rube Goldberg Machine Inspired



This video displays many deliberately over engineered machines that perform very simple tasks in a very complex fashions, usually including a chain reaction. A lengthy and massively coordinated work with various collaborators. Check out this and their other precisely timed videos with music by OK Go here.

Oyster Shell | Reading, PA


We Feel Fine


I'm not really sure how to explain this. "In 2005, we wrote a program that scans all blogs every few minutes for sentences that contain the words that contain "I feel" or "I am feeling". Four years and 12 million feelings later, we decided to write a book on what we've found." and there's an interactive graphic representation of these statistics on there site.

Daytum


Quantify your life with this social networking site.

Imaginary Friends


Wormz plays guitar in this band. They rock. Go listen to them, and try to catch a show sometime if you can. And BTW, I took the above photo of the band before a show at Trash Bar.

Chin on the Tank


Motorcycles are getting ever more popular with the BMX crowd these days. To bring together the motorcycle scene, Ed Yakovitch started a blog called Chin on the Tank. Check it out for all your motorcycle and vintage playboy needs.

Devon Zangari | Open Mic


Ya love him. Ya hate him. Ya love to hate him. Devon Zangari has an open mic February 26th at the Reading Comedy Outlet...if you know Devon, you know it's going to be amazing.

One Degree Matters


A new documentary about how bad we are at living on this planet. Produced by the European Environment Agency. Music is kinda cheesy, but it's worth a look, it just might make you recycle a little more.

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Edgar eats a squirrel in the buff


Another classic tale of the man named Edgar, this time from the chaps at Here For Kicks. A must read whether you know Edgar or not.

teeth mountain


Joe Stakun sent over this video of Teeth Mountain performing live at The Church in Philly. Looks like it was a pretty rad show. Click the pic for the vid.

New Unsolved Mysteries Album


Jon Lynn's music project Unsolved Mysteries just released a new album entitled Tragic Trouble. Click the image to download the album or check the myspace to hear a few tracks.

Happy Birthday Gannwear!!


It's Gann's 17th birthday. He is growing up so fast!! Holler at him on facebook.

DEUS EX MACHINA


Deus Ex Machina, real cool company out of Austrailia that makes customs bikes but really pushes the culture of bikes from Europe and America back in the 1940's. They make everything from custom motorcycles to single speed trackbikes. Go check it out if your into motorcycles and/or appreciate a little bit of history. Double points to Deus for having a slick website.

The G


To go along with Doug's interview over there <, here is his band, The G.

The Golden Boys


Rock and roll from some good ol' boys down in Austin, Texas.

Indian Wars | Rock n Roll


These guys sound like they have been stuck in a garage for years. Good shit from Vancouver, BC. Give it a listen.

Xtra Normal


This is a site where you can make your own cartoon movies quite easily. They claim "if you can type, you can make movies". Pretty fun.

Cookie & Paul Walk from Mexico to Canada


SNL Digital Shorts | Firelight


So if you haven't already seen the past episode of SNL, Taylor Swift was hosting and it was an EXCELLENT episode. Here is the digital short "Firelight". Sooooo funny!

Drummer Jerry Fuchs Dies


Another traffic loss to indie music scene, drummer Jerry Fuchs died after falling down the shaft of a broken elevator in Brooklyn. Fuchs played with a handful of excellent bands such as Maserati, Jaun Maclean, MSTRKRFT, and LCD Sound system. RIP.

A Serious Man


The Coen Brother's movies are always pretty great in one way or another. I sure this one wont let us down. Click the poster to see the trailer on film in focus.

BoondockSaints


Its been a long time in the making, hope it does the original justice.

Etnies Vice Colt45 PARTY


Check out this party at the Etnies showroom in NYC on Oct 24. Good tunes and free booze, what else do you need?

Etnies Vice Colt45 PARTY


Check out this party at the Etnies showroom in NYC on Oct 24. Good tunes and free booze, what else do you need?

TV Party


TV Party was a public access show in NY during the late 70's created by Glenn O'brien. Read about it here. Also, check out this performance by Blondie on TV Party. This is a must see.

COG&BITS


Sweet cruiser with some nice little accessories. Found on ateliersembellie. They have fashion, art and bikes, good enough for me.

Apple | Magic Mouse


Apple's new mouse. Amazing, what else.

The Last People | Up & Moving


As you may have seen the site hasn't been updated for 3 day. Well it was due to some trouble with the server. Fortunately the Wizard of Oz of The Last People was there to take care of it. He's my back end web guy and has been making the site happen from day one. Again sorry for the delay and thanks for visiting.

NLCS Game 1 | Phillies-Dodgers


NLCS Game 1 of the Phils at the Dodgers tonight starting at 8:07pm. Lets go Phillies!!!