Cake x Jar ....yummmm....

Message in a bottle, dick in a box—history is filled with everyday objects becoming legend through simple repackaging.

Thus we present to you: Cake in a Jar.

The next-generation dessert is now slyly being served at the 101 Coffee Shop—Hollywood's version of a classic truck stop, where you keep it real with greasy standards next to bohemians in authentically grungy T-shirts…and CW stars who paid $120 for theirs. To claim your glass-enclosed delicacy, shuffle up to the counter and order some coffee and one of the mysterious-looking mason jars on a tray, where closer inspection reveals the cake already inside. (Through a technique 101's new pastry chef picked up from a dessert sensei in Chicago, the cake is baked in the jar, in a water bath to ensure it's cooked through.)

Topped with pecans, caramel and vanilla ice cream, the jar of chocolaty goodness has several benefits—not least of which is the way it can all be spooned together into an impressively rich cake soup. And should you want to re-create the concept at home, the jars are airtight, ensuring fresh cake for days to come.

Though, honestly, you probably won't need that much time

Jay-Z at Glastonbur... they say it's history

'Hip-hop doesn't have a place at Glastonbury....' said Noel Gallagher....the words projected on a screen for the crowd to see, before Jay-Z walked out with a guitar slung across his body and into a rendition of Oasis's classic 'Wonderwall' - what a moment! Running through his set with an energy and determination unlike any other Jay-Z show before was a turning point for the history of the festival...and they said Hip-Hop was dead....

Jay-Z!!! Damn...the swag this guy has when he came on to the song, who's lead was bashing on him. The smile on his face as he rips that shit!

Then he drops his remix of American Boy..."London Bridge is falling down, not Bridges, but Breeches, when Jigga's in town..." He seems so entertained by his own verse that he needed to do it twice, once in acapella.

His set list was great. He did classics and played to the crowd perfectly. He performed hits he knew hit especially in Europe. Even the remix was down to cater that crowd. He smashed it with the one he did when he was rapping over Prodigy's Smack My Bitch Up.

Link to the Vid http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2008/artists/jayz/

Tour Italy in STYLE

Classic though it is, the road trip is due for an upgrade. And—long the land of fast women and faster cars—there's nowhere better than Italy.

Luckily, tour company Red Travel Italia has anticipated your dream road trip—and puts you in the driver's seat of a shiny red Ferrari. Your trip concierge will map out a week-long, thousand-kilometer itinerary to cover your choice of Italian destinations, drawing up a customized map and booking you into five-star hotels and first-class restaurants along the way. And, of course, you'll be the one behind the wheel.

The specs: You'll be escorted from the airport to your first destination outside Rome. After a quick briefing on your Ferrari of choice, climb in and you're off—speeding through the Tuscan hills as fast as your sleek red beauty can take you. When you pull up for the night, the crew will attend to your chariot while you wine, dine and take in the town.

And should you wish an unexpected detour—say, a few rounds of golf, a tour of the Amalfi Coast, a morning in Florence or a gondola cruise—your bilingual guide won't miss a beat. Italy is yours for the exploration.

Your only dilemma: Spider, Coupe or Scaglietti…

Red Travel Italia, Via Onorato Vigliani 11/9, 10135 Torino, Italy, +39 011 6165 219

The Cloud

An organic sculpture carried out by "Mobile MIT Lab Experiment" in Florence, Italy.. Click

The Cloud answers the human interaction and expresses the sensitivity, by using hundreds of sensors and more than 15000 fiberoptics.

Built out of carbon glass, she encourages the visitors to touch and interact with information in new means, by expressing emotions.

TRV$ DJ AM @ the Roxy last night...

THEY DID THEIR THING!!!!

Got there a little late, but got in around 10:45. Luckly they didn't take the stage at 10:30 like originally planned. Around 11, Jermaine Dupri came on stage. Introduced DJ AM and Travis Barker as they took the stage. They put on an hour show and burned through about 50 songs. They rocked all genres from Daft Punk to Lil Wayne. Electro to Oldies to Hip Hop to Rock. THEY PUT ON AN AMAZING SHOW! Loved the flow and transitions on the music. Just as the crowd gets tired of rocking to the music, they'd drop another heater that would get everyone going again. I would def. goto their show next month if I wasn't outta the country. As they mixed their set, they dropped Blow the Whistle by Too $hort. Low and behold...Too $hort pops up from behind the project backdrop and does his thing..."what's my favorate word...BITCH, why you gotta say it like $hort!".

Night ended earlier than expected. Most of the crowd left right after they ended their set around midnight. Not bad at all. I couldn't have asked for better timing...got home to get some rest before doing it again tonight.

On the ticket for tonight... Red Carpet event @ Opera and then across the street to Mood...

You can't say he doesn't have heart...

Taken from Kanye's blog in his response to the Bonnaroo festival incident.

"I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall... Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life. This is the most offended I've ever been... this is the maddest I ever will be. I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want.... arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of.... BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, "KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE." CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES... WE'D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY'D SAY OK... THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN'T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE ... I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, " IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!" I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV
?????? WHEN I GOT 2 "THROUGH THE WIRE" I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT'S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN'T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT'S GREATEST FORM... BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I'M SORRY... SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE... I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT... HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF... CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL!
!!"

You HAVE TO respect a man for having a heart like that. No matter what people say about his ego and shit.

Life is Beautiful Print

I know I've posted this before, but this is such a cool print that I had to give it it's own shine! I wanna find where I can get this. I'll settle for a repro.

June Boom

Lego Love

Scratch n' Bash

The star turntablist and the former Blink-182 drummer have been doing their scratch ‘n’ bash for few years now, popping up at clubs around the country and attracting guest turns from the likes of Too $hort, Paul Wall, Fabolous and Lil’ Jon. L.A. being their home base, they’re expecting the roster of drop-ins to expand considerably.

DJ AM is tight-lipped on their identities, but says he’s expecting some “beyond-legends that I’m amazed I’m going to get to share the stage with…. We both have a lot of friends who are musicians who are gonna be around, so we’re just gonna kind of wing it and see how it goes. Whoever comes, just put ‘em on blast, basically, and throw ‘em onstage.”

Rolling Stones Magazine Cover to Cover

This is the coffee table book of the digital age. I really thought this was a cool book when it first came out, but it just doesn't have the same cool to it in digital format. The contents are exactly the same as the printed version, so it still makes for an amazing collection of photographs of the biggest icons in recent history.

But in another way, this is VERY COOL for the fact that this is the entire issue in digital format from issue 1 - 1,025/1,026. Those days when vans had 8 track tapes, those days when the music industry said cassettes would ruin their business (boy, what they’d give to go back there), the rise of punk, the fall of punk, the return of punk, the days when hip hop was still new and strange, the crappy albums that got too many stars and the influential ones that got too few. You can spread out forty years of culture right in front of you, and go from laughing at how random the t-shirts are to being amazed at what some of our current politicians were trying to get away with even back then.

"The Rolling Stone Cover to Cover – The First 40 Years Digital Archive is like an old hippie with glaucoma. At first he might not seem like someone you’d hang out with, but once you visit, you’ll quickly find a good reason to stick around. This is practically the Edith Hamilton’s Mythology of pop culture. If you can read, you can enjoy it."

I still might consider purchasing this...

The Fractal Table

The Fractal Table is a table developed by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bar for Materialise. MGX.

It's based on fractal growth patterns - their studies on these patterns show treelike stems growing into smaller branches and getting increasingly dense at the top.

I dunno if I would ever put a single thing on this table if I got this. Kinda defeats the purpose of a table but it's so awesome!

Construction Paper Art

I wish I got to do shit like this in kinder garden! F' paper mache

Ice T on the sad state of rap music

“Fuck Soulja Boy! Eat a dick! This ni–a single handedly killed Hip Hop. That shit is such garbage man. We came all the way from Rakim, we came all the way from Das EFX, we came all the way from motherfuckers flowing like Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube, and you come with that Superman shit? That shit is garbage. Hurricane (Chris) take them fuoking beads out of your hair ni–a! Man up. You ni–as is making me feel real fucking mad about this shit.”

- Ice T on the sad state of rap music

SPEAK ON ICE-T!

Nike Human Race 10k

What is the Nike+ Human Race?
On 08.31.08, Nike is making a statement like no other before. Nike is putting on the World’s Largest Running Event. The 10k event will be the ultimate runner experience. By combining our digital running world with the physical, the Nike+ Human Race is open to anyone, anywhere. Nike is hosting race events in 25 cities around the world, but by logging into nikeplus.com, every city and every road can become a race-day course.

Why did Nike decide to organize this event?
Simply put, Nike is celebrating runners and their sport. This is going to be the World’s Largest Running Event and provide a global connection point for every athlete. By using tools that we’ve created like Nike+ and the Nike+ SportBand, now people can participate from anywhere: a country road, an urban sidewalk or at one of our 25 designated Nike+ Human Race cities. We wanted to connect with our consumers and connect our consumers with each other.

What is the main goal of the event?
To celebrate runners and their sport while uniting athletes world-wide through the world’s largest running event.

What makes the Nike+ Human Race different from any other 10k run?
This is the first global race to reach such a large participant base and geographic scope. We are creating access points in 25 cities as well as bringing the race to every runner through a digital world with nikeplus.com. It will be an event like no other because of its size, but also because of the experience we are creating: live concerts on race day with top musical artists and Nike athlete participation.

Where will it be held?
The Nike+ Human Race is the world’s largest running event. It will be held anywhere a registered runner chooses to hit the pavement. Nike has organized 25 physical race cities, but the Nike+ Human Race is truly open to everyone, everywhere. If you don’t live in a race city, just sign up at nikeplus.com to participate and run in your city. Simply use Nike + iPod or Nike+ SportBand to track your miles on race day and then download miles on nikeplus.com to have your results officially counted as part of the race. The 25 race cities include:

Austin
Bogotá
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Chicago
Istanbul
London
Los Angeles
Lima
Madrid
Melbourne
Mexico City
Munich
New York
Paris
Quito
Rome
São Paulo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Taipei
Tokyo
Warsaw
Vancouver

*SIDEBAR-"“I’m hitting the stage in Los Angeles for the NikePlus Human Race, Nike’s dopest 10k run ever.” Kanye West said via a statement. “This race is bringing together hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world to run and listen to some great music while serving a higher cause, and I’m excited to perform in [Los Angeles] as part of the grand finale.”"

Such a cool Facade and Store

ROMANTIZISM BOUTIQUE AT HANGZHOU

California Gas Prices.

California as a whole has the highest gas prices in the nation. That's some shit... It's official, I'm gonna move to Bolivar County Missouri. Check out this map.


http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

MBW Solo Show.

and that's all I have to say about that...

I'm totally digging the Muhammad Ali print!

America's Best Dance Crew

Last night I got the chance to attend the 1st elimination of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. Great show. At first when I saw the auditions for this season, there wasn't a standout crew that I was like..."Holy shit, they are bad asssss". However, after attending last nights show, I've found the team I'm rooting for........SUPERCREW! The BBoys hailing from Las Vegas!

I remember seeing some of the members from Supercrew take part of Battle of the Year in Germany with the knuckleheads in Planet BBoy. These guys are introducing the world to the range and technicality of what BBoying is. REP THAT SHIT!!!

The sound stage that the filming took place on was something else. They had such a sick lighting set up and elaborate truss rigging. Everything from Intelligent Lighting, to Plasma Tubes added to the visual awesomeness.

IM-King 2008 Summer Collection

Pure Hotness!

*images from Hypebeast

Nitro Microphone Underground AF1

"Nitro Microphone Underground got together with Nike once again to work on an Air Force 1. This time they used a digital camo pattern on the upper and the turnout is definitely nice. The colors are a trademark by the brand, as they have used it both in their previous collections and on other collaboration items such as the Burton one a couple of years ago. Via Crooked Tongues. "

HARD summer music festival

N*E*R*D has come back into the music spotlight in a major way recently by playing on the mammoth, Glow in the Dark Tour, and with the release of their latest album, 'Seeing Sounds.' They will be returning to the beautiful California sun by headlining the Hard Summer Music Festival on July 19th at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. The show will be headlined by N*E*R*D and will have a strong supporting cast featuring: MSTRKRFT, Spank Rock, Kid Sister, A-Trak, Steve Aoki and many more. Tickets are available at fine retailers all over Southern California including all 3 BLENDS locations, BTNC, and many other ticket outlets.

It's Official..."Finally, the first phone to beat the iPhone... Introducing the NEW iPhone 3G."

It's Finally Here...

"How does the iPhone 3G tackle these things? Let's take a look at 3G. Why do you want 3G? Faster data downloads, right? There's nowhere that you want it more than the browser and downloading email. First, the browser..."

"Improved audio, it's really, really great... and it feels even better in your hand, if you can believe it.""Flush headphone jack."

"Solid metal buttons, the same gorgeous 3.5-inch display, camera"

"We've learned so much with the first iPhone. We've taken everything we've learned and more and created the iPhone 3G. It's beautiful. This is what it looks like. "Black back! "Thinner at the edges. Full plastic back, it's really nice."

We took two other 3G phones -- the iPhone 3G is 36% faster than the nokia N95 and Treo 750 -- and look at the result you get, by the way! Full page on the iPhone, and quite a bit less on the other phones."

So great performance, great battery life. Now, one other thing that benefits from fast data is GPS -- we've built that into GPS."

"The number one reason people didn't buy iPhones is because they just can't afford it (56%). So as we arrives iPhone's 1st bday -- we're going to take it to the next level."

"iPhone started off at $599 for an 8GB device, which now sells for $399 -- we want to make it even more affordable. I'm happy to tell you the 8GB model will sell for $199."

We think the iPhone 3G will be affordable to almost everyone. 16GB model for $299 -- for that model we have a white one

AND THE RELEASE DATE....

iphone 2 release...

The iPhone 2 will be released in a little over 2 hours. Can't wait. Will post with updates once avail.

Stay Tuned...

CCTV Building x Nike Projection

"In order to celebrate and promote the upcoming 2008 Olympic in Beijing, Nike stepped up to the plate big time, literally, by projecting images of some of China's greatest athletes onto the sides of the new CCTV government building in Beijing. Designed by Dutch architect, Rem Koolhaas, the building represents China's rapid progress and its bright future. Nike chose the perfect medium for this campaign as it showcases China's athleticism with a very symbolic backdrop."

I can't wait to see this building this summer!

United Arrows x G-Shock 25th Anniversary

Casio has been consistently releasing G-Shock collaborations for their 25th Anniversary throughout this year. Their latest project is with Japanese lifestyle brand United Arrows on the G-Shock AWG-525UAJ-7AJR model. A white skeleton case and orange accents will be used on the G-Shock featuring the United Arrows name on the face, and the United Arrows logo on the back. This watch will be available for pre-sale order at United Arrows on June 9 (Monday) 12:00 - June 20 (Friday) 12:00.

New Mixtape

Since I first saw the itunes commercial for Viva La Vida by Coldplay, I've been dying to hear a remix of it. Having given it a few weeks, I still haven't found any remixes, so I was messing around with some beats and mixed this on the fly. Trying to find a beat for the song led to mixing in other tracks that have been running on repeat in my head. Enjoy



dj innovate - it's almost time mix

*APOLOGIES FOR THE BAD LINK* It's now fixed.

Diesel 'Liquid Space' Holographic Fashion Show

"Fashion show of SS'08 Preview Collection at Pitti Uomo. Journey through time and liquid space to a futuristic world of bioluminescence, giant mechanic cephalopods, futuristic aquanauts and mysterious galactic polips. Witness the first catwalk show with real models showing with holographic models. "



This is the future of the runway. First Fendi on the Great Wall bringing the walk experience outside of the "typical" runway, now diesel's use of holograms. Who's next...

Catbus for sale

Brian if you're reading this, this is posted just in time for your BDAY!!!!


found via craigslist:


"I HAVE A 1995 MO' VAN THAT GOT TRANSFORMED INTO THIS CATBUS. I BROUGHT IT TO A SHOPS AND I WAS LIKE HEY, CAN YOU TURN THIS INTO A CATBUS? SO THEY DID. THEN THAT DAY I DROVE IT HOME. THE CAT BUS ONLY HAS 50K, WHICH ARE ALL HIGHWAY MILES AS I DROVE IT TO WORK 2 DAYS A WEEK AND THAT WAS IT. IT'S IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AND ALL THE FUR IS STILL ALL THERE. THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A CAT ON IT. IM ONLY ASKING 2900 FOR THE CATBUS BECAUSE ITS REALLY FURRY AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET SICK ON IT. "





This is the new age Man Van.