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Monday, July 21, 2008
Love it when the Indy Car Girls Fight
Danica vs. Milka, can't wait for round 2. And we thought we could never get into racing!!
MGMT - "Electric Feel" Video
Trippy electro-synth-funk group MGMT out of Brooklyn.......not even sure why, but The Church likes very very much......
Check the hi-res version (worth it!!) @ http://court13.com/electricfeel.mov
Friday, July 18, 2008
Jokerize Yourself with new iPhone App
Another great marketing ploy for Dark Knight!! Easy, take a pic, then add Joker elements. Works for iPhone and iPod touch (saved pic), but no deleting of Joker elements, so get it right the first time or start over. Small price to pay, the Church likes very, very much.......
Get it here: iTunes Store
Source: Gizmodo
Watch What You Watchin' - Viacom v. YouTube Redux
In the wake of Viacom's $1 BILLION copyright infringement lawsuit settlement, YouTube has been ordered to turn over 12 TERABYTES of database information of every video ever watched on the site, complete with user IDs and IP addresses. In the wake of massive protest and fear, Google/YouTube reached an agreement to "mask" the user data, hoping to alleviate some concerns over this Big Brother type of intrusion into users private search and viewing history.
"Viacom and the other litigants have backed off their demand for
YouTube user viewing histories," Google said in a statement. "We have
reached agreement to anonymize the data."
However, Slashdot reports that there is no such thing as an "anonymized dataset," meaning that there is no real way to "mask" or protect an individuals privacy rights once a database of this nature is turned over. While it may protect some users, it's still likely to reveal some users and what they surfed. Given all of this, it's still quite unclear why Viacom needs this data in the first place. The legal question is whether Google infringed on copyright. Why should Google's log files be necessary to determine that?
Watch what your watchin' people, its a brave new world out there.......
?uesto Gets a Nike Shoe
Nike 1World teams up with ?uestlove of the Roots for signature Air Force 1's called "?uestos." Release coming in August 2008.
Source: kixandthecity
Terry Richardson Featured in Latest Vice Magazine
One of the rawest photographers of our time, Terry Richardson, is featured in the latest issue of Vice Magazine. If you into shock and awe, then this is for you! (Alot of these are NSFW, so read at your own risk!)
More @:
terryrichardson.com
viceland.com
Latest Coolrain Hot isht for Nike "Be True" Art Gallery
Everything custom, everything dope.....Coolrain does it again with these exclusive toys for a Nike campaign that ran in Korea. 50 in all, each in different outfits and handmade sneakers. Two are available for pre-order for an easy $700 USD each. Contact theakira@naver.com for details.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
BMW 7 Series Launch with Humongous Hourglass!!
BMW, a brand that always finds a way to stay relevant by reinventing the dramatic, is launching their new 7 series in Europe with a nearly 40-foot tall hourglass filled with 180,000(!!) silver balls, which as the countdown went, revealed the new 7. Wow!! The installation was a main feature of Never Stand Still, a promotion and web tie-in for the 7 launch. 
Kanye West in new Absolut campaign
Music by N.E.R.D., Kanye West and a hilarious twist? A must see (and completely unexpected) campaign from Absolut called "Absolut World." Check it:
Bathing Ape (B.A.P.E.) Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary with Picture Book
Yes, they have been around 15 years, and if you just jumped on the wagon with Pharell and Lil' Wayne, you been missing out! So catch up on the 15 you missed with this dope picture book chronicling the history and evolution of one of Japan's most exclusive and loved/hated designers ever!! 368 pages of dopeness, out in November.
Haters! This from Rueters.....I can't make this isht up......
ATHENS (Reuters) - Nine British women were facing prostitution charges after being arrested at the weekend for taking part in an oral sex competition in the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos, police said on Monday.Six British and six Greek men, including two bar owners, were also charged in the incident, which took place at Laganas beach in the south of the Ionian island, which lies off the west coast of mainland Greece, police said.
The women, who came to the popular resort on holiday, had been paid to take part in the competition, which was video recorded and was to be posted on the Internet, police said.
The men were charged with encouraging obscene behavior.
In recent years, Laganas has established itself as one of Greece's most popular destinations for twenty-something holidaymakers and is known for its wild party scene.
Around 15 million people -- a fifth of them British -- visit the eastern Mediterranean country each year, drawn by its soaring summer temperatures, azure waters and sandy beaches.
Checking on flights to Greece as we speak......
Source: Rueters
PS3 Video Rentals Go Live TONITE!!!
Well about time, can't wait to see what they have!! Kotaku is reporting that Sony has partnerships with Warner, Fox, Lion's Gate, Disney, MGM and "others," which means the offerings should be substantial. Sony spokepeople also said TV and movie categories would be separate, with price points to vary based on purchase, HD and regular rental. You will also be able to transfer movies to your PSP via USB cable.
Hooray for PS3, way to break into the new century with your online offerings!!
Read more at Kotaku.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Troop makes a Comeback, aka Where the keepin' it real redux happens....
Thank you......NELLY??!?......for bringing back the New York classic isht. One of the first truly hip-hop brands, b-boys, nefs, and dealers all rocked Troop at one point or another, made popular by none other than Ladies Love Cool J.
But when a rumor got on the hood wire that TROOP stood for "To Rule Over Oppressed People," and was owned by the KKK, TROOP (whose volume was 95% African American and Latino) lost its street cred and was banished from the sneaker lexicon. Through a licensing deal, Nelly aims to bring TROOP back into the collective consciousness.....or Nelly is f#ckin us again, who knows? Love live TROOP!
Source: Sneaker Freaker
Herbert Baglione adidas ~ Originals Artist Line
Art house Upper Playground launches with a bang! Brazilian artist Herbert Baglione kicks off UP's Original adidas Originals artist campaign which drops at 6pm EST, July 17th at Upper Playground. Get it while its hot....
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Shaq Ethers Kobe in Nightclub Freestyle!! Crazy!!
Must be the summer heat got everyone beefin'!! Oh well, good entertainment, Shaq is illllllliinnnnn!! Ahahahahahahahahaha!!!
[Link: TMZ.com]
Ice-T vs. Soulja Boi Redux - The Cartoon (video)!!
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!! No coming back now Soulja, u got the OG, watch ya head young gun!! Man, that "Crank that Ice-T" breakdancin' funny as sh#t though!!
Monday, June 23, 2008
WTF? Ice-T vs. Soulja Boi?? Yeah, I'm interested.....
And Ice-T's response....
Gotta say, that Soulja Boi kid is pretty funny.....
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Church of Cool Muxtape debuts!!! Get it now!!!
In the time honored tradition of getting something for nothing, The Church is launching its "muxtape" project - hosted by dopeboy music sharing site Muxtape.com. Go to: churchofcool.muxtape.com and listen to your heart's content.
Right now, The Church muxtape features all new music from:
Nas
Lil' Wayne
Ice Cube
Ghostface Killa
N.E.R.D.
Gnarls Barkely
Jadakiss
Outkast
The Roots
and many more.......all you do is click and the tape starts. Bringing the mixtape back suckas!!
I'll try to update these with the new hot buttas that The Church is knocking every week or so......enjoy!!
Buy "Rock of Love 2" groupie on EBay!! Woohoo!!
Another sad day in the reality or Rock & Roll, Frenchy from "Rock of Love 2" is prostituting her company on EBay......how sad.... $2500 for a night? Kinda expensive, no? I mean, what would she fetch on the open market without "Rock of Love?" Just wondering out loud here.......
UPDATE: Had the link up, and when I went to check it, it was gone. Maybe Frenchy all the bids, or maybe someone bought her out already.......anyway........enjoy the limited edition pic!!
Two-face baby says "better to smile at you with......"
An infant Indian girl born with two pairs of eyes, two noses and two lips (but only one pair of ears) is being venerated as a godsend in her village. The baby's 19-year-old mom says that she has "accepted the way she is and so will the rest of the world. Why should [I regret], after all God formed her features and it is he who decided how she should be."
Vinod and Sushma Kumar said that when their daughter was born (4 weeks ago outside of Delhi), hospital staff told the family that everything was normal. "So where's the need to get medical help? She's feeds through one mouth and sucks her thumb with the other. She's just a baby."
The family, who are poor and largely illiterate, do not believe modern science can help their child and are already building a small temple to the girl in the village.
I can't even make stuff up this good......check the whole story here......
Sex and Financial Risk Mingle in the Male Mind!! No kidding......
Thank you Camelia Kuhnen, a Northwestern University finance professor, who with a Stanford University psychologist finally have helped us figure out what goes through the mind of a Donald Trump when he's thinking of whether or not to invest in that new billion dollar hi-rise project in Red Hook - yes, just like you, its sex.
The study, which appears in this issue of NueroReport, showed that when young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such as a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler.
Even better? The racy pics lit up the same part of the brain that lights up when financial risks are taken. Amazing.....check Wired here for the story....
Bob Dylan & Junot Diaz win Pulitzers!! Wow.....
Didn't see this one coming! Bob Dylan and Dominican born writer Junot Diaz were both awarded Pulitzer prizes today - Junot in Fiction, Bob an honorary winner for his "profound influence on American music and culture." Absolutely amazing, check the story on the Huffington Post here. Congrats to Bob and Junot!!
Hug it out......New Zealand style......
Ad for a New Zealand insulation company named Pink Blatts (we think?) by DDB Auckland......we love pink furry hugs......well we used too anyway......enjoy!!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Cheers to Jean Nouvel on the Pritzker Prize!!
The most amazing architect of our time, Jean Nouvel, was awarded the Prtizker Prize, the world's most prestigious architecture award. His work is legendary, most recently his design for "The Tower" at 53rd Street in Manhattan, and his use of unconventional details such as plants and LED lights are not only progressive, but beautiful. The good folks at Gizmodo were kind enough to give us a gallery tribute here. Congrats Jean Nouvel!!!
"Hardest part about being me? Mustache....." - classic.....
Ahh, who says reality Judge shows don't add cultural value to the world? If not, how would "mustache" ever enter into my everyday vernacular.....good look CRey (VIP source)......
Sketchy Lil' Wayne condom Ad......
Rife with subliminal messages, or a viewer's predispositions? In any case, this ad screams for a funny caption - thoughts anyone? Holla......
Friday, March 14, 2008
ShyChild "Drop the Phone" - the new Church addiction, dope.....
Lovin these guys right now!! ShyChild is gonna be huge!! Check for them.....
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