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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Church fave: GQ Paris launches - hilarious!!!



From the dope boyz & girlz at DDB Paris, the Church is loving "The Ideal Man" so much our t-shirt hurts!! Amazing......

Freshness from Nathan Larson and lernert.....dope......



The song is "Aviva Pastoral" by Nathan Larson, video by lernert. Sick, sick sh#t homeboy.....get your mind right......

History of War through Food - genius!!



From Stefan Nadelman and the dope boyz at Boing Boing TV!! Lovin it!!

Double Flip Dunk Gone Wrong!! Must see!!



Better res version here......awesome.....

"Lifestraw" could change the world....no b#llsh#t!!


With over 1 billion people unable to access safe drinking water across the globe, a person has to wonder, what's next? Well, new product Lifestraw has an answer. Invented by Mikkel Vestergaard Fradsen, Lifestraw is a portable water purification tool that can be worn around the neck. It can filter up to 700 liters of water, effectively removing most of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases. At $2 a pop (individually), this could be the biggest idea of 2008. Maybe ever....nice work Lifestraw.

Amanda Overmyer - Next American Hair Idol!!!

File this look under so bad, its almost good......loving it!!

Bush wants retroactive protection for wiretapping...


Didn't see this one coming a mile away......add to the laundry list of indictable charges this admin keeps racking up (which is genius in some perverse way), President Bush strongly urged the House (by furling his forehead and banging his fist on a podium) to pass a bill that would RETROACTIVELY protect and telecom firms complicit in aiding government eavesdropping.

Sounds like more new fun coming from the administration that keeps the hits coming.....if only we could retroactive protection for all the drunk dialing we do, huh?

Anyway, check the story from BBC here.......

Wii-mote Curtains!!! Sick......

Viki Secret - too sexy?!? Couldn't agree more!!


Would have thought this was a joke if it wasn't in such a reputable paper (WSJ), but apparently chief exec of Victoria Secret's Sharen Turney believes the brand has gotten "too sexy." She went on to add, "We gotten so much off our heritage. We use the word 'sexy' a lot and have gotten off 'ultra-feminine.'"

So does this mean we can expect long frocks and grandma coats to make a comeback? I'm sure that will go over HUGE during the next Viki Secret's Holiday show......

I know, I know, let's make a 2nd Internet.....

That won't be rife with porn, hackers, cybercriminals and social networking opportunities!! Former FBI Agent and Chief Information Security Officer for Janney Montgomery Scott, Patrick J. Dempsey, writes "The unfortunate and ugly truth is that the Web is providing a brand new 'world' where international cyber criminals can thrive, and the world's numerous criminal justice systems just aren't ready to address these crimes in their entirety."

His solution - create a second, more secure Internet! Wow, big idea Demps, wasn't that the intent of the original Internet. Oh, oh, I know, let's make a dedicated Internet police force to.....oh wait......f#ck......anway, check it......

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Taser Parties? And you thought Cougars were hot.....


Nothing does it for us more than the idea of a bunch of Desperate housewives replacing Tupperware and lingerie parties for TASER PARTIES!!  Forget Avon and Viki Secret's, we're talking top of the line personal security equipment, with a feminine touch.  While sipping pink lemonade, the lovely ladies peruse the stock of custom tasers that cater to a softer side of style, including reds, pinks and leopard print.  Dana Shafman, inventor of the Taser party concept, says she never leaves home without one, and encourages the ladies to "go for the jugular."  


One estimate states that nearly 200 people have been killed by Taser in the past five years, as recently as October in the Vancouver airport.  Wonder how much we can make those numbers jump with this innovation, huh?   Love it.......  


Taser "fun," go about half way in the second video, the third one is so money it hurts!!  All I have to say is, Trish is the toughest dude I know!!




The Call Me Panty - wow.......

I guess I could say something witty and ironic about this new product, but what's the point.  Just watch the videos.....






Yeah, and its real!!   Who said Valentine's Day comes once a year??   Check it here......

The Celestial Watch.....sick.....


Citizen recently released the Astrodea collection, a celestial watch face which has a 35 degree view of space from the Northern Hemisphere.  The watch rotates in real time and features 1,109 stars and 1169 cluster galaxies!!  It also includes other measurements like equinox indications, constellation markers, locations of the sun, solar position, sunrise and sunset time times and the daily duration of sunshine.  Faces come in blue and gold and can be had for $585 at the Japan Trend Shop.  

We are definitely BIG fans of the LED watches over at TokyoFlash, but this is nice step for Citizen.  Keep it coming.....

Gummy Bear screeches for dear life!!!

Gummy Bears + Molten Potassium Chlorate = 20 seconds of pure bliss......


PS3 nirvana on the horizon?

Two BIG PS3 notes this week: 

Darren Waters of BBC News nearly makes the Church collectively soil themselves with his blog post on Sony's GDC dog-and-pony act which included the following: 
 

So what else was I shown? Well, I was shown a trailer for a game not due out till 2009 but was sworn to absolute secrecy. Apparently, Sony just wanted to give a glimpse of what the console will be capable of.


In fact, the game is such a secret that when I mentioned the game to Phil Harrison last week he was unsure at first whether even to admit the title existed. When I explained I had been shown it under strict Non Disclosure Agreement terms he looked relieved.


I don't mean to be a tease - all I can say is that I was left speechless. If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion.


Yeah, we're excited.....check the entire blog post here.   


Other news - Sony Europe released PlayTV PVR for PS3, a personal video recorder add-on for the PS#.  Unfortunately, its only available in European/PAL territories, but we are holding our collective breathe for the U.S. launch.  PlayTV will have the ability to store shows on your PS#, watch via remote play on the PSP, as well as auto-choosing between HD and SD depending on your hook-up.  Sick......

The Church's Oscar coverage.....

Since we are primarily a non-profit entity, we had to really scale down our Oscar coverage this year, so we choose with care.  Here's Church of Cool correspondent Courtney Love blogging about her experience: 


swank looked great, i bet that was Versace, she looke dgirly for the fiorst time in forever- im sad for PTA i love teh Coens but PTA well tehy shouldve let him release all 6 hours of There Will Be Blood cos thats what i bet there is of it, Kidman as anyone knows and me are not bffs by any stretch, and i though te edgy thing was cool but for some reason not onher- and her forehead is way too shiny it flips me out- iwas REALLY isnpired Diablo Cody won - that was fucking AWESOME in fact i think i just may have peed all over her My Space- i was supposed to be at Eltons Party at i think noon or something and if we dont hiurry it will suck- i really dont want to get there ina crush of shit and stuff- wait my pr is outside im calling her hold on- okay i hope the disaster has been averted but m,y expirience with that party is that i do NOT want to see Paris dancing ona table i really really DONT and i dont want to stuff a stale slamon canape in my mouth and i really need to get laid so i m off to do so. i love dthat tattoo on her ( Dibalo) and her cute thigh and the wietzman shoes were actually pretty unnatractuve really,. neat, i like the minnesota thing too, i wont be getting a bl;ack bob although i think abou tit contstantly , but it was inspiring rarely does anyone win when theyre an "outisder" particul;alrly chicks who talk about sex working- desp[ite the fact that EVERYONE i know in this town who wasnt upper middle class or didnt come from a hollywood family DID IT and even then i know of some exceptions. so i was really proud a little Nirvana moment if you will. "we won" my friend Daphne Guiness is here and i cant wait to see her. okay signiong off ,. im moving bu June really why? cos between a blood red Fortuny and a pink Fortuny id get all sorts of crazy shit by people who dont even know whata Fortuny is ! borrrring, ill be back but for now im so over L:A



And the SNL crew giving us there take: 



Bamboo lights.....sick......

This pure genius was created by Sevcan Yardim, a recent graduate of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.  She developed the "Bamboo Light" in conjunction with companies Arlight and Artful as a sustainable lighting concept.  Yardim stressed the importance of resource efficiency and powers this low-impact material with LED lighting for low energy use.  Amazing.....

Windmill turbine explodes!! Nuff said....

Scarlett Jo does an album; David Bowie sketches everyone out!!


Ok, one thing you knew, the other maybe not:  


David Bowie is sketchy with the birds. 

Scarlett Johansson is doing a cover album of Tom Waits songs (WTF??).  

Here's Bowie on his involvement with the album, and his feelings on Scarlett Jo's "singing" - "These songs are great, really good Tom Waits stuff, and Scarlett's performances are mystical and twice cool.  She creates a mood that could have been summoned by someone like Margery Latimer or Jeanette Winterson."  

Not getting it huh?  Click on the Jeanette and Margery to get the reference - so sexy.....

New Nokia "Morph" bends like gymnast!! 

Ok craziness here.  Nokia is unveiling a new nanotech concept phone during the MoMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition called "The Morph."  Created by Nokia and the University of Cambridge, the phone is made of flexible materials that let you bend and stretch this baby to your heart's content.  It also has a self-cleaning surface which eliminates all the nasty crud and fingerprints you'll put on this OCD's wet dream!  Check the video below:  



Jay-Z, Bruce Ratner, the Brooklyn Nets & slavery???

  




















In our latest WTF segment, Jay-Z, Bruce Ratner (billionaires behind the Nets move to Brooklyn) and Barclay's (who owns the naming rights to the new arena they are building in the Atlantic Shipyards) are being sued for $5 BILLION by Brooklyn activist Clive Campbell (not to be confused with the D.J. Kool Herc, although I'm sure he could use the scratch).  

Campbell has filed a "claim of lien" in property records that seeks the money for slavery reparations.  The thinking here is since Barclay's is accused of having links with the slave trade, Campbell can get paid.  Campbell says, "Mr. Ratner and Jay-Z worked in concert with Barclay's," and have "profited from the African Slave trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth."  

Uh, I'm a little shaky on the facts, and even the relationship to the Nets move to Brooklyn, but in the immortal words of Hova, "I see you B!"   

F#ck Ben Affleck - literally.....


We do sincerely appreciate celebrity beef, especially when they take shots in the public sphere, but this whole Jimmy Kimmel, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck lovefest is going to new proportions, love it or hate it.....check it.

Wii getting high-powered with 3.2 update?

From the kids over at Kotaku, Wii is offering an update that improves performance of your favorite play box.  The official Nintendo site says, "this update does not affect any prominently-used features or menus; however it does provide some behind the scenes updates that will improve system performance."  


How about a DVD player update snitches?  

Be good to your green....with Twitter.....

Some genius with way too much time on their hands figured out how to use the most annoying widget on the planet (Twitter - don't worry we love you!) for things other than letting us know what sandwich your eating or how badly your latest toilet adventure is going.  


Now website "botanicalls" has rigged Twitter to remind you to water your plants!!  Hoo-ray!!  With that, a closet, plant lights, a Jiffy pot and primo seeds you are well on your way to nirvana.