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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!!!

Organic chicken race......yeah we're confused too.....



This is an ad for a seal to certify Germany’s organic farm produce. "I'm Walking" features six animated chickens in a fairly brutal high-hurdle showdown. Written and produced by Bodo von Braunmuehl and animated by Soulcage Department Studio, I'm still not sure I got it, but the take on Chicken Little animation was pretty niiiiiccceeee.......click on the video to see it on revver.com.......

"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.....

How a 6-7, 330lb Black Guy gets pumped!!



Question is, would you hit this guy?

NBA Wedding Proposal Gone Horribly Wrong



Poor guy......

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Happy St. Patty's Day!! Some Irish love from the folks at Asylum!!


The folks over at Asylum bless us with "The Sweetest Pieces of Irish Lass" - take a look, and vote early and often. 40 of the hottest Irish descended ladies out - Thanks and blessings Asylum!!


(Above in order: Rose McGowen, Samantha Mumba, Heather Graham, more at Asylum!!)

Will Ferell, Jay-z and the ROC!! Must-see TV!!



Robert Goulet does a rap and roll record with Jay-Z and the ROC!! Classic material, don't sleep!! Thanks for bringing this one back JibJab.....

Since Robet Downey Jr. opened up the whole "let's push the racial stereotype" issue....



Sent in by Mita from ATX......yeah, for sure questionable, but isn't all genius? Mz. Peaches and the Fried Chicken song.....nuff said, you be the judge.....

WTF is Robert Downey Jr. up to now?? "Tropic Thunder" pics hit the net....


We're reserving judgement just because Robert Downey Jr. is one of The Church's favorite actors of all-time, but damn Rob......so that's him in the spotlight above. This is from a new Bent Stiller movie coming out called "Tropic Thunder" and Rob plays "Kirk Lazurus, a very serious Oscar winning actor cast in the most expensive Vietnam war film ever. Problem is, Lazurus's character, Sgt. Osiris, was originally written as black. So Lazurus decides to dye his skin and play Osiris, um, authentically." Man Rob, your going out on a limb with this one, hope its funny, cuz if not, they'll be hell to pay.......but what's that when you've beaten a drug addiction 12 times!! Check for more info at Rotten Tomatoes......

Classic skatebaording video (circa 1986).....sick!!



Mike Vallely gives us the vintage hot isht from 1986 (WTF!!) on "Along The Eastern Edge." What more can you say that Mike doesn't with the board....dope.....for more check our guys at Shred or Die!!

Madlib is BACK!! Check the video for "Slim's Return"......

George Bush can handle that CRACK!! Classic clip!!



G-Dubs Sr. shows how to handle that weight SON!! Classic Bush rant with real CRACK in hand - a must see!!

Highschool kid pulls off FULL COURT alley-oop off the bounce - in a REAL game!! Sick!!



What can you say, other than "Prom King?" This is truly one of the sickest in-game basketball highlights I've ever seen, a MUST SEE!! Nice work kid....

Bad PR week for our soldiers.....sent by a reader....



Well at least this one could be argued to be in the tradition of "good, wholesome American fun." Here we have some of your nation's finest making Iraqi children chase their Humvee for blocks in the hopes of landing the bottle of water they are teasing them with. I must admit, the level of callous over there has me really wondering what will happen when these meatheads come home.....ah well, enjoy.....I suppose.....

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Our nation's finest?? Throwing puppies, running over cars and more fun from the military....

First off, we know this isn't every soldier's war, and I get the whole stress of war taking a toll, and I know there is a strong correlation between violence towards animals and humans, we get all that......and this still makes us sick to our stomach. C'mon, we're not better than this......and trust me, if you've seen the comments floating around the Internet, these chumps got off light from the Church. Damn.......










Bum gives Krib Style tour in Vegas....wow....



Kinda of sad and brilliant at the same time......hate these bum fight guys but the Crates concept has legs. Check for yourself......

Kimbo Slice official fan club members over here....



We got other work for my main man Kimbo when he's done this whole Elite Fighting thing.......you see the knockout?!? Sheez.....more Kimbo Slice love here......

Biggest squid you've ever seen in your life!!

Get your Bollywood on!! Posters on demand.....



Few things are beating Bollywood these days, and now you can have all this magic in your home, on-demand!! Get your vintage, modern or even oil-painted Bollywood on at thehotspotonline.com - and mark our words, you'll be stuck in the gallery for hours!! Here's to Bollywood!!

If only Toyota was this cool.....

Check these spoof ads for Toyota Prius, taking the whole "do-gooder" ethos to the next level.....the tagline: "Well, at least he drives a Prius." Love these, who else could pull off a mob hit, prostitution and the gardener doing your wife with such class.....



Amazing Mac in Victorian design....sick.....

Man this guy David Veloz REALLY loves his wife!! Not even sure how he got this done, but the detail is AMAZING!!

Granite base for the monitor, leather on the keyboard and sweet Victorian case for the lucky miss' MAC Mini....where can I find a man like that!! Check the full gallery at steampunkworkshop.com, the inspiration for this and many more experiments in new age Victorian design.....nice work buddy....

Like accents, love Ami Walker....



Slow week, but this Walker lady is pretty impressive.....

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!!