“Work It Out” by RJD2 and directed by Joey Garfield
I fell in love with this fabulous video called “Work It Out” by artist RJD2 and directed by Joey Garfield. It is an interesting take on Live Urban Performance acts. Artist Bill Shannon, born with a congenital hip defect developed a way to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.
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Home Theater in Montauk New York by Pentagram Architects
Pentagram Architects partner James Biber has designed this home theater in Montauk New York, taking inspiration from Radio City Music Hall and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The home theater, which takes up 350 square feet in a 1,500-square-foot basement, had to have soundproofing and dimmable lights, and the client wanted seating on the floor.
The theater has a series of round arches, which house 600 five-watt dimmer-controlled light bulbs that provide a soft ambient light for when you need to find that elusive remote control. And as in the Music Hall, the lights are positioned to glow away from the viewers – because we all hate to have lights in our eyes when watching the big screen.
Old School MP3 player
This gadget looks like a normal cassette tape on the outside but is actually an mp3 player. You can either use it as a uniquely old school shaped MP3 Player, or with any car cassette or cassette player to play MP3 Music. Still, this is one fun-looking gadget that combines retro style with modern technology.
The Concerto Table
The Concerto Table, designed by Nicholas Lovegrove and Demian Repucci, is not just a trendy piano-shaped dining table. The docking slot for your iPod will tranform the table into a dining surface and dinner party background music at once. Also, the shallow keyboard drawer along the front side opens to reveal your cutlery sets.
Audio Stick 70mb By Alice Wang
How will artists release their new albums? Since the arrival of digital music, we found many ways to exchange and stock our music. Alice Wang thought about what the consumers may need, and her audio sticks could be the packing and presentation of what we will buy in a few years. Each stick has the capacity of 70mb, the equivalent of 15 tracks. The audio system’s front panel acts as a stick rack while the top bit is an audio stick plug and play device. The tracks and the volume can be controlled by a slider located on the side.
Pepsi Music Posters
Pepsi deployed a new advertising technique in Toronto and Vancouver subways. When your plug your headphones in these posters, they play music. A nice way to promote their beverage, but I still prefer my Coke.
Mark DeNardo
Mark Denardo is an awesome musician who incorporates electronic sequences from both his Gameboy and PSP into soulful original folk songs. I’m pretty convinced rock’n'roll bands like ‘The Strokes’ are influenced by these wonderful lo-fi artists who blend regular instruments with electronic sounds.
Stuttgart Music School
It’ s a twinkle of colors bound to receive all the instruments. Michael Wilford brought his pure vision of the world in this huge school.
The Strokes – First Impressions Of Earth
We’re big fans of The Strokes at Cubeme so we were very excited to get our hands on The Strokes’ third album, First Impressions of Earth. All I can say is that it lives up to expectations. This album shows maturity, diversity, and you can actually hear Julian Casablancas’ voice. I was impressed by the deepness of “Ize Of The World” and the infectious pop anthem “You Only Live Once”. It’s probably one of the rock best albums of 2006.
Sky Gnome Media Streamer
Gnome offers 80 digital radio stations, audio-led TV like Soccer AM, CNN and MTV, and recorded content stored on your Sky+ box. Is a funky way to listen your favourite digital satellite TV and radio around the home.
Blo-Bot Inflatable R/C Robot
He spins, he walks, he even talks and he carries things for you. The Blo-Bot is an extremely cute and chirpy little chap that you will say anything you like. All you have to do is speak into the microphone on his control unit and he’ll repeat whatever you say. You may prefer the company of a parrot though. It’s all about taste.
The Strokes “Juicebox” – Censored Director’s Cut
The director of The Strokes video for "Juicebox" says the promo currently being aired on MTV is a severly censored version. On his official site, director Michael Palmieri wrote:
"What MTV eventually forced me to take out caused the video’s narrative to fall apart. It got so bad in fact that I took my name off the video. The censorship on this video has so many levels it’s staggering… it began before we even started filming it, fuelled by a statement made by Julian Casablancas in all good humour about the possibility of ‘full frontal nudity’ being in their next video and that ‘MTV will never air it’. That comment created a buzz storm on the internet and started the narrowing-down process of what the video was going to be allowed to be in everyone’s heads."
You can see the censored director’s cut of "Juicebox" on Michael Palmieri’s website.
