April has been a busy month for the artist known as DILLON, and he likes it that way. The American-born artist living in Italy has recently finished a new batch of work, done with some provocative concepts over some eye catching patterns (using aerosol over stencils and acrylic on canvas of course). He has also been showcasing his art at various shops and cafes around Italy, as well as embarking on a book signing tour. [read more…]
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The people over at New Balance have come out with the latest style of their famous 577 shoe for New Balance’s Spring 2009 collection. It wasn’t available in the US until now. I feel like nearly everyone has owned a pair of 577′s at some point in their lives. I used to rock these bad boys for a short stint in my high school career. When it was imagined by the New Balance UK team in 1988, the 577 was originally launched as a performance running shoe for “heavy” runners. But that quickly changed. The 577 is updated this season in three leather colorways: white/black, black/white and grey/white/black. [read more…]
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Indie art, fashion, music, graffiti, and design magazine Beautiful/Decay is undergoing a complete overhaul. Starting with their July 2009 issue, Beautiful/Decay will have a number of new and innovative changes. I like to think of it as Beautiful/Decay 2.0. The magazine was started over 10 years ago as a hand-copied, black and white ‘zine. Since that time, it has quickly blossomed into one of the most well-known magazines in the industry. Today though, the state of the economy is wreaking havoc on many companies and businesses. Beautiful/Decay is no exception to that fact. But, instead of laying off workers, watering down content, or even going out of business, Beautiful/Decay has decided to be proactive about the situation and implement unique changes. They are even doing their part to be more environmentally friendly. [read more…]
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Maxwell Drummey and D.A. Wallach, better known together as Chester French, are two of the most promising names in music today. The boys of Chester French actually first met while studying at Harvard back in 2003. It was during their 4 years at Harvard that they learned how to sound engineer and record music. During their senior year, they went on to send their finished demo CD to a few famous producers like Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, & Jermaine Dupri. Pharrell eventually signed them to his label, Star Trak. Today, you can see them touring with Matisyahu, Common, N.E.R.D., or Lady GaGa. You might also catch them performing their hit single “She Loves Everybody” on an MTV spot. They are on the verge of making it huge. [read more…]
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Here’s a fresh stencil graffiti piece by ABOVE. It features none other than a greedy AIG executive doing what he does best — cheating & stealing. This is one of my personal favorites — I love the triumphant expression on his chubby face. Be sure to watch the video below. Have a great Easter Sunday everyone! [read more…]
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Kele Okereke of Bloc Party Wishes Us a Happy Birthday
I can’t believe it, but 1 year ago today, Jetcomx as we know it was born. Back then, the site was more plain than vanilla ice-cream…in a cup. We were lucky to get 70 unique visitors in a week. We’ve definitely come a long way since that first post of ours. In the time since then, we’ve been featured on Digg’s front page a few times, migrated to 3 different servers, gave away some free gear, interviewed up and coming artists, picked up some new writers, and much, much more. Who knows what the next 365 days will bring?
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of months or inside a deprivation chamber in prepartation for a mission to Mars, you’re well aware that the state of the world economy has turned to complete shit. One of the nations that is feeling the burn much worse than we are is Zimbabwe. The African nation is currently undergoing what is known as hyperinflation, which basically means that prices are rapidly increasing as the value of the currency is rapidly decreasing. Six months ago, the inflation rate was calculated to be at a staggering 516 quintillion percent or 516,000,000,000,000,000,000%. Zimbabwe’s currency has since been pronounced dead.
Earlier this week, the newspaper known as The Zimbabwean created one of the most unique and eye-catching guerrilla ad campaigns. In order to spread the word about the current dire conditions in Zimbabwe, they created posters, flyers, billboards, and murals made from Zimbabwean notes. They chose to display their works in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. [read more…]
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The certainty of death and taxes accepts a new recruit this week: the certainty of a college freshman breaking up with her long-distance boyfriend.
I should have seen it coming. So goes the refrain of the dumped, in this case my 21 year-old self living in a basement apartment in Buffalo, NY. We met at summer camp—of course—and she was 18 and loping through her final summer before leaving town for the ivy-shrouded confines of Cornell.
What was I doing that fall? Working at a boxing gym and finishing college part-time at University of Buffalo. I played it light and breezy that summer, knowing I had enough older guy-clout to act cooler than I normally would. She was nervous about school and I assured her everything would be fine. Better than fine. I assured her it would be awesome because she was going to Cornell. My entire family had gone to Cornell but I’d been turned down back in the day. Cornell still held the allure of unrequited love, a final shred of high school longing.
She wasn’t so bad either. There was no love between us (though she may have said I love you and I may have whispered it back, knowing I wasn’t telling the truth even if it felt true). Love was unnecessary. Summer flings don’t need love. They need to remain light, breezy, and inequitable, so they can end horribly—which they must—and so they can become nostalgic even before the end. [read more…]
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