Umbro Black Leopards
In a land where it's not so out of the ordinary for businesses to close up shop at 2 in the afternoon so that everyone can make it home in time to see their country's team play the World Cup,…
Continue Reading →22 Flavours
All-around lifestyle site Lifelounge launched a new charity project recently called the 22 Flavours project. They've invited 22 hot/new/swanky/sweet artists and designers each to design a t-shirt based on a flavor: cotton candy, banana split, strawberries & cream, etc. Each…
Continue Reading →2nd Annual Hip-Hop Show: Sao Paulo
Legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock is kicking off the opening of the 2nd Annual Hip-Hop Show in Sao Paulo with a DJ show tonight at the Pompeia location of SESC for only 10 bucks. SESC's a network of public cultural/rec…
Continue Reading →Revenge of the Bookeaters
A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers! Feist! Jim James of My Morning Jacket! Sarah Vowel! Demetri Martin! I like these people! I like their musical and comedic styling! They're all going to be on one stage! The stage of the…
Continue Reading →Cycling for a Cause
The 94th Tour de France kicked off this past Saturday, coincidentally on my birthday (07-07-07, shameless plug). I couldn't think of a more exciting time for cycling fans around the world; while Team Discovery and CSC and others battle it…
Continue Reading →Free Yr Radio
Around a month ago, the west end of Pearl Street was crawling with tight-panted/drastically banged girls and boys. It was scene in full force, something I'm admittedly and totally comfortable with- - but rarely confronted with in such throngs this…
Continue Reading →GoodStorm
For years, you've supported your favorite indie bands; you've helped them grow in popularity by spreading rave reviews to friends, acquaintances and anyone in ear shot who will listen to you obsess over their must-listen-now status. You've also supported them…
Continue Reading →A Mighty Heart
Whatever good or bad can be said about Angelina Jolie surely has already been written, but her sincere effort to portray Mariane Pearl, wife of Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl in the narrative film A Mighty Heart should be…
Continue Reading →Conscious Alliance
I love concert posters. Half art, half music, and normally cheap enough to shamelessly store away once your next favorite band/artist needs wallspace, the concert poster definitely has earned its spot as the number one choice for temporary decoration. However,…
Continue Reading →Kiva.org
Micro-lending has been in the news a lot lately, since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in the field and wrote a book about it, called Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the Battle Against World…
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