We're all super excited about our Spear Collective Computer Arts cover this month, and because we believe that reciprocity is a beautiful thing, we're hoping you'll take a few minutes to go over to the Computer Arts forum and cast…
Continue Reading →Pete Maravich, Nate Tiny Archibald and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore Pro-Keds. In the days before Nike and Michael Jordan cornered the basketball shoe market and athletes were still allowed to have a personality, Pro-Keds were some of the most stylish athletic…
Continue Reading →Yesterday, I had one of those ideal days that summer seems made for. I headed out to McCarren Park Pool to saw the bands Illinois and Man Man, had some (see also: too much) beer and met some really cool…
Continue Reading →The world is all around us but traditional cameras only capture what is directly in front of our eyes. For most people, this is no more than a slight annoyance. We use the panorama feature on our digital camera which…
Continue Reading →It's officially a happy Thursday, because today is the day we introduce Mike Luce, our new Chicago-based contributor that's been filling the pages of Spearland with the kind of wit and wisdom one can only attribute to years of sometimes…
Continue Reading →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 →So much for hiding your cables: Britta Böhne's Cable Carpet integrates them into a plush white pile to display them prominently on your floor, saving you not only from pitching face first over those pesky whatever-gaming-device-makes-you-gooey-this-week cords, but also from…
Continue Reading →It takes a certain amount of audacity to fundamentally rethink something as simple as a desk. Everybody knows what a desk looks like: it's just a table with some drawers. Okay, now think fast"¦does it have legs? The LAX wall…
Continue Reading →Tonal Irreverence is, in short, a weekly summary of new (and new-ish) music releases, the print and e-buzz surrounding them, followed by our honest opinions"¦without the pretentious crap that often accompanies in unneccessarily long reviews. We're not music journalists"¦we just…
Continue Reading →I rely on both Pandora and Yahoo! Music on a daily basis to listen to streaming music. Both sites offer their services for free and are excellent at what they do. Since I found them I have been liberated from…
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