After test driving a new Volkswagen Touareg yesterday, I have even more respect for the brand than I did before. I have always thought of VW as a go-to brand for people who want German engineering and performance but don't…
Continue Reading →I don't know about anyone else out there, but I am sick and tired of paying so much for car insurance. I rarely drive, I have an impeccable driving record, and I am a careful and defensive driver. So why…
Continue Reading →Coming to us out of Quebec is new clothing label Ridehouse, who's board-sport inspired designs scream function, but also blend art and style. Their collection is called Heartwood, named after the central, supporting pillar of a tree-- 'It will not…
Continue Reading →We at JoshSpear.com are on a never-ending quest to find the world's most talented emerging artists/designers/animators. To date, we have uncovered our fair share. Here's another to add to the list. Mauro Gatti (website = The Brain Box) hails from…
Continue Reading →It's simple, fun, and inexpensive gift time. Our pal Undoboy has parlayed his abundant design talent into these Super-Bastard art characters. There are 16 different toys and 64 different characters, from cowboys, to Mr. T, to Conan the Barbarian. You…
Continue Reading →I have grown to expect great things from Diesel over the years, and although they have been around since 2001, the three Diesel Denim Galleries (New York, Tokyo, and Osaka) help set Diesel apart from the other denim brands. Diesel…
Continue Reading →If you haven't heard Grizzly Bear, trust the guys in this year's indie rock sensation TV on the Radio that this band has some real talent-- they did, after all, invite fellow Brooklynites Grizzy Bear to join them as an…
Continue Reading →For all of you who plan to shoot your own turkey for Thanksgiving this year, you best order some buckshot from Season Shot. These shotgun shells not only allow you to shoot-dead that hapless gobbler, but they are environmentally friendly…
Continue Reading →Nau is almost here (god I love puns). Really though, Nau's new website, complete with a preview of their Spring 2007 line (to be released in January), is making me excited to see what these clothes are all about. The…
Continue Reading →This morning I was reading the most recent issue of RollingStone Magazine and ran across quite the interesting statistic. Kurt Cobain has just surpassed Elvis Presley on Forbes Magazine's 'top-earning dead celebrities' list. So although Cobain has been dead for…
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