For all of us who have unashamedly played the air violin to The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony wishing you could play it for real, this is for you. Industrial designer and slight genius Carlos Mendez has created an electric violin he calls the Squidolin. You can connect the Squidolin to your television set and it will … Read more
There is no doubt that the emergence of Youtube has given people an outlet to express themselves and a stage in-which to display their creations. Recently it seems You-tube has given birth to the next evolution of audio video musical collaboration. One in-which the artist or creators don’t even have to be aware of what song their playing. In fact they don’t even … Read more
Thanks to the big homies, Kris and Akil, for putting me on to the sounds of Francis And The Lights! His style is a little hard to describe but he has been referred to as a mixture between Phil Collins and Prince. Definitely an unique flavor and vibe but worth getting into. If your not … Read more
The 2009 playlist lin-up for the Austin City Limits festival as been released! Chances are I won’t be able to make it out to the three day shindig October 2nd-4th but I thought I would give it a post! If you didn’t get a chance to make it out to SXSW this year the ACL … Read more
I came across the Design21 “Power to the Pedal” design contest the other day and found some really interesting concepts. One of the best ideas I saw was called Contrail, a bike innovation geared toward developing biking communities. Here’s how it works: As you ride your bike, the Contail device attaches to the base of … Read more
Brooooooklyn!
I’ve been meaning to put this up for sometime and now that I finally have my new blog set up I thought it would be good for a quick post. I was fortunate enough to catch the Brooklyn lyricist himself, Mos- Def up close in concert here in downtown Richmond before the break. My man was … Read more
