Adam Yauch/MCA/Nathaniel Hornblower/Cochise is currently promoting his streetball documentary, “Gunnin’ For That Number 1 Spot” and will be stopping by Current TV’s L.A. studios to answer any and all viewer questions. Ask him anything. A-na-thang-a. Ask him what his favorite underwear is. Ask him if he thinks Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams is as weird [...]
Featuring past and future Arizona Wildcats, Jerryd Bayless and Brandon Jennings, this movie looks like streetball at its best and features a new Beastie Boys track as well as Jay-Z and Nas on the soundtrack.
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Directed by Adam Yauch (of the Beastie Boys), Gunnin’ follows eight of the country’s hottest high school basketball players [...]
You knew the guys at Rockstar did a phenomenal job re-creating the city that never sleeps for the latest edition of GTA, even going so far as to document light patterns and neighborhood demographics to capture the day-to-day reality. Check out this Flickr photo set from Matthew Johnston that compares the pixelated version of [...]
This apartment building makes my eyes pop out of my head in a good way. Designed by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel, 5 Franklin Place is noted for curved black bands outlining the perimeter of the building that lend a sense of movement and grace.
Get full pics and design history here
This is an insane mashup/remake/collage built off Jay-Z’s Black Gangster mixtape. If you like Biggie mashed with ODB, Raekwon and the American Gangster soundtrack then this is definitely for you. Get it from Format.
While the West Coast usually gets all the credit for inventing modern-day skateboarding, New York’s role in the evolution of the sport has gone largely undocumented. Deathbowl to Downtown tells the story of how New York street skating developed and grew. Check out the trailer here.
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Bill Simmons hands out his NBA playoff awards. I haven’t read it yet, but I’m guessing there’s at least one Vegas story involving his buddies Jack-O, House, Corky, J-Bug, Turtle and at least one comparison of Rasheed Wallace to Billy Zabka
Check out the new poster for the [...]
The Adidas Left-Right Project in a nutshell: giant sneakers, New York, Los Angeles, graffiti aaaand SCENE!
