Archive for July, 2009

31
Jul

Free Shit!/Tonight!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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I am going to see La Roux tonight. Haw­ley won some tick­ets so we are going for free. SICK!
Check out the video for “Quick­sand” below. I love this song, at one point in was in three different

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31
Jul

A Finger In Everything!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Art and Technology

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Ever since I vis­ited the amaz­ing Parisian super cool super store Colette, I sim­ply can’t get enough of every­thing they do. I remem­ber being thor­ough impressed with the archi­tec­tural lay out of the store, as well as the

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31
Jul

Nike Dunk “D’uh”

By Mr. Banning Categories: Shoes

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via highsnobiety.com

Nike has release a new colour­way for their Dunk Hi, that is being toted as the Homer Simp­son, every one’s favourite car­toon dad. The Volt­age Yel­low and Mid­night Blue upper, and per­fo­rated side pan­els, are intended

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31
Jul

The 80’s/I Love this Song!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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I love Bryan Ferry, both his solo career and his early work with Roxy Music. Roxy Music was an incred­i­ble group who, although some what short lived, had three highly suc­cess­ful albums and ten sin­gles enter­ing the top ten charts in

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30
Jul

What If Pot Were Legel…?

By Mr. Banning Categories: Culture

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via fastcompany.com

Not that I endorse or con­done said recre­ational pass time, but imag­ine if smok­ing weed was not ille­gal? First off, the gov­ern­ment would be rak­ing it in. Do you guys remem­ber the num­bers that popped up after

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29
Jul

Tron Legacy Trailer

By Mr. Banning Categories: Movies

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This looks awe­some! Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2, Tr2n) com­ing in 2010 via Dis­ney and in 3D star­ring Jeff Bridges, Gar­rett Hed­lund, Olivia Wild, Bruce Boxleit­ner. Directed by Joseph Kosin­ski. AWESOME!

29
Jul

Environmentally Sound!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Fashion

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Once again I am thor­oughly impressed by Nixon, with the cre­ation of their first recharge­able, solar pow­ered watch. 11 years in the mak­ing (Nixon’s age) the semi-transparent dial allows sun­light to pass through to the solar panel below which

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29
Jul

Overheard In New York.

By Mr. Banning Categories: Culture

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I was going through my notepad on my iPhone today and came across this hilar­i­ous cell­phone con­ver­sa­tion I over­heard while wait­ing out­side of a rum­mage sale at a Amer­i­can Apparel. I wasn’t really pay­ing atten­tion at the time, I was sort

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27
Jul

These Are Wonderful!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Shoes

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via highsnobiety.com

I don’t know what it is about these kicks but I am in love… Seri­ously my heart skipped a beat! I tend to lean away from the can­vas shoes, I don’t see them aging well.

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27
Jul

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

By Mr. Banning Categories: Art

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Fol­low­ing up on the instant suc­cess of the lit­er­ary clas­sic mash up of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prej­u­dice with Zom­bies comes Sense and Sen­si­bil­ity and Sea Mon­sters. Due out in Sep­tem­ber is the next Jane Austen clas­sic to be

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26
Jul

19th Century Sensibility

By Mr. Banning Categories: Culture and Technology

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Imag­ine if we still dressed and dec­o­rated our accord­ing to the Vic­to­rian aes­thetic? I sup­pose it would look a lot like this. This com­puter and many many more come cour­tesy of the Data­mancer who takes mod­ern con­ve­niences and retro

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25
Jul

The Other Night! Oh What A Night!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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The other night I went to a hip hop show that I had been wait­ing 13 years for. This of course was the Smif N Wes­sun / Black Moon “Trib­ute to the Clas­sics” concert

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23
Jul

I LOVE this SONG!!!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Music

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I am lov­ing off Kid Cudi right now! Seri­ously he is giv­ing me faith in hip hop again. I can’t stop lis­ten­ing to his mix­tape A Kid Called Cudi mixed by

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22
Jul

Watching You!

By Mr. Banning Categories: Fashion

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via highsnobiety.comThese watches look sii­i­ic­c­cck!!! These three new styles come via Nixon from their Fall 2009 col­lec­tion. I like Nixon watches, they are always very slick, and there isn’t many other cool watches in this price range and

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20
Jul

I’m Ron Burgundy…?

By Mr. Banning Categories: Shoes

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via kicksonfire.com

 

I like these? I am not sure. I have looked at these kicks a cou­ple of times and I am not sure how I feel about them. These Air Force Ones in a metal­lic sil­ver fish scale

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