Month: June 2012

Toyota’s utilitarian Camatte concept car for kids

Toyota’s utilitarian Camatte concept car for kids

Our first reaction to seeing the Toyota Camatte (which literally translates to  “Take care of me”) concept for kids was: wait, a car for kids (the closest we ever came to the idea was hitching a ride on the neighbor’s Power Wheels way back when)? 

The “Let’s Pizza” vending machine cooks 10.5 inch pies in 2.5 minutes and gives us another excuse to be fat

The “Let’s Pizza” vending machine cooks 10.5 inch pies in 2.5 minutes and gives us another excuse to be fat

Someone out there is always plotting new ways for us to get fat (consider the Darth Vader Burger for one). The latest: The Let’s Pizza vending machine that has an infrared oven, invented by Claudio Torghehi and distributed by the Amsterdam-based company A1 Concepts. The 

You Are A Wound: Girls, “Leave Me Alone”

You Are A Wound: Girls, “Leave Me Alone”

Everyone—artists especially—keeps tabs on their classmates’ movements. Who works at what publication, who got a promotion, who lives at home. It’s always been a sick obsession of anyone with any hope for a career, but for the current crop of twenty-somethings, of which I am 

Die Antwoord’s “Baby’s on Fire” music video is more ridiculous than “Zef Side” (if that’s possible)

Die Antwoord’s “Baby’s on Fire” music video is more ridiculous than “Zef Side” (if that’s possible)

A couple of years ago a friend of ours referred us over to Die Antwoord’s “Zef Side” music video, where we were completely weirded out by the group’s lyrics and mannerisms (in the best way possible, of course). And after listening to their debut album $O$ quite 

Game of Thrones: “Valar Morghulis” review

Game of Thrones: “Valar Morghulis” review

“You’re not the man you’re pretending to be,” Maester Luwin. “You may be right but I’ve come too far to pretend to be anything else,” Theon Greyjoy  Last week was the climax in Westeros, this week was the recovery…for the most part at least. Game 

Every guy’s dream: “Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too”

Every guy’s dream: “Weirdos Need Girlfriends Too”

At some point during last week’s episode – probably when Marnie was getting scolded by Elijah – Girls found itself. It was the rare episode that had all of the characters in the same place, even if they weren’t together, and the plotlines just clicked. 

Mad Men “Commissions and Fees” review: “Who would’ve ever dreamt of the word Jaguar?” [SPOILER]

Mad Men “Commissions and Fees” review: “Who would’ve ever dreamt of the word Jaguar?” [SPOILER]

Oh my God. It’s been almost 24 hours and we’re still hungover from last night’s Mad Men (could it have been anymore depressing?). “Commissions and Fees,” the second last episode of the 5th season, left us with the bone-dry feeling of winter on the brink 

“A perfect beauty of a sunflower! a perfect excellent lovely sunflower existence!”: Honoring American Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg on his 86th birthday

“A perfect beauty of a sunflower! a perfect excellent lovely sunflower existence!”: Honoring American Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg on his 86th birthday

Popularly known for his controversial America poem “Howl” (among his other side hobbies), we’re thinking “Sunflower Sutra” is a better fit for today’s celebration of Allen Ginsberg’s 86th birthday. “We’re not our skin of grime, we’re not our dread/ bleak dusty imageless locomotive, we’re all/beautiful 

What’s cooking on Fullerton Street in this San Franciscan basement?

What’s cooking on Fullerton Street in this San Franciscan basement?

A lot of incredible animals have emerged throughout the billions and billions (and billions) of years Earth has been evolving, the majority of these species inhabiting our vast oceans (remember the neon glow jellyfish?). And for a San Francisco woman Merideth Patterson, who’s labeled as