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the science of sleep

  I have to say I am stoked to watch The Science of Sleep. The latest feature length from former music vid director Michel Gondry, the bloke that brought us possibly the most romantic movie of this generation, Eternal Suncshine Of The Spotless Mind, it also stars Gael Garcia Bernal (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Amores […]

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what the…?! pt. 4

It’s a Hello Kitty exhaust pipe. What else can i say?

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megalithic megapixel monstrosity. madness!

Right about now, the lomocam freaks are cradling their Holgas in awe-stricken denial. This digital camera right here just ripped the quirky cool throne from all those 9-frames-at-a-time plastic playthings. The Seitz 6×17 Digital does’t just look weird, get this: it takes panoramic photos measuring 6cm x 17cm (hence its name, duh) in staggering 160 […]

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dj mag’s top 100 djs 2006

Oh come now. You go clubbing four times a week and you’re telling me you can’t form an opinion on the DJs you pay 50 bucks a head to go see spin? They’re pretty good, right? The local ones can hold their own, no? You’d tell that to other people, yes? “Malaysian DJs rock shows […]

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what the…?! pt. 3

We’re grinning from ear to ear, we are. UK graffiti legend Banksy teamed up with superproducer Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley and Danger Doom fame to fling a little doo doo on Paris Hilton‘s face when they decided to buy 500 copies of her debut album, Paris, and actually replaced them with remixed versions – […]

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mall-ing in love…

Recently, I got into a very enlightening conversation on Malaysian lifestyle habits, and one thing that kept cropping up were shopping malls. The average urban Malaysian frequents the mall, well… frequently. The multi purpose mall caters to a wide range of needs – cinemas, supermarkets, retail shops, food courts and other distractions all in air-conditioned […]

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assault, we hardly knew ya

I was at The Loft in Zouk last night covering Sessions, The Loft’s weekly showcase of some of the best local DJs. Last year’s JUICE DJ Quest winners Assault & Battery were spinning their last set for the foreseeable future, what with one half of them, DJ Assault aka Aiman, leaving for the UK this Sunday. I […]

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bow down to the cheech wizard

As someone who went to design school, I’m a little ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Vaughn Bode ’til about an hour ago. From his birth in 1941 to his untimely death only 34 years later, Bode was part of the spearhead of the underground comic, avant garde graphic design and graffiti […]

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sony ericsson to unveil psp phone?

You gotta love the people at Engadget.com. Extensive industry snooping has revealed Sony Ericsson is thinking of releasing a Playstation Portable-based gaming phone to fill the huge gaping void created by Nokia’s infamous N-Gage. However, Sony Ericsson Senior VP of Product and Application Planning, Rikko Sakaguchi would only state during a press conference in Sweden […]

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5 ways to dodge those taxes

Chill, I’m not telling you to buck the Government. But with last week’s budget presentation, the same social scourge has gotten its fair whipping – that’s right, cigarette prices have gone up again. I’m not saying I smoke (*blatantly fake halo*), but for those of you who do, this might be a good time to […]