Archive for February 22nd, 2007
A new website called Snowvision has just launched. Users have the ability to upload their snowboard videos for the world to see. They’ve got separate sections for original videos, DVD clips, and “sponsor me” style videos. Also, you can check the weather at your favorite ski resort and see how much powder they’re sitting on. There’s a lot of content up there already, and the video player is a good size, so it’s a step up from all the grainy ass shit that’s on youtube. So hop on over there and upload some of your videos. Even the ones where you nail that sick 180 off the “kicker” in your suburban front lawn while your little brother tries to ride a snow saucer, but he’s going nowhere because there isn’t a hill. There’s a forum too, so you can post about various things, probably even how you think shaun white is, like, totally hot.
February 22nd, 2007
Major League Baseball has made a change to a staple of the sport that was in place for nearly fifty years. This year, baseball’s sluggers and aces will sport new hats. While still made by New Era, these hats will no longer be made of the traditional wool. The hats will be made of microfiber material that’s designed to increase performance (whatever that means for a baseball hat) by wicking away moisture, increasing a player’s head dryness. The undervisor is all black now, helping to reduce glare during pop flys. Probably the best part: the hats won’t have that awful wet wool smell when it rains.
While we have to wait to see if this hat really makes an impact for baseball, it will be interesting to see if the streetwear brands that collabo with New Era will possibly make a switch to the new material and black undervisor. Streetwear brands have embraced the high technology of brands like the North Face, so it might not be that far of a stretch for them to switch up what they wear on their head. Also, I’m sure the sticker will still be on the brim.
Here’s a link all about the new hats.
February 22nd, 2007
I’ve already written about my excitement for the Jesus and Mary Chain reunion gig happening at Coachella, but recently, the lads have announced that they will do a few more gigs in Spain and there’s a looming possibility that there will be another album. Their final gig nearly nine years ago was disastrous, yet so fitting for a band comprised of two brothers with a penchant for sibling rivalry.
JAMC pierced the music world in the eighties. Picking and pulling equally from the Velvet Underground and girl groups like the Shangri-Las, JAMC tortured the conventions of pop music with a swirling atmosphere of heavy distortion, simple drums, and an arrogance and swagger that had sorely been missing from rock and roll. They weren’t just loud noises. Hidden under the feedback, luscious pop melodies melted like a piece of hard candy, drenching your palette with unmistakable, unforget sweetness. This duality of aural fusion tiptoes into a virgin part of the inner ear, before trampling into your brain with a loud sound that burst apart every nerve, leaving the listener in a state of confusion before taking them into a smooth sea of ecstasy. This unique sound would define the band’s career. Their entire back catalog swells with the weight of heavy guitars and delicious pop sensibility.
February 22nd, 2007
