Roc Nation and Skullcandy team up to make a new style of headphones for your listening pleasure. Jay-Z has collaborated with Skullcandy to join in the ranks of providing optimal sound quality headphones so that you have a way of listening and experiencing the soundtracks of your life. The headphones are due out next month and the cost is still to be announced. These over-the-ear 'phones sport 40mm full-rage Mylar drivers, an aviator-inspired contoured fit, a tangle-free nylon cable, and tons of style courtesy of a glossy polycarbonate speaker housing with stainless steel and aluminum accents. Just in case that wasn't enough it also comes with a padded carrying case. I do want to mention though that becoming famous while wearing these headphones is not included.
Specs
Speaker Diameter: 40mm Driver Type: Mylar Frequency Response: 20-20K Hz Impedance 33 ohms Nominal Input Power: 40mW Max Input Power: 100mW Cable Type Nylon Braided Cable Length: 1.3 Plug Type: 3.5 mm Gold Plated
Well it's that time again for you guessed it Bonnaroo! The Music and Arts Festival which is an annual, four to five-day music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held back in 2002. The festival is located at the Great Stage Park on a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. So in it's ninth year of celebrating I will get to par take in this monumental festival on June 10th-13th. Bonnaroo which brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop, electronica, and just about any contemporary music you can think of. In addition to dozens of epic performances, the festival's 100-acre entertainment village buzzes around the clock with attractions and activities including a on-site cinema, silent disco, comedy club, theater performers, yoga classes, and more. This year looks to have some great bands and artists like: Dave Matthews Band, Kid Cudi, The XX, Local Natives, Miike Snow and I could go on and on but I will put up the flier and you can check it out for yourself.
The 2010 Lineup
Note:Lineup is subject to change per Bonnaroo's website.
Today I came about the works of Rachel Caldwell. She is a graphic designer and illustrator from Philadelphia, PA. From what I can tell on her blog "Thirsty Fly" is that she does great work and she has a good sense of humor. I chose some of her works to showcase that were minimal yet eye catching. My favorites out of her works is the "Wisdom of the Nines" which shows different styles of owls and one of them is like "Yo". To me that funny and I think Owls are cool creatures. If you get a chance check out more of her work on her blog.
There are now a number of apps like PocketGuitar, Virtuoso, Ocarina and DigiDrummer which can make your phone into a virtual symphony. So today I found a couple of people who have put down there instruments and have picked up there iPhones, iPod Touches and other devices that can generate sounds.
iBand
The first band is iBand who are truly unique group of musicians. The band's first YouTube video generated over 4.8 million views. Their song "Vitality has also been a huge hit. The applications that they choose to use are iAno, PocketGuitar, IphoneSynth and BeatPhone.
The Mentalists
The Mentalists are a group of girls from the UK that play great covers only using their iPhone and their voices. They have covered songs like "Kids" by MGMT and "American Boy" by Estelle. Their favorite apps are NLog Synthesizer, MiniSynth, RetroSynth, DigiDrummer Lite and Ocarina.
In being that I'm an Android Phone user I'm getting excited to know that soon my Google Nexus One will have Flash capabilities. I will soon be able to watch and see different content on my browser that for so long has been denied. This update will make it so that users of Android will now be able to listen to my Playlists on the go from their phone browser. (self promotion anyone).
The update to Android 2.2 is to be released at Google I/O starting May 19. From the looks of the video in this post. It seems that the update will also have an updated launcher, Android tutorial, and global search box when the OS is revealed. So without a further a do. Check out the video below made by Ryan Stewart so you can see the wonders of Flash 10.1 playing on a Nexus One.
Talented architect Gary Chang, from Hong Kong, has made his tiny 330 square foot apartment into an amazing wall system. It lets him transform his apartment into 24 different room configurations. He built a sliding wall system that allows him to transform his place into a kitchen, library, laundry room, dressing room, and an enclosed dining area or a lounge with a hammock.
Gary has also written a book about his life growing up in his apartment that he has lived in since he was 14. He also talks about how he has renovated it five times. It's called My 32m2 Apartment, a 30 Year Transformation. If you want to see this apartment in action watch the video blow.
So you're probably wondering what is "The City of Abacus". Well let me explain, it's a comic series that was created by VV Brown. If you haven't heard of VV Brown before let me tell you a little about her. Vanessa which is her real name is a British singer-songwriter with retro flair infused into both her look and her sound. She is also a model who loves comic books. What more could you ask for right? She has been listed on many different outlets as a top person to look out for in 2009. So now in 2010 she got another outlet to share with you and that is "The City of Abacus".
The story goes a little something like this: Blinded, the MX41 takes full control of the City Of Abacus created by the evil queen; nothing will open the eyes of the people, nothing except one, a young girl called Freeda. This is a long twisted journey of surprise, rejection, incest, love, politics and mystery. The realization of their world is soon to be discovered.
This series will consist of 7 comics that will be released between May and November with a graphic novel at the end to finish off the epic tale. In each of the released comic's there will be a down loadable song that will go with each story. I have also been informed that the comic will be available soon on the iPhone and on the iPad. You can also buy a physical copy in a store near you or via their website, thecityofabacus.com. Follow the comic on your social sites for more info and updates.
I was reading the Unless You Will issue #6 and I came across Susanne Willuhn and her photography. So I went to her site and viewed all of her photos and picked out some that I enjoyed the most. Susanne has had many of her works shown in online and print magazines and I can see why. She captures some mystery and wonder in each of her shoots. The photo's that I enjoyed the most give that feeling of being out and exploring the world and the little hidden wonders that make us curious. If you get a chance you should check out some of her other works. I would also suggest checking out Unless You Will Blog due to it has some amazing photography artists that are showcased in different issue each month.
It has finally arrived as of yesterday the anticipated new album "Take a Bow" by Greg Laswell. All 12 new tracks were recorded in a studio in a cabin outside Flagstaff, AZ. "Perhaps the biggest difference with this album", observes Greg Laswell of his new Take A Bow, "is that I'm not miserable." His new album definitely is about goodbye's and embracing resolution over surrender. This album gives a sense of not someone who is hurting or not happy but of a person who has learned and is ready to take the next step to evolve.
Greg Laswell has a voice that can raise and fall with his precise precision in his singing abilities. So you will feel the emotional storytelling within his songs on this album. This CD mostly has mid-tempo songs which have that dense, richly textured keyboard-soaked sound that we've come to expect from Laswell. Although, this album is not as dirge-like and melancholy as the last album it definitely is a great new album by Greg Laswell.
