More than 100 tracks sampled on an instrumental album two years in the making
Founder of music label Case/Martingale and recent resident DJ at Marie Claire magazine, music maker and producer Chris Lawhorn has created Fugazi Edits, a new record made entirely by sampling every single song in the band Fugazi’s discography. The instrumental album includes excerpts from 100 Fugazi tracks to form…
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A visual narrative of the art and design that spawned a cultural movement and DIY generation
Born in dungy London basements and matured in equally grimy streets, the punk counter culture of the mid 1970’s and 80’s defined an unrelenting angst felt by youth the world around. While many books have surfaced over the years to document its documenters, Punk: An Aesthetic wraps over 350…
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All natural soaps and scents made by extracting essential oils from wild plants using a repurposed whiskey still
Using old world techniques to extract and condense naturally occurring oils from wild plants, Juniper Ridge makes a variety of soaps, perfumes, incense and other amazingly fragrant products with a uniquely transformative quality. Made entirely from fresh flora harvested in the deserts of the Southwest and woods of northern…
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Win two tickets to the Campfire Session in NYC
In “a quest for the taste of our times,” French output Le Fooding returns to New York for another culinary bash. This year’s festivities, which span five days of well designed events, pay homage to city peripherals around the world. From East London to l’Est Parisien, the Le Fooding…
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A beautifully illustrated guide to living off the land based on Rohan Anderson’s blog
Aggravated by the unsustainable food industry in his native Australia (and everywhere else for that matter), Rohan Anderson took it upon himself to change things in his own life. Anderson now lives entirely off the land with his family in the rural town of Ballarat, documenting their DIY adventures…
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Our visit to London’s discerning indie station and its musical marauders
Operating out of a tiny hut in the center of Dalston is NTS Radio, now one of London’s most influential pirate radio stations. Founded just over a year ago by locals Femi Adeyemi and Clair Urbahn, the station provides a daily range of unfiltered content by a host of…
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Tickets are now on sale for the conference on making ideas happen
Tickets for the 2013 99U Conference (held in New York City 2-3 May 2013) are now on sale. The conference, formerly known as 99%, is inspired by the famous Thomas Edison quotation “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” As always, the focus is on making ideas happen, with…
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Reflecting on pin-up photography’s hottest femme fatale
In a time of rampant racism and sexism, before the word feminism had entered the American lexicon, there was a culture of taboo surrounding scantily clad pin-up girls that was dominated by men with cameras. In a scenario where women were always on one side the lens, an industrious…
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Skater Chad Muska opens conceptual art space in LA
Merging his love for skateboarding, music, art and mayhem, Chad Muska has opened a conceptual art and studio space next to his store, Factory 413 on Fairfax. Flat425 reveals Muska’s prolific output as part of “Deconstructionism,” a constantly evolving installation comprising mixed-media vignettes with chaotic twists of oil paint,…
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An enterprising young duo exports Africa’s finest talent
Just two summers ago, Aaron Kohn was a Cool Hunting intern eager to make videos about Africa. His passion for the continent was impressive, to say the least, so we couldn’t be happier to see that he’s now channeled his fervor into an online marketplace that is home to…
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