COOL KIDS DROP OFF THE TACKLEBOX

The wait is over. Mikey & Chuck, AKA The Cool Kids, give us these fresh summer beats to tide us over until 'When Fish Ride Bicycles' finally arrives this fall. Enjoy the free mixtape. Thank you Cool Kids and LA Leakers. Turn the bass up.

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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL.

Great finds courtesy of @jessebulger

DYSON GOES RIDONCULOUS WITH ITS AIR MULTIPLIER

You've heard the story about the oscillating fan by Dyson. No blades, just some gaping halo shaped hole that supposedly makes air blow perfectly. Well, if this balloon demonstration through multiple Air Multipliers is any indication, this fan sure blows! Prices start at $299. via: The Duty

NIKE IS INFECTING THE WORLD WITH CUP FEVER

With 'Write the Future' and an impressive lineup of futbol athletes, Nike and Wieden + Kennedy have written a 180 second mini-film that ambushes any doubt you have about the intensity this year's World Cup will bring.

SLICK DUDE BY AGENT PROVOCATEUR

BP has provided quite the fodder for aspiring street artists. This surfer image called "Slick Dude" is pretty down right awesome. Agent Provocateur definitely nailed it on the head with this one. via: Wooster Collective

And for even more awesomeness, check out the fake @BPGlobalPR twitter feed for gems like this one —"Proud to announce that BP will be sponsoring the New Orleans Blues Festival this summer w/ special tribute to Muddy Waters. #bpcares"

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EVIDENCE EATING MONSTER

Desperation is a funny thing. Big Win for this evidence eating criminal and obvious Hungry Hippo aficionado.  via: Digg

DARTH BADASS

The Dark Side has a new look thanks to Shag, Marc Ecko, Amanda Visell, Tim Biskup, J. Otto Seibold, Gary Baseman, Joe Ledbetter, Urban Medium and Jeff Soto. As part of The Vader Project, these Empire loyalists are giving Darth Vader's iconic helmet a wicked makeover. All pieces are currently on display at Star Wars Celebration IV: May 24 to 28 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Via:Fubiz

WHAT MONDAYS FEEL LIKE: ED. 5/24/2010

Besides the fact that this could possibly be the most painful (correct me if I'm wrong -No tats here) spot for a tattoo, you also have BUSH on your foot. Now, I can see the novelty and all, but I'd rather not wear it permanently on my skin to get my point across. Unless you're a barefoot ninja, I could understand. But, then you'd just be kicking someone's ass with the world's biggest douche bag. Expressions like, "Yea, Bush still sucks." or "Bush made my twenties less awesome" do just fine nowadays. via: Ugliest Tattoos

FAKE-BANKOMAT

A fake bankomat in Rotterdam via Google Street View.

URBAN TOYS

Here's one way to take the city and make it yours. Two lovely pieces by Rodrigo Pereira. Via RebelArt

BULL: 1 BULLFIGHTER'S THROAT: 0 (WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO)

In case you thought bulls were fighting a losing battle every time they entered the ring, think again. This footage captured during Spain's premier fest, Festival of Saint Isidro, gives us the chills. Amazingly, Julio Aparicio walked away after such a horrific goring but is currently in Madrid in critical condition. Lesson to all you kids out there thinking about a future career in bullfighting, "On a short enough timeline, everyones life expectancy is zero." —Fight Club  via: Huffington Post

ADIDAS' LIGHTEST SHOE EVER

Adidas has made the lightest soccer shoe ever. Where the typical soccer shoe weighs about 10 ounces, the Adidas F50 Adizero tips in at 5.8. I can't wait for the world cup, those brazilians are gonna fly...

GIRL TALK: FEED THE SAMPLES

To create Feed The Animals, Girl Talk (Gregg Michael Gillis) pieced together samples from hundreds of songs. Enter Edd Hannay. Using some crazy programs, Hannay has sequenced together every sample from each track in the order they appear. When you play the album on the site, the sidebar to the right begins populating as each sample from Animals enters that particular track. Hella Awesome.

Check it out at: GingerNinja.org

GOOGLE TURNS LOGO INTO PLAYABLE PAC-MAN GAME

This may be a first in the webiverse. Google, in celebration of Pac-Man turning 30, has made their logo a live playable Pac-Man game. Good thing it landed on a Friday for me to geek out to. Get your Pac on. Via:Talent Zoo & Google

KICKFLIP HAROSHI McSCULPTURE

Hailing from Japan, Haroshi is putting old and tired skateboards to gorgeous use. As you can see, recycling skateboards can create awe-inspiring sculptures. And that's no easy task. They are comprised of a multitude of decked out wood after all. And that's where the challenge lies. Skateboards are not only comprised of many different particles, they also come in tons of shapes and sizes, making Haroshi almost a zen master of wood carving. That's not too far a stretch either as a common Buddhist practice is wood carvings. Via: Trendland

BANKSY TAKES ANOTHER BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE

Banksy's tagging spree makes its way back to NYC, a familiar playground for Mr.Banksy. So it's no surprise that he brought his best work since he started this cross-country North America tag-a-thon. His 'heart doctor' makes a reappearance, first appearing in SF. As long as there are walls, I'm sure Banksy will find a way to cover them all. His ability to capture the mood of society with brutal honesty and irreverence seems endless and brilliant wherever he goes.

Via: Tony DiPietro, Animal & Banksy Forum

Pick a winner, kid.

The placard piece pretty much sums up the morale of corporate America, no?

 The return of the glorious and timeless Banksy smiley face

Banksy, the most beloved cynic since Diogenes. Fitting. (I don't claim to have known who Diogenes was, I just use Wikipedia).

San Francisco Reprise.

Bonus Shots: A selection from his cross-country graffiti tour. When will it end? Hopefully never.

Previous four all spotted in Detroit.

Spotted in Boston

Another classic in Boston

 Banksy heads north to Toronto.

Banksy hit Chicago. Only a couple for now. Come back anytime with an arsenal if you'd like.
That's all for now. Here's hoping he stays in the States for a while and keeps on tagging along. Would like to see him start showing up in metro areas like Atlanta, Milwaukee, Dallas, heck, why not Arizona? I'm sure he'd have a lot to say there.

THE BLACK KEYS BEAT UP THE PLAYGROUND

The Black Keys go epic with their new album, Brothers, and dish out their take on unrequited playground love in their video for the album's first single, 'Tighten Up.' Great tongue-in-cheek concept showing this bands sense of humor. The month of May just keeps on rocking.

Watch the first single, Tighten up, off of the Akron, OH native's ripping sixth album.


The Black Keys "Tighten Up"

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JACK WHITE HAS A NEW MUSE

Jack White is alive and well as drummer and co-vocalist of The Dead Weather. On their follow up to the surprising debut, Horehound, comes Sea Of Cowards, quite possibly Jack White's best album since The White Stripes put out 'Elephant' in 2003 and definitely will wind up on those Top Ten lists for 2010.

Jack has found the yin to his yang in Alison Mosshart . They compliment each other so perfectly, sometimes you can't tell their voices apart. The perfect ending to this year would of course be a new White Stripes album, but I think The Dead Weather are doing a fine job of tiding me over.

Current track getting heavy rotation over here, "I'm Mad." Enjoy your Friday with this one and a cold beverage my friends!

ADOBE HEARTS APPLE

Funny banner ad on the New York Times from Adobe.

CRACKDOWN: NYT FACEBOOK PRIVACY FLOW CHART

The good folks at the New York Times have broken down the dizzying array of privacy changes Facebook are implementing more and more regularly. In a time when consumers have control, or want control, Facebook might just be shooting themselves in the foot with their penchant to confuse and sell your personal data for profit. I remember when Facebook put their trust in user opinion. It seems the more Facebook tries to commoditize, the more they take advantage of the Facebook users that make their service thrive.

Interesting factoid: Facebook has a longer privacy policy than the United States Constitution

For full breakout image: NYT

KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL: MUSIC VIDEO FLASHBACK

Before Spike Jonze rose to fame as a movie director, he was kicking ass on MTV. This video for 'California' by Wax is a study in simplicity both in technique and concept. The slow motion builds in a gapers-block sorta way, culminating in the final shot revealing disinterested kids watching this unfold. In a time when pushing the boundaries is a daily thing, Spike has been a pioneer, an innovator in every story his films –short or long– tell.

SWALLOW THIS: AMERICANS POPPIN' PSYCHIATRICS

Our infographic of the day comes from the Psychiatrist's office. Here is the breakdown of the most popular prescribed depression and anxiety drugs in America. You are not alone. via: Good

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MACHETE RED BAND: RUN FOR THE BORDER

A couple years ago, in between the double feature 'Grindhouse,' were a slew of fake trailers, one of them being 'Machete.' From the moment I saw this, I knew that gold was waiting to be recorded in feature form. Starring the likes of Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Robert DeNiro, Lindsay Lohan, Steven Segal and Cheech Marin, we're in for a hell of a ride....and a lot of flying body parts in Arizona. The irony of the state mandated 'illegal' bill that recently passed makes for a great twist to this long-awaited film.

FRIDAY CRACKDOWN: FAT DAD SKATEBOARDING

From the good people at Funny or Die comes the perfect metaphor to the father-son relationship. As you can see here, this Dad not only is a bit hefty, he's also really good at falling.

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MEXICAN DRUGLORD CAUGHT WITH BEDAZZLED FIREARMS

It's not every day you are the lord of the drug world. But when you're capping snitches on a regular basis, you have to invest a lot of time and love in your killing. I guess you can say that Oscar Nava Valencia, AKA “El Lobo”, has killer style. via: The Jailbreak