In 1917, Berdine Sheimer gave birth to a son named Hans. He was born in a small barn in a small town in a small country. His family was poor, as were most Germans after the First World War. He was homeschooled by his mother and a neighbor taught him to tend horses. Read More »

BECK – RECORD CLUB: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO (Online)

Hundreds of bands have unsuccessfully covered The Velvet Underground but here Beck and friends manage to successfully pull off a whole album in a day to spectacular effect. Read More »

With free porn at the click of a button, the access to the many weird and wonderful (some just downright weird) types are changing how we view sex and no one knows where it’s heading. We are the Internet pornography lab rats. Read More »

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Apparently not. “We didn’t set out to kill WoW,” says producer Jake Sully Neri at a hands on event for the new BioWare developed Star Wars MMORPG. A bit underwhelming if you ask me. If the Star Wars franchise, with its hordes of rabid fans frothing at the mouth to once again hear those iconic lightsaber “RRUANGHHH”’s aren’t aiming to topple what is responsible for zombifying more people than TV ever did – or a plague ever could – then who else will? Read More »

Frosty the cat survives FOUR WEEKS in a chilled food warehouse… by eating frozen peas. Read More »

The sum of soft and sweet US indie kings The Shins frontman James Mercer and Gnarles Barkley man and producer of the moment Danger Mouse, Broken Bells is a mini supergroup effort that meanders at times but has flourishes of greatness. Read More »

Failing to find the pumping nightlife at a Chinese trade show. Read More »

The Y-3 Spring/Summer 2010 collection celebrates the upcoming FIFA 2010 World Cup, taking a global tour of modern sporting style rendered in the label’s signature look of elegant athleticism. Attended by the don Mr. Yamamoto, the man behind Y3, and Andy Lau, the night was a fun-filled affair with some of the hottest fashionista’s in town. Read More »

If there was one UK over the past five years who have eccentrically cheered up English pop music it would have to be this lot. Read More »