Commemorating the opening of the 29th OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing and the global launch of NIKE SPORTSWEAR, the massive and thundering drumming event known as “88 BOADRUM” was held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on August 8, 2008 (aka 08.08.08). In order to create an aural spectacle worthy of the historic occasion, Japanese noise avatars THE BOREDOMS teamed up with NYC art rockers GANG GANG DANCE to perform an 88-minute composition beginning at precisely 8:08 PM on either coast. With the Boredoms ensconced in LA’s historic La Brea Tar Pits, and Gang Gang Dance lining Brooklyn’s Williamsburg waterfront, each group was surrounded by a massive spiral of 88 drummers thundering away in improbably synchronous harmony to create an echoing score that could be heard for miles. In light of a recently published BBC article attesting that rock drummers and performance athletes enjoy comparable cardiovascular fitness levels, a more fitting tribute could not be had. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

The music video might be a genre best considered dead and buried but both alt rock pioneers BECK and RADIOHEAD released amazing looking and amazingly different clips this month proving there might still be some life left in the three-minute rock spot after all. As expected Radiohead’s single for “House of Cards,” pushes the technological envelope, enjoying the distinction of being the first music video ever shot using lasers. Employing the incredibly high tech real time 3D scanning technologies of structured light and Lidar laser-enhanced scanners, director James Frost succeeded in creating an incredibly unique & retro-tech looking narrative (click HERE to read an in-depth making of interview). Taking their altruistic regard for fan interaction to the next level, Radiohead have released the video as an open source code file that fans are encouraged to tweek to their hearts’ content. Beck, on the other hand, has created the perfect visual accompaniment to his ‘60s-esque single “Gamma Ray” with a video that perfectly evokes Andy Warhol’s amateur movies and Silver Factory parties circa 1965 New York with a slightly modern touch…

BECK’s “GAMMA RAY”:

RADIOHEAD’s “HOUSE OF CARDS”:

THE MAKING OF “HOUSE OF CARDS”:

The black Republican’s street dreams come true…

To celebrate the release of his now-untitled new album (formerly named “Nigger”) this week and his product collab with downtown hipster sneakerhead hotspot ALIFE, last great rapper alive NAS threw down a rare private live performance in the shop’s back courtyard for a lucky group of friends and family Monday nite. Luckily, ever-present man on the scene MEL D. COLE was on the scene to catch some serious snaps of the quality honeys in attendance. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Turntabilism fans who haven’t yet caught CUT CHEMIST & DJ SHADOW’s amazing live “Hard Sell” show have exactly 12 days and seven tour dates left to catch up on one of the best live events of the year. Looking to break open the traditional DJ performance, the pair teamed up with the idea to perform live mixes using only vintage, traditionally pressed 45’s to create their impromptu soundscapes. Sequenced on an array of eight turntables fed through four mixers and an effects box or guitar pedal, the resulting “songs”—accompanied by an eye-popping image reel—are an incredible mash-up of genres, tempos, and eras, some never to be replicated again. Click HERE to check out the remaining tour dates. And, for fans looking to take home more than a T-shirt the just-released Hard Sell JUKE-BOT vinyl toy designed by English street artist PAUL INSECT and produced in a limited run of 500 units is available at the shows and in limited quantities online. Says Shadow of the toy: “We conceived it as a throwback to a pre-digital era. There’s something about a jukebox doing battle with pesky iPods that seems to resonate with people. It’s a kind of protest against the technology rat-race, particularly where music is concerned.” HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Dr Takahashi reports for surgery in the plushie emergency room…

Friday nite saw Supertouch buddy and Japanese fashion mastermind JUN TAKAHASHI—founder of iconic couture house UNDERCOVER—moving his international “The Sound & The Fury” tour to Hong Kong where his creation of a new art mannequin in a process he calls “live doll operation” was the highlight of the evening. Hosted by HK streetwear think tank SILLY THING, the all-nite party featured live sets by MISHA from PAM, DEXPISTOLS, DJ OGAWA, and longtime Jun Takahashi accomplice MAJOR FORCE’s TAKAGI KAN who provided background soundscapes for Takahashi’s surgical strike performance in the duo’s first collaboration since their NOWHERE STORE days in the ’90s. The event brought out a crowd of HK’s top celebs and hipster elite who partied alongside musician JUNO MAK, and visiting BATHING APE overlord NIGO dressed in his finest Catholic prep school summer uniform. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

For the past year Supertouch’s own EVERLAST, aka: Mr White, has been holed up recording his forthcoming solo album “Love, War, and the Ghost of Whitey Ford” featuring his countrified Hip-Hop take on the classic JOHNNY CASH lament “Folsom Prison Blues.” To commemorate the single’s release, Mr White decided to debut it live as a duet with the Man in Black himself on the JOHNNY CASH SHOW, where he was joined by fellow musicians DJ MUGGS and keyboard whiz KEEFUS. Luckily, our boy MAZIK was on hand to film the madness. Johnny lives…