If this is the future, we welcome our energy efficient, and frankly fun, new overlords! At smart’s nationwide funtestdrive events, you get to check out the advance of real automotive ingenuity. The all-new smart electric drive is smart’s first 100% electric vehicle widely available here in the States. We know you’ll dig this particular set of wheels as much as we do — which is why smart is giving you the chance to win your very own smart electric drive two-year lease.* … Read More
While R. Kelly is sure to steam up any event, the Pitchfork Festival has always been about shining light on the underdogs. This year’s bill is as forward-thinking as ever, tapping a slew of fiery up-and-comers to fill out the bottom half of the bill. Whether you’re checking out these bands destined for greater things at the fest itself (lucky you!) or on your home turf, stay stylin’ in some RayBan Clubmaster shades. In fact, you can still WIN tix to the Pitchfork Festival thanks to RayBan and their all-new Aluminum Clubmaster sunglasses. And now, without further ado, these are the ten can’t-miss, absolute essentials from this year’s epic Pitchfork Festival. … Read More
Shows like The Voice have long been guilty pleasures for us and plenty of other music fans (we won’t tell if you won’t), but there hasn’t been a real equivalent for the DJ talent we know abounds around the country. Enter VH1′s Master of the Mix, a DJ competition show which just crowned its winner, DJ Jayceeoh. We had a quick chat with the newly named mix master. … Read More
Canon gave three acclaimed NYC photographers their new PowerShot SX280 HS camera, to see just what life in the City looks like through three different lenses. Jeff Meltz, the founder and creative director of The Culture of Me, Caracas transplant Kathy Boos, and awesome concert and fashion photographer Jono Bernstein each explored the city, ending up at various pop-up exhibitions around NYC. Below are some of our favorite shots from each talented photog. For a chance to win your very own Canon PowerShot camera, tell us in the comments which city you’d most want to shoot using a Canon PowerShot SX280 HS camera.* … Read More
Over the last few years, USA has become known for producing some of the finest drama on television — cable or otherwise — and summer is the network’s season to shine. Their newest offering is Graceland, a provocative drama about the undercover lives of federal agents. The pilot, which premieres June 6, kicks off with an undercover agent being shot in a drug deal gone wrong, and doesn’t let up from there. It follows a group of DEA, FBI, and Customs (ICE) agents who live together in a Southern California beach house. This may sound more Real World than Miami Vice, but Graceland was inspired by real events, and features enough gritty, drug war action to back up its premise. … Read More
Shows like The Voice have long been guilty pleasures for us and plenty of other music fans (we won’t tell if you won’t), but there hasn’t been a real equivalent for the DJ talent we know abounds around the country. Enter VH1′s Master of the Mix, a DJ competition show currently in its third season. In case you’ve missed it thus far, we’re profiling the judging talent and some of the DJs battling it out behind the decks. Check out some of Master of the Mix’s illustrious competitors. … Read More
If this is the future, we welcome our energy efficient, and frankly fun, new overlords! In honor of the all-new smart electric drive, San Francisco artist Sanford Geuss got creative and wrapped smart’s newest family member in a panoramic portrait of San Francisco. You can check it out this weekend at smart’s funtestdrive. Join us at Justin Herman Plaza on May 11 and 12 and test drive the all-new smart electric drive and the original smart fortwo. And, if that’s not incentive enough, you’ll even have the chance to win your very own smart electric drive two-year lease.*
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New Belgium’s Tour de Fat is cruising ‘cross the USA this summer, and you’re invited to ride along. The roaming fest celebrates young bike lovers, seasoned beer drinkers, and everyone in between. In 12 cities around the country, a costumed bicycle parade will weave through the city, ending at a veritable smorgasbord of New Belgium beers, all available for your sampling pleasure (including our personal faves, Fat Tire and Ranger IPA). Rock out with your fellow cycling/suds enthusiasts to a bevy (heh) of live bands, and join a Thousand Person Dance Contest to win a 2013 New Belgium Cruiser Bike. … Read More
We’re big champions of local culture, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we love The Talented, a cool project from our friends at Sony, who asked local cultural influencers around the country to capture their talent-filled days via the Sony Action Cam. … Read More
We’re big champions of local culture, but alas, there are only so many of us. That’s why we love The Contested, a cool project from our friends at Sony, who asked local musicians around the country to come up with a brand-new tune that repped their city. … Read More
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