Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures.
I found an etsy seller who makes awesome Star Wars Amigurumi. Keep reading for more, plus other nerdy arts and crafts.

Usually email offers are pretty lame, but I got one yesterday from a gentleman named Pablo Dolan, who wanted to inform me about some “Top Cock Extenders”. As you can see after the jump, Pablo has a way with words right off the bat, by greeting me with a colloquialism straight from the King […]

Philadelphia Magazine has a nice little write up about our pals Track + Field. It’s probably not as fashion-forward as their mention on Hypebeast but Main Line Soccer Moms have deeper pockets than internet sneaker fiends, y’know?
Internetters can buy bags at the Track + Field site. In Philly, visit the Deep Sleep boutique […]

Today at the FV Cult Compound we got hooked up with a bunch of new House 33 shirts. Sometimes FV contributor Jeremy Dean aka DES was kind enough to sponsor our collective wardrobe so we wanted to thank him by showing the rest of you a peak of the new shirt line. If you’re not […]

Our dear friend at Reference Library hooked us up with a link to some sweet bike reflectors at kioskkiosk.com. This site is really my cup of tea so i thought i’d share. Very clean and simple design. The dude that runs it seems to buy some cool little doo dads on his travels then puts […]

Once a year, beer connoisseurs gather in Munster, Indiana to welcome and get their hands on Three Floyd’s Brewing Company’s DarkLord. The critically acclaimed Russian Imperial Stout comes out in extremely limited quantities (the Tribune reported only 225 cases were brewed last year). Once the brew hits your local beer-snob joint, libation of the DL […]

The Philadelphia Film Fest is coming up April 5 - 18. To get ready, I looked through the entire Program at a Glance, carefully viewing each tiny picture and reading each 20 - 30 word synopsis. My informed, well-intentioned review of each movie, based on this minute information, after the jump.

You might know Bryan Trackstar as half of The Yah Mos Def. Or, perhaps you know him from his old record label. Or, any of his old bands. Or, his old messageboard (T*, holla!) Or, maybe you know him because you are an avid runner.
On the off chance that you don’t know him, let me […]

We gots new badges up in this piece, and new shiny, fancy packaging. Read on for more pics, artists list & info on how you can get these into your greedy pack rat hands.

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