Whoa, i was trying to show a coworker Japan’s favorite Holy Poop Shinto cellphone strap charm when i came across this wonderful R2-D2 soy sauce dispenser. this is definitely a must have! They even have other astromech droid styles available along with star wars shampoo dispensers, doo-rags, key covers and more. God Praise Nippon! more […]

Giant Robot - the fanzine dedicated to covering Asian and Asian-American pop culture - has hit issue FIFTY! That’s a Godzilla-like accomplishment. And in this issue they interview our friends.

Just because I’ve gotten older, I have not stopped going to shows as have so many of my peers. I do, however, go to a lot less of them. Long gone are the days of 24/7 tinnitus from having my ears assaulted nearly every night. If this is telling of the current music scene’s offerings […]

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New Freds up for presale on Japanese site ZOZO town. I can’t read it but maybe you can, if so let us know the deal plz, thx. I wish i hade more dough as i’d wear nothing but fred polos if i had the scratch.  Via Hypebeast.

3 t-shirts i designed a ways back. Maybe one day i’ll get around to making them in a very limited edition. i just found this in my “random” folder from a few years ago. Click on for the rest.

steve aoki, reformed sXe band member (and therefore alleged scene-jumper), sibling to a supermodel, son of a restaurant mogul, and indie rock record label mogul in his own right.
another person you probably feel conflicted about (if you waste your time on that kind of thing): do you appreciate that he comes from […]

There is a LOT going on this weekend.  Keep reading to peep our vampiric picks for Philadelphia weekend fun times.

The weather bird told me it’s gonna be nice this weekend. But then again, when it’s in the 40s around here, people will still break out their shorts and flip flops. Go figure. Just don’t be walking around with your pal’s jacket when he wants to scuffle. Those who wake and bake are probably couching […]

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.

So Virb, the new more open source community friendly, non-rupert-murdoch owned networking site has gone public, post beta, etc etc. Of course the Vampires are there to spread the funvampiritic gospel to the masses. Join us, or die. virb.com/funvampires. Even though myspace is now considered old news feel free to add your favorite fun-sucking fogies […]

Unpopular opinion, i am not a Nike fan. BUT, i do love me some transformers especially OLD transformers. Footurama just posted up some pics of a Nike / Transformer combine. More pics…

Ah the industrious minds and little fingers of the land of the rising sun have done it again. A truly waterproof mobile phone brought to you by fujitsu. They showed the device off and proved it’s prowress recently in the above demonstration. Too bad fella’s, this baby’s japan only. I was talking about the […]