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Fallen Princesses

Friday, August 20, 2010
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Dina Goldstein remade whimsical princesses and put them in modern day scenarios. Her photographic connection between fairy tale and real life is pretty accurate (and entertaining) in my book. Take a look here.

Threadless.com mixes the fashion world with social networking, and the end results are awesome. Users create and cast votes. The winning shirts get printed. Simple as that. Check it out.

Since Monday was Madonna’s birthday, I wanted to share a sweet (80 minute) Madonna remix I think you’ll enjoy. Here’s Part 1:

The Ultimate Madonna Remix Part 1

Happy Friday people.

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All goosed-up with nowhere to go

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Mike Dubin, from the KRock radio shows “Domestic Disturbance” and “B-Local”, puts together a mix every month which are quickly becoming highlights of the month. Check out his Mid-August mix here (I heard Mid-May is pretty good too):

This month also includes a new song by Bad Books which is Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra’s new side project, definitely worth checking out. They are also playing their first show ever at CMJ this year. Speaking of CMJ:

Superglued is giving away Free CMJ badges if you blog about the summer concerts you have attended. You know you were all at the !!! show at the Waterfront, write about it! You might just win AND you could even be crowned NYC SUMMER MUSIC JUNKIE and win a whole year pass to shows at the Brooklyn Bowl. Not bad for logging shows you are already going to- right?

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And for the closer of this weeks fun stuff: funny pictures of cats dressed as famous people.

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Amazing Thermonuclear Chiptunes

Sunday, August 1, 2010

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Ever wonder what the sound of the thermonuclear arms testing and near-world-destruction would sound like?  Artist Isao Hashimoto created this wonderful video demonstrating the time and location of each nuclear test over a 50-year period with each country’s test explosion set to a different note.  The result is a somewhat calming, yet markedly unsettling tune that is quite mesmerizing during this 15-minute time-lapse of the 53-year period from 1945-1998.  The calming yet eerie graphics remind you of an 80′s-era atari game while instilling a sense of silent fear that I’m sure was ever-present during those times.

Especially interesting is the “copycat” effect in the early 50s between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A.

“1945-1998″ by Isao Hashimoto

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The Bar is Open! Food on us tonight only.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Come by tonight. We’ve got our license to serve alcohol, mention Dijital Fix and get a free food menu item!

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Dijital Fix L.E.S. Now Open, Grand Opening Photos

Saturday, June 19, 2010

We had a great turnout at our grand opening party with over 500 heads from 7-12PM.  We’re so excited to be in Manhattan, and so glad you all gave us such a warm welcome.  We look forward to throwing all sorts of cool events along with culturefix and our gallery and are pleased to announce that there will be a Hipstamatic show every month!  Make sure to submit yours!  If you haven’t seen the show yet, it’ll be up until the 21st, so come take a peek!  Our hours at the moment for the LES location are 12-9PM Sunday-Thursday and 10AM-10PM Friday-Saturday.  Check out the opening photos below!

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Hipstamatic + New Lower East Side Opening!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010


DIJITAL FIX

9 CLINTON STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10002

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Come celebrate the opening of dijital fix’s second store, featuring the first-ever physical Hipstamatic gallery from photos submitted from users around the world. Curated. Prizes. Giveaways. We’re very excited for this, and we’d love to see you all there, it’s open to the public. This gallery opening is in our new space which also contains a beer and wine bar with light “tapas-style” foods. Multi-function space. We can’t wait to see all the work from the latest Hipstamatic contest on our walls. Check out some of the 5000+ submissions here! You can get a preview of our products at our webstore, or better yet, stop by the new shop! If you feel like it, check out the facebook event page!

Dijital Fix is a designer electronics store. Born out of Brooklyn in 2006, we’ve grown up to open a second store in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Stocking some of the most exciting and interesting design gadgets available, we pride ourselves in offering only the best, as if we were to own it ourselves. We’re very excited to present our new store along with the Hipstamatic show: SOLSTICE: The Rebirth of Summer!

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Rube Goldberg

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Coming across this amazing music video from OK GO, it makes me think that this would be a great winter activity for Brooklynites who don’t want to spent time outside freezing.  Rube Goldberg Contest, winter 2011, anybody?  We’ll sponsor it.  P.S. This video is unbelievable.  How they got the timing so perfect in one take, blows my mind.

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Serge Gainsbourg x 3D Graffiti

Saturday, November 21, 2009

One wall in Paris. 5 years of graffiti. Whipped into a 3D animation by Serge Gainsbourg.

40 years after his sex symbolism, and he has still not lost his cool.

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Tim Burton x MoMA

Sunday, November 15, 2009

There’s a Tim Burton retrospective at MoMA from the 22nd of November running aaaalllll the way to April 26th.  As if there wouldn’t be enough people dying to go see it, Tim Burton created a 30-second video to be aired on TV and online, including a Burtonized MoMA logo.  Since we all have to wait until March 2010 for his version of Alice in Wonderland, this retrospective should keep us satiated for the time being.   Check out the Burton video below:

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Via MoMA/P.S.1′s sweet new blog

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SUCCEED

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Schadenfreude
[shahd-n-froi-duh]/[ˈʃɑdnˌfrɔɪdə]
n.  Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
1890–95; < German, equiv. to Schaden harm + Freude joy

Schopenhauer once said, “To feel envy is human, to savor schadenfreude is devilish.”

Except sometimes most of the time, because it’s hilarious.  That’s why FAIL Blog has been so successful.

But the creator of FAIL Blog does have a sweeter side – now he’s created SUCCEED Blog, to counterbalance “HAHA that’s so messed up!” with “HAHA that’s so awesome!”


Kid Costume SUCCEED
Batman Surf SUCCEED

Lego Lunch SUCCEED

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