RISE - COFFEE AND GUM

I REALLY DIG THIS COMPANIES MARKETING APPROACH. RISE HAS A CLEAVER THEME, NOT TOO WEIGHED DOWN IN SERIOUSNESS..DARE I SAY CUTE EVEN. I LIKE THE LITTLE HAND THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE SPOUT. MY SISTER LISA (NOCTURNAL KNIT WITCH) IS A HUGE ZOMBIE FAN...I THINK I MIGHT TRY TO GET MY HANDS ON A BAG OF THEIR COFFEE.

MAYER HAWTHORNE - MAYBE SO, MAYBE NO

YESSS!!! SO GLAD TO SEE MORE VIDEO'S WITH SKATEBOARDING, NOT TO MENTION THE SONG HAS A GREAT VIBE TO IT. COME THIS APRIL I WILL BE MAKING SWITCH FROM NY TO LA. NOW I MUST ADMIT THAT I STILL HAVE MY RESERVATIONS ABOUT HOW WELL I WILL LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE, BUT AFTER WATCHING A VIDEO LIKE THIS, IT DOES OPEN ME UP A BIT.

EMILIE'S BEDFORD AVENUE SESSIONS - RAINBOW

JUST FINISHED PUTTING THIS FOOTAGE TOGETHER AND GOT IT UP ONLINE YESTERDAY. ALL OF US THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT ARE PROUD WITH HOW THE FIRST SESSION TURNED OUT. GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL!!

MAST BROTHERS CHOCOLATE

SO I WAS AT FRIENDS HOUSE TODAY DOING SOME WORK AND I GLANCED DOWN AT THE COFFEE TABLE AND NOTICED THIS CHOCOLATE BAR WITH A BEAUTIFUL WRAPPING. IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE MOST CHOCOLATE WRAPPERS I AM ACCUSTOM TO SEEING ARE RATHER SIMPLE AND PLAIN. I QUICKLY HOPPED ONLINE TO SEARCH OUT THIS LOCAL BROOKLYN COMPANY. I DISCOVERED THAT MAST BROTHERS CHOCOLATE ARE IN FACT THE ONLY BEAN TO BAR MAKERS IN NEW YORK AND ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL IN THE U.S. WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT EACH OF THIER WRAPPERS HAVE A DIFFERENT, ORNATE DESIGN. AS MUCH AS I'M ALWAYS ON MY "MODERN DESIGN IS SOO AWESOME" TIP, I STILL DO APPRECIATE DESIGN THAT HOLDS AN OLDER, MORE ELEGANT VALUE.

CHIDDY BANG - OPPOSITE OF ADULTS

JUST SAW THIS VIDEO THIS MORNING AND I HAVE PLAYED IT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. ON A REMIX OF MGMT'S "KIDS", NEW COMER, CHIDDY BANG REALLY DELIVERS ON THIS TRACK. IT'S NICE TO SEE RAPPERS THAT CAN HAVE FUN IN WITH THIER ART COMPARED TO THE MAJORITY THAT TRIP ALL OVER THEIR CHAINS AND RENT-A-BENTLEYS. PLUS, THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH SKATEBOARDING IN VIDEOS ANYMORE. I WAS STOKED TO SEE IT ALL THROUGHOUT.

ALEX VARANESE

I JUST DISCOVERED THIS ARTIST AND I AM SO THRILLED TO SEE ART LIKE THIS EXIST. WITH VARANESE, THERE IS SOMETHING AGED AND UNHEALTHY ABOUT HIS PALETTES AND YET THERE IS A OVERTONE OF A CLEAN, MODERN DESIGN WHICH BLENDS SO NICELY TOGETHER. I JUST LOVE THE CONSISTENCY OF HIS COLOR SCHEMES THAT INVARIABLY CAPITALIZE HIS URBAN DECOUR. CHECK OUT MORE OF HIS WORK..THE ART OF ALEX VARANESE

I'VE BEEN ABSENT....

....MY BAD