Awesome Leisure

A voice as commanding as Benjamin Clementine’s is rare enough, but this 26-year old English soul artist is also a talented pianist, poet and composer. Head to NPR to stream his debut album At Least for Now.

Hock Design’s Rotator 2 jump rope is a truly special piece of fitness equipment, crafted in Germany from sustainable American walnut wood, stainless steel and Italian leather rope. Durable ball bearings ensure perfect rope turns.

HammerheadVR Studios shows off a proof of concept visual demo of what could be an awesome use for the Oculus Rift – a virtual reality Star Wars game. We’d love it if Star Wars: Battlefront supports VR headsets.

The guys from Dude Perfect organized a sort of olympics for R/C vehicles, putting powerful Traxxas remote-controlled cars and boats to the test in a series of challenging and goofy mini-games. The ramp bowling looks like a blast.

Pennsylvania-based youth ministry Epic Student Life shares a new summer sport. This fun twist on kickball uses a beach ball, kiddie pools as bases, and slippery tarps between each base.

The PS3 masterpiece comes to the PS4 with 1080p 60fps graphics. Journey is the pinnacle of video game mechanics as narrative device, and a powerful metaphor for storytelling and life itself. Free for owners of the PS3 digital copy.

DJ VEKKED puts today’s all-digital DJs to shame, spinning, scratching and fading his sounds the old school way, with a pair of turntables and a mixer. He’s still controlling digital samples, but with serious analog skills.

On first sight we thought this quirky little book would be great for the guest room or gag gift, but it carries a larger, significant message, encouraging its readers to break routine and always stay curious about life. Gotta go read now.

SongPop 2 is the digital version of Name that Tune. Compete against other players to see who can name a song in the shortest amount of time. Win and you earn coins to buy more playlists. Available now on iOS and Facebook.

James Bond is on a mission to root out an evil criminal organization. Travels to exotic locales, beautiful women, chases in awesome cars, gun battles, explosions, and helicopter stunts ensue. And Christoph Waltz is creepy as ever.

This season, go way back to 1979 to witness the dark and twisted goings-on in the world of a young Officer Lou Solverson. Patrick Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Jean Smart, Jesse Plemons, Brad Garrett, Nick Offerman, and Ted Danson star.

Wilco’s ninth studio album Star Wars is available for free until 8/13/15. You can download the free digital copy on the band’s website as well as on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon.

New to the Street Fighter franchise, Necalli appears to be the series’ Wolverine. He’s a close range fighter with “a wild, animalistic fighting style” and can enter an even more enraged state with new combos and specials.

To celebrate 30 years of Back to the Future, this epic box set includes all three movies on Blu-Ray, all 26 episodes of the animated series on DVD, tons of bonus content, a 64-page history book, and a light-up flux capacitor box.

Etsy seller Teals Prairie offers a sleek laminate cube clock that can be engraved with your favorite saying or quote. We recommend the old adage “time is a flat circle” or the classic “in the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more.”

Singapore’s The Saber Authority teaches attendees of its workshops how to properly wield (or dual-wield) and use a lightsaber against an opponent. Rental sabers are provided for classes, but you can buy your own fancy blade too.

Jay Leno’s Garage gets us up close and personal with sculptor Tim “Frogman” Cotterill’s insane bare-metal three-wheeler, which is powered by a 1000 hp blown Hemi V8. Honestly, we can’t believe this thing is street legal.

The kids know this is broken news, but James Vincent McMorrow’s not getting enough love. He’s one of the disciples of R&B deity Babyface, so if How to Dress Well or Autre Ne Veut is your jam, check out Post Tropical.

The Icon A5 has been popping up in prototype form for years. The compact, amphibious plane is finally headed to customers this summer. This promo features breathtaking footage of people enjoying this flying plaything for millionaires.

Dan Perkins aka Tom Tomorrow is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his postmodern political satire comic strip This Modern World by compiling every TMW strip from 1990 until this year (plus bonus art) in a two-volume set.

The latest English-subtitled trailer for the live action Attack on Titan film lays out the manga’s story and characters for those who are not familiar with the series. But it also has lots of eye candy for fans.

This short concept trailer is designed to give us a taste of a sci-fi adventure in which contestants compete in dangerous hover-car races. It’s a little thin on plot at this stage, but the visuals are nice and plump. Think Wipeout: The Movie.

LEGO Ideas member Firas Abu-Jaber built this prototype for his official Veneno Roadster kit proposal. Sure it’ll look better with custom parts, but the fact that he pulled this off with stock pieces is amazing.