Banksy: Artist in Residence
In lieu of an acceptance speech for winning the 2014 Webby Awards Person of the Year, graffiti and urban artist Banksy made this video summarizing the spectacle that won him the award, his “residency” in New York.
In lieu of an acceptance speech for winning the 2014 Webby Awards Person of the Year, graffiti and urban artist Banksy made this video summarizing the spectacle that won him the award, his “residency” in New York.
If the new 485hp Dodge Challenger isn’t enough for you, wait for the Challenger SRT Hellcat. Its supercharged 6.2L HEMI V8 outputs 707hp. Available w/ a 6-speed Viper-sourced manual or 8-speed automatic. More on 95octane.
BLR takes on the show that has become a shadow of its former self, American Idol (aka “Sing-Song Contest of America.) It says a lot that this brief parody video is more entertaining than any episode of the show these days.
At a V8 Supercars event a few years ago, an unfortunate accident turned into a minor spectacle. A racer’s wheel came loose off his car, but while he pulled over the errant part kept on rolling. And then…
Inspired by the Marvel comic, Disney Animation’s latest flick follows a young roboticist who ends up in the midst of an evil plot in San Francisco, and forms a team of high tech heroes with his geeky friends and his shapeshifting robot sidekick.
For the season two Hannibal finale, Phantom City Creative and Mondo will release these creepy limited-edition prints of the doctor. They’re awesome, though we’re not sure we’d want them watching us. Follow Mondo on Twitter for details.
(NSFW, Gore) The still clueless gamer Conan O’Brien gets his hands on Watch_Dogs. He proceeds to make up a Chinese proverb, pitch an idea for a FedEx commercial and discover a poetic Easter egg. Or not.
Electro beat maker MetroGnome used some of the iPhone’s stock ringtones (with Siri chiming in occasionally) to make this pop dubstep track. Want to make this your ringtone? You can download the track here.
Brandon Bird asked his fellow artist friends to make art based on the amateurish sketches in an X-Men coloring book that he found at a dollar store. Amy Dixon’s Jean Grey is the bomb, but all the Cyclops pieces are top notch as well.
Team BlackSheep shares its awesome footage of the luxurious city of Dubai, taken with the group’s Discovery Pro quadcopter. They became the first to fly a UAV over the Burj Khalifa and the Burj Al Arab.
Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Firth star in this adaptation of Mark Millar, Matthew Vaughn and Dave Gibbons’ comic book, which is basically a bastardized take on James Bond. Yep, that’s Millar all right.
Wanna play laser tag but with swords? Check out Sabertron. It keeps score by knowing when it connects with another sword and when it actually hits your opponent. It comes with an integrated health bar and has five game modes.
The Surface Pro 3 has a 12″ 3:2 2160×1440 touchscreen, 4th generation Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 CPU, 4GB or 8GB RAM, 64GB to 512GB storage and a digitizer pen. For some reason its keyboard cover is still sold separately though.
Azerbaijan artist Faig Ahmed combines the Middle Eastern style of carpet making with urban art and digital media, creating pieces that look like they’re just altered images but are actually purely embroidered.
Snowboarder Dan Brisse decided that combining snowboarding and rooftop parkour would be a good idea, as he was towed to the edge of a building, flew through the air while doing a spin, and landed on another roof.
(Game of Thrones SPOILERS) Conan imagines a service for couch potatoes that will stop other people from bothering them with questions about their favorite TV shows. We’ll get the premium membership for ourselves, not for others.
Feit decks out its sneakers in all white. As always, each pair of the slippers, low cut and high cut shoes are hand sewn by one craftsman. Their cork foot bed topped with leather makes them ideal to be worn bare foot.
Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo star in a thriller based on the tragic events involving American amateur wrestlers Dave and Mark Schultz and their sponsor John du Pont. Directed by Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote).
This isn’t exactly sweater season, but if you are chilling somewhere cold check out this nice anorak by Rising Sun Mfg. Co. It’s made of chambray and has an oversized front pouch, an asymmetrical hemline and adjustable cuffs.
(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at American media’s reaction to a recent European Union court ruling that Google must delete search links upon request, and suggests an alternative to invoking the right to be forgotten.
(Gore) THIS! IS! MAN AT ARMS! Blacksmith Tony Swatton and his crew replicated King Leonidas’ one-handed sword from 300. Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara then dropped by to test it, and to show just how huge Tony is.
While you have to go to a fancy pastry competition here in the States to witness this art form, in Xian, China, it’s as easy as going to this street vendor, who crafts intricate candy animals by blowing into molten hot sugar.
Here’s your feel good video for the week. Two hip cats nod off and explore the universe through an 80s-tinted lens. Written, produced and directed by Ryan Barger and Katie Akana, who seem to have had too much catnip themselves.
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