Author Archives: Chungaiz

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

By Chungaiz | Published: September 3, 2010
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video We were introduced to Ariel Pink on holiday last week. Sounding like they were taking inspiration from Brian Wilson [...]
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Theo Parrish on Red Bull Music Academy

By Chungaiz | Published: September 3, 2010
Red Bull Music Academy – Video Archive – Theo Parrish. “Fuck house music. Fuck any moniker that tries to limit music.” As anyone who has experienced a Theo Parrish the work of this consummate architect of sound envelopes the listener, and transmits new perspectives on club sonix. Theo’s musical expression fuses the rhythmic, disco-based pulse [...]
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Zoo York Mixtape Vol 1

By Chungaiz | Published: September 2, 2010
Zoo York Mixtape (FULL) from scottieb on Vimeo. A classic video that’s become a staple in New York City Skate and Hip Hop culture. The Zoo York Mixtape Volume 1 has reemerged in its entirety through Vimeo. Legends in the realms Hip Hop and Skateboarding – Harold Hunter, Jeff Pang, Vinny Ponte, DJ Roc Raider, [...]
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?

By Chungaiz | Published: September 1, 2010
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video MAXENCE CYRIN – piano covers of pop-ish tunes, and lays them over silent movie clips. The above clip is Pixie’s Where Is My Mind coupled with “The mysterious Lady” (1928) with the great Greta Garbo. Also does covers of Daft Punk, Beyonce and [...]
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Biggie Smalls Got A Story To Tell

By Chungaiz | Published: August 18, 2010
I threw all that motherfuckin money up in the Prada knapsack.
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An Open Letter to all of Advertising and Marketing

By Chungaiz | Published: August 18, 2010
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Five Steps for Consumer Brands to Earn Social Currency

By Chungaiz | Published: August 18, 2010
What are you going to do with all your Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and YouTube audiences?  “We forget that these programs have to pay into something, a shared value or a social context where the product actually gets used” says Erich Joachimsthaler at Vivaldi Partners. Smug, stunt-driven apps, games, and videos generate buzz but little [...]
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Faile Temple in Lisbon

By Chungaiz | Published: August 16, 2010
Amazing “Temple” installation from Faile in Lisbon, Portugal. Integrating their work into the surroundings like never before, the Faile crew have excelled themselves. They’ve brought to life in mosaic, sculpture, and bas-relief their iconic posters and images to create the Faile Temple. Materials include ceramic, marble, bronze, cast iron, steel, limestone, and mosaic. And it’s [...]
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Tree House Hotel

By Chungaiz | Published: August 13, 2010
I love tree houses. Nothin makes me happier than sitting up in the canopy with a new perspective on life. I also love the eco-awareness that’s meant lots of legitimate tree houses have been made around the world. For my next holiday, I may well head to Sweden to check out the Tree Hotel. ‘Why [...]
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How You Can Be Happy

By Chungaiz | Published: August 12, 2010
Written by the unfortunately named Wrath and Hater (sorry, Rath and Harter), Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements explores what it takes to make us happy. As Lord Layard, the Labour government’s one-time “Happiness Czar” launches the Movement for Happiness, Gallup pollsters Tom Rath and Jim Harter have released this new book outlining what it is [...]
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