Band of Outsiders x Sperry Deconstructed Boat Shoe

LA-based designers Band of Outsiders team with Sperry to turn old-fashioned boat shoes inside out, literally (heh heh heh). Available in the three styles pictured at Tres Bien for stupid amounts of money.

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New York Delft by Lovegrove & Repucci

A really cool take on porcelain dinnerware from The Future Perfect collective of designers.  It's refreshing to see innovation like this in an area most people equate with stuffy family dinners at grandma's house.  Stuffy dinners like Thanksgiving, complete with turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, and I forgot what I was talking about before...

$100 per place setting here.

FAIL stickers

failblog.org has brought us some of the most memorable moments in failure since the dawn of the internets.  Now you can get the real FAIL instead of a Photochop via failsticker.com.  $5 for 5 on the low end, $24.95 for 50(!) up high.  

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Phish Melts Faces, Author Weeps at Setlists

I can't talk too much about this because I am a little sick I couldn't witness Phish's three night reunion stand at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. I will say that I went to my first Phish show in 1995 and that I have...complex feelings about the band. That isn't to say I wouldn't have traded a kidney for a ticket to these shows:

03.06.09 :: Hampton Coliseum :: Hampton, VA

Set I: Fluffhead*, The Divided Sky, Chalkdust Torture, Sample in a Jar, Stash, I Didn't Know#, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Farmhouse, NICU, Horn, Rift, Train Song, Water in the Sky, Squirming Coil, David Bowie

Set II: Backwards Down The Number Line^, Tweezer, Taste, Possum, Theme from the Bottom, First Tube, Harry Hood, Waste, You Enjoy Myself

E: Grind**, Bouncing Around the Room, Loving Cup

* Last played 9/28/2000

# with Trey on drums

^New original

** Last played 12/30/98

03.07.09 :: Hampton Coliseum :: Hampton, VA

Set I: Back On The Train, Runaway Jim, Brian and Robert, Split Open and Melt, Heavy Things, Punch You in the Eye, Gumbo, Reba, Mexican Cousin, It's Ice, Halley's Comet, Beauty of a Broken Heart*, Guelah Papyrus*, Lawn Boy, Run Like An Antelope

Set II: Rock and Roll, Limb By Limb, Ghost, Piper, Birds of a Feather, Wolfman's Brother, Prince Caspian, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Character Zero

E: A Day in the Life

*First time played

03.08.09 :: Hampton Coliseum :: Hampton, VA

Set I: Sanity, Wilson, Foam, Bathtub Gin, Undermind, AC/DC Bag, My Friend My Friend, Scent Of A Mule, All Of These Dreams, Maze, She Thinks I Still Care*, Army Of One, Tube, Cars Trucks & Buses, Free, Frankenstein**

Set II: Down With Disease, Seven Below, Horse > Silent In The Morning, Twist, 2001, Moma Dance, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Wading In The Velvet Sea, Slave To The Traffic Light

E: Happy Birthday Leonard^, Contact, Bug, Tweezer Reprise

* First Time Played, George Jones song

** With Page on Keytar

^ $$ Crowd and band sing Happy Birthday to Leonard Fishman, Jon's father

setlists via jambase

Chinese Hackers Crack iTunes Gift Card Algorithm: BONANZA!

Gizmodo is reporting that Chinese hackers have cracked the algorithm which generates the code for iTunes giftcards. I hate iTunes and am not a fan of Apple in general, so while I won't be baiting the FBI or identity thieves by purchasing codes from Chinese websites, I will admit that I am laughing diabolically on the inside. Looks like prices have increased a bit, but $40 for a $200 gift card is still a good deal...and pretty funny.

via gizmodo

Pitchfork Music Festival '09

Really good starting lineup, has the potential to be a great festival.  July 17-19 in Chicago.

Friday, July 17

Built to Spill 
The Jesus Lizard 
Yo La Tengo 
Tortoise 

Saturday, July 18

The National 
Pharoahe Monch 
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 
+ many more!

Sunday, July 19

Grizzly Bear 
The Walkmen 
Vivian Girls 
+ many more!