Dunnys

Saw these a while back, im just waiting patiently to watch it in imax. This guy blubbel is just amazing.



Oh yeah, he also did Dark Knight ones.. and storm troopers.






Thanks to albotas

God of War 3

Why have I never played a god of war game?



God of War 3 Trailer from Michael Pisarsky on Vimeo.

Rudi and Adolf Dassler

Alright, so a few years back, I was really into shoes.. like, really into shoes. I bought all the expensive and new shit, but to me, that wasn't enough. I had to actually have knowledge about shoes. And I think the most interesting thing I came across was about Rudi and Adoph Dassler.

Rudi and Adolph were brothers who started Gebruder Dassler OHG in 1924. They supplied athletic shoes to the German Olympic team in 1928 and 1932. Perhaps the biggest moment for the Dasslers is when Jesse Owens won his gold medals pissing off a very already angry Hitler, while wearing the Dassler's shoes. But for some reason, in 1948, disagreements brought about the down fall of the company and Rudi moved to neighboring town. Each starting their own, individual and unique shoe company.




Adolph or "Adi" then became the founder of his own athletic brand of shoes that would focus on trainers, which would later be worn by both Joe Fraizer and Muhammad Ali. In 1949, the three stripes became trademark, and Adidas was born. And around the same, Rudi went on to make his own company as well, he's also known as the founder of Puma.





Something interesting, ADIDAS comes from Adi's first name, and the first letters of his last name. "adi" from his nickname, and "das" from Dassler.



Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the Mexico Games fighting for black power. Puma's at the place of a historic event.


Hope you guys enjoyed this!
Acknowledgment to nsb.org

Jeff Soto

I remember reading a while back about his exhibition in Riverside. I saw some of his work again today and started kicking myself cause I never got to see it. Here's some info about Mr. Soto taken from his site:

Through striking visual imagery, Jeff Soto communicates profound visions and fears, nostalgia of his youth, and themes of love, lust, and hope. Soto’s distinct color palette, subject matter, technique and bold themes resonate with a growing audience. Inspired by childhood toys, the colorful lifestyle of skateboarding and graffiti, hip-hop and popular culture, Soto’s representational work is simultaneously accessible and stimulating.

I just love the different shades of blue, and how the rainbow is just accented. Plus, look how cute that guy looks.




I really wish I went to go see it. Damnit.

More of him at JeffSoto.com

Macropinna Microstoma

I'm a few days late on this, but things like this scare the shit out of me. Reminds me of the show Planet Earth. Excerpt from MBARI:

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fish's head. A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler shows that these unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fish's head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.

Yes, there's even a video of it... in HD.

Read more at MBARI

We Make It Good Series: Vol 7

I'm only a few minutes into the mix, and I love the dynamic nature of it. Thrown in are some old Italian classic songs that I've never heard of before. Contrasting this classic feel and tempo, comes some pretty mean dubstep. Description taken from discobelle.net

Like a smoking hot laser beam shooting straight from the moon to your pasta bowl, DJ duo Crookers mixed up their patent brand of italian space travel with some classic hits from their mom’s record collection and crafted installment number 7 of the We Make It Good Mix series. 40 minutes of full-on gnarlesberger dubstep, italo pop and the best of deee best in dancey dance. Be sure to download and be sure to check out our awesomest friends at theFADER.com.

Take a listen

Thank you discobelle

ELM

I probably prize Elm hats over any new era. Maybe its the limited runs, or the quality materials, but they just always do it up. Based on Public Enemy's Fight the Power.



Hypebeast

Stalin vs Smoking

Found this interesting, maybe I'm biased cause of how often I've been affected by smoking.



Via Adsoftheworld

Armani on 5th Ave.

Sorry stairporn.com, but you guys fail if you're not featuring the new Armani store in New York. This shit is amazing. Here's some text taken from Fuksas Studio.

After Hong Kong Chater House and Tokyo Ginza Tower, Fifth Avenue completes the trilogy of the Armani Stores designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas for the famous designer.

Situated in the centre of New York, in one of the street more known, the project takes up the first three floors of two buildings localized between the 5th Avenue and the 56th Street. Besides the basement, the show room develops on four differents levels and it’s conceived of an only space, without clear distinctions, a singing space connected with the power generated by the whirlwind of the staircase.

Visit the Contemporist or Fuksas for more info.

UPDATE

ATTENTION!

This blog will now be about (as the new subtitle suggests) tech, fashion and whatever news I come across during my day. Expect to see random things. Very random things. Architecture, video games, shoes, shirts, art, etc.

fuck circuit city

man and woman struggle to pay bills and decide to buy a nice ass tv for their kids and home. where else to buy it but circuit city liquidation sale. turns out when they get home, the entire screen is shattered. zero refund whatsoever.

full story here

KAWS WEEKEND

more random pictures. full blog at rbasilio.wordpress.com

back

just uploading pictures. looking at tien try on jeans in my room. just blogging here for pictures. missing a few days. check the word press of course for full blogs

rbasilio.wordpress.com

rbasilio.wordpress.com

sorry, i like it too much

here cause i love the resolution size

pictures from today. click for full res

blogspot/wordpress

i dont get it, blogspot and wordpress are both under blogger.
blogspot has awesome picture quality. ability to view in full res. fast picture uploads.

wordpress cleaner dashboard. statistics. captions. non retarded post updates. but takes kinda long.

oh noes!

rbasilio.wordpress.com

oh shit

http://rbasilio.wordpress.com/

i think so. bye blogspot?

so quick you came, so quick you go.
blink

Make the Switch?

i dont know. wordpress looks really nice.

http://rbasilio.wordpress.com/

A Synonym for Repeat

dont feel like writing too much today, feeling a bit reflective instead of reminiscent

back to school, and as always it sucks. in chem we had a new teacher... i thought my old professor was boring, but damn i was wrong. got out of class an hour early, and got some food.

thought i aced my physics midterm, but ended up with a C-. i guess i still suck at physics. and always will =[ but on the bright side, i got near perfects on my two english assignments i got back. perfect on the grammar quiz, and i think the highest score for the memo. dell xps m1330.

dont remember much, but came back, played video games, went to costco. made dinner. the usual curry dish. but this time i used some bomb ass meat.

before


after

this is why you dont mix coffee and and hw


or your laptop


start reflective

iits hard seeing someone pretend to be happy or someone who is preoccupied. i dunno what made me think of that, but it sucks. i sat outside again. it was nice. i wish i didnt suck at school. i just want to live up to what i know i can do. im sorry to those that i hurt. thats the end of this story. //edit// on a random note, i think i want to do some friend profile thing. where i say a few words about my closest friends. we'll see how that goes. i think it'll be fun.