Archive for October, 2010
Kanye West and his successor Kid Cudi have come together on many different tracks, one of the newest being the guitar driven break up ballad “Erase Me”. The song is a relaxed, laid back track, and the video compliments the premise of the song quite well. Check the method below.
The other day, I was feeling a bit opulent and decided to go out a decadent seafood dinner. One of the spots on my list of possibles was a restaurant in the Embarcadero district of San Francisco named “Water Bar”, and I’m glad I checked it out. The Executive chef Parke Ulrich is an amazing guy, and their food is incredible. The ambiance is great, (although I did catch a few people staring at me, wondering why a black 9th grader was at the bar eating oysters and drinking tequila) and the service is exquisite. They’re happy hour lasts from 11:30 in the morning to 6 p.m. every weekday, and has $1 oysters. So the next time your in the mood for some shellfish on a Monday, check out Waterbar.
(If you’ve got a facebook page, click here to see their Lobster Roll video)
I honestly had no idea that I had any sort of significant pull in the U.K., until a long conversation with an ex of mine where she admitted that the staff of her entire office building checks this blog at least twice throughout the day during work. Since being made aware of this, I wanted to take the time to shout out my Londoners (yes, that is a real word, look it up) and suggest going out to ‘Chinawhite’ this Wednesday.
The newly located Chinawhite has been going from strength to strength since its re-opening last year. Guests over the last few months have included a who’s who of the music, film, sports and modeling worlds. If you want to attend or book a table please RSVP by emailing names to djsamyoung@hotmail.com Ladies free before 11pm. My friend Sam Young (who I met through DJ Roy Rovelli) will be playing the best in house, hip hop and club music all night. Your guaranteed to enjoy yourself.
Sam Young winning the DJ of The Year award.
Every so often I’ll get the random urge to jump on a skateboard (and inevitably hurt myself). But since I’ve got many big events coming up, (330 Ritch, University of Southern California, Otis, Dominican University, Sutra, The Hip Hop vs. Couture Show, and the Rockit Scientists Release Party) all before the end of the year, I figured I’d just watch some dope skate videos instead of breaking my wrist and having to spend the rest of the year on the bench. So after hours of preening through different skate videos, I found one that (to ME) is one of the most impressive trick videos I’ve come across in quite some time. Check the method below.
Luxury phone maker Gresso recently introduced its new Luxor World Time, designed specifically for the world traveler. As you can see from the image above, owners have the ability to bring up the time for six different locations at a time. This is handled by the six independent Swiss clockwork mechanisms. The company says that the power reserve is clocked at 10 years. Watch on the back panel of the phone shows time of the five main world business centres: Tokyo, Moscow, Paris, London and New York. The sixth, and perhaps most important, slot is wherever you want it to be, which can be your home, or where you might be travelling to. Screen and clock-face with elegant Roman figures located on the back panel are fringed with two 97-carat sapphire crystals with high-gloss coating. Luxor World Time case is produced from ultrastrong and superlight titanium alloy specially developed for Gresso. It is coated with high-tech ceramics at the closing stage – such coating does not tarnish and discolor with the lapse of time (this material was originally used only in space industry). The front panel is offset with a bezel made of planished steel with black PVD coating, while the back panel features genuine Italian leather. Each key of the keypad made of a single sapphire crystal that has been manually polished with a diamond tool to make it pleasant to the touch. Gresso is selling the Luxor World Time phone through its website for $6,000.
So I figured I’d switch it up this week and not just feature a crazy hot female, and not just feature two… But to honestly see what people have to say as to which one they prefer. So I’ve lined up two different models, Dollicia Bryan, and Summer Walker, I want to know which one YOU like better. Lets get into it.
Dollocia Bryan
Dollicia Bryan
Dollicia Bryan
Dollicia Bryan
Actress and model Dollicia Bryan, is a former radio-personality from Portland, Oregon says that she loves working in videos and films and is excited about her future. Dollicia was discovered by R&B singer Joe to appear in his video “If I Was Your Man” alongside Blair Underwood. She also has an impressive 10 top 10 videos in less than a year. The director of “This Christmas,” Preston A. Whitmore II, saw the talent, drive and ambition in Dollicia and cast her for his film 1100 alongside Wood Harris, of the Wire and Paid in Full. She has also is in “See Dick Run”, directed by Dewayne Smith, staring Kel Mitchell.
Summer Walker was born on September 28, 1984 in Beaumont , TX . She turned to modeling at a young age as an outlet to express her creativity and her photos circulated rapidly. She has since appeared in a number of music videos including Kanye West’s hit “Goldigger” and some international videos as well. In 2005, Summer was nominated for the Vibe Video Goddess of the Year Award . She has also been featured in several magazines and was most recently pictured on the covers of the July 2006 issues of Smooth Magazine and Kiss Magazine.
Summer Walker
Summer Walker
Summer Walker
Summer Walker
I recently just had the opportunity to check some graphic design from Azul De Corso. I love the everything about the work from the typography, down to the colors pallet, to the photography in some of the pics. From package design to swim suits, the work coming from Azul De Corso is top notch, check the method below.
So, I’m sure I’ve preached over and over again about the my veracious nerd-ism. I’m just the type of person that loves to laugh, and I have the ability to find some of the dumbest things on earth very hilarious. That being said, I have to apologise if any of this stuff is way too corny for you. I’ve come across some “Comixed” shorts every so often and laughed to myself, but when I was chilling with Duckworth of Tokyo 24, we laughed so hard at some of these short strips that I knew I had to share some of them. And once again, you probably won’t find it too funny, but I think these are too good.
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Anyone who has known me over the last few years can tell you that my sense of style has changed rather drasitcally since my departure from New Jersey. I’ve gone from sporting XXL shirts, baggy jeans and fitted hats, to dress shoes, button ups and a different pair of cuff links for every day of the week. I do dress casually when I’m chilling at home, or traveling, so when I do, I always like to rock something exclusive. The clothing line ‘Rockit Scientists” is one brand that I’m a for sure fan of. Check their line out, and look out for some big “DJ Storm x Rockit Scientists” collaborations later on this year, and in early 2011.
The empty, run-down Linda Vista hospital in Boyle Heights has been closed for twenty years, and it shows in the pictures taken by “Ransom Riggs”. Dirt caked in layers on walls and mysteriously wet floors, broken windows, doors hung off their hinges, ceiling tiles had fallen victim to moisture and gravity, and walls chewed through by rats make Linda Vista the perfect place for a horror flick.
Linda Vista was a railroad hospital. Originally known as Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, it was constructed in 1905 to care for Santa Fe railroad workers who had been injured on the job. I found this file on top of a scattered pile on the third floor — it seems to be the admittance form for one Charlie S. Plunk, railroad conductor, born 1909, admitted October, 1972. Countless more files can be found downstairs in the death records room. Why thousands of highly personal records are allowed to molder in the basement of a defunct hospital, I don’t know. Many of the rooms were painted with bright colors years ago; faded and peeled now, they make the place even more surreal.
No Exit.
Just like everyone else does, I’ve grown as a person, and as an entertainer over the last few years, re-thought a couple things, and re-oriented my goals. I’ve found my niche as a DJ, and filled into my public persona a lot more than 2 years ago. All that being said, I feel like its about time the rest of my work follows suit. So its my pleasure to announce that an all new DJ Storm.com is on its way. It’ll be much more simple, much more sleek, and will capture my style much better than the current site. (Kayla voice)- “But what will it look like?!?!” The new site will be based on the blog your looking at right now, it will be much easier to update, and will have much more information about everything DJ Storm. Me and my wonderful assistant Ashley F. will be pluggin away at this for the next few weeks, and when we have an end in site, I’ll let everyone know a release date.
I’ve seen maps of photographic activity around the world, and maps of traffic activity in a city, which reveal how heavily roads are used. And now, photographer Eric Fischer has combined both ideas, creating maps of 50 different cities around the world, using only the geotags of photos uploaded to Flickr and Picasa. What emerges are basically maps of human interest–that is, all the places fascinating enough that someone decided to take a picture. Above, the map for New York, with Manhattan in the center. You’ll also notice a bit of color coding on the maps. Apparently, Fischer was able to guess that the picture taker’s mode of transportation–presumably using the time stamps and distance traveled between a user’s pictures. He then created a color code: Black is walking (less than 7mph), Red is bicycling or equivalent speed (less than 19mph), Blue is motor vehicles on normal roads (less than 43mph); Green is freeways or rapid transit.
Rob Scott
A few weeks ago I shouted out the winner of the “Dream Big, Hustle Hard” showcase Rob Scott, and as I’ve said before, I’m a true Rob Scott fan, so I was juiced when I saw the video for his song “Can’t Be Friends”. The video, released by MS Productions, is wonderfully shot, and features excellent black and white shots to compliment the track and the overall vibe of the song. Check the method below, and click here to see more videos from Rob.
As the days go by, and my fanbase grows bigger, I hear more and more people asking me why I choose certain models to show on the blog. Simply put, if your a hard worker, you have something unique about you physically and professionally, and I think your hot, then I’ll throw a model’s work up for the fans to see… Which brings me to Csilla Ray. She’s a Hungarian born, Dallas, TX raised model who’s rising through what I’m certain to be a long career. Csilla’s physique and curvaceous build allowed her to make moves toward her dream of building her own brand. Gracing the pages of KING magazine and numerous swimsuit calendars. She’s a featured model on Creative Clientel”s upcoming reality series, “Re-Making Of A Video Vixen.” Csilla has also featured in B-Hamp’s “Fooly” and Thugged Out ft. Slim Thug “That Girl Bad” videos. Csilla describes herself as a very positive and motivated person that works hard to get what she wants. She has across over appeal with an urban understanding and is on the rise in the modeling world.
Yes, this stunning and stairway is a real. While this stairway in the heavens will not carry you all the way to the clouds, these sensational metal steps can certainly take you to the afterlife quite quickly should you miss a stair while out for a walk.
While these stairs truly are attached to the exterior concrete wall of this towering Swiss skyscraper over ten stories off the ground, they are not actually used by anyone – they are, instead, the work of conceptual artists and architects (and now: spectacular staircase designers) Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann.
Hanging high in the sky from the side of a building without so much as handrail, this staircase is dizzying just from the photos. Of course, no one knows it is ‘only art’ upon an initial sighting – clean, silver, metallic and set to connect two apparent doors, this sleek set of stairs looks like some crazy construction slip-up on when seen at first glance from street level far below.
You want to enjoy your audio CDs while traveling but you also have a huge MP3 collection at home that you want to take with you. The ideal solution? DMP, a portable music player that supports CD and MP3 files. Use the MP3 player as you normally would, hang it around your neck, clip it on your jeans or place it in your pocket. Otherwise open both sides and insert your favorite CD and you got yourself a CD player my friend. Now that’s music to my ears.
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I recently got a first listen of the new “CRS” track – Don’t Stop. The song features Kanye, Pharell, and Lupe on a wonderfully mixed beat. Click the pic to download.
Fenice Milano has unveiled their new Diva tuning program for the Rolls-Royce Ghost. The hood, grille, side sills and mirrors have all been coated in 24-karat gold, as has the interior, along with custom teak, leather and Alcantara trim. However, they did not announced how this new package will improve the engine’s output.
Seems now a days all things German are coming my way, so I assumed it was only fate when I came across this ridiculously sick stacked house in Germany. Designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, VitraHaus is a multi-layered structure that recently opened at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Designed to display the furniture brand’s Home Collection, the five-story building consists of stacked volumes with pitched roofs covered in charcoal stucco. Each end is glazed and shoots outwards up to 16 feet (5 meters), creating the impression of a pile of houses.
On the interior, magnificent spiral staircases connect the intersecting white-painted interiors. All of the staircases are integrated into expansive, winding organic volumes that figuratively eat their way through the various levels of the building like a worm, sometimes revealing fascinating visual relationships between the various houses, at other times blocking the view. The VitraHaus project joins existing buildings on the Vitra campus by Frank Gehry and Tadao Ando.
So as I’m sure everyone is aware, I’m located in the Bay Area of California, and for those who don’t know, the local subway system is referred to as B.A.R.T (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Many of the stations differ in appearance, but none of them are anywhere near as spectacular as some of the european subway stations below. Check the method below. (And my appologies for not having the specific information about what country each stop is located.)
Solna Centrum Station
T-Centralen Station
Stockholm Tunnelbana Station
Georg-Brauchle Ring Station (Installation by Franz Ackermann)
Bilbao Metro Station
Bund Sightseeing Tunnel
Trains In The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel
The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel
Iidabashi Station
Iidabashi Station 2
Komsomolskaya Station
Museum Station
Drassanes Station
Drassanes Station 2
The Official Flyer
I’ve been spreadin the word for the last week or two, but I recently just got the flyer for “Fame” at Sutra today. Trung Tran, Set4Life, and the good folks at Sutra have enlisted the help of DJ Caprice, DJ Go, and of course myself, to tear it down on Broadway St. on October 9th. If your in the bay area, you should definitely make a trip out to Sutra to party. For any questions, just hit me up on twitter @youngstark.
It probably won’t surprise anyone to find out that lately, I’ve been re-watching “Batman: The Animated Series” on DVD, and while I remember the high points of most of the stories, I’d almost forgotten how great the title cards were. Aesthetically, they were one of the defining elements of the show’s art deco / noir-inspired look, mimicking the title cards and trailers of classic films. Check out my personal top 10 favorites below.
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Be A Clown: Given how dark the show was — and by that i mean actually dark; it was drawn on black paper — it’s a given that it often boasted a great use of shadows. The distinctive silhouette of the Joker leading a child away to a Ferris wheel is every bit as creepy as it should be.
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Mad As a Hatter: This is one of the few title cards that wasn’t done in the distinctive Bruce Timm style, and the classic storybook look of it works very well for the episode.
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Nothing to Fear: Another great use of shadows, the soft edges of the Scarecrow’s silhouette does a great job evoking the fear gas that he uses in the episode.
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Joker’s Favor: I know I’ve mentioned how good the use of shadows on this show was. But this one’s just perfect, and it’s a testament to how good the character designs were that even the Joker’s shadow can be this menacing when it falls across a poor guy who had the bad luck to cross his path.
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One of the most beloved episodes of the series, “Harley’s Holiday” is also the only title card that didn’t use black as its primary color, instead going with something that reflects both the lighthearted nature of the episode — well, as lighthearted as you can be in a story of an abused woman being thrown back in an asylum after failing to acclimate to the outside world, anyway — and echoing classic romantic comedies. Also, it’s worth noting that of all the variations on Harley’s costume I’ve seen on cosplayers (and I’ve done my research on this one, I assure you), I’ve never seen anyone sporting her out-on-the-town dress and hat combo. It’s fantastic, and makes for one of the best images from the show.
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Riddler’s Reform: “Batman: The Animated Series” was the last place I would’ve expected to see an homage to a classic Spider-Man story, but there’s no getting around the fact that this is clearly evocative of Peter Parker’s decision to quit in “Spider-Man No More”
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The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne: A great title, a great episode, and a great card. I think this is one of the only times the series was allowed to show an explicit reference to death in the haunting skull in a sweating Bruce Wayne’s eye.
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The Terrible Trio: You can’t tell from the screenshot, but in the episode, the words ‘The Terrible Trio” are actually animated in the style of an old horror trailer. A neat effect for an episode about three guys in fright masks.
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I’ll admit right up front that this might just be me, but I love this one. The combination of the insanely over-the-top title being rendered in a note-perfect nod to classic thrillers, the stylized shadowy figure of the Crime Doctor and the menacingly huge syringe between his fingers, it’s all just beautifully stylish and sharply rendered.
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The Man Who Killed Batman: With all the praise the show gets for being an almost-perfect realization of Batman’s darker, more serious side, it’s easy to forget that the show was also frequently pretty hilarious. The image of Sid the Squid and his gigantic cartoon eyes would’ve been equally at home on the title card to a Looney Tunes short. If, you know, he didn’t have the word “KILLED” in gigantic sans-serif letters hanging over him. Thats why I have to give this one the top spot.
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Lloyd Banks is back with his banger “Start It Up”. Many times I’ll get a hold of a brand new track, and even if its by some of the best in the game, its always a gamble or a waiting game to see if the track will be a club hit whether I blast it in my set or not. But “Start It Up” I’m willing to bet my bottom dollar is going to blow up, the beat is the perfect mix between synth and 808, and everyone comes spittin correctly on their respective verses. Listen out for Kanye’s verse, (which in my personal opinion was the greatest) with lines like “Beauty is why God invented eyeballs, and a booty is why God invented MY balls”. Click the pic to download.
Hasselblad has unveiled a limited-edition Hasselblad H4D produced in cooperation with Ferrari. This brand new model is dedicated to the new generation of photographers looking for the ultimate image quality, and will be produced in 499 units. The Hasselblad H4D Ferrari Edition is finished in Ferrari’s unique color “rosso fuoco”, and bears the legendary Racing Shield.
Check out a dope behind the scenes look at the “Aston Matrin Music” from Rick Ross, Drake, and Chrisette Michele.
