mysticnegro.com Kranky v3.0 » Not BMX http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3 Sweet Jumping Jeehoosifat It's Cold. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do Need: Philco PC http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2010/01/03/do-need-philco-pc/ http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2010/01/03/do-need-philco-pc/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:42:05 +0000 HNIC http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/?p=268 I’m a sucker for 50′s style retro-futuristic design.  Casa Mystic Negro needs this.

As of now it’s just a design exercise by ShultzeWORKS design studio.  It should be real and I should own it.

[Found on Dvice]

Edit: Now with video

Philco PC from Dave Schultze on Vimeo.

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To convince people that this is not a bad idea, the Brits have released this video which is full of Parkour/Free Running (there is a difference, one is concerned with efficiency, the other includes flourishes think racing v. riding trails).  Ok, it’s not full of it, it kinda uses it really poorly and it’s just a really bad ad.  I guess there’s always a possibility that when a new sport is being used to sell an old product it will be done wrong.  This is pretty high on the “it makes everything look lame” scale.

Still, after seeing Jake Kooser’s Redline strapped to the back of his Smart car, I can’t dismiss this abomination and a bike rack as not a viable mode of BMX transportation.

]]> http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2010/01/02/how-not-to-advertise/feed/ 4 “The Phantom Menace” was Totally Worth it… http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2009/12/20/the-phantom-menace-was-totally-worth-it/ http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2009/12/20/the-phantom-menace-was-totally-worth-it/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:15:34 +0000 HNIC http://mysticnegro.com/kranky3/2009/12/20/the-phantom-menace-was-totally-worth-it/ Just for this review, which is 70 minutes long and 10 minutes in is already the best thing on the internet that doesn’t involve boobies.

From Gizmodo
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