Johan Kugelberg’s most recent book Enjoy the Experience features over a thousand weird ass album covers from “vanity pressings,” the veritable mixtapes of yester-year. Though obscure artists profiled range from cult leaders to pizza place organists, these acts were unified in the belief of their sounds, investing themselves and their money to privately produce LPs. Including insights, reviews, and biographies ... Read More

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A few weeks ago, we hinted at an upcoming trip to Melbourne. That trip is happening this upcoming week, and we’re excited to be able to finally share more about it with you. We’ve partnered with MINI of Australia to help them launch the new Paceman model, and will be staying in downtown Melbourne for a week to set up a ... Read More

Huddle up kids, we’re about to talk about consequences.  Not just like “I got too drunk and now you and your sister are having my kids on the same day” or “I kept cutting class to smoke out the bathroom and now I’ll be in ninth grade again…for the third time.”  This SOUNDCLOUDSOUNDMOUND (17) is about those powerful sounds that ... Read More

WARNING! #Explicit Boxers now in stores. Equipped with stash pocket. #rocksmith (at Rocksmith Flagship Store) WARNING! #Explicit Boxers now in stores. Equipped with stash... ... Read More

Are you ready to save big at 8and9.com? We are doing a special sale this weekend in appreciation of all you loyal customers out there! At checkout use MEMDAY for all orders over $ 75. Make sure your cart is over $ 75 before you apply the discount code MEMDAY! Are you looking to really rack up?! Make ... Read More

They’re ready for their closeup. Two dozen life-size animatronic dinosaurs that arrived at the Bronx Zoo earlier this month go on exhibit in an outdoor habitat Saturday — and the Daily News got a sneak peek at the freaky attraction. Visitors to the zoo’s Dinosaur Safari, which will operate through the summer, will be towed in wooden wagons through a 2-acre wood ... Read More

Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories will be the album of this summer, to talk shit on. It’s ambitious enough to confuse 50% of the listening public into hating it and great enough to give the other instantaneous, long lasting, powerful boners. With that kind of math, motherfuckers will be talking about this album in bars and at barbecues for a good couple ... Read More

Pharrell is always all over the place. A business man and a boss. He just had his 40th birthday, a surprise to probably even his closest friend, but he continues to grind. Did you ever check that Time Piece of him with a babe (Karolina Kurkova) in Brazil, black and white shot by the legendary Jason Goldwatch? Pharrell popped up on ... Read More

Happy Memorial weekend! #rocksmith (at Rocksmith Flagship Store) Happy Memorial weekend! #rocksmith (at Rocksmith Flagship... ... Read More