Cool Hunting
| 11 October 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Where the Ladies At?
by Ami Kealoha
From Rotterdam to Boston, tracking down some of the girl sneakerheads who care more about Blazers than Blahniks.
The international legions of sneaker collectors are looking a lot more like fixtures than passing trends. But, despite this year's debut of a documentary on the subject, Keep female fans are starting to get their due. After all, for every Jordan afficionado or Clyde addict, there's the quintessential fashionista with a closet full of Louboutins; women practically invented the art of collecting shoes.
Spicy Thai flavor Kettle Chips
by Evan Orensten
There are a few reasons why these chips should be in your pantry. First off, they taste great. They have a not in-your-face combination of sweet, salty, spicy, tangy, and heat. Second, they are one of two flavors, along with Cheddar Beer (which taste better than they sound) that won Kettle Foods' People's Choice awards, where customers got to submit flavors and then vote on the most popular choices. They are currently accepting nominations for drink-inspired flavors. We like Kettle Foods because they care about how things grow, how products are made, and their impact on the community and the world. A 5 oz. bag costs around $2.50 and is available at stores everywhere in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and online.
Grooves Magazine
by Ami Kealoha
Dubbed laptop rock, noise, minimalist techno, and disco punk (among other off-sounding terms), Grooves magazine covers a wide range of "experimental electronic music." The most recent issue includes profiles of DFA's Juan Maclean, the "goth-hop" pioneer Alias (Anticon), and reviews the emerging Oakland-based group n5md's Run_Return. Clearly geared toward electronic music heads, over 24 pages of reviews and a geeked-out section on the latest equipment make Grooves a comprehensive overview of the latest in the intersection of computers and music .
