The Purveyor of Cool

Current presents Porn 2.0 The rise of Internet porn

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Okay don't act like you've never clicked on a link your friend sent you or Googled a familiar adult film star. Well this is a quick documentary I ran across on Current. What? I am trying to get my search engine ratings up. - Buie

Invictus Trailer

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0000

The poem "Invictus" holds a special place in my heart, This movie may do the same. Morgan Freeman accepts the hefty responsibility of portraying South African President Nelson Mandela in what looks to be a deep film. Matt Damon flanks Freeman as a star Rugby player. As I learn more about the film I'll be sure to update this post. Big shout to Kenji for putting it on my radar. - Buie

Mos Def, Black Thought & Eminem on BET in "The Cypher"

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:21:00 +0000

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To quote the great urban poet/realty star Flavor flav "Waaaoooooooooowwwww!". The MP3 will be available to download here tomorrow. - Buie

Nike SB " Today was a good day" P. Rodriguez spot

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:56:00 +0000

I love the simplicity in the concept and how the music both sets the tone and narrates the spot. Nike stays on their game. Shouts to Formosny for hipping me to this one. - Buie

Call & Response film

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:44:00 +0000

For my socially conscious folks out there let me know your thoughts on this film. It has been getting a lot of press lately and I'd like to open up some discussion on the topic. For those of you who may not be aware of the film or the issues surrounding it here is a quick rundown.(see below)

By no means is this cool. What is cool is the effort put forth by the artists involved.

"Never forget, justice is what love looks like in public" Dr. Cornel West now that's deep. - Buie

The Windows 7 Whopper invades Japan

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:41:00 +0000

At this point in windows history Microsoft will stoop to any means to get some type of positive brand association. Well in Japan they've taken cross promotion to dark and dirt little corner and had their way with it. Check out the Windows 7 Whopper.

Google tunes?

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:33:00 +0000

Hot on the heals of the beta launch of Google wave, which is still in limbo between cool and "Eh" for me, Google is talking tunes. The data hungry mad scientist over there are reported to have begun development on a search and buy tool. Head over to Salon.com or wsj.com for more info. - Buie

New Music - "Russian Roulette" - Rihanna

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:21:00 +0000

Russian Roulette (Main) - Rihanna

RiRi is back with some heat for the fall.

new music - "Taking my ball" by Eminem

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:10:00 +0000

Taking My Ball - Eminem

I think Kanye may need to take a step back for a moment

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:28:00 +0000

Mr. West is a very...interesting personality. Here he has teamed up with director Spike Jonez to capture an odd little introspective piece.

Stop motion video

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:17:00 +0000

Just touched down in my new digs and a found about 80 emails waiting. burried in the concert photos and spam mail and random posts I found this video. Check it out if you are looking for a quick diversion from your day. - Buie

New Music - "Make Me" by Janet Jackson

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Janet is back with a Monster club record. Press play
here or head over the play list and check it out. - Buie

Netflix for your gear (kinda) Meet thredup.com

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:46:00 +0000

25% of your closet goes unworn. thredUP can help!

thredUP is the premier clothing exchange on the web. Easily exchange clothes you don’t wear anymore for clothes you will. It’s peer-to-peer so you only pay for the envelopes. It’s like consignment meets Netflix. How cool is that??!!!

So I am just now getting acclimated with Thredup.com but it seems to be a solid idea. The have a super easy to use interface and they have taking time to breakdown the sizes based on fit and measure. They currently only have long sleeve and short sleeve pieces available for upload & trade but jeans will be made available on the site soon.
To some this may be a crazy idea. I can hear some of you out there saying "I am not wearing something someone else had" well, you try on clothes in the store right? Same deal. And if you on top of things you may just end up receiving some dope pieces and getting rid of stuff your are not rocking. Sounds like a win/win. - Buie

The Story of Stuff

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Paintball art - Marilyn Monroe

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Glass Rubik's cube

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:23:00 +0000

Finally a Rubik's cube built the Way it should have been from the beginning. This new review is made out of glass. Now I've only attempted on a few very select occasions to complete or even attempt to "play" with a Rubik's cube but each time I wished I had the ability to throw it against the wall and have it to break into a million pieces. If you're really interested in purchasing one shoot me an e-mail announcing job info - Buie

Kanye West and Lady Gaga announce "Fame Kills Tour"

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:41:00 +0000

Is it just me or do you feel like you just got set up extra smooth. Kanye jumps on stage and does the his best "hey look at me I'm an attention whore" impression and Lady Gaga goes Cialis (extra hard) at the weirdo category. they both sit next to one another. Well that is until Kanye got Jazzy Jeff'ed out of the front row. Gaga does a Madonna meets Marilyn Manson at a Victorian gay bar performance. Yeezy tears up on Lenno and now they have a Fame Kills tour.
I am all for good marketing but damn! I mean Kanye broke the one black male entertainer rule "Do not make a young white girl cry". And up until a week ago Lady Gaga was on some Aerosmith "Dude looks like a lady" stuff. The powers that be at live nation are some real sharks. As soon as a little blood was spilled they were all over it. Or, they are excellent puppet masters and planed the whole thing on some Dick Cheney type shenanigans
All things considered I tip my cap to the folks over at live nation. Hang out with Jay-Z must have rubbed of a little because from the looks of thing The fourth quarter is going to be all about Live Nation. - Buie

LIve nation pulls a JetBlue with their Unlimited Pass

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:15:00 +0000

On the heels of JetBlue's All You Can Jet Program, Live Nation wants to try the same concept. I just got wind of the press release but as more info becomes available I'll be sure to keep you all up to speed. - Buie

Get hip to Francoise Nielly

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000

I was going through my paces looking for interesting stuff to post and ran across these two pieces from Francoise Nielly I love the use of color and layers to create texture even in a 2 dimensional delivery.

From her Bio
Francoise Nielly lives in a world of images.
She has explored the different facets of "image" all her life , through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual, computer generated animated graphics. It is clear now that painting is her direction and her passion.

Growing up in the South of France where she lived between Cannes and Saint-Tropez, is never far from the light, the color sense and the atmosphere that permeates the South of France. This is coupled with her studies with her studies at the Beaux arts and Decorative Arts, and her sense of humor and of celebration.

Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and knife combine tsculpt her images from a material that is , at the same time, biting and incisive, charnel and sensual. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, the artist takes a risk : her painting is sexual, her colors free, exuberant, surprising, even explosive, the cut of her knife incisive, her color pallet dazzling.

Françoise Nielly is a passionate woman who loves life, wide open spaces, sushi, blue lagoons, the Internet, humor, books, Paris, New-york and Vancouver. Resolutely inscribed in her epoch, she is an accomplished artist ; 20 years of artistic expression explain the maturity of her work and the perfect mastery of her art.

If you are a fan of unique Portrait pieces head over to her site subscribe to her newsletter and cop somthing.
- Buie
She gets her sense of space and construction from her father, who was an architect.

New Music - "Angels" by Dirty Money

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:50:00 +0000

What do you get when you mix Diddy, Dawn, Kelenna(a new starlett) a classic track and Hype Williams? You get a fire video that harkens back to mid 90's when labels were spending money on videos (and music channels actually showed videos).
The track derived from the Jay-Z classic fits the trio well and the late great one opening up the joint make it that much more awesome (and yes awesome is going to be my word for the balance of '09). Before I can pass judgement on the whole album I want to hear more work. The teases from Diddy TV (every MTV show with Diddy in or on it) has not given me much confidence and while I liked 808's I'd rather see a group like Sa-Ra get some shine for taking the music out there. Not a manufactured trio. All that said, Bad Boy can do two things very well. Kill a solo artists career and make one hell of a club joint. - Buie

New Music - "Everything" Jaycee Payaso feat Silvar

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:05:00 +0000

In recent history hip hop and R&B have been exported to the UK and rarely imported. You have your legends like Slick Rick, notables with unique styles like Dizzy Rascal and Amy Winehous before she went all...well you know.
Now we have and shift in the tide. Americans listeners are starting to get more and more hungry for a new sound. One new import is the track "Everything" by Jaycee Payaso feat. Silvar.
This radio and club friendly crossover cut should find a home on air and in top 40/urban pop stations. While I think they're may be a lot more to see from Jaycee before I would call him the next great import artist I an secure and certain that this track will make folks explore his sound.

The Humanizer

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Its a...well human synthesizer. Just watch.

New heat from Fred Perry

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Raf Simons has designed for Fred Perry some killer pieces for Fall/Winter 2009 Collection

Raf Simons added this season two bags, beanies, scarfs, as well as a high top sneaker boot to the collection. Just like the clothing, the colors are simple and most pieces feature some sort of a metallic detail, most of the time with the logo.

Head over to the Fred Perry site for more info.

Sound board on acid 7t7.com

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Now I can not figure out the true function of this site outside of the fact that it occupied my time and made noise.Two things that are critical for a young man of any age. Head over to www.7t7.com and you'll see what I mean.

It’s Nice That Talks | Jack Featherstone

jamil.buie@gmail.com (Jamil Buie) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0000

It's Nice That Talk #12 – Jack Featherstone from It's Nice That on Vimeo.

For all my mixed media folks our there you'll like what Jack has pulled together.