Great photos by David Biene from the european hot rod culture!
Too bad his book is already sold out!

beautiful pictures…

Why didn´t I came up with that?“It wasn’t meant to end like this” is an installation by Glue Society. It seems like a 25-ton mechanical digger buried itself under 300 tons of sand. You can see it at the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Aarhus, Denmark. via todayandtomorrow.net 

Remember Blade Runner… or TRON or Aliens. If not you lived somewhere in the woods, I guess.Syd Mead or Jay Mead was the industrial designer for the vehicle of all this movies. His work is sick!Ch-check it out:  Image below is from the book “Flight of Icarus” (1978)    Or if you have a minute… here´s another interview over here.

and we brought a little present from our friend Jay. These will be our summer shoes for sure. Thank you sir! Get yours here or live´n´direct here. Don´t sleep! www.baguashoes.com

You like Kung-Fu? You like shoes? So you propably like Kung-Fu shoes…? Than you have to lay your eyes on these ones! My homeboy JAY ONE introduced me to his newest project. BAGUA shoes. They are based on the ancient Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi masters footwear. If you have a minute read the promotional text: Since the beginning, the Bagua project has been based on the oldest shoe in the world; it is the shoe of the Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi Master.For centuries, the great masters have praised its design for being lightweight, comfortable and elegant.Since the 19th century these shoes have been spotted on the feet of the master Dong Hai Chuan as well as in Bruce Lee films.Even today, millions of Chinese people wear these shoes while practicing Martial Arts or while doing Tai-Chi.The Bagua heritage has sprung a product that is rich in history, with a modern twist, while still preserving its fundamental values. More infos on their website. 

After recovering the last days… I finally managed to sort out some pics from the Faces&Laces Show. Had a great time, wonderful people, painted a little, ZEDZ, KRINK and the incredible KIEV DANDIES did their magic and we managed to drink some vodkas… what was also one of the reasons i needed to recover, actually. But I´ll come back! Thank you Oleg and Dimitry for bringing me over! Some more very nice photos right over here. More soon…

My childhood dreamcar… The Blue Flame was the high-performing, ultra high-speed, rocket-powered vehicle which achieved the world speed record on Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 28, 1970. The record 1065.8 km/h lasted for 13 years and was set as an average of achieved speed in both ways (617.601 + 627.207= 617.602 miles/h). The driver, Gary Gabelich, was of Croatian origin and native of San Pedro, California. 

Reaction Dynamics, Inc., was looking for a driver about that time for the Blue Flame, a 37-foot-long, 4,950-pound vehicle powered by a liquid natural gas-hydrogen peroxide rocket engine. Craig Breedlove, holder of the land speed record, wanted too much money. A drag racer, Chuck Suba, came to terms but was killed in a racing accident shortly thereafter. Gabelich was the third choice, and he jumped at the chance.

The Blue Flame’s run for the land speed record at Bonneville was scheduled for September of 1969, but it was postponed indefinitely. The first attempt finally took place a year later, on September 22, 1970. It was a dismal failure, reaching a speed of only 426 mph compared to Breedlove’s five-year-old record of 600.601 mph. A lot of tinkering and testing took place.

Gabelich hit 609 mph on the first of two mandatory runs on October 15, but a mechanical problem prevented the second run. The same thing happened on October 23, when the first run reached 621 mph. Finally, on October 28, Gabelich and the Blue Flame averaged 617.602 mph on the first run and 627.207 on the second for a new land speed record of 622.407.

He said afterward that he thought the Blue Flame might be able to reach 750 mph, beyond the sound barrier. But Reaction Dynamics had no more plans for the Blue Flame and Gabelich became a drag racer. Gabelich’s right hand was severed in an early in 1972. It was sewed back on, but further racing was out of the question.

Via www.bluebird-electric.net 

Thank all of you for that great evening! Special thanks to the amazing special guest Jay, Thomas & Erik from the Lodown Squad, Mark my helping hand & ABSOLUT VODKA for the 18liter of fine drinks! 

I dig this: More cool stuff over here.