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Sports Talk With A SetPosted by Jason Driscoll on July 20th, 2008

Recently I stumbled across a new website that has the goal of rattling the cage of a sports media. Takeover The Game is one man’s mission to do just that. Loud, bold, and uncensored, Takeover The Game tackles some of the biggest issues in sports and offers a unique aspect. Unlike many many sports talk shows i.e. ESPN the man behind this website offers an outlet for fellow sports fanatics to put their 2 cents in and encourages it. Those he feels are valid and have a leg to stand on are brought to center stage. For all you sports junkies out there. Takeover The Game is the site for you.

Mathieu BontePosted by Thomas Shaggy on July 19th, 2008

from Brussels, Belgium

Beautiful Original designs by an amazing artist.  Please check out his work by clicking on the image above.  Enjoy!

pOLDa° aKa aMeLia°Posted by Thomas Shaggy on July 17th, 2008

I encourage everyone to visit the following sites. The artist is beautiful artist from Torino, Italy who does a wide variety of art and also photography. I was able to meet her and converse a little with her through Spraygraphic.com. Which, if you haven’t checked out yet, is a great site for artists to get together and share work with one another. So check out the links below.

Drawing Portfolio

Photography Portfolio

Must Hear…Crash CoordinatesPosted by Thomas Shaggy on July 17th, 2008

The music industry today is a lot about catching your breaks. You catch them where you can, because you probably won’t have another anytime soon. Crash Coordinates members, Chris Kalla (Guitar/Vocals) and Taylor Lang (formerly of C.C.), caught an early break when they met in, an Arizona State University, Music History class. A few jam session ensued and it was decided to bring on Chris Wahl (Guitar/Vocals) and John Stoddard (Drums). Their earlier work, according to Chris Wahl, was “all over the place and didn’t make any sense.” After working out the kinks and mastering each other style of play the music really began to flow.

In the summer of 2007 began recording their EP with Producer Bob Hoag (The Bled, Scary Kids Scaring, The Format), at his studio in Mesa, Arizona. While in the studio the group realized that they were still missing something. Vincent Liou (Keyboards/Synthesizer) was brought on to fill in the gaps. Founding member, Taylor Lang, needed to find his place in the real world and decided to take a “9-5.” Kevin Williams was brought in to fill in as bassist. Kevin was from Chicago and decided to make the move to for school and make his mark with C.C.

Their EP - Ansible was released in May of 2008 and I was able to obtain a copy of it. I was very much impressed on how well they sounded for being such a young group. It was very well done. Bob Hoag did an amazing job producing the album. Crash Coordinates has some major potential to really open the door for themselves. Their sound is unique along the same lines as Minus the Bear. Experience will be the best thing for these young guys. After more time on the road and working around school schedules you will really see these guys come into their own. With tracks like Pompeii and The Torino Scale, I find it hard to believe that you won’t see these guys on a decent Indie Label.

I have stood next to several new bands that refused to do the hard work and wanted to contract signed out of the gate. Crash Coordinates is made up of hard working college students with a drive to do their best with everything they do.

Shag’s Tracks: Pompeii, The Torino Scale

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Must Hear…EstellePosted by Jason Driscoll on July 15th, 2008

Hailing from across the pond comes Atlantic R&B recording artist Estelle. The U.K. singer blends equal parts R&B with hip hop. Her new album shine features production from such heavyweights as Will.I.Am, Wyclef Jean, Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo and John Legend. The end result is an album the creates the perfect soundtrack for a party or some alone time with that special someone. The first single off the album “American Boy” features one of hip-hops best, Mr. Kanye West himself. Want to hear more? Head over to Estelle’s Myspace page.

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Vanna takes over The Living RoomPosted by Thomas Shaggy on July 15th, 2008

Were you a complete idiot and miss Vanna @ The Living Room in Providence, RI? If so, cry not, for Future-Breed has given you a way to relive every moment of the show. Click on the image above to check out Vanna and all the other bands.

Naketano FashionPosted by Thomas Shaggy on July 15th, 2008

Head designer, Nicole Christensen, seems to have a pretty good grasp on the idea of fashion. What makes someone a fashion designer? When someone adapts a piece of your collection as their favorite. Makes sense to me. In fact, I have done that plenty of times. She now brings you Naketano.

Naketano is a beautifully colorful line of clothing for your average 20 year old to thirty something female. The designs are simple and ordinary, but adds a beautiful element of color and sexiness to each person who wears part of the collection, while still maintaining five star comfort. With each collection aiming to reach the average, everyday woman who wants to be seen, I find it hard to believe we will ever find Ms. Christensen without a job. In today’s world we find that the majority of people want to be heard by everyone. Everyone’s opinion matters.

Naketano brings that dream to life. You can be your own conservative person while exploring that brighter side of yourself and feeling great.

www.naketano.de

Daniel FreytagPosted by Thomas Shaggy on July 15th, 2008

Daniel Freytag is a wonderful photographer with a great collection of Landscapes and Still Life. The Landscapes take on a darker, desolate tone than your average landscape. His cityscapes are everything that you want and more. His pictures from Seoul, South Korea are fantastic. Click the image above to reach Daniel Freytag’s website.

Tagged for the Arte y Pico Award!Posted by Thomas Shaggy on July 13th, 2008

I would really like to thank Tommy from Email Rubbish for the tag. Now while I’m not exactly familiar with the award I’m glad that he has continued to read my stuff and has liked it enough that he that it was worthy of an award. I raise my glass to you and toast to your good health.

Tommy’s blog is actually quite humorous and encourage you all to take a look at it.

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My Picks (In No Particular Order):

• The Nibblers from Gentle Nibbles
• Nate from Nate is a Blog
• AccidentalSexiness from Accidental Sexiness
• Blue Sunshine from Misc. Garbage
• iSeen from the iseen blog. unsaturated

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