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Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe
By Andy Vasoyan
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The Most Unhinged Frankenstein Movies You’ve Never Seen

A new indie horror standout (and a not-so-great studio effort) sent us down the rabbit hole of Frankenstein films that get truly, gloriously strange.

By Andy Crump
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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Soundtrack of a Gentlemen’s Trip

Because music shapes a trip.

By Lanny Fuller
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Brutalist Architecture LEGO Models

When it comes to our personal favorite ways to pass the time, building things with LEGO bricks will always be near the top because the only limit is your imagination. We're similarly fond of brutalist type architecture because it tends to take basic shapes and building materials and utilize them…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tapping Finger Kinetic Sculpture

When it comes to objects that are fun to look at and experience but serve no useful purpose, you won't find better than the works of artist Nik Ramage, the self-described "sculptor of useless machines and absurd devices." His piece Fingers began as a one-off made in 2003 as a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Cut-up’ Leica M6

When it comes to the inner workings of popular automobiles, cameras and other pieces of tech, there are few people shedding light on the entire process as much as Swiss artist Fabian Oefner does with this Cut-Up Series. The previously featured Cut-Up Series now includes a sliced-up and dissected Leica…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Coda Collection Music Channel

Yoko Ono and Janie Hendrix (Jimi's sister) have co-founded a new Music Channel known as the Coda Collection in order to forge a deeper musical connection with fans. More than just providing access to the music, Coda will feature rare concerts, documentaries, premiere films, and additional music programming. The Coda…

By Amos Kwon
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Nerf’s Latest Fires Around Corners

In case you never saw the movie Wanted, the most redeeming aspect of the film--save the crazy Dodge Viper car chase scene--was the character's ability to bend bullet trajectory to their will around corners. Hasbro's Nerf wants to capitalize on that CGI technology with their new line of Rival Curve…

By Cooper Fleishman
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