The Insomniaks · Who Sleeps Anymore? Trailer 2

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The Insomniaks · Who Sleeps Anymore? Trailer

Who Sleeps Anymore? Trailer #1 from Illecism on Vimeo.

Get ready...

These guys are gonna kill the game!

www.whosleepsanymore.com

You Ain't Up on This!!! • The Insomniaks

Ya'll ain't ready...

The Insomniaks are a New-Wave Rap Duo out of Northern California.

Their debut album Who Sleeps Anymore? drops on Halloween. They are releasing it ala Radiohead's In Rainbows on their website with an option for fans to donate their own amount of money.

Those who cop the album will get 4 Bonus Tracks off their new record!

I've heard the album and all I can say is its incredible!!!

Support these artist and drop somethin in the pot for their talent.

CHUCH!!!

I will be overseeing their project with the Famous Firm! Stay tuned...

Check out their MySpace

AYO Technology • The New Mac Book Pro

Sources are not sure
if these shots are real.
At any rate
I will have it.

AYO Technology • BlackBerry 9500

Well here you have it...MORE pics of the new all tocuhscreen Blackberry...

Despite the fact I have been openly fiending stanning for this new sweet crackberry diesel device , according to Boy Genius Report, it is DELAYED UNTIL FALL 09!!!

•More•

RIM, you've created this moster.

You'd better keep feeding it!

Stepping into Tomorrow - Jezign Light Up Kicks

I don't know how to feel about these...I low key feel that light up shoes belong in the same catergory as 90s babies who are on that roller-shoe steeze, but with the fashion trends these days, who knows.

From Complex:

It’s been a minute since we saw light-up kicks—think back to the days when everyone was flossing those L.A Gear joints that flickered with every step. But it seems like Jezign, an advanced footwear illumination brand, is trying to make night-friendly kicks hot again. Perfect for after-hours summer balling, the Jezign line is focused around the brand’s most popular silhouette, “The Bubble Cloud”, a technical basketball shoe tricked out with a bright light in the sole. Although basketball sneakers are the bread and butter of the company, Jez also developed a casual collection which they claim is “generating a buzz with fashion-conscious urban consumers and celebrities.” We’re not sure if we’d rock these with our skinny jeans, but there’s a time and place for everything. The shoes are available for $150 at finishline.com Watch the promo video below.

Maybe Moguls really DO wanna get their Billie Jean on and light up the sidewalk when they walk--especially if the kid is not your son...and glowing in the dark while you dunk on a dude wearing mere Jordans must be empowering.

So what do you think Kick Stans...

Would you cop these?

You Ain't Up on This - BMW GINA Fabric Car

Zee Germans. Leave it to them to push the very fabric (yeah...that was bad) of steeze with their latest concept car the GINA. Made of a new alloy chassis frame and four pieces of fabric, your whip will be dressed better than you for a change.

According to Wired:

The body is made from a seamless polyurethane-coated Lycra fabric stretched over a moveable aluminum frame allowing the owner to change the car's shape. Purely conceptual, there is no intention of this technology ever going into production.
Chris Bangle, head of design for BMW, says GINA allowed his team to "challenge existing principles and conventional processes."

"It is in the nature of such visions that they do not necessarily claim to be suitable for series production," company officials said in unveiling the car Tuesday. "Rather, they are intended to steer creativity and research into new directions."
GINA (Geometry and functions In 'N' Adaptions) has been in development for six years, the working model is built on a Z8 chassis and has four panels which take about two hours to put on.

2 hours to put on?! Any good Mogul can get dressed in like, 20 min tops. Only fitting that his car would be able to do the same! On the bright side, now you can change your car to fit those custom Vandals you copped, rather than the other way around. Sure its expensive, but thats why your pringle game is serious.

Hopefully with this we can finally see the death of those tacky 80s throwback cloth drop tops.

AYO Technology - L.E.D. Emoticon Mask

How cool is this? According to Engadget:

Since most people spend their days behind computers expressing emotions via colons and parentheses anyway, the Digital Media Design Dept at Hongik University figured they'd just be done with it all when they created the "Mask of Emotion." It displays LED emoticons that supposedly react to external stimuli, such as a smile when the wearer shakes hands with someone. Its creators say it was designed to hide real emotions and -- literally -- mask them with whatever is being presented on the mask.

You gotta love the Japanese. They make everything cooler. Just ask Kanye, Pharrell or Lupe. Foxin with the Japanese these days is like what getting shot did for your music career back in 03.

I'm low key mad at the Japanese tho...How is it they can make this cool gadget, but not my custom giant robot suit yet?! If you can make a helmet that reads my thoughts, how hard is the next logical progression of a robot armor suit that reads my thoughts? Let's get on that...you don't wanna see me pull my yen stacks out of your economy. We don't need that kind of drama.

Stepping into Tomorrow - Nike Vandal High Supreme EX Metal Pack

After scouring the Net for some new black/metallic hightops I can afford to wear more than once, (sorry Kriss Van Assche...you still fly) Nike finally drops the vandals i've been waiting for.

According to High Snobiety:

A lot of hype has already built up on the Metal Pack by Nike on the internet in the past months. The Vandal High Supreme EX. out of the pack will be released at Atmos on June 14th. The pack is actually not limited and part of the regular Nike Fall '08 collection, so you should not be worried about not getting your hands on them.

Nice to see Nike come with some Rock n Roll flavored kicks. Doesn't help that I am a Vandal Stan like none other. I know they're black and gold, so I don't want to hear any "Are you an Alpha?" questions. Unless you're a chick who's into Alphas.

Cool Like That...Did I Mention I'm Cool?

If you haven't heard of The Kidz in The Hall, you're fallin off. Go cop their new one The In Crowd. You'll thank me--just be sure to do it with money this time.

You Ain't Up on This - Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle

Moguls get around in a variety of trendsetting ways. Maybachs, Phantoms, & G5's...and much like Joan Rivers, Vivica Fox, and King Magazines, they look good, but get old. Here's a new way to chunk deuces at the haters while looking flyer than...well anyone. Peep the flow on the Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle. Freeing your crotch (and your future Moguls seeds) from uncomfortable crotch-rocket seats,you can tell women you're a three-legged beast and really mean it. Just remember to let her know it's hybrid powered and eco friendly, or you won't be needing that crotch anymore.

While this is just a prototype, if you've got the Pringles, the Future Can Be Now.

You Ain't Up on This - Did Ye Swagger-Jack?...SHO'NUFF!

For all of you late 80's & 90's babies who might be asking "Who is this nappy-headed karate-ass nigga who is biting Ye's shutter shade steeze?!?! HOW DARE HIM!" Fall back. He is the iconic villian Sho'Nuff from The movie Barry Gordy's Last Dragon, and he was one of the first to rock them!

Though he may not need writeers but might bounce ideas, he wasn't the first to come up with some fly shit like thiiiis.

The Weekend Update - Hollywierd, Pete Wentz, Art Galleries, Weapons of Mass Design, GTA4, Basketball, Mother's Day

Of course some of these things don't seem to belong together in the same sentence, but when you're blogging, it's your job to not make sense...just posts.

Niko is my hero. GT4 Sells half a billion copies. Rockstar Games just BAUCED up on the industry. Pringle Stacks are everywhere for these guys. Let me know when you guys go public...I want shares. If you already are public, I'm firing my broker.


Saturday I went to Gallery 1988 where we saw the Weapons of Mass Design exhibit by Pete Gronquist. Definetly worth checkin out. Not to glorify war, but who WOULDN'T wanna blow away terrorists with a Chanel RPG? What??? Its gold plated and stylish. At least Cheney and Bush would get a break from all the flack over WMDs. Just leave poor Karl Lagerfield alone.

Pete Wentz was there and dropped like 10Gs on a few pieces. For most Moguls, much like pennies, parking your own car, and marriages without prenups, stickershock just doesn't exist to us. Just don't let that soon-to-be sis-in-law of yours near the D&G Uzi. She's not taking the Romo thing too well I hear.



Hollyweird...

Spidey on a cig break...CLASSIC


Puffy Chinese Olympic Promo Thingies

After tripping over curbs, some brief shopping, Crepes, street bartending, and the realization that H&M needs to step their game up in 08, it was on to more adventures...

Headed to LACMA for some drunken guerilla-photo blogging. No we will not use our cellphones outside the building. But I will flex my Mogul Steeze inside the building. As a matter of fact, our phones aren't going anywhere. Fall back, rent-a-cop. MY stacks pay for YOUR job...AND this building.

And we still got plenty of photos..WHAT??!?!


All that's missing is a giant clown standing next to this...well the little one standing there will have to do...


Interesting how the "sands of time" seem to always "erode" the noses and mouths of Egyptian statues off...Ancient Haters!!!


Honey I shrunk the Mogul



"The atrist's view of reality creates an entirely new world"
Words to live by.


Sunday spent some time with the Mogul Fam and cooked Momz some gourmet shizz. Watched the Lakers get shook by a Utah team that I've never had respect for since Karl Malone...so basically never. A 2-2 series at this point is below us, and I'm sure Kobe will make the state of Utah pay dearly for their crimes.

At any rate, I'm a well rounded Mogul, and I can cook pretty damn good. Of course Alfred could have cooked for us, but hey, Butlers have Moms too. Props to Danny B for the salmon recipie, and you know who on the German Potatoes.

On another note, I got my computer to ackrite again. I'll be doing graphics on my Dell until my Mac Book Pro is in my hands. Give me Apple or Give Me Death. PCs are for office cubicles and cash registers at movie theaters.

The Weekend Update

When you're a Mogul, chances are your job consists of telling people what to do all the time ala The 4 Hour Work Week so you can make that 3 o'clock tee time with your Mogul buddies and still catch Sportcenter, or for all you Mogulettes, hit Rodeo Drive in time to make it home to watch The Hills and make fun of LC and her girlfriends...with your girlfriends. It all can get so tiring.

After a seriously productive working Saturday, what do I do? Despite the Good Lord designating the day as one of rest, I topped myself, and made it action-packed...with fun, of course.
If you haven't seen Iron Man yet, we can't be friends. Every Mogul on the planet needs to see this movie. Tony Stark is my Hero. Techno-Mogul, Billionaire, Playboy, and Alcoholic. Stan Lee stole my life story...and my Armor Suit. I'm expecting royalties stacks any day now along with my George Dubya stimulus package check. Or you can just give me that extra suit you got lyin around that Rhoady's tryna get his hands on and we'll call it even.

I also got to see my Wifey in concert...She was as amazing as ever. Ne-yo was there too, so I guess me and my date were on some secret lover shit...I knew you weren't just going "to the bathroom" right after he finished his set. It's fine. Me and Alicia were texting each other the whole show...Good thing I wrote her number down from "Diary" before they took it out of the song. I won't tell.

Shouts to the dude on rocks who was next to us. I never knew an Alicia Keys concert could be so...hyphy.

You Ain't Up on This - Air Yeezy's

After hearing more hype about this than Lil Wayne's The Carter III, these vapor kicks finally have surfaced. Rumor has it these are the Air Yeezys that Kanye partnered up with Nike for.

Peep:

"On the heels of the latest developments regarding Kanye West's exclusive Nikes, comes a full blown detail shot of one of the most mysterious and anticipated sneakers in recent memory. The visible Air unit high top features perforated leather and a patent leather strap. Once again, no word yet on availability."

Granted these will probably retail for more than SOLID GOLD JORDANS, I'll still probably have to let a few shares go for these...But hey, thats what Google IPO's are for. I'll be Stepping Into Tomorrow on ya'll asses in no time.

UPDATE: Rumor has it these kicks GLOW IN THE DARK. My kids don't need a college fund. I'm coppin 5 pairs. Daddy stays fly. The End.

AYO Technology - Blackberry 9000

Peep the photo and behold the Blackberry 9000.
I know all you true Moguls out there are Crackberry addicts...and no matter how tied to your 8800 or Curve, and you can't live without it, and it's the best Blackberry ever and you wouldn't trade it for anything--shut up. You know your copping the new hotness faster than you dumped all your stock in Motorola after they dropped the Razr. RIM is at it again and this time, it really is gonna be the best Blackberry you've ever had. No, really.

Peep.

* 624MHz processor, 480×320 screen, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G, etc.
* The web browser flies. “Loads web pages in 3-4 seconds.”
* The BlackBerry 9000 in its current state runs OS 4.5
* Early launch date was slated for a consumer AT&T launch on June 18th.
* The battery lasts around 4 hours with straight phone calling.
* 256MB of internal memory or 128MB.

Rumor has it there's also a front side camera, so all you freaky Moguls can get your AYO Technology/Elliot Spitzer on. Too bad I'm on Verizon so by the time it's available, people will have Blackberry chips implanted in their brains and we'll all be pushing flying whips.

Mogul to Mogul - Jonas Bevacqua

Success depends on so much more than making money. Its about looking fly, feeling great, and then making money.

The LRG/Complex function was of course off the chain! I ran into my boy Dante (aka Rufio from Hook--staple of my childhood) and caught up on some music biz, and had a chance to chop it up with Jonas Bevacqua....COOL DUDE. I can't say how much I admire this guy--a definite class-act Catergory C individual...no matter your caliber of Mogul Steeze, their is always someone who can mentor you and step your game up THAT much more. He is the embodiment of success that I see myself becoming...young, fly, and filthy fuckin rich! But real talk, the movement he created was so positive and inspiring to so many people, and it was evident that night. Here was a young guy like many of us, with a dollar and a dream and he turned it into one of the most influential brands in all of fashion. Having a Mogul to Mogul conversation about setting goals and staying true to them and yourself really put things into perspective--especially when its so tempting to wanna rule the world from your apartment penthouse. Its never about setting out to be a legend...its about utilizing the best of your potential...Being a legend is only sure to follow. If you stay positive and surround yourself with like-minded individuals, success is imminent.

Getting drunk is also pretty imminent when Courvoisier is sponsoring the event.

"If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely...a Legend, Mr. Wayne."

-Raz Al Ghul, Batman Begins

Evidently these exclusive iPhone, Blackberry 8800, and iPod LRG x Courvoisier collabo gadgets were being stashed in the gift bags...One of which apparently didn't make it into mine!