Category: Sites

28 Jan

New Name, Same Site | Introducing FRICTION NYC

FRICTION
NYC
Props to Nghia for pulling an all-nighter over weekend to get the “new” site up and running, while retaining the old posts from Crackers United. We decided over the summer that we basically wanted to streamline everything to give the FRICTION shows their own webpage instead of just using MySpace. In addition, the site [...]

07 Dec

Hold On

Above pic via thecobrasnake
Here’s a track to get you hype for the weekend. Smooth enough to put on in the afternoon as you watch the second hand tick ever so slowly, but it also has enough disco kick that you can carry it over into your early and/or late night partying. Be [...]

11 Jan

Roxik | Nghia Dancing with Himself (in a DM tee)

We recently came across this sweet build your own flash animation site called Roxik. Ray and I went in and “built” our own Nghia aka Neal gettin’ down in his favorite Depeche Mode tee-shirt while hundred’s of other Neal clones cheer him on in the background. It’s kinda crude like MS Paint, but [...]

10 Oct

It’s Tuesday! GET HYPE!!!

It’s Tuesday! GET HYPE!!! This post was for last Friday but I decided to save it for the post-holiday blues to keep the kids KrunK! Consider it a link dump for all the things that get me riled up lately before going out, while getting ready for work or just getting hype.
I [...]

10 Jul

Don’t Hassle the Hoff

I didn’t think things could get any worse with Italy winning the Cup, but I have since changed my mind….

20 Apr

CrackersUnited presents FRICTION: 05.16.06

After the incredible Record Release party with Rahim, we are continuing to bring the forefront of indie rock with an incredible show as part of the KEXP live from NYC: bringing bands from our beloved Texas and of course our favorite NY locals. CU is at it again with Texas-favorite Ghostland Observatory and [...]

23 Mar

CrackersUnited presents FRICTION: 04.06.06

Friction is coming off two amazing shows this month with yet another incredible lineup featuring the Record Release of Rahim and continuing the bill with Foreign Islands, Other Passengers, and El Jezel.

 

Rahim has a reputation for weaving complex guitar and bass parts with hard hitting rhythms to create a fully-charged live show. [...]

17 Feb

It’s Friday! Get HYPE!!!

Yee-haw! Ya’ll know what time it is. It’s Friday! GET HYPE!!! How brilliant is this? Spell with Flickr (via Let’s Do This)
Bucka, bucka, bucka!!! Raise your blood pressure and get your Grime on with Run the Road V.2 (listen to the album) Tell your boss to come [...]

07 Feb

Pier 25 | Still Alive

If you’ve been along the Tribeca segment of Hudson River Park recently, you must have noticed the demolition of Piers 25 and 26. This is the third segment of seven that is under construction for the improvements to the park, spanning from Battery Park to 59th Street.
My daily commute to work from the West [...]

08 Nov

Whoever said having blueballs was no fun?

The one. The only. Blue Ball Machine.
Thank me later.

22 Sep

This (lame) post was automatically generated

For those lazy bloggers who can’t seem to post regularly, here’s the answer to your writing-woes: auto-blogging with Blog Drone. Just enter a subject line (like the one above) and here’s what you get:
This party animal is handing in her wings lots of mixed metaphors may ensue. This is an awesome e-text and how [...]

25 Aug

CU Shopping Cart | End of Summer

Every year it seems like some of the best albums come out in September and October. Some highlights of the late summer include Calla’s fourth full-length Collisions, Echo and the Bunnymen’s Siberia, and Sigur Ros‘ Takk. Collisions is Calla’s best work to date, the addition of a second guitar really made a difference [...]

10 Aug

Know the Toe

As always, The Onion serves up a nice headline on everyone’s favorite fashion statement: the camel toe.

04 Aug

Real World Austin: The Recap

Despite my previous disparging comments about Austinist editor Ben Brown, I’ve now come full-circle to believe that’s Ben’s weekly recap of the Real World: Austin is just about some of the funniest reading currently available on the internet(s).
I stopped watching the show after the second episode, and now I soley rely on the caustic wit [...]