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Lego Bikes?

Lego Bikes!

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DJ Mobile, driveable PA system

The DJ Mobile is a functional artwork with a PA System built in.

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What’s Streaming: Music of the Moment

While Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Chris Brown, TI and Pink kill the Top 100, these days it's always best to inspect off the beaten channel.

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Chains With a Bite: Crunchy Jewels

There's a certain synergy in the continuity of a chain whether used on a bicycle or for more aesthetic purposes -- jewelry. After years of digging through chains, Julie Le is an expert.

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Music of the Moment

New sounds find their way to the airwaves and MP3 players, dissipating into these releases, and give away to dream scapes. Here's what's crossed my path lately. Get your ipod on ready, set, go as they releases come your way.

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Heartbreak Highway: Establishing a Healthy Relationship with Your Car

Back in the day, the first car we drove meant something -- a symbol of freedom and independence, or perhaps a candid memory that reminds us of a grandfather and what he drove. In the 20th century, cars first began to pull at our heart strings, in the same way old timers probably adored the family horse. We have yet to see what this century has in store for our emotional receptors.

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Enter the (Toyota) Matrix: Afropunk takes Brooklyn

While BK was alive last weekend with festivities including the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival and Bastille Day on Smith Street, the Afropunk Festival lured me in on Saturday to the pristine pastures of Fort Greene Park and then again on Sunday to the Ave -- Clinton Avenue that is. I couldn't help but notice that despite it's low-end torque, Toyota Matrix added some zip to the event on both days strategically parked on the sidelines.

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PS1 = Summer Fun

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, hundreds of cool kids, hipsters , hip hoppers , and house heads queued outside Brooklyn New York's PS1 concrete walls.

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Karina Pasian Shares Her First Love

The elevator at the sexy STK steakhouse opened to a hall, leading to the intimate second floor lounge, where a keyboard was set up in the corner under the glow of moody lights. Guests hovered around a giant chandelier, sipping cocktails and munching on mini-burgers.

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Santogold Flexes for Ford

The Brooklynite turned rapper is on every cool list from Bjork’s to my post-feminist friends at Venus. Apparently, Ford is paying closer attention to street buzz, with Santogold providing the backdrop to new commercials for the Flex.

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