Melali: The Drifter Sessions w/ Rob Machado
Stylistic and ultra chill surf legend Rob Machado presents his new film "Melali." All the filming takes place around three Indonesian islands. Check out Rob's board, The Gravy, that we featured back in March 2010.
"Melali returns to the fundamentals of surf cinematography by focusing on the surfing experience, the artful relationship between man and surf, and the sharing of this experience with good friends."
Mr. Nice Movie Trailer
If you're a fan of Layer Cake, you might be interested in the upcoming biopic film "Mr. Nice" starring Rhys Ifans as the legendary Howard Marks.
"Marks began to deal during a postgraduate philosophy course at Oxford and was soon moving large quantities of hashish into Europe and America in the equipment of touring rock bands. The academic life began to lose its allure.
At the height of his career, he was smuggling consignments of up to thirty tons from Pakistan and Thailand to America and Canada and had contact with organisations as diverse as the CIA, MI6, the IRA, and the Mafia."
Free Weezy T-shirt
Lil Wayne is blogging from prison. Yup, his online marketing manager Karen Civil is transcribing handwritten letters for prison on his blog. Even from behind bars Young Money makes that money. Retail $29.99
Food Rules by Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan has been become our nation's healthy diet expert. In 2006, his New York Times Best Seller, The Ominvore's Dilemma provided an in-depth look at the industrial food chain. He made all of us feel like we've been eating garbage for the past 50-years because of how our food was produced. In Food Rules, Pollan keeps it simple and conveys his essential diet guidelines in a hundred pages. Retail $11 (available from Amazon for $5)
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
"If you can't pronounce one of the ingredients, don't buy it."
Conan O’Brien 30-City Tour
Coco is taking his show on the road to 30 cities across the nation. Better grab your tickets quick! The first show is April 12th in Eugene, Oregon.
Food Revolution on ABC
We posted Jamie Oliver's book back in October. If you had a chance to skim through his book, you'd know that he's on a quest to bring all of us back into the kitchen in order to eat healthy. Well, the man's so serious that he's bringing his quest to your tv screen.
Take a sneak peek and find out whether kids can tell the difference between a tomato and a potato -- seriously.
Series premiere on March 26th 9/8c
NY-Z (ABSOLUT + Jay-Z)
Last week, Absolut showcased a new documentary, NY-Z, before Jay took the stage at Madison Square. We love things that give us a fresh perspective and we're hopeful that this film will do just that.
"Gyea, I'm out that Brooklyn..!"
Release date on March 22nd at facebook.com/ABSOLUT
Michael Schumacher in the SLS AMG
After dominating Formula One for years in Ferrari red, Michael Schumacher returns to racing in 2010 driving for Mercedes. Let's not forget that back in 2002 he was the world's most highly paid athlete, above Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. The tunnel experiment video features the sexy new 2011 Mercedes SLS AMG. Zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds. Retail $250,000
Steve Nash, The Most Ridiculous Man in the World
Steve Nash and Vitamin Water come through with a nice little spoof on the Dos Equis commercials. My favorite line is, "I don't always drink water..."
Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta Rally Car
If you haven't heard by now, Ken Block (DC Shoes co-founder and professional rally driver) jumped ship from Subaru to Ford last October. While there won't be any new Subaru/Gymkhana videos, expect new madness from Ken and his Ford Fiesta in the near future (preview video below).