An oldie, but a goodie. XLR8R gets with Dirtybird Records head honcho Claude Von Stroke on a tour of San Francisco and the history of Dirtybird records.

My man, Raashan Ahmad of Crown City Rockers just landed in Brazil for a week long trip with Gift of Gab, DNAE Beats and more. Catch Pt 2 of his Video Blog below.

Some of the most shocking footage I’ve ever seen, Vice TV takes us to Monrovia, Liberia home to the worst slums in Africa and even the world. Plagued with 3 Civil Wars since the early 90’s, the poverty stricken people of Liberia are heavily engaged in drug addiction, disease, murder, rape, prostitution and even cannibalism. Visit the VBS.tv site for the complete 8 segment series and beware of the shocking footage.

My man, Raashan Ahmad of Crown City Rockers just landed in Brazil for a week long trip with Gift of Gab, DNAE Beats and more. Catch Day 1 of his Video Blog below.

Planning to attend Sonar later this year? Why not live it up at the brand new Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Barcelona. I can only hope that we might be able to get to check this place out. Centrally located and designed and furnished by Spanish-Born architect, Patricia Urquiola, the 98-room follows Urquiola’s unique clean and linear theme.

The hotel officially opened in November of 2009.

Click Here To Read More About the Hotel @ The Cool Hunter.

Source: TheCoolHunter.net

Every now and again i get an email from photojournalist Jeff Antebi highlighting his latest travels across the world primarily in regions of conflict and mass poverty. His recent work covers the latest presidential elections in Afghanistan and Haiti, the Jihad of Southern Thailand as well as photos taken in China and Brazil. Check out his complete work here and if you’re interested in seeing more, make sure to join his mailing list.

Warning, some of the images shown are graphic.