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Flud
BoomBox Watch - Silver

Flud kills it once again with this new Boombox model. Press the buttons on the side to illuminate the LCD watch, cleverly inserted into the tapedeck. Polished metal strap.
reviewed by Hires

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Fm3
Buddha Machine II - Burgundy

cult classic, plays several loops

Not only does the new-look Buddha Machine from FM3 come in lots of grown colors (here we have a deep burgundy) and feature nine new loops, but unlike its predecessor, it features a "pitch bend" wheel so you can manipulate the box's drones and tones to your liking. We've sold hundreds of the original Buddha Machine; FM3 - the Beijing-based electronic duo who invented the machine and played the 9 loops here - have moved 50,000 units worldwide, with customers like Daft Punk, Brian Eno, Low, Sunn O))), Gorillaz and Mike Patton. Runs on two AA batteries (not included). Highly recommended.
reviewed by Van Hammersly

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various objects / reviewer recommended / reviewer reccomended / dance - lab recommended

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Fm3
Buddha Machine II - Grey

cult classic, plays several loops

Not only does the new-look Buddha Machine from FM3 come in lots of grown colors (here we have a nice steely grey) and feature nine new loops, but unlike its predecessor, it features a "pitch bend" wheel so you can manipulate the box's drones and tones to your liking. We've sold hundreds of the original Buddha Machine; FM3 - the Beijing-based electronic duo who invented the machine and played the 9 loops here - have moved 50,000 units worldwide, with customers like Daft Punk, Brian Eno, Low, Sunn O))), Gorillaz and Mike Patton. Runs on two AA batteries (not included). Highly recommended.
reviewed by Van Hammersly

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various objects / reviewer recommended / reviewer reccomended / dance - lab recommended

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Lesley Arfin
Dear Diary Book

Trying to write anything funny or cute about this book without reading and digesting every page of it would be a mistake. I can say this: Dear Diary is a totally unique, totally addictive (n.p.i.) little book from Vice contributor Lesley Arfin. If you're not a regular Vice reader, Dear Diary is where Lesley publishes excerpts from her 13 years of meticulously kept diaries (ages 12 to 25), then responds to each entry with the benefit of hindsight, even interviewing the people she loved / hated / talked shit about in the entries. There are innocent chapters, less innocent chapters, totally fucked up chapters and then some - but Lesley pulls them all off with a tone that's just right, not too serious, not too light. I tried to just do the cursory review-skim of this book but got sucked in and ended up reading half of it at my desk. This hardcover first printing comes with a neat magnetic snap "padlock" on the front, with a cool cover shot from Richard Kern. It's also got pictures throughout (B&W sketches and color photographs) and a foreword from Chloe Sevigny. 288 pages. Recommended.
reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red

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dj + music + culture books / lab recommended / all / reviewer recommended / and more

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Monsters Book

As Pete passed me in the office, his comment struck me, "that Monsters book is weird right?" I can only agree. Charlie White is not your average photographer and his vision is quite contrary of popular photos. There's no parties, no slice of life, no "beautiful people," yet he manages to provoke and pull your interest deep into the picture plane. His combination of staging, fake models, monsters, lighting, and color is as surreal as can be, and his settings are usually ones that you see everyday - kitchens, classrooms, offices, the burbs, the city, etc. Kinda like if your own memories became infected with alien interference. In this post post-modern age, he stands as a true visionary, provoking us to question the fabric of reality itself. Good and evil, family and love, mystery and mayhem - its all in there. Nowadays everything is pictures, and pictures are not always to be trusted. White reminds you not to forget.
reviewed by C'mish

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books - sale + specials / photography books / books - all

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Nooka
Zub Zenh Watch - Glow In The Dark

Now available in a special glow in the dark edition!

The Nooka watches are designed by Matthew Waldmen, who took it upon himself to think outside the box regarding the way we tell time. I'll let him explain how it works: "The linear and graphic representation of time with Nooka watches presents a more intuitive way to view time. The visual mass increases as time passes, giving weight to an ephemeral and abstract concept. Once you're used to the new visual paradigm you may never go back to standard analog and digital time displays for your wrist."
reviewed by Hires

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