Barry McGee Houston Street Mural

Barry McGee Houston Street Mural

After Shepard Fairey and Os Gemeos, it was the turn of Barry McGee to paint the Houston Street Mural and the outcome is raw and somewhat unexpected, yet with a very strong message lying underneath it.

“In an amazing twist, life imitated art in New York Sunday night when Barry McGee and crew descended on the Houston Street wall. Beginning at midnight, McGee, together with longtime collaborator Josh Lazcano (Amaze), began a massive spray-painting spree, bombarding the surface with hundreds of simple red tags. Working through the cover of night, the team created the ultimate graffiti writer’s roll call and a strangely beautiful, if not challenging piece of commissioned abstract art.

By 4am (with some added contributions from Chino) Twist and Amaze had completely filled in the wall with the names and crews of graffiti writers past and present.”

The scene was very busy the entire night, you can read up on the entire story over at TheArtCollectors.

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Asics Gel Lyte III “The Cove”

Asics Gel Lyte III "The Cove"

We take a closer look at Ronnie Fieg’s latest collaboration with Asics. “The Cove” is a turquoise/blue version of the popular Gel Lyte 3, bringing back the summer with its refreshing looks. The sneaker will be released on September 3rd at DavidZ, with only 225 pairs being available overall.

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Incase Monochrome Slider Case for iPhone 4

Incase Monochrome Slider Case for iPhone 4

Incase will be releasing new monochrome slider cases for the iPhone 4. Each Monochrome Slider Case for iPhone 4 has a metallic, soft-touch coated top and a high-gloss, chrome bottom piece in coordinating hues. They will offer the case in 3 colorways in the coming weeks.

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Converse x DC Comics Spring 2011 Footwear Collection

Converse x DC Comics Spring 2011 Footwear Collection

Today we can preview a collaborative collection between Converse and DC Comics for Spring 2011. Most of you know that the iconic comic brand is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In time for that some of their most famous characters are featured on the Chuck Taylor by Converse. Overall the line has a vintage feel to it.

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Camp Chef Outdoor Oven

Camp Chef Outdoor Oven
Sometimes when you’re camping — like this Uncrate editor is right now — smores just aren’t going to cut it. Fortunately, the Camp Chef Outdoor Oven ($175) overcomes your lack of a traditional kitchen with a 3,500 BTU, propane-powered oven, letting you cook cookies, bake pizza, and do all sorts of other things that aren’t exactly possible with a grill. In addition, it sports two 5,300 BUT matchless igniter range burners for boiling down your, umm, herbs, so you can make those brownies you’re baking really interesting.

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iPod Nano 6

iPod Nano 6
Apple downsizes its mid-range iPod, but upsizes the awesomeness. At about half the size and weight of its predecessor, the iPod Nano 6 ($149-$179) shrinks down and gets a new Multi-Touch display, a polished aluminum and glass enclosure with belt clip, and a built-in FM radio (with ability to pause and resume playing FM), a built-in pedometer, and support for Nike + iPod. Your choice 8GB or 16GB sizes in silver, graphite, blue, green, orange or pink.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab

Samsung Galaxy Tab
The first wave of tablets following in the iPad’s footsteps are (almost) here. Powered by the Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS, the Samsung Galaxy Tab ($TBA) sports a 7-inch TFT-LCD display (1024 x 600), front (1.3 MP) and rear (3 MP) cameras, full HD video playback (DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264), and comes in 16GB and 32GB models. It’s also got built-in 3G HSPA connectivity, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 3.0. It will be launching in Europe later this month and in the U.S. in the “coming months.”

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