Frends Headphones

A snowboarding band of friends introduce a new headphones line

Hanging with the Frends crew means lots and lots of laughs, as I recently learned over dinner. The “Frends” are actually seven guys who regularly win professional (if not Olympic) snowboarding medals and since banding together in 2006 have become their own sort of self-entertaining traveling circus. Despite their penchant for making videos of each other pulling silly stunts or simply having a good time, …

Rock: Music

Photography great Mick Rock's new book and exhibition

by Matt Spangler Photo books flaunting the great faces of rock ‘n’ roll sometimes seem to outnumber the actual musicians presently vying for their shot. But when one of the last legendary lensmen like Mick Rock takes up the pages, the pictures are worthy of that precious space on your coffee table. The idea of rock photography itself, following the Internet’s democratization of the photographer’s …

An Interview with Michael Stipe

We sit down with R.E.M.'s frontman to learn about his latest creative initiative

When we found out that Michael Stipe was visiting Levi’s photo workshop in NYC to conduct a project of his own last Friday, we of course headed down to learn more. There within the tall white walls of the former gallery, dozens of young creative types lined up, all anxiously awaiting their brush with one of American music’s greats. As participants full of awe and …