Bathing Ape Massive http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/ en-us 2006-03-26T14:13:50-05:00 Lil Wayne Draped up in Bathing Ape on Vibe http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/03/lil_wayne_drape.html Hip-hop star Lil Wayne is draped up in "A Bathing Ape" (BAPE) gear on the cover of popular urban mag Vibe. The Houston rap star (who now lives in Miami) wears the iconic pink and aqua camo gear made... Gear Thurston Ali 2006-03-26T14:13:50-05:00 iPod Hi-Fi ... Yes, We're Drooling http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/03/ipod_hifi_yes_w.html On Tuesday, Apple Computer's Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod Hi-Fi, the first of the company's major iPod accessory products, as well as its first foray into audio equipment beyond the iPod itself, which technically -- let's remind ourselves --... Gear Thurston Ali 2006-03-02T02:32:21-05:00 New York City Street Art - Soho Stencil http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/new_york_city_s.html From the Global Graphica file this week ... Here's an amazingly crisp stencil portrait of a girl's face we found on a lamp-post base along West Broadway (between Houston and Prince streets) in Soho yesterday evening. More images at... Art Supercore 2006-02-28T23:56:21-05:00 Cool Graf in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/cool_graf_in_ad.html From the Global Graphica file ... We were out of town visiting Washington, DC last weekend and snapped this series of graf images in the Adams Morgan district of the Amercian capital. Washington is a famously clean, well-groomed and... Art Supercore 2006-02-24T00:10:02-05:00 Pharrell Gets Cred for Bringing BAPE to the U.S. and the Trucker Hat Style ... We Beg to Differ http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/pharrell_gets_c.html A Bathing Ape gets a mention in a Hampton Roads article on Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. / Neptunes / hip-hop fame. Pharrell is from the Norfolk-Virgina Beach area and is heralded as a style-maker in the article, which celebrates his... People Thurston Ali 2006-02-23T22:55:26-05:00 Weebl and Bob http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/weebl_and_bob.html We've been spending a lot of time watching the Internet animation series "Weebl and Bob." This website for this cartoon is one of the most popular, most-visited sites in the world. The Flash-animated series is a British production created... Anime Thurston Ali 2006-02-23T22:51:19-05:00 "A Scanner Darkly" Preview http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/a_scanner_darkl.html Apple has just posted "A Scanner Darkly" movie trailers on it's Web site. "A Scanner Darkly" is the forthcoming Richard Linklater film based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. The movie stars Keanu Reeves, Wynona... Movies Thurston Ali 2006-02-23T00:41:13-05:00 "Just for the 'F' of It" http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/_just_for_the_f.html Cable music video channel Fuse TV has just rolled off a spin-off Web site that has some of the hottest, freshest Web design, illustration and animation we've seen in along time. The site is called "Just for the 'F'... Design Thurston Ali 2006-02-23T00:02:14-05:00 New Street Art by Bast in NYC http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/new_street_art.html From the Global Graphica file ... Here's a close-up of an awesome color paste-up by the artist Bast (or Bäst) in Chinatown, New York City. The subject of this wheat-paste work is John Gotti, the late, convicted NYC crime... Art icorsa 2006-02-15T03:01:57-05:00 Photographer Ryan McGinley http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/photographer_ry.html There's an excellent profile-interview of photographer Ryan McGinley on Artnet. Penned by by Ana Finel Honigman, the article is titled "24-7." By now, you may have seen his work without knowing that McGinley was photographer. Or, given McGinley's meteoric... Art Supercore 2006-02-09T01:48:51-05:00 "Show Your Bones" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/02/show_your_bones.html The ever-reliable music journalist Sasha Frere-Jones positively reviews "Show Your Bones," the new disc by the Brooklyn-based indie sensation the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, in this week's issue of the New Yorker magazine. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their iconic... Music Thurston Ali 2006-02-07T00:58:39-05:00 Street Art: New Yorker Cover by Momo http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/01/street_art_new.html Fresh and tasty street art from our Global Graphica file ... Once again, the street artist Momo strikes the building at 11 Spring St., in Nolita, New York City. This wheat-paste is a sweet tongue-in-cheek poster. The black-and-white work... Art Supercore 2006-01-27T02:18:02-05:00 Tetran for The iPod http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/01/tetran_for_the.html Ok, just when you thought you had seen just about every conceiveable iPod accessory, there's Tetran, a rubbery, spiky sea-urchin like monster designed as -- you guessed it -- an "earbud cable winder," you know, that thingie for wrappping... Gear Ray Chan 2006-01-23T16:23:45-05:00 Kicking Off 2006 with FIFA 06 for PlayStation2 http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/01/kicking_off_200.html One of the gifts we received during the recent holidays was the latest, just-released edition of the FIFA 06 videogame for PlayStation 2. FIFA 06 is the officially sponsored classic soccer (or "football") game by gamemaker EA Sports. The... Games Thurston Ali 2006-01-19T23:35:32-05:00 We're Baaaaack! http://www.airmassive.com/bathingape/archives/2006/01/were_baaaaack.html Yes, we're back! Back in the U.S. Back in NYC. Back after a long holiday abraod, on the road and away from our laptop. But now it's back to the task of posting, nose to the grindstone. Here we go... General Thurston Ali 2006-01-18T23:32:30-05:00