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Mount Everest Gigapixel

Climate change expert David Breashears of Glacier Works created this incredible, intimate photo of the treacherous and beautiful Mount Everest. Click here to view the full resolution photo which allows you to zoom in with such detail that you can pick out individual climbers on the face of the mountain. You can also pan around and virtually explore […]

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Shwood favorites (and Mixtape and Spots alums), Aan are set to release a new 7″ record on February 5th (via Cool Summer Records). We’re especially into the B-Side of the record “Spiritual Provisions”. Stream the album over here. They’ll also be going on a short NW tour in support of this album including a couple dates with […]

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, we have established a Recovery Initiative to bring aid to those in need. For a limited time, we will offer our classic Canby frame in Santos Mahogany. Each frame is engraved with the Latin phrase “E pluribus unum” which translates to “many uniting as one.”  Prices of the limited […]

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Finding new and innovative music can be just as exhausting as it is exhilarating. Anyone with even a remote affinity for music has a handful of favorite old records that never seem to collect too much dust due to their timeless characteristics. For us,  the Flaming Lips’ commercial breakthrough “The Soft Bulletin” is a perfect example.  Celebrated for […]

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Artist Daniel Kukla substitutes mirrors for canvases to create dynamic desert images you’d swear were paintings. The photographs were captured in Joshua Tree National Park, where the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts meet. Kukla states: “While hiking and driving, I caught glimpses of the border space created by the meeting of distinct ecosystems in juxtaposition, referred […]

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