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Canadian indie rock band Young Galaxy first won me over with their amazing animated two-part music videos for their singles “We Have Everything”and “Peripheral Visionaries.” (If you haven’t caught them yet, you need to–right now!). And while it’s one thing to watch the videos online, it’s a total different experience to see this dream-pop trio live. [...]

Love them or hate them, it’s undeniable that the North Brooklyn neighborhoods Williamsburg and Greenpoint have served as a laboratory of creativity for longer than a decade. Urban activists in the trendy enclaves have created models for more collaborative, locally focused economies, mapping out a blueprint for a sustainable approach to urban life. Amplify Brooklyn, an exhibit [...]

INDEPENDENT SALES REP Deus Ex Machina USA Location: Venice, CA Experience: 3 years Rate: N/A (Full-Time) Job Description After very successful launch in Australia and Bali, Deus Ex Machina is looking for independent sales representatives for several US markets to help expand the key accounts, which already stock Deus product. In the next two months Deus will have [...]

Nearly 70 percent of Americans’ car trips are less than two miles long. It’s a no-brainer that biking instead of driving to take care of these trips is a great way to get exercise while cutting air pollution. While we’ve always assumed that the cumulative effect of many individuals making that choice would be longer, [...]

Teenage surf star, Gabriel Medina, claimed his second ASP World Tour title with victory over Joel Parkinson in the final of the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco, USA.  The penultimate stop on the 2011 World Tour saw Kelly Slater officially secure his 11th world title despite falling in the quarter finals to 17-year-old [...]

Hearing about The Static Jack’s recent tour partners reads like a who’s who list of indie bands: Tokyo Police Club, The Futureheads, Young the Giant, Biffy Clyro, Titus Andronicus, White Denim, and that’s only the beginning. But with their unique blend of garage rock, catchy pop, and even soul-inflected tunes, we think these New Jersey [...]

During the Red Bull Minor Threat project at the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, surfing pro Bruce Irons literally ‘flared up’ his surfboard for a photoshoot. Check out the striking result in this video.

Come join Women 2.0 this November for our Launch of New York Founder Friday - sponsored by AOL Ventures This event takes place on Friday, November 4th from 6-9pm and hosted at theGoogle offices in New York City. Founder Friday is open to aspiring and current entrepreneurs, technologists and investors and is free to those who attend (this is an [...]

Unemployment is a problem that can’t be solved overnight—but we have to start somewhere. Launching today, the Create Jobs for USA initiative is a new program from Starbucks and the Opportunity Finance Network® (OFN). Here’s how the cycle of job creation works: Your donation of $5 or more to the Create Jobs for USA program [...]