Just picked up the beach supplies and heading down a day early to Sete to settle in before the Worldwide Festival begins this Thursday through Sunday 5th of July. Even if i never loved a cozy, fun and sexy boutique Festival beachside and have experienced WF for the past 2 years, I would still no doubt be recommending this gem. The lineup is top, the locations sublime, the girls um yeah you guessed it, the sound systems booming, the organizers ever so gracious and on it ! – all in all glorious and with that state of mind i’ll happily gonna be the roving reporter on and offsite so stay tuned.

We’re not so technical when it comes to scores on games and matches ‘cept maybe when it’s Wimbledon where so many great matches are being played plus a number of our players are still in the running. Clearly much of the attention is on the roarin’ Andy Murray, the ever feisty Williams sisters, the Russian girls Safina and Dementieva and strong performances by Federer and Roddick and clearly Tommy Haas (above) is playing tremendously as he heads into the 5th round.

Miike Snow got some early dap for their seemingly indie focus, yet are indeed from Swedish pop’s epicenter with credits that include Britney and Kylie. On initial glimpse, they might have been able to ride the coat-tails of a group like Peter, Bjorn and John…

As the Bicycle Film Festival heads west, one of the films getting attention is this sort of low-fi underdog story of FBM bikes, the indie BMX bike company. FBM stands for ‘fat bald man’, a sort of credo for this boostrapped company begun by upstart teens…

In 1968, Yvon Chouinard made an epic journey that changed his life and, it turns out, many others. Chouinard and his best friend Doug Tompkins took to explore untouched nature, mountain ranges to be climbed and waves to be surfed, from California to deep Patagonia (Argentina). They were transformed by the experience which they filmed, and eventually led to 2 million acres of wilderness being saved.

I would probably not recommend following the White Denim workout regime – not in the gym nor um especially running for your life with some hill billy chasing you ! But hell yeah, i most definitely do recommend their latest album ‘Fits’ – a very workout friendly 12 tune ‘jukebox’ romp including the stompin’ ‘I Start to Run’ which has gotten us so excited that we’re naming our new fitness column after it !

Over the weekend, dance music was on full display, with loads of DJs in town, including heavyweights like Van Dyk and Oakenfold holding court at the Electric Daisy Carnival, which was a two-night event in downtown Los Angeles. Obviously, the suburban kid quotient was high, and so were the spirits of most in attendance. The marvel was, however…

Messengers are the invisible urban ambassadors to bike culture. However, their story is seldom the focus of mainstream lore. This looks like a promising glimpse of several San Francisco (the city is known for them) bike messengers.

You can always count on our friends over at Soundway Records to unveil a whole new musical chapter from a rich and dynamic culture, whether it be the sensational Nigeria compilations, or soundz from Colombia and Ghana. Their latest release is a new volume of the crazee mix of styles from Panama compiled by DJ [...]

This might be the sportiest that Bloc Party actually get – whilst hangin’ out backstage at this weekend’s mighty Glastonbury the boys decided to put on their very own Olympic 2012 preview – huhm may need a bit more effort lads. I’m betting though that they played a crackin’ Glasto show and look forward to the new album.

UPDATE: Tommy Haas beats Cilic and heads into the fourth Round.
Day 6 of Wimbledon being played as I write this so scores will change soon – hopefully for the best. Tommy Haas (above) in play right now continuing with Cilic after yesterdays 4 hour thriller, with our other players in various doubles combos. Stay tuned

In 1981, British pop magazine named Grace Jones’ fifth album “Nightclubbing,” as the album of the year. Brimming with the bottomless rhythms of reggae legends Sly & Robbie and Jones’ inimitable contralto croon, the symphonic drama and shrewd cover tunes (she positively owns “Private Life” by the Pretenders as well as Iggy Pop’s “Nightclubbing”)

GP has returned from Havana and we will soon here some of the tunes from his new Havana Cultura album he’s working on – as an avid tennis fan, for sure he would not miss a day or two at Wimbledon – and so here’s his musings on his history with Wimbledon and todays runnings:

I first went to Wimbledon as a thirteen year old searching for a bit of extra cash. I didn’t quite mug old ladies but I managed to flog them copies of the Daily Mail – 6am starts and ‘full order of play’ ….

It’s difficult to escape the news of Michael Jackson right now, so we won’t dwell. However, there is one classic moment, “the” classic moment that catapulted his already star status into the stratosphere. The moment was his first documented performance of the “Moonwalk”…

Day 5 already at Wimbledon and we’re happy to report that our players are holding up strong as they head into the third round: Mardy Fish, Vera Zvonareva and Tommy Haas ……

Found on a UK sports gambling site, these crazy juxtapositions are obviously taking the piss, but you can almost see their points. Tiger would take any other sport to a new level, especially here in the US. Cricket is still a mystery to much of his audience…

Is Scandanavia the new Paris? Considering the state of the art yet eccentric electronic music coming out of that part of the world… Yes. Case in point: the nearly perfect eponymous first album by Kleerup, nom du musique for Stockholm, Sweden-based producer/musician Andreas Kleerup

Notorious for his role in the electroclash movement of the early ‘00s, Hell has never shied away from putting as much personality into his music as possible. It’s never been so evident as “Teufelswerk,” a sprawling double-disc set divided into discs labeled “Night” and “Day.”

Auto-Tune is far from dead, y’all. Not when you have the likes of Steve Porter running some of the most memorable sports press conference moments through Jay-Z’s least-favorite sonic software application to create this classic clip. Featuring Allen Iverson’s anti-practice rant, Dennis Green’s notorious explosion…

For those who wish not to wait forever in line for a ticket to Centre Court why not check out the volleys in Chelsea.  Bluebird, the ultra chic restaurant on the Kings Road has rolled out the big balls and the astroturf in celebration of the matches. Its a cosy atmosphere where you can watch [...]