Obama is in Queen Elizabeth’s ear. Pause, with a royal whee.
Nothing says “I don’t want to be ruled by you, but thanks for being a friend” like an iPod, which is why President Barack Obama gave one to England’s Queen Elizabeth II during a private meeting at Buckingham Palace. The iPod was loaded with video and photos from the 82-year-old bird’s various trips to the U.S., as well as showtunes. Pretty lame, though not as lame as the Elizabeth giving the Obamas a signed photograph in a silver frame—the same gift she gives all visiting dignitaries.
Diplomacy and an aide’s questionable taste no doubt dictated the contents of the iPod. But we’re sure that the playlist would be a hell of a lot cooler and more meaningful had Obama put it together himself. It would probably sound a little something like this…
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The Nintendo DSi isn’t even out yet in the U.S., and Japan already has LE colorways. Oye. [Crunchgear]
Dior Homme “Blow” Sunglasses. Going absolutely nuts, in an awesome kind of way. [High Snobiety]
Reyes of the graf collective The Seventh Letter just finished a mural for the upcoming Marc Jacobs “Weekend at Steven’s” exhibition at the LV store in San Francisco. Is a bag in the works? [Juxtapoz]
Barack Obama better get shit moving before we destroy ourselves. Fig. A: the Chanel Segway. Holy crap. [Pedestrian]
Moncler Spring. [Marcus Troy]
What is it about living in Asia that allows you to act all wierd with your product design? Surrender Arts x Medicom Be@rbrick. Cool, in a transgender Fridays kind of way (?). [Freshness]
Barack Obama gets man of the year (duh), and Shepard Fairey gets to do the cover. OBEY the Giant! [Time] via [Hypebeast]
Check out these Reebok Ex-O-Fit strap shoes! Between TK, Kanye, and these, next year is going to be a mess of velcro and padding. [SoleBLVD]
Wooden KSwiss. Cool, maybe? [Vagant]
Steve Vogel and his Black Lodges site does a review of 2008 like no one can. Check for a series of interviews with the people who made your blacks blacker, your all-over prints more printy, and your sneakers kick. [Blacklodges]
The G-Shock x LRG collaboration just dropped. LRG might do a lot of things questionable, but when it comes to their G-Shocks the brand is unstoppable. [Highsnobiety]
Art Basel is going off right now, so what better way to celebrate the idea of Miami than with a beach towel by Ed Ruscha, crazy-ass Raymond Pettibon, or Jeff Koons? [Supertouch]
Remember a few months back when Aaron Rose was doing all of the Beautiful Losers stuff with Nike? The videos from the events just posted. Pretty cool. [Nike Sportswear]
New WeSC headphones just went on sale by Delta, Marok (Lowdown), and Kazuki. [Vagrant, via Hypebeast]
Does Barack Obama rock a Zune? Is it time for CHANGE? We HOPE not. [Gizmodo]
Oakley got those military contracts, son. Check out the new outerwear from its High Function line, on the way. [High Snobiety]
