You may have seen its glossy cover at a newsstand, or come across an indentical looking hardcover version in a bookstore. The publication at hand is called Swindle Magazine, a quarterly-published magazine that strives to blaze new trails in the print media world with content that is not only beautiful but intelligent and original as well. If you happen to have flipped through one before, then you surely remember the quality of the physical publication itself and its content, which are the creation of the in-house design team, Studio Number One. Shephard Fairey of Obey Giant fame is the co-founder of Swindle and head of Studio Number One, so rest assured that this mag is going no where but up. Visit www.swindlemagazine.com to find out more.

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Are you a fan of music/fashion/culture mag Nylon Magazine but too cheap to buy a copy? MySpace has solved your problem and struck an exclusive deal with Nylon to make the June-July edition available as a free download on MySpace. The best thing about it is the integration, which allows you to click links that lead directly to the artist’s MySpace profile. And the best part is that the magazine isn’t downloaded as a lame Adobe PDF file. Nylon is presented using a slick web interface that allows you to bookmark pages, search for content, zoom, add sticky notes, and change sound effects. Head over to Nylon Magazine’s profile check it out.

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MySpace up-and-coming personality Forbidden (Christine Dolce) has just laned a new gig as the official spokesmodel for the 2006 Zippo Hot Tour. The tour is a nationwide band competition that will feature over $100,000 in prizes, and a chance to perform before A&R music executives from a major label. Go to ZippoHotTour.com right now to vote on the bands.

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A Toronto native, Collin Thompson is a fashion designer who now lives in Hong Kong. He’s busy trying to get a line of premium sneakers called Cipher on the market this summer and hopes to make a mark on the whole sneaker phenomenon/craze. The basic shoe design is based on the Nike Dunk SB, but features some unique touches like a partial shoelace eyelet covers, a tri-colored elastic band built into the heel, and thicker criss-crossed stitching pattern.

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SpaceCadetz just came across a pretty dope small business on MySpace. Panic Buttons is in the business of providing high quality buttons at a low low price. The guys at Panic Buttons know what it’s like to be in a band and offer the buttons as a simple and cost-effective way to sell merchandise at an event. In fact the company founders started making buttons for their own band, but realized that there were countless others out there who could benefit from their services as well. The buttons are printed at actual print houses on the best equipment money can buy and are assembled by hand. Check out their website for prices and samples.

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Here is a cat out of Paris, France who really is a one-man travel guide and culture expert on the area. I was first drawn to Gerard Chic’s MySpace profile for the great photographs on it.  Once I followed them to his website GerardChic.com, I found that he compiles the images into albums on a weekly basis, if not more. He’s been doing that for about a year now, so suffice to say there are TONS of pics to browse through. Gerard is also quite skilled in other areas as well, with a nice portfolio of collage art and short video clips.

Not content to just show off his artistic side, Girard creatd a nice ‘Shopping’ section where he lists over 50 of his favorite Paris shops complete with address, telephone, and website info. Add a music section with his personal picks and links to live streaming audio, and you have a truly comprehensive website.

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If you’re a sneakerhead, then the name Dassler should be familiar. For those of you who are uninitiated, Adi Dassler is the genius creater behind Adidas shoes. Two Adidas fanatics, ‘Fluke Diggy’ and ‘Rival Life’ found themselves fed up with the custom Nike craze and decided to start their own rebellion in the form of customizing classic Adidas kicks like the Rod Lavers and Stan Smiths. The Dassler Rebellion can do some pretty insane custom work as you can see on their MySpace profile. Homegrown designs run about $180 and custom design requests are around $200-250. Not cheap by any means, but that’s the price you pay to have a pair of one-of-a-kind Adidas. Check out their fresh designs for yourself.

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For those who don’t know, Weekly Drop is an ongoing podcast/audioshow run by Rob Heppler of SneakerGame.com and Jeff Carvalho of DropForm.com. On Weekly Drop the topics of discussion include everything from art, fashion, music, and whatever trends are hot at the moment. Past episodes have featured interviews with up-and-coming rapper Lupe Fiasco, marketing guru and publisher of Royal Magazine, Dave Gensler, and Bobby Hundreds of clothing company The Hundreds.

Brand new for this week is an interview with the man behind the Sneaker Pimps, Peter Fahey. Peter is the one managing the wildly popular exhibition of 1000+ super rare shoes as they makes the journey around the globe. Stay tuned to Weekly Drop, this show is quickly becoming the Oprah of the streetwear world. Ok, so that was an ugly analogy, but you get the idea. Basically you aren’t anyone unless you’ve been on Weekly Drop. Word.

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Looking to make his mark on the local sneaker scene in Colorado, Chris Weichert is opening the doors of his new shop called Unsoled. Look for it to carry all the best brands in the business, including Nike, Quickstrike, New Balance, Vans Vault, Element, Diamond Supply, Upper Playground, and much more. As part of the opening celebrations, Unsoled will be hosting a sneaker exhibit called “Respect” that features the shoes of Brian LaRoche who has every pair of his shoes since he was 3. Following the exhibit will be the world premier of documentary film “Just For Kicks” and will end with a “Busted Sneaker Contest.” Unsoled has also been featured in SlamXHype, which you can read here. Also, the Unsoled website is almost done, so keep checking back for that.

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Canadian online magazine Inquiring Mind is among of the best when it comes to covering the ’streetwear/subculture’ scene. They cover the best in art, fashion, music, and a crap load more. Like SpaceCadetz, Inquiring Mind regularly interviews the top people in the game, and their most recent one features indie clothing label 10 Deep.

The team behind 10 Deep is currently producing some of the hottest and most coveted gear on the ’streetwear’ market right now. Their ‘Chain Hoody’ is pretty much sold out everywhere and Inquiring Mind caught up with them to discuss their 10 years in the game, what inspires them, and where 10 Deep is going in the future. Excellent interview, read it by clicking here.

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