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The Slate is a list (in progress) of everyone and everything we've covered, will cover, and have an interest in as well as few other places with cool things to check out. Unless noted, the links will take you the initial review or a collection of reviews related to the author, artist, place, or project.
Cool Stores
Shops and stores that stock some of the cool things we find. They're on the radar.
Affliction Clothing, Afterglow Cosmetics, Amazon Books, Anna Scholz, AS Roma Retro, bebe.com, Staff Picks at BN.com, Barewalls Art Work, Becker Surf, BeyondtheRack.com, Buy.com, BuySKU, Camille Beckman, Cath Kidston Accessories, Charm & Chain, Chic Tweak Scarves, Corkcicle, DesignsByStephene, DL1961 Premium Denim, EA Games, ShopRUSH, Shop Ed Hardy, Fare Buzz, Fossil, JOIE Fashion, GameAgent (Mac Games), Gaiam Fair Trade, GIANTmicrobes, Hessnatur, Infinity Shoes, Infurn Modern Design, Intelligent Clothing, iTunes, J.McLaughlin, Karma Jewellery, LeftLaneSport, Manhattanite, MiniInTheBox, Mr. Watch, Modnique, Organize, Origin Store, ooVoo A/V free, Paul Fredrick, Pick Egg, PlanetShoes, Quantum-Wireless, Question Air, Rare Fashion, Ray-Ban - Official, RazorGator, REEDS Jewelers, Ricky’s NYC, Route One, Secondipity, Shabby Apple, Sharper Image, ShopTronics Gadgets, SimplePrint, SkyMall, Smithsonian’s Online Store, SMS Hybrid Headphones, Sonos, Spartan Race, Sundance Homepage, SwayChic, Swiss Outpost, Tessabit, Urban Industry, Wolfgang's Vault, World Jewels.
Kickstarter Cool
Kickstarter and startup projects that have been backed by our reviewers.
Astronaut (game), Avenues (music), Beck Lane (artist), CASH Music (music platform), Celebrating Legacy (network), Creatures (game), Cross Urban (photos), The Dangerous Summer (documentary), D-Day Dice (game), DonorsChoose (education), Dordles (art), Ez-Steady Steady Cam, Harold Feinstein Retrospective (photos), Hard Art (book), Makeshift Magazine (publishing), Midnight Empire (music), Simon Joyner (music), Oscar Mike (clothing), Opiate Gallery (art), The Outhouse (documentary), The Property (film), The Spring Standards (music), Rains (music), Rebecca Schiffman Jewelry (fashion), Sensu Brush (gadget), Ray Sumser Art (art), Slingshot (gadget), Wasteland 2 (game).
Cool Apps & Games
Innovative, educational, and fun apps for phones, tablets, desktops, and consoles.
8MM Vintage Camera (video), ArtRage (art), Autumn Dynasty (game), Call Of Duty: Zombies (game), Color Uncovered (edu), Crimson Steam Pirates (game), Dark Meadow (game), Dead Space (game), Gilt (shopping), Hot Pursuit (game), Instagram (photos), Madden 11 (game), Red Steel 2 (Wii) Renier Knizia's Samurai (game), Sky Gamblers (game), Sky Safari (edu), SkyView (edu), Star Walk (edu), iTunes Festival (music), Super 8 App (video), Zap-Kapow! (comics).
Cool Artists
A handful of inspired fine artists and photographers in our time, all time.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Perra, Paul Gauguin, Jamie Livingston, Claude Monet, Guenter Scholz, Andy Warhol.
Cool Authors
A collection of cool books from a wide selection of authors in every genre.
Jay Asher (13 Reasons Why), Isaac Asimov (Nightfall), David Baldacci (Zero Day), Robert Baer (The Company We Keep), Josh Bazell (Beat The Reaper. Wild Thing), David Benioff (City Of Thieves), ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Sinners & Saints), Chris Bohjalian (The Night Strangers), Frank Brady (End Game), Charles Bukowski (Post Office), Alafair Burke (212), James Lee Burke (The Glass Rainbow), Ken Caillat (Making Rumours), Lydia Criss (Sealed With A Kiss), Cherie Currie (Neon Angel), James Dashner (The Maze Runner), Aric Davis (A Good And Useful Hurt), Philip K. Dick (The Adjustment Bureau), Jay Dobyns (No Angel), Emma Donoghue (Room: A Novel), Barbara Eden (Jeannie Out Of The Bottle), Harlan Ellison (Mefisto In Onyx), Carrie Fisher (Shockaholic), William R. Forstchen (One Second After), Melody Fortier (Vintage Shopping), Neil Gaiman (Good Omens), Jeff Garlin (My Footprint), Tess Gerritsen (Gravity), Meryl Gordon (Ms. Astor Regrets), John Green (The Fault In Our Stars), Kevin Guilfoile (The Thousand), Carol Ann Harris (Storms), John Hart (The Last Child), Juliana Hatfield (When I Grow Up), Peter Hedges (The Heights), Eleanor Henderson (Ten Thousand Saints), Kristin Hersh (Rat Girl), Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box), Tom Holt (Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Sausages), Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God), Jesse James (American Outlaw), Jack Kerouac (On The Road, Tristessa), Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim), Rudyard Kipling (The Mark Of The Beast), Eric Lefcowitz (Monkee Business), Stephen King (Just After Sunset), Patrick Lee (Ghost Country), Dennis Lehane (Midnight Mile), Elmore Leonard (Road Dogs), William Landay (Defending Jacob), John Lloyd (The Book Of The Dead), Michael Marshall (Killer Move), W. Somerset Maugham (The Razor's Edge), Paula McLain (The Paris Wife), China Mieville (Embassytown), John Mitchison (The Book Of The Dead), Christopher Moore (Lamb, Scare Bleu), Victoria Christopher Murray (Sinners & Saints), Dave Mustaine (Mustaine), Scott O'Connor (Untouchable), Ann Packer (Swim Back To Me), Chuck Palahniuk (Survivor), Matthew Pearl (The Technologists), Stef Penney (The Invisible Ones), Thomas Perry (Strip), Oliver Potzsch (Hangman's Daughter), Terry Pratchett (Good Omens), Christopher Priest (The Prestige), Keith Richards (Life), James Rollins (The Devil Colony, Black Order), Johnny Ramone (Commando), Veronica Roth (Divergent Triology), J.D. Salinger (Catcher In The Rye), Nevil Shute (In The Wet), Tom Rob Smith (Child 44), Alisa Statman (Restless Souls), Neal Stephenson (The Diamond Age), Kathryn Stockett (The Help), Lisa Unger (Fragile), Jess Walter (The Financial Lives Of The Poets), Del Quentin Wilber (Rawhide Down), Jess Winfield (My Name Is Will), Daniel Woodrell (The Bayou Trilogy), Yevgeny Zamyatin (We), Markus Zusak (The Book Thief).
Cool Designers
There are dozens of cool designers, who raise the bar for fashion and gadgets.
83 990 (fashion), Affliction (fashion), Aksel Paris (fashion), Almost Famous (clothing), Artist Hardware (Sensu brush), Billabong (clothing), Bittar (jewelry), Callpod (FuelTank), Cath Kidston (fashion), Eames (furniture), Ez Grill (gadget), Fossil (fashion, jewelry), Free People (fashion), Henry Road (vintage), Carolina Herrera (fashion), Discgear (storage), Dr. Andrew Weil (sandals), Ian and Valeri Co. (jewelry), Incipio (iPhone covers), Invicta (watches), Kymera Wand (Kymera), Les Hommes (fashion), Many Belles Down (fashion), Monah Li (fashion), Wendy Mink (jewelry), Miz Mooz (shoes), Paprika (fashion), PEZ (dispenser), Rails (apparel) Rapha (bikes), Ray-Ban (glasses), Roxwell by Parra (fashion art), Skeletal Metal (jewelry), Anne Sportun (jewelry), Swank (glassware), Swiss Army (fashion, gadgets) Targus (tablet stylus), Triumph (watches), USB Turntable (Sharper Image), Vintage Havana (fashion), Andrew Weil (sandals), We Are Owls (fashion), Wolfgang's Vault (retro Ts), X-Mini II (Xmi Pte Ltd).
Cool Film
Some of best shorts, films, movies, and the occasional series.
Some of best shorts, films, movies, and the occasional series.
Almost Famous (movie), Barney's Version (movie), Blade Runner (movie), Californication (series), Cracks (movie), The Girl Who Played With Fire (movie), Firefly (series), The Giant Mechanical Man (movie), Gnarr (docu), Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (docu), Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (biopic), Kick-Ass (movie), The Lady And The Reaper (short), Mesrine: Killer Instinct (movie), Monsters (movie), Rubicon (series), Senna (biopic), Shooting Robert King (docu), The Shane MacGowen Story (docu), Stonehenge: Tis A Magic Place (short), Supernatural (series), True Grit (movie), The Walking Dead (series), Waste Land (docu), !Women Art Revolution (docu).
Cool Musicians
Some of the best songwriters, musicians, and bands.
10 Years (rock), A Dangerous Summer (indie), Against Me (punk), All My Goodness (indie rock), Alter Bridge (rock), AM Taxi (alt), Ruby Amanfu (songwriter), The Arkells (rock), Atmosphere (hip hop/rap), Atomic Tom (rock), Avenged Sevenfold (metal), Bad Religion (rock), Band Of Skulls (rock), Bardo Pond (psych rock), Barn Burner (metal), The Barr Brothers (folk rock), Before The Dawn (metal), Disraelis (post-punk), Frank Black (alt), The Black Angels (rock), Black Mountain (rock), Black Party Politics (indie pop), Bleeding Knees Club (lo-fi), Blood Red Shoes (alt), Broken Hands (alt rock), Cage The Elephant (alt), Cake (rock), Capsula (rock) Care Bears On Fire (pop punk), Peter Case (blues rock), Hayes Carll (country), Ceremony (punk), Chadwick Stokes (folk rock), Charm City Devils (rock), Chimaira (metal), Gary Clark Jr. (blues rock), Cloud Nothings (indie rock), The Collingwood (indie rock), Comet Gain (indie), The Corin Tucker Band (punk), Counting Crows (rock), The Creepshow (punk), Dead Sara (rock), The Day I Snapped (melodic punk), The Decemberists (alt), Deepfield (hard rock), Deer Tick (alt), Demon Hunter (metal), Disappears (indie rock), Disturbed (metal), The Donkeys (indie rock), Dropkick Murphys (punk), The Duke Spirit (alt), Dum Dum Girls (indie pop), Lincoln Durham (blues rock), DZ Deathrays (party rock), Eastern Conference Champions - ECC (indie rock), Eat More Cake (electronica), Echoes The Fall (hard rock), Eric Elbogen (indie), Sully Erna (alt), Everyone To The Anderson (punk), Father John Misty (alt), Follow That Bird (alt), Fourth Of July (indie), JEFF The Brotherhood (metal), Jethro Tull (rock), Funeral Party (pop rock), Gallon Drunk (rock), Gallows (punk), Gang Of Four (rock), Gaslight Anthem (rock), Colleen Green (alt punk), The Greenhornes (indie rock), Godsmack (rock), Gospel Music (alt), Ed Hale And The Transcendence (rock), Handsome Furs (punk), The Heavy (rock), Henry Clay People (indie), Kristin Hersh (alt), Will Hoge (blues rock), Indicator Dogs (metal), I See Hawks In L.A. (country), Jacuzzi Boys (indie pop), Jaill (alt), Janus (alt), Jenny And Johnny (alt), The Joy Formidable (alt), Jounce (alt), Just Visiting (alt), Hanni El Khatib (indie rock), The Kills (punk), Serena Lauren (pop), Mark Lanegan (alt), The Lemonheads (alt), The Like (rock), Little Barrie (indie rock), The London Souls (indie rock), Bobby Long (folk rock), Ralegh Long (indie rock), Lo-Pan (heavy rock), Lovedrug (alt), The Luck of Eden Hall (psychedelic rock), Lykke Li (alt), Shane MacGowen (alt), Male Bonding (indie rock), Malone And The Experts (folk/country), Manchester Orchestra (indie rock), The Mansions (alt), Graciela Maria (indie pop), Michael McGinnis (alt), The Menzingers (punk), Midnight Empire (rock), Moonlight Bride (noise pop), Moses Mayfield (rock), Middle Brother (alt), Middle Class Rut (rock), Misfit Sugar (indie pop), Mona (alt), Monks of Mellonwah (alt), The Mountain Goats (alt), The Murder City Devils (garage rock/punk), My Gold Mask (alt), Napalm Death (grindcore), Stuart Newman (indie rock) No Age (punk), Nothington (indie rock), Now, Now (indie pop), Liz Phair (alt), Oax (indie), The Ocean's Eyes (pop punk), Obits (alt), Papercuts (indie pop), The Phantom Band (alt), Monte Pittman (indie pop/rock), Plants And Animals (indie rock), The Pretty Reckless (hard rock), P.S. I Love You (alt), Ramones (punk), Red Fang (metal), Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (rock), Redlight King (indie) R.E.M. (rock), Red Line Chemistry (rock), Rev Theory (metal), Dax Riggs (alt), Rival Schools (alt), Luke Roberts (folk), Rooftop Runners (alt), Saves The Day (indie pop), The Scenic (pop punk), Screaming Trees (alt), Seasick Steve (blues), Sebadoh (alt), Ty Segall (indie), Social Distortion (rock), Spectrals (indie pop), Regina Spektor (alt. pop), The Stone Foxes (indie rock), The Story So Far (pop punk), The Soviettes (punk), Poly Styrene (punk), Sum 41 (pop punk), Sun Wizard (indie rock), Serj Tankian (alt), Silversun Pickups (alt), Tapes 'N Tapes (pop rock), Tennis (indie pop), Terry Malts (alt), Richard & Lydia Thompson (folk rock), Thrice (rock), Times Of Grace (metal), Tidal Arms (punk), Tired Pony (pop), Title Fight (punk), Tomorrows Tulips (indie pop), Torche (metal), Trail Of Dead (rock), Trampled By Turtles (folk rock), Tristen (indie pop), Turf War (garage rock), Twilight Singers (alt), Frank Turner (alt), Ugly Kids Club (electronic rock), Sharon Van Etten (songwriter), Vanaprasta (indie), Vaselines (alt), The Veda Rays (alt), Tom Vek (alt), Kurt Vile (alt), The Virginmarys (rock), Waters (indie rock), Wavves (alt), Gillian Welch (folk country), Western Hymn (alt), We Are Augustines (alt), Jack White (alt), The White Buffalo (folk rock), Who Cares (metal), Widowspeak (alt), Wolf People (rock), Wye Oak (indie folk), X (punk), Xray Eyeballs (punk), Youth Sounds (indie pop), Your 33 Black Angels (indie rock), Pete Yorn (indie), Yuck (indie rock).
Cool People
Some of the best non-profit projects and innovative ideas on the planet.
A Billion Acts Of Green, Acts Of Kindness, Patch Adams, American War Mothers, Blessings In A Backpack, CitizenGulf, CharityBuzz, DonorsChoose, Terry Fox, The HMC Project, Hoops Of Hope, Kickstarter, Milk + Bookies, P'Tones Records, Rico Petrocelli, StandUp For Kids, Surfers Healing, Waiting For Superman.
Cool Places
Some of best places to visit and stay in the best cities.
Alcatraz (San Francisco) Andaz West (Hollywood), Alexis Hotel (Seattle), Balboa Bay Club (San Diego) The Bistro (St. Louis), The Breakers (Palm Beach), Catalina Island (Avalon, Calif.) Casa del Mar (Santa Monica), Chicago Chop House (Chicago), The Georgian Hotel (Santa Monica), Hotel Oceana (Santa Barbara), Hotel Teatro (Denver), The Library Hotel (New York), The Mill Street Inn (Newport, Rhode Island), ME Cabo (Cabo San Lucas), The Oatman Hotel (Oatman, Ariz.), Hotel Solamar (San Diego), O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Ariz.), Omni New Haven Hotel At Yale (New Haven, Conn.), Omni Royal Orleans (New Orleans).
Some of the best songwriters, musicians, and bands.
10 Years (rock), A Dangerous Summer (indie), Against Me (punk), All My Goodness (indie rock), Alter Bridge (rock), AM Taxi (alt), Ruby Amanfu (songwriter), The Arkells (rock), Atmosphere (hip hop/rap), Atomic Tom (rock), Avenged Sevenfold (metal), Bad Religion (rock), Band Of Skulls (rock), Bardo Pond (psych rock), Barn Burner (metal), The Barr Brothers (folk rock), Before The Dawn (metal), Disraelis (post-punk), Frank Black (alt), The Black Angels (rock), Black Mountain (rock), Black Party Politics (indie pop), Bleeding Knees Club (lo-fi), Blood Red Shoes (alt), Broken Hands (alt rock), Cage The Elephant (alt), Cake (rock), Capsula (rock) Care Bears On Fire (pop punk), Peter Case (blues rock), Hayes Carll (country), Ceremony (punk), Chadwick Stokes (folk rock), Charm City Devils (rock), Chimaira (metal), Gary Clark Jr. (blues rock), Cloud Nothings (indie rock), The Collingwood (indie rock), Comet Gain (indie), The Corin Tucker Band (punk), Counting Crows (rock), The Creepshow (punk), Dead Sara (rock), The Day I Snapped (melodic punk), The Decemberists (alt), Deepfield (hard rock), Deer Tick (alt), Demon Hunter (metal), Disappears (indie rock), Disturbed (metal), The Donkeys (indie rock), Dropkick Murphys (punk), The Duke Spirit (alt), Dum Dum Girls (indie pop), Lincoln Durham (blues rock), DZ Deathrays (party rock), Eastern Conference Champions - ECC (indie rock), Eat More Cake (electronica), Echoes The Fall (hard rock), Eric Elbogen (indie), Sully Erna (alt), Everyone To The Anderson (punk), Father John Misty (alt), Follow That Bird (alt), Fourth Of July (indie), JEFF The Brotherhood (metal), Jethro Tull (rock), Funeral Party (pop rock), Gallon Drunk (rock), Gallows (punk), Gang Of Four (rock), Gaslight Anthem (rock), Colleen Green (alt punk), The Greenhornes (indie rock), Godsmack (rock), Gospel Music (alt), Ed Hale And The Transcendence (rock), Handsome Furs (punk), The Heavy (rock), Henry Clay People (indie), Kristin Hersh (alt), Will Hoge (blues rock), Indicator Dogs (metal), I See Hawks In L.A. (country), Jacuzzi Boys (indie pop), Jaill (alt), Janus (alt), Jenny And Johnny (alt), The Joy Formidable (alt), Jounce (alt), Just Visiting (alt), Hanni El Khatib (indie rock), The Kills (punk), Serena Lauren (pop), Mark Lanegan (alt), The Lemonheads (alt), The Like (rock), Little Barrie (indie rock), The London Souls (indie rock), Bobby Long (folk rock), Ralegh Long (indie rock), Lo-Pan (heavy rock), Lovedrug (alt), The Luck of Eden Hall (psychedelic rock), Lykke Li (alt), Shane MacGowen (alt), Male Bonding (indie rock), Malone And The Experts (folk/country), Manchester Orchestra (indie rock), The Mansions (alt), Graciela Maria (indie pop), Michael McGinnis (alt), The Menzingers (punk), Midnight Empire (rock), Moonlight Bride (noise pop), Moses Mayfield (rock), Middle Brother (alt), Middle Class Rut (rock), Misfit Sugar (indie pop), Mona (alt), Monks of Mellonwah (alt), The Mountain Goats (alt), The Murder City Devils (garage rock/punk), My Gold Mask (alt), Napalm Death (grindcore), Stuart Newman (indie rock) No Age (punk), Nothington (indie rock), Now, Now (indie pop), Liz Phair (alt), Oax (indie), The Ocean's Eyes (pop punk), Obits (alt), Papercuts (indie pop), The Phantom Band (alt), Monte Pittman (indie pop/rock), Plants And Animals (indie rock), The Pretty Reckless (hard rock), P.S. I Love You (alt), Ramones (punk), Red Fang (metal), Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (rock), Redlight King (indie) R.E.M. (rock), Red Line Chemistry (rock), Rev Theory (metal), Dax Riggs (alt), Rival Schools (alt), Luke Roberts (folk), Rooftop Runners (alt), Saves The Day (indie pop), The Scenic (pop punk), Screaming Trees (alt), Seasick Steve (blues), Sebadoh (alt), Ty Segall (indie), Social Distortion (rock), Spectrals (indie pop), Regina Spektor (alt. pop), The Stone Foxes (indie rock), The Story So Far (pop punk), The Soviettes (punk), Poly Styrene (punk), Sum 41 (pop punk), Sun Wizard (indie rock), Serj Tankian (alt), Silversun Pickups (alt), Tapes 'N Tapes (pop rock), Tennis (indie pop), Terry Malts (alt), Richard & Lydia Thompson (folk rock), Thrice (rock), Times Of Grace (metal), Tidal Arms (punk), Tired Pony (pop), Title Fight (punk), Tomorrows Tulips (indie pop), Torche (metal), Trail Of Dead (rock), Trampled By Turtles (folk rock), Tristen (indie pop), Turf War (garage rock), Twilight Singers (alt), Frank Turner (alt), Ugly Kids Club (electronic rock), Sharon Van Etten (songwriter), Vanaprasta (indie), Vaselines (alt), The Veda Rays (alt), Tom Vek (alt), Kurt Vile (alt), The Virginmarys (rock), Waters (indie rock), Wavves (alt), Gillian Welch (folk country), Western Hymn (alt), We Are Augustines (alt), Jack White (alt), The White Buffalo (folk rock), Who Cares (metal), Widowspeak (alt), Wolf People (rock), Wye Oak (indie folk), X (punk), Xray Eyeballs (punk), Youth Sounds (indie pop), Your 33 Black Angels (indie rock), Pete Yorn (indie), Yuck (indie rock).
Cool People
Some of the best non-profit projects and innovative ideas on the planet.
A Billion Acts Of Green, Acts Of Kindness, Patch Adams, American War Mothers, Blessings In A Backpack, CitizenGulf, CharityBuzz, DonorsChoose, Terry Fox, The HMC Project, Hoops Of Hope, Kickstarter, Milk + Bookies, P'Tones Records, Rico Petrocelli, StandUp For Kids, Surfers Healing, Waiting For Superman.
Cool Places
Some of best places to visit and stay in the best cities.
Alcatraz (San Francisco) Andaz West (Hollywood), Alexis Hotel (Seattle), Balboa Bay Club (San Diego) The Bistro (St. Louis), The Breakers (Palm Beach), Catalina Island (Avalon, Calif.) Casa del Mar (Santa Monica), Chicago Chop House (Chicago), The Georgian Hotel (Santa Monica), Hotel Oceana (Santa Barbara), Hotel Teatro (Denver), The Library Hotel (New York), The Mill Street Inn (Newport, Rhode Island), ME Cabo (Cabo San Lucas), The Oatman Hotel (Oatman, Ariz.), Hotel Solamar (San Diego), O.K. Corral (Tombstone, Ariz.), Omni New Haven Hotel At Yale (New Haven, Conn.), Omni Royal Orleans (New Orleans).
