Author Archives: Chompsky


A short film by cinematographer Chris Bryan, who worked on BBC’s ‘Blue Planet II’, showing the mesmerising crash and surge of ocean waves in slow motion. Sez he:

I love filming in the ocean more than anything, its not just a job, its a passion. And sometimes its nice just to document waves without surfers riding them. The feeling of jumping off the rocks in the dark by myself just to capture the very first rays of light hitting the ocean without another sole in sight is unexplainable, its one of the most amazing feelings ever, its like my own personal therapy.

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Behold: the 1977 VW Beetle 1303 LS Cabriolet formerly owned (from 1977 to 2005) by The Who frontman Roger Daltrey.

The pristine ‘Viper green’ bug is powered by a 49bhp 1.6-litre twinport air-cooled flat-four engine and comes complete with a new set of R15 Continental tires, a letter of authentication from Daltrey himself and a mere 130,054km on the clock.

Currently accepting bids here.

(H/T: Classic Car Curation)

Behold: the DBX – Aston Martin’s first ever SUV – powered by the 4.0l, 542bhp V8, twin turbo Vantage engine, it’s the glass-roofed, leather-trimmed luxury bourgemobile you’ve been waiting for.

Unlikely to see any offroad action but a proper two-fingers to that puffed up little bastard at the golf club with his bloody Porsche Cayenne, roysh.

Yours for a reassuringly expensive €170,000.

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A rather impressive ‘crowdsourced hyperlapse’ video of New York compiled by Sam Morrison from over 1,300 iconic/stereotypical photographs of the city harvested from Instagram. To wit:

Classics are classic for a reason. We’ve all taken these photos. What happens when everything in the world has been photographed? From multiple angles, multiple times per day? Eventually we’ll piece those photos and videos together to be able to see the entire history of a location from every possible angle.

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Behold: the Kenzo by impressively named UK hog sculptors Death Machines Of London – a heavily modified, completely redesigned first generation 1977 Honda Goldwing GL1000 extended and enhanced with curves and razor sharp folds inspired by early samurai armour.

You may recall last year’s Airforce.

A work of art to the right buyer for around €65,400.

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