Thievery Corporation || The Temple of I & I (Full Album)

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Horse Power || Hip Hop´s Impact on Polo Ralph Lauren

Polo Ralph Lauren wasn’t originally meant for the hip-hop community until the Lo-Lifes, a crew of Brooklyn teenagers, adopted the label and made it their own in the late ‘80s. It exploded in the streets and by the ‘90s, Polo was an inescapable part of hip-hop culture, from music videos to magazine covers. Despite the sometimes rocky relationship between the vastly different worlds, Polo has become an integral component of the hip-hop community for the last three decades. An all-star line up including A$AP Ferg, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Tyson Beckford, Daymond John, Raekwon, Dapper Dan, Fonzworth Bentley, Michaela Angela Davis and more share their first-hand insights on the legendary brand’s connection to the culture in Complex's documentary, "Horse Power."

 

Local Lens || David Chang's guide to Koreatown, Los Angeles

According to David Chang, there are five reasons people visit Koreatown: the spas, karaoke, parties, music concerts, and of course—the delicious Korean food.

From his own Momofuku chain to Netflix’s Ugly Delicious, Chang has built a restaurant and TV empire on being an equal opportunities food obsessive. If tastes good, it is good.

Naturally, we begin our Koreatown tour by sampling the food. We start at Ham Hung, a restaurant known specifically for Pyongyang naengmyeon, a chewy buckwheat noodle soup. We then head next door to Myung In Dumplings for the freshly steamed, baseball-sized buns; and finish up at MuMu Bakery for an enormous cream cheese-topped iced coffee and taiyaki—a custard-filled pastry dessert.

To work up an appetite for dinner, Chang plays golf at the four-floor, netting-encased driving range, Aroma Golf.

Then, time for spicy galbi-jjim, braised short ribs, at Sun Nong Dan with local friends, musician Rekstizzy and artist Dumbfoundead.

We round off the day with a drink at the kitsch bar H.M.S. Bounty, which embodies some of K-Town’s old-school Hollywood glamour.

 

How Traditional English Stilton Cheese Is Made At A 100-Year-Old Dairy || Regional Eats

Stilton cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, in the east of England. The earliest reports of cheese made and sold here date to the 17th century. In 1724, English writer Daniel Defoe referred to the town being "famous for cheese," calling the product the "English Parmesan." Today, Stilton can only be made in six dairies, which are spread across three counties in England: Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Derbyshire. We visited Colston Bassett Dairy in Nottinghamshire to learn more about the cheese is made.

 

Sam Garrett || The Dance & the Wonder (Full Album)

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From Skateboard Pro to Permaculture Pioneer || Hugo Liard's Radical Life Change

French skateboarder Hugo Liard (co-founder of Antiz Skateboards) decided at some point to leave the skate industry and go back to nature. He bought some land in Evian, next to Lake Geneva and taught himself to build a house, just by watching YouTube videos and following advice from local builders. After finishing this project, he moved on to create a permaculture farm on a neighboring property. Now he lives mostly off of the vegetables he grows. We visited him to learn how he became self-sufficient – and we also squeezed in a little session at the indoor skatepark in Lausanne.

The Epitaph Story || (Punk O Rama DVD, 2003)

Epitaph Records is an artist-first indie label founded in Los Angeles by Bad Religion guitarist, Brett Gurewitz. Early releases from a variety of punk heavyweights helped launch the 90s punk explosion. Along the way, Epitaph has grown and evolved creatively while sticking to its mission of helping real artists make great recordings on their own terms.