This Saturday, May 15th live on Youtube, The National will be performing songs from their latest album High Violet.  The live show will be directed by the legendary DA Pennebaker and all proceeds will go towards benefiting the Red Hot Organization. 

Creative Week NYC is here.  A ton of events scattered around the city, some free some not but all pretty interesting. 

Sounds of Hamburg is an addicting and interesting site that allows users to interact with the city of Hamburg. The site utilizes 5 live web-cams, motion tracking and the music from the Hanseatic City Orchestra to to help you compose your own sounds of Hamburg.
via FWA

The National- Terrible Love

The National - Afraid Of Everyone

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms

Band Of Horses - Factory

As summer peaks around the corner, two great bands recently released their new albums just in time for the season.  The National’s latest album, High Violet seems to continue exactly from where they left off.  Unlike some bands who try to experiment with a new sound but more than often fail, the National continued down the road with the success after Alligator with their catchy and mellow but riveting sounds. 

Seattle based band, Band Of Horses also released their 3rd album titled Infinite Arms. This album is a great pick up for Summer with their easy listening and laid back sounds. I highly recommended both of these albums.

1. Cirque Du Soleil - Kooza (Randall Island). 2. Bloody Mary (Alias, L.E.S) 3. Karve Korea Taco Truck (Hell’s Kitchen, NY) 4. Dumbo, BK

Berlin Street Art
Someone recently decided to take art to a new level by dumping various colors of paint onto one of Berlin’s busiest intersections.  The effect is a rainbow like swirl of colors, splatters and shapes smeared throughout the cities roads.
via Wejetset

GE: Data Visualization
A cool simple little interactive visualization created by Lisa Strausfeld of Pentagram. The site features some of the most used household items and when you rollover each one it tells you how many watts that item uses. A good application if you are trying to save a little $$.

NY Design Week Guide 2010
Core 77 is back with another guide to Design Week in NY.  The site breaks down the events by location (Soho, Tribeca, Noho, etc) and gives a brief description of who and what is happening at the event. 

1. Faces. 2. Breakfast Pizza (Motorino BK) 3. B-Day Cake (Revival) 4. Sushi (Williamsburg)

Late last year when I was in Shanghai I saw some construction going on for the 2010 Shanghai Wold Expo.  The architecture for each country was unfinished but still looked pretty amazing. Now that they are all near completion I think this expo is going to be something really incredible this time around.
Photos via Dezeen, check them out for a lot more images.

Keyonary is a cool site developed by Aaron McGuire. This site allows you to search for shortcut keys and displays the results below. This is definitely a useful site that should be bookmarked.

1. China Town. 2. 6 Train Park Ave 3. Brunch At Spitzers (LES) 4. Long Work Week

Just saw this today and I know everyone is pretty skeptical but this could be the next version of Apples iphone.  Check out this link for more photos,videos and specs about this new iphone that was found at a bar in Redwood City. I’m interested to see what peoples thoughts are about this.
via Gizmodo

Update: Turns out this is actually a real leaked iphone.  Read the letter from Apple here.

Google Earth will soon be released in 3D and from the looks of the sample video, this will be quite amazing.  Everything is now really detailed and reminds me of Grand Theft Auto but for Google. 

Graffiti Analysis
Graffiti Analysis is a motion study for graffiti.  A custom software was developed by Evan Roth allowing artists to draw on a screen and watching their art in real time with a layered 3d effect.
via QBN

ShopVon
ShopVon is the online store of talented designer Hello Von. His artwork speaks for itself and this shop allows you to purchase some of his originals or reprints. Go check it out and buy something today.

1. Snow Crab Legs. 2. Wing Tip Shoes 3. Bubble Tea at Saint Alps (BK) 4. Rice, egg & vegetables over rice (Saint Alps in BK)

I’m normally not one to upgrade my Adobe Suite each time a new version is released because for the most part I don’t think each upgrade has enough additions that make me say, Wow! I must get that feature now. With that being said, I think CS5 does have enough of the ‘wow’ factor to make me want to upgrade. Check out Computer Arts 40 new features in CS5 and you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.