Friends and musicians we love

Crankbunny - Hottest animator of all time

Royal Flush - Badass artist Josh Bernstein's brainchild

Mike Skinner - Producer of The Unkindness of Ravens (and a kickass musician to boot)

Brian Ewing - Poster artist for the Warped Tour and so very much more

Meik - Home of everything book. And by book we mean monstrously cool. Throws a nice wedding, too.

Konst - Odessa, Ukraine never produced anything better than Konst. Badass photographer and bike master

Dave Sine - Most rad photographer and straight-edge Polar Bear EVER

Mat Szwajkos - Fashion, music and portrait photographer + a pretty damn rad guy

Wyman Studios - Home of producer/engineer/remixer extraordinaire Jeff "The Dude" Kanan

Staf Sharif - Philly's best rapper, hands fucking down

Franz Nicolay - Everyone knows Franz. But if you don't (and so much the worse for you), better start knowing...

Drunken Master Zine - Brainchild of Kiyoshi Nakazawa

Monica Herrera & Cristian Puig - Flamenco dancer + flamenco guitarist = a phenomenal pair

Commonwealth Press - Screenprinting, Pittsburgh style, for all of yins

Future of Music - If you don't know about Net Neutrality, learn! Or, ask the brilliant Jean Cook for a crash course

New Model Army

The Hold Steady

World/Inferno Freindship Society

Hooray For Earth

The Gay Blades

Badman

Your Black Star

Unlovables

Bridges and Powerlines

Anti-Social Music

Gratuitous link, for all lovers of Muse: Matthew Bellamy Confused Video

And, an amazing article called Beyond Hope by Derrick Jensen (just read it)