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The Hooksexup Insider
A daily pick of what's new and hot at Hooksexup.
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Your daily cup of WTF?
Hooksexup@SXSW 2006.
Blogging the Roman Orgy of Indie-music Festivals.
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An intimate and provocative look at Siege's life, work and loves.
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two best friends pursue business and pleasure in NYC.
Naughty James
The lustful, frantic diary of a young London photographer.
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A bundle of sass who's trying to stop the same mistakes.
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Our newest Blog-a-logger.
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Gay man in the Big Apple, full of apt metaphors and dry wit.
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Naughty and philosophical dispatches from the life of a writer-comedian who loves bathtubs and hates wearing underpants.
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Deep, deep inside the world of online video.
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A Demi in search of her Ashton.
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Hooksexup @ Cannes Film Festival
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The Hooksexup Film Blog
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A fashionable L.A. photo editor exploring all manner of hyper-sexual girls down south.
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Almost everything you want.
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A sassy Canadian who will school you at Tetris.
Rose & Olive
Houston neighbors pull back the curtains and expose each other's lives.
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The name says it all.
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A former Mormon goes wild, and shoots nudes, in San Francisco.
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The creator of Supercult.com poses his pretty posse.
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Hooksexup's TV blog.
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A California boy capturing beach parties, sunsets and plenty of skin.
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  • Sexiest. Bike. Ever.


    Nope, not that one. This one:

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  • Things I Can Buy For a Buck

    5 Things I Can Buy For a Buck:

    1. candy buttons
    2. Fluffy Stuff
    3. these earrings
    4. those cheapo greeting cards
    5. passage to Boston, with free WiFi thrown in:

     

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    Posted Jun 02 2008, 01:30 PM by Steph Auteri with | with 2 comment(s)
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  • The $58,000 Personal Helicopter



    I woke up this morning, and was all like, “How can I make the readers of MM spend $100,000 before noon?” Well, friends, I just made it under the wire, but between the $50,000 Turntables, and this $58,000 personal helicopter, I’ve just cost you a cool 100K.

    Details after the jump... 

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  • Won't You Ride in My Sidecar?


    I’m a big old scardey-cat. I sometimes run as fast as I can across the street, thinking that a car will appear out of thin air, and fall on me. Whenever I’m in a swimming pool, I’m pretty sure a hatch will open up in the deep end, releasing sharks that will eat me. And I certainly never, ever, ever will ride a motorcycle.

    Except… There’s something about an olde timey motorcycle that is insanely charming to me. It may be my Steampunk fetish*, but a cycle that puts along, rather than dangerously tearing down the highway seems like a cool way to travel. It may also be that, in my head, I’m wearing aviator’s goggles and drinking scotch from a flask while I drive. I dunknow.

    After the jump, more about my Steampunk fantasies... 

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    Posted Mar 21 2008, 04:00 PM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments
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  • Home, James! And Pedal Faster!



    I don’t know if I would exactly call this a stretch limousine, but the International Surrey Company definitely would. This surrey (with a fringe on top) fits up to nine adults and two children, is powered by your pedaling, and comes only in red.

    On the downside, there’s no mini-bar, no tinted windows, and you’re probably getting arrested if you try to have sex in the back.

    On the upside, it’s red.

    [$5,195, International Surrey Company]


    [Via Born Rich]


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  • Really, Really Easy Rider

    Like many people, I don't love a Vespa. I associate Vespas with guys like this. But two-wheeled transportation in general is something I'm definitely a fan of. Consider if everyone in New York City rode one of these scooters instead of driving around solo in their Nissan Xterra.

     

    Wouldn't the city be a groovier, greener, more practical place? It was designed by the brains at MIT for those of us who live in fifth-floor walkups in neighborhoods where you wouldn't necessarily want to chain such a beautiful machine to a lamppost. Just fold up and haul up, non-douchebag status intact. Thanks BoingBoing.



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Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance writer and proofreader who has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press, Playgirl, and other bastions of fine writing. She maintains a professional site https://www.stephiswrite.com, and also blogs about freelancing over at Freelancedom. You can keep up on her day-to-day by visiting her Twitter page.

Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.

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