It’s summer.  In Chico, that means we get drunk, go down to the olde’ swimmin hole and then get engulfed in the current mess of smoke caused by the 4 billion fires in Northern California.  At the Synthesis, it means that we have too much cool shit laying around, so we’re giving stuff away.

Our Warped Tour/ Guitar Hero contest has been birthed (it’s a girl!) and now you need to adopt that shit.  We’ve got sick band’s signatures all over this thing, and if we were smart we would throw this on Ebay and spend the money on hookers and beer… but we’re not.  How do you with this fine piece of gaming history?  We’ll I would start by watching the video below, then subscribing to our YouTube channel and leaving us a message telling us how you want it more the Cournty Love was her soul back (who names a baby girl Francis Bean, anyways?!).   Here’s Alex from Cobra Starship reppin it.

Pharrell Williams will be one of the first to use the new revolutionary procedure to remove his numerous tattoos. The suddenly grown man doesn’t wanna put off a bad image.

Williams is having replicated skin grown to cover his tats. Nasty!

The N.E.R.D. front man said, “It’s basically like getting a skin graft, but you’re not taking skin from your ass or your legs. These guys actually grow the skin for you. First you have to give them a sample of your skin, which they then replicate. Once that’s been done, they sew it on - and it’s seamless.”

EW. So much for Pharrell being hott.

… Belongs to Jeremy Kipnis, a music producer who put together this monstrosity of an entertainment center which features a Sony SRX-S110 Professional Video Projector (4,096-by-2,160 resolution), Stewart Snowmatte 1.0 Gain Laboratory-Grade Motion Picture screen (18×10 foot), Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player, Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player with SATA Drive (72 HDTV Hours Total) and Mark Levinson N° 51 DVD/CD Media Player, HLD-X0 Hi-Vision HDTV MUSE Laserdisc Player,VC HMDH-5U D-VHS recorder. …And a compass and a stock and this thing that tells time.

Show off.

The first cardboard bike has been created by Phil Bridge, a design student from the UK. The design is almost finalized as the last few kinks are being worked out. The frame is completely made of cardboard so it’s all recycled and VERY green. The wheels are standard bike wheels made of rubber and metal but you won’t find any other materials besides carboard. It can hold a person up to 168 pounds and only costs $6 to make!! Retail value is around $25. This is awesome.

Hats off to Mr. William H. Gates who retires today at the young age of 53 and is the third richest person in the world. The Harvard graduate became the most recognized computer industry entrepreneur and is worth an estimated 58 billion buckaroos. Sigh… must be nice.

Snoop Dogg teamed up with Blackplanet to premiere his new anime movie yesterday.. so CHECK IT! Snoop Dogg presents The Adventures Of Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The Doggfather takes a journey through the Southern California streets where he meets some interesting people; everything from crazy street people to running into some comedic situations. The straight to DVD film has a TON of awesome features like appearances from my personal favorite Katt Williams. Other animated videos include hip-hop icons like E-40, Nate Dogg, The Game and B-Real of Cypress Hill. 

It’s a psychedelic trip through Snoop’s magical mind. Soundtrack music includes songs from hip-hop legends and his multi-platinum album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. Who would be better to go through the streets of Long Beach and grub out with besides the big Snoop D-O-double G?