The OWL

Plug & program & play: The OWL Programmable Effects Pedal

Now up on Kickstarter, the OWL (open ware laboratory) seems able to bring effects designing down to a universal level, offering a fully open-source and open-hardware pedal that requires no proprietary tools or hardware-specific knowledge.

Mike Patton

Mike Patton’s San Fran favorites

Vocalist and composer Mike Patton’s credits are a mile long, and all extremely different from one another. His tastes in food, culture, and obscure hangouts are just as diverse.

Triumph America

Riding Route 66 on a Triumph America

After three days of desert debauchery (thank you, Coachella), ALARM editor and publisher Chris Force decided to ride back from California to Chicago via Route 66. Here’s what he figured out.

Femme et Vélo

Gorgeous girls with bicycles

The female form, in tandem with the elegantly simple bicycle, makes for an evocative image. This is the idea behind Zachary Hunt’s Femme et Vélo, a photography blog merging the two.