We love a theme album, especially one that comes from a verifiable master of macabre. Alice Cooper has been praised by Bob Dylan, Groucho Marx and The Flaming Lips for his style, and even if you don’t get down with thrashing rock jams, you’re bound to find his first record in three years novel. Alice strays from the Vaudeville stage show feel of his classic work and ventures into a modern horror flick. Along Came A Spider follows a charismatic serial killer named Spider, who wraps his predetermined eight victims in silk cocoons right after (this is where it gets freaky) removing one of their legs. What do you do with eight extra legs? Well, you turn yourself into a human spider, of course. However his plans are jeopardized by the emergence of an emotion to end all murder sprees: Love. Packaged with Cooper’s classic ’shock rock’ sound, Along Came A Spider is all Alice and no filler.

Preview tracks on his MySpace page before the album is released on July 29th.

You probably know Rod Hunt from his image "Change the World 9 to 5" that has floated around the Web and design world for a while now. While never slowing down, Rod has become an active force in the London art world and has a strong international base. Working with clients like FHM, The Observer, Maxim and Vodafone, the world is slowly being colored with Rod's retro-styled illustrations. Make your Monday a little more enjoyable and head over to his website or his blog to enjoy some bright and sunny robots, or a possible space toy come to life.

Remember the Camp Camp book we were giving away to folks who sent in their pictures of the good ol’ camp days? Oh yeah, that one. Well, it didn’t work. In retrospect we realized the likelihood of having a digital version of your camp year debauchery photos was probably quite low. So with that said, we’re back again with another contest, and this time it’s a hell of a lot easier to enter. Tell us your funniest camp stories, make us laugh or giggle the most and you win. Pranks, first kisses, hazing– we want to hear it all.

Or if you’re just too lazy to tell us stories of your life, go buy the book on Amazon. It’s funny, very funny.

David Bowie, Bootsy Collins, and Gary Glitter may have exemplified rock’s wildness in fashion (among other things), but they weren’t the first to challenge the status quo. In the days since these legends, many a musician has gone off the deep end with their onstage apparel. Two years ago journalist and London DJ Paul Gorman released The Look: Adventures in Rock and Pop Fashion, a book that peered back at these outrageous trends.

Now, for you non-readers, with the help of Nigel Waymouth’s (Granny Take a Trip) sinister designs, Antony Price’s elegant tailoring and Wonder Workshop’s penchant for glam, he’s launching a men’s line inspired by clothing of the ’70s and ’80s. Check out the T-shirts out at thelookpresents.com and go a little wild yourself.

In the 1960’s and 1970’s, the creations by Romika Sport shoes ruled over the German sneaker-scape with a stylish, relaxed, and supportive grip. While recent times have brought the influx of a bevy of international brands, Romika’s influence has never completely faded. Hipsters and sneaker enthusiasts alike have been scouring the world wide web and second hand stores for their favorite sneaks of yore. Thanks to the urging of the folks at German trend blog Nodeland, these footwear aficionados can stop searching high and low for the subject of their shoe fetish. In order to remedy the lack of availability of some of their more classic models, Romika Sport is relaunching their collection. Classic models such as the Super Tennisana, Oxford, Laser, and Bolero have gone through a slight re-design and are now available for those looking to relive their glory days… or maybe even create some new ones.

Camp, a favorite (often forgotten) American kids past time. Everyone went — if you didn’t go, you wished you could have. It was the one place on earth where appropriated Native American terminology, competitive sports, social hierarchy, and libido-soaked nights lived in wholesome harmony. From the acclaimed authors of Bar Mitzvah Disco (who hasn’t seen that book?), I give you, Camp Camp, Where Fantasty Island Meets Lord Of The Flies. The book’s a riot — a collection of photos by author and borderline genius Roger Bennett, a founding member of what he calls the Academy of the Recent Past. He’s on a mission to save, catalog, and celebrate the very recent past — things, trends and items that shaped this new generation. You know, like ping pong, bands that tried to rock and failed, and of course, camp.

Fancy a book and don’t want to go buy it now on Amazon? We’ve got three to give away to folks that have great, endearing (and embarrassing) photos to share from their days on the bunk beds and in the pine forests. Send your photo entries to feedback [at] joshspear.com and we’ll pick winners next week.

Urban cool is everywhere, but appreciating without imitating is more of a challenge. As the brainchild of must-visit NYC sneaker boutique Classic Kicks, the goal of Reine et Roi is to deliver a completely unique clothing line that’s as fresh as the sneakers they’re already known for.

Their recently launched website makes Reine et Roi up for grabs to everyone worldwide, showcasing threads that have street and vintage influences while still breaking new ground. The quality lies in the details; reversible hoodies give you twice the bang for your buck with equally hot patterns on both sides, and their original psychedelic florals make sure you won’t look like everyone else on the street. Plus, they haven’t forgotten their kick connection. Inspired by their own Classic Kicks x Vans collaboration, their Plaid Vans Reversible Sweatshirt features a pattern designed by Liora Mannà exclusively for Classic Kicks and Reine et Roi.

Having already been spotted in photo shoots and on the street by trendsetters like Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown, Reine et Roi is already one step ahead and gearing up for some street fashion domination. Our other faves include the men’s colorblock nylon windbreakers (shown above), complete with matching kidswear, so that you can keep the little tykes in your life looking as slick as you do.

So this morning I woke up in a James Bond kind of mood. Maybe it was the fact I fell asleep reading about how Amy Winehouse and her bouffant were too cracked out to record the theme song for the new Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. Maybe it was all of the gin martinis I had been drinking. I wasn’t looking, but somehow I found you — Penguin UK’s re-release of Ian Fleming’s classics. This time they’re done up in shimmering nude ’60s pinup fashion, with titles like “Dr. No” and “Goldfinger” scrawled down Technicolor female backsides. Need a soundtrack to view these? Radiohead … if you’d please.

Just because you want to entertain in high style doesn't mean you have to break out your Grandma's bone china. If you're feeling the urge to get a little more classic with your tableware, but aren't into the floral designs you were subjected to every Thanksgiving, then New York-based design collaborative Lovegrove & Repucci have the answer.

Their freshly released London Delft collection is a play on the 18th century tradition of Dutch Delft porcelain. Building on the success of the previously launched New York Delft collection, this time around they've mixed the timeless, high-art vibe of the famous blue glazed dishes with a little London street art edge. Each setting is made up of five pieces: a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer, and are available for $100.

If the general coolness of the collection isn't enough to impress your design-savvy dinner partygoer, then just wait until they reach the bottom of their soup bowl and find a good ‘ol lorry. (For us non-Brits, that's a truck.)

On the odd occasion we find ourselves perusing our personal library via candlelight, we usually have the misfortune of spilling hot wax all over our hands (and our leatherbound books). If you face a similar situation — or you just like the old fashioned idea of touring your darkened home like Uncle Scrooge — perhaps you’d enjoy the Goodnight Eileen lamp from Chilean designer Christine Birkhoven. The energy-efficient candle-shaped LED employs magnetic induction to deliver electricity to the lamp, using its ceramic base to recharge. We’ve also found romantic candlelit dinners are much more enjoyable without the fear of accidentally singeing your arm hair.

Did Columbus rock a Garmin? Did Marco Polo Mapquest his way to Cathay? Did Magellan use a … Magellan? No, these men were pioneers who found their way using instinct, courage, and something called a sextant. Modern man relies too much on computerized map systems anyway. Add the analog touch with a paper GPS. Ok, so it’s just a notepad made to look like Internet directions, but the day that we surrender our ass backwards shortcuts and illegal detours is the day the machines have taken over.

There are a few moments in the never-ending ’80s revival that are positives to pop culture, I promise you. Like the comeback of Wayfarers, for instance, which have an addictive look-good-on-anybody aspect. While we strongly advocate digging through your brother’s closet for his old pair rather than pay some dude on eBay who already did the same, you still likely won’t find anything like these Face It Sunglasses. The frames change color with the light (hello, Generra Hypercolor!) and the handcrafted lenses have a flash-finish mirror printed with Xs, triangles or lines, which remind me a lot of the old Coca Cola sunglasses that are so coveted now. They’re $66 a pop, but because your girlfriend will be jacking these from you, get her to split the cost.

As a child, building Lego cities seemed like a creative way to while away the years of toddler-dom, provided one wasn't swallowing the pieces whole and being sent to the emergency room. However, nothing we ever made really proved to be useful and in the end our mothers discarded all of our creative tools along with the G.I. Joe's and Millenium Falcon once adolescence hit. While we certainly outgrew our Legos, not all kids grow tired of their toys. Take the design team at SmÃ¥nsk, for example. The Sweden based designers were inspired by the building blocks of childhood. A big hit at the recent Stockholm Furniture Fair, their prototype for Skew Bookcase features magnified identical Lego pieces that stack up and interlock one top of one another to create a colorful and original concept for the place you keep your favorite novels and you old lego instruction manuals. While they've yet to find a manufacturer for their playful block-by-block bookshelf, we wouldn't be surprised if IKEA came a callin'. Here’s hoping someone does.

The Nike Dunk turns 23 years old this year, and the sneaker company has been festing with releases galore for the accompanying Be True series. Besides an upcoming treasure hunt we told you about happening in Sao Paulo related to the collection, five influential Brazilian tastemakers including graf artist Titi Freak, DJ Ze Gonzales (of NASA fame), designer Juliana Jabour, photographer Flavio Samelo and stylist Daniel Ueda were invited to take their turn on the Dunk. As you can see above, the results are fly. An art exhibit matching the collection by this quintet will roll next month here in town. More info, albeit in Portuguese, is supposed be released onto Brazilian sneakerhead central SneakersBR, but the site isn’t working yet. Patience is a virtue, etc.

These past few years, when it gets to be around the holidays (no matter how inconsequential) and my birthday, I admit I feel kind of nostalgic for all the cheesy/lame/insert-your-synonym-here Blue Mountain or Shockwave e-cards that used to fill up my inbox. Hell, I was just as guilty at times as the sender. Nowadays there are only people interested in selling me pills to better my sex life, no thank you, and the occasional virtual gift I receive from a friend on Facebook just isn’t the same. But Shift believes in the power of a greeting. They’ve got a sweet archive of e-cards that you can personalize for any occasion. A handful of artists contributed their graphic design and drawing work for these virtual cards, which are non-specific enough that they can be used to wish happy birthday or thank someone for how rad they are. You could use them also to declare how much you hate someone’s guts, but that’s not the spirit. Go ahead, don’t be afraid to send an e-card. Be responsible for someone’s smile today.