picture of the day:Sao Paolo, Brazil

Irony anyone? This sums up the distribution of wealth in a nutshell. This is a great shot, but I do not know the photographer, if anyone does please let us know.

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confessions of a casting director
With NY Fashion week ready to kick-off, it is always interesting to see a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put on a show. Enter COACD, which is a glimpse into the world of a model casting director. Hot chicks and some male models thrown in for balance. kate moss is getting married
kate moss thursdays
It's one o'clock and no Kate Moss? Solved. Random YouTube SearchToday I went for 'Angel Dust', thinking it could produce some interesting results. highmath: arkitip and wood wood
The new issue of arkitip (no. 44) was produced on the occasion of the HIGHMATH exhibit which opens in Berlin at Pool Gallery tonight. The exhibit is a collaboration between the fellows at Arkitip and those at Wood Wood and has a stellar roster of artists featuring Flier after the jump stefan sagmeister at deitch
Opening tonight and running through February 23rd at Deitch Projects. 12 grain FatimaSam Flores and Upper Playground come correct with a new version of Fatima, in both a purple dress and a blue dress. Limited to 300 pieces each, give it to your girl for her desk at work. love shark, tin roof, rusted.....
"An astonishing love story."Arnold Pointer a professional fisherman from south of Australia set free from a certain death a big female White Shark that was caught in his fishing nets. Now the fisherman has a problem: He says: “It’s been 2 years and she doesn’t leave me alone. She follows me everywhere I go and her presence scares all the fishes. I don’t know what to do anymore.” According to hoax-slayer (who knew there was such a site) the story is fake. You can decide, or you can just look at the cool photo's of sharks. pick out her undies
Bar Veloce drinking downtown
17 Cleveland Pl, between Kenmare and Spring 212.966.7334 Investigators Raid Top American Museum for Artifacts
Federal agents raided several Southern California museums on Thursday, mostly in search of artifacts allegedly taken from Thailand’s Ban Chiang archeological site, one of the most important prehistoric settlements ever discovered in Southeast Asia. Authorities believe they were smuggled into the U.S. and donated at inflated prices so collectors could claim fraudulent tax deductions. Court documents say a 79-year-old smuggler involved in the scheme boasted to an undercover agent that he had more items from Ban Chiang than Thailand itself did. He said he was being sent the items as they were being dug up, in violation of Thai and international law. Read More from artbistro. the Mad Barbarians capee coming soon
Limited Edition, Coming soon! $39.95 sloan fine art
Opening its doors this evening on the Lower East Side of Manhattan is Sloan Fine Art. The first of two parts, the opening exhibition features the works of the Clayton Brothers, Vince Contarino, Nicholas Cope, Elizabeth McGrath, Kristen Schiele, Aaron Smith and Eric White. The reception takes place from 6 to 9 pm. See you there. out on dvd today: Life of Brian
all the rage in belgrade
With the help of some of the best designers in the country, Zabunovic renovated a property opposite Belgrade's central train station. He named the hotel Mr. President and had each room designed around a current or past world leader. And you guessed it, the Hitler or room 501 (occupied mainly by German, Croat and Slovenian guests) sees the highest demand, according to Zabunovic. But the former Nazi dictator's popularity hasn't gone down well with everyone. The leader of the Jewish community in Belgrade has condemned Zabunovic's marketing ploy as a dangerous "banalization" of the German dictator. Read More...
David Choe gets all Bloggy
It has been a while since I checked up on David Choe's blog, and it shows. The blog has been re-skinned and updated like mad. Busy times for the busy artist who has a UK solo show opening up at Lazarides in mid to late February.
abandoned ruins are so beautiful
Maurizio Savini
I tried to find out some more information on Maurizo, and the funny thing about the internet is that everything is the same,..."american gum....childhood...adolescence...". His work is amazingly time consuming, and eerie. For more pics of his sculptures check out Kanye West's Blog. BTW if you did not know, Kanye has a pretty nice collection of art. shepard fairey tuesday: Obama"I believe with great conviction that Barack Obama should be the next President. I have been paying close attention to him since the Democratic convention in 2004. I feel that he is more a statesman than a politician. He was against the war when it was an unpopular position (and Hillary was for the war at that time), Obama is for energy and environmental conservation. He is for healthcare reform. Check him out for yourself www.barackobama.com. Proceeds from this print go to produce prints for a large statewide poster campaign." josh keyes keeps killin' it
If there is one artist to watch from now through the rest of your life, consider Josh Keyes. In the spring of 2007, Oakland-based Keyes had a break out showing in a group exhibition, Stranger Than Fiction, at his San Francisco gallery, Hang Art. Since then his shows have sold out instantaneously. His most recent, a two man show with John Casey at Tag Art Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee is no exception. Funny thing, it has not even opened yet. February 2nd is the date listed when the public can legally and physically enter the gallery. Success has not come quick for Keyes, who has been showing since 1993, but now it is safe to say that he has arrived and will continue to amaze. After the jump, some highlights from his two man show. the dark side of Heath Ledger in portrait
Apparently during his last visit to Perth, Australia, Heath sat for this portrait (above) painted by Vincent Fantauzzo. More at The Daily Telegraph. via, Juxtapoz picture of the day
what happened to the Nirvana Nevermind cover baby?
Well get ready to feel old. Homeboy is now 17 years old and a senior in high school. The success in finding this guy can be credited to Jason Lazurus, who has started something called The Nirvana Project. The project relates to peoples first experience with the group. You can read more about the project here, and see a picture of the grown up baby after the jump. via, land salmon Continue reading "what happened to the Nirvana Nevermind cover baby?" » pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other
nike sb skate or die
I usually won't get behind most of the new special edition footwear that comes out, strictly because there is just too much. However these Nike's paying homage to one of my favorite games, Skate or Die, pass the test. It is not that I like how they look, just that the game was so damn cool. Now I will wait for the Skate or Die 2 shoes, or Adidas Skateboardings 720 tribute kicks. via, hypebeast white house redux
In a time where it has become apparent that governmentally, things need to change, comes a competition that takes the idea to another level. The White House Redux is an "international call for ideas" to ask a simple question, "What if the White House, the ultimate architectural symbol of political power, were to be designed today?" What would it look like? More info on this project/competition here how the record spins
"The life and crimes of the music biz,...EMI, like Decca, manufactured hi-tech equipment for the government, mainly for hospitals - brain scanners and the like. None of these companies had been set up first and foremost for music; they made records for extra profit. It was a wonderful trick they'd learnt. They bought vinyl cheaply; added a label, a song and a sleeve and sold it expensively."
YOU CAN GET YOUR WEED FROM IT
Images Maps 2048After cinching up your doctor's consultation, hit an AVM location to get your prescription approved, fingerprint taken, and a prepaid credit card loaded with your profile: dosage (3.5 or 7 grams, up to 1oz a week) and strain preference (choice of five, including OG Cush and Granddaddy Purple, the mildly hallucinogenic forebear to Prince). Then day or night, all you do is hit a machine and walk away with enough vacuum-sealed, plastic-encapsulated cheeba to adequately treat your illness. Via The Thrillist. best kept secret
The book dives under the surface of society with images of decomposing bodies and radioactive waste, deadly viruses and an outdoor recreation area for death-row inmates. The result is an all-access pass into America's best-kept secrets. Transatlantic Submarine Cables Reaching Land(pictured above). Photo: Taryn Simon, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery Possibly the inventor of turntablism...
Marclay's work explores connections between sound, photography, video, and film. A pioneer of using gramaphone records and turntables as musical instruments to create sound collage, critic Thom Jurek describes Marclay as perhaps the "unwitting inventor of turntablism." His own use of turntables and records, beginning in the mid-1970s, was developed independently of hip hop's use of the instrument, and though not well-known to mainstream audiences, Marclay has nonetheless been described as "the most influential [turntable] figure outside hip hop." Via Wikipeidia. Check out the mini documentary of You Tube.
Joy Division flickGrant Gee's Joy Division is on the screening circuit now: 1 February - 24 April - Ambulate Gira de Documentales (Mexico) (screening dates courtesy of Cerysmatic Factory) Legover
To celebrate the 50th birthday of Lego, the Independent gave a bucket of bricks to a slew of creative minds including Rankin, Trevor Beattie and Sir Paul Smith to see what they could come up with. Our favorite contribution (quite predictably) comes from Peter Saville, who went the "chance-oriented" route and melted his box of bricks. The rest can be seen here. rosson crow at honor fraser
Opening tonight in Los Angeles at Honor Fraser is a solo show by super talented and gorgeous Rosson Crow. Titled Night at The Palomino, the show consists of nine large scale paintings dripping with a dark richness. If you cannot make it tonight, the show is up for a while running through March 29th. Pack it up (tape that is)
The works of art are made out of translucent brown packing tape. By layering the tape on top of a sheets of Plexiglas, Mark Khaisman was able to craft these creations that look a lot like sepia-toned negatives. Some portraits are more retro, and look as if they were inspired by images of people during the Second World War, while others are clearly modern photos of young girls posing for silly self-taken group portraits. Khaisman was born in the Ukraine in 1958, studied Art and Architecture at the Moscow Architectural Institute and now lives and works in Philadelphia. worried shoes
Worried shoes is an online gallery dedicated to the early work of the eccentric talent, Daniel Johnston. The AmeroUntil last night I had never heard of this. The Amero is the North American Answer to the Euro. It would feasibly tie the currency of the US together with those Canada and Mexico, although presumably our borders would still be secured. While some say this is a conspiracy theory, I fully believe that it is possible. Watch the lip synching full fall off
hot model forecast
If there is one place where you are guaranteed to see a surplus of hot chicks in the world, it would be the immediate surrounding Bryant Park area during fashion week. To get us all in the mood for some major gawking, New York Magazine has put together an enjoyable read in The Top Ten Models to Watch This Fashion Week. Enjoy. ever wonder who is the hottest GI Joe Babe?
no it's not bad photoshop
Goldtone stainless steel bracket with fold over buckle closure leave it to oakley
do not recycle
Dimensions: 3.5" diameter; 6" tall Random YouTube SearchAbout a minute ago I searched the term 'Monster' on YouTube. Luckily, this item above came up on the first page. What a way to start the morning. espo video and book promotion
From video graf days to the present. hmmmm good food
mod my life
Here is the gist. Think up some wild shit you have always wanted to do or have someone else do. Submit the idea to the site, where you and other users vote on it. If it is chosen, there is a performer who will act it out in real time on the street. Basically, like some kind of whore. Sounds fun doesn't it? chickipedia
Chickipedia is basically the wikipedia of hot chicks. Through their great 'Random Chick' function I found Lene Alexandra Øien (above). Yes! see the sights
...MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND PUBLIC ART FUND ANNOUNCE MAJOR PUBLIC ART PROJECT BY ARTIST OLAFUR ELIASSON For more information and picts, go here. bast: booby trap
Opening to the public across the pond at The Leonard Street Gallery this Friday, Booby Trap is the first solo show in while for Brooklyn's Bast. wednesday's Muse: ? photographed by T-Richardson
barry mcgee: They Don’t Make This Anymore
Opened at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art two days ago, Barry McGee's They Don't Make This Anymore is the artists first major solo exhibition in the UK. If anybody has pictures they want to share with us from this show that would be great! gagosian to show schnabel before oscars
A smart, calculated art-business move. Julian Schnabel has developed a new series of large scale works that Larry Gagosian will show in Los Angeles, just in time for the Oscars. we all do it
$269.00 worth of musicCoachella, (ca-ching) ....FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend you, Yeah?, Minus the Bear, Spank Rock, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Diplo, Adam Freeland, Santo Gold, Jens Lekman, John Butler Trio, Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Architecture in Helsinki, Sandra Collins, Busy P, Cut Copy, Black Lips, Datarock, Professor Murder, Reverend and the Makers, The Bees, Porter, Rogue Wave, Modeselektor, American Bang, Lucky I Am. SATURDAY, APRIL 26: Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Cafe Tacuba, Sasha & Digweed, Rilo Kiley, Dwight Yoakam, M.I.A., Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, DeVotchKa, Flogging Molly, Mark Ronson, Turbonegro, Scars on Broadway, Islands, Enter Shikari, Calvin Harris, Boyz Noize, Junkie XL, Cinematic Orchestra, Jamie T, The Teenagers, VHS or Beta, Carbon/silicon, Erol Alkan, Yo Majesty!, Little Brother, Bonde Do Role, St. Vincent, Akron Family, MGMT, Institubes DJs (Surkin, Para One and Orgasmic), James Zabiela, Sebastian, Kavinsky, Dredg, The Bird and the Bee, Grand Ole Party, New Young Pony Club, 120 Days, Yoav, Electric Touch, Uffie SUNDAY, APRIL 27: Roger Waters (“Dark Side of the Moon”), Love & Rockets, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Justice, Gogol Bordello, Chromeo, The Streets, Metric, Danny Tenaglia, Simian Mobile Disco, Booka Shade, Murs, Dmitri from Paris, Autolux, The Field, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Les Savy Fav, The Cool Kids, Sons & Daughters, Sia, Holy Fuck, Black Kids, Black Mountain, The Annuals, Kid Sister w/A-Trak, Man Man, Duffy, I'm from Barcelona, Manchester Orchestra, Deadmau5, The Horrors, Austin TV, Shout Out Louds, Plastiscines, Brett Dennen. If you want to learn about the bands click here to find links to everyone on myspace. OH and the announcement of the east coast version! mark dean veca reinterprets the chum
For Original Fake's Spring/Summer line, Kaws reached out to Brooklyn Artist Mark Dean Veca. His interpretation of the chum reminds me of Jim Phillips designs for the Rob Roskopp decks of the late eighties.
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Prints available from agencevu.com how to use every inch
shepard fairey tuesday: vote!
A call to action this week from Shepard Fairey. Vote! is a screenprint measuring 24" x 36" in an edition of 350 and brings back the nice blue tones that occasionally appear in his prints. Apparently there was some manipulation of the checkout system last week, so to balance things out, the time and day of this drop is up in the air. Much the way our political and economic state is right now. Quite fitting. perspective
Buy this van
This van should be placed in storage as a time capsule, to be revisited in 25 years. Three generations, one van. puma's summer shade
The genius of reh dogg
comedy and chaos
Flats is at it again. The State of America #5: Cloverfield Some mornings you wake up feeling great. Sun isn’t up yet, nice spring breeze coming in through the window. You’re thinking of heading to the beach with your girl, perhaps Coney Island for a cheeseball day of boardwalk time and hard rock beers in the sun. You wake and find this new DV camera you just got and film some shit, how great you’re feeling. How good things are. You woke up at your girls’ place. She’s beautiful, the kind of beautiful that hurts inside when you look at her. You walk around her place and take it all in with your new camera. The camera bounces as you walk. You don’t mind. You’re happy. You walk into her room and your beautiful girl is naked in bed, wrapped up in a sheet and light spring blanket and the sun is just creeping into the day. She wakes and smiles at you. She’s happy to see you. She really is. Fuck, it’s a good day. a look into the sketchbook of matt leines
Matt Leines is an extremely talented artist and I couldn't have been happier to find some images from his sketchbook on Book By Its Cover's Sketchbook series. banksy defaces damien hirst for aids
The whole Bono-fueled (RED) movement has finally made its way into the contemporary art world, and for this instance I couldn't be happier. Why? New Yorkers will finally have the chance to see three Banksy Masterpieces in the flesh. Included in the Sotheby's auction at Larry Gagosian's Chelsea digs, is the vandalized phone booth that Banksy installed on a street in the UK in 2005. If memory serves correct about this piece, an old lady remarked that crazy art students were always out of control. Another is a defaced Damien Hirst Pharmaceutical (spot) painting, tited 'KEEP IT SPOTLESS'. Expect this lot (34) to break any auction record Banksy bidders had set previously. The auction, which is on Valentines Day includes many other notable lots (veritably a who's who's of contemporary art), including Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Andreas Gursky, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, and Marc Quinn. All very impressive and on view in early February. The other Banksy's after the jump what looks like faile......
...Really isn't faile at all. This is the art of Greg Gossel. Someone once said Imitation is the best form of flattery, but how flattering is it really for the flatterer?
revs in NY
Fuckin' Revs is elusive. His early graffiti career was accompanied by the moniker 'Revlon' and if you flip through the Spray Can Art you can see early examples of his work. In the middle nineties he cut his name down to Revs and bombarded NYC above ground with Cost and below ground with diatribes and confessions. Then, Revs went into hiding. When he resurfaced his work had evolved. Using construction grade steel he now does installation pieces, permanence in a temporary environment. Luckily for us, Jake Dobkin has been making a concerted effort to document all of Revs new work on Streetsy. Enjoy. will rise
Opening this Saturday at Robert Berman in Los Angeles, Will Rise is a unique group show featuring members of the legendary L.A. graffiti crew AWR. Each of the eleven members (KRUSH, SKREW, SABER, PUSH, REVOK, ZES, RETNA, RIME, SEVER, EWOK, REYES) painted six, 4' x4' wood panels that will be displayed floor to ceiling. The show looks to be colorful and dope, so if you are in the Los Angeles area stop by. inside the smiths, the other two
Street Date: 01/22/08 Order now at MVD Entertainment Group for $16.95. breeding grounds
london calling "the bank job"
short band names are outI read somewhere that short band names are out, like the editors, the cure, blah blah blah. Its all about retarded long band names like Holy Ghost Revival. A bad 60's sounding band. Anyway, a few google search's and I found Band Name Maker, enter a key word or not and start rocking. uncommon places
The MIDNIGHT METAL
Created by super-cosmic Portland based artist Bwana Spoons, and produced by Super7, check out Napoleón Habeica
you can not get enough of her, gemma ward
lacie me home
It's only 199.00 buy now. Beijing's Nation Stadium in the snow
From the creators of yo
if you're interested to get a taste of the new elbow album
go buy now: Adam Wallacavage
On top a making incredible chandeliers, Adam Wallacavage takes some great portrait photographs. Available now through Community Outreach are an assortment of these portraits that are featured in their current show, 7 photographers. At $600 a piece, these unique photos of Shepard Fairey(above) and Steve Powers(below) would be a great addition to any wall or collection.
moments of laughterDave Chapelle There is nothing better than laughter. Especially after inducing a food coma during lunch. Watch these clips and be happy the week is half over. Aurel Schmidt on Art Talk
your shot
Wednesday's Muse Reon Kadena
black is how i feel on the inside
Humunga cowabunga from down unda
This kid and his 'famous' sunglasses just became an internet classic. via, complex OJ t-shirt
The juice is loose. Upper Playground has a new t-shirt available for the winter featuring legendary running back, O.J. Simpson. Cop it here what is an interpunct?
While searching for grammar usage(seriously), I came across this interesting thread on PainInTheEnglish. Initially, it was the interest in the triangular symbol between Prince and St that got me to click through. Then I got to read the comments, wow. So what is an interpunct? it's here
cool way to present clothing
I really dig how these chairs are made into shelving at the Trovata shop inside of Earnest Sewn in NYC. via, Material Interest I am moving to bushwick to party with this guy
shepard fairey tuesday: Peace Bomber Series
Today's print release, Peace Bomber, comes in three colorways, boosting your chance of obtaining one by a small percentage. A smart design by Shepard Fairey, one of these could feasibly makes its way into your grandmother's living room, next to all of the doilies. Didn't I read somewhere that Shepard was going to be taking some time off? The other colorways after the jump. Continue reading "shepard fairey tuesday: Peace Bomber Series" » adam and ron
Adam and Ron is a tale of two artists (great friends, complete opposites), one gallerina, and a film crew. In this five part video/mockumentary, the camera follows Adam Krueger and Ron Beach Jr. as they prepare for a two man show, Better Version of Me, at the Canal Chapter in Lower Manhattan. As could be expected with two contrasting personalities, tensions run high as the date to open draws closer. Lives momentarily change. In a way, think of this as a much cooler version of the Fine Living Network's Opening Soon. We are so close to flying around in the falcon
"Living in the sky, watching the Earth from above. Rediscovering the marvel of traveling, experiencing contemplation, and freezing Han in carbonite. " Manned Cloud is an alternative project around leisure and travelling in all its form, economic and experimental, still with the idea of lightness, human experience and life scenarios as the guiding principles. The spiral of Archimedes is the driving force of this airship in the form of a whale that glides through the air. Manned Cloud is a hotel with a capacity of 40 passengers and staffed with 15 persons, that on a 3-day cruise in 170 km/h permits man to explore the world without a trace: to re-experience travelling, timelessness and enhance the consciousness of the beauty of the world - and to experience spectacular and exotic places without being intrusive or exploitative. For more info blueprints and hotel bookings check out dezeen. There is going to be a lot of water in this world
According to an article in the Times Online, the Antarctic is losing ice ‘nearly twice as fast as ten years ago’. Which sucks, but it would be hard to say that I haven't minded the mild weather. image: Josh Keyes bad museum
Oh and the really interesting thing is you can get a "artist membership" that cuts the members fee in half. All you need is a website that says you're an artist. eye-fi update
Via Trendir eba(nks)y
The Banksy Wall that went up for auction on ebay earlier this month has just sold for £208,100.00 or approximately $407,709.52. This just goes to show how far street art and capitalism have come. Not to be overlooked, the Middle East has gotten into the act by offering up this Banksy piece (below) from Palestine on ebay. Apparently, a palestinian and an israeli worked together in excavating this one. Isn't it nice to see cultures put their beef aside for the sake of money.
iphone, google likey....According to iphoneatlas.com,"Google has once again revised its Web-based tools — including Picasa, general search, Gmail, Reader, Calendar, and iGoogle — for the iPhone. Navigating to google.com on an iPhone will lead you to google.com/m, a portal for access to all the tools."..."As previously reported, forthcoming iPhone firmware/software 1.1.3 update will sport the ability to add Web page bookmarks to the home screen as launchable icons. As such, users could create Google calendar, Picasa, etc. icons for easy access. The Web tools still wouldn’t be accessible offline, however." must see giant monsters
protagonize: it's an addventure
According to Wikipedia, via, Lost at E Minor it could be good
"My Name Is Bruce is the tale of a small town set upon by demons after a group of teen-agers unwittingly unleash an ancient curse. Campbell, playing himself, is kidnapped off the set of a B horror movie and, despite his protestations that he's just an actor, is forced to play the role of his heroic movie character in order to save the town." Originally scheduled for a 07 release, it looks like 08 will be his year. go buy now: Xiaoqing Ding
This weekend we were fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to see a great show at Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC. The group of works that stood out the most were the large pastel drawings of Chinese-born artist Xiaoqing Ding. Above is a piece, Little Drop of Poison, that measures 40” x 32” and is truly a sight in person. To buy this piece or to look at others available in the show, click here eyesore at v1 gallery
A group exhibition curated by Jesper Elg and Nanna Thylstrup at v1 gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark. Full press release after the jump. bring a little nature to the workplace
caroline hwang at GR SF
The quilted one, Caroline Hwang, gets all snugly at Giant Robot San Francisco tomorrow night for her new show Salvage. jonathan viner at jonathan levine
Opening in the main gallery of Jonathan Levine to the public tomorrow is Jonathan Viner's (Weiner?) new show, Target Practice. Oil on canvas in blue light always goes a long way. end of season sale's are starting
gold rush at okay mountain
Texas represent. Curated by Fecal Face impresario John Trippe, Gold Rush is a group exhibition featuring the likes of Josh Keyes, Aiyana Udesen, Kelsey Brookes, Anthony Lister, Jeremy Fish, and more. Okay Mountain is a swell gallery that brings culture to the state. On Fecal Face there is an abundance of mini interviews with the participating artists, so check it. It's over Johnny
The crowd finally thinned out and it became interesting, a great hipster watching moment. I never saw so many retarded hats in my life and the over the top b-boy jackets. The only cool people there were the ones involved with the bblessing event. The bartender, nice, proprietor, good natured. The hanger on's were the crazies. This is where it got interesting, as Bon Jovi played (yes, its still 1980 I guess) some girl decided to climb the furniture in the back dance like she was on solid gold. As she was escorted out by the proprietor, a fight broke out, maybe not a fight, more like a the girl freaked out, started carrying on, and the next thing you know, someone gets sucker punched, the music stops, the lights are on, the parties over.......funny thing, all the beer was gone too. Oh did I mention there was some art on the walls too. more images to follow the jump Don't lose sleep over Michel Gondry
Lost seal chilling in a puddle
Sometimes you need a change of scenery. At least one elephant seal in San Lois Obispo thinks so. A couple days ago the seal left the beach, crossed a highway, and settled into a puddle. Sounds ideal, relaxing in a puddle. Local Authorities are not tampering with the seals bliss, instead they will monitor it to see how the seal will make its way back to the ocean. For now it stays put, total relax. know your gangsFollowing up on yesterday's Bloods post, this is a video featuring the Crips (who seem to be a little bit more celebrity studded). alex lukas. chris pew. amy casey
With so many great openings this weekend, I must warn you that there will be a flurry of these today. genius the next big thing
know your gangsI forgot all about gangs until I received a shady email about Blood initiations this weekend. While searching for some photos of them, I came across this website, Know Gangs, which could be perceived as an attempt for a gang social networking site. Which would be totally cool. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the site is "a leading training provider for law enforcement, educators and social service workers seeking to enhance their knowledge about gangs, drugs and school violence." Inspired by my refreshed interest in all things "gang", I found this nice video on you tube of some bloods doing what they do second best, dance. best new restaurants according to Wallpaper
how big's your hole
The monster celestial object is 18 billion times more massive than our own Sun, says a team from Finland - six times larger than the previous record. The object, called OJ287, is orbited by a smaller black hole, which allowed its mass to be measured very accurately. The finding also enabled the researchers to test Einstein's theory of gravity for the first time in a strong gravitational field. Details of the finding were presented at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Austin, Texas. The binary black hole system powers a quasar - a compact halo of matter which radiates enormous amounts of energy. It is relatively close for a quasar - about 3.5 billion light-years away from us in the constellation of Cancer - making it one of the most studied objects of its type. Via BBC, (note*this is not the actual hole) phil frost book
Due out this Spring with text by Carlo McCormick and Pushead, the book is 162 pages of Frosty goodness. spend your money wisely
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