“100% creative control of all aspects of their music, art, and release schedule with no 3rd party participation in outside business”
Odd Future signs a kind of record deal that should’ve been in place since day one.
180 days
Revok’s sentence after the judge found him to have “violated his probation on a misdemeanor vandalism charge by failing to pay adequate restitution to his victims.”
$320,000 Bail…
We learned Sunday that talented artist/friend/contributor Revok was arrested at LAX while trying to board a plane to Ireland this past Thursday. Bail has been set at $320,000, which is an ungodly amount when you consider OJ’s bail was $250,000. We were directed to a bunch more recent and more perverted crimes that did not even touch that. Seems like the LAPD, a large crew with a violent criminal history, are exacting any revenge possible for the celebration that is Art In The Streets.
Silly French Christians…
Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ was destroyed by Christian protestors this past Sunday.
“…on Palm Sunday morning, four people in sunglasses aged between 18 and 25 entered the exhibition just after it opened at 11am. One took a hammer out of his sock and threatened the guards with it. A guard grabbed another man around the waist but within seconds the group managed to take a hammer to the plexiglass screen and slash the photograph with another sharp object, thought to be a screwdriver or ice-pick. They also smashed another work, which showed the hands of a meditating nun.”
“I Don’t Know Where It’s At”
A tornado in Mississippi ruins one man’s lunch, tearing his hamburger, fries, and drink right out of his hands. You can’t make things like this up. He apparently went searching for it after the storm passed.
Once Again, Need to Start Hanging Out With This Guy
Richard Branson is trying to create a caribbean island sanctuary for lemurs, 8000 miles away from their native Madagascar. They are cool looking animals.
This Girl…
She’s heard ‘just the tip’ too many times.
If you want to go ahead and re-mix this in photoshop, I’ll gladly put them up if I receive more than 3.
via, reddit
China’s Ghost Cities and Malls
Millions upon millions of empty apartments, and millions upon millions of people living in overcrowded spaces who cannot afford them. Watch this enlightening documentary by SBS Dateline (Australian TV) about the Chinese real estate market after the jump.
And Science Created an Eye
Scientists in Japan successfully used embryonic stem cells from mice to grow a rudimentary eye. Next Step, the cure for blindness. Read more here at the Guardian
Seriously China, WTF?
At least you can hold yourself back from progress.
Ai Weiwei is still missing after being detained before boarding a flight to Hong Kong last Sunday morning.
“Chinese authorities haven’t acknowledged detaining Mr. Ai”
Mercury Records To Stop Producing the Single
The record label whose roster includes acts like U2, The Killers, and Arcade Fire will no longer produce physical singles… ”Except for on rare occasions the label is to rely almost entirely on downloads for its singles output.”
via, NME
Plenty of Dream Stuff
Marijuana cultivation in Brooklyn in the Summer of 1951 (also Mickey Mantle’s rookie season).
Chicago Graffiti
From the NY Times:
“the anti-graffiti strategy — deploying crews called graffiti blasters to quickly erase or blot out painted surfaces — has imposed a kind of natural-selection process in the graffiti subculture. By discouraging all but the shrewdest and most determined practitioners, the city and county have inadvertently contributed to making Chicago a vibrant hub of graffiti activity”
More here
Morning Dose of Fighting Back
Casey Haynes, the full interview…
Big Splash aka Hong Dong aka The Most Expensive Dog in the World
The $1.5million Red Tibetan Mastiff is 11 months old, stands nearly 3ft tall, and weighs around 180lbs.
More here
