As NYC gives into the media spread Swine Flu epidemic and announces the closing of yet another school, other nations are asking the Word Health Organization to stop scaring the shit out of people. From Britain to the Far East, countries are requesting the global agency to “tread softly on pandemic elevations.” |DigitalJournal|
A retired NYPD sergeant was arrested yesterday after botching a bank robbery on Long Island and was caught in what has to be one of the worst perp walk photos ever. 46-year-old Thomas Feeney, retired from police work since 1994 with a “three-quarters-salary disability pension,” is “very heavily in credit-card debt” leading investigators to believe the cash heist was “economically motivated” and not just for kicks. |NYP|
Are you un-or under-employed? Do you live in Brazil? Then, this spot for the Dream Job site—featuring a kvetching in-demand massage therapist who works exclusively on models 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week—is for you. However, if you don’t live in Brazil, but are an unemployed (or employed) functioning heterosexual male (or lesbian), then this spot is also for you. Creatively, it’s far from my favorite jobs site commercial ever. Monster.com has done some crackerjack work over the years—my favorite being this perfect one that first aired during the 2003 Super Bowl. But…anyway I have to take a conference call from some jerk-off in the bathroom, excuse me… |Video: Illegal Advertising|
In one corner: Shepard Fairey, an artist who has built his empire on appropriated art but files cease and desist letters to artists who co-opt his work even for parody purposes. In the other corner: The Associated Press, the world’s biggest news service sometimes less accurate than MTV that claims “fair use” only applies to them, not others. These two challengers will vie to win a new competition organized by Evan Roth, the Graffiti Research Lab co-founder and Hova textualizer, who writes: Read more »
Jan Vormann is back at it again with the Dispatchwork project, whereby the artist uses Legos to repair holes in age-old walls, statues, and other crumbly structures. For the latest incarnation, Berlin was chosen, where most of the gaps were created by damage from WWII. |Likecool|
Photo by Kathleen Waak
This past Sunday, the Associated Press reported that illegal gun purchasing rapper T.I. would only have to serve 2 months in prison instead of the 1 year and 1 day he was sentenced to, claiming that 305 days of house arrest would go towards his term, but they got the story wrong. And shockingly, it was MTV News that corrected them. In reality, T.I. will have to do a minimum of 10 months and might be able to “shave almost 55 days off his sentence” for good behavior. Apparently they didn’t read the report correctly: “Once T.I. completes the prison term, he will still have to serve out the remainder of his home confinement” which amounts to about 2 months. |Miss Info|
After complaints that their cameras were snooping over fences, Google Street View is being forced to lower their lenses by 16 inches and reshoot 12 cities in Japan. The new privacy mandate came a day after Greece halted the mapping service and weeks after UK media speculation that a woman filed for divorce after catching her husband cheating with Street View images. |New Launches|
Germany recently denied a Saudi inventor’s attempt to patent a “killer chip,” a GPS enabled implant that authorities could signal to deliver a deadly dose of cyanide to its host. The inventor suggested it could be useful for tracking and slaughtering “terrorists, criminals, fugitives, illegal immigrants, political dissidents, domestic servants and foreigners overstaying their visas.” |FOX|
After backing out of plans to display his mildly controversial painting of President Obama wearing a crown of thorns, artist Michael D’Antuono is back to make his political point without any potentially contentious symbols. Titled “…What I Meant Was…” the new painting is a dulled down response to the blasphemy-crying critics that caused D’Antuono to cave in and withdraw his artwork. Read more »
Wow, a drug identification kit just like they use in the movies. Never get caught buying fake shit ever again and impress your friends with your substance testing abilities. Now if they could make a more advanced version that tests purity, this would become a hit for both dealers and custies alike—cops too. |Red Ferret|
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