In addition to their regular showcase of slender women, Playboy is also revealing their slimmed down editorial budget. Their newest issue features an Olivia Munn cover shot that looks like it was ripped straight out of Complex’s February/March issue with the Attack of the Show host. It’s just the latest in Playboy’s attempt to transform into Marc Ecko’s barely relevant pop-cultural footwear mag, following the soft porn publication’s overly forced “Hot Chicks, Cool Kicks” spread and snatching Aubrey O’Day for a less blatant cover girl copy.

So, you’re a luxury Las Vegas casino trying to scrape up business during an economic collapse. Earlier this year, the President poo-pooed your shallow sinful city. Now, your normal clientele are foregoing tacky displays of excess and staying home. Even the douchebags are confused. What the hell to do? Get real lee stew ped (click ads to view)! The Monte Carlo resort and casino just launched a new phonetic print campaign with the tagline “Unpretentious Luxury.” The goal, according to the press notes is to open up “a whole new world where extravagance is accessible to all and where everyone can feel rich.” Hello and welcome, complete fucking idiots! While this is absolutely the worst travel/tourism campaign I’ve ever seen, strategically, it might just work: a fool and his money are soon parted? Stupid people=stupider gamblers? |Images: bestadsonTV|

The revolution will be marginalized. While the concept of dissidents in Iran tweeting news and using the internet as a lifeline is endearing, there’s also those who are exploiting it for truly noble purposes.

Photographer 14-2-1 caught a big BARF on a freight train rolling through Beeswax, California.

The 2009 Bicycle Film Festival is nearly upon us, kicking off its ninth year in New York tomorrow night. The celluloid celebration of bicycling begins with Bikes Rock at South Street Seaport, a free performance features The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and The Teenagers, who will also be picking music for the after party at Studio B. Read more »

As you might have noticed, Iran is in the middle of a quasi-revolution and with today’s advancement in social networking, the whole world really is watching/reading. What are you doing to show support? If you’ve already changed your Twitter profile to GMT +3:30 (Tehran time) and turned your avatar green, but still want to express solidarity, you might want to check out this cheapy line of revolutionary inspired Cafe Press t-shirts that mostly reappropriates and parodies Shepard Fairey’s iconic ‘Hope’ image, which like the election, may have also been stolen.