Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down and walked on the surface as Michael Collins orbited above. Conspiracy theorists continue to claim that the lunar landing, as well as the five subsequent missions, were a hoax. And nearly seven years ago, Buzz Aldrin punched one of them in the face. Read more »
Oh no! Just when cocaine was emerging as the new weed, the Daily News reported on a major heroin bust that netted approximately a “half-million glassine envelopes” of dope in the Bronx. The feds are citing this as proof that the drug is making a big comeback in the U.S. and on the streets of NYC. In what should probably be considered related news, despite the Taliban being on run for almost a decade and the Pentagon dumping more military assets into Afghanistan, not to mention the CIA’s human-hunting drones, the tiny country is somehow still responsible for producing a whopping 93% of the world’s heroin supply according to the U.N. Read more »
Complex expands on Jeff Staple slapping his pigeon icon and colorway on a bunch of other products, pointing out it’s use on Nike socks, a Lomo toy camera and an Amp energy drink mini fridge. |Complex|
On July 22nd, the earth is likely to be ravaged by war and pestilence according masses of science-denying, superstitious prone people in India and China. This is the day that a major solar eclipse will take place and swallow the sun, well, for at 6 minutes and 39 seconds. In addition to blanketing parts of the Eastern Hemisphere in darkness, there’s also a good chance that World World III will begin, according to some astronomy citing Indian politician: “The last 200 years, whenever Saturn has gone into Virgo there has been either a world war or a mini world war.”
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Dive-bombing buzzards have attacked several joggers in southwest England, leaving a couple of their successful attack victims cut and bloodied. A bird expert says the behavior is “highly unusual,” but lest officials order a massive bird slaughter to remedy the danger, he adds that the buzzards “did not want to eat any of their victims.” |The Awl|
This past weekend, auditions for the Untitled Art Project wrapped up in New York City. Hundreds lined up outside White Columns, some camping out overnight, to be quickly rejected from the artist reality show competition. Randy Kennedy at the Times surveyed the scene on Saturday morning, finding “…a ghoulish portrait of a face that appeared to be Michael Jackson’s melded with Elvis’s; a crazily beaded mannequin torso with the sparkly word “GIRL” attached like a tiara to the top of its head; a Caravaggio-esque painting of St. Sebastian, skewered and suffering,” along with “one artist [who] was slowing traffic considerably as he applied bright blue swirly paint to the body of a topless woman who was wearing only a flesh-colored thong.” Read more »
Last week, model Heidi Klum visited a playground in the West Village with her kids and was swarmed by paparazzi. After the celebrity hunters refused to leave the park, parents urged “their kids to start lobbing water balloons at the photographers.” |NYP|
Ponzie schemer Bernie Madoff may be serving his 150-year sentence in one of the cushiest federal lock-ups, but that doesn’t mean he’s safe from prison brawls. According to the Post, some of his fellow inmates “were talking about smacking him around a little, just to get the notoriety of it.” |NYP|
“He” may have just supplanted my most hated alcoholic ad icon ever, the insufferable Balvenie Weenie (Though, Ketel One still retains the top spot for most annoying alcohol ad ever.). If you’re going to smirk at me, deery, you better be saying something a bit more pithy. With this new Mookvertising campaign by their in-house ad agency, “Proof,” Jim Beam blandly hunts down the disposable-income douchebag demographic with the subtlety of an elephant gun. Click on the ads, and pick out which stag-bite from the 2-D spokes-deer you find the most detestable. Also, note the painfully, carefully stylized young fucking bucks in the ads. The stubble. The ripped jeans. The dog tags. The wristbands. I’ll stick with Jack Daniels, thanks. |Images: AdsOfTheWorld|
With the help of Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Navy is testing an outrageously expensive method for targeting Somali pirates and other seafaring threats on small boats or jets skis: lasers! The military contractor was awarded $98 million for the “Maritime Laser Demonstration (MLD) in early July. Next up: installing a prototype of the laser on a ship and testing it on a remote-controlled small boat within the next 18 months.” |Popsci via TWBE|
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