Marilyn Minter’s spit slurping film “Green Pink Caviar” will make its West Coast debut when it starts playing on Sunset Boulevard and at several other LA locales this weekend. Hype or Die feels like this is “a little like sloppy seconds to NY’s inaugural viewing,” but it’s actually worse: every Madonna fan in Europe has already seen the salacious display. |Hype or Die|
Image via Green Pink Caviar
Posterchild is ramping up his arboreal assault on Williamsburg. Putting an abandoned phone booth to use, the Toronto-based street artist installed another evergreen nearby the last on Bedford Ave.
Photo via Blade Diary
The lovely Adam Goldberg, perhaps my favorite famous Jew these days, took some time out of his life to take Vice on a video tour of his least favorite things about Los Angeles. Among them: his own cul-de-sac, where Rihanna’s violent boyfriends often stir up trouble, just about every dining establishment in Silver Lake, and the house of a buddy who doesn’t button his shirt up high enough. Good stuff… Read more »
A fascination with the Berlin Wall, the symbol of Germany’s division, led photographer Eric White to look at other formidable barriers. Focused on the US-Mexico border, White captured images of the fence separation, seeking to highlight the “increasingly desolated and deadly” areas that the Borderlands have become with the government’s mounting efforts to stymie crossings. White’s barren images feature miles and miles of fencing and forms of border control, including the Skywatch towers that have become a ubiquitous part of New York City’s landscapes. |The Exposure Project|
Photos by Eric White
Here’s your ridiculous New York Times trend piece of the day: pussified modern parents, shamed into pussification by their equally pussified peers, have shunned spanking their children for screaming at them, because yelling “You colored all over the wall I just painted you stupid little asshole!” is so much better for a child’s emotional development than a whack on the bottom. Yes, this makes perfect sense. Read more »
One week ago today in the early afternoon I remember thinking to myself, “Gee, this sure is a slow news day.” And then Balloon Boy happened. Now, I’m as sick as anyone is of the Heene family at this point, but I do have questions in my mind about this whole charade that continue to nag the shit out of me. Read more »
Paper Monster Press released a slew of new works by street artists and their allies: prints, original paintings and a collaborative book of hand made artworks from more than 25 contributors. MOMO unveils a one-off painting on wood, featuring a second collage on the backside for added value. From FAILE comes “Star-Spangled Shadows,” a silk-screened edition of the patriotic painting from the Brooklyn street art duo’s London show last fall. Finally, after four years, comes “Love Sour Love,” a hand-crafted book started by FAILE in 2005 that features original titular-themed artworks by Futura, Judith Supine, Blu, Alex Lukas, Sam3, Borf and Swoon among others. Read more »
If it’s not suicidal geese, runway blockading turtles or loitering jackrabbits creating problems at JFK for pilots outside the plane, it’s dastardly vermin like mice causing problems inside the cabin. Well, make that a mouse. NYC Aviation reports: “The captain of a Delta 767-400 refused to operate a flight to London after a mouse was seen running through the cabin.” Since they have that nasty habit of chewing through everything, “critical wiring” included, the choice was made to evacuate the aircraft. Luckily, it only took three long hours for the airline to find a suitable replacement. |NYCAviation via Gothamist|
Okay, I’ll admit it: when Al Franken was finally announced as the winner in that clusterfuck of a Minnesota Senate race last year, I was skeptical. I mean, the U.S. Senate is filled with Herculean incompetents. Hell, some of them can barely wipe their own ass and remain lucid during a ten-minute speech (I’m looking at you Robert Byrd!), but something about Franken’s election just seemed so ridiculously laughable to me. Nowhere near as laughable as Minnesota electing an ex-pro wrestler as its governor, but still, very laughable. But with each passing day Franken is becoming perhaps my favorite person in the entire dysfunctional body. Case in point: this complete evisceration of a conservative think tank person who made the claim that universal health care would lead to an increased number of personal bankruptcies. Read more »
Following his street art tributes to TIE ONE and SACE, Noh J. Coley paid his respects to legendary vandal IZ THE WIZ. The street artist pasted up a linoleum print illustrating and honoring the graffiti writing pioneer, aka Michael Martin, in Williamsburg.
Photo by Noh J. Coley
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