How will New Yorkers celebrate the 34th annual Great American Smokeout? By smoking of course. |NYDN|
Despite a very public ad campaign by the MTA about sexual harassment, NYC’s transit system is teeming with molesters. |NYP|
“Hold dee train! Missus Whitey nee-dum her I-vo-ree fo lil’ pink Jerry-baybee!” Not to worry Mrs Gibson, cause Sam the red cap will handle the situation just as “smooth as chocolate custard”—even as Jerry drops some fresh custard in his diaper. In this 1930s ad, Procter & Gamble smartly placed a poor subservient Black man in the layout to create a stronger urge among its well-to-do Caucasian demo for Ivory’s 99 & 44/100% pure White cleanliness. Or, maybe I’m just imagining it (click ad to enlarge). Previously: In the 1950s, Ivory cured depression and anxiety. |Image via flickr: vintage advertising|
Still not content with getting scooped on a print feature that was obviously created with the intention of attracting pageviews, rap mag XXL thought it’d be wise to finally get around to releasing their 100 favorite Hip Hop websites piece online, but in parts, over the next few days. Smart, right? Or…you could just go see the full list ANIMAL already leaked now!
Remember last week when the Daily Show busted Fox News for using footage from an old wingnut rally to make a recent one look more impressive. Well they’ve been busted again for doing the same thing when they reported on the “huge crowds” turning out to purchase Sarah Palin’s dumb book. Fox has apologized for the “production error” and says they will enforce “serious disciplinary action” upon the person responsible. |Think Progress|
Since it’s Thursday morning, here’s a video of some teenage girls in a cemetery doing mad booty dances on top of some people’s graves. Yeah, this might be slightly disrespectful. Read more »
Parting Shot: Facing Extinction
The holy mask-making industry in Malang, East Java is totally tanking and photographer Afriadi Hikmal thought you should know. |JPG|
Massive basketball person/renaissance man Shaquille O’Neal is curating a gallery show in New York exploring the idea of scale in contemporary art. The show, titled “Size DOES Matter,” will open in February at the Flag Art Foundation in Chelsea. Joining forces with The Big Aristotle on the show is writer James Frey, a noted collector of art by Damian Hirst and the owner of a gallery himself, who wrote an essay for the exhibition’s catalog. |LA Times|
Kite surfers in Southeast England took advantage of some windy weather to jump a pier, soaring 100 feet on gusts reaching 40 mph. Apparently, Jake Scrace and Lewis Crathern had been waiting three years to pull off the stunt. And unlike those BMX riders bombing a Rotterdam building, this appears to be legit. Go watch humans fly. |Daily Mail|
According to Manhattan’s fossil of a district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, Helmer Toro, owner of the famed H&H Bagels, withheld $370,000 in taxes from employees’ paychecks and pocketed the money himself rather than hand it over to the government. Sadly, someone already beat me to the joke about Toro potentially being held under lox and key. |NY Times|
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