As part of his first solo show in New York, street artist Jef Aerosol is showcasing some new work later this month that includes this highly detailed, five layer stencil of rapper and possible Illuminati ambassador Jay-Z, among other pop icons. |BKStreetArt|
All Shook Up, Jan. 29 – Feb. 21, Ad Hoc Art @ Eastern District: 43 Bogart Street, Brooklyn
I assume this sand portrait near London’s South Bank is a memorial to the great Dr. Martin Luther King. Either that…or someone is a huge Lionel Richie fan.
Photo: Martin Artman
You know what’s worse than coming home late on a Thursday night to discover that your DVR, for some inexplicable/inexcusable reason, failed to record a new episode of Jersey Shore? I’ll tell you what…coming home late on a Thursday night to discover that your DVR failed to record not one, but TWO new episodes of Jersey Shore. Anyway, I caught the repeats and am now ready to weigh in, so let’s get to it. Read more »
Leading up to the Beijing Olympics, China announced a ban on smoking in public buildings across the capital and now the government is planning on extending the repressive policy to seven other major cities. As you can imagine, this is by no means an easy fete with the country having more smokers than the U.S. has citizens. |Medical News Today|
Haiti is an awful mess right now and even with all the extensive media coverage, most networks in the U.S. are shying away from showing images that are too upsetting for the fragile, TV-watching American public. The Ciné Institute on the other hand, isn’t afraid to release even the most depressing footage, and the group has been documenting the aftermath since the disaster struck. Warning: graphic.
Ever watch America’s Most Wanted and notice that the same guy portraying different criminals in the reenactments done on the show? Yeah, well, if you’re Brandon Morris, no one could ever tell you that looking like a criminal doesn’t pay. Read more »
For those institutions interested in purchasing a space shuttle, talk to NASA, they’re selling off the whole fleet, CHEAP and are currently accepting RFIs (Request for Information) They first offered the used spacecraft for $42 million apiece, but no one was biting, so the agency is slashing its prices to $28.8 million each and throwing in a used shuttle engine…plus free shipping! |Daily Finance|
As I honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by sitting on my couch in sweatpants with a big striped cat on my lap, let us look back to the roaring, lynching 1920s. The Klan had reformed in 1915 and was reaching its peak in national popularity, even settling into AlternaTown USA, Seattle. And the “Imperial Wizard and the Imperial Kloncilium” began recognizing The Women Of The KKK as a kindred order. The Washington Klansmen were probably tired of rubbing one out into their sheets every day. Booty call at the Eitel Building! Ad is from a 1923 issue of The Watcher on the Tower. |Image via: Live Journal vintage ads|
As if pigs weren’t having a hard enough time with the global-killing swine flu thing, mad scientists decided it would be important to bury a bunch of them in the Austrian Alps to study the effects of avalanches, but after animal activists started making a big fuss, they ended the experiment early. Still, researchers were able to cull some valuable data. Their conclusion? Avalanches kill. |Daily Mail|
A new study found that blondes tend to be more confident and aggressive and are inclined to possess a “warlike streak.” The study also found that blondes are more likely to put lipstick on their foreheads in order to make-up their minds. Ba-dum-bum! |Sun|
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