Guru, the lyrical half of legendary hip hop group, Gang Starr, is in critical condition and has slipped into a coma according to HipHopDX. Hot97′s Miss Info tweets: “I’m sorry to say, yes Guru from Gangstarr is in a New York hospital. Reportedly after suffering cardiac arrest.” Things sound pretty serious and right now a lot of heads are no doubt listening to some of his classics and remembering an era when rap was really good! Let’s reminisce: Read more »
Just when you thought a meme was about to die this happens. Per the video’s description: “[A] film documenting Thomas Bruso and the days surrounding the release of an internet video showcasing a fight on an Oakland public bus.” Say what you want, but Epic Beard Man is entirely too interesting to go away just yet. Read more »
As the digital citizens of the world anxiously awaited for an Abyss-sized tidal wave to hit Hawaii this afternoon, CNN’s @Rick Sanchez was drowning in a pool of assholiness on air. Word quickly spread of his childish antics and spicy temper and Twitter got so mad, they were even hating on a guy named Rich Sanchez. Read more »
A massive earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck Chili Saturday morning causing all sorts of damage and tsunami waves that are headed for Hawaii right now! They’re expected to reach the islands by about 11:05AM HST (4:05PM EST) and Gov. Linda Lingle has already declared a state of emergency. Get the popcorn ready and watch live tsunami coverage here. UPDATE: dud! |Everyone|
Madrid art collective, Luzinterruptus, unleashed their ‘Literature Versus Traffic installation’ in Brooklyn using 800 illuminated books. |Unurth|
Photo: Gustavo Sanabria / More pics: Luzinterruptus
In Tokyo, cab companies have their own unique roof signs to identify them and photographer Alexander James has been documenting the various iterations for his ‘Taxi’ series. Check out the full collection on Distil Ennui Studio’s website.
Those of you tirelessly trolling for news on Gaspar Noe’s latest arthouse cinema mind-fuck probably already know that the three-hour-long, 2001: A Space Odyssey-inspired trip through hell has been picked up for distribution by IFC Films with a US release slated for March 22nd. Read more »
Because it’s Friday: Former Yo! MTV Raps host and current ghetto broadcaster, Ed Lover, discusses Epic Beard Man on his ‘C’mon Son’ show. Best quote: “You can never go back to your hood again son.” (3:25 mark)
Arrested Motion’s visit to Kevin Cyr‘s Brooklyn studio brings a peak at what to be exported from NY to SF for his “Temporal Spaces” exhibition with Jessica Hess at White Walls. Cyr’s detailed paintings of “derelict service vehicles, bombed with graffiti” and Hess’s intricate oil paintings of graffiti covered industrial sites separately explore “decay and abandonment in urban environments.” Sweet. So… who wants to invite us for a studio visit?
“Temporal Spaces,” Kevin Cyr and Jessica Hess, mar 6 – Mar 27, White Walls, San Fransisco
If you saw something on Twitter and wanted to copyright it, forget it, ain’t gonna happen, although Facebook somehow managed to patent this which is the equivalent of ANIMAL getting granted one for “blog.”
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