Did you succumb to Bowie in 1997 via NIN when he was all afraid of Americans? Are you his olde glam rock groupie from the space drag years? No matter. Come one, come all to the David Bowie, Artist retrospective of interactive kiosks and cinema series celebrating his iconoclastic visual spectacle, and I’m not just talking about the Labyrinth bulge. (What the fuck, Jim Henson?) Read more »
Did you succumb to Bowie in 1997 via NIN when he was all afraid of Americans? Are you his olde glam rock groupie from the space drag years? No matter. Come one, come all to the David Bowie, Artist retrospective of interactive kiosks and cinema series celebrating his iconoclastic visual spectacle, and I’m not just talking about the Labyrinth bulge. (What the fuck, Jim Henson?) Read more »
Although prominent Republicans are demanding that President Obama release postmortem photos of Bin Laden as an overall strategy to debase the White House, others on the left, like Jon Stewart (and liberal columnist Eugene Robinson), are motivated by other factors. Read more »
‘Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei?’ Graffiti Girl Risks 10 Years in Jail
“I have to thank the police for drawing so much attention to this issue,” activist Tangerine tells the press. “Even if I have to go to jail, I think that would be a very, very worth it price to pay.” With her signature Ai stenciled and illegally projected all over Hong Kong, Tangerine is being investigated by a serious crime squad that usually deals with rape and murder. Read more »
For the upcoming Soviet WWII Victory Day, persistently topless, Ukrainian protest crew FEMEN demonstrate their military readiness next to the Motherland monument and declare, on video, “Breasts are not shameful… Read more »
With all the strange inconsistencies the media has relayed reported since news of bin Laden’s death first broke, this latest flap is par for the course. This photo of the president and his team in the White House Situation Room was widely circulated along with several accounts of them watching the compound raid in real time, a claim the CIA is now refuting. Read more »
Parting Shot
UK-based street artist Mobstr makes a promise in London. Read more »
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, NBC asked various media and political personalities: “Who do you think is the most influential journalist today?” Virtually everyone who fielded the question fired off a quick response … except for Sarah Palin. Read more »
Three British men in their mid-20s were sentenced to eight months in prison for a graffiti spree that reportedly lasted from 2003 to 2009. Authorities say the trio unleashed a carnage of vandalism from the UK to Australia.
The sterility of this Ctrl+P project description is attractive. No long-winded, conceptual meanderings, just the fruits from four years of picking up Model Mayhem users for some TFP. For n00bs, that’s Time for Print – an internet arrangement where a model and a photographer agree to exchange services to benefit their respective portfolios. No money. Read more »
City Hall hottie Rachel Sterne continues to earn her keep as chief digital officer and today announced—via Twitter—the latest way for New Yorkers to reach 311: by text! Send your query to 311-692. I did, asking: “When will Mayor Bloomberg finally be gone?” Within minutes, I received the following response with a link to his bio page: “Mayor Bloomberg was elected in 2009. Mayors have a 4 year term, so his term will be over in 2013.” Actually, he was reelected in ’09 after overturning term limits, but hey, at least they know when he’s leaving.
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