REVOK Free

With scattered residents and the media getting all upset about MOCA’s street artsy show in April, the LAPD needed itself a high profile bust and so REVOK was the perfect target. Even though his case had nothing with the exhibit, it gave editors just the right amount of fodder to tangentially link the two. Anyway, he’s out now and put up an entertaining excruciating summary of his predicament over the past month and a half, which include a new charge for painting graffiti legally: Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 5:57 pm
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Are the Bilderbergers Busy Planning Your Future?

Starting today, the clandestine meeting of the world’s most influential power brokers known as the Bilderberg Group is convening in St Moritz, Switzerland at the swanky Suvretta House hotel. Shouty conspiracy theorists have been warning the masses about the shadowy summits for years, which have traditionally gone unreported by mainstream media outlets, despite titans of the news industry being in attendance since it all began. Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm
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Nazi Madonna and Baby Bomb Sitters

John Brophy
John Brophy
John Brophy
John Brophy

John Brophy
John Brophy
John Brophy
John Brophy



Seattle-based artist John Brophy admits that all religious element in his surrealist paintings are pure kitsch, same might go for the swastikas. Mixing Japanese mythology, art history, Boschian chaos and Classic Flemish portraiture, he paints animal-headed holywomen and bare-breasted astronauts. See his work at Roq La Rue’s 13th anniversary show. John Brophy, Jun 10 – Jul 2, Roq La Rue, NYC

By on June 9, 2011 at 4:00 pm
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Morons Commit Arborcide To Steal Bike

Watch as a group of not so smart people in Brooklyn chop down a ginkgo tree to swipe what the person who uploaded this YouTube video describes as a “fucking department store bike chained with a thin cable lock.” Mensa members they’re not.

By on June 9, 2011 at 3:00 pm
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Big, Big Show of Tiny, Tiny Art: ‘Otherworldly’ at MAD

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If you like miniatures, check out the retrospective of urban dioramas and surreal models at Museum of Art and Design. Patrick Jacobs returns with more infinite peepholes into grassy fields and new ones, peaking into the littlest of rooms. See Joe Fig’s mini-Chuck Close in his studio and Mat Collishaw’s insane 3D zeotrope Garden of Unearthly Delights in person. Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 2:00 pm
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Cars Deadlier Than Guns in NYC

That’s the conclusion reached by Transportation Alternatives and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy in a newly released report dubbed “Vision Zero” (PDF doc). Examining figures from the past decade, they show that “more New Yorkers are killed by traffic than murdered by guns.” Speedy drivers are the primary cause of traffic fatalities, trumping even alcohol or drugs. Now might be the time for NYC to crack down on the real problems affecting residents. Hint: It ain’t cyclists. (Photo: bitchcakes/flickr)

By on June 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm
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FEMEN Girls Publicly Execute a Bunny Radical

Today, Ukrainian protest sirens of FEMEN engaged in topless theatrics outside Kiev’s main courthouse. Presenting: The torture and execution of the “radical rabbit of truth” by its “bloodthirsty” government oppressors. Watch the cops unwillingly guest star in this avant-garde production, dragging off two gals to arrest while another makes her escape. NSFW Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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The Guardian Used Stolen Facebook Photos of ‘Lesbian Blogger’

Amina Arraf, the rebel blogger behind A Gay Girl in Damascus, was reportedly kidnapped by the Syrian police. The Guardian reported the story with “her” photos. Now, the real woman whose face has been plastered all over the news is very upset with Facebook. Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 11:01 am
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Ai Weiwei’s Caucasian Double Protests at Milwauke Art Museum

Artist Mike Brenner shaved his head Ai Weiwei-style outside Milwaukee Art Museum in support of the persecuted dissident. With this public shave, he objected the museum’s decision to run an exhibit curated in conjunction with the Chinese government. Read more »

By on June 9, 2011 at 10:00 am
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The mystery artist behind the illegal mosaic mural of the surfing Holy Virgin in Encinitas came forward. The 58-year-old computer nerd “figured it’s time to take the heat and go to jail or whatever.”

By on June 9, 2011 at 9:50 am
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