Parting Shot
In light of the discriminatory NYPD/CIA “surveillance program,” not many Muslims attended Bloomberg’s interfaith breakfast, but the ones that did, dressed for the occasion. (Photo: Azi Paybarah/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Image: nerephotography) Read more »
Morrissey Hacked Into Google Earth
Someone at Google must be a Smiths fan. Apparently, if you “fly” over the latest Google Earth to Salford Lads Club in the UK and enable “3D buildings,” you’ll walk right into Morrissey. Read more »
Congratulations internet! Your collective voices were heard, even those of you who don’t use Verizon, and within 24 hours of announcing a horrendously stupid plan to charge a $2 fee to customers who make one-time bill payments online or over the phone, the company has backpedaled: Read more »
Real Life Planet of the Apes?
Researchers recently conducted studies suggesting that pigeons are as mathematically adept as primates, but they’re still a long way off from lighting fires and cooking their own burger like Kanzi, a 31-year-old bonobo does. He collects firewood, can strike a match or use a lighter, and fry up food. Sometimes referred to as pygmy chimpanzees, the highly intelligent animals are mankind’s closest living relative. And it shows. Read more »
Nature cities. Stacked houses. Half-suburb half-zoo hybrid where your terrace is above an elephant and the wolves are just around your backyard slope. Well… wow. Last summer, five interdisciplinary teams of “architects, urban planners, ecologists, engineers, and landscape designers” got together for public workshops at MoMA PS1 and re-envisioned “housing” in light of the ongoing foreclosure crisis. See their pipe dreams and brilliant schemes as renderings, models and animations at “Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream,” Feb 15 – Jul 30, MoMA, NYC
Barbie Is a Hoarder
Barbie Trashes Her Dreamhouse is a 1/6th scale model of a hoarder’s home. It’s furnished with actual generic Barbie™ and Bratz™ toys and tiny, tiny props hand-crafted by artist Carrie M. Becker. Trash mountains, gaping pizza boxes, books, paper, crap, many unnecessary stockpiles… add in a few animals and some missing art, and you’ve got the National Arts Club’s old diggs. Nifty. Read more »
“The street is my gallery,” says French graffiti artist KIDULT in a newly released video. He explains how “classy brands” are co-opting “street culture” and so he’s just paying them back. “Keep using something you know something about, and it will be a pleasure for me retaliate.” Which he does, quite well, with spray paint and his trusty fire extinguisher.
A Greyhound bus bound for New York from Philadelphia was delayed by about 30 minutes when an unruly passenger caught acting a fool refused to get off. As it turns out, the man was later identified as NYPD Sergeant Carlos Fabara, a 14 year veteran of the force and holder of a department record for civilian complaints. Read more »
Even though witnesses reported that bits of rocks fell from the Colosseum, and even though an Italian news agency reported that more bits of rocks fell from the Colosseum a few days later, and even though the environmental group Legambiente has been telling people for years that traffic exhaust fumes and nearby metro’s vibrations are damaging it… Colosseum director Rossella Rea says nothing’s happening and it’s just a bit of “psychosis” that “occurs every so often that Rome’s iconic stadium is crumbling.” Essentially, nothing’s happening. LALALALA. Read more »
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