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“Protest vs. Propaganda”, a group art show at Sacred Gallery in New York, opening September 4th and running through September 24th.
On September 4th, 2010, Sacred Gallery NYC is proud to present “Protest vs. Propaganda” This exhibit will feature work from Shepard Fairey/OBEY Giant, Aidan Hughes (aka Brute!), Adam Hays, Max Grundy, Nik Moore, and Wendy Cross.
via OBEY
Threadless has just reprinted “In Case of Zombies”, a classic t-shirt by Olly Moss.
“Cuteness Overflow Error”, a new Shirt.Woot t-shirt by Spiritgreen.
RE Search has just published a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of their revolutionary book “Modern Primitives”.
Modern Primitives is the Bible of Body Modification, including tattoo, piercing, and scarification. An amazing 30-page interview with Fakir Musafar, as well as in-depth interviews with Ed Hardy, Lyle Tuttle, Leo Zulueta, Bill Salmon, Vyvyn Lazonga and other tattoo giants is featured. This book describes non-tribal people who felt and responded to strong “primitive” urges. A classic; this is the first book to chart out all the basic ways to creatively express one’s individuality using the body as a canvas, especially emphasizing the need to find something rooted in one’s own personal experiences and mythology. Inspiring and wide-ranging, Modern Primitives provides a vast anthropological context for implementing a truly unique body-decoration expression. An illuminating section of quotations rounds out this volume.
The new music video for “You Always Make Me Smile” by Kyle Andrews features 4,000 people gathered in Provo, UT attempting to set the world record for the largest water balloon fight, throwing a total of 120,000 water balloons.
via Devour
“Wookiee The Chew” is a new book by James Hance featuring his wonderful illustrations of Winnie The Pooh retold using characters from Star Wars.
‘Wookiee The Chew’, in the style of the original Pooh books tells the adorkable tale of the little biped that belonged to Chrisolo Robin (and Chrisolo Robin belonged to him). 24 pages of affectionately crafted adventure, brand new illustrations and sneaky Star Wars references.
via Juan Lopez
Back in July I came across a really cool flat black Porsche Cayenne Camera Car from Pursuit Systems that was being used to film a street chase scene in Manhattan. It was being shot for Premium Rush, a new film directed by David Koepp about a bike messenger in NYC played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
photos by Scott Beale
Google Chrome is celebrating its 2nd anniversary today with the release of Google Chrome version 6 and two beautiful illustrations by Mike Lemanski and Jack Hudson.
Sean Penn is the latest guest on the Funny or Die talk show “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis”. In this episode Zach’s twin brother, Seth Galifianakis fills in a host.
German filmmakers Tim Hahne an Thomas Noesner, who were in New York City shooting a commercial, created a great short video “The Beat of New York”, that was cut to a soundtrack from a drummer they recorded in a subway station.
via Gawker
Julia Wertz, who creates the awesome comic “Fart Party”, has a new book that just been released, “Drinking at the Movies”, a graphic memoir documenting the year she left San Francisco and moved to New York.
She’s having a book launch party with Aaron Renier this Friday, September 3rd at Desert Island in Brooklyn.
Dan Benjamin recently invited me to be his guest on his excellent podcast “The Pipeline”, were we talked about all kinds of stuff, including the history of Laughing Squid. You can listen to the interview on The Pipeline website, iTunes or download the mp3.
Twitter has just released the new Twitter for iPad, their official app for the iPad.
Twitter for iPad brings your Tweets together with web pages, photos, videos and more. Tap on any tweet, and a related content pane will open, displaying any linked content from the tweet, including web pages, profile information, hashtag searches and similar users. Slide panels from side to side and quickly navigate through related content.
“Pac-Man Paranoia (Pink-Eye Paranoia)” by the Swedish “nintendo-death-punk” band Bondage Fairies.
via Nerdcore
At a special “State of the Man” dinner last night at Burning Man, the event’s co-founder Larry Harvey announced that board members have decided to turn the Burning Man LLC into a nonprofit organization. He also mentioned that they want to create an urban center on San Francisco’s troubled 6th Street corridor.
If Burning Man can turn a desert into an oasis, they might help revitalize the mid-Market. “We want to bring our culture there,’’ Harvey said, “without unduly gentrifying the area.”
“We’d like to recreate our hometown,” Harvey said. Noting that the area has beaten all attempts at revitalization, he said, “The city fathers have decided to send in the artists, you know, like ‘Send in the Clowns.’”
Check out John Curley’s post on The Burning Blog for the full story.
photo by John Curley
A creative “Toy Soldier” promo for the Cartoon Network, produced by Animatorio.
via Devour
The official video is out for “F**k You” by Cee Lo Green, a follow-up to the original typographic themed video for the song that came out last month. It’s off his upcoming album The Lady Killer, which is now available for pre-order.
Iwan Baan shot some amazing photos of the Madrid based architecture firm Selgas Cano, which built an amazing office for their company in the middle of the forrest.
photos by Iwan Baan
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“The Incredulous Hulkboy” by Ron English, part of his upcoming “Status Factory” show in New York on September 12th.
Alberto de Pedro featuring photos of an amazing new mural by Blu in Madrid depicting an infinite cycle of pickpocketing.
photo via Alberto de Pedro
via Unurth
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