On the morning of August 31, 1994 at Southwestern College and its 3,477 parking lots that surround the campus in Chula Vista, California, three artists Nina Katchadourian, Steven Matheson and Mark Tribe created a cool public art exhibit. A coordinated team of 50 people directed cars to predetermined lots according to car color. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/2829416]
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In anticipation of the SXSW music festival (currently in full swing), after listening to all the bands' mp3s, Paul Ford reviewed them all, with each review succinctly limited to six words.
Bill Rice Band: She dumped him, and his guitar.
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Following the sad announcement earlier this week that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ("The P-I") would shut down its print operations and transition to an online only news organization with a staff of only 20 people (think more of a "local Huffington Post"), someone altered a Thomas Jefferson quote displayed in the P-I's building.
Print journalism may be dying, but snark will live on!
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I cannot wait for the release of this movie adaptation directed by Spike Jonze of one of my favorite books, Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are." Here's the first official (great) poster:
Maurice Sendak grew up in the Brooklyn! BROOKLYN PRIDE, BABY!
It was originally called "Where the Wild Horses Are," but because Sendak couldn't draw horses, his editor changed the title to "Wild Things," and the rest is history.
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After saving a man who fell onto the subway tracks at New York's Penn Station on Monday, the hero Chad Lindsay, 33--an aspiring actor currently appearing "in an Off Broadway show called “Kasper Hauser,” in a role that requires him to repeatedly lift a character who cannot walk"--reluctantly stepped forward.
Mr. Lindsey said he sensed a train was approaching, because the platform was crowded. “I dropped my bag and jumped down there. I tried to wake him up,” he said. “He probably had a massive concussion at that point. I jumped down there and he just wouldn’t wake up, and he was bleeding all over the place.”
He looked back up at the people on the platform. “I yelled, ‘Contact the station agent and call the police!’ which I think is hilarious because I don’t think I ever said ‘station agent’ before in my life. What am I, on ‘24’?”
One observation that Lindsay told the reporter was that the platform is "higher than you think it is." I've read this in the past. I've always wanted to jump down there to see for myself. Maybe climbing out of the tracks can be part of a NYC residency requirement, kind of like the swim test at some schools.
A friend of mine likes mocking me because I once wore slightly offbeat socks. She called them creepy, which is an odd choice of words for someone who claims to work in the fashion industry, because those socks are Japanese ergo fashionable. Relatedly, AshiDashi, meaning "stick out your feet" in Japanese (Moye, please confirm. Kthnxbi), is a sock company started by a Japanese American (Moye, Asian high five!) that aims to bring a a bit of color and whimsy to the dull lives of people like my aforementioned friend.
I especially like these two designs, "meat" and "kick the habit" cigarette socks.
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In this viral video for Samsung some guys have their way with a herd of sheep. On second read, that actually sounds disturbing if not illegal in most countries. Correction: Some guys string up a herd of sheep with LED lights in this fun "viral" video for Samsung. Start paying attention around the 1:09 mark for the payout.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw&fmt=18]
Pooja kept pointing to this piece at the show and saying, "Matt! It's you!" At which point, of course I cursed her. And then she asked, or rather, begged that I pose with it, which brings me to the next photo...
Haha.
And then silliness afterward at the bus stop.
Couple weekends ago I attended the Armory Show with Pooja.
I spotted these near Pooja's apartment actually.
Across the street from the show space, we spotted this...sandwich looking thing smashed against the window of the Audi dealership.
Yuck.
And after the jump, some of the pieces at the show that I appreciated. Warning: Lots of photos to follow.
Close up of above.
Close up of above.
Close up of above.
Inverted reflective bowl.
This is a vegetarian's nightmare.
Close up... (No, they aren't real flies).
Close up.
I loved this.
I'm going to buy this and just point to it if someone is annoying me.
This made me motion sick.
Pedestrians?
Nope. Globs of paint.
[flickr video=http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattrod/3341547984]
Founded by Charles Dow on May 26, 1896 the following 12 companies were part of the original DJIA.
So much for blue chip. Apple, Google, and Visa are rumored to be the next candidates for the Dow.
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Update: Vanilla Ice takes to the street to apologize again in this "viral" campaign for Virgin Mobile. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22a_Q3DA24w&fmt=18]
Vanilla Ice's mea culpa for his hair-dos, baggy pants, and music.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbAUi7savsk&fmt=18]
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Watching this Japanese robot playing a violin is convincing me that the uncanny valley is just over the next horizon. Time to go to the nearest Costco and stock up on canned food and shotgun shells for the imminent robot uprising. Mark my words. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzjkBwZtxp4&fmt=18]
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It's kind of a no-brainer, but which do you prefer? In other words, it's a battle between helicopter and welfare. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO1KsU1rG7s&fmt=18]
Versus
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