The sheer athleticism of this athlete makes for a strong argument for pole dancing to be introduced as an Olympic sport. I'm just saying. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUppVDO-fmQ&fmt=18]
Hip hop legend Del the Funky Homosapien is offering his own version of the stimulus package for his fans. His latest album "Funk Man (The Stimulus Package)" was recently released as a free download. My girl Monica Herrera writes for Billboard:
...the rapper insists that for him, giving away an album was the only choice that made sense. "It was just sitting there, and nobody would've heard it ever, like the other 500,000 pieces of music I've got," says Del. "People are like, 'You're giving it away for free? What's the catch?' I'm like, 'There is no catch. You ain't gonna buy it. I know you ain't gonna buy it. But you might listen to it if I give it to you.' "
Download it here.
The Hand Drawn Map Association is a group devoted to collecting, as its name suggests, user generated hand drawn maps.
By Yumi Janairo Roth.
I like this paint-by-numbers piece created by Texas-born New York artist Trey Speelge available for purchase at 20x200.
This work is a vintage paint-by-number that I have reconstituted by enlarging it, silkscreening it on canvas, mixing a fresh palette of 60 colors, blocking out the text and painting in everything but.
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Spring famously means tulip season is in full bloom in the Netherlands producing an explosion of colors.
Went to Babel last night. Afterwards we headed to....KTown where Ayo made buddies with the security guard at Third Floor Cafe.
There is such a thing as taking a drinking game way too seriously.
Joseph B. Jimenez, 24, was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his opponent, Scott Riley, 25, following a game of beer pong at a Bridgeport home Friday night.
People, keep that elbow BEHIND the line.
Currently showing at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles is Steve Lambert's exhibition "Everything You Want, Right Now."
Created by Amy Wicks and currently showing at a London typography exhibition.
To the tune of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together," Shaq tries to resist the temptress of Krispy Kreme. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduO8-ALReA&fmt=18]
Scientists ran a simple experiment "to determine whether spiders in flood-prone marshes had evolved to survive longer underwater than forest-dwelling spiders can." As expected, the spiders eventually all died. Or so they THOUGHT.
Hours later, the spiders began twitching and were soon back on their eight feet."This is the first time we know of arthropods returning to life from comas after submersion," said lead researcher Julien Pétillon, an arachnologist now at Ghent University in Belgium.
WHAT THE FUCK. It's discoveries like this that adds to my ongoing fear of spiders.
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The Evening Standard's relaunch awareness campaign apologizes to readers for their previous incarnation's reportage.
I enjoy the pop art of Ron English--he's also the artist behind the composite image of Obama and Lincoln.
And one of his more recent pieces:
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