Hilarious soundboard featuring catchphrases uttered by rappers and a few surprise cameos like Michael Scott and Rush Limbaugh. Feel free to turn up your speakers with this one to bother the cat studying at your table or sitting in the adjacent cubicle. [Thanks Andy Underscore Kim!]
Sam Spenser created this cheerful piece of blooming yellow umbrellas.
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Anastacia Spada recycled x-rays to create this umbrella.
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Mother Jones shares a fascinating footnote about Woodstock in which "the festival sparked a mini-culture war between the [New York Times] reporters out at Woodstock and the editors back in Manhattan."
It was difficult to persuade them that the relative lack of serious mischief and the fascinating cooperation, caring, and politeness among so many people was the significant point. I had to resort to refusing to write the story unless it reflected to a great extent my on-the-scene conviction that "peace" and "love" was the actual emphasis, not the preconceived opinions of Manhattan-bound editors.
Arsty photographs of air conditioners at Fuck Yeah Air Conditioners!
While walking through Williamsburg the other day, my friend pointed out this abandoned storefront with a sign missing some letters. She told me that each time her and her roommate walks by it, they try to decipher what the sign used to say. What say you?
My roommate messaged me with some buzz worthy news. I'm blown away by her new hairstyle, a mohawk. She's exercising what little remaining time of freedom she has before leaving New York City to put her roots down elsewhere to start law school, the beginning of what I'm sure will be an illustrious legal career. She'll be hair today, gone tomorrow.
Earlier this year, as a promo for Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit edition, Southwest Airlines painted one of their airplanes with an image of Israeli cover model Bar Refaeli. Some passengers and customers found it predictably too risque for their delicate eyes and of course, THE CHILDREN. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
This series of suitcases silhouetted with an imprint of various weapons will get you stopped at both subway checkpoints and at the airport. I guarantee it.
As many of us know, three letter codes are assigned to airports. So, for instance, New York LaGuardia Airport's designation is LGA. Sioux City Gateway Airport's three letter code? SUX. Ha. Ha. Sioux City's airport has embraced their inner sophomoric humor and embraced this by selling hats and t-shirts that say "Fly SUX" as well as a Bi-SUX-ual mug.
I like the surreal aspect of this open air media installation, "Airport."
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Growing up in the Nineties, the theft of car audio systems seemed ubiquitous to me. However, over the past 15 years car stereo thefts have drastically declined. Here are some of the factors that contributed to this drop.
- Auto manufacturers realized they could charge more by factory installing better audio stereo systems, which made them more difficult to steal.
- Stereos are cheaper, thus lower profit margins for theives.
- Computerization of cars make stereo systems both more complicated to remove and install.
Relatedly, check out Alfonso Soriano's boomtastic car stereo speaker system:
