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If you missed Open House NY, here's the photos detailing some of the usually off limits scenery that the public generally doesn't get to see—unless they book tours. |Gothamist|
If Sarah Palin is gonna keep talking shit about the Reverend Wright, it's time the Obama people break out the witch doctor blessing her in church tapes. |AP|
Plus she happens to possess the mind of a school child. |TNR/ThePlank via Gawker|
Custom Nazi rim job won't get you very far. |AFC|
Despite the capitalism killing federal bailout, the stock market got rocked today, but it could have been worse, finishing only 369.88 points down instead of over 800. |WSJ|
Life is one big road with lots of confusing signs. |Jalopnik|
Obama fashions dot runway in Paris as designers show support. |HuffPost|
Courtney Love's publicist calls bullshit on the smoking of Kurt Cobain's ashes in a spliff. |Buzznet|
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
After successfully taking on the world, Poster Boy is back with some Hip Hop inspired work and a profile in New York magazine. The anonymous subway ad remixing artist admits to being "arrested for a couple of little things” and sums up his illegal handiwork as "political," "anti-media," and "anti–established art world." Apparently, he's not looking to be a Banksy (yet) and unlike the infamous stenciler, Poster Boy doesn't outsource his work or Photoshop stuff like those fake American Apparel ads. Instead, he often works on the mini-billboards onsite. In one of his latest modifications, the vandal channelled Mos Def, paying homage to the MC's "New World Water" track (and our fascination with bottled water?) with this fitting alteration.
(Photo: Poster Boy)
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
Now that the international edition of Monopoly was released that put New York on par with Indiana Avenue, here's a Helvetica version that's not nearly as offensive. It was created by designer Florent Guerlain and the visual scarcity jives perfectly with the current financial meltdown instigated by a subprime mortgage industry gone wild. It's almost as if the properties aren't even there. |TWBE|
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
Considering how much outrage the elephant dung "Holy Virgin Mary" caused back in 1996 when then mayor Rudolph 'Goebbels' Giuliani promoted himself to art czar and tried to shut down the the Brooklyn Museum, chances are this “d-CON Mary" is likely to summon the wrath of area Catholics as well. The sculpture, plastered with rat poison packages and "prominently displayed bar codes," is featured in Jason Clay Lewis' "Drop Dead Gorgeous" exhibit that opens this Thursday at 31GRAND gallery, alongside his life reaffirming skull pin-ups. The artist employs Christian imagery to highlight the "commercialization of religious iconography" and more importantly, to piss off people like Sarah 'Pentecostal' Palin.
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
Although graffiti in NYC thrives off of chaos there is at least one universally adopted rule that most writers adhere to: vehicles and religious property are off limits. Not so in Athens, pretty much everything is game there, including old ruins and monuments. Some blame the vandalism on the increasing popularity of the outlawed art form, while others trace the roots back to 1810, when a year a 22 year-old poet and tourist named Lord Byron "carved his name into the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio south of Athens." But for historian Miranda Karatza, there's no comparison between the historic scrawl and what happens nowadays. "The mark left by Byron is a historical document ... youths today write slogans, it's not the same thing." For the people doing it though, it represents a new offshoot of Dadaism:
Not being able to hurt public nuisance David Blaine should have been the first sign that maybe Kimbo Slice doesn't really have what it takes to remain undefeated. Here is the notorious backyard striker getting knocked the fuck out in just 14 seconds at this past weekend's EliteXC match against pink haired brawler Seth Petruzelli. That custom doll just lost value like the Dow Jones.
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
UK-based street artist D*Face exhibited a new series of work for his “aPOPcalypse Now” show at Black Rat Press. The exhibit features a "multitude of weird and wonderful rooms filled with installation pieces and sounds," including depictions of Batman hanging by a noose, various advertising mash-ups, and other imagery that nicely captures the turmoil of the American economic system. Click over for a full sampling. |UKStreetArt|
by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
A long stiff sleek black shoe. Kiwi, via agency Grey Hong Kong, manages to slip (heh) both sexism and phallicism into one stupid body shop calendar-ready ad campaign. Many women say that the first thing they notice when meeting a man is his shoes. And many men say (to other men) that the first thing they notice when meeting a woman is her tits. So, here you have it: busty shoe fairies administering "dream" polishes to men's footwear. But where's the licking action? Because as any professional shoe shiner will tell, spit is the key ingredient to a perfect finish. Jump for a second ad in this subtle campaign featuring another chesty polisher in a negligee (with polish smeared on her left breast) rubbing the shiny tip of a dress oxford.
NYC area dominatrixes are hoping to organize and make their industry more legit. |NYP|
In the past three years, subway service has been slowing down not speeding up. |NYP|
A rapist charges landlord with racial discrimination. |NYP|
In Senegal, being gay is not an option. |NYT|
The original Carvel store closes down after a 70 year run. |NYDN|
Jurors that convicted O.J. Simpson claim they're not racists, he's just stupid for running his mouth. |NYDN|
54% of voters are cool with a third Bloomberg term. |Newsday|
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by ANIMAL on October 6, 2008
This art school student was told to create an editorial cartoon/illustration but warned about doing a right wing one—it could "offend." |Chaise Payan's flickr|
There's a new rule in Washington state about what "constitutes a 60-day supply," for medical marijuana patents and they've set the limit to "24 ounces of usable marijuana plus 15 plants. |SeattleTimes|
Lots of options for customizing MINI's. |CoolHunting|
Vogue Nippon is much more relevant than the American one. |TWBE|
Alaskan Wildlife for Obama pin. |SuperPunch|
Japanese continue to create human-replacing robots. |PinkTentacle|
Maryland State Police went above and beyond their call of duty by spying on "anti-death penalty and peace activists in 2005 and 2006." |BaltimoreSun|
by ANIMAL on October 3, 2008