Wishing for Popcorn

..And Then, He Did

There might be one man happier then the rest of us with the election outcomes, and no, I dont mean the big O himself. According to Supertouch, Shepard Fairey (AKA Obey) may see his portrait of President-elect Obama find a home in the Smithsonian. Originally created as the centerpiece of the "Manifest Hope" art show during the DNC (where Fairey also happened to get arrested for...wait for it...vandalism! Duh.) the museum is currently raking up the cash to put the infamous vandal in its prestigious halls.

This campaign continues to prove, there's a first time for EVERYTHING.

Image from Supertouch

Obsession of the Day

Racist, ridiculous, and generally offensive, I gotta admit: I cant stop watching Busta shake em!

Did a ton of photo uploading (after a nearly 2-year hiatus), so click on the flickr badge on the left and take a stream bath...

What's inside?
+ Brooklyn
+ Walls
+ Art Shows
+ Studio Visits
+ General Ephemera

C215

This guy is on my short-list of who I look for on the walls. Keep an eye out, he gwan do big 'tings.

Your Boy Got Jokes!

Whether he wins or not, I gotta say I really enjoy listening to this man speak. Granted if he wins, he will eventually get around to saying things I don't want to hear, but still.

Federation of Light

Im not endorsing anything. Im just saying that tonight there was a crazy halo around the moon so we were up on the rooftop looking at it, and my friend informed me of this Federation of Light theory. So Im sharing it with you.

Swooning Down the Hudson

This opening and show made me incredibly happy, especially the marching band that suddenly started playing R. Kelly "Ignition" (and made me daydream about having a marching band that spontaneously broke into Salt & Pepa's "Push It"). Everything about this installation is so lovely and dreamlike on the grandest of scales. If you haven't seen it yet, you've got til October 19.

Kudos to Scribe Media

Now, with Less Stencils!

Banksy's newest show is definitely a bit different. Open til Halloween, so cruise by (it's visible at all hours): 89 Seventh Ave South, between west 4th and Bleeker.

Love Lockdown

See this is what happens when MTV stops playing videos. Ellen gotta come through and do the countdown. Now that's some real post-modern ish when daytime talk-shows have an edge on music because all MTV has is golddiggers fighting for dates with has-beens. I wonder what Jerry Springer has to say about it.

Kanye- Love Lockdown


Id be in the fetal position too if day-glo tribal warriors stormed through my apartment every time I crushed on the wrong dude.

CookiePuss

In honor of the original Carvel shuttering its doors this weekend, here's a sweet reminder of birthday parties gone by...

"She purchased them at the flea market"

Thank you MissBehaveMag

Oh man...you think Paul Wall has nightmares about this sort of thing?

The Meaning of Numbers

"According to the tradition of Himalayan masters, 777 is the number of the celestial man and symbolizes the transmutation which takes place at the time where the man becomes conscious of the necessity to cover the path of initiation, and that he perceives, even of an elementary manner, that the goal is in God."
from RidingtheBeast.com

"And as that $700 billion financial rescue plan went down, the Dow went down like a sub, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 780 points in its largest one-day point drop ever, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason.

"Nobody could believe it," said Ted Weisberg of Seaport Securities. "The fact that it did not get done is just mind-boggling." The result on Wall Street was a history-making 777-point nosedive. The Nasdaq plunged almost 10 percent."
from CBSnews.com

Shana Tova, 5769 is off to an interesting start....

Side By Side

Watch CBS Videos Online

For My Hooligans From Brooklyn...

Shockingly enough, Diddy doesnt play every character ala Tyler Perry

Residential Erection

Creative Time put on a great many beautiful pieces at the Democracy in America: The National Campaign show. Stephen Powers Water Board Thrill Ride,


Duke Riley's submarine,


that made its way into the waters of Red Hook (and I so envied in August 07)...along with anarchist ice cream trucks, Chomskyisms, and more than a few compelling installations, definitely worth the trip uptown after work.

What really stuck out (beyond the eerily perfect choice of the armory, and the velvet and Hors d'oeuvres reception in the backdrop) was Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung's film "Residential Erection".

Im not going to try and describe it, but you should click HERE and see it yourself.

Outsiders

Oh boy, oh boy! Those of you who visit regularly know that I am a big fan of JR & Blu. Im super excited to learn that JR's recent additions to the the LES (below)are timed with the Lazarides Gallery show "Outsiders" which includes:

Faile, Paul Insect, JR, Antony Micallef, Jonathan
Yeo, Miranda Donovan, Invader, David Choe, Mark Jenkins, Todd
James, Vhils, Polly Morgan, Mode 2, BAST, Conor Harrington and Zevs

Oh Boy!

Full Scope

Lil Wayne is Inspirational

Other than this video/song just being hilarious, these dutch dudes have aped Weezys style over that "Milli" beat so well, I wish I had an audio file of it.
"Olafur! Olafur! What is in your brain?" "Three tigers, two bears, and a shark on cocaine!"
Those waterfalls have been irritating me for months...Thank you ModernJackass (and Gothamist)



And speaking of jackass....Diddy is a swagger-jacker and dances in his jammies.

What's the Matter? Your Shoes on Too Tight?

Insa takes his sexy heel images, and bestows upon the world ...Sexy heels!

It makes a girl almost want to brave the blisters...almost.

Here's a throw back to a previous post:

Nagi Noda

Young, lovely and eccentric, Nagi Noda passed away yesterday.

rest in peace

Women Are Heroes

And so is JR...

SwitchBack

Image from SuperTouch

Last night I hit the opening of Swoon's, Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea, and although the boats were glorious (and I practically howled at the moon for not being able to board one) the real treat was the MASSIVE installation Swoon put together in the Deitch LIC space.

The two sisters of the Switchback embraced each other amidst a drove of Swoons characters, found materials, paper cuts, wheat pastes, wood carvings, and a handful of vintage snapshots. I killed my camera getting close-ups.

Scribe Media did a piece on the install...update later with a link.

Im looking forward to the performances this weekend. Nothing like bike-punks turned boat-punks rocking pirate gear and singing to the masses.

Banksy updates...

Pre Gustav:


Now:

The KKK took my baby away:

Thanks Supertouch

I play Tetris in my Eyelids...oh

Sam3

Always makes me smile...

Bang Bang Hiss

Watch through past the weird commercial, they go for a tour of the the buildings guts.

Get It Up

Ive been addicted to this track for the last few weeks. Love the chanting, the drums, the everything...go grab it up!

Esau Mwamwaya, Santogold, M.I.A and Radioclit

Road Trippin'

Banksy- Birmingham, AL



and New Orleans...

Funny HAHA

...because my kitchen cabinet is mysteriously filled with gold sparkles, and I dont even own any.

GreenPix

Solar art-chitecture...I likes it. Thanks ScribeMedia

Scream For Reals!

A good friend of mine has been starting her day watching this commercial, as a Chi-town throwback, and passed along the love. She's right, Moo def can take it to the streets with those moves.

File Under: In Progress

So I've been working on a few things lately. Mainly, putting together a piece on AIKO, and trying to find a happy home for it. I've been meeting up with her on the regular, and enjoying watching the pieces for the upcoming show at Brooklynite Gallery come together.

Those are some of the 400+ handmade invites...

Just set-up an interview with DAIN for next week, and Various and Gould for this weekend. All of them are in the
"Time Machine" show. Also, Brooklynite Gallery.

Here's Gould:



And a cool project Various has been working on called Papergirl (which just hit it's third cycle...no pun intended):

JR Does it Again

JR hits the faevela with his larger than life portraits, this time shining a light on the woman that keep the community grounded.

Check out the whole project: Women are Heroes

Circa '68

Seeing as Im obviously 2 months behind on this, which in net years is like decades, I still gotta say this is making me smile all cheesy. Its got that Laugh-In/Benny Hill vibe, and the only thing that would have made it better is if Dizzee and David Byrne rode through at the end on a bicylce built for two.

Tricked Out Trinies

This has me wondering if Trinidad is infested with these dope DIY party bikes. Definitely rolling on that slow island vibe with that much weight, but then again once they start peddling they're already AT the party.