Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream

an excellent excuse to go on a vacay

nom nom

GINGERBOY NEVER BLINKS = PROOF GINGERHEADS ARE CRAZY.

he’s one angry little gingerboy…holy shite.

DO YOU REMEMBER?

SAUL WILLIAMS

Remember Saul Williams? and Esthero? The 1st vid is the audio for ‘Saul Williams feat. Esthero – Tao of Now’ . Even with his screamy spoken word voice I findthis track relaxing… it’s my 3 AM easy listening pick! hope u enjoi the random (re)visit. It’sah gem!

ESTHERO

Esthero’s ‘Breath From Another’ is still one of my favorite albums EVAR. Her voice is a mix of sophistication and youth. So lazily spot on. Like the white Billie Holiday.

here’s her video for the song that started the hype back in 1998, “That Girl”

enjoi!

THE SADDEST STORY PUT TO DANCE…(+ I AINT TALKIN’ BOUT THE TANGO)

There’s something so raw, so beautiful, and graceful about pole-dancing, not to mention it’s sexytimes ussually for all parties involved. win/win!

That said…to all the haters, prudes and people out there with “ETHICS“ and “MORALS“ (that for some reason still read my blog) i’m sure by the time a pole-dancer gets to this level of polling(?) it’s viewed more as a focalized sport …and less of a means for a woman to pay off her debilitating pimp debt. Cocktail party conversations are kinder to “professional athlethes than they are to st8 up strippers.  …i think.

EITHERWAY! WARNING: the clip starts off a bit slow BUT this is “Felix performing her winning routine at the World Pole Dance Championships in Jamaica 2009.” so you just KNOW it’s gonna be a gooder.

…sidenote: I stayed at the resort RIGHT beside hedonism a few days ago…coincidence?? Not really, i don’t think… But well worth a watch..skip forward to like 2:00 mins.  This chick can ride pole like WHOA.

TANKS EME for the dead-link which sucked me into the world of competitive pole-dancing for a good 20 mins. That’s a healthy ass cyberstalk if I should say so myself!

…Spking of which: Is this even the same vid you wanted me to chk out?? If there is better one throw me the link! remembsss i dun have FACEBOOOK

enjoi!

“so graceful & athletic. i think i love poledancing…” – eme

PERSONALLY, i’m scared i’d be one of the people that “learn the hard way” and just EPIC’ly PWN themselves trying a fancy move. I can’t afford anymore concussions… here’s an 11-second clip of a chick doing exactly that. wince away!

ah ha!

draw on me

DO

I i think this should be on everyones things-to-do-before-you-die lists. It just looks kinda fun, shoes, shirts, blouses, a tie perchance?

DON’T

It’s FAIR GAME cuz it’s all legit lego pieces yo

Especially suitable for…drunk driving… HEYO!

We’re saving lives here for only $2 folks! I know it’s a bit late to be buy this as a stocking stuffer, but…Birthdays? Anniversaries? Valentines?  Available in assorted colours. Batteries not included.

People of Walmart – PoWM –

HOLY HELL how have i not posted this site yet?!

BEWARE: This is a time-vacuum site cuz of it’s utter simplicity: Countless pictures of humanities finest dregs shopping at Walmart, each of course accompanied w/ a witty caption.

It’s Texts From Last Night kinda funny without that hitting-too-close-to-home kinda feeling. You’ll really like the site if you’re one of those people whose lives are pretty much a joke as-is and are looking for a lil sumthin sumthin to downplay.. offset.. just remind you that there will always be worse.

That’s why I like it, *shrugs* I bask in the fine art of  ’laughing last’ actually…And I do that by looking at grotty-ass people at Walmarts across North America during my coffee breaks…whats it to ya??

Mehhh. Not unlike theonion.com one has to come to terms with the greater joke before being able to really enjoy this sites true nastiness.

PoWM LINK HERE PoWM LINK HERE PoWM LINK HERE

CRYSTAL CRUSHERS

Lookie! crystal brass knucks!

Designer: Debrah Baxter

Words: ” Crystal Brass Knuckles deal with the dichotomy of a weapon and healing device in one. And just how completely ridiculous and contradictory that is. They are made to fit a woman’s hand. There is a feminist/grrl power piece to this … and to all my work. Women engaging in their power and sexuality.”

mmmhmmm *nods intently feigning interest while tweeting about random bullschnap* JUST fascinating!..mmhmmm Debrah… dahling…

i keeeed. tho…

i’m past art having to be made for any reason other than to simply look f’n cool; That said… it’s always nice when the artist breaks it down and tells us admirers what’s up, and how/why/wtf?

side-note: I do not tweet.

Stillness Is the Move – The Dirty Projectors + the Solange cover

without A-dub and Vida I woulda been going half crazy trying to figure whose song this is! I heard it while at cris derksens show at Leva a few days ago.. TURNS OUT it’s The Dirty Projectors, a brooklyn based band with a bunch of members..that happen to include two cute alt-hipstery chicks whom are featured on the cover of their Bitte Orca album.

cool tidbit: The first verse of the song is taken from Der Himmel über Berlin (eng title: Wings of Desire) a 1987 german movie. Inspiration in this case produced sweet ass radness.

when the child was just a child
it did not know what it was
like a child it had no habits
no opinion about anything

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The Solange cover kills it too! Sampling Dre’s beat which is also featured in Badu’s ‘Bag lady..y’know that one with that buttery guitar hook. deeda deedea dwee-eeee

DANG you can’t help but bop your head to Solange’s cover! I never listened to Mini-B before but after catching her on Oprah during the ‘Good Hair’ Chris rock episode and now THIS i’m def looking into her releases.

windows up! plug potato in! start the engine and let’s wrap this shit up!

there is nothing remotely amazing or graceful about this rendition of Amazing Grace. shoot me now…

now THIS is a wedding invite!

SAVE THE DATE  10-10-10

EPIC CHILDBIRTH FB FAIL

Vancouvers The Orange Apple

Check out the creative photography work by Vancouver based studio The Orange Apple.

the beauty of art

Nollywood by Pieter Hugo – MUST SEE

Click here for entire portfolio. OBVS NSFW. But artistically this is big love. I dont say this too too often, but i strongly urge everyone to click thru and take a look at the whole Nollywood collection. Refreshingly raw.

Ligers – we (humans) need to stop doing this shit on a ‘jus cuz we can’ basis

50% Lion + 50% Tiger = LIGER (original eh?)

IT’S HUGE! why?

in a nutshell: this dude pulled a Dr. Mengele and created this hybrid, therefore altering the stop growth hormone most healthy animals have. watch the video. the LIGER IS FUCKING HUGE. etc etc

The Real life Lichtenstein Comic Girl

“I know very little about this make up session, other than it was done by MAC. It is pretty impressive to see the blonde girl from Lichtenstein’s painting in real life.”

Make-up art based from original paintings by Roy Lichtenstein:

Crying Girl” (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

giant hog much? let’s shoot it!

daydreamin’

I once attempted to give my friend C.AJ this haircut, but somehow it didn’t look this rustic and dapper

everyone under 30 should own this $35USD

vino arielle™ – wine aerator designed to instantly alleviate the flavour of wine, accentuate its aroma, and smoothen its texture.

buy here

Soon Mo Kang – Hang Me Some Tea

If the Hanger Tea were to be submitted as an entry to tea-packaging-awards (if such a thing existed), I say it would win hands down! I can’t think of a better or more obvious way to pack teabags than this hanger & T-shirt design. It’s a funny take on how the simple motion of hanging a used teabag on the rim of your cup, be done. Color-coded for different varieties, the hangers are rather cute and so are the tea-shirts! +  Designer: Soon Mo Kang

LINK here

Eye tattoos in jail just for kicks!

have your opinions – but I have to say, this isn’t the first time i’ve seen eye tattooing and this is by far the best outcome i’ve ever seen. – done in a jail nonetheless!

story is:

MSNBC features these two guys on their hit show Lockup.  They tattooed the whites of their eyes because..well, they could! DamnCoolPics has information on the procedure:

Because the we had trouble getting the ink under the surface (and were able to “wash” it out of the small needle incisions), we tried the second procedure, on Josh using a 29ga needle and syringe, thinning down the ink very slightly with an antibiotic eyewash. Since the goal was simply to blanket the white of the eye in color, there wasn’t a need for fine detail. The first injection was shallow and appeared to dissipate on the surface, but the second injection was at the perfect level and formed a dark bubble of ink just over the sclera (in the third picture you can see some of the ink running back out of the injection hole).

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Elisa Strozyk’s Wooden Textile

Elisa Strozyk’s Wooden Textiles are a manifestation of how waste can be the source of a new process of creativity and innovation. The wooden textile intends to look at the new ways wood can be manipulated from its hard physical property to a fluid form when combined with fabric.  Providing flexibility to wood allows us to connect with it in new ways.  Utilizing wood veneers once considered waste and re-purposing them through hand and laser cut isosceles, she is able to leverage the hard properties of wood and give them a fluid framework to create an innovative textile.  Her process gives the textile strength and flexibility.

By carefully binding the wood veneers to fabric she is able to create an experience of multiplicity and blur the qualities of how a textile is perceived to behave and function.  Her work brilliantly demonstrates the dimensionality and tactile experience a fabric can have.  As it lays flat within a space or folds with a piece of furniture, the wooden textiles show us a new direction and fresh vision.

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Evolutionary Surprise: Eight Percent of Human Genetic Material Comes from a Virus

ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2010) — About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to researchers in Japan and the U.S.

The research showed that the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA derived from the insertion of bornaviruses, RNA viruses whose replication and transcription takes place in the nucleus. Feschotte wrote on recent research led by Professor Keizo Tomonaga at Osaka University in Japan. Feschotte said this virally transmitted DNA may be a cause of mutation and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders.

In his article, Feschotte speculates about the role of such viral insertions in causing mutations with evolutionary and medical consequences.

The assimilation of viral sequences into the host genome is a process referred to as endogenization. This occurs when viral DNA integrates into a chromosome of reproductive cells and is subsequently passed from parent to offspring. Until now, retroviruses were the only viruses known to generate such endogenous copies in vertebrates. But Feschotte said that scientists have found that non-retroviral viruses called bornaviruses have been endogenized repeatedly in mammals throughout evolution.

Bornavirus (BDV) owes its name to the town of Borna, Germany, where a virus epidemic in 1885 wiped out a regiment of cavalry horses. BDV infects a range of birds and mammals, including humans. It is unique because it infects only neurons, establishing a persistent infection in its host’s brain, and its entire life cycle takes place in the nucleus of the infected cells. Feschotte said this intimate association of BDV with the cell nucleus prompted researchers to investigate whether bornaviruses may have left behind a record of past infection in the form of endogenous elements. They searched the 234 known eukaryotic genomes (those genomes that have been fully sequenced) for sequences that are similar to that of BDV. “The researchers unearthed a plethora of endogenous Borna-like N (EBLN) elements in many diverse mammals, ” Feschotte said.

The scientists also were able to recover spontaneous BDV insertions in the chromosomes of human cultured cells persistently infected by BVD.Based on these data, Feschotte proposes that BDV insertions could be a source of mutations in the brain cells of infected individuals.

“These data yield a testable hypothesis for the alleged, but still controversial, causative association of BDV infection with schizophrenia and mood disorders,” Feschotte said. The research in Feschotte ’s laboratory, which largely focuses on transposable elements, the genetic elements that are able to move and replicate within the genomes of virtually all living organisms, is representative of the research under way at UT Arlington, an institution of 28,000 students on its way to becoming a nationally recognized, top-tier research university.

Stuck @ Prom – Duck® Brand contest pics

Every year for the past decade, Duck Tape brand duct tape has held a contest for the creative use of their tape in prom dresses and tuxedos. Winners earn scholarship money.

LINK

Den svenska konnektion

Lykke Li “I’m Good, I’m Gone”

Fever Ray ” When I Grow Up”

hopefully i didn’t already post these…eitherway enjoi!

Vincent Vianen – Apologize – Choreography

!!!!!!!!!!!!! netherlands best!!!

nphatuazn – choreo

Santogold- You’ll Find A Way Remix

“I Trust You to Kill Me” (Daniel’s Train version) by Rocco DeLuca

China Closes Down The Internet !!!!

Gordon G. Chang, 12.25.09, 12:01 AM EST from Forbes.com reports

Beijing issues rules to make the country more like North Korea.

This week, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released regulations, dated Dec. 15, requiring the registration of all Web sites.

MIIT’s justification was the need to eliminate sexual content. As aMinistry spokesman stated, “This is about mobile pornography, it’s not referring to any other issue.”

The explanation, however comforting it sounds, is disingenuous. The wording of the rules is broad enough to cover all sites, domestic and foreign, whether or not they carry sex-themed material. “Domain names that have not registered will not be resolved or transferred,” the regulations state. In other words, unregistered sites will become unavailable to users in China.

Today, Beijing blocks a multitude of sites, in effect creating a blacklist. Under the new system, there will be a “whitelist”: only registered sites will be accessible inside the country. Once the regulation is fully implemented, China will no longer have an Internet. In effect, it will downgrade to an intranet. At this moment, there are perhaps 270 million Web sites across the world, and only a miniscule number of them will register with the Chinese authorities.

Of course, the whitelist system, which is to be implemented in three phases next year, is completely incompatible with a modern society such as China’s. Already, the country’s traditionally noisy netizens are complaining. They flooded a Twitter-like service run by the Communist Party’s flagship publication People’s Daily, causing the site to be immediately taken down. Moreover, official publications have expressed caution about putting the sweeping rules into effect. Foreign governments are bound to get in on the act because the expansive regulations, by blocking access to business sites, probably constitute a violation of China’s trade obligations.

MIIT tried a similar stunt this spring with its requirement that the so-called Green Dam-Youth Escort filtering software be installed in all computers sold in China from July 1. The Ministry justified this rule on pornography grounds, but many suspect the software was intended to block unwanted political content. After an uproar–from both home and abroad–Chinese authorities admitted they had made a mistake and backed down. link

Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China. He writes a weekly column for Forbes.

Diego Sanchez is a dolt.

hilarious. thnx nico + ems!

haha