My friend Michael Q found this flyer and passed it along to me.
After checking out the site, I can’t decide if it’s real, or a psych major/grad student thesis topic.
Either way, the video of Anaida Krok of the Good Conduct Society “speaking for the birds” is somewhat disturbing.
Videogum put together this reel of some of their favorite viral videos of 2008.
I guess I missed this one…
Hilarious.
Showbiz Pizza Band with their rendition of Usher’s Love In This Club is a close second.
Refinery29.com Is it us, or have you been seeing a whole lot of skin lately? “Are stylists and fashion editors running out of ideas or, even worse, have their budgets gone poof? Or maybe it’s much simpler than that: is skin in?”
Simpler still, maybe said companies couldn’t afford to get their samples out of customs? And just maybe the factory they were using in China has since shut down? Are apparel brands cutting back so much that they can’t even afford to put their own clothes in the ad campaign? Or is it just art?
Sometimes I miss LA.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Power outages across New York and New England approached 1 million homes and businesses early Friday after snow and ice storms starting late Thursday damaged power lines, local utilities reported.
It’s ugly out there… seems everyday I hear more depressing news about the economy. OK, I actually go looking for it. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment in that way. I keep hearing folks talk about this as an economic downturn. Economic downturn? More like a clusterf*ck of greed, corruption and oversight that has been going on for way too long.
Today while on Black Lodges (one of my favorite sources for news, politics, music, art and skate related materials), I came across a post by Don Pendleton that took the cake. Not only was the commentary regarding the big three bailout spot on, but the image that accompanied the post was brilliant. I will let you (if you feel so inclined) read the post on your own time, but here’s my favorite quote — “This country is fucked. Plain and simple. We toss gallons of gasoline on a burning fire and then wonder why the fuck it can’t be extinguished.
Pardon my French.”
Hey America, you hear that? I think that’s the fat lady singing.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Microsoft is going from marketing computer programs to making clothes, with a new line of graphic tees dubbed “Softwear by Microsoft.”
“Softwear,” instead of software. Get it?
Yeah, I got it — doesn’t mean I’m buying it. I should also mention that Microsoft teamed up with Common for a co-branded line of tees under the “Softwear” label. Genius! Like we’ve never seen that before. Rapper/Celebrity Spokesperson x (insert company here) = a line of tees. I thought this was bad, but Microsoft just proved that anyone can have a t-shirt line if they follow the formula above. But, it doesn’t mean they should.
Found this over at missinfo.tv. Maybe a little late, but funny none the less.
Forget Worcestershire Sauce, yarn is where it’s at!
Pharrell Williams always has is irons in a flame…music, clothes, & now yarn! The Grammy-winning producer/musician has entered a two year partnership with Bionic Yarn. Bionic Yarn markets, engineers, and manufactures premium yarns and fabrics all generated from recycled plastic bottles.- TrashBagAesthetics.com
Now whenever I see a cat with it’s favorite past time, I will think of Pharrell.
This is genius.
No one has tapped into the feline market at all.
BBC/Ice Cream x Friskies x Spaghetti Cat?
Hot and hotter.
Huge day for my people as the first Vietnamese-American was elected to the House (Yes, Wormwood is of Vietnamese origin):
I am very honored and at this point, somewhat speechless to be the first Vietnamese-American congressman,” Anh “Joseph” Cao told CNN on Sunday. - CNN
Awesome…but how did he do it?
Cao conceded that low voter turnout aided his victory.
“We were hoping for a low turnout because it would provide us with the greater chance of winning,” said Cao, a lawyer and community activist. “Based on the demographics of the district, a high voter turnout would have gone to our disadvantage.”
So in a historial election year where our President-Elect won because of huge voter turnout, considerably from African-Americans and young people, this Republican was banking on no one turning out?
Oh and his opponent is charged with 16 criminal counts of racketeering, bribery, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
But hey, a win is a win, right?
Whenever a bio epic comes out, I can’t help but think of Mekhi Phifer in 8 Mile (did anyone believe those dreads were real?) and cringe.
So I’m a little skeptical that they’ll be able to pull off a Biggie movie with the same penache as say “Ray” or “Walk the Line”.
I mean, the trailer looks compelling, I’ll give them that.
The dude looks like Biggie Smalls and you know whatever Angela Bassett is in is gonna be good but what about Puffy?
He’s already a parody of himself so how can anyone play him without the audience laughing?
Essentially, Derek Luke has to play a parody of a parody.
Doesn’t bode well for “Notorious”.
They’re really better off getting the kids from the Sky’s the Limit video…they really nailed it. (And how cute is Baby Busta Rhymes?)
Maybe they’ll finally unveil who shot Biggie…no doubt in a slow motion montage.
