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Bareface Cynics
Thank you guys for following DR. Because of that, I discovered their awesome folk punk rock, especially at this eventful experiences in life. I like it when it’s ok when you inject punk in all forms of music. Their folk punk rock album is a must hear. They’re music is worth it coz this acoustic punk heroes’ albums are for free. Free music http://bit.ly/jWtGOS and http://bit.ly/fDydH7. Support them if they’re near your place!!
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Craig Thompson’s Habibi
Craig Thompson the author of Blanket is releasing a new graphic novel, Habibi. It’s pretty much anticipated when his previous one was so successful and on time when emo was spreading like an ebola virus. Anyway check out Habibi.
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Isang Litrong Liwanag
“Isang Litrong Liwanag” campaign headed by philanthropist Illiac Diaz turns plastic soda bottles into nifty light bulbs in small homes, which absorbs sunlight and spreads it out inside a house.
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Anarchy Evolution
My knowledge of the band – Bad Religion was they were the legendary punk pioneers in the 80s stemmed from earlier punk acts such as Black Flag, Social Distortion and The Ramones. I was inveigle when I saw their album cover of a burning punk kid standing at a suburban home. I really like the artwork so much that I immediately understood what anarchy means and how I can relate to punk rock appreciably. I inferred from them that punk rock is not just about weird fashion, not about having attitude on stage, being drunk, and spitting on people but it’s about having the courage to question authority and seek answers in life’s big questions.
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MY WE – Louie Cordero
The ideas and work processes of Louie Cordero are based on the different exchanges that define the local and the global. The elements of My We (2011) derive from this heightened awareness of the modifications that denote the persistence of the provincial.
Studio Visit: Mark Whalen in Los Angeles
via Juxtapoz
MARK WHALEN studio visit & interview
By Trina Calderon
I was lucky enough to hang out with Mark Whalen (Australian graffiti writer turned graphic designer turned amazing painter) recently at his studio in Silver Lake as he was amping up for his new show ANOMALY, which opens September 10th, 2011 at Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles.
Saber goes Skywriting over Los Angeles to End Mural Moratorium
Can someone tell me how did they do that? Are those light projector?
Politically conscious and outspoken supporter of public art and graffiti, Los Angeles-based Saber, took the skies of Los Angeles today for a skywriting protest of LA City Council’s moratorium on street murals. If they are going to okay some advertising billboards, might as well take your public art to the next level.
No Motiv did a reunion gig
I miss this band and I discovered that they just had a reunion last month. I wish they’ll play forever.
Ante Bellum
Ante Bellum is a continuation of a thematic series that the artist started some three years ago, The collection is conceived as part chronicle of his last realm created and entitled Manifesto Destino Vastardos. Having worked as an animator for Japanese mangga films in the last ten years, Balanon’s influence is a distorted combination of comic-books, punk/metal illustrations, graffiti and Filipino art culture, often extracted and splashed onto large scale murals of distorted and convoluted non beings.
Too much potassium led to death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A boxer who died after being knocked out in a heavyweight fight in Arkansas early this year had too much potassium in his system, which caused his organs to fail and his heart to stop, the Arkansas Athletic Commission said in a report released Monday.
Jimmy Carter: ‘We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war’
Where does Jimmy Carter live? Well, close your eyes and imagine the kind of house an ex-president of the United States might live in. The sort of residence befitting the former leader of the most powerful nation on earth. Got it? Right, now scrub that clean from your mind and instead imagine the sort of house where a moderately successful junior accountant and his family might live.
Why we are shallow
This is a question which I have asked myself, which I hope all of us should ask ourselves every so often. Once we have answered it, then we will move on to a more elevated sensibility. And with this sensibility, we will then be able to deny the highest positions in government to those nincompoops who have nothing going for them except popularity, what an irresponsible and equally shallow media had created. As my foreign friend said, there is nothing to read in our major papers.
The Curse of Reality TV
From the first days of reality TV—narrative, character-driven storytelling that uses real people and real lives as its subject matter—the genre has left a trail of human wreckage. Its stars have been arrested for DUI, assault, drug possession, sex with minors and domestic violence. An MTV Road Rules alum and Challenge cast member who was arrested for public urination later smeared the walls of his jail cell with his own feces and then bragged about his misbehavior on Twitter. Survivor’s first winner is in prison—again—for tax evasion, the same charge a recent Big Brother winner eventually pled guilty to, in addition to possession with attempt to distribute oxycodone as part of a drug ring the government says he funded using his $500,000 prize from the CBS reality series.
Life’s Too Short For Us – Here Goes Nothing
Since I just saw the new Blink video, why not hear more pop punk bands. And LTSFU is just on time. So that’s Life’s Too Short For Us. I wonder what’s with the name, do you want to die right away, probably they meant Life’s too short for all the good times in this world.
Epicly Later’d Neck Face
This is the first episode where we venture off into non-pro skater land–it’s about that graffiti artist called Neckface. If you live near New York, I’m sure you’ve seen his work all over the place. Neckface is your basic idiot-savant, meaning I still haven’t figured out whether he’s retarded or a genius. He is always being a complete weirdo and talking to himself.
via www.VBS.tv
Don’t Be Evil
For cyber-optimists and cyber-pessimists alike, the advent of Google marks off two very distinct periods in Internet history. The optimists remember the age before Google as chaotic, inefficient, and disorganized. Most search engines at the time had poor ethics (some made money by misrepresenting ads as search results) and terrible algorithms (some could not even find their parent companies online). All of that changed when two Stanford graduate students invented an ingenious way to rank Web pages based on how many other pages link to them.
No End In Sight
No end in sight is the first documentary film of Charles Ferguson. After I watched the Inside Job, I immediately researched each and every work this man has created. I was so impressed with his second film, and I can’t believe his first film was as great as I expected.
Stories from Indonesia – Live Export Investigation
In 2011, an Animals Australia investigation documented the treatment of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia as part of the live export trade. Now, Animals Australia in collaboration with RSPCA Australia is bringing the stories of these animals to light for the first time. Help us ensure that these animals will never be forgotten and that their stories become the catalyst for change: BanLiveExport.com.
Carve your destiny
For this talented sculptor, nothing is impossible. Here’s Franco Cagayat’s story of passion, art and cars. Learn more about him in the May 2011 issue of Top Gear Philippines.
The Best Of TED: 15 Unmissable Tech Talks (VIDEOS)
The annual TED conference celebrates technology, entertainment and design by bringing together some of the most inspiring and revolutionary minds from across the globe.
The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist – by: Joshua Davis
Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look. Notarbartolo nods and smiles faintly, the laugh lines crinkling around his blue eyes. Though he’s an inmate and wears the requisite white prisoner jacket, Notarbartolo radiates a sunny Italian charm. A silver Rolex peeks out from under his cuff, and a vertical strip of white soul patch drops down from his lower lip like an exclamation mark.
How the Oligarchs Took America
Creating a country of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich. – By Andy Kroll
Starmarket – Sunday’s Worst Enemy
I accidentally discovered this band while watching No Motiv – Waiting Hurt in Youtube. And thanks for that, I fell in love and becoming my favorite every morning. Once again, this goes out to the punk rock of our times. Days of Gameface, Promise Ring, Nomotiv, Bodyjar…
Banksy’s Simpsons Opening
Banksy’s intro to The Simpsons is a serious divergence from typical sunny days.
Badburn Muthafucka
Fucking hail and congratulations to our dearly missed band – Badburn for the release of their new album and the launch last October 2.
Mike Estabrook and Ernest Concepcion – The Shining Mantis
The Shining Mantis is the Brooklyn based collaboration of Mike Estabrook, and Ernest Concepcion. They are known for their epic battle drawings, called Kangarok!!! Kangarok 1/10th: The Gentrification Of Hell was done during their residency at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space at Governor’s Island, NY.
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