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superman that ho!

The Ninth Floor - Jessica Dimmock

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1321280105/bctid1326153170


In 2004, anywhere from 20 to 30 young addicts lived on the ninth floor of an elegant narrow building overlooking Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The squatters had turned the sprawling apartment into a dark, desperate and chaotic place.

People hustled, scored, shot and smoked wherever they could. Friends conned each other for their next hit. They slept on piles of clothes on the floor. The power was shut off; the bathroom unusable; the kitchen filled with garbage. Anything of value was sold off.

For nearly three years, Jessica Dimmock followed this crew documenting what happened to them after eviction, how they fought to get clean, sank deeper into addiction, went to jail, started families and struggled to survive.

Patrick Brown -- Thailand Dec 13, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Powerful, intense, compelling, sad, horrifying, horrific, real, there's another thousand words to describe this an amazing body of work. This is story telling at it's best, honest...! thank you for taking this story out of Fifth Av and showing the rest of the world.

ASIMO bites the dust

iPod Camoflage

So i posted on USB cassette mix tapes (www. makeamixa.com)a while back.. but this is one step cooler for sure.
Pretty up your ipod with these

MIA - Paper Planes

For da ladiez

David Firth is Fucked in the Head

and here's proof....

dont watch salad fingers
or burnt face man
or this christmas special www.fat-pie.com/christmas.htm

Preventing Kitten Road Kill

They're cute, white, and fluffy - and they glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light. The cats are actually clones. They're also the first cats to be cloned with a manipulated fluorescence protein gene

The researchers hope that the procedure could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.

The scientists, from Gyeongsang National University in South Korea, explained that they used the skin cells of the mother cat for cloning. To modify its genes, they inserted a virus in the skin cells, which were then transplanted into the mother's womb. Four Turkish Angora kittens were born in January, but two died during a caesarean section. The two living cats, now nearly a year old, weigh about 6-7pounds


By demonstrating that it's possible to clone an animal with a manipulated gene, the research could help scientists better understand human genetic diseases. For example, scientists may be able to reproduce cloned animals suffering from the same diseases as humans. Cats have about 250 of the same kinds of genetic diseases that affect humans.

The ability to clone genetically altered cats may also help to develop new stem cell treatments for humans. And, using the same technology, researchers may be able to clone endangered animals like tigers, leopards and wildcats.

http://inventorspot.com/articles/scientists_create_glowinthedark__9191

Cause and Effect Conference

"The AIGANY Cause/Effect conference is underway today, with the morning sessions off to a very strong start. Introductions by coordinators Emma Presler and Mike Essl were followed by a full-on historical tour of propaganda by Steve Heller. Arguing that the term was not always pejorative, Heller traced propaganda through magazines, posters, words, icons, photography, graffiti, ad hoc demonstration placards, and guerrilla re-purposing. Lots of the images will be found in his books and on his SVA podcasts, but this is a PowerPoint deck you'll definitely want to get ahold of.

Seymour Chwast then boarded the tour bus, showing the audience an assortment of his political posters and illustrations, beginning with the observation, "The 60's was a great time in addition to sex and drugs...people bought posters."

Mark Randall then took to the stage with an overview of core-fave Urban Forest Project, revealing that some of the posters had to be edited (Seymour Chwast's being one of them!), and showing delight that other cities across the US have picked up the initiative." CORE77.

http://www.core77.com
http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/
http://www.core77.com/blog/events/urban_forest_up_in_times_square_4319.asp
http://causeeffect.aigany.org/

Bio Artists... not quite right

"At the forefront of this movement is SymbioticA, a bioart laboratory funded by the University of Western Australia. Run by Ionat Zurr and her husband Oron Catts, the couple is continually pushing the boundaries of art; they've grown a replica of an ear with living human skin cells, miniature wings with the flesh of a pig and mouse cells in the shape of a tiny leather jacket. "

Read the rest of this article here....
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17097173&ft=1&f=1008

Imaginary Foundation

There's a few new tees from Imaginary Foundation. An Aquired taste i feel.. but still thought provoking none the less...

take a look at www.imaginaryfoundation.com

Nike Blazer - Japan...so nice..

I'm into this blazer. Japan only so far, featuring woven quarters and perforated gold swoosh on the side. Tonue and heel feature red mesh and gold embroderey.
very nice i say

Alphanumeric

Check it out.. Aplhanumeric is back on the scene. Whilst it has been many many moons since this brand had been on shelves across the world, it seems as though they have come back with some great new product.
I hope this is just a small taste of more to come.

Michel Gondry X Bjork "Declare Independence"

Here he goes again... i only just peeped this so excuse if its old news.. but hell this is a crazy clip.

And here is the link for the high res *.mov file.
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/wmg/bjork/bjork_declareindependence_1500_dl.mov

Tank Theory - New Tees

Take a quickie at one of my all time fav brands...Tank Theory. These guys have some of the most imaginative tee shirts from their own design via Zach Johnesn but also collaborating with many other artists to build their own Artist Society series of prints.

Zach Johnsens - The Aggressors tee

Check this tee featuring the infamous UnaBomber imagery with our new universal Bomber. Work by Robert Gould

optical illusions

yeah pretty childish i know... but still i always get a buzz outta these thingys

Dirty Burger Consumers

http://www.whopperfreakout.com
crazy talk

Machine Girl

"Robot arms! Yakuza! Ninjas! Tempura! Sushi! Chainsaws! Flying Guillotine! Drill Bra! Machine Girl! Continuing Japan’s long fascination with raped cyborg teenage girls versus the yakuza that performed amputations upon them. "

My Little Stock Broker

Check out these Gift packs for kids. They come in Boys and Girls styles, featuring cheap suit, Shirt, Tie, Fake rolex and fake mobile phone.

Lego Land Trains Getting Bombed

courtesy Wooster Collective

McReport Cards

Totally cringe worthy. A school in Seminole County, Florida, has given permission for the McDonalds stores to advertise on the report crads of some 27000 students in the district. all Mcdonalds had to do was pay the small sum for the cost of printing. I dont know if its suprising or not, that there was only 1 parental complaint, obviously the schools have decided to continue running the promo.

Freebording - Snow Board the Streets

Summer time is here and that means the other half of the world gets all the snow. But that shouldnt stop you at any length.
www.freebord.com

Slick.

Your name was what??

Sneaker Freaker 11 Launch

Should be fun kids.

Jason Thielke

“Thielke’s work is linear, layered, dynamic and multi-media in nature. It encompasses both contemporary and traditional techniques much like the architectural design of today. His process of drawing, composing, and eventually transferring images to wood is parallel to the planning, deconstruction and reconstruction phases of urban gentrification.”

Buy the shirts from ABSTRACTmall view his work @ JasonThielke.com
http://www.abstractmall.com/jasonthielke/men/logan/

Gravis X Crash One

One of my all time fav footwear brands, Gravis has teamed up with Crash One on this Lowdown Hi Cut.

Shoe features all premium embossed leathers and a sticthed Vulcanised outsole. This shoe oozes qual.

Vans X Paul Smith

NICE!!!!


There's also a Chukka in this range in Grey Canvas... but for me... the monies right here! Skate High Canvas/Suede

Sal Barbier 23

About time Etnies....

Reminds me of a funny story... leaving the house of a girl i was seeing for a while... and we'd just packed up the car to head country for a while ... Girls Mum comes running down the drive way ... yelling at the top of her lungs to try and catch us ... "Don't Forget Your Eccies!!"

Meh... The shoes!!... This classic skateboard sneaker has hit back for the holiday season... First release in Black/red and Red/white looks mighty fine in my eyes. Traditional "23" embossed on the heel quarter. Looking forward to about a gazillion more releases and material treatments in the coming months.

I love Dave Chappelle

Late notice but...

Pure madness

amazing...

Old Party Hits

Disco, Amber and Myself ended up at this party many moons ago...After being told it was going to be a Rail Jam, Disco hurried home to grab his board, oh how we were suprised to see an Ice truck parked in the drive. I just found the shots tucked away in an obscure part of my work computer... so check out the museum that was Mt Dover.











Complete with Microphone and Jordan's, Optimus has never looked so fresh.

Yes, Mt Dover... there was snow....and snowboarders...and ice sculptures.

"D" for....?

Hank Hofstra - Blue Road

1000 metres of blue paint.
Wooster Collective.

Animated Prescision

"Japanese motion graphics firm Groovisions took an architectural drafting convention, axonometric drawings, and used it to create music videos for musician Halfby. (They've also done plan-view and elevation-view music videos for clients as diverse as Nike and Cornelius, but we like the axonometric the best.) The video contains the best elements of Japanese creativity: it's simple but precise, fun, and silly in a good way." Core77.

Snowboarding Building 101 - ELAN boards

Priceless narration... hahaha

"man with all this talk of sandwiches is making me hungry"

FUCK THIS!!

Here's a little gem of an idea...
"Juvenile, profane, and timeless, FUCK this book collects images of real public signs that have been mischievously altered by stickers bearing the most expressive of all four letter words. Addictively hilarious, the results show a world persuasively transformed. Please Don't Fuck the Pigeons indeed. What happens if one triggers the Automatic Sprinkler Fuck Off Valve? And is it any wonder The Fuck Depo is so popular? All photographs are unretouched-the result of countless hours on the hunt for the almost perfect sign, in need of just the slightest improvement. This is not social commentary. There is no message. It's not meant to offend, exploit, or embarrass anyone. All real stickers. All real signs. All in fun." - Chronicle
Stolen from http://www.lifelounge.com/Fuck-This.aspx ... check it out for more pics.