This is an odd choice. Actually, it's not even so much about the video as it is the song itself. I really don't find the kaliedescopic effects all that weird or surprising for Erykah. The really bizarre part, for me, is that it's featuring Lil Wayne!??? What the HELL is/was she thinking!? Now, he doesn't completely ruin the song but let's just say that I'm glad his verse is at the end. I'd go as far as saying that the dude isn't the worst person I've heard but I'm just not a fan and I still think Lil Wayne is a fucking idiot!! All in all though, I'm feeling this song and looking forward to the new album.
WTF!!! Only 37 years young! The hip-hop world mourns for the loss of another pioneer. I was just thinking about one of my favorite mix tapes this week, which happens to be an '80s hip-hop mix Roc Raida did around '97. Here' some footage from 13 years ago showing how ill this dude was on the wheels. If you ever got the chance to see him live you know that this video doesn't really capture the energy. He was truly a phenom in the art of DJing. I'll be happy when I'm even 1% as good as this dude.
Here's a more recent video showing how insanely skilled this dude was at beat juggling.
Where do people find time to do these things!!?? Oh yeah, I forgot, some people don't have to actually work or pay bills...or just neglect everything to make awesome lego videos like this for 1,500 hours!! (or roughly 4 months of full-time work.
I know I've missed a lot of weeks but don't worry, I got you covered! I just got to edit that post a bit but be on the lookout for a mega "Weird Video Of The Week" post with probably 6 or more videos. In the meantime, Major Lazor wins again. First it was the epic video for "Zumbies" and now this!
I only posted this because it has records in it. As a DIY project it's fine but I think it's silly as a designer piece of furniture. I do like the concept using soft materials to make something strong and I like the idea of using what's around you to build something. However, Harry Hasson's ratchet furniture is just another example of why this concept just doesn't work 99% of the time.
Great documentary about gaming addicts. It's presented and put together in such a way that it teeters on the edge of fiction which is fitting given the subject matter but is very real, bizzare and beautiful at the same time. I thought I'd fall asleep watching it at 3am but ended up watching the whole thing. Second Skin is the best documentary I've seen this month so far..highly recommended! It may be coming to a theater near you soon. Check the comments for more info.
I see & study a lot of design that's out there and sure, a lot of it is shiny, cool, smooth, expensive and often useless. Then every once in a while comes along a product that just makes sense and you want to punch yourself because you didn't think of it or do it first. This is one of those brilliant designs.
This building is NOT in The United Arab Emirates' city of Dubai as you may expect for some outlandish piece of architecture like this. It's actually in Huainan, Anhui providence, China and serves as the local urban planning exhibition hall for the developing region. This reminds me of the work of Claes Oldenburg, especially the building he and Frank Gehry collaborated on.
The industrial designer in me loves to see a nice cut-away of an object but this is almost sacrilegious! I think anybody that notices the beauty of an Aston Martin knows that they're built very well and with great attention to detail. It's bad enough that they need to crash-test a bunch of these but did they really need to go rub it in our faces and cut one open!? This was for some party in NYC premiering the new DBS Volante by Aston Martin.
One of the stupidest people I haven't actually met...
It's rare that I'll ever do something like this but this is a special case. The background: I have a few of the official Obama 'Hope' posters and decided to sell one on Craigslist for the low price of $25. This is the dialogue that ensued. Please, email this idiot and try to talk some sense into him..please! His name is John Howard and his email address is- johnboysocean@comcast.net
JH- excellent starter log for the fire place. how do you like this change? were you one of the dumb asses that screwed up this country and put in deep debt. no way out
Me- (that kind of set me off and he caught me at a good time) Oh, so you’re one of the dumb fucks that thought McCain would actually change the course of anything and thought that Palin was a good choice? Or one of the idiots thinks the war with Iraq was the right thing to do? Or maybe just some political pundit that thinks anybody could make huge changes in just 4 months?
No I got it...you think he’ll take away your guns that you think you need to protect yourself from ‘the terrorists’ and black people. No, wait...you think that change would happen without spending money. Or, you think that the money being spent even exists. Oh....it’s because you’re one of the 5% that will have their taxes increased and you think that’s unfair.? Ok, I got it!...you think that years of neo-cons dumping trillions of dollars into military and war and taking funding away from everything else was a better option. Am I getting close?
Do you actually know how and why the American government is so in debt? Do you even know the real figure....hint, it’s WAAAAY more than what Obama says it is...if it were only the 13tril he claims we’d be ok. Do you know who was in office when things really started to go south for the American economy and our whole monetary system? (hint: he wasn’t a democrat and neither of us were alive yet unless you’re over 96) Do you think it’s democrats that have corrupted our healthcare system? Insurance system? Education? Big businesses? Credit? I think we both know who’s created the really big problems that we all suffer from.
I think you’re forgetting 2 main things here... 1) Barack Obama was not in office when all these problems were created and for a president who has only been on the job for 4 months, he is doing a good job (of course he could be doing things differently or better- things can ALWAYS be done better) 2) the president does not have the power or control that people think he does...our economy, healthcare and education are fucked because of a system that was created over decades by greedy and corrupt people who happen to mostly be conservative republicans. (That is the truth)
You’re one of the ‘smart people’ though so I’m sure you know everything and would do a much better job than the president is doing.
If you need a good starter log, you know where to find one ;)
JH- could you possible be the stupidest asshole out there? if you can,,,, think about the question i just asked.your democrats always over tax the working people. what is wrong with health care? surley you could go to any city and see how niggers get preagent, that way they steal money from working people. lay on their back have a baby, get money. if you worked for a living you would not like that either. see they get hand out health care. you bet i am protecting my house and family. if we got rid of all muslims and democrats with military arms. then we could be safe. and america could sleep easy at night. hopefully you know someone that can talk and explain all of this to you. i know if is alot but i'm sure you do not work so you have time. wake up spook
Me-- Thanks! You’ve just proven how truly ignorant you are in two ways! 1) you cannot seem to compose a proper sentence 2) your views on race and religion belong somewhere back in time, not the 21st century.
“Your kind” and your stale views are the real reasons America has not been able to progress. You are part of the problem with this country. Sorry to break the news to you. Maybe it’s not entirely your fault though...are you by any chance a child of incest? You’re probably just too stupid to know any better...poor thing :(
David Traver, the guy on the right, is the winner of the 2009 World Beard and Moustache championships. In case you missed it this year in Alaska, you can travel to Norway for the 2011 World Beard and Moustache competition.
Powerful documentary/TV special from Europe investigating the rise of the Soviet Union and communism in the first part of the 20th century. The Soviet Story
My jaw dropped when I saw this! Possibly the worst club track I've ever heard with some pretty good dancin'. I wonder if they were actually dancing to this crap? If so, it could explain the lack of finesse and timing.
This is pretty questionable. Wouldn't a Windows notebook be made of glass versus an Apple that could be made of paper from...you guessed it!..Apple trees.? As a company Apple has become equivalent to Microsoft on some levels but they still make a superior OS and fancy looking machines. This is damn good animation though.
Hands down this wins for this weeks' weird video. Not because everything is made of Legos (that's pretty average these days). No, it's because they moved all the trees to set up their rave! You can't just move trees that easily...it's a difficult and time consuming process. Also, the cops have a medieval cannon!?
I love/hate this art by Scott Campbell! The use of laser cutting and topographical layering to create a form is intriguing. And, I can understand using currency as a medium to display that it is either void of real value or can be elevated in value with an artists intervention. For these pieces though, the use of money just doesn't translate the message of the piece as well as another material might. It's like the artist is telling me that he used money just because he has a lot of it and we don't...which is what I hate. I hate that he has enough money to burn/laser cut and I do not. I want to burn stacks of $1 bills too! I know it will piss off the strippers, but who cares!?
This artist does do some really nice stuff though. Check out his site- ScottCampbellTatoo.com
Sure, this video isn't as weird as some of the other weird videos I've posted but this caught my attention. It's funny and almost pretty good at the same time. It's a strange convergence of pop culture, retro and old computer geek.
I know...this looks like some bad bastardization of a Lamborghini Gallardo maybe from a Lampoon's vacation movie but it isn't. It's actually a really bad design for a blood mobile by an Indian architecture firm called Matharoo Associates. Now, I'm all for humanitarian design (see here) but this is atrocious. Personally I think they should stick with architecture. This thing is fugly!! Happy Pi Day!
In case you didn't know, today is a very important holiday that is often forgotten- Pi Day. Yes, as in the mathematical constant, π. To learn More go to the official site of Pi Day
I'll try to keep this short. Today my computer was destroyed thanks to a ignorant/retarded/blind/shithead/asshole driver of a large truck. This waste-of-sperm actually passed me then proceeded to almost crush me between his truck and a parked PGW truck. Yeah, leave it to PGW to be at the right place at the wrong time! (oh man...don't get us Philly folk started on PGW!!!!) So, in this fiasco I was forced to get so close to the PGW truck that the edge of my bag hit the truck and I had to push my right elbow into the PGW truck to keep from falling. Fortunately I was going fast enough to not get crushed and fortunately I'm one of those bikers that knows how to react when faced with sudden danger. And, luckily the force cause the shoulder strap on my bag to break which allowed me to keep moving. If my bag didn't break I would have been in really bad shape.
Anyway....I am not physically hurt but perhaps i'm in a worse position than if I broke a leg or something. At least with a broken leg I could still make money and do my homework. (remember, I took a dive into a design degree) So, now I'm completely stuck. I am in the process of working a few different angles to raise enough to get another computer. In addition to dressing up like a bum and begging for change, I am asking you all for some support. I promise when I get another computer I will record a new mix and post it up for your downloading pleasure. So, I'm not really asking for donations...it's an investment on your future. Thank you!
What's up with the Ms. Melody look-alike trying to sing over techno beats and molesting muppets? IDK either which is why it wins the coveted title. If broken vases and flying flowers is your thing, this video is for you. On a side note, what's up with everybody that isn't hip-hop trying to look like an extra from 'I Ain't No Joke' shoot? I really need to know! Ugly neon colored everything wasn't that fly back then and is even worse now! (because it's like soooo ironic)
I saw the owner of this tattoo at a bar this summer. She was happy to let me take a picture of it and to my amazement was/is not a serious collector. She just liked the design. Probably because of the Bobby Caldwell 45 on the platter. What she won't do for love?
Yeah, this is a tough one. The brief is to get instant film back into production in less than 12 months. They actually have the equipment which they acquired from a company that manufactured it for Polaroid and have contracted former employees and scientists that worked with Polaroid. So, the real challenges are reducing the cost, distribution and marketing. The cameras are no longer made of course so you can imagine the difficulty in doing this large-scale production.
Umm...shouldn't there be 2 girl & 1 dude here instead of 2 dudes and 1 girl? Or, at least 2 condom balloon animals that aren't blowing and fucking each other?! This stroke of brilliance was done by SuperFad. You can see other stuff they've done on their site.
I'm always amazed when great artists come together to make crap. How does this happen!!?? The video is pretty cool though even if it is just a big advertisement for Obey and Shepard Fairey. I am pretty disappointed because I really love David Byrne and Seu Jorge.
Now you can bacon-ize any website now for free! Gotta love the internet and the geeks that create this stuff! Go to Bacolicious and add more bacon to any site you want. Or just copy this and add any site after it- http://bacolicio.us/http://
For over a century people have been trying to find inventive ways of electricuting themselves at home. Well, finally a group of socially conscious designers have developed an adapter specifically for sticking your fingers in the socket. No longer will you need to worry about fiddling around with forks or wire. You can find out more about this at the designer's site- ArtLebedev.com
This is a cool video showing design process but it's clear that the designers are out of touch with the purpose of raising awareness about the water crisis that nearly half of the world's population deals with. Somehow a giant expensive foam & plastic sculpture doesn't raise awareness about anything other than form and expensive CNC modeling. The end result is cool but waaaaay off target....hint: for the cost of this sculpture about 5 or more play pumps could have been installed somewhere in Africa and provide clean drinking water to thousands of people. Yeah, come to think of it, maybe it's better that the money was spent on some expensive temporary sculpture.
Really I have more than 99 problems but this is the 99th posting on here and that was a good, catchy and obvious title. Aren't I clever?! (*patting self on back) Maybe I should have something better to post than just some jibberish about this being the 99th post but the truth is, I don't.
Oh....I just thought of something...I recently got this dope 7" by Kissy Asplund which is a modern R & B version of the classic drunkard song '99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall'. I'm a drunk so which is mostly why I like it. SHIT!!! just spilled beer on my keyboard! Yeah, so what if it's only 11 and I've already had a 6 pack.? You can buy that record and other good stuff from my man DJ Junior's site RecordBreakin.com.
I love this kinds of installations that are funtional, fun and question human behavior and consciousness. One such project opens tomorrow in Dale, Norway. People from anywhere in the world will be able to call a phone number and broadcast their message over the fjord for the people in Dale to be annoyed with. Telemegaphone is the pre-project for something larger (and probably more annoying) called Parafunctional Payphones by Unsworn Industries. My guess is that they are going to hate the artist for erecting such a thing. I'm going to get extra drunk just to talk to myself and broadcast it to the people there to let them know I AM their messiah! muwahhahhahahahahahaha... Or maybe I'll just say a bunch of jibberish in a Swedish Chef accent. Yeah, I know they're not in Sweden but does anyone know what a Nordic accent sounds like?! Ya?
A good way for your music to NEVER be heard (but also never bootlegged)
So some scholar of the highest order of nerd-dom thought of a genius way of distributing and selling music without all the hassles of worrying about how many people would bootleg it or even buy it. Seriously, unless you have an old NES gaming system you will not be able to listen to this. Well, maybe you could visualize what it sounds like but somehow a grey case with a sticker on it does not scream 'awesome synesthetic experience' to me. I guess i'm not a total nerd yet. I am enough of a nerd to know that NES rom's have a very limited capacity and probably cannot even handle music that's actually worth listening to. So, thanks ( whoever made this ) for making crap music that nobody can listen to. There is a download option for people that don't just happen to have an NES.
I did hear this shit is all the rage in Azerbejan.
Ok, so somebody around here has become obsessed with youtube. I swear, it's not me though. It's the other person that lives inside my brain. (they just do their own thing though, just chillin' up there talking to me all the time..".what'd you say? ...hold on, I'm just about to type that!")
So yeah, YouTube is great. But what's better than YouTube is the stuff that actually happens that we're able to see on YouTube. For instance, this is great example of what happens when a group of high school drop-outs high on meth & drinking 22s of Bud decide to make use of that stock pile of fireworks they got stashed in the Camaro they're working on (for the last 10 years) in the front yard. Grammar check didn't notice my run-on sentence so I guess it's finally official after years of debate...my grammar is better than grammar check! sea..towld u sew.
It's no secret that I don't really care for large corporations that don't do much good for the world. However, I really want to work with BMW. Very few companies are sincere about change and innovation and BMW clearly puts their money where their mouths are. From their new facility by Zaha Hadid, to the Gina concept car and multiple installations such as this. All kidding aside, I do want to work with companies that promote thought and conversation that influences the progression of human intellect. Oh yeah, they are the main sponsor that's making it possible for the world to see the Tedtalks. (I'll post more about those soon!)
In the meantime, this installation is beautiful yet so simple and poetic...just balls in space. (yeah, it is a fact that SpaceBalls is one of the best films ever made!)
I've always thought that Lil Wayne is amongst the most overrated rappers ever and could never understand why anybody in their right mind would think he's dope. Seriously folks...explain to me why people continue to trick themselves, and him, into believing he's even in the top 1,000 best MCs. If you're reading this blog you probably already agree with me so I'll spare you from ranting too much and just ask a question- how do we get people to realize that he's wack and to stop supporting shit like this? or, at the very least, get people to realize that there are other really dope MCs such as Nas, Kweli, Common, etc...? (don't wanna get too deep too early!)
Imagine if Lil Wayne used some of his money to take a class or buy (and read) a book!!?? You wanna know why people are so broke? They gave their money to corny muthafuckas like this!
DJs....please STOP playing Lil Wayne records. He doesn't respect us so he gets no love.
Keep in mind, these are just a few clips and this is how he acts in public! Imagine what an asshole this dude is behind the scenes!! There's a bunch of other crap from this dude online...his interviews aren't even funny because kids are actually taking this serious. To his credit though, I'd rather listen to Weezy than Soulja Boy!
Check what he said in an interview about a month ago (this is before he threw a magazine in the interviewers' face).
Now check what he was saying just a year ago-
Nice one Weezy..show the kids how to mix up some 'lean'.
Thanks to my man Statik for always taking time to suffer through some of the worst music clips on youtube and sending them to me. Thanks for taking one for the team bro!.I'm sure they get waaaay better but I turned them off at about the 20sec mark..because I didn't want to spoil a good thing and that much awesomeness might be too much for me. Statik just give me the war report.
First up is by a group destined for stardom called Thug Slaughter Force (or TSF as I like to call them). This song is amazing because it seems like there's only about 20 of them in the crew and together they were able to write these provocative and catchy lyrics that will be sure to make this an instant classic.
Next is a live performance of this new soul super star named Tay Zonday doing his smash hit "Chocolate Rain". Which, is apparently a more modern and urban version of Diarrhea Cha Cha Cha. Or maybe he's just some sex perv like R. Kelly. Eitherway, people take his shit seriously!
Here's a couple stories that I thought were touching. I like romantic stuff like this sometimes because it makes me feel human and I can laugh at somebody for being such a wimp! (just kidding) I'm a bit of a romantic myself but I'm not sure I'd do anything as crazy as these guys. Then again, I haven't been in a relationship in a long time and haven't had the chance to spend as much time with someone as these guys have.
I think this story is amazing. Not only is it romantic and sweet but it really shows tests the limits of focus and endurance. read- Man carves 6,000 stairs for his wife (what if he was just building himself a faster escape route?)
Now, this one isn't so sweet. Basically this man is suffering from a common mental illness only found in males called 'I can't believe she did this to me' syndrome. The cause is when a woman whom a man has spent considerable time, emotion and even money on, just decides to end the relationship or cheats on the man. Nobody really knows what causes the woman to do such things but some researchers believe they most likely suffer stupidity, selfishness and a cold heart. Unfortunately, symptoms will be with the man for life but there are cures to make life livable again. Such as getting rid of any physical evidence that reminds him of the woman. That's what this guy did. I wonder though, if he's selling everything he owns, isn't he selling his life before her too?! That seems kind of dumb if you ask me. Yeah, ok, this guy is just an idiot and she should have left him. ("that's right baby, you're with me now and I'd never sell everything I own to get you out of my life. See, i told you I'm romantic!") Read his story and check out the auction>
On a side note, I've been asked the question 'so, why are you single?' quite a bit and I honestly don't know. I have met and went out with a lot of girls in the last couple of years (like a pimp!) but have only met a couple that I sincerely wanted to be with. Even recently I met someone I really wanted to know and be with..she's awesome, smart, funny, caring, interesting, etc...we had a great time and really connected and were both looking forward to seeing each other more...I wasn't planning of building 6k stairs but would have done some other good stuff with/for her. We only hung out once though and she won't talk to me now!? I know you're probably thinking,"wtf?!" I don't know, maybe you should ask her! haha.. Or, if you know someone whom I might like, let me know. I'll warn you though, I'm picky..they must have all their limbs! (being awake, able to speak and walk would be nice too!) hehe...I kid, I kid..
Yes, that's right, a disappointment. C'mon Apple! There was soooo much hype and then you introduce a phone that is what the first version should have been. Great, now you finally have a phone that compares to Blackberry or Treo. But it still lacks basic features that even the cheapest phones have (like a headphpne jack that's flush with the body!!?) and then they made a big deal about the 2.0 firmware release features that should have been there to begin with! (such as 'delete all' for mail...big deal!) Ok, it DOES do a lot of things that no other phone does but it should do all the things that other phones do do. (HAHA..get it. Sorry, I had to for shits & giggles. Ok, I'm stopping now because I think I just pooped! No shit!)
From a design perspective, I have to question Apple's choice in material- plastic. This strikes a nerve with me for a couple of reasons. For one, it's not recycled plastic and chances are, it never will be recycled. There's also a durbility issue with plastic since it can crack and scrathes easily. (it's that super-glossy kind) Wasn't that a big issue with old iPods? If they stuck with aluminum, they could not only use a higher percentage of post-consumer waste but it could also help to keep the product out of the landfill. Not to mention the fact that it is much more durable and scratch resistant. OK, so I got three points. The third is the fact that Apple is voiding their own promise to be environmentally responsible and conscious. Which, by the way, they are not very responsible with their packaging for the iPhone either. I think consumers will be just as happy if their new iPhone came packaged in a 100% post-consumer recycled cardboard box printed with soy inks and no plastic bags. Apple does claim to be very environmentally aware and responsible about it's products but I'm not totally convinced since it is also very trendy to put this kind of stuff on your website nowadays. However, I think Apple's choice to only redsign the back and not the top was a good one to make. But what about all the things it does do or have...
The camera still sucks (except outdoors) and has no flash. Still no MMS. Still no cut and paste. Still no date on the main screen. Still no SMS features such as letting you know how many characters or how many you've used, canceling send, etc.. Still no sorting features for the iPod Still no manually moving the cursor (w/ keypad) Still no viewing quicktime or mpg vids on sites Still no flash browsing Still no full-screen browsing Still no control over the drive for downloading, importing or exporting files (such as email attachments Still only on ATT Service fees are higher than 2G version by about $15/mo. Cannot activate from home anymore (very strange since it will be available online.)
After I get 2.0 for my 2G iPhone I'm sure there will be A LOT more issues. This is just a small list from what the current version (1.1.4) doesn't have. It is only $199 though..hopefully they will offer a refund on recent purchases of the 2G model. I was also surprised that they didn't introduce a new MacBook Pro which they were expect to do. Not that I would be able to afford one, but it would make the price of the current ones a lot less and hopefully attainable for me!
So, I'll admit that I somehow find time to do thing that may not make sense (such as browsing the world for content) but some people just seem to dedicate their lives to doing everything but work. I guess that's the advantage to never moving out of your parent's house...you get to do cool (uhhh, I mean, nerdy) things all day long. This is the first entry for a section all about things that are done by people with seemingly 'too much time' on their hands.
