PIX I'M DIGGIN

Please don't pet the Polar Bears.

PABLO PICASSO PAINTS WITH LIGHT

LIFE photographer Gjon Mili paid Picasso a visit in 1949 where he photographed Pablo painting with light.

JONSI of SIGUR ROS 'GO QUIET'

jonsi of Sigur Ros releases his newest venture 'go' on april 6th...jonsi co-produced the album & partners up with alex somers and peter katis (the national, interpol).

"the concept behind ‘go quiet’ was simple: it’s new year’s day in reykjavík, and jónsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his party. he avoids cleaning up and instead procrastinates by playing songs that reflect the night before, the bittersweetness of new year, and the melancholy of a year gone by" – director dean deblois.

jónsi - "go quiet" from Jónsi on Vimeo.

ALEX PARDEE X HAITI: THE LOST ART OF INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Upper Playground delivers: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS The Lost Art of the Film.

BENEFIT ART PROGRAM TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE

SA Studios Global's Film Marketing Division has teamed up with Quentin Tarantino, Upper Playground and The Weinstein Company to present, THE LOST ART OF INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.

February 18th, 2010 from 6p - 9p the world will get to preview and purchase the “Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds” at The Upper Playground Art Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. All proceeds from this program will be donated to The American Red Cross to help the victims of the Haiti Earthquake.

This creative team has assembled the following select group of accomplished artists, David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan Oriol, Grotesk, Jeremy Fish, Patrick Martinez, Alex Pardee, Dora Drimalas, Munk One, N8 Van Dyke, Rene Alamanza, Morning Breath and Skinner Davis, to create their own poster art based off their interpretation of the Oscar Nominated film, “Inglourious Basterds” artwork.

Each print will be numbered and signed by Quentin Tarantino. Only six (6) of each amount will be made

The gallery will open will be open to the general public from 6p – 9p on Thursday February 18th, 2010 at Upper Playground Los Angeles located at 125 East 6th Street in Downtown LA. Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the limited edition prints for $300. The prints are only available for purchase at Upper Playground, Los Angeles. Phone orders and web orders will not be accepted. Prints will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. The purchase of prints will be limited to one per buyer.

CODY HUDSON aka STRUGGLE INC X VIRGIN MOBILE ADVERT

...an oldie but goodie from Struggle Inc aka Cody Hudson.
Struggle Inc's 2006 Virgin Mobile poster design...nice!

EASILY, SHE WAS 300-325 POUNDS

Easily, she was 3-325 pounds and towered at barely 5-foot 2. Clearly, she rocked her 'Apple Bottom' jeans. She was loud and everyone in the store needed to know her business...her and her hands-free cell phone. Her weave needed reweaving, I could see a thatch of hair had become un-thatched. She was in line, in front of me at the Target store.

Like anyone who's ever gone shopping, I surfed her shopping cart. Nothing out of the ordinary, 16-cans of Pedigree Dog Food and a 10ML bottle of KY Intense. What?! Naturally I took a 'double take', re-swallowed my lunch from this afternoon. The picture splattered all over the interior of my skull of her applying the 'Arousal Gel' was far worse than walking in on my parents 'doing the dirty'..."massage 2-4 pumps to the clitoris during foreplay. Reapply as desired", according to KYs website....WTF.

ALEXANDER McQUEEN DEAD AT 40

The entire fashion world was sent reeling, to say the least, when they heard the news of Alexander McQueen's possible suicide on Feb 11th. Just one week after the death of his mum Joyce, to whom he was extremely close. Alexander had also posted numerous concerning Tweets to Twitter concerning his sadness since Joyce's recent passing. R.I.P Alexander.

EBAYer SELLS NINTENDO GAME FOR $13,105

Last week, eBay user lace_thongs35 put up for auction an 80s-era Nintendo Entertainment System & 5-games cartridges. Within an hour after the first bid, the price was over $6,000. By end of auction Wednesday, the final selling price...$13, 105. YES, 13-THOUSAND BUCKs!

I bet you're wondering why the hell this eBay auction hit 6-digits, right? Well, I can tell you that it wasn't for the NES console...that was run-of-the-mill NES product. Lace_Thongs35's auction had a mega-rare game cartridge called Stadium Events and game-geeks sport the perpetual-boner for this game. But the the game alone wasn't the biggest ticket, it was the cardboard box which sports a price tag of $10,000 all on its own. It's believed that fewer than 10-complete copies exist (cartridge & box).

Now, I ask you "Did you have this game when you were a kid?" "Did your mom Garage Sale it for 25¢ when she cleaned out your room that year you moved away to college?"

RICKY POWELL X INTERVIEWS NYC GRAF LEGEND 'TEAM'

Ricky Powell spends some time with his homie from back in the day...NYC graf legend, TEAM.

MTV DROPS THE MUSIC...WHATs NEW?

Is anyone out there even remotely surprised that MTV has finally got off of their big-fat corporate asses and decided to drop their infamous tagline Music Television? So it seems that the big cheeses over at MTV have finally come to the realization that since they don't really feature a whole lot of music on their television channels, they might as well update their logo. The new logo is short & squat and no longer has that 30-year old tagline Music Television beneath it. Whoppie. Get more info here.

MASSIVE ATTACK 'SPLITTING THE ATOM'

Edouard Salier directs Massive Attack's 'Splitting the Atom'...a dark & melancholic trip that half-times it through geometric/ monochromatic landscapes for a whoppin' 5:20. Horace Andy also lends his vocals on this brooding track.

Massive Attack-Splitting the Atom-directed by Edouard Salier from edouard salier on Vimeo.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER CINCINNATI X SHEPARD FAIREY

Supply and Demand: 20 Year Retrospective
Feb 20-Aug 22

Opening Reception: Feb 19th
Artist Talk with Shepard Fairey, 7pm-8pm
Opening Reception Party, 8pm – 11pm featuring a DJ Set by Shepard Fairey

If you missed the 20 Retrospective at the Boston ICA or at the Warhol Museum, you can catch the exhibition at its third installment at the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati. Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand is organized by The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and features over 20 years of the artist's work, including illustrations, screen prints, collages, works of wood, metal, and canvas.

To commemorate the opening the CAC will be releasing an exclusive screen print edition.
An edition is 450, Signed & Numbered...only available at the CAC.

CURATED by ARKITIP X EVAN HECOX NEW YORK

Curated by Arkitip has just dropped 3-limited edition iPhone Slider cases , PowerBook & MacBook Pro laptop sleeves by Evan Hecox. This time-around, Evan collabs with Arkitip to bring New York, London & Tokyo.

Features:
Complete notebook protection
Durable form-fitting faux leather construction
3 mm cushioned interior
Original Evan Hecox artistry
Poly-satin quilted interior lining
3mm cushioned interior
Heavy-duty Evan Hecox branded YKK zipper pulls
15 In. | Custom Fit for MacBook Pro
14.1 x 9.6 x 1 In. (35.8 x 24.4 x 2.5 cm)
Compatible with PowerBook 15 In. & iBook 14 In.

JACK PAROW 'COOLER AS EKKE'

Porno mustache wearing Jack Parow is another crazy Africaan rapper. Do yourself a favor...check out 'Doos Drunk' by Parow & Die Antwoord. FOOK!

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT 'THE RADIANT CHILD'

'The Radiant Child' is a, indie documentary film about the infamous Jean-Michel Basquiat. The footage was shot in '86, just 2 years before Jean-Michel's passing. The lost reels of film were packed away in storage & forgotten for 20-years, until just recently, when Director Tamra Davis launched her film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Although this film doesn't have a release date yet, Netflix does have it in their database...show put this in your queue.

MARK WEAVER X SCREEN PRINTS

"These fantastic images are by the brilliant Mark Weaver. Mark is a Graphic designer/illustrator with a great talent. His work takes inspiration from architecture and popular culture and has a vintage feel with its collage style layout. Mark also offers beautiful screen prints of his work which are available to buy at very reasonable prices on his website."

*Found this on Pigeon Vintage from the UK...an amazing design oriented Blog.

OBEY GIANT X RELIEF FOR HAITI

This print was made for www.artistsforpeaceandjustice.com. This is a collaboration with Studio Number One’s Cleon Peterson, Casey Ryder and Shepard Fairey aka OBEY. Photography by Tao Ruspoli. All proceeds of the sale of this print go to Haiti.

-18 x 24" Screen Print
-Signed & Numbered
-Edition of 450
-$50

STRAP-ON TELEPHOTO LENS FOR YOUR iPHONE

Urban Outfitters is offering a 'strap-on' telephoto lens for your iPhone. Hmmm. I might just have to get me one, if not for the novelty of it all...and hell, this gadget might just actually work. Available through their website only.

"Cell phones are great for snapping pictures and getting them out to the world quickly and easily. The problem is that unless you’re three feet away from you’re subject, you can’t make out any details...Coated optical lens for magnifying objects up to 8 times; clear focus; adjustable clamp for fitting most phones.

DIE ANTWOORD x SOUTH AFRICAN RAP-RAVERS

Rap-Ravers 'Die Antwoord' hail from Cape Town, South Africa. These mutts grossly arouse me. There are so many things wrong with this crew...OR ARE THERE?! At 1st, I really, really wanted to hate them, but within 2-seconds they've got me hooked. And hooked bad...like a fucking crack whore! I want more! Check 'em out. PS: I'm crushin' hard on Yo-Landi Vi$$er, big time...

'Zef Side'



'Enter The Ninja'

MY HOMIE PABLO X NOV09 SARTORIALIST

I miss my good friend Pablo M., currently of NYC...needless to say I tripped-out when I saw his lovely mug in Nov09's Sartorialist!

iPAD & KINDLE DX VINTAGE BOOK COVERS

Step on over to ETSY and checkout Tide and Rain's store...they're reclaiming vintage hardbound books and re-purposing them for iPad & Kindle DX covers. These babies will only set you back 18-bucks.

27 aka TWENTY SEVEN X CAUGHT ON A FREIGHT TRAIN

In 2006 or 2007 I took a picture of piece by Twenty Seven in NYCs Lower east Side (see 3rd image). Today, while taking some video of a freight train zipping through Chicago's South-Side, I catch a couple of images of tags by none other than Twenty Seven himself. He's the absolute last person that I'd have expected to see scrawled on the side of a petroleum tanker. Thank you, Jesus!

HOT F*CKIN' MOMMA!

Man, you know this old cougar bought this set-up at some swank ski resort back in the 70s...moon-boots and all!

HEBRU BRAND X CHICAGO GRAFFITI

HEBRU BRAND graffiti in Chicago.



*Music Track: Tricky 'Makes Me Wanna Die-Weekend Mix'

VIKING X WHEATPASTE CHICAGO

VIKING wheatpaste in Chicago.

GOONS X WHEATPASTE

GOONS. Wheatpaste graffiti in Chicago