NYC Trash Art

Ever wonder about what you can do with all those plastic shopping bags that you get, besides throwing them away or recycling them? Well you can make art of of them of course.

NYC Trash Art

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Best Buy Dancer

OK so here's something that will definitely put a smile on your face. This is a video of some guy that got caught dancing on a security camera in Best Buy. This guy can really dance, check out the moves busts at around the 55 second mark.

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Faces of the Dead Remembered

This post is a bit on the depressing side but when I came across this person's Flickr profile(Verbatim2006) and saw what he was doing, I knew then and there that I needed to blog about it. Since March of 2007 he has been posting a photo of every American soldier who has died in Iraq. Yes we hear about the death toll on the news every night, but they report it like it's a statistic, the majority of the time they don't even list the names or a photo of who has died. Seeing these photos of the faces of the soldiers who have died over in Iraq is a very sobering thing, maybe these photos should be emailed to all our politicians. With that said, I really urge you to go check out Verbatim2006's Flickr page.

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Warm LeatheretteTrent Reznor, Jeordie White, Peter Murphy, Atticus Ross

I was never a fan of Bauhaus but I am a big fan of Nine Inch Nails. So when I came across this video on YouTube of Peter Murphy(lead singer of Bauhaus and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame doing a cover version of Warm Leatherette, I knew I just had to post it. Bauhaus opened up for NIN on some tour dates earlier this year and I guess this video stems from some pre-show Radio show of some sort that they did together and recorded a bunch of songs. I couldn't imagine what it would of been like sitting in that tiny little room listening to this. The recordings/video also feature Jeordie White(aka Twiggy Ramirez) and Atticus Ross.

If you search on YouTube, you can find other videos of songs that they did during that recording session.

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The Noisettes

This indie rock band from London, The Noisettes often get compared to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, mostly because it's two guys with an outrageously talented women for a singer. Yet if The Noisettes had been around before the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it would be the latter being compared to the former. Their sound has often been described as punk rock soul and I would have to agree after having listened to front woman Shingai Shoniwa sing with her distinctive soulful punk rock swagger. Shingai who also plays the bass is backed by guitarist Dan Smith and drummer Jamie Morrison. The Noisettes are widely popular in their hometown London and hopefully they'll hit it big here in the States. So with out blabbering on anymore with my lame ass reviewing writing style, why don't you give them a listen.

Here's a live acoustic version of their song IWE.


The Noisettes: Scratch my Name and Bridge to Canada
The Noisettes MySpace
The Noisettes official site
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Revamping my Blog

Sticky Post, scroll for new posts
Ok first off this is a sticky post, so it will be stuck at the top of my blog for a little while. To see new blog posts just scroll down past this post. Ok so now that that is out of the way, let me get to what this sticky post is all about. Recently I've been thinking of revamping this blog and giving it a bit of a face lift not only cosmetically but also in regards to content. So with that said I'm asking you the viewers(all 2 or 3 of you) your opinions. What do you like and dislike about my blog, about the way it looks and the content I provide. What would you keep? What would you get rid of? What would you like to see more of and what would you like to see less of? What would you do to make this blog the best blog it can be?

I look forward to your constructive criticisms.

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Zombie Grinder 60000

What do you get when you combine Zombie's, Grind Metal and video games? Well you get Zombie Grinder 6000, that's what you get! This zombie game is a bloody shot em up with a metal grind core soundtrack. I highly reccomend when you play this game to turn up the volume! If you at work you might not want to play this, that is unless you have a pair of headphones. Go check it out know and kill some zombies!

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Davey's Dance Blog

Ok so here's the deal on this guy. He has an ipod and a Canon PowerShot. He than choose some location and picks a pop song and just starts busting a move. Did I just say bust a move? Anyway, yes there is this guy that also does the same thing, but Davey has far superior dance moves and the music he chooses is a step above too.

Davey Dance Blog -27- CONEY ISLAND - Beastie Boys - from Pheasant Plucker and Vimeo.

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Anoush Abrar & Aimee Hoving

Anoush Abrar & Aimee Hoving are a photography team who joined forces to start taking pictures together sometime after finishing art school in 2004. Their work can be seen in various museums, galleries and fashion magazines. I never really understood photography teams. A photographer is generally a control freak and to have to give up part that control and give it to another photographer must be a scary yet freeing thing to a photographer. I certainly don't think I could do it. They make it work though and come up with some interesting photographs. Although they do do commissioned fashion photographs, which are good in there own right. I would however recommend checking out their personal work. There are some pretty interesting themes going on in their personal work from the status of women as symbols to the influence of MTV on the young.

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I Do Nothing All Day

Ok, I was bored a minute ago and I decided to go over to Google and type in I Do Nothing All Day and see what came up. This site was the number one result and guess what the name of the site is actually called www.idonothingallday.com. I could go on and try to explain this site but it's probably best if you just go over and see it for your self, just make sure your co-workers/boss/girl friend isn't in viewing vicinity of the monitor.

Here is an interview with the creator of this website.

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New Photography Rules for NYC?

If your involved in photography you might want to check this out:

The NYC Mayor's Office of Film , Theater and Broadcasting are considering some new rules in regards to photography and filming in the city. As it is and has been for some time you do already need a permit for any photography and film shoots, in which a tripod/camera stands, lighting and rigging equipment will be used. What the Mayor's Office of Film , Theater and Broadcasting are trying to do is to formalize the existing policies in order to cope with large increase and often chaotic aspect of filming/photographic work taking place in NYC. The problem that alot of people are having in regards to these new rules however is with the vagueness of the way the rules are written.

The new rules that are being consider however are stating that any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour need to get a city permit and insurance. The same requirements would apply to any group of five or more people who plan to use a tripod in a public location for more than 10 minutes, which includes the time it takes to set up the equipment. These new rules could in effect with the way they are currently worded, depending on whether a police officer or not wanted to enforce it, pertain to tourists, amateur photographers or some people just filming the next YouTube hit. So when a family of 4, visiting NYC for the first time stop in Times Square or Rockefeller Center to snap a few pictures could be in violation of the new rules.

You can read more about it here in a NY Times article and also on the NYCLU's web site.

There is also a petition you can sign if your against these new rules.

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Get Featured on Fechr!

So there is this new website called Fechr. No it's not pronounced fech-her but it's pronounced as feature, as in today we are featuring this blog. Ok enough with how to pronounce it. Fechr is essentially a website that will feature a website for a total of 24 hrs, thus bringing you more traffic. So far they are saying that they are getting 100+ visitors a day! Who wouldn't want an extra 100 visitors a day to their site. For now they are keeping their site free but as they start to get more visitors they do plan on charging for their services. So if you want to Get Featured go to Fechr!



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Give me Liberty or Give me Safety.

Ok before some history buff puts his 2 cents in, let me say that this quote is often attributed to Mr. Franklin although it hasn't been confirmed that he is in fact the one who came up with it. With that said and regardless of who said it why don't you waste some time this weekend and mull this quote over in your head. Just how much of your personal freedoms are you willing to give up in order to give yourself and the country a sense of safety?


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Alec Soth - Blog

If you've heard of Alec Soth(ryhmes with both) at all it probably has to do with the fact that your interested in photography. Alec seemed to burst onto the photography scene with the publication of his book Sleeping by the Mississippi and has since gone on to publish a couple more photography books. The other day I went to go check out his website and while there I noticed that he also had a blog. Well once at his blog and after reading a few posts I was hooked. His blog is a great mix of, well as he puts it photographica, miscellanea, etcetera. If your interested in photography, film, art and philosophy then I highly recommend checking out his blog. If your not interested in any of that stuff well maybe you should check out his blog any way, you never know you just might like it.

Alec Soth - Blog

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Henry Rollins Interviews Serj Tankian and Tom Morello Pt.2

Here's Part 2 of the Henry Rollins interview of Serj Tankian and Tom Morello. To see Part 1 of the interview just scroll down.

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Henry Rollins Interviews Serj Tankian and Tom Morello Pt.1

Here's a great interview of Serj Tankian(System of the Down) and Tom Morello(Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave) done by Henry Rollins(Black Flag/Rollins Band). Well actually the parts were Serj and Tom talk are great, but Henry Rollins is a horrible interviewer. He should really stick to what ever else he does, be it spoken word poetry or lifting weights. The only good thing about him is he has the pull to be able to get some really cool people to interview. Anyway, Serj and Tom talk about their Axis of Justice project and also about political activism in general.

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Jimi Hendrik vs Jay-Z

With an ever expanding pantheon of mashups turning up on the internet there will no doubt be some pretty bad ones and some really good ones. I'd like to thank You Ain't No Picasso for finding this mashup featuring guitar god Jimmy Hendrix and Jay-Z.

MP3: Jimi Hendrix vs Jay-Z - Voodoo Problems

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have a new EP out entitled Is Is. The songs on it aren't exactly new, they're songs that they've been playing live since 2004. The versions of the songs on the EP are however reworked studio versions so they don't exactly sound like the ones they've been playing live. You can check out a couple of the new songs on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs MySpace page. They are also going on a mini tour in the US, unfortunately I won't be able to go check them out because the ticket prices are a bit steep for me, which sucks because they are playing right near me.I would of loved to have heard the new songs live because from what I've heard so far of the EP they are pretty awesome.

Here's a video of one of the new songs, entitled Down Boy.




Yeah Yeah Yeahs official site


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Transformers(2007, Michael Bay)

So yesterday I got my geek on and went and saw Transformers the movie. I had grown up watching the Transformers cartoons, in the morning getting ready for school and I was excited to see a live action version of them. This movie was directed by Michael Bay, now I will be the first to admit I'm not a big fan of his movies, but he did an awesome job with this one. It was funny, action packed and the special effects were just out of this world. The ending battle/fight scenes between the Autobots and Decepticons was just spectacular.

The movie also featured some fresh new break out stars. I'm sure the reason they went with little known stars was because most of the money went into the actual Transformers characters. There was Shia LeBeouf, who is primed to be a big star especially after his break out role in Disturbia and now with the hit Transformers. I would also highly recommend watching him in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, you can see a review I did on that movie a while back ,here. There is also the required eye candy for all action movies and this was provided by Megan Fox. New comer, Rachael Taylor was also in the movie too and I had wished they used her more in the movie, she had a nice combination of intelligence, beauty and she can act too. Some great comedic relief was provided by Anthony Anderson. The movie also starred Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight and John Turturro.

So if you want to go see an action packed fun filled summer movie, my advice would be to go see Transformers. This really isn't a movie that you wait to see when it comes out on DVD, it's one that you should really see on a big movie screen with surround sound.

Transformers @ imdb
Official Transformers movie site

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The Cadaver Calculator

Have you ever wondered how much your worth, well actually how much your body is worth. Well just check out this Cadaver Calculator to see how much your loved ones can sell your body for when you bite the big one(die that is).

$3865.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth.

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