Editor & Publisher:
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (CLRCR) issued a statement today criticizing newspapers for dropping cartoons that might offend Muslims while running cartoons that might offend Catholics.
CLRCR was reacting to the news that at least 25 of the 200 or so “Opus” clients planned not to publish the Aug. 26 and [...]
Oh, sorry – he was a republican, so the headline is actually GOP Senator Larry Craig Arrested For “Lewd Conduct” In Men’s Room:
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by [...]
Does man’s creativity know no bounds?
At the Lusaka sewage ponds, two teenage boys plunge their hands into the dark brown sludge, gathering up fistfuls and stuffing it into small plastic bottles. They tap the bottles on the ground, taking care to leave enough room for methane to form at the top. A sour smell rises [...]
Available for pre-order at amazon. I think my photo choice was a bit better.
(I wonder if it’ll sell under this title in Singapore?)
Via Chuck, Alex Tabarrok’s So You Think You Can Be President? game show proposal:
Our system for choosing presidents doesn’t work very well. Voters are woefully uninformed on the most basic of issues and many end up voting on whim. I don’t think restricting the franchise is a good solution, however. A better [...]
Since the wild excesses of crazy front-man Hussein broke up the band in ‘03, his two bandmates have been reduced to touring as “Kim Jong Ilvis and his Flock of Seagulls”… Word is VH1 is already planning a “Where are they now?” episode.
Seriously, what wonderfully ridiculous goofs! The West seems unstoppable.
(subject line ht)
A story so complicated you need a map to follow it [spoilers].
I like this comic, but got quite lost a while ago. When all 100 have been published, I’ll sit down and read the whole thing through, and see if I can make sense of it. If I have trouble, maybe I’ll follow Peace’s lead [...]
…and while you wouldn’t want to live there, you might want to check it out via the excellent “Shorpy – the 100 year old photoblog“.
Twenty years late, but welcome nonetheless:
Today that same market is telling rappers to please shut up. While music-industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to 10%. Artists who were [...]
This is almost as ridiculous as it is evil:
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by [...]
Jeff Lester’s written a great review of The Bourne Ultimatum.
*unless you’re already writing for a living, of course.
Die Speech Bubble Logo, Die.:
It’s frothy out there in web round 2, assuming we’re in round 2, and all those bubbles really add to the effect. Each day, I see more than one new speech bubble logo. Am I the only one who thinks this has passed the point of group think, and entered the [...]
Man, that’s some beautiful type!
My typography prof worked for a company (boutique might be a better word) that did very cool limited edition books on letterpress. I disagree with Kristensen – I don’t think this sort of thing is going away, no matter how good digital delivery of large amounts of text gets.
(TJIC, we should [...]
YouTube user xavierXreivax creates cool music videos from spooky tunes I happen to like, and well-chosen visual materials:
This is part 2-It looks at various types of world propaganda throughout the 20th century moving beyond the historical context to examine the malleability of the word “free”. Original Music Video With Tim Hecker.
Coincidentally, I just stumbled on [...]
FM3, makers of the Buddha Machine, live in Berlin.
I found a bunch of Buddha Boxing (
Q: What is Buddha Boxing?
A: Buddha Boxing is the live set we are touring in 2006. It’s essentially a “sound game” played with Buddha Machines. No PA, No mixer, No stage, No lighting. A simple, go anywhere performance concept.
Q: How [...]