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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
All this seems so long ago now, doesn't it? When we think back to where we were as fans a year ago coming off a lost season, it really seems all the more amazing that this team just won the NBA title. Really, we'd love to say we saw this coming all along. Unfortunately for us our thoughts on the subject are on the record. Maybe it was residual angst from our days rooting for the pre-2004 Red Sox, but we didn't think this would actually happen - we probably didn't even think it could happen - until somewhere in the middle of the Detroit series. When they traded for Ray Allen, we were underwhelmed. When they traded for Garnett, we were happy, yet still skeptical. As they rolled through the regular season, we were pleased, but stayed guarded. Our confidence reached its peak towards the end of the season as they wrapped up the number one seed, but that was quickly reversed by the Hawks and Cavaliers taking them to the limit, shaking our faith in the team to its very foundation. Chalk it up to whatever you wish - we're certainly not even going to try to understand it - but somewhere in there, this team just started playing amazingly good basketball. Each night it was someone else stepping up and having the big game. Tonight, it was Rajon Rondo, who was out-offensive-rebounding the entire Lakers team by himself. And if it isn't clear, the Big Three now have cemented their Hall of Fame status. People were getting on all three of them at various points throughout the playoffs, but now in retrospect, it really doesn't matter. This was a total team effort. And yes, that includes the much-maligned Doc Rivers.
The Big Three is getting old in basketball years, and many of the key role players are also on the wrong side of thirty. These Celtics, realistically, didn't have much of a window beyond this year. But they took advantage of it. Maybe it won't be another dynasty, but for the fans who remember pining for Greg Oden, the ineptitude of Mark Blount, the disastous Vin Baker deal, Rick Pitino's famous tirade, M. L. Carr as coach, times when the best Celtic on the court was either Dino Radja or Dana Barros, and the deaths of Reggie Lewis and Len Bias, this one should still be particularly sweet. UPDATE: Here's video of Kevin Garnett's emotional, giddy interview with Michelle Tafoya:
Monday, May 19, 2008
This is an AP photo.
There's not much more that needs to be said at this point: Paul Pierce had the game of his life at the best possible time, helping the Celtics withstand an amazing effort by LeBron James. You can read more about it here, here, here, and (at some point today, presumably) here and here.
- Ryan Stewart
Monday, May 05, 2008
Street art is fascinating enough on it’s own but, given it’s ephemeral nature, the act of photographing it is essential. And sometimes a photograph of street art, when it’s from an interesting angle or incorporates experiments with color, light, and/or contrast, is a piece of art in itself. Annie Ridlon, of Moontree Studios in Jamaica Plain, writes on her Flickr page: "In my neighborhood there's a 300 foot wall tucked away behind the train tracks, which serves as the canvas for one of the most gorgeous, ever-changing street murals I've ever beheld. It's pretty much a secret, so there's not many people who even know of its existence. The wall is in a constant state of flux. Every day new pieces are added, old paint crumbles or is intentionally destroyed, layers of tags and signs and full-blown pieces are layered on top of one another. It's an incredible riot of color and texture. It's also a testament to the creative subculture which created it, and to the ever evolving nature of art itself." Photographing the mural has become a project for Ridlon, as it has for many members of Flickr’s street art groups, who scour the streets on an unending treasure hunt for the perfect (or imperfect, which can be just as alluring) stencil or freshly wheatpasted poster. Below, a smattering of Ridlon’s photos, which she’s selling prints of on the website/crafters heaven, Etsy.     Photos by oxymephorous.We're also digging this conceptually similar, up-close photo of the Wall in Central Square, snapped by eatskisleep.  And speaking of crafting, knitgirl is injecting originality into Vancouver’s street art scene, one brightly woven cozy at a time. If Banksy spent a few afternoons hanging out with your grandmother, this might be the result, and we totally adore the concept. knitgirl’s works seem to be everywhere - poles, trees, bikes - and it’s making us want to steal the idea, pick up some knitting sticks, and spread the trend to Boston. There’s just something so friendly - not to mention more accessible - about it. Not all street art is so easily likeable - sometimes glaring tags can be offputting. knitgirl's work is like a friendly reminder that street art can be created in any medium, and in any place. After all, who hates mittens? Photos below.  Photo by Yorri¢k. Photo by REDRUM (AYS). Photo by Knightmusik. [Ed. note - We totally want one of these for our bike.]More knitgirl photos here. --Caitlin E. Curran
Monday, April 07, 2008
With The Wire's fifth and final season in the can -- we'd talk more about it, except that a couple of our slacking staffers are still plowing through seasons one through four -- creator/mastermind David Simon stopped by Harvard to accept we're-not-worthy genuflections from a few serious social-science superstars. Leading off was William Julius Wilson, whose landmark When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor was namechecked by Simon as a strong influence on the dockworkers' plot in Season Two. WJW, in his introduction (which you can stream below): "Indeed, I do not hesitate to say that [The Wire] has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality than any other media event or scholarly publication including studies by social scientists."
Simon was his typically combative self -- if not the angriest man in television then, well, still angry. His remarks on what led him from a beat on the Baltimore Sun to writing The Wire is as lacerating a critique of journalism as you'll hear -- it's a potent argument that should sit side-by-side all the reams of html being expended on how the internet is killing newspapers. When one budding j-school student asked whether Simon had overstated the case against journalism by making one of Season Five's villains a newsroom fabricator, Simon responded by referencing "those two fellows at the Globe," by which we can only assume he meant Mike Barnicle and Patricia Smith. He also declined to answer the spoilerific best question of the evening -- "How come Omar had to get whacked by that little hopper?" -- a question which we'll attempt to answer ourselves in a post later this week.
Of course, it wouldn't be a Wire-at-Harvard event if there wasn't some dweeby white kid attempting to pick a message-board-grade argument with the series creator by suggesting that Simon should've picked a Baltimore club track for the Wire's opening theme. (We didn't get a chance to scream, "Dude, Season 4 Episode 8!") We'll post that clip later this week, after we finish shuddering with embarassment for everyone involved. Suffice to say that Simon had a very plausible answer for a totally absurd question, and that DJ Technics will survive this latest indignity.
We'll be posting the FULL AUDIO of the conference on Thursday; check back for the mpfree.
David Simon at Harvard: Introduction by William Julius Wilson
David Simon at Harvard: on the death of journalism
COMING SOON: later this week, we'll be posting highlights from the panel discussion, where Simon traded bons mots with WJW, a Boston Police Deputy Superintendant (Simon made a show of checking her stripes after she declared The Wire authentic, noting that he'd never gotten that kind of straight talk from anybody over the rank of sergeant), Bronx-reared author Geoffrey Canada (Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America), and the swashbuckling sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, who went undercover with street gangs to write an insider's look at thug politics and also posted on the Times' Freakonomics blog about watching The Wire with actual street criminals.
Friday, March 21, 2008
We know it's over. That hasn't kept it from our heads though. This afternoon, The Wire inspired haikus in us. By Ryan Stewart and Ellee Dean and Nina MacLaughlin.
The docks are empty
Loyalty won’t save us now
Handshake, shotgun, gone
(nm)
Stringer Bell, Avon
Two kings reign the streets supreme
Brothers, betrayal
(nm)
Ziggy plays the fool
A duck, and money burning
He’s got feelings too
(nm)
Take another swig
McNulty. Bury your truth:
B’more, your heart, burns.
(nm)
Thomas Carcetti
Promising the moon and stars
What price ambition?
(rs)
They call him Omar
His targets flee with great haste
The cheese stands alone
(rs)
Punch me with your eyes.
Troubled past, now clean, Cutty
I’ll call you Dennis.
(nm)
Streetsong won’t lull you
Mopes, dope, cops corrupt as well
Game where no one wins
(nm)
Way down in the hole
Under an old Dead blanket
Eyes red like Bubbles
(ed)
Down to the fire
Blood on backseats, not lovers
Corners for quick graves
(ed)
Yes, I know, I should rename this whole street art series something like "Sporadic Street Art Updates," or "Sometimes daily street art." Let's just say I'm using the term loosely. This weekend I plan on visiting my favorite street art-related spot in town: the Wall in Central Square, so I can capture some photo updates of what's going there. As I've mentioned before, the whole project began last October, when a who's who of Boston and New York-based street artists threw their stuff all over the formerly boring brick outside of Central Kitchen (and on the roof, and other how-did-they-get-there? spots). Then, inevitably, shit fell down or was spray painted over with non-interesting "0's," etc. NOW there's more art over the old art, this layer over that layer over that layer, so it's spanned beyond just a street artist's roll call - it's a concentrated statement of what's happening in cities all over the world, everyday. Here's hoping it keeps going! I don't know a ton about today's handpicked local artist, noirboston, but I'm a fan of his gold and sometimes neon, Scooby Doo zombie character-like stencils currently lining the streets of Boston with other familiar characters, like Nineta and Goldenstash, like Boston's freaky, unofficial street art mascots, greeting en route to wherever you're going. As for the non-local, Roadsworth's stuff seems to be popping everywhere, from Amsterdam, to Montreal, to Quebec, to Berlin, if Flickr is to be trusted as a location source. Roadsworth's shtick is using road markings as a base for artwork, transforming crosswalks, manhole covers, and other common city staples into statements of inspired cleverness. This is a somewhat Banksy-ish tactic that I've written about before; and the artists who do this - use pre-existing environments a the catalyst for artistic ventures - are the some of the most interesting. It's a means of changing expectations for what you might see on a daily walk - who doesn't want to stumble across art right under their feet? In Boston: noirboston
Photos by noirboston.
Not in Boston: Roadsworth
Photo by nomsaleena.
Photo by greynotgrey.
Photo by hobbes313.
Photo by François @ Edito.qc.ca.
Sidenote: Any e-mail responses I've received in regards to daily street
art over the past few months have been wholly positive, however, one or
two commenters were not so happy about the fact that I use mainly
Flickr photos. Sorry dudes, I wish I could be everywhere to take my own
photos, but unfortunately I gotta be at the paper's offices at least
some of the time, and Flickr's got the best street art collection. I
always give photographers credit, but if you ever see your photo up
here and don't want it to be, shoot me an e-mail and I'll take it down
ASAP. Also, if you want to send a photo for me to use on the blog (with credit, of course), that'd be cool
too. -- Caitlin E. Curran
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
 Back when the Celtics were dominating the easier part of their schedule in November, the skeptics - somewhat justifiably - had trouble taking them seriously as a title contender. "Let's see how they do against the best of the west." Maybe last night doesn't shut everyone up completely, but sweeping the season series against the oh-so-hateable Spurs (and winning last night's game without Ray Allen) should at least show that their chances are legit. Sam Cassell is our new hero. Next up: tonight's game against the Houston Rockets, in the midst of (presently) the second-best winning streak in NBA history. Watch it tonight on TNT.
Friday, March 07, 2008
We're really digging the Parisian artist C215's mosaical, stenciled portraits, which are currently gracing bleak slabs of city concrete across the globe. Stenciling is the old stand-by for street art and graffiti artists, but when it's done with a certain amount of creative vision, not to mention precision, it can be one of the more impacting methods. C215's portraits are pieced together by lines and shapes that feel like years worth of cracks or erosion, and the result is strikingly intimate, in a similar way to Swoon, but with a slightly different style. He's got a whole gigantic slew of his artwork on his MySpace, but we'll give you a sense of what we're talking about, below. We also found some local stencils worth mentioning, by an unknown artist, and - drumroll, please - there's some new art going up on the Wall in Central Square, which we've gushed about before, and was starting to look a bit tattered due to peeling wheatpasted art, and some not-so visually (but inevitable) interesting defacement. Feast your eyes on the new stuff! Not in Boston (but everywhere else: New York, Rome, etc.): C215
Above images taken from C215's MySpace.
Photo by shoehorn99.
In Boston (Central Square): Stenciled tourists - who's watching whom?
Photo by sushiesque.
AND new art at the Wall:
March update photos byThe Wall mastermind hargo.
I haven't seen the finale yet, so I couldn't reveal any details from it even if I wanted to. But there will be discussion of the previous nine episodes of season five after the jump (as well as the series's whole run thus far) after the jump, so if you're waiting for any reason, you probably shouldn't click.
"Mangum's Opus: Neutral Milk Hotel's epic Aeroplane" by Carly Carioli
A decade ago, Carly Carioli interviewed Neutral Milk Hotel's frontman Jeff Mangum about the band's then-just-released, larger-than-life second album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. The piece captures the sorrow, spiritualism, and lyricism of the man and the album, and exactly predicts what everyone would be saying 10 years later. Revisit the piece here.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Yesterday's New York Times travel section had an interesting piece about graffiti and street art in Berlin. From the article: "Nearly everywhere you go, from the cafe-lined streets of Kreuzberg
to the leafy schoolyards in Grunewald, hastily drawn “tags” stream
across the sidewalk and crawl up the side of buildings, in an elaborate
zigzag of cartoonish graphics, puffy letters, photo-like wheat pastes
and bold stencils. Parts of the city look as splattered as a New York City subway car from the 1970s. And
it’s not just no-name graffiti writers who are contributing to the
visual assault. With no shortage of vacant buildings, weedy lots and
creative nomads, Berlin has become a blank canvas for graffiti artists
far and wide, turning the German capital into arguably the most
“bombed” — slang for graffiti-covered — city in Europe."
Catch the video interview with Berlin street artist Ali here, read the rest of the article here, or enjoy a collection of Berlin street art photos I've assembled below, via the Global Urban Art Pool.
Photos by K!WA. 
Warhol bananas, as mentioned in the NYT. Photos by nolifebeforecoffee. 
Photo by LoisInWonderland.
For this, the fifth and final season of HBO's worthy-of-all-the-breathless-praise-you're-tired-of-reading-about-by-now drama The Wire, HBO has been offering each episode to its On Demand customers a week before it airs. They're not doing this for this coming Sunday's episode, which will be the series finale. We'd guess this is probably to prevent people from watching and blurting out spoilers, but we'll let Sen. Clay Davis elaborate after the jump.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Daily street art posts have been minimal lately, due to my recent absence from the office/country, but I'm back and voilà! I've brought street art pics back pour vous.
From the fifth arrondissement of Paris, Hemingway's old stomping
grounds, I've got some shots of famed figures in stencils, by the
not-so-famed artist Jef Aerosol (he's getting there,
though). Meanwhile, Boston's street art scene was vivacious as usual,
and I've got a lot to catch up on, starting with Iansanity, whose
alien-like hot dog bun heads are popping up all over Allston.
In Boston (Allston): Iansanity
All photos by iansanity.
Not in Boston (Paris):
All photos by moi.
2/29/2008 3:47:49 PM by Caitlin | |
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Hug us.
Happy International Pokémon Day! Since I don’t live in the universe where I could actually break out a Thunder Stone and evolve my Pikachu, I’m going to have to celebrate virtually. Guess I’ll pick up a pair of red suspenders and play Pokémon Red all Misty-style. I’m pretty sure my Game-boy is somewhere, and if there were ever a day to be nostalgic about my childhood, this would be it. Tonight: dance party to the Pokérap.
Happy hunting, fellow trainers.
In the meantime, Pokémon release dates here.
_Maddy Myers
Saturday, February 23, 2008
It was born in New York City. But since then, the flash mob whatshamacallit has spread -- so that now these things are just about everywhere. Yes, it seems like with each passing week, another group of people randomly drop their pants while riding public transportation, or engage in a giant city-wide pillow fight or -- and this is my personal favorite -- freeze for a few minutes in some public place. Case in point: in this excellent video from a few days ago, a large group of Brits freeze in the middle of Trafalgar Square in London. If any of these things could be considered art, it’s this one. Have a look at the couple frozen mid-kiss and then the woman taking a picture with a phone, gasping at something in the distance with her hand over her mouth.
All of this, of course, is to lend some context to the event that occurred at Faneuil Hall just a few hours ago -- the Silent Dance Experiment, as it's being called. This event required a little more legwork from participants than other events I’ve witnessed/taken part in. In order to participate, you had to download a 15 minute or so mp3 put together by the good folks at Banditos Misteriosos (with some help from DJ JR -- Jonathan Rubinger), the group responsible for the event. The mp3, which you can download off the group’s website here if you'd like, came complete with instructions for the dancers and - surprise! - dance music. This, as far as I know, is a brand new concept when it comes to these sorts of things. Usually, folks taking part simply have all downloaded the same song prior to the event.
The plan was to show up, iPod in pocket, at Faneuil Hall before one (the official starting time) in front of the Sam Adams statue. I got there way early, sat down in a DD and began reading the James Parker-approved Enter Naomi (an excellent read thus far and trust me when I say that you don’t have to be a Black Flag fan to enjoy). Eventually, I ventured over and circled the Hall, eyeing all of the folks by the statue with headphones and the tourists looking on without any clue as to what was in store for them. A mother with her daughter walked over to me and asked if I knew what was going on. I shook my head. At the risk of sounding hopelessly lame, I like to think of every event as a sort of mission to throw off the public--err, civilians, I should say. These people who came to Boston to snap photos of themselves in front of the odd statue and the replica Cheers bar.
I’m not sure how it all got started, whether there was an individual who called out something, but it did. And once it did, it began very tentatively. There were plenty of people -- though far fewer than the event's Facebook page would have you think (I'm sure the weather played a role in that) -- but many looked hesitant to get into it. I don’t know if it was self-consciousness or nerves or the mp3 giving the dancers instructions to pace themselves. Eventually though, the dance party began to come to life. Taking orders from some unseen and unheard source, they engaged in all number of cheesy, bar mitzvah party-inspired moves. I recognized Ethan who is part of Banditos Misteriosos, dressed in a fake beard and ridiculous outfit. He once or twice held up what appeared to be a piece of cardboard for his fellow dancers to see. The entire thing commenced with a giant conga line. For a YouTube of it, click here.
Last night, in the midst of reading up on the event, I came across the Yelp page for the event and on it an interesting comment. Someone had mentioned that “It'd be nice if we did some stuff in Boston that wasn't simply an imitation of what another city has already done!”. In response, Ethan of the Misteriosos wrote to this Yelper that his group did indeed have more original ideas in the works. I, myself, am very excited to see what else they can do.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Maybe it's just my inner cynic creeping out, but Valentine's Day seems like a holiday created by greeting card companies to make everyone feel bad about themselves. Okay, that's my totally subjective (and pretty much completely false) take on it. According to Wiki, though, the first mass-produced Valentines hailed from Worcester, Mass., so apparently it's partly our (and by our, I mean the past and present residents of Massachusetts) fault: "The first mass-produced valentines of embossed paper lace were produced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland ( 1828- 1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts.... Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary.
In the second half of the twentieth century, the practice of
exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts in the United
States, usually from a man to a woman. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates. In the 1980s, the diamond industry began to promote Valentine's Day as an occasion for giving jewelry." Yes, we all know about those diamond commercials, they make me want to chuck something at my television. So, in honor of the big V, here's something better to rest your eyes on - Valentine's-themed street art! In Boston (Nineta mends her broken heart): 
Photo by l a i a.
In France (Paris):
Photo by Aaltra.
In Italy (Rome):
Photo by art crimes. In Spain: 
Photo by goandgo. In England (Bristol): 
Photo by iyers. Also in Spain (Barcelona): 
Another flick by goandgo. Somewhere in Europe (robot love): 
Photo by -Three-. AND, in New York City: 
Photo by RFullerRD.
Happy V-day.
2/14/2008 1:17:16 PM by Caitlin | |
Because nothing says "Happy Valentine's Day" like an old guy blowing stuff up:
Friday, February 08, 2008
In Boston (Cambridge): Stenciled-on musicians are brightening those bleak, concrete walls
Awesome pics by sushiesque, who also captured a heartbroken Loch Ness monster. We miss Elliott and Kurt too, Nessy. 
Not in Boston (???): Christine Autturio, my artsy, in-the-know co-worker, pointed out Skelewags, the crafty, Tim Burton-referencing street art currently decorating sewers and other unappealing city locations, by an artist called Chewy, on conceptart.org. Actually, decorate isn't even the right word, because Chewy incorporates his artwork into pre-existing structures, cracks, pipes, plants, etc. These things are not just canvases for the artwork, they're part of it. It's sort of Banksy-type thinking, that street art can be both inspired by and an improvement upon it's surroundings. Chewy's website is currently unfinished, and I wasn't able to pin down exactly what city these photos are from, via extensive Google researching, but my could-be-totally-wrong guess is somewhere in Portugal, based on this. If anyone knows for sure, help a sista out and shoot me an e-mail.      Photos by Nuno Caria.
2/8/2008 12:34:28 PM by Caitlin | |
Monday, February 04, 2008
Maybe not, but it could be a good distraction at least. From the inbox: 
2/4/2008 12:50:29 PM by Caitlin | |
Friday, January 25, 2008
In Boston (Allston): I wrote about Goldenstash, the famed Hanna Barbera–esque, comically seductive, unapologetically womanizing cartoon creation of a local street artist; back in September. To refresh your memory:
Now, the man behind the stache is having an art show at Herrell's, in Allston. The show opens tomorrow, with a fiesta from 7-9 pm, and the works will be on view for the next two weeks. Go check 'em out!
He's also got some sweet kicks on his Flickr page:
Where can we get some of these? Proletariat, perhaps? Hook us up!
Not in Boston (Detroit): Swoon is an awesomely awesome street artist based in Brooklyn (looks like she's got a web page, but it's not working at the moment), but her artwork seems to be everywhere - Detroit, Paris, etc. I enjoy it's pencil-sketched feel, and seemingly perfect rendering of human contemplation:
Photo by Leshae.
Photo by Erikthered.
Photos by _Kriebel_.
1/25/2008 2:56:05 PM by Caitlin | |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I just discovered this handy, helpful chart on the Project Runway
Season 4 wiki page, whilst dreamily envisioning what fashion challenges
our beloved contestents might encounter on tonight's episode. (Who
needs writers when we've still got the two best shows on television,
Proj Run and History Detectives?). [Ed. note - You're a writer.] Oh,
right. Nevermind. I <3 writers. Anyway, here's the chart:  This is the squinty, mini version, of course. For the real thing, look here. So, let's get out our pointers and consult the cold hard facts of the chart, shall we? Judging solely on wins, Christian, Jillian, Rami and Victorya seem to be the top contenders, although Kevin ranked high scores for four out of seven challenges - but now he's out. My money for winner is on Jillian or Christian, even though he's ranked low on two challenges - the judges just don't understand sometimes, ya know? I mean, Nina Garcia never changes her effing hairstyle! Does anyone else notice this? Why is it always down? Never a casual ponytail, or maybe a Chanel scarf. Nope, nothing - totally boring. And Heidi flops between dramatic hairstyles like they're sticks of Juicy Fruit. Nina, it's a show about fashion, live it up a little! How can we trust you in that repetitive, vanilla 'do? I digress, back to investigating the chart. The next one out, according to lowest scores, should be Rami (Rami! He's so complex), Sweet P (but I'd miss her funny commentary!), and Ricky. Ah, Ricky. How has he possibly made it this far? Is he bribing someone at Bravo? Does nobody notice these horrible mesh, male escortish police hats he wears every day? I'll bet you $15 worth of Mode fabrics that he'll be out tonight. I miss Kit already.
1/23/2008 11:42:00 AM by Caitlin | |
Friday, January 18, 2008
I recently discovered that the Library of Congress has a Flickr page, and I can't stop looking at it. Srsly. I need to be banned, or I'm never going get anything else done. Here are a few of the best flicks - visit the actual page if you like, but don't say I didn't warn you. The coloring on this one is amazing:  Description: "Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies. 1942 June"
"Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass. 1940 Dec"
"Rural school children, San Augustine County, Texas. 1943 April"
"Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation, [Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] 1942 or 1943."
Look at all of these bad-ass women! These ladies rock: "
Women at work on C-47 Douglas cargo transport, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942 Oct."
"Woman machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. 1942 Oct."
"An A-20 bomber being riveted by a woman worker at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, Calif. 1942 Oct."
"Yaqui Indians. [between 1910 and 1915]"
"Lincoln, Nebraska. 1942"
(I wonder how much longer that lasted.)
1/18/2008 2:07:37 PM by Caitlin | |
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
In Boston (swirly, drippy snake in Inman Square):
Photos by me. Not in Boston (Hawaiian street art):
(I had to look here to get it).   All photos by a Honoluluan called dubside.
1/16/2008 4:59:29 PM by Caitlin | |
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
There's a lot of hatred being directed toward the new Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker, a device from Jada Toys (available in March) which allows its operator to air guitar "out loud," if you will. Most of it seems to be coming from outraged Guitar Hero fans, who apparently find the idea ridiculous, even reprehensible, thinking it will somehow dilute the brand. While we're not surprised to see the reaction, especially when the first glimpse of it in action came courtesy of this guy at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we don't think it's much sillier than standing in front of a screen with a plastic guitar. And to be perfectly honest, we couldn't be happier that all of our Bill and Ted-inspired fantasies are now going to be realized. Ladies and gentlemen, air guitaring just got a whole lot more exciting.
Fuck Yeah.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
12/12/2007 7:57:51 PM by Caitlin | |
Thursday, December 06, 2007
First, the news:
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