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Welcome back! This episode we have a quickfire, some bullshit, some nips, some peen…
Yes, it’s time for the Face Off Body Paint challenge. I know you guys have been waiting all year for this one, ya pervs.
Let’s get to it!
So, there’s a guy in Idaho who really loves to clean. Buffin’, scrapin’, wipin’ – it’s all the thing of dreams to Don Aslet of Idaho.
He turned his lifelong passion into a national janitorial business (bringing in $100million annually), and now, the Museum of Clean. Bust out the Swiffers kids, you’ve got art on your hands.
It’s time for Inspiration Nation! And this round we have a doozy – wood sculptures from the French artist collective Bonsoir Paris. These beautiful works represent melting wooden frames and the manipulation of the materials is masterful – hand worked, carved, sanded and stained these pieces are stunning as they are, well, mildly grotesque.
Check out some more at the jump!
We start off our second episode with some real trash talk – exactly how I like it. And this challenge is going to be a doozy: teams of two must create a sea monster that can actually move and act underwater.
An aquatic amalgamation! And shades of Million Dollar Mermaid are all over this. Esther Williams would be psyched.
Who will make it out alive? Don’t hold your breath as the waves of emotion rush over you – it’s showtime.
PROTECT-IP is a bill that gives not only the government but corporations the right to censor websites that they believe contain copyrighted material, regardless of use and intent, and it is trying to get pushed through to Congress. As long as the powers that be can convince a judge that a website is “Dedicated to copyright infringement”, it can be shut down entirely, and this sets a dangerous precedent not only for our country, but the world. Needless to say, we can’t let it happen.
What would really be affected by this bill? YouTube. Twitter. Facebook. Any home video shared on a blog of your kid singing to their favorite song. Music sharing sites, sites like Vimeo that are dedicated to independent artists sharing their work online. All those videos of indie artists covering hit songs online, the ones that make you fall in love with the song all over again? Blacked out.
Ooh. And the bill would cost us, the tax payers, $47+million dollars a year. For something that doesn’t work. That hinders innovation, stifles creativity and sets a dangerous precedent. Something that, if enacted 7 years ago, would leave us Beiber-less today. A travesty, I know. Don’t let that happen to our future – share your voice in opposition of this bill at the link below.
It seems unfair to simply call Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte ‘designers’. They are craftswomen. Visionaries.
Artists.
And their segway from ready-to-wear to couture to costume design has transcended the runway and become works of art worthy of art museum exhibitions.
Which is why they are at the LACMA from Dec 17-Feb 5th with a brand spankin’ new collection.
There are few comedians I love more than Ricky Gervais. He is crass, often cruel, self-deprecating, keenly observant, irreverent and most importantly he is honest.
His performance last year at the Golden Globes lives in award show infamy, and I have already stocked up on cheap wine, cheese, crackers and some cured meats as I cozy up to another Hollywood shit-talking & taking on tonight’s Golden Globes.
At the jump, my favorite Gervais moments, the joke he wasn’t allowed to tell on-air, and the priceless reactions from the room forced to smile and nod (I’m looking at you Robert Downey Junior)
I love a western. Between circulating the collection of them in my bedroom for night watching, and spending my free time absorbing (and obsessing over) Deadwood, I’m all over the period piece.
And now I have an animated short to add to my viewing collection!
Are you ready? Because I’m effin’ ready for season two of the best reality show on TV. This time around on FaceOff we’ve got 14 contestants, 7 women and 7 men, and what looks to be some real characters which naturally makes for good tv – but does it make good for skill, talent and creative ambition? Let’s find out!
Documentaries. They are underdogs of the film industry. They are often considered even less intriguing than the shorts (even less than the un-animated kind – yikes) and yet despite limited-release roadblocks, every once in a while we find one that blows our socks off. One that you saw on Netflix and never knew it came out in theatres because it probably didn’t.
And now, Oscar rules are changing the game and could leave out the-little-docs-that-could from the running.
This show was curated specifically for families and frankly, I think it’s a pretty adorable idea: an exhibition of prints, drawings and photographs of animals, dating from 1500 to the present.
With up to 40 works representing the animal kingdom, and an impressive roster of artists including Alexander Calder, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Leonard Baskin, Dürer, Rembrandt, and Picasso – it’s a line-up worthy of discerning eyes, and their equally discerning children.
Showing February 7th – October 3rd 2012.
Thanks to the folks over at the Lake Superior State University, the most obnoxious phrases to grace our Facebook pages and even worse: real, human-to-human dialogue – are officially BANNED.
Let’s just say Aerosmith is gonna be pretty upset.
Got some time on your hands?
Love to crochet and knit?
Looking for a hobby at the start of this new year?
Do you happen to live in, or around, or plan to travel to Germany or California?
Well then, have I got a project for you!
Head on over to the Museum Kunst der Westkuste in Germany or the satellite program at the Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and participate in a creative, educational endeavor.
Ho-Lee-Shit.
We knew that The Expendables was awesomely, explodingly, beefcakey enough to merit a second version, and here it is. And with even more beef!
Check the roster kids – this shit is going to be a bloodbath of your childhood heros, villians and sexy teenage dreams:
Once upon a time, a young whippersnapper took an 18th Century replica bust of a priest, and carved off its face… read more…
I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season! On this glorious, pre-gifting, friend and family-time day, I wanted to share with you one of my favorite seasonal do-ings: going through my old Calvin and Hobbes books and enjoying the tortured snowmen strips – and now there’s a tribute video that’s after my own heart!
Artist Andrea Mary Marshall explores the pressures and tribulations of women living in a shallow, soulless culture that idealizes the unattainable and punishes those with vaginas who do not achieve maximum hotness.
She’s every Riot Grrrl’s artistic dream come true.
Part 4 of our infatuation with a guy that remixes Disney movie audio. I can’t really explain the obsession other than I like cartoons. And I’m a 5 year old in a 28yr old’s body. And I have an unhealthy obsession with theme parks.
Anyway, let’s look at Alice sing her way through the terrifying place you go when you are tripping. And what is with these pissed off peonies?
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One of the best gifts I’ve ever received was a membership to the Boston Museum of Science. In an instant, I was able to hit up the museum after work with friends for free – exhibit halls, free – discounts on special exhibitions – access to special events. All at my disposal thanks to some uber thoughtful people.
Because my readers are hilarious, I wanted to share with you a submission we received.
I will say, it’s refreshing that so many of the Junkyard fans also love slutty, scripted smut in the evenings!
Upon watching an episode of Starz’zzzz original series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, a viewer submitted this quip to a friend (who thankfully sent the email to us): Turn [Spartacus] on again last night. The guy goes up to the muscle slave and asks the guy next to him “does he prefer cock or cunt” he then orders him to the next room and rapes him. This is unfuckingbelievable.
Indeed! (I also obviously need to start watching this show, ASAP)
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In this installment of the Gift Guide, I bring you the practical gift for anyone on your list: the stackable, simplified lunch box.
Buying lunch everyday is not only super expensive (no matter how inexpensive your lunch may be – that shit adds up) but probably not the healthiest choice you can make either. These portable ‘bento’ boxes are an awesome solution to this, and boasts sleek design and functionality to boot.
And can I say ‘twisting caps’ and a spork?!
yeah. These are the unexpected, useful and totally neat-o gift.
So there’s this guy named Danny Guthrie, and he is an associate professor at the California College of Arts and Craft. And he likes to take pictures.
And he likes to take them with his students.
And sometimes they are all naked!
One of my favorite gifts to give:
Original creations from Fibrevolution!
Who doesn’t love a scarf? C’mon.
The musee du quai Branly in Paris is host to one of the most jarring exhibitions of the year: Human Zoos and the Invention of the Savage.
This may surprise many, but white folk haven’t been the best decision makers when it comes to…well…anyone that isn’t white. Inventing the Savage is a reminder, an eye opener, and maybe a life changer for museum go-ers.
In this installment of the Gift Guide, I bring you the genius works of Rich Neeley Designs: iPhone and iPod docs disguised in your favorite books.
Turkish-born artist Mehmet Ali Uysal is doing something pretty fantastic with his sculptures on spacial relationships.
Whimsy, humor, thoughtfulness and sparks of genius are ahead!
In my first installment of my Holiday Gift Guide, I give you Illustrators Unlimited. A full-color wham-bam-thank you-ma’am, 288 page hardcover collection of established and emerging, envelope-pushing artists from around the world…and there are quite a few familiar faces!
So I think I missed another week of Work of Art! Probably because after Sucklord got kicked off, all that we are left with is a bunch of people I can’t stand, and Dusty.
This week they are doing art with car parts – just like in Project Runway!
