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Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’m Not Dead*
I’m not dead. At least not in the literal sense. I have been dead to the world for the last few weeks though.
This has been one of the busiest seasons for me, EVER, I’ve got work coming from everywhere. Which is a good thing and a bad thing.
I haven’t had much time as I’d like [...]
Stop Pushin’
M.O.P deserves better. Why haven’t Lil Fame and Billy Danze attained the same level of fame and notoriety than all of our other favorite (read: marketable) artists.
Armo
Residing in California Armo’s work is a collaboration of typographic elements and exploration with graffiti structure and form. By looking at graffiti and typography by studying their visual commonalities as lettering, much can be discovered and revealed.
Jay-Z – Off That
Somebody please tell Jay-Z that personally handing his album in to the people at Atlantic didn’t work.
District 9
Peter Jackson gave Neil Blomkamp $30 million to film whatever he wanted after the Halo movie fell through. Neil chose this, and he chose wisely like Indiana Jones in the Last Crusade. It’s based off of Neil’s short film Alive in Jo’burg which chronicles the landing of an alien craft in Johannesburg.
Man On The Moon: The End of Day
ACT 1 – THE END OF DAY
1. In My Dreams (Cudder Anthem)
2. Soundtrack 2 My Life
3. Simple As…
ACT 2 – RISE OF THE NIGHT TERRORS
4. Solo Dolo (nightmare)
5. Heart of A Lion (KiD CuDi Theme Music)
6. My World Feat. Billy Cravens
ACT 3 – TAKING A TRIP
7. Day N Nite (nightmare)
8. Sky Might Fall
9. Enter Galactic [...]
…My Twisted Words
Radiohead has apparently given up on making full-length albums and will be moving more towards putting out singles. Whatever, as long as I get new Radiohead I’m happy.
Rumor has it that they will be releasing an EP entitled Wall of Ice on Monday the 17th. Nevermind, it didn’t happen. So, here is a new Radiohead [...]
Toxic Sea Robin
Earlier in the year sample pictures of these showed up on the internet and where called the “Toxic Avengers” but here we have for you the final design of these sneakers and they are now called the “Toxic Sea Robins”. These sneakers are set to be dropping on August 15th at NJ Skateshop and are [...]
Theostetics
When talking about the visual arts, culture, and faith, one cannot avoid a topic that has pervaded discussion throughout the history of philosophy: beauty. When it comes to beauty, theorists generally agree on one rudimentary point: Beauty is apprehended within the realm of the aesthetic. Beyond this, dispute prevails. Why does this matter for us? [...]
My New Favorite Site
I stumble across welovetypography.com a few weeks ago and it has quickly become my go-to source for typographic inspiration. The site is minimal and super clean, so it doesn’t get in the way of the work that is displayed.
There are to many to mention, awe inspiring art pieces as well as simple, typographic studies are [...]
Alex Pardee – Frolicking Nighmares
Alex Pardee’s new solo show “Frolicking Nightmares” opens August 7th at Andenken Gallery in Denver, CO.
Rakim – Holy Are You
I don’t get excited about much when it comes to music. Most things these days are average at best and sub-par more than they aren’t. Enter Rakim with the first single to his mythical Seventh Seal album, Holy Are You. I get excited just thinking about a Rakim 16. I downloaded this yesterday and have had [...]
Thom Yorke – All For the Best
New Thom Yorke off of the upcoming album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy out 9/29 via Shout! Factory. It can be pre-ordered at Amazon. An additional 20 tracks from folks like A.C. Newman, Buffalo Tom and Laura Veirs will be released digitally.
Might of the Living Dead
“They’re coming to get you!”
That line is a direct quote from George Romero’s cult zombie film Night of the Living Dead, and it could very well become the mantra for booksellers throughout the country who recently have found themselves besieged by zombies—i.e., reanimated corpses with a voracious appetite for human flesh and brains—in novels, anthologies, [...]
The Dead Weather – Horehound
The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock supergroup that formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Comprising vocalist Alison Mosshart (of The Kills), drummer and vocalist Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age) and bassist Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes), the [...]
Nike Sports Livestrong Exhibit
Working on an ultra-short timeline, Frank Liew and the Qubic crew were able to bang out a great installation on behalf of Nike Sportswear for their LIVESTRONG collection. In addition to showing the obvious products associated with the project, the installation also gave a chance to showcase other aspects of the project including the bicycle [...]
Discovery LP
Discovery is a side project for Vampire Weekend keyboardist and producer Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot lead singer Wes Miles. Their first album is titled LP and is due July 7th on XL Recordings. The band’s music takes from the duo’s original outfits and adds a more synthy electropop feel to their sound. Three [...]
50 of the Best Songs I Have Ever Heard Part 1
I am a fan of music. Period. If I had to make a choice between music and most things, I would choose music.
I don’t pretend to know about every song ever created and I don’t spend hours on end looking for bands that no one else has heard of to look cooler than you. I [...]
Depart From Me…
Today Cage released his 3rd solo album , Depart From Me, on Definitive Jux records. I have been a Cage fan for a long time, ever since I heard Agent Orange.
This is not that Cage. I’m pretty sure that the only reason the name Cage is on this album is for name recognition as the [...]
The Maxx on MTV
MTV.com just started upping the old Maxx cartoons from the 90’s. I had the comics when they first came out, they were good, but for some reason I remember watching these and being