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Archives for July, 2009

Randomness: New Bricks in Old Places

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Randomness: Veracity, Half-Truths, Being Human…

What if you died knowing that people were gonna talk about you after you’re dead. And you were able, when dead, to come back invisible and see how people had fucked up all the details, gotten all the people mixed up, making you look better, more adjusted and with better manners. Would you be glad [...]

Randomness: A Cube.

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Milton Glaser’s School of Visual Arts Theatre Marquee

Anyone on West 23rd street in New York City can now see a theatre facade redesigned (and nearly completed) by Milton Glaser, the famous designer commissioned by the School of the Visual Arts.

Built To Spill @ Maxwell’s

Sunday night, Maxwell’s hosted Boise, Idaho’s Built To Spill, a day after their Siren Music Festival gig. The show’s intimacy (enjoyed by a crowd of about 200) was in stark contrast to the thousands in attendance at the Coney Island show. Click on the image below to see more photos from the show (requires flash): [...]

Siren Music Festival, Coney Island

Coney Island was a scene of sunshine and music enthusiasts this past Saturday as the eighth Siren Music Festival took place on two stages. I spent time at the main stage, photographing the event (including performances by Built To Spill, The Raveonettes, Grand Duchy, and Frightened Rabbit). See below:   Doug Martsch leads Built To [...]

The Moon!

Our very familiar Moon, above, photographed for the first time in high-quality, by John William Draper, in 1840. NASA took this photo of the Moon’s surface 169 years later (on July 8, 2009). Related: Spectators of the 1969 Apollo 11 launch: var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, [...]

Facebook User Privacy: Areas of Concern

Four areas of concern, as outlined by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (I believe these issues should be considered relevant to all users on Facebook): The Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s report found that Facebook continues to breach PIPEDA in four ways and it made recommendations to correct the problem. It found: 1. Facebook doesn’t [...]

Matt & Kim at Pier 54 in NYC

Matt & Kim, the Brooklyn based indie-rock duo played at Pier 54 on the Hudson river in New York City on July 9th. Throngs of (mostly) teenagers arrived to the see the energetic show. Below are some photos I took of the event: var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, [...]

Love As Laughter at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

I went to see Love As Laughter perform last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Here are a couple of photos from the highly spirited Sunday evening show…

Is Your Matthew Barney Weeping?

Has your Duane Hanson or Damien Hirst gone the way of all flesh? So far, in spite of our best efforts, nothing seems to last forever. Not even plastic. Read more…