Television Delivers People, Richard Serra (1973)
04.23.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Tags: consumption > mass media > Richard Serra > video art
Cool Cat: Steven Spielberg
04.16.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Sure, the guy has directed a couple great movies. But how have I overlooked his effortless fashion sense for this long?
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Cool Idea. Bad Smooth Jazz.
04.10.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Celebrity for the day.
“Using his real first and middle name, and with the help of just a few staged people, tons of people believed Thomas was a famous actor, including mall security. The mall assigned us a security detail who escorted us everywhere and helped close stores for the supposed celebrity. They also took us through private corridors to avoid the frenzy.”
via twbe
Walking While Black
03.22.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Amy Goodman on the killing of Trayvon Martin. Read the article at Nation of Change.
Tags: Florida > George Zimmerman > Million Hoodie March > NAACP > Racism > Sanford > Trayvon Martin
Bail Goes Up for Occupy Arrestees Refusing to Have Their Iris Photographed.
03.20.2012 | by Dylan | 1 Comment
“In the case of one Occupier arraigned yesterday, all the indicators pointed to an ROR. She was employed, her parents were sitting in the courtroom, and it was her first encounter with the justice system . . . Nonetheless, the prosecutor asked for $1,000 bail because the defendant had refused to let her iris be photographed. Judge Clott agreed, to the great dismay of Meltzer-Cohen.”
Read the article at The Village Voice
“I’m so fucking pissed at the fucking audacity not to even have a fucking paramedic waiting after fucking beating the shit out people who want to sit in the fucking park and talk.”
03.20.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Protester has seizure in NYPD custody. Quote pulled from 8:50
More at WeAreChange.org
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs
03.20.2012 | by Dylan | Comment
Greg Smith resigns as Goldman Sachs executive director and head of the firm’s United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients.” - Read the Op-ed at Nytimes.com
via Gothamist