Okay, so there is an event Sunday at Public Assembly called the Brokedown Throwdown and, well, I'll be out of town so I really haven't done much research. What I do know is that there will be something called the Mustache Ride and that it looks super fun (or at least sounds super fun). Based on the concept art above all I can possibly do is endorse this Mustache Ride and hope that you can take a ride on this moustache or something similar.
And is it all so very bad to answer, "well, like .... most of the time"?
After four years without the "official" NYC Firefighters due to "that scandal" involving the last firefighter featured on the cover (NSFW. Make sure your "SafeSearch" is off), the FDNY Firefighters Calendar is back for 2012.
Via I Think I'm Paranoid who muses, "Remember the days when you could show a cross-dressing satan lobster on a children’s cartoon show without parents bitching about it?"
Ok, so yeah...M.I.A.'s been there. So has 2 Live Crew. Now Edwin Ramoran takes his turn co-opting the famous Full Metal Jacket scene/quote by curating a show of new works by contemporary artists from Hanoi, Los Angeles and New York. Methinks the result gets at the Southeast Asian experience of gender, sex and its myriad forms in ways neither of the two recording artists were able (or even intended...2 Live Crew.).
For the show, Tai Chi Alfonso teamed up with Isauro Cairo to create a series of photos of his Black Poodle alter-she-go. Shot in Miami over the New Year, the pics are SICK.
So...check out the show starting tonight at 6pm (and keep a look out for more of The Poodle down the road).
The Krause Gallery is located at 149 Orchard (at Rivington).
I'm stuck down here in Alabama (where we DO have computers, RT, but also family members with whom interacting - surprisingly?! - burns quite a lot of time, despite how slow things are supposed to be here? ...Or maybe because they're slow? Unclear.) until the latest snow fiasco blows itself out up there, wondering if the attention is worth getting glasses tattooed (poorly!) on his face for this guy and - having caught up with my blood kin - catching up on episodes of Kitchen Impossible and trying to remember the tea on the show's host, Marc Bartolomeo. I seem to remember seeing him around when I first moved to New York...?
More pics of the above tattoo situation as well as reminders of Mr. Bartolomeo's comeliness (NSFW) -- after the jump...
There's serious (VERY serious) flooding in Brisbane and the surrounding area currently, with people trapped and other horrors, but - in the midst of it - this man paddles his surfboard out of the flood -- IN A SPEEDO! How awesome is that!? Leave it to an Australian to look HOT escaping a FLOOD in a SPEEDO! I really don't think any other nationality could pull this off. ...I mean the look.
Then there's this campaign. I really have no idea how homophobic Aussies are, but - lest there exist a big undercurrent of it - they've taken it upon themselves to promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity. And they've used rugby players (in part) to do it. Lovely!
I've been saving this one - literally! - for years; since late 2007, in fact.
Apparently an alleged partner/co-owner in The Box and La Esquina was brought up (finally?) at that time (2007, remember) on charges of accepting delivery of and dealing pot in 2004 and 2005. The actual owners and partners of The Box and La Esquina - particularly Serge Becker - quickly disavowed the gentleman in question (a Mr. Cordell Lochin) as having any real stake in either business, but described him as a consultant to the owners.
In the statement to this effect (as delivered by their publicist, Nadine Johnson), the following exceptional example of both spin and euphemistic brilliance appears:
"He is a uniquely gifted social connector with a keen understanding of the subtle dynamics of a very fickle business."
And that, sir...is a GENIUS turn-of-phrase.
Here's a spoonful of "YES" for your morning. A reporter in Seattle is excited by all the fashion around her at great prices. Manolos for 175! She then turns to a fellow with an armful of pageant dresses. She asks a simple question and he gives a simple answer. It's all about visibility!
(Via D-Listed)
So here is your daily dose of "YES!", from fourteen year-old Graeme Taylor. A Michigan teacher had been put on suspension after disciplining an "anti-gay" student. In the school board meeting that followed, this young man stole the show. It's pretty inspiring (despite the poor titling "Gay Kid").
