Newspaper PROMOTIONS

Last week with the LA Daily News came two packets of Mayo in some little promotional pack on the outside... nice I guess?

The next day with the LA Times came 3 boxes of cereal! Although they were tiny in size they proved to be sufficient snacks!

Today with the LA Times comes a full size movie poster for Prince of Persia... uhhhh sorry not even giant posters with the newspaper are going to save your crappy movie?.... next time send beers.

Fake Painting Photographs by Alexa Meade

What you are about to see, are not paintings on canvas! Alexa Meade paints with acrylics directly on human flesh creating the illusion of painterly portraits.

“Alexa Meade is an installation artist based in the Washington, DC area. Her background in the world of political communications has fueled her intellectual interest in the tensions between perception and reality.

Alexa Meade’s innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural spaces has been incorporated into a series of installations that create a perceptual shift in how we experience and interpret spatial relationships.” via Bored Panda

KCRW Presents SOUNDSUITS

For one night only, KCRW and the Fowler Museum at UCLA team up to present a free, all-ages night of music, art and dancing on the UCLA campus. The event will include pop-up performances by dancers clad in “Soundsuits,” which are fantastic, costume-like works of art by visionary Chicago-based artist Nick Cave.

Dance to live DJ sets by KCRW DJs Jason Bentley and Garth Trinidad outdoors on Wilson Plaza; enjoy special after-hours museum access, pop-up poetry readings, art workshops where you can create your own Soundsuit-inspired apparel, cocktails from the Fowler’s amphitheatre and terrace bars, as well as some of L.A.’s most popular food trucks!

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Could be fun!!!

Massive Attack Review

I won't make this a long winded concert review where I dissect every song and movement of the night. Last night was my first time seeing Massive Attack in concert. They did not disappoint. Martina Topley-Bird's opening set was really great. Massive attack's show covered all the hits from all the albums and also threw in two songs I had never heard before. Horace Andy blew it up on Girl I love You and Angel. Behind the band they had led light boards that displayed messages about world politics and social issues. Go to the show....You will be glad you did!.... BTW if you have a couple on ecstasy in front of you...try to move away as they will be very distracting with their constant hugging and kissing and swaying into the people around them. Also get there early and get bands to get in the front stage area!

4th of July is right around the corner....

This year...DRESS TO IMPRESS!

Never before has showing your love of country been more beautifully expressed than with this colorful sweater in Red, White, and Blue. Just duplicate stitch the stars and stipes of Old Glory on the front of a purchased sweater. Add a shield with stripes and stars. One the back, stitch the eagle symbol of the United States complete with olive leaves and arrows. Add glitz and glamour with pearls sewn along the Red stripes. Then sew sequins and seed beads on the shield, heart and eagle. Scatter some bugle beads on the heart. You'll love wearing this glamorous creation that vividly displays your patriotic spirit.

Talented 12 year olds!

How does a 12 year write such a song! AMAZING! I don't know what I was thinking when I was 12 but I am sure it wasn't about stuff like this. I figure in another 10 years...the "superstars" of the world will be about 6 years old.

The buildings of the Shanghai World Expo 2010

Inspiration of ideas on an international level! Construction workers and organizers in Shanghai, China are busily completing tasks ahead of the planned opening of the 2010 World Expo on May 1st – planned to be the largest World Expo in history. The theme of the Expo is “Better City, Better Life”, and is scheduled to run until October 31, 2010. In recent months, large construction and renovation projects have dominated much of Shanghai, in preparation for becoming the World’s stage on May 1st. Up to 800,000 visitors are expected each day – a total of 70 million visitors in all visiting exhibitions from nearly 200 participants around the world. Collected here are several recent photos from Shanghai as construction nears completion for the Expo 2010.

It's dead....it's taxidermy madness!

Grand opening of The Rogue Taxidermy Show at La Luz de Jesus. Rogue Taxidermy is the creation of oddities using traditional taxidermy materials and techniques.

Guest curator Robert Marbury (along with his partners Scott Bibus and Sarina Brewer) coined the term in 2004, upon forming the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists. Road kill becomes a central part of their "recycled" philosophy, as are discarded livestock, destroyed nuisance animals, casualties of the pet trade and animals that have expired from natural causes. Other sculptures utilize taxidermy materials with custom stitching to fashion beasts from the recycled pelts of toy stuffed animals. Elements of technology and decoration combine to create ornaments that approach high art, not only in craft, but in concept. Materials and even species are mixed, helping to broaden presumptive definitions. Pieces in this exhibition span Steam Punk to Rococo-from playful to elegant. This exhibition includes new work from Enrique Gomez de Molina, Jessica Joslin, Elizabeth McGrath, and Brian Poor in addition to M.A.R.T. regulars Brooke Weston, Jeanie M, Melissa Dixson, Mirmy Winn, Alan Wadzinski, and founders Robert Marbury, Scott Bibus, and Sarina Brewer. The show opens Friday May 7 2010!

Inspiration....YES THANK YOU!

A few of the many of images found at Fancy That Just looking at all of these images makes me wanna grab my camera and start shooting, photoshopping and illustrating all at once!!!! ouch!

Efficient Furniture

This Murakami Chair designed by Rochus Jacob has an attached OLED lamp that's powered by the back-and-forth motion of rocking in it. The lamp even senses when it's light or dark out, and the battery pack stores all the power made from the rocking you did in the daylight. (VIA WOW REPORT)

FOALS

I don't know much about this band yet but I do know they have one of the most beautifully shot videos I have seen in a long time... and a pleasant song as well!