For dirty minds.

The Reverse Graffiti Project makes me happy. Thank you.

(Thanks, Vanessa!)

If I can muster up the guster...

I will go here and see things and have fun. Kofie One's new show, Vintage Futurism, opens tonight at 01 Gallery downtown.

Robbie Conal

Artist Profile: Robbie Conal from By Osmosis TV on Vimeo.


Dude is just so cool. I, for one, am glad he's shifting his artistic gaze from old, corrupt men to the icons of capitalism/pop culture. The way he depicted the skin of aging politicians (and even Obama!) made me itch. I guess that means I was healing?

I am a slacker.

This point is illustrated time and time again (23 times, to be exact) on this blog:

http://rubypseudochatchat.blogspot.com/2009/02/23-new-york-teenagers-you-ought-to-know.html

This post is about 23 NY teens that are way better at everything than you. I'm depressed/inspired/depressed. Some of their photography:






Also, check this out:

http://coolingpierecords.blogspot.com/2008/12/spectrum.html

It's a map that relates all the coolest kids you've never heard of to one another. There are bands with names like Duchess of Lightning, The Floor is Lava!, and Elastic Waistband, for christsake. Sigh. Next lifetime, I'm going to be the privileged child of a NY artist.

Rita Pavone...

...is my new spirit animal. Check this out:



and this one? At about a minute in, she blows my mind.

Los Zafiros

Man. Could someone serenade me over the phone like this, please?

Did you know...

...that Obama's weekly addresses are not just another part of the Obamagic? Turns out Bush did them, too. A little bird told me so last night. I just had no idea.

Just an FYI.