Sharon Tate’s T-Shirt: ‘Mad Men’ and the Manson Family (NSFW)
Sharon Tate for Esquire, 1967William Helburn, via The Selvedge Yard The Selvedge Yard has a fine piece on would-be Manson murder victim, actor Steve McQueen. There’s an amazing Esquire photoshoot of...
View ArticleThe Zen Garden on Platform One
Where can we find inspiration? DJ and composer Andy Hunter is crowdsourcing images of spine-tingling places for his ‘Presence’ project. The one video I’ve seen so far ”uses our creativity and art to...
View Article“Every Negro is an Untouchable” #MLK in India: ‘I have a Dream’ 50 years on
Every Negro in the United States is an Untouchable.” Martin Luther King in India, 1959
View ArticleX-Ray Art: The hidden masterpieces inside your body
Dr Kai-hung Fung is a Hong Kong hospital radiologist, and winner of the 5th annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. An expert with CT and MRI scanners, Dr Fung is...
View Article#MLK Nobel Prize committee, ‘Dream’ speech – 50 years on
His ideals he took from Christianity; his techniques from Gandhi” NobelPrize.org on Martin Luther King
View ArticleThe beauty of the empty stage
Reddit user Rude Bootie has collected over a hundred gaming backgrounds from the nineties, stripped them back to the raw art for each stage, and rendered them as gentle gif animations. Perfect. Back...
View ArticleBreakdancing Jesus battles Banksy in a Bristol street
Artist and designer Cosmo Sarson has painted a mural of a wonderfully athletic breakdancing Jesus, across the street from Banksy’s famous Mild Mild West. Cosmo’s new work, which uses over two pounds...
View ArticleSuper Mario vs Satan, and other Android exclusive apps!
We Android users are spoiled sick; Google Play and the Amazon Appstore contain many hidden gems that would fail the quality and/or human dignity test at Apple. Some of you will have heard about the...
View ArticleThe Atheists who pray
12% of of them do, and some of them quite hard, according to the Washington Post’s research
View Article“We will make that change!” Southern injustice rekindles Martin Luther King’s...
Florida’s government offices have been occupied by young, peaceful protesters since Monday, July 15, using the hashtag #takeoverfl and led by the Dream Defenders. The Dream Defenders are an emerging...
View ArticleJay-Z was right: rappers lie about their money*
Bucks vs Brag – click for interactive This wonderful interactive infographic from Business Week ranks rappers’ lyrical boasts against their actual bottom line. It scores the biggest braggarts – Nicki...
View ArticleSculpture: “Homeless Jesus” finally finds a home
No room at the inn… Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz‘s thought-provoking “Homeless Jesus”, which depicts Jesus as a homeless outcast sleeping on a bench, made a name for itself earlier in the year...
View ArticleStreet Art: This stuff is just rubbish
Artist Francisco de Pajaro makes art out of street debris. This summer he made monsters out of London refuse and recorded them on his blog. De Pajaro told James Buxton of Global Street Art : “I only...
View Article“Brothers And Sisters; I Have A Meme!”
Click to view slideshow. I am working right now on a six-artist UK tour for Punch Records – We Live #The_Dream (twitter | online) - helping young musicians to respond to Martin Luther King’s ‘Dream...
View ArticleWu-Tang “Da Mystery of Fix Gearin’”
Wu Tang One of my all-time favourite Hip-Hop legends – Wu-Tang – are partnering up with fixed gear / single speed bike specialists, State, to bring a custom Wu-tang bike into the world. Supposedly...
View ArticleStreet Art – Birmingham UK
Global Street Art is currently showcasing these amazing images of graffiti, stencils and paste-ups in Birmingham. They make my home city look just phenomenal. I actually have no idea where most of...
View Article9/11 Memorial Artwork – the Dust, the Doll and the Daughter
Xu Bing is one of the few contemporary conceptual artists who really excites young people I meet. He collects and works with objects that are moving from ordinary to extraordinary – a tank-flattened...
View ArticleIndia’s abused goddesses campaign against violence and sex-trafficking
Mumbai-based design agency Taproot India has produced this powerful and arresting print campaign to support the Save Our Sisters initiative. There are three posters, representing the goddesses...
View Article“Every man prays in his own language”– Duke Ellington
Every man prays in his own language. Every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty, miracles have happened.” Duke Ellington, on his 1960s Jazz-infused sacred music compositions,...
View ArticleOld Age or New Age?
No matter how New Age you get, Old Age is gonna kick your ass.” Utah Phillips; labour organiser, folk singer, storyteller, and poet
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