"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
Although I’d never heard of such a thing, in retrospect it makes perfect sense — contests where amateur artists take on “challenges” to use PhotoShop to create images in a given topic.
The image to the left is from the
“Modern Ruins 2″ Photoshop Contest.
(Spotted on Boing Boing)
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2004 Pulitzer Prize Winner Leonard Pitts recently wrote a column:
Racism is alive and signing autographs in Mississippi:
Then you read a story from the Clarion-Ledger newspaper of Jackson, Miss. It says the state fair is opening next month. And that, along with enjoying the fun house and the State Championship Mule Pull, fairgoers will have [...]
Whoo. This weeks’ show was a bit rough. Ran into some technical difficulties a couple of times, and was pretty tired throughout. That said, there were some interesting musical bits. I stumbled across a Red Garland Trio disc that had Ray Barreto guesting on conga. Despite what the liner notes [...]
Among other sources, the Sun-Times today ran the headline “Daley backs plan for pot tickets”. As noted in the article, most misdemeanor pot busts fall apart in court because police or evidence technicians fail to appear to testify. I didn’t realize that my home state of Ohio has lenient pot enforcement laws — [...]
Whoops, I guess I’d better post last weeks playlist before I “lap” myself — this week I’m back on Thursday (tomorrow). Scott wasn’t able to come, and since he’s been scheduled for alternating Tuesdays starting next week. I’m happy to have been “renewed” myself for the fall season, staying on in the same [...]
My friend Chris posted this picture to his BuzzNet photoblog.
Giant Floating Chiclet!
photo by: breitenbach
I saw this floating Chiclet going down the Lake Shore bike path numerous times last week from my office window. On the third day, I ran out to greet it.
BTW, kudos to Buzznet for having a “blog this” button (only visible [...]
Yesterday while Jennifer was returning some books to the De Paul library, I stumbled into an excellent exhibition at the De Paul Art Museum. Called “Anxious Objects,” it collects about 60 pieces by musician/artist Ken Butler.
The pieces are musical instruments, or things which look like musical instruments, constructed from all manner of [...]
video fountain (oh yeah)
Originally uploaded by xoxoryan.
Today Gapers’ Block pointed to the “chicago” tag on Flickr. I popped over briefly and found some nice shots of Crown Fountain on the first page.
After googling to figure out what the thing is [...]
Good show today. I was pleased to come across an earlier Ted Sirota album that I hadn’t heard before. My curiosity is piqued, as the credit for the track I i played, “Impengu Dek Bengikai” says “traditional, arranged Geof Bradfield.” The question, of course, is “whose tradition?” (Googling didn’t find an answer, but I did [...]
It’s no news that political speech writers play fast and loose with truth. Thus, without comment, a simple list of a few recent writings countering some of the statements made during the RNC this week.
Salon.com: The truth isn’t out there
Salon.com: Rudy’s Unlikely Story
George Lakoff (AlterNet): Kerry was Framed
AlterNet: Zell Miller’s 2001 Speech on John [...]