Archive for July, 2008

Passive-Aggressive Notes

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Oh man! this site is hilarious!  Like a Found Magazine, but exclusively for contextualized passive-aggressive notes.

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

As a tribute (and because I can’t actually submit it since I don’t have a picture of it), I will now recite the text of a note we found while rehearsing at an artists’ space on 54th and 12th last week.  For posterity.

We found this 3 page note above a paint sink in a space operated by chasama in nyc (thanks to Sara for copying this down and to Rachel for also appreciating how funny this is):

ahem.   :

I don’t know where all that sludge came from, but it never should have gone anywhere near the sink!! I’m also disappointed that whoever did this assumed that no one else would need the sink and therefore did not clean up their own mess!!

If you are going to create a mess like that in the building, you are responsible for getting it out of the building without using the plumbing we all depend on.  The moral of the story:

Things not to deposit in the sink:

  1. Sludge (this covers a lot)
  2. Cement
  3. Nasty Mop Water
  4. and the all-encompassing ET CETERA

use your brain!

We were rehearsing ‘The Terrible Temptation to Do Good‘ there at the time and tried desparately to work that entire tirade into the performance, but all we managed to work in was ‘Use Your Brain!’  I consider that a bit of a failure on our part. It still stings…

Next time, maybe?

WordPress for iPhone?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Holy crap. I just posted this from my iPhone! How nerdy is that?

Granted, I don’t think I’ll be writing any epic posts this way. No great american novels.  It takes awhile. But it’s awesome to know I can :)

check out more on Automatic’s site

Made in China

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Compelling work from Amelia Roberts:

by Amelia Roberts : http://www.ameliaroberts.com/global-warming.htm

by Amelia Roberts : http://www.ameliaroberts.com/global-warming.htm

You’ll need to visit her site to get the full effect.  It’s pretty cool.  I won’t ruin it here ;)

via FFFFound

Oh Yeah!

Monday, July 21st, 2008

This is the second one of these Kool-Aid Man concept photos I’ve seen.  I love them.

via seiz whaa: http://chumpsview.tumblr.com/

via seiz whaa: http://chumpsview.tumblr.com/

This was the one I saw a few months ago:

via 13gb: http://13gb.com/media.php?media_id=2575

via 13gb: http://13gb.com/media.php?media_id=2575

Really.  It never gets old.

I only wish I could find a link to the episode of Robot Chicken where the Kool-Aid man is playing baseball.  (Oh No!)

iPhone

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I got an iPhone yesterday morning.

Now my conversion to the dark side is complete.

Ryan Johnson

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I’ve seen this posted in a couple of places now and I really like it:

Ryan Johnson | Pedestrian (2007)

Ryan Johnson | Pedestrian (2007)

It’s from Pakistani artist Ryan Johnson (who works out of Brooklyn) and is part of a series that’s on display at Guild & Greyshkul in SoHo.

via FFFFound

Yeah. That’s What I Thought.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Dear Iran, re: your recent ‘missile launch’ :

from coicide: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49403380@N00/2658316482/sizes/o/

from coicide: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49403380@N00/2658316482/sizes/o/