Michelle Obama: "Nice to meet you."
Today's song of the day is Strife by the band Twisted Wheel. Another song shown to me by a Rudderham in a less than sober state.
This is a video of a group of paintballers/guerrilla artists who shoot into creation a portrait of Marilyn Monroe. 
This is a cool music video by the band Air for their song Sing Sang Sung. The song's light and catchy and the video is what would happen if Sonic the Hedgehog stumbled into the Octopus' Garden.
This is a photo series by Danish photographer Peter Funch. He staked out a few locations in downtown New York and shot hundreds of shots of people passing by. He then picked out people with similar characteristics, like wearing red, yawning, or carrying a yellow envelope, and photoshopped only those people into the image. For instance, everyone in the 'wearing red' photo actually passed by that part of New York, it was just a separate times. Funch merely went through, found them, and put them altogether to create the illusion that they were all in that place together at the same time. It's fairly simple, which makes it such a great idea.
I think it's amazing because the shots are all so beautifully composed since he probably had so many people to choose from. It's like setting up an image of twenty people without having to direct them. The series is called Babel Tales.
Here is a post from Chris 'Birdman' Andersen's twitter page regarding The Nets' potential move to Brooklyn.
This is pretty funny. For whatever reason, there are certain music shows around the world that request artists lip sync their songs when performing. Here is a clip of Muse performing on some European variety show and just to be assholes the lead singer and drummer switched places before 'performing' their single. It becomes pretty obvious as Matt, the lead singer turned drummer, hams it up.
Here's a clip from Bill Maher's show in which he takes it upon himself to kick someone out of his audience for screaming lunacies during a live taping. It's funny because he's more upset with his staff for allowing it to happen the whole episode than the acual perps. 
There have been rumours for a while about a Sublime reunion and apparently there is a smidgen of truth to them. Recently, former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson performed with a singer named Rome and recieved a very positive reaction. There are no concrete plans for a tour, but I can see this turning into Sublime 2.0. 
The day has arrived.
Celebrity Jeopardy was this week and, as you can see above, Andy Richter absolutely demolished Wolf Blitzer and a desperate housewife. Wolf didn't even finish on the plus side so Alex had to give him $1,000 to compete in Final Jeopardy. 
Better warm up that electric chair, right-wingers.
Here's a video Lawrence just showed me of Steve Nash promoting a Vitamin Water contest on Facebook. It's obviously hilarious since Steve's the man, and it even has a very well-acted cameo by 50 Cent.
So, on September 12, a bunch of Americans put down their KKK robes and KFC buckets to march in Washington D.C. in protest against Barack Obama. The march was made possible by the ramblings of Glenn Beck, the love-child of Bill O'Reilly and a box of Milk Duds. What Beck didn't consider was the amount of stupidity that is generated when this many butt-sniffin' morons get together. Luckily, this guy thought to go out and ask some questions of the protestors:
To follow up my rant about the off-the-record incident with Obama, here is the audio clip of The President talking about Kanye's latest stunt:
Here's a trailer for the upcoming 70's blaxploitation parody Black Dynamite. There's a few cast members you should recognize like Nicole Sullivan from MADtv and Scrubs, the black cop from Reno911!, and Michael Jai White (Spawn) as Black Dynamite himself. This movie should boast some good laughs, ridiculous action, and a killer soundtrack. Can't wait.
This post is not about Kanye West. We've already established that he is a jackass.
Terry Moran, or Terry Moron as I've hilariously dubbed him, is an ABC reporter who overheard Obama say this during an interview. Problem is, the interview was not yet on the record. It was, therefore, off the record. The record includes Twitter, Moron.
This year's US Open was completely ridiculous.
Here's a couple videos of comedians impersonating Denzel Washington.
Here's a sweet time-lapse video of the making of a Macworld Magazine cover. It's interesting to see every stage of the process and it shines light on how simply something like this is achieved. I'm especially fond of the video because the photography portion is almost identical to my days as a photographic intern for Mark Burstyn. The average day with Mark literally looked exactly like that so it's pretty cool that methods are generally the same no matter what level you're at. Mark even has the same giant camera stand. Craaazy!
As the health care debate rages on in the US, President Obama is still pushing for major reform while the Republican party stands opposed. Their argument, of course, is that Obama's bill is socialist. The same argument they used when Obama announced that he would be giving a speech to every American student on their first day of school. I guess the Republicans have a point though, who in their right mind would want their child to be encouraged to learn and succeed while at the same time have access to effective health-care?
So who's the liar now?
Today's song is Happy Up Here by the band Royksopp. It's got a really cool video, too.
This is the website of artist Thomas Doyle who specializes in making miniature figurines and environments. His work is incredibly detailed for the scale and it offers a rather emotional storyline as well. The little scenes are cool pieces of art on their own and they also have the ability to tell somewhat morbid stories when photographed. 
I think I like the photographs as much as the art itself. It's like a child's train set with much more dire circumstances.
So, Christians, when you are saved and go on to live in heaven for an eternity of happiness, what's going to become of your loyal companions back on Earth? Are you going to abandon your pets and leave them to die? Fear not, God-fearers!
Annie Leibovitz is, in my opinion, one of the best photographers of all time. She has produced some of the most stunning portraiture of the last century and should be hailed as royalty in the medium. Unfortunately, she owes $24 million in debt and it's due today. If she doesn't pay, she will lose not only her homes but all of the photographs, negatives, and intellectual property she has accumulated in her tremendous career. She borrowed the money from a company called Art Capital back in February when debts and court fees became too much. Now they want it back!
If you google her name you'll come across dozens of more works that you recognize, and some that you won't. Look into it.
Today's song is 'Frontier Psychiatrist' by The Avalanches. I just remembered this song last night. It was cool when it came out and it still is! Plus the video is bomb. It's hard to believe all the samples are taken from outside sources and not just made for the song, it's just too perfect.
I'm sure the majority of you have seen or heard this routine from George Carlin but it's always worth another listen. Him and Bill Maher have the unique gift of being able to completely disprove the existence of God and keep it hilarious at the same time, a life goal of mine. As an added bonus, be sure to scroll through some of the comments about the video for an entertaining look at some pathetic right-wingers.
Here's a couple funny strips from the webcomic Amazing Super Powers. It's a pretty good comic, you should check out more of them.
The NBA just became a safer place today. San Antonio Spurs forward Bruce Bowen has announced his retirement after 12 years of playing and intentionally injuring other players.
This is New York Met's third baseman David Wright. And that's his helmet. Whaaat?
