some mccain supporters do a right thing

they should then vote for obama, but this is a start...

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hands in the sand

the sand sculpture works of radovan zivny are magnificent... don't miss the balancing heads. he even does michelangelo relicas...


more great sand work (by radovan and others) here. don't miss jim denevan's monumental sand drawings...

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help me drive people to the polls in pennsylvania!

you might notice this button DOWN ANd TO THE LEFT... while i can always use money and am happy to receive donations, the reason i have it up right now is to raise money to drive people to the polls on november 4th. i live in pennsylvania (pittsburgh specifically) and it is still (despite recent trends) a swing state. since i don't own a car, i am going to rent one for $67 through zipcar (a hybrid, in fact!) please consider donating, especially if you live in somewhere obama or mccain is definitely going to win.

and don't worry, i'll move the button all the way to the bottom after the 4th... in the meantime, go download the obama rap tune on this post... GOBAMA!!!

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the candidates do standup comedy...

seriously.

last night at the al smith dinner. they're both hilarious...





for the record, neither of these are their complete speeches...

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leftover night (or "smorgasbord")

i think i should do this more often so that it won't be as big as this, but...
i'm going to clear out my blog ideas bookmarks.
MOST OF THEM... right now... get ready:

first off, a clear picture of jupiter:

ahh, how nice. and now, teh links:

brain reacts to a hand transplant
weird light sculpture photos here and here
beautiful post it note cascade video
russia newspaper predicts u.s. apocalypse
urb's top ten rap debate songs.
article has funniest. title. ever.
steal back your vote comic.
sheriff refuses to evict people.
martial law imposed if bailout not passed.
8 hacks to make firefox much faster.
the green-collar economy book.
sensors powered by trees.
1 in 4 mammals face extinction.
nytimes ownership gossip.
top ten reasons to become a "new radical".
yet more crow intelligence here and here.
florida gop voter fraud again.
site claims bloggers can make a difference
dems look at policies that wrecked economy.
very interesting color i.q. test... it's hard!
victoria reynolds weird, meaty artwork
cutup collective's baltic work.
rabbi's against the existence of israel video
7 people with real mutant superpowers
do you know about the overton window?
bill o'reilly defends obama... wow.
oops, missed this call to action.
sort of obsolete palin articles here and here.
scholarly article on hedonism.
amazing spraypaint art technique.
drawing every person in new york city.
funny little nature boats, pooh sticks!
trash formed into awesome shadow art.
portable cardboard table... nice design.
guerilla marketing reverse grafitti.
3d, light and geek grafitti.
tile patterns of the alhambra analysis.
awesome layered glass painting of xia xiaowan.
illusions with record covers.
book reccomendations from 17 leading scientists.
boost your memory with the palace technique.
rare brain disease effects creativity, also "bolero"
top ten strange phenomena of the mind.
i don't know if i believe this, but...
the anatomy of sarcasm.
trains that don't stop moving?
teese cheese and ice scream.
i have no idea why i have this link.
vectors for free.
how to trick your printer into using it's ink.
how to get free airport wi-fi.
10 creative ways to deal with junk mail.(make paper!)
how to persuade customer service reps to help you.
25 ways to simplify your life with kids.
article on sharing parenting duties... we do this.
beautiful oak photograph.
9 ways to start a fire without matches.
thousands of starlings do weird things together.
the almiqui... bizarre!
plants prefer their relatives.
urban homesteading article.
marijuana experiment movie and law attempt.
study on inequality and the effects of physical pain
organizing without organizations.
sensible units.
blind 5-year old piano prodigy.
the bodhisattva vows.
geek out about colors
orange jews.
writing excersise prompt.
pirate bay breaks 12 bazillion users.
the unapologetic mexican.
independent bookstore book finder.
call the future.org
online radio guide.
interesting online graphics programs.
everything someone found funny for one year.
dear-god.net, an interesting community blog.
good online arabic-english dictionary.
world's largest flashcard exchange.
make and save images of stacked cubes... album cover anyone?

and if you only ever watch one video on this site, watch this one:



i can't take it anymore... time to stop. anything good?
UPDATE: from the comments, patrice adds some links...

monkey's using robot arms or "what my brother does in Pgh
Off-beat bride. I'm not really an endorser of weddings, but the photos on the cite are always fun to look at. Basically my form of reality TV/Lifetime TV
tiny
twistori
Just Seeds Updates
quick and good
Geek Fun
Surveying the Interstices of Art and Medicine, Death and Culture.
cute
yum
the the other half does
favs
great investment, great guys who designed it, good cause that they put $ to
endless amusement
he was a trainwreck
OH goodness
a friend's new website
next project

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playa del fuego report back

DJing is one of the most spectacular privileges. having a few thousand watts of sound at your disposal at a burning man event is even better. what a good time. frankly, PDF wasn't as overall beautiful as wickerman was, but great music and great people. i really love my party liberation front people and we combined camps with the philadelphia experiment people, who were quite cool, too... and plf's covered wagon dj booth (which you can see part of the inside of above) is totally, unstoppably awesome.

i spun tons of dubstep, ghettotech, grime, dancehall, tabla music, etc... some of the big hits of my sets are here:

this track crushed my dubstep finale:
(mp3)emalkay - "overflow" from boka records

this track was perfect sunshine music:
(mp3)zakir hussain - "lineage" from "zakir hussain and the rhythm experience"

this was another hot sunshine track, though i played just the part of it in dj c's mix: (mp3)m.i.a. - "paper planes (rock city obama version)" from mashit.com's awesome collection of "paper planes" remixes

and i'm embarassed to admit gucci mane's "pillz" was probably the biggest hit... but most of my pulls were a lot less offensive.

UPDATE: courtesy of (the ableton don) michael nighttime, here's an exterior shot of the covered wagon dj booth, our shade, bar and dome in the background...

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off to playa del fuego

gonna go spin dope bass music with the party liberation front at playa del fuego. in the meantime keep your head up like this guy! (track below)


this remix kills it. i'm really loving radioclit's production and trim seems to be getting his raps in check. wowza...

(mp3) turbulence - "notorious (radioclit remix feat. trim)" from "hard working class"

UPDATE: report back (and three crowd pleasing tracks here...)

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ammunition for obama

things are LOOKING GOOD for barrack, but don't slack now...


this is a HUGE, very well documented list of obama's accomplishments, contrasted with mccain's. HIGHLY RECCOMENDED DOCUMENT. useful for those voters who care about facts, figures and rational arguments.

for those who need negative reasons... here's my JOHN MCCAIN SHITLIST.

ALSO, registration ende soon in many states!!! EXTENSIVE REGISTRATION INFORMATION HERE (as well as awesome bonus information...)

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what is this charge on my phone bill?

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advertising pt. 2

more advertising challenging art... (see pt.1).
this video from diesel is not safe for work!... but not nude!



this poster and this poster are (VERY nude, very NSFW) great anti-AIDS visuals... and funny.

some more ethically awesome creative ad work for mtv switch here. i watched bremley by element.

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advertising pt. 1

my father and stepmother own an advertising agency. i have a lot of respect for some of their work (especially some crucial pro-bono work they've done for safe sex, the special olympics, the hartford stage and ecological efforts.) that being said, i got to witness first-hand the truth in this banksy quote...
this is a great example of what banksy is talking about,
but for the sake of art,
please ignore the fact that this is an ad...


the making of it is here on haha.nu

pt. 2 here

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