Touchdown Jesus
I read about this in a magazine on my way to work, then went online to find pictures. Locals in Monroe, Ohio nicknamed the 62-foot high statue “Touchdown Jesus.” The scale of it is so bizarre that it makes the trees and the church behind it look like miniatures. The
links for 15 September 2006
e m p t i n e s s by: jonathan safran foer Jonathan Safran Foer collected the top page of writers’ stacks of paper, thus taking the next sheet of paper they would have written on. Foer doesn’t talk about how this changes as paper disappears. Can you
Clipse and My Brightest Diamond
I interviewed Clipse today. Yesterday before the interview I went to the Jive offices and heard all of Hell Hath No Fury, while Pusha and Malice sat in the room. I’m not a hip hop writer, but I’m doing this for CMJ because I loved We Got It
links for 13 September 2006
JT Leroy is on the cover of the new Paris Review Or rather, the girl who posed as JT Leroy is on the cover. It’s a picture of Laura Albert, age 8, and her t-shirt says, “I Want To Be Me!” [Via] Live: Girl Talk / Professor Murder New show
links for 12 September 2006
Bill Stumpf, creator of the Aeron chair, passes away at 70 – Engadget We have these chairs at my job, so I get why Engadget says “To all you dot-commers who spent tons of money on truckloads of Aeron Ergonomic Office Chairs back in the day” — because now, post internet-boom, I’
Tips on getting hair that looks and feels like a white girl's
About a month ago I had my hair thermal reconditioned, or, Japanese Thermal Straightened, or just Asian straightened, if all Asian straightening methods look the same to you. I read a few message boards where girls said straightening their hair had changed their lives. They’re right, it has changed
links for 11 September 2006
pythagaras switch – Google Video Japanese science show for kids, called “Pythagoras Switch” or “Pitagora Suicchi” is full of little Rube Goldberg-like marble rolling devices, among other strange segments, even has kids imitating the show’s marble tricks.
links for 10 September 2006
* Monkey Bites: Lonelygirl15 Totally Fake Creators behind Lonelygirl15 come out of the closet. * Waxy.org: Daily Log: Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds “His first conclusion was very reasonable: ‘If a really malicious person wanted to get on craigslist and ruin a lot of people’s lives, he easily
links for 08 September 2006
* Jazz on Bones: X-Ray Sound Recordings “In the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were recorders etched into discarded X-ray film.” * “Fay broke up with Joe — and now she’s dating Marco” Facebook added