Friday, July 31, 2009
President Obama shares beer with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Sgt. James Crowley & VP Biden
The NYDaily News reports:
The Audacity of Hops meeting at the White House demonstrated something most of us knew: Presidential power and charm can temporarily smooth the still-rough edges of race in America.
That's especially true when you have three men - Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Sgt. James Crowley and President Obama - who all radiate dignity, duty and fierce love of our country and its possibilities.
All three, burned by the same misunderstanding, were determined not to compound the error with ill-chosen words.
One teachable moment I'm waiting for is the day some inspired playwright scripts the confusion of that odd Cambridge afternoon using the technique pioneered by the late Japanese filmmaker, Akiro Kurasawa, in the 1950 classic movie, "Rashomon."
The film tells and re-tells a crime story through the eyes of four witnesses who see incompatible versions of the same event.
Some writer - I nominate Pulitzer-Prize winner Lynn Nottage of Brooklyn - could have a ball demonstrating how Gates, Crowley and Lucia Whelan, the woman who called the cops about a suspected break-in, all turned out to be right, wrong and mistaken at the same time.
Outside the scripted bonhomie of the White House, it's unclear if race relations have changed for the better.
A Boston cop and National Guardsman named Justin Barrett has been suspended from the force and the Guard after e-mailing a rambling note to a Boston Globe columnist.
"If I was the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with [pepper spray]," he wrote.
Barrett was promptly stripped of his gun and badge; a hearing to dismiss him from the force is pending.
"These racist opinions and feelings have no place in this department or in our society and will not be tolerated," Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said. Good for him.
Now that is what I call a teachable moment.
Some senior official at Fox News ought to say the same about right-wing talking head Glenn Beck, who went on national TV to throw reckless verbal slime.
"This President has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again who has a deep-seated hatred for white people," Beck said. "This guy is, I believe, a racist."
The outburst has earned Beck a national campaign demanding that companies advertising on his show cancel their sponsorship.
Another teachable moment.
This isn't the polite, scholarly national conversation on race that some hoped for - but it's way better than nothing at all.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Supreme x Tera Patrick - Polaroids by Kenneth Cappello
Supreme collaborated with adult film star, Tera Patrick, a few years ago on a small collection of apparel pieces, now polaroid pictures from the shoot have surfaced via the photographer, Kenneth Cappello, who took the revealing photos. Some of the photos were also used for the Supreme Magazine for Autumn/Winter 2007. via Inqmd Blog // Kenneth Cappello
Glenn Beck is a dumb Fuck
this dumb ass Glenn Beck Called Obama a Racist. i mean i know its freedom of speech but i wish someone would murder Glenn Beck he loves to argue but hates logic
Hunting for Billionaires
an upcoming release from Billionaire Boys Club for this weekend, the brand releases their Hunting Pattern collection. Throughout this most recent Season 9, we’ve seen various forms of visual language as the Hunting Pattern balances things out with a classical element relative to some of the bolder prints seen recently. Two t-shirts and a backpack release on July 30th, 2009 at select BBC dealers including THE ICE CREAM SHOP
Maestro Knows – Season 2 Episode 2 (Berlin)
Having spent an extensive amount of time in Germany and most notably Berlin while in town for Bread and Butter Berlin, Levi Maestro takes to the streets of Berlin as he uncovers a series of local favorites and monuments. Some notable personalities make an appearance including the always lovable Phil G. of BBB, Errolson Hugh of Acronym, Joerg Hass of Firmament/The-Glade.
Maestro Knows - Episode 2 (Berlin) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.
Mariah Carey - Obsessed (Remix) (feat. Gucci Mane)
mariah is still dope my goodness iwanna get her pregnant
DAIDÅ MORIYAMA
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DAIDÅ is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.
Born in Ikeda, Osaka, he studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe. He produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijÅ shashinchÅ, which showed the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialised parts.
Murikami
You can purchase the plush toys from Cliff Edge.
Via: highsnobiety
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The line was released in Japan end of April with big opening events and for those occasions the French luxury goods brand and the Japanese artist also worked on some special limited edition plush toys and plush toy key jewelry, that was only given out at the launch event.
Friday, July 24, 2009
g Sean - Getcha Some
this big sean song came out about two year a go on the knaye cant tell me nothing mixtape that came out before "Graduation" needless to say i wasnt that impressed with the song. visuals kinda dope though
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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