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Welcome to the DNC.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:14:00 +0000

Banksy in New Orleans??

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:41:00 +0000

Rumors and evidence of possible Banksy work (or closely derived from his work) seen in New Orleans, on the 3rd anniversary of Katrina. Small photoset here.

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Apocalyse Americana.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:21:00 +0000

This guy Kris Kros has an interesting way with light. This one stuck out to me.

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Holo-Cat Goodness.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:51:00 +0000

iHologram - iPhone application from David OReilly on Vimeo.
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Thinks?

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:14:00 +0000

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Deconstructed Appliances

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:00 +0000

Really cool Flickr set of dissasembled household appliances. The above is a coffeemaker. Beautiful.

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Goog-411 Isn't what you think?

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Say it ain't so. Missed this from late last year - From ZDNet: Google’s free 411 service (1-800-GOOG-411) lets you find and call local businesses, but the service isn’t exactly as it seems. On the surface, it looks pretty straight forward, but spending lots of money advertising a service that has no clear potential to make money should have seemed a bit suspicious. read article

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A Look at The Good.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:00 +0000

Millions of voices will unite to speak out about positive change in New Orleans during the week of August 25th - the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The “New Orleans 100” initiative will highlight and encourage discussion among millions about 100 of the most innovative and world-changing ideas to take root in the city since Katrina.

“After hearing so many of the positive changes and innovative projects post-Katrina, we’ve decided enough is enough,” said Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Co-Founder of alldaybuffet. “It’s time to put an end to the negative press in mainstream media. We know that the levees broke. We know that our city is dysfunctional. We know that. But do you know about Prospect.1? Or about the influx of young professionals into New Orleans? The world needs to know about the NEW New Orleans.”

To combat top down media, the project will leverage bottom up tools on the social web (email, blogs, twitter, facebook, digg, etc.), which can reach a combined audience of millions to raise awareness about New Orleans and inspire action to make a difference.

“The New Orleans 100″ features projects like Prospect.1, the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, and NOLA YURP, an organization that offers a support and resource network to connect, retain, and attract young professionals from diverse backgrounds for a sustainable New Orleans. The list will highlight 100 of the most inspiring people, organizations, and projects that define the rebirth of New Orleans.

We’ll release the list on Monday, August 25th and call on everyone on the social web to participate. Our goal is to reach 1,000,000 views by 8.28.08. Everyone can make a difference. All it takes is a click!

To view the list and find out more information, please visit http://www.alldaybuffet.org/neworleans100

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Euro Homer.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0000

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Hipster Requiem

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:57:00 +0000

"Lovers of apathy and irony, hipsters are connected through a global network of blogs and shops that push forth a global vision of fashion-informed aesthetics. Loosely associated with some form of creative output, they attend art parties, take lo-fi pictures with analog cameras, ride their bikes to night clubs and sweat it up at nouveau disco-coke parties. The hipster tends to religiously blog about their daily exploits, usually while leafing through generation-defining magazines like Vice, Another Magazine and Wallpaper. This cursory and stylized lifestyle has made the hipster almost universally loathed...

"We are a lost generation, desperately clinging to anything that feels real, but too afraid to become it ourselves. We are a defeated generation, resigned to the hypocrisy of those before us, who once sang songs of rebellion and now sell them back to us. We are the last generation, a culmination of all previous things, destroyed by the vapidity that surrounds us. The hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture so detached and disconnected that it has stopped giving birth to anything new.

"An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the “hipster” – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society." http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html

via adbusters - Douglas Haddow

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Know-Nothing Politics

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:00 +0000

Now, I don’t mean that G.O.P. politicians are, on average, any dumber than their Democratic counterparts. And I certainly don’t mean to question the often frightening smarts of Republican political operatives.

What I mean, instead, is that know-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy and political strategy. The party’s de facto slogan has become: “Real men don’t think things through.”

via Paul Krugman / New York Times read article

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'Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love'

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:49:00 +0000

New Yorker Matt Kinsey went into the West Side Market in NYC the other day and picked up a container of assorted cheese cubes from the shelf. When he glanced down to see if the ingredients would truly be 'great for snacks,' he was surprised to find some classic rock lyrics instead.

As you can see from the photo, a verse from Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'bout love" was curiously printed on the label. In other words, ingredients = killer lyrics.

No word yet if thousands of mullet haired rock fans have made a pilgrimage to the market in their assless chaps to pay tribute to this one of a kind VH cheese. But In my opinion any cheese that's "been to the edge, And [then I] stood and looked down" is some the best damn cheese ever made. Even if it's rotten to the core.

The work of some rogue stockboy no doubt.

via yesbutnoyes / adage

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Get Your War On.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:55:00 +0000

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Must be a New Orleanian.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:00 +0000

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Muddy Waters

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:49:00 +0000

Jul 24, 2008

(The Politico) So why exactly did Sen. John McCain cancel an event yesterday on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana?

According to the McCain campaign, the event was canceled over weather concerns.

However, that explanation is not sitting well with Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who claims McCain canceled the event because of a nearby oil spill that dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Mississippi.

“Look up ‘irony’ in the dictionary and you will find a description of this turn of events. Having to cancel your big oil drilling photo op because of a massive oil spill is like canceling a crime safety photo op because the house next door just got robbed," said Menendez.

"In selling his absurd coastline drilling plan to the American people, Sen. McCain has time and again pointed to advanced technology that would supposedly eliminate the threat of massive oil spills. As he can now personally attest, even with the most modern technology, we can’t prevent massive oil spills like the one currently devastating the Mississippi, just as we couldn’t prevent 7.7 million gallons of oil spills after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This is the type of straight talk about oil drilling the American people deserve to hear.”

On Wednesday, a 600-foot tanker and a barge loaded with fuel oil collided near New Orleans, breaking the barge in half. While there were injuries, more than 419,000 gallons of thick oil spilled from the barge, forming a slick 12 miles long.

McCain's critics also pointed to the forecast, which according to weather.com called for scattered showers with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms in the New Orleans area.

Menendez has authored legislation to permanently ban drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf, however, McCain has come out in favor of expanding offshore drilling.
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Pandora Thumbs Up.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Whoa. Ben turned me on to Pandora, a iPhone streaming radio app that allows you to punch in artists or songs that you like and it then streams tunes it thinks you'll like based on a ton of parameters. It's based on the Music Genome Project. Pretty cool stuff, and free, which is nice.

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Street Cred.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:45:00 +0000

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Geauxbama!

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:25:00 +0000

Check out the killer Geauxbama shirts & stickers from Dirty Coast!

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Feed the Animals

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:28:00 +0000

Good new stuff from Girl Talk, available here.

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Rainbow in Marrero

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:41:00 +0000

A Rainbow In Marrero from ballzack on Vimeo.

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R.I.P. Muddy Waters

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:46:00 +0000

Our beloved dog Muddy Waters passed away this morning. We miss him dearly. He was a 12 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback. We drove to Texas in 1995 or so to pick him up as an 8 week old puppy and we were inseparable since.

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2008 MS Walk April 5th.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:19:00 +0000

The 2008 MS Walk is coming up, and we've got a big team going! The Muddy Waters Walkers have participate for the last 8 years, both in the San Francisco area and here in New Orleans. You can Register here to sign up and/or pledge money.

The walk is Saturday, April 5th at 8:00 in Audubon Park.

Muddy Waters, by the way, is our dog. Also one of the great old bluesmen, and a reference to the mighty Mississippi River. We're working on 2008 T-shirts. Contact Peter for more information about the Walk and joining us!

You can comment below to let us know you're coming, or to ask any questions!!

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20 Minutes 4Obama.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:16:00 +0000

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Insert Memento joke here.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:21:00 +0000

The To-Do Tattoo, the perfect solution for those with shoddy short-term memory.

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Time Stops in Grand Central.

noreply@blogger.com (Peter) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:53:00 +0000

Wow. Funny as hell. Thanks, Vector Living!

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