HI DERE WAHT IS AWESOME

(it's really trippy on headphones)

dude walking along the camino del rey in spain:

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

got vertigo on some bits. guy must have iron balls to do this (or be nuts, maybe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo

federal tax refund already came in! 1 week after filing :D

KOTTONMOUTH KINGZ BMX BIKE DRUMKIT WITH A BONG BUILT INTO IT

http://www.lourider.net/drumpics/drum9/photos/2.jpg
http://www.lourider.net/drumpics/drum9/photos/3.jpg
http://www.lourider.net/drumpics/drum9/photos/7.jpg

(AP) -- For a society accustomed to the likes of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, the images of the women from the polygamist compound in Texas are almost shocking in their understatement: Ankle-length dresses, makeup-less faces, hauntingly uniform hair.
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Dresses worn by women in the polygamist sect are meant to show modesty and conformity.

And while no one would accuse the women of making a fashion statement, the pioneer-style outfits are a rare example of how in an age of overexposure, modesty, too, can give pause.

The puff-sleeved, pastel dresses worn by the women in the sect are a combination of original 19th-century wear and 1950s clothing that was adopted when the church took a conservative turn, according to Janet Bennion, an anthropologist who studies polygamist women.

The dresses are meant to show modesty and conformity: They go down to the ankles and wrists, and are often worn over garments or pants, making sure every possibly provocative inch of skin is covered.

John Llewellyn, a polygamy expert and retired Salt Lake County sheriff's lieutenant, says the women cover themselves "so that they're unattractive to the outside world or other men."

The appearance of unity through uniform dress, however, can belie the jealousy that often arises when the women -- who might all look alike to an outsider -- find themselves in competition with one another over the affections of the same man, Llewellyn says.
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The clothing is also stitched with special markings "to protect the body and to remind you of your commitment," Bennion says. She declined to go into detail about the stitchings because she said it would be an infraction against the community -- a fundamentalist sect that broke from the mainline Mormon church, which disavows polygamy -- to talk about their sacred symbols.

Pastel colors evoke femininity and don't come across as bold or strong, says Bennion, a professor at Lyndon State College in Vermont.

Then there's the question of the elaborate hairdos.

The women never cut their hair because they believe they will use it to wash Christ's feet during the Second Coming, Bennion says. A Biblical quote says a woman's hair should be her crowning glory.

The bangs are grown out and rolled (but usually not using a curling iron, because that would be too modern). There are sausage curls on the sides and often braids down the back.

The exact history of the hairstyle is unclear, but it is reminiscent of the Gibson Girl image of the 1800s. It's a pre-World War II look, exaggerated with the pompadour, Llewellyn says. Chloe Sevigny's character in the HBO show "Big Love," about modern polygamists in Utah, has mastered the 'do.

Celebrity stylist and salon owner Ted Gibson thinks it gives off a "homely" impression.

"It says 'I don't really care very much. I really don't have time to worry about the way that I look, because I have 20 children,"' Gibson said. "'He's going from wife to wife to wife, so why should I look any better than the other ones?"'

Still, it's not outlandish to imagine the prairie look influencing today's styles, given that trends can come from unexpected places, and Sevigny is known as a style-setter. You can already find blouses with high necks and ruffles in stores, and puffed shoulders on short and long-sleeved shirts.

Prairie skirts are in fashion this season, while dusty pastels and neutrals are being introduced to offset trendy bold colors and patterns.

Long hair is also on its way back in, preparing to replace the currently fashionable bobs, Gibson says. Buns never go completely out of style, according to Gibson -- he often gives celebrities a half-up-half-down 'do, essentially what we're seeing in the photographs coming out of Texas.

But for the most part, the looks that arise from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are likely to stay there.

On her blog, the fashion editor of glam.com wondered if the spotlight on the Texas raid would make otherwise innocuous pastels unsavory, given their dubious association with polygamists.

"Unexpected perversion? Right-wing fads?" Susan Cernek wrote. "Sounds like a good Halloween costume ... or Marc Jacobs Spring '09."

Allison Berlin, founder of Style Made Simple, doesn't expect FLDS-inspired fashion to go mainstream.

"Women don't actually want to look like that," she says. "I can see the Brooklyn hipsters rocking a French braid, but not in a serious way. Maybe ironically."

metro tunnels in prague are seriously noise

http://www.a-prague.com/data/Image/pruvodce-metro_obr_big.jpg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=a6NyYp-n7SU
Pierre et Gilles's videography of '88 fits nicely with some youtube,s "08

wau dave, that's rad. how was your trip?

http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/komar_melamid/KomarMelamid_The-Most-UnwantedSong.mp3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ky8hanuM8

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Pneumonia_strikes_like_a_man_eating_shark.jpg

totally require

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17970215-35&div=t17970215-35

And pretty much that entire site

Q. You have been married twenty years? - A. Yes.

Q. Have you any children? - A. Why I do not know; my wife has had some.

Q. It may be a good joke for you, but you know you have indicted this woman for a capital offence? - A. Yes.

Q. You have been married twenty years, and have the impudence to tell me your wife has got some children; how many children have you had by your wife? - A. I have had nine by my wife, seven are dead, and two now living.

Q. And yet you have the impudence to tell the Court, and the jury, that you go to Lewkner's-lane with a common prostitute, and triumph in it? - A. No; I called in at the White-hart.

Q. Was that all you drank? - A. Yes, before I came to the White-hart.

Q. What did you drink at the White-hart? - A. Threepennyworth of gin, me and the landlord together.

Q. And how much did you drink afterwards? - A. A share of four quarterns of gin.

Q. How much had you of the gin at that house? - A. About three glasses.

Q. Were you drunk then? - A. No.

Q. Half in half? - A. No; I was not.

Q. Not groggy at all? - A. No; I don't think I was at all.

Q. Are you in the habit of drinking a good deal of gin? - A. Yes; beer and gin to.

Q. As much as you can get? - A. Yes.

Q. And you were not drunk? - A. No; I will take my oath, if it was the last day I had to live; I have drank as much to-day, very near, as I did then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1s_6p6O9U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzSQvIVsy8&feature=related

^^ this is what i say to that

that old bailey stuff is almost too close to flann obrein to be real

Holy crap @ the comments on that last youtube.

early graduation present for myself (also i am going to use it for capstone project thingy)

http://computershopper.com/shoptalk/s700.jpg

i know this dude from when he lived here. he's always been a sick musician/composer/producer, but apparently he is creating rad instruments now:
http://music.columbia.edu/%7Ejeff/instruments.htm

heard here

http://www.owenlake.com/about-window2.jpg

ooh, jbr -- fujifilm cameras are underrated. They do "pro-sumer" cameras nearly as well as Canon in terms of anticipating what you want to see in the final picture with minimal fussing. Sharp, saturated, low noise even in low light. Good stuff, and sheeeit, for $150, great stuff.

I need a new digital camera

A production number from a musical, "Murder at the Vanities", 1934:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnySJxE_XQA&NR=1

http://www.turborecordings.com/media/larkinloop.gif

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Bill Bramanti's favorite beer is Pabst Blue Ribbon. He loves it.

Really loves it.

So much so that he's already had his coffin specially made, and it's designed to look like a can of the trendy brew. Bramanti isn't sick, so he doesn't plan on needing it just yet. For now he plans to use it as a cooler.

At 5-feet-9 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, Bramanti has tried it out though.

"I actually fit, because I got in here," Bramanti, 67, of South Chicago Heights said. He threw a party Saturday for friends, featuring his coffin filled with ice and, what else, Pabst Blue Ribbon.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42, said.

Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.

The silver coffin is designed with red, white and blue, just like a Pabst can.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Margaret%20Lyons/2008_5_5.pbrcoffin.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/09/corpse.abuse.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Three Kingwood were arrested after admitting to Houston police they had dug up a child’s corpse, removing the skull and then turning it into a bong which they used to smoke marijuana.

"They cut the jaw off of it and wrapped it in electrical tape and used it to make a bong," Officer Jim Adkins tells the local Fox affiliate.

Kevin Wade Jones, 17, and Matthew Richard Gonzalez, 17, were arrested Wednesday night and are being held on misdemeanor charges of corpse abuse.

Houston police were initially interviewing Jones about the use of a stolen debit card, when he decided to tell them about the grave theft. Police officials had no idea why Jones offered to tell them the story, which obviously, would get him into more trouble…

"We can only speculate and guess to what goes on in the criminal mind," Sgt. John Chomiak of Houston police said, according to the Associated Press.

Gonzalez confirmed the story told by Jones, in a following interview. The police were led to a gravesite in Humble, where they found a headstone that had been knocked over, near a hole filled with muddy water. Residents in the area said they knew about the cemetery, but that it was not maintained.

According to court documents, the grave belonged to Willie Simms, an 11-year-old boy who died in 1921. Simms’ survivors have not been contacted by the police yet.

"Nobody deserves that--not even a corpse," Carolyn Gonzalez, Matthew Gonzalez’s mother, said, according to Fox 26.

The corpse’s skull could not be recovered.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2008/05/07/20080507PHOWWW00205.jpg

all props due to Chicago Jenny:

http://wweek.com/photos/3425/large/10910.jpg

http://defamer.com/assets/resources/2008/05/mr_fp_244522.jpg

That's what you look like when you spend your life getting into tense situations.

posting this everywhere: http://www.actionfigure.com/punches/-STRING-AF_PUNCH.mov

best video ever. love when you see the punching guy's face come into view

that is used here: http://idolator.com/345113/this-robyn-remix-packs-quite-a-punch

Long trippy animation done on the walls of Buenos Aires streets:

http://blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

This is absolutely great, an amazing piece of work.

wow!!

http://www.fashionologie.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/23/naginoda_2.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq93txBdtM

that's way too cute. his hands are too small so he plays with his fists

"play us something"
"but I have to look for my old man"
"not now. later."

Long trippy animation done on the walls of Buenos Aires streets

jesus! fuckin awesome

intensity in ten cities!

http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/resource/cool-obama/coolestest.jpg

wo_Ow

he gets my vote

Si no hablas espanol, pue "too bad."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHTp9BETQ8