Mass Games
Okay imagine for a second that you live in a country ruled by a living god. Sure, there are no jobs and starving peasants, driven to eat dirt and bark, are a common sight. But that’s only because your country is under perpetual threat by hateful governments. Your Dear Leader is fighting them off with [...]
Humanzees
From the Scotsman:
A LEADING scientist has warned a new species of “humanzee,” created from breeding apes with humans, could become a reality unless the government acts to stop scientists experimenting.
In an interview with The Scotsman, Dr Calum MacKellar, director of research at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, warned the controversial draft Human Fertilisation and [...]
Google Art?
You might have noticed: Google now has “artist themes” by the likes of Jeff Koons (edgey!), Dolce & Gabbana (barf), Dale Chihuly (dry heave), and Mark Ecko (fever, dry heave, dry heave again). Well DGSF Poofy rigged up a Matthew Barney theme!
Seriously Google: Your design is increasingly crap, and cutesy logos on holidays isn’t doing [...]
LOLart
How did DG miss this site, dedicated to LOL+art?! (Related: Cremaster Halloween costumes.) More faves (though the site is uneven):
Grand Theft Auto, Real and Fake
The Guardian reports that a man was stabbed while waiting in line to buy Grand Theft Auto this morning. It’s not so much the “art imitates life” story line that’s interesting; it’s that the other people in line just assumed it was some viral marketing tactic. To be honest, I’d have probably thought the [...]
Yellow Submarine, the Movie
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Via Brooklyn Vegan, which linked the video in honor of the death of Albert Hofmann, the first human being to trip on acid.
Also check out this video, which has some amazing interstitial interpretations of Hoffman’s first trip. (They don’t get going for a bit.) Via Laughing Squid.
Ibiza Haunted House
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Via Everyone Forever (though I think they’re way off in saying this video is good because of “how crap it is.” C’mon guys. This is just good because it’s good, not good because it’s bad. There’s life beyond design foppery)
With Friends Like These…
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Thou shalt not get high and shoot guns while being shot at, k?
“Cos I wanna do hood-rat stuf wit my fren”
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Australia has this kid. But we got Latarian. (”My fren. Smokes. Wif cigarettes.” His friend is seven.)
Smiley Faced Murders
From Buzzfeed, which rounded up the best links:
A group of private investigators say they’re able to link up dozens of seemingly unrelated deaths of college men through a common clue: Smiley faces found near where the drowned bodies were found. The deaths (murders?) all share common traits: Well-liked, athletic college guys who drowned mysteriously, usually [...]