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The fall of communism?



I shouldn't laugh. But I did.

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I started a blog post on Sunday that has shifted shape daily ever since and still hasn't been finished. In the meantime...happy Wednesday! This one was introduced to me by my eldest son:



Enjoy.

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Yesterday, in case you didn't know, was the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the moon.



Congratulations to all the staff and crew of 1960's NASA--you guys rock.

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I checked my archives, and simply cannot believe I haven't posted anything by Phil Hansen yet. Phil does some wonderful particulate art that I think is simply amazing. I have a guess how he does it, but that doesn't diminish the wonderfulness of it all. Here is just one sample of his work:



There are many, many others. Check his website above, or his YouTube page for more fun and cool illustrations. (The Bruce Lee one and "faces" are two of my faves.)

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This week, I have a double header of infomercial parodies for you. First, a remix of the Slap Chop, done by DJ Steve Porter (quite nice, actually--I confess to loading this one up from time to time just to jam with the music):



Followed by a nice parody of the Snuggie ad (a little bit of PG-13 language on this one, so watch those little ears):



Happy Wednesday, readers!

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This kid's mom cancelled his World of Warcraft account. His brother, prophet that he was, videotaped the post-cancellation tantrum.



I have no words.

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For all you who said President Obama wouldn't hurt a fly (all right, that's an obvious joke, and I'm sure you've seen this by now, but I just love it):

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From Cirque du Soleil's "Midnight Sun":



Not only is this one of my favorite jams all time in the music department, the performer is just incredible--and he looks like he is having SO MUCH FUN!

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The people at Microsoft, in their continuing effort to take over the world, have started their own search engine, Bing.com. Their ad campaign speaks volumes about our society (and, ironically, their own effort to create even more information overload). Here is a medley of their first three ads--the last one (starting at 0:48)is the best, in my opinion:



My friend Skate wrote about this phenomenon almost a year ago. In her blog entry "Wait, I'll Just Look That Up", she talked about how it feels to go crazy. And/or become totally dependent on ADD-style information referencing. You should read it.

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Twenty years ago? It seems like only yesterday:



A not-too-badly-done video here was made in 2007 as a memorial. It includes this text:

Though all records differ in their statistics, an estimated 5,000 people died. Thousands more were injured. The topic is still a political taboo in mainland China. Any public discussion of it is regarded as inappropriate. As a result of the strong Chinese government censorship, the news media is forbidden to report anything related to the subject unless it takes the Communist Party of China's view. This part of history has disappeared in most Chinese media.

There is a special on PBS called "The Tank Man" that is all about the continuing fallout of this event. If you click here (and I highly recommend you do), you can watch the entire thing online. It is essentially a program about how information is controlled in China, even to this day. It includes some footage of college students being shown photos of Tiananmen who, when asked what they think the photos represent, answered, 'I dunno...a parade?'

Hard to believe that, even now, a Google image search on the US page yields this:



While the Chinese Google image search produces this:



I wish I had a solution for Times Like These.

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From the DVD performance video of the STOMP group:



Man, I wanna do dat.

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Brilliance.



Sheer brilliance.

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In honor of the opening of the new Star Trek movie:



The caption on YouTube reads:

"Military force was authorized yesterday minutes after the E.T.'s 48 hour deadline had passed. The E.T's were given an ultimatum to stop their whale poaching and leave Earth or face military action."

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I absolutely love Guerilla Theater. Here is a wonderful recent 'production' in a train station in Belgium:



Watch your back. Artists are everywhere. :o)

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A friend forwarded this to me (thanks, Jon) and I just had to share. It is from a project called Playing for Change. Basically, this dude recorded a street performer singing a song in Santa Monica, CA, then laid down other tracks across the world with other unknown performers. It is incredible.



Click the link above to visit their site. They also have a version of Bob Marley's "One Love" that is pretty amazing.

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From last year's NHL playoff series:



The quest for the cup begins tonight.

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Okay, I know you've probably seen this already--it's on TV right now. But I can't seem to get enough of these little guys:



'specially when they're rocking out at about :45 or so. Always gets a smile outta me.

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Happy April Fool's Day, readers!

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I apologize for the radio silence. The past several weeks (months?) have been crazy.

But not as crazy as this:

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It's been a while, but I am back with a vengeance. Here's this week's clip:



Watch out, Wendy. The blogs are a'comin'...