Duty Wine

11:29 AM a: hey duder morning! U-S-A me: and a happy independence to you too, good sir kinda gray so far, but we’re hoping it clears up a: ya no doubt when you headed over? me: oh we’re there now just dropped a grant at wholefoods a: hahaha wrd what should we bring? we’re just […]

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linkthink #5184: Mariachi Bhangra

A Backlash? – New York Times race-based feelings about the dem candidates, post-race-card BS :: this chart speaks volumes (tags: race election08 chart obama clinton nyt) El Nuevo Día – Todo sobre la leche felix jimenez on lipstick, leche, and the war in iraq (tags: spanish op-ed cultcrit war iraq puertorico) YouTube – An Interview […]

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linkthink #6953: Mate Rituals

rap represented in mathematical charts and graphs half math, half amazing (tags: hip-hop humor visualization charts awesome) Democracy in Dakar : Nomadic Wax documentary re: hip-hop (and democracy) in senegal (tags: hip-hop documentary senegal africa activism politics) We’re not racist, but … – In Depth – theage.com.au re: racism in contemporary australia (tags: race racism […]

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linkthink #5939: Nestle’s Crunk

Dr Pepper Sabrosura Radio Ad Dr. Pepper propels its latest campaign con cumbiaton! :: “Treat your taste buds to Dr Pepper while you indulge in our latest radio ad featuring the best Cumbia to a Reggaetón beat you´ve ever heard!” :: i think calle 13’s got em beat on that count, tho (tags: cumbia reggaeton […]

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Duppy or Funman

duppy art head nuh good certainly not when matched with twins of twins’ wckd funny loving acid caricatures (and this one above w/ a mad mad intro to boot ! ticket to my heart book) yellowman part priceless jawbone! heineken star time!! one word for wallace & gromit, california raisins — (via)

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Mainly, To Amuse Itself

I know what you’re thinking — el fin de Delfin? No puede ser! But it’s been about a month and a half since the Chilean jokesters who made Delfin both a YouTubospheric laughingstock and legend — not to mention the undisputed king of tecno folklore — finally hung up their bloggy hats. As they write, […]

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El Arte de Blin-Blin Politricks

Pictured above is a shot of Filiberto Ojeda Uptowns / Machetero Air Force Ones by visual artist Miguel Luciano, as featured in a show opening this Sunday, April 15, at Bard College. I’ve been an admirer of Luciano’s arresting approach since Raquel Rivera (who brought this latest project to my attn) sent me a digital […]

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Linkthink #6573: AyAyAy Edition

/jace: I enjoy watching the notion of a mainstream dissolve into a trillion scattered data-bites. me: ME TOO! e.g., “enta omry = your my life ragaooney 3nak = give me back your eyes leh ayam elley raho = to the days we had and so on and so on… it would take forever to translate. […]

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U Go Chop My Dollar?

Nice try, Mr.CHRISTIAN OSITA ASAPUO, but you nah go chop my dollar with that ol’ 419 spamscam. Still, I admire your persistence and politeness. Mr.NKEM OSUOFIA OWOH, on the other hand, well, he’s just plain in-your-face about it. I admire that, too — Background here. [thx, tones!]

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LatinAmerican YouTubosphere on Lock

Sin duda, William Hung ain’t got nothin’ on Ecuador’s latest YouTuboSensación — Delfin Quishpe. I learned of Delfin via an Ecuadorian blogger named Jaime, who after seeing my own post (or two) on the subject, pointed me to a piece he had himself written recently about the ol’ Perreo Chacalonero. Here’s how Jaime put me […]

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Imagination has beenlost

Likewhat Jose Dali said about my fairy tale character Crab-Mac-Claw orAlice Garibaldi’s view of my computer drafts of sculptures in Rome. They copy someone else’s style. Frederic the Frog is main character in "Frederic the Frog and Elias the Elephant". Order Asbjorn Lonvig art posters with printed passepartoutonline at ArtWanted. It’s about my decision to […]

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