Today I went to eat lunch in Union Square. In the area right near the park there was this line of about 40 of the same scooter. Same model, same year, a few different colors. Lined up perfectly in a place where nobody’s allowed to park. I went in the park and ate my lunch. 30 minutes later, when I exited the park, they were gone without a trace.

weird.

I went to the anti-RNC march today, and dragged buddyboy along. It was pretty great; I had planned to just keep my head down and worry about terror while the GOP was invading my town. Instead, I went out and took it to the streets like a Doobie Brother twice this weekend. As ultimately meaningless as my shouting and walking was, I am pretty happy, I feel like I at least did something. It was really nice to learn from the news tonight that it was the largest protest march at any US political convention ever.

“Whose City?” “OUR CITY!”
“Whose Country?” “OUR COUNTRY!”

oh yeah…

You say tomato, I say manfruit… Let’s call the whole thing off!

Bizarro cartoon of Brian Eno instructing how to climb a rope.

Thor’s coming to town, we’re ready to rock
how much coke do we have in stock?
i’ve got a pound of coke and thor does too
we’re gonna throw every car in town at you, cuz we’re
throwing cars at people
throwing cars at people
throwing cars at people
- from Throwing Cars At People (On Coke with THOR)

Full-sized RC car, in the desert.

10.5MB (Windows Media Video)

New Staples commercial featuring Alice Cooper

Microphones carved from wood; ingeniously amplified acoustic instruments, and hand-wired sound systems from scavenged parts…

Konono No. 1 is one of the main exponents of a spectacular style of music which has developed in the suburbs of Kinshasa (DR Congo). The Congolese call it “tradi-modern”, in other words : electrified traditional music. These are musicians who left the bush to settle in the capital and who, in order to keep fulfilling their social role and make themselves heard by their ancestors (and, more concretely, by their fellow citizens) despite the high level of urban noise, have had to resort to DIY amplification of their instruments. This makeshift electrification has provoked a radical mutation of their sound, as it has introduced distortions which they have integrated to their style.

More photos, Quicktime video of a performance, and .mp3 demo here.

Some geniuses at Yoplait decided to market a Shrek go-gurt flavor named Donkey Punch?

I actually think this is pretty stupid, but I ran across it on Myspace.