pixelhead.

crazy crazy. imagine going shredding, wearing THIS. saw it about a week ago and meant to post it, but didn't get around to it until today.

it's actually the face of german politician and secretary of the interior thomas de maizière. how 'bout that.

crips & bloods: made in america.

phil and i sat down and watched this documentary last friday. i mean, i know that racism is institutionalized in america and canada, but lord, i wasn't prepared to see what i saw and learn even more about the true history of the degredation of black culture on this continent.

do yourself a favour and educate yourself - watch this film, and understand how much further we have left to go. we need to understand our communities before we can know how to properly raise them up and fight the powers that be.

it girl: sasha grey.

okay, so this may be the first and only time i'll do this, but i haven't done an 'it girl' posting in a long time. mostly because i haven't really found anyone worthy of my writing time.. but also because i haven't really been feeling inspired, or shocked, or even excited by anyone in a while.

anyway, i've been watching the latest season of entourage online, and all of a sudden this porn star chick makes an appearance as vinnie's new girlfriend - playing herself, and what do you know.. i'm INTRIGUED.

she's really young. like, 22, or something. and she's been in porn for the past four years - but get this, her approach to everything she's done professionally has been completely intellectualized. it's kind of insane. for instance: the name 'sasha' was taken from 'sascha konietzko' of KMFDM (um, rock 'n roll!!) and 'grey' is in reference to oscar wilde’s novel 'the picture of dorian gray', as well as a tongue in cheek (no pun intented) to the kinsey scale of sexuality.

it's a trip, because this girl has already won about fifteen adult film awards for things like, 'best anal sex scene' and 'favourite oral starlet'. so it makes you wonder, how is this 'normalcy' and self-possession so possible? is there some feminist undercurrent to her rationalization of the work she does?

i have absolutely no answer. i mean, for years even linda lovelace vacillated between embracing porn as a non-biased, gendered expression of her sexuality, and having a hardlined view of it as a tool for pure subjugation and misogyny.. who knows what is going on there.. although there's no denying, this girl is interesting as hell.

anyway, she's also done a lot of mainstream acting and modeling - for entourage, american apparel, the ubiquitous terry richardson, and even a feature film for steven soderbergh. i honestly can't wait to see what she does next.

open letter: bp! get on it, dummies!

seriously, what the heck?! at least dump these bad boys in the marshlands and get proactive..

the front fell off.

like monty python. but actually, bloody REAL. amazers!

a comment on apartheid.

if you haven't seen 'district 9' yet, check it out a.s.a.p.! such a rad movie. and the director went to vfs - vancouver represent!

well, thank goodness that worked.

kim's not looking as guant as he was a month ago - stroke issues moot, then? billy clint put down his sax for a hot minute to do some problem solving. finally this shit gets sorted..

it's not a tu-mah.

the governator is 62 today. do yourself a favour and go rent 'pumping iron'. you will NOT regret it.

pc via dl.

oh so liveable.

once again, van city is at the top of the list according to the economist intelligence unit. which, in my humble opinion, sounds like a pretty freaking reputable source. am i right?

super barack.

to the rescue! via wrongdistance.

priceless.

thank-you lisa jack and time magazine.

yes we can.

this morning, just before noon, barack obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the united states of america. tides of change.

and in keeping with frugality..

i will continue to emphasize consumer affordability. essentially, it's easier on the conscience and on the pocketbook to be spending on accessories as opposed to full outfits - especially in this, the chilliest of economic climates we've bundled up to in a while.

plus, i get to indulge in my obsession with fanny packs. borba margo's s/s 09 collection is especially lovely.

ushering in a new era.

and we are living history. right now.

and it all comes down to this.

it's election night for our neighbours. and i hope that change prevails.

thanks to chris milk and ye.

today's the day..

polls are open 'til 7 p.m. go be canadian for a hot minute.

hot shit. logobama.

this pretty neat. these guys noticed that people have been appropriating barack obama's logo and they figured, why not make it more accessible? so they, 'created logobama, a place for you to create your own custom obama logo and use it wherever you want. as obama says, “we are the change we have been waiting for.” that’s what obama is representing... someone who wants all of us to participate in changing the world. and together, we can make this change, one logo at a time.'.

put your stamp on it.

holy fuck gets the shit end of the stick.

our friends at gnarcore waxed poetic yesterday evening about stephen harper's right(reich?)-handed axe to arts funding. that's 14.5 million dollars less for the development of creative mind and outlets for their process, across the country. 'promart', the domestic touring subsidization program, as well as 'trade routes', the program that 'helps promote cultural exports abroad', are both getting wasted under this new policy.

the conservative government has chosen to blame it on this band. pitchfork media has written a great article about this bullshit and how holy fuck has been pegged as the scapegoat, basically, because of their name. and these dudes are currently touring with bloc party. nice one, harper, you douche.

check it.

and on the other hand.

remember the adbusters article about dead end of western civilization? well, gavin mcinnes, has taken to his blog in response to their analysis of the hipster genre, and has some might interesting things to say about youth culture and some other poignant bullshit. he also recommends that we get down on this article, by momus.

barack-ing the vote.

check this - harper's bazaar's latest spread features the (self-proclaimed) first lady of all things fierce, miss t-banks, posing and paying homage to the next potential first lady of the united states herself, michelle obama.

yes'm, check that hair!