Exit Through The Gift Shop is a groundbreaking film which features exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many more of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work, Exit Through The Gift Shop is the hilarious true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence. The story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed. This title will be released on September 6, 2010.
On February 21, 2009, an advertising firm handed Poster Boy a MoMA jacket and gave him free range of the MoMA branded Atlantic-Pacific subway station in New York. Turns out the firm wasn't supposed to do that, and MoMA fired them. Whoops.
Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano has designed their own office in the middle of the forest. I think we might have to consider new offices pretty soon!
Copyright law and what to do with it. A hard nutshell to crack. A discussion that has been going on for decades and one I do not really want to share my opinion on as different parties state different facts which make it hard to draw a line in it all.
I remember how when I was a kid tape and VHS cassettes used to be pirated on a large scale and were sold on local markets. I saw Napster and other services come up later on in life and I saw some of these services disappear as quick while others became larger than life. Evolution and revolution at the same time one might say and interesting times none the less.
Piracy, whether music/video or designer handbags, is something that will always be around in my opinion. What everyone must realise though is that creative people deserve to make a living. A liner note which our younger generations can hardly grasp as they never really grew up to value music for instance.They love music, they talk about & share it with their friends and they especially also download it. Logical in my opinion as they’re growing up in a digital environment with unlimited access to something with no value due to that reason.
Kids nowadays do not grow up in record stores. Flicking through hundreds and hundreds of records, looking for that one album cover to draw their attention, ordering limited edition releases from Japan, … They just can’t value the carrier which a CD or vinyl is for some older generations.
Now I do not want to blame everything on the kids, as older generations also download huge volumes. But I do want to explain that current tactics fighting piracy do not work in my opinion. One must educate people and learn kids how to appreciate creativity. And that’s the hard part as one does not have the impression that they are hurting someone with a harmless download.
As stated, a long discussion and one with mixed opinions …
Now I stumbled upon the following clip. Its a clip in which director Simon Klose explains why he needs your support to finish the documentary called TPB AFK. This stand for The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard. Its a documentary on the notorious filesharing website The Pirate Bay, a long-standing enemy of the movie & music industry. In this documentary Simon follows the three founders of the site, and their reactions to being found guilty of being accessory to crime against copyright law and fined over 3.6 million dollars.
There’s already over 200 hours of footage saved up and there are plans to record more during the founders’ appeal against their previous verdict, which is set for less than a month from now, on 28 September, 2010. In three days, the director already raised over $30,000 on to pay for a professional editor and use of an editing suite in putting together the full length feature.
The court case, the political parties that have been started across several continents, the threats which get hilarious answers, … all interesting and something which many have been following up close for a long time now. All I can say: crazy Swedes. Hope they’ve got a stay out of jail for free card .
Max Tannone is quickly making a name for himself behind remix projects such as Jaydiohead (Jay-Z vs. Radiohead) and Mos Dub (Mos Def over Reggae and dub classics). In his latest project, completed and released over the weekend, Tannone reups on the Dub series with Mos Def's Black Star partner, Talib Kweli.
Muslim men and women across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month long celebration of self-purification and restraint. During Ramadan, the Muslim community fast, abstaining from food, drink, smoking and sex between sunrise and sunset. Muslims break their fast after sunset with an evening meal called Iftar, where a date is the first thing eaten followed by a traditional meal. During this time, Muslims are also encouraged to read the entire Quran, to give freely to those in need, and strengthen their ties to God through prayer. The goal of the fast is to teach humility, patience and sacrifice, and to ask forgiveness, practice self-restraint, and pray for guidance in the future. This year, Ramadan will continue until Thursday, September 9th.
After months of anticipation DC and Ken Block are proud to be officially launching the Gymkhana THREE Part! The newest chapter in this successful franchise of Gymkhana videos is: Ken Block's Gymkhana THREE: Part 1; The Music Video Infomercial (feat. The Cool Kids).
This music video features Ken, his Gymkhana Three 2011 Ford Fiesta, Gymkhana style driving, new DC and Ken Block product, with visual and effects — all set to an original track "Clicking (Gymkhana THREE)" that was written and produced by hip-hop duo The Cool Kids.
The previous gymkhana videos have been viewed by more than 70 million viewers worldwide and have won a number of awards.
Kanye West just dropped this new song titled , “Monster”on his official blog. The track features Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj. According to Kanye this is the second single off of a 5 song album that he is working on with Jay-Z called, “Watch The Throne”.
Hastings has a zero-tolerance policy on graffiti (and presumably street art too) except in cases where the work is an instant tourist attraction. In those cases, the policy is not so zero-tolerance. There’s a “Banksy-tolerance” policy, and that’s a pretty short-sighted way of doing things.
I grew up among denim. My father has been working for one of the world’s largest denim companies for like forever. It gave me an edge on many, a close viewing point of changes within the industry throughout the passed decade or so.
I remember visiting factories and being amazed by the process, the huge washing machines for stone wash effects or sandblasting denim for that rough/used look. I remember being asked to go fit new models and other clothes for the designers, doing summer jobs within the company, …
Come to think of it there’s a lot I have always loved about denim. I love its smell, its feel and its look. You can never go bad with a good pair of jeans in my opinion. Come to think of it I have an almost denim exclusive closet, sponsored off course
Now I know you must be wondering where the hell I found the inspiration for this post?! Well, it was the following clip that triggered everything for me. A clip I just on Matix, a company that recently launched its Capital Collection, which is a premium line of made and sourced in the USA denim, T-shirts, and cut-and-sew pieces. Each item in their line is hand made by American workers in the USA, something rare in this day and age of low-cost sewing facilities in Asia & Africa. Something to ponder upon when you consider blue jeans were born in the US of A originally.
@heirbautjoelle kon het niet laten van langs te komen op vrije dag (oplader vergeten) en dan zegt ze "het is megagoed weer buiten" tsssss 5 hours agoSeptember 3, 2010
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