Student of Life: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

half graf

hotel room commissioned to be painted by graffiti writer Tilt - he completely covered half of the room, and left the other start white

"The Weinstein Company has lost an appeal to the MPAA, which has smacked an R rating on the painful documentary Bully

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There's a grotesque irony in declaring that what is portrayed in Bully should be softened, or bleeped -- should be hidden, really, because it's too much for kids to see. Of course it's too much for kids to see. It's also too much for kids to live through, walk through, ride the bus with, and go to school with. That's why they made the movie. The entire point of this film is that kids do not live with the protection we often believe they do -- many of them live in a terrifying, isolating war zone, and if you hide what it's like, if you lie about what they're experiencing, you destroy what is there to be learned."

via npr

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

damn Berlioz

1 hr 32 min

i mean...

*** EDIT: adding video of Ron Paul getting boo'd

END EDIT ***

do Palestinians, Iraquis, Iranian, etc. (as a whole, apparently - maybe Muslims is more comprehensive) really hate us because of the positive aspects of America? Highly skeptical of that, but maybe the truth sounds so bad i think it sets off a gag reflex

Honors English... QUALITY hip hop

this is not maybach music, this is may have to playback music

Thanks Shamsa

why do i like pictures like this? its so real - so politically incorrect. the smile+the look makes it playful. the fact that to me she essentially fits in the catagory of icons of "purity," (maybe inaccurately) and that this completely flies in the face of that whole idea. her interest in world politics and charity

but i think the best part about it is not that it tarnishes the innocence of the icon. but it, to me disarms the negative gesture. ah the power of positivity

dunno, whether she was as good a person as advertised or not - either way the picture cracks open the shell of hysterical fear of offensiveness, and to me, thats purer than acting proper

"fuck you fuckers"

3:34 things get wierd

okay GOODNIGHT

Make Your Thing: 12 Point Program for Absolutely, Positively 1000% No-Fail Guaranteed Success
by Jesse Thorn

i start watching shit like this and i never want it to end

Frank Zappa on Music

Monday, February 27, 2012

and now the 90's

48 Pictures that Perfectly Capture the 90's
a bit white-culturey, but still nostalgic

"only under Hip Hop supervision"

this is magnificent - star-studded pilot for the tv show grafitti rock

so good... a bit creepy but nevertheless awesome

3D Skeleton Dress by Black Milk

this is the second time i've posted from black milk, i think they have some of the coolest shit (even though its all women's clothing)

one more:

black milk

i have a similar plan

R.I.P. George Carlin

Friday, February 24, 2012

Chamo San

via chamosan flikr

goddamnit

Conrad's drawing from conrad roset on Vimeo.

A Native elder walks slowly down the path. The leaves of the trees and the soft breeze protect him from the heat of the noonday sun. In his worn, calloused hand is the soft flesh of his young grandson. The two walk in silence.

After a time the grandfather interrupts the silence. “Grandson,” he begins, “there are two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is angry and vindictive and wishes to hurt others. The other wolf is peaceful, joyful, and loving.”

Hearing the words of his grandfather the grandson is filled with fear. With a tremor in his voice he asks, “Grandfather, which wolf will win the battle of your heart?”

The wise elder replies, “The battle of my heart will be won by the wolf that wins the battle of every man’s heart. It is the wolf I feed.”