Hrag Vartanian

I found this on Flickr and had to share it:
“Someone stole our Obama for President sign from our yard last night. They stole nearly all the Obama signs in our neighborhood. The ones they didn’t take they spray-painted black. So I made this sign today and staked it in the yard. I fully expect it [...]

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Ah, the end to the halcyon days of art/fashion/architecture. When money meant everything and artists and architects could pimp themselves out to the highest bidder with no repercussions. Hell, anyone that pointed out their immoral money grubbing was called a terrorist-sympathizers or a jealous spoilsport.
I’m a little surprised by people’s disgust at Zaha Hadid designing [...]

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I got this today from one of my commenters, which reveals the source of those great Jackie Chan signs at last U.S. Presidential debate in Long Island:
The Jackie Chan stuff was us.  We are Nonsense Humor Magazine [their MySpace page], Hofstra University’s Only Intentional Humor Magazine.  Here is the official blog post about it: http://dantesinfernalracket.blogspot.com/2008/10/yes-we-chan.html
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I wonder if most people leave “Wall-E” wondering about the genders of robots like I did. Why do we assign them masculine and feminine attributes as if they matter or maybe it’s all a narrative concoction so that the majority of viewers will comfortably relate to the love story of two robots? Perplexing sexual politics [...]

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