The Mission is Bitchin

Rachel Papo’s Website Is Back Up (girls with guns)

the site is up and running again. These pictures are great. Check it out.

Happy Slave Labor Day / The RNC Can Go And Suck It

I’m trying to post a picture of a chain gang but it’s not working. This thing doesn’t like bitmaps. It’s a great picture, too. These lucky inmates are wearing day-glow pink t-shirts that say CLEAN AND SOBER in big black block letters. They have the standard issue striped prison pants. Oh, and of course they’re all shackled up and surrounded by armed badasses. check it out

…so i guess things could be a lot worse than just being poor on labor day weekend. Have a Great One!

 “if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.”

Girls With Guns – Reposted from Boingboing

 

Photographer Rachel Papo’s Serial No. 3817131 is a beautiful photo essay depicting the everyday lives of young women in the Israeli army. Papo herself was born in Ohio and raised in Israel. She served two years in the Israeli Air Force starting when she was eighteen before returning to the US. The project is named after her own ID number during service.      <–text taken from boingboing.

I love these pictures. And the layout of the site is great.     LINK 

Wherever You May Be…WFMU Is With You

Probably the greatest radio station on the planet. You can listen, 24/7, right here!

Numbers Stations / The Conet Project

Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters (sometimes using a spelling alphabet), tunes or Morse code. They are in a wide variety of languages and the voices are usually women’s, though sometimes men’s or children’s voices are used.

 –taken from Number Station Wiki Entry

 The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations is a four-cd set of recordings of numbers stations, mysterious shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin believed to be operated by government agencies to communicate with spies “in the field”. The collection was released by England’s Irdial-Discs record label in 1997, based on the work of numbers station enthusiast Akin Fernandez.

Fox News Reporter Formica Davis: Trial Highlights

Well, it started off boring and slow, with Not Sure trying to bullshit everyone with a bunch of smart talk: ‘”Blah blah blah. You gotta believe me!”‘ That part of the trial sucked! But then the Chief J. just went off. He said, ‘”Man, whatever! The guy’s guilty as shit! We all know that.”‘ And he sentenced his ass to one night of rehabilitation.

–Formica Davis for Fox News, commenting on the verdict for the trial of ‘Not Sure’

Art Tattler

“Commentary and surveillance of more than 1000 current and recent art
exhibitions around the world, organized geographically with
archives of exhibitions from the last year, including architecture and design.“  LINK

<—-Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
718-638-5000
Ghada Amer: Love Has No End
February 16-October 19, 2008

Patti Smith at the Roots of American Music Festival

I went to this free show last sunday at lincoln center. john doe and exene cervenka played as their side-project, the knitters. charlie haden and friends followed. they were all amazing. patti smith played last and basically sent the night into another dimension.

             new york times music review

A Possible Plot Against Obama

DENVER — City and federal authorities said Monday night that at least three people were under arrest on firearms and drug charges in connection with a possible plot to kill Senator Barack Obama during his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night.

—taken from nytimes  LINK