Todd Solondz Set to Creep Us Out Again | The New York Observer

Todd Solodnz will be making a “kind of sequel” to Happiness. Culture Czar complains that the movie description is too vague. I’m not bothered by it.

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greg.org: the making of: No One Cares About An “Arts Policy” This Year

A great summary of the rivaling presidential candidates “policies” on art.

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BAD TASTE IS A GOOD THING | More Intelligent Life

The great, late fashion editor Diana Vreeland once said that, while good taste is innate, “vulgarity is a very important ingredient… as long as it’s got vitality.”…. intellectual label Comme des Garçons (the pod store stationed in Chelsea) will “do” bad taste with this Fall’s collection.

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Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs’s Obituary, As Run By Bloomberg

“The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today — and inadvertently published it in the process.” He’s not actually dead. The accompanying notes for Bloomberg reporters are also interesting.

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ArtCal - East Village / Lower East Side - V & A - Kevin Bewersdorf, Monuments to the INFO spirit

Highly recommended

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ArtCal - Soho - Artists Space - Amanda Coogan, Yellow

Recommended: "A durational performance curated by Marina Abramovic Panel Discussion: Differences in Attitudes about Performance from the 1970s to Today with Marina Abramovic, Amanda Coogan, and Chrissie Iles"

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Obama Secures Historic Nomination - NYTimes.com

"The moment concluded one the quickest rises in American political history. In just four years…" the full paragraph is used twice in the same article, which is the second time I've noticed this happen on a developing front page story.

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ArtCal - Chelsea - Roebling Hall (Chelsea) - All Cut Up

Pre-opening impression: The show concept of "turning subject matter and aesthetics on its head by working in collage" asks a lot from practice. Includes a few good artists, a few not so good artists.

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ArtCal - Midtown - Last Rites Gallery - Dark Pop

The first art alien of the Fall season! A multieyed, bare breasted, hairless wood creature. Oooh subversive!

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rabble columns - The Road to Neo-Con Ruin

"I'm trying to summon up some human compassion for Canada's health minister, Tony Clement, in the sense that I acknowledge him as an actual human." It only gets worse from there

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Loshadka dakingz

An amazing dog with sunglasses resource.

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Fashion Week Daily - Chic Report » Why Your Fishing Boat is Not Cool…

Guilty is 114 foot yacht designed by artist Jeff Koons, and owned by collector Dakis Joannou. Apparently he invited art dealers Jeffrey Deitch, Larry Gagosian and Marian Goodman to the christening of this boat. Yea, I know. Fascinating.

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Twitter / Clay Shirky: My 4 y.o., pointing @ Twitter

"Is that the internet?" My 7 y.o., older and wiser: "Yes. Everything that isn't a movie is the internet."

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Chinese Interrogators To Pro-Tibet Activists: “Who Is Earth Mouse?” | News | Animal

One of the most pressing questions the interrogators repeatedly asked [activists] was "who is Earth Mouse?" Apparently, 'Earth Mouse' was a "guy NOT inside China" who was helping coordinate and organize the Students for A Free Tibet's actions via Twitter

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paintings + drawings: Jeff Koons interviewed by David Byrne, 1975.

An early interview with Jeff Koons. He hasn't discovered "the sense of self" rhetoric he's become so famous for and generally speaking seems not nearly so weird.

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