Author: Chibi

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Feb 15, 2011

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Stills from Hiroharu Mori's "Cheering for Art" video installation, which features the cheer squad at Tokyo's Sophia University (clips of the video can be seen in here) Haru is co-teaching a ten-week media and design workshop this summer at Temple University's campus in Japan. The course is open to non-students, and there's still a week left...

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Jan 27, 2011

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Joe Raedle/Getty Images This piano turned up on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay. The production designer for "Burn Notice" (What is Burn Notice?) helped put it there, but not why you might think (and completely unrelated to this kid). Thanks, New York Times and Miami Herald, for breaking news on epic failure....

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Jan 26, 2011

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The "Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness" will combine the unique and brilliant characters, images and words of Daniel Johnston along with Daniel's amazing music, and the musical and artistic contributions of fans, to create a one-of-a-kind interactive comic book experience. More info here. ...

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Jan 25, 2011

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Did anyone catch that segment of Nightline last night, where reporter Yunji de Nies asks, "Would the Happy Meal be happy without a toy?" This should help answer her question: (thanks to pndbrnd for sharing)...

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Jan 20, 2011

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"To write about a place as an outsider can veer on the dishonest. Everyday experiences that pass as mundane or simply unnoteworthy get analyzed, recast in our own image, or simply observed with removed amusement." --Chris Menist, the Bangkok-based British DJ behind the recent Soundway Records compilation The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk-thung, Jazz and Molam...

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Jan 18, 2011

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Everybody's talking about Jim O'Rourke's recent appearance on Japanese TV, but what's even better than a nervous, apologetic white man learning to sing one of the most popular enka songs in recent history? Marty Friedman of Megadeth shredding on the variety show "Chubo desu yo!" while  Sakai Masaaki cooks up some ebi fry. The clip starts with...