Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82

Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82

via MICHAEL KIMMELMAN for the New York Times: Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died on Monday night at his home on Captiva Island, Fla. He was 82. The cause was heart failure, said...
EMERGENCY ANTI-ARTS WARNING! Call your Alderman Now!

EMERGENCY ANTI-ARTS WARNING! Call your Alderman Now!

THIS WEDNESDAY the City Council will be voting on a proposed ordinance that would ruin small clubs, small theater companies, and basically anything put on at a small venue (less than 500 people) in the city. The ordinance would require anyone putting on small shows...
David Byrne Turns Builidng Into an Instrument

David Byrne Turns Builidng Into an Instrument

“I’d like to say that in a small way it turns consumers into creative producers,” Byrne explains on his official site, “but that might be a bit too much to claim. However, even if one doesn’t play the thing, it points toward a less...

Bullet Speed Helvetica Dropclock Screensaver

First we had a story on a visually harmless apple computer virus that gets the drop on your desktop. Then we had a episode that included the Helvetica independent film that came out and was a great watch. Take the two and put them together and you get the Bullet Speed...