Haha, I got a Facebook post on my wall, today about Hipster Hitler. It’s really hilarious, I thought you guys would enjoy it as well, prepare to laugh your butts off.

As we prepare excitedly for our 3rd event the mission of the Philadelphia Designer’s Market remains constant – To maximize the exposure given to independent designers while providing a viable platform from which they can increase and test their markets at minimal cost. With continued support we have been able to stay true to this mission. PDM focuses on showcasing designers of clothing, shoes, bags, jewelry and accessories. The marketplace format allows designers to directly interact with their customers and foster relationships among themselves and other businesses.

In keeping with our mission of maximizing exposure we offer free advertising for the designers as well as local businesses in the totes distributed to shoppers. The event is held in the Rittenhouse section of center city – a highly trafficked shopping area, putting designers at the heart of the consumer activity in Philadelphia. Designers are listed on our website as well as featured in write-ups on our blog which are then blasted on Facebook and twitter. The event is advertised in local publications, on-line event listings, flyers, door-hangers and by supporters who spread the word by various media outlets.

Spring 2010 designers included:
Duke & Winston,
Typhaney B. Jewelry,
Commonwealth Proper,
Dahling Accessories,
Suakoko Betty,
T. Patrick Clothing,
D. Buchanan Collection,
Sultana Aschim,
Heretic City,
Artificial Intelligence,
Heartless Revival,
Thembi Palmer Jewelry. etc.

See the full list of our designers, get more info, & sign-up to participate at www.philadelphiadesignersmarket.com.

For sponsorship opportunities please contact us at info@philadelphiadesignersmarket.com.

This project is open to anyone in any country: skateboarders, non-skateboarders, art students, cheerleaders, world leaders, gas station attendants, hobbits, anyone excited to create!

Here’s what you gotta do:

1. Locate some building materials. Keep in mind your skateboard can be functional or totally non-functional. This means you could use wood, but you could also use pancakes, or human hair!
2. Build a skateboard out of your materials.
3. Snap a photo of your amazing creation. If it is ride-able, shoot a video of yourself riding it! (Jump to the :30 mark of this amazing video to see an electric guitar turned into a skateboard!!!)
4. E-mail your photo and/or a youtube link to: submit@booooooom.com with “Hack Job” in the subject line.
5. High-five yourself.

There will be an online gallery, and as a little bonus, Converse will give away shoes to the 5 most creative submissions!

Deadline for submissions: September 10th 2010.

For more information, please click here.

Mixologists from fifteen area bars and restaurants (including Adsum, Valanni and Village Whiskey) will be shaking and stirring up the very best SNAP cocktails they can muster. SNAP is an 80 proof, certified organic spirit that is derived from pure cane sugar and features cinnamon, cloves, rooibos tea and fresh ginger.

The event will be judged by the City Paper’s Drew Lazor, Master Sommelier Melissa Monosoff and William Grant & Sons Portfiolio Ambassador, Charlotte Voisey. Cocktails will be judged on taste, originality and presentation. The event is open to the public and will also feature $5 SNAP and ROOT cocktails from Bar Ferdinand and El Camino.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP by emailing Stephanie at stephanie@artintheage.com.

The Fest showcases local artists and zinesters, as well as zine distros, bringing DIY, radical, whimsical, and artistic small press publications to the public. Ranging from bike repair to poetry to crafts, the Zine Fest is a great place to go to learn new things, connect with local writers, and get involved with creating new forms of accessible media.

Join the Philly Zine Fest email list to keep up-to-date with the latest news. Also check out our Myspace page and Facebook event.

The Zine Fest is now in its eighth year, and we’re going strong.

Local artist, Hilary White, invited McJAWN into her home, shared by her husband and her dog. Located in southwest Philadelphia, her spacious row home was nicely decorated, the walls were embellished with various framed artwork given by friends and colleagues. And just up the stairs was her work studio. All the artsy stuff seems pretty alluring; however, I could not help but to notice all the instruments aligned against her tree stump coffee table/bench. When I asked, “Who’s the musician in the house?” I quickly found out that Hilary White has many talents and not just art. She’s a singer and a guitar, ukulele, harmonica player in a band called Lion Versus. Like woah. As sweet and calm as Hilary was when she offered Amy, the photographer, and I a glass of water, her artwork conveys a different magnetism.

MJ: So, this your studio. Wow, impressive you have so many artwork on the wall and they all seem really complex. Where do you even begin when producing these pieces?

HW: I try to work it out, as I go. I’ll start small, working with one element and overtime, things get bigger. I try to let my artwork naturally flow.

MJ: Your artwork seems very detailed, how long does it take you to complete a piece?
HW: Depends, I also do print screens, too but these particular pieces, took me about two months.

MJ: I read your Artist statement on your website and you talked a lot about religion. Would you consider yourself a religious person? And if so, how does that affect your work?

HW: I guess you can say I’m a religious person. I’m a Christian. The wonder that grasps me to want to make work about the faith I have in Christ is the gracious and forgiving nature of Gods love in the midst of personal brokenness and imperfections. For example, in that one particular piece, the largest part are the hands, which symbolizes the hands of God.

Mixed Media

MJ: Going back to your statement, you mentioned a lot of really sophisticated stuff like 4th century art, gothic stuff and commissions by the churches. How would you break it down to a stereotypical Philadelphian? One that you would meet in a wawa line purchasing an extra-meat Italian hoagie.

HW: (Laughing and smiling) Ummm… let’s see. Back in the earlier times, art was revolved around the churches and in the 19th century you began to see artist pulling away from that, art for the stake of art. As an artist, I’m trying to combine the two concepts. Religion humbles me. The glorification of God helps people to build themselves as a person by exploring the spirit and body. My art is trying to convey that dualistic natural, using really graphic elements discovering the spiritual side of humans. Finding out the light and the dark sides.

MJ: Can you pick out a particular piece and explain what the message is?

HW: Sure, this particular piece (pointing to an unfinished piece) is displaying the concept of what lurks inside. Not refraining from the dark-side, instead, explore all sides that lurks inside in the mind, in order to create beautiful, great people. The boxers represents the mental battle that people go through with themselves. The silhouette of the woman is a reflection of the physical person.

Various Mixed Media artwork

MJ: According to your bio, you lived in Texas and other parts of the south. Were you around a lot of animals? Particularly deers and bears?

HW: (Laughing) Yes.

MJ: Is that the reason why there’s so many animals in your art?

HW: You can say that living in the south did influence my art. I just think that it is easier to use animals to portray certain emotions and spiritual battles of the heart because if I portray an angry person it becomes very literal and weighted with gender, culture, etc. I want the image to be personally extended to and interpreted by all people.

MJ: So, what brought you to Philly?

HW: Well, when Steve and I got married in Savannah, we decided, ‘lets go to Philadelphia.’ We had some friends, here. We stayed with them and slept on their floors. We really liked what we saw in Philly. It was affordable and the art scene was unsaturated and growing. Our main concern, when moving to Philly was the studio space and we found it here.

MJ: Living in Philadelphia, did it affect your artwork?

HW: Yes, definitely. I began using more vignettes in my art. The colonial buildings, monuments, past history are all inspirations.

Wen Vo interviewing Hilary White

MJ: Which local gallery or venue did you enjoy working with the most?

HW: Hmmm, let me see. I would say the Toothless Cat gallery. I had a show there in March, I believe; and Jess runs it. She did a really good job in helping me, getting things ready.

MJ: What are your thoughts on the current art scene in Philadelphia?

HW: I feel really excited about whats happening in Philadelphia. Olde City has kinda stayed stagnent with their art; the young people are changing it. I feel like people are more driven, artists are now taking it in their own hands. You see more people selling their art on the streets.

MJ: Where can our readers, see your artwork?

HW: I have an upcoming show at the Green Line Cafe on September 10th (4239 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA) and you can also find some of my work at the B2 Cafe (1500 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA).

For more information about Hilary White and her art, go to: hilarywhite.com

Photographs by Amy Li
Words by Wen Vo

These three painters represent three different approaches to non-representational work but all share an affinity for the process of creation and the experiential nature of looking at art.

Opening Reception Party: Friday September 10th, 7pm

Space 1026 is proud to announce the opening of Yesterday, Today Is Tomorrow,  featuring the artwork of John Garrett Slaby (Philadelphia,PA), Tobias Waite (North Carolina) and Craig Hein (Queens, NY). All three artists will be showing a diverse range of work including painting and sculpture at Space1026 during the month of September. The Three artists use cues from their childhood and references to pop culture and lifestyle as a starting point to develop worlds of hidden meaning and wonder. Please join us for a reception with the artists Friday, September 3rd from 7 – 10pm at 1026 Arch St.

John Garrett Slaby lives and works in Philadelphia. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA and grew up in north east Pennsylvania. Slaby graduated from West Chester University in 2006, receiving a BFA in Fine Art with a minor in Art History. He was a winner of the 2008 Fleisher Challenge and was featured in issue 81 of New American Paintings. He literally has 100s of t-shirts.

Tobias Waite is currently a mansion caretaker in North Carolina. Between polishing the silver, trimming the hedges, and tipping his hat to the lords and ladies, he makes time to work on drawings and paper cutouts. He’s most recently shown at Richard Heller Gallery, Vox Populi, and The West Collection. Tobias, while originally from Oakland, CA, currently resides in North Carolina. He graduated from NYU with a degree in Fine Art.

Craig Hein’s work consists primarily of small-scale sculptures along with small paintings and works on paper.  He has had solo shows at Sixtyseven Gallery and has participated in group shows at 303 Gallery, The Issue Project Room, The Adam Lister Gallery and others.  He recently moved from Queens to the south shore of Long Island.

We invite you to come join the Fishtown Neighbors Association for the 3rd annual RiverCity Festival, a FREE festival on Philadelphia’s waterfront! Come and experience the many wonderful things that Fishtown and the surrounding neighborhoods have to offer.

Creator and Executive Producer, Sharon Phillips Waxman of SPW Productions, brings together the Philadelphia area’s upscale retailers, salons, and accessory boutiques to promote the fashion and beauty industry in the Delaware Valley. This show gives the public a real sense of what’s available for the fall in the Philadelphia market.

At the 17th annual fashion savvy event, guests will be treated to an extraordinary runway show that includes retailers from Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. These upscale retailers include Kenneth Cole New York (Philadelphia), King of Prussia Mall – 7 for All Mankind, DKNY, Lilly Pulitzer (King of Prussia, PA), Rittenhouse Row (Duke & Winston, SA VA, South Moon Under- Philadelphia), Rococo (Southampton, PA), Shopmamie.com (Wilmington, DE), The Shops at Liberty Place (Ann Taylor, Les Richards -Philadelphia, PA), Zinman (Marlton, NJ, Pennsauken, NJ, Northfield, NJ, Ardmore, PA, Wayne, PA, & Montgomeryville, PA.)

The top-shelf open bar cocktail reception from 6:00-7:30PM will feature the hottest beauty trends presented by Caryn Max 800 West Salon & Spa (Marlton, NJ),Panache Hair Design (Philadelphia, PA), Phoenix Salon & Spa (Philadelphia, PA), Rapunzel’s Salon & Spa (Lansdale, PA), Salon L’etoile (Jenkintown, PA & Philadelphia, PA), Salon Rouge (Cherry Hill, NJ), Tommi Lifestyle Boutique (Philadelphia, PA.) Also during the reception cosmetic and skin care trends will be presented by Aveda, DermaCenter Medical Spa and Rittenhouse Plastic Surgery (all Philadelphia, PA.) Student designs from local colleges and universities will also be displayed during the reception.

For the eighth year, Phashion Phest includes the Fresh Face Model Search competition. An open call for aspiring models in Philadelphia was held on August 21st, at The Shops at Liberty Place in search of non-professional, fresh-faced females to take part in this year’s Phashion Phest and its associated events. Seven finalists have been selected and will have the opportunity to get beauty tips, hair trends, and application techniques from the salons & spas participating in Phashion Phest 2010. Each model will be completely made over prior to Phashion Phest and will be debuted on the Phashion Phest runway on September 28th. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected the night of Phashion Phest to be escorted by an agency scout to New York City to interview with top agencies. The winner will also receive a photo shoot by a local photographer and a makeover by a participating Phashion Phest salon.

Phashion Phest is open to the public. Tickets are $50 in advance, $60 at the door and $25 for students with valid ID. For invitations, tickets, and general information, the public should call (215) 670-4323 or visit us on the web by logging on to www.phashionphest.com.

In addition to presenting sponsors Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc., IBEW, SPW Productions and Wachovia, participating sponsors include All Event Party Rental, Aqua Panna, Ben FM, Center City District, Cruzan Rum, DeKuyper, Effen Vodka, Eventions, GourMetro, Maker’s Mark, Parker & Partners, Perrier, Philadelphia Style, Philadelphia Weekly, philly2night.com and Southern Wine & Spirits of PA.

Benjamin Howard’s paintings employ the use of hand-drawn elements in combination with the haphazard elements that can occur with the first application of paint. Associative process is a very important part in the way that things play out for him. First laying down an intuitive color or shape, line can corral itself into the resolution of a tangible object. Then objects indite the speed of composition and essentially become the next move in his internal game of chess. Over the last few years, buildings and architecture have become an element that animate themselves into his work. These structures have an anthropomorphic aspect to them and breathe into life as organically as the process they were created. Living in the city for quite some time with no easy method to break free of its limits, Howard drew on his surroundings, cars, boats, planes and other vehicles began to appear in his compositions. Within these paintings his story starts to shines through along with his longing to travel and escape.

Philadelphia’s first street food bazaar from the people who brought you Headhousse Farmers’ Market, click here to sign up for the newsletter.

Our inaugural juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.

Chosen by a jury of leading design professionals, the selected entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

Deadline: September 10, 2010
(Entries submitted after that date require a $10 per entry late fee.  No entries will be accepted after September 24, 2010.)

What to Enter: Information on eligibility, categories and fees.
How to Enter: Information on preparation of entries and forms.
Typography Competition FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions about applications and file formats.

Since 1959, Communication Arts has published the best in visual communications from around the world. Ask any creative director which competitions rank as the most influential, and they’ll place Communication Arts at the top of the list.

Communication Arts has six juried competitions that cover the entire field of visual communications. With winning entries published both in print and online, art and creative directors, graphic designers, Web designers, copywriters, photographers and illustrators find these competitions a priority for worldwide promotion and valuable resource for potential clients and colleagues. View Previous Winners

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On Halloween, if you aren’t busy being dressed as Lion-O or lobbing eggs in disguise at your crappy neighbors, AMC  is debuting the 90 minute opener for the comic book adaptation. The story is of a small town cop who wakes up in the zombie apocalypse, and tries the best he can to remain in control of his emotions and the grim situation the world has been handed, and also how regular people act when all signs of society crumble.

The comic book is was an excellent read, and would recommend you cop that.

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Last night, a line of fabulous people eagerly waited in the heat, to help celebrate FBH Philadelphia Fashion Week 2010. Many newspaper, magazines, blogs, photographers and videographers interviewed various fashionable people while they waited outside of the Kenneth Cole store located at 1422 Walnut Street. Kevin Parker and Kerry Scott, founders of FBH the Agency, rolled-up to the event in a stretch limo, as photographer flocked to them. Inside the store, endless bottles of champagne were being poured and great house music rocked the night away and McJAWN got to be part of the action.

A volunteer described the event as a way to give back to the community, “This is a wonder venue, we’re showing off the latest Kenneth Cole collection. Tonight, through fashion we’re trying to give back to the community.” Guests were encouraged to shop by being offered a generous discount, additionally, 20% of the proceeds will go back to Awareness The Kenneth Cole Foundation. A spokesperson mentioned, “You can even purchase an Awareness shirt and 100% of that will go back the foundation.” These t-shirts are currently on sale for $35, you can find them at the store or online at kennethcole.com. Taken from the Kenneth Cole website, the foundation is a collection of different charities that people can partake in.

After 25 years of addressing meaningful (and some not so important) social issues, we wanted to commemorate the occasion by focusing the charitable endeavors of our company under one inspiring initiative. It seemed only fitting to call it AWEARNESS – KENNETH COLE.

Through our partnerships, merchandise, blog, events and exciting new book, AWEARNESS aims to raise awareness, stimulate public debate, and provide inspiration and opportunities to help our communities get involved and give back. All monies raised are donated to the AWEARNESS Fund – a not-for-profit entity that supports, encourages and empowers acts of service, volunteerism and social change.

Below is a list of Philadelphia Fashion Week events, you can still attend, tickets are available at fbhphillyfashionweek.eventbrite.com:

• Wed, September 1, 2010 – 8PM
  Banana Republic Runway Show & Fashion Mixer
  Broad & Walnut Street
• Thu, September 2, 2010 – 6PM
  Visually Correct – The Fashion Forum
  Hampton Inn Convention Center
  1301 Race Street
• Thu, September 2, 2010 – 8PM
  White Tie Affair & Awards Event
  Joe Pesce
  1113 Walnut Street
• Fri, September 3, 2010 – Ready-to-Wear Runway Show
  Pre-Show Red Carpet Event 7PM
  Fashion Show 8PM
  Crane Arts Building
  1400 N. American Street
• Sat, September 4, 2010 – Couture Runway Show
  Finale Red Carpet Show 7PM
  Fashion Show 8PM
  Crane Arts Building
  1400 N. American Street

McJAWN is giving away a Kenneth Cole New York Awareness Drawstring Canvas Bag, price at $20, to one random person who tweets: @McJAWN @KennethCole RT and win a Kenneth Cole Drawstring Bag. AWARENESS! Make a Difference #McJAWN http://mcjawn.com/blog/?p=8696

For more information about Awareness The Kenneth Cole Foundation, please click here.
For more information about FBH Philadelphia Fashion Week, please click here.

Photos provided by Paul Thorson.

Join us for the first Philly Stake event on Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00pm at People Employing People (P.E.P.), 1200 South Broad St. (at Federal), Philadelphia, PA

On September 19th, Philadelphians are invited to P.E.P., the first of a series of roving venues, to enjoy a seasonal, locally-sourced meal and vote for the project they deem most worthy of funding. The presenter garnering the most votes will leave with the dinner proceeds and will give a project update at the next Stake event. Tickets for diners will be sold at the door on a first-come-first-serve basis; the cost for the event is $10-$20 (sliding scale), cash only.

For more information, please click here.

To coincide with First Friday in Old City and the opening of the Fringe Festival performance “All Victorious Ocean” at the Painted Bride Arts Center, PhillyCAM presents a special two hour program of Community, Arts and Culture Friday September 3rd from 5:30 pm – 7:30pm on Comcast 66/966 and Verizon FIOS 29/30. Watch the show on TV or get out and about and see it live and meet the producers in person at the PhillyCAM studio 232 Vine Street.

Highlights include short videos on poetry, oral history, photography, music and dance by local independent filmmakers and selections from PhillyCAM’s recurring series – Art Blog: Look! It’s Libby & Roberta, Big Tea Party, Dumpsta Players, Heavy Sedation, MAMi Magazine , MMPtv, Optical Toys, ReelBlackTV & Scribe Video.

Plus: You can participate in Walk Philly, A project of the Termite TV Collective – video walks that you can follow for a first person exploration of Old City (allow 15 min for each video walk). Also check out the Messages in Motion van! Equipped with Flip cameras, laptops, Internet access, and a viewing monitor to share movies made by folks just like you, the Blue van arrives directly to your favorite gathering spot : First Friday MIM will be at PhillyCAM.

Zodiac Down is a show of current work from Tyler School of Art’s second year crafts graduate students. The Crafts Department at Tyler practices a non-traditional and research based approach to making, resulting in a definitively progressive and informed exhibition. The content of the featured work ranges from issues of self-perspective to socio-economic and environmental concerns, as well as, process based sculpture and social satire. The featured artists are Loo Bain, Amber Cowan, David King, David Bruce, Theo Uliano, and Matthew Ziemke.

Later on Blackhawks, Party Photographers and Creepoid will perform at 8 pm. We are requesting a $5 donation at the door after 7:30 pm.

This premier show and sale of contemporary craft, includes 195 of the finest and most dynamic craft artists in the United States, selected from more than 1,400 applicants. All work is for sale.

The 34th annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show is organized and coordinated by Chair, Marta Adelson; Vice-Chair, Reid Bodek and Nancy C. O’Meara, Show Manager.

The Preview Party will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. The Corporate Reception will be held on Thursday, November 11, 2010.

• 2010 Artists
• 2010 Guest Artists – Germany
• 2010 Emerging Artists
• Ticket Information
• 2009 Preview Party Photos

Partners to the Rittenhouse Shows: Fairmount Park & Friends of Rittenhouse Square

Celebrating 79 Years of Fine Art in Philadelphia
by Organizing 2 of the Country’s Most Respected Art Shows

June & September 2010

Who could have known, so many years ago, that the efforts of a few students, looking for a way to exhibit their art work, would 79 Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show 1948years later become one of the most respected and well attended outdoor art shows in the entire country.

It was June 1932, when a small group of Philadelphia art students first came to Rittenhouse Square to hang their work between the trees on clotheslines. These students known collectively known as the, “Art Student’s League”, had come together at the Graphic Sketch Club (now the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial) where they had studied art with Earl Hortter, an internationally known Philadelphia etcher.

As these students became older and the show became more popular, the “Clothesline Show”, as it was called, evolved to include professional artists and students. Providing the opportunity for students to exhibit in the show has been one of this organization’s priorities since the beginning. Providing Philadelphia with a good art show with quality work has been the other goal or priority throughout all those years. As a result, each and every year, there are several students who exhibit in this prestigious and well-known art show of original art only.

Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show 1963As more and more artist began to exhibit in the park, the reputation of the show as being a quality show began to grow as well. Gradually, the show began allowing artists to exhibit from New Jersey and Delaware.

As always, the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Association (RSFAA) continues to be a non-profit organization, made up top quality artists from all over the country, although most reside in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Autonomous and independent, this organization receives no public or private funding to conduct the event.

Then, in 1976, the Bicentennial Year, the name of the show was changed to the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual – a change that restored the emphasis on fine art instead of clothesline. Known now as the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Association, this organization runs what has become the oldest continuously run outdoor art show of original artwork in the entire country.

Exhibiting on clotheslines and benches as the exhibit space of choice were Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show 1934eventually replaced by display racks or panels and canopies of varying shapes and styles. The park sidewalks were filled with artists’ displays, for many years, on both sides of the sidewalks throughout this historic park. Spending an afternoon in Rittenhouse Square, filled with canopies, tents, displays and even the occasional clothesline of quality fine art was an impressive site for certain.

Then, in 2004, in its 73rd year of the event, another change took place. It was in this year that the show moved outside the park, to the perimeter sidewalk surrounding the Square. It was this year when the Rittenhouse artists began to “Circle the Square”.

Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show 1953In 2005, the RSFAA organized and held the 1st Annual September Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show . Artists “Circle the Square” and exhibit all types of artwork: Unusual, unique, abstract, stylized, representational and traditional, including 3 dimensional work as well as 2 dimensional. With many top quality artists, there is no limit to the diversity of subject matter and techniques.

Although an independent art organization run by artists, the RSFAA could not have existed without a large measure of community good will and public support. The RSFAA acknowledges the support of the Fairmount Park Commission, the City of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Parking Authority. Major appreciation goes to those patrons who chose fine art to enhance their homes and work environments. Without their support, none of this is possible.

Come take a walk, see the art and “Circle the Square” yourself.

Come visit the historic Headhouse Square shambles! We are located at 2nd and Pine St. in Old Philadelphia. This is our 42nd Anniversary!

On April 1, 1995, The Creative Collective, a non-profit group of Philadelphia artists formally elected to preserve The Craft & Fine Arts Fair held every year in the Headhouse Shambles. Their intent being to produce an interesting outdoor arts and crafts environment for Greater Philadelphia Area residents to attend. Thanks to artists and craftspersons, the Historic Headhouse building is the Nation’s oldest market place that has been in continual use for the past 42 years. Come visit us this summer!

The Craft & Fine Arts Fair has always been an art show run by artists. The event is free to the public. The goal of The Creative Collective is to produce a quality show at affordable rates for exhibitors, and at the same time generate positive publicity for the district. The Creative Collective wants to enhance public awareness of crafts & fine arts, and to attract more visitors to this area who are interested in an upscale venue of this type.

Emerica’s first full-length feature since 2003’s This Is Skateboarding, features groundbreaking skating from the Emerica Team – Andrew Reynolds, Heath Kirchart, Leo Romero, Bryan Herman, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jerry Hsu, Braydon Szafranski, Aaron Suski and Brandon Westgate – along with breakthrough parts from Young Emericans Jamie Tancowny, Justin “Figgy” Figueroa, Collin Provost, Marquis Preston, and friends. Directed by Jon Miner.

Entrance fees will be donated to local youth programs at The Cruz Recreation Center and the new ArtsRising “ArtsZones”, which are now being established as hubs of arts and cultural activities for students and their families throughout the Philadelphia area.

For more info, please go to: http://www.inliquid.com/features/cafe/index.php

The area features dozens of locally owned and operated businesses, restaurants dedicated to sustainability, new LEED certified residences, a heavily trafficked towpath, and a convenient waterfront location. In addition to exhibitors from across the country, EcoArts Festival will highlight the sustainable efforts of Manayunk’s merchants.

The EcoArts festival is the natural expansion of our successful 21 year old Manayunk Arts festival.  This new fall event builds upon our June festival that is the largest outdoor juried craft show in the region, with exhibits by 300 artists and craftspersons and is attended by as many as 300,000 visitors over 2 days.

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fring

If you’re one of these Live Arts & Fringe fans, you should mark your calendar for a new fundraiser, spearheaded by local restaurateurs Stephen Starr, Michael Solomonov and Audrey Claire Taichman, taking place this fall to benefit the joint festivals.

Called the Feastival, this benefit will feature food from Philly’s top restaurants and performances from some of the most cutting edge artists around. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 15th at the Festival Hub in Northern Liberties. Tickets are $200 for general admission and $300 for VIP passes.

To keep up to date with the Feastival happenings, make sure to follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

The theme of this year’s event is sustainable FASHION.

Highlighting everything from sewing buttons to donating old clothes and shoes to buying second hand, this year’s event will allow us to educate others on the importance of SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL THRIFT STORES as well as buying ORGANIC FABRICS or turning old clothes into washrags and toys for dogs. Come and watch the always spectacular ECO-FASHION SHOW for more eco-friendly fashion tips and inspiration. Find out how easy it is to remove that nasty stain without using those harsh chemicals! Come and learn the truth about how simple it is to have a great sense of fashion while being fashionably eco-conscious.

Giveaways! A Raffle for a SWAG’d out Ipod Touch

Drink Specials!

NO COVER!

Come join SWAG, see where all of our ideas come from. Peek in our sketch books and also see the finished product. Bring your sketchbook and show us what you got! Come and enjoy the art, the venue, and First Fridays in Olde City.

Art Star is pleased to present I Bet You, a solo exhibition by Baltimore artist, Rachel Bone. The show will be on display from September 3rd – October 10th, 2010. A reception will be held on First Friday, September 3rd from 5-8PM. Light refreshments will be provided. The event is free & open to the public.

The polite & well dressed ladies in Rachel Bone’s gouache paintings are generally smirking, and you get the idea that they’re in on a clever joke you don’t quite understand. Often on wild adventures, or holding props heavy with open-ended & comical symbolism – their mysterious shenanigans are meant to invite new narrative from the viewer rather than preach any sort of message.

In her new series, I Bet You, Bone gives the ladies a break from narrative and focuses on composition instead. The women go about basic activities (high fives, haircuts, gardening & manicures) while positioned strategically to form an entire human alphabet with their movements. The paintings themselves are meant to stand alone as interesting compositions, but when put together, become more obvious as individual letters.

Prints of each letter will be on sale with Art Star after the exhibition, so you can spell out any message you’d like.
Rachel Bone was born in Keene, NH and has lived in Baltimore, MD for six years where she paints, draws and runs a one-woman screen-printed apparel line called Red Prairie Press. She was trained in printmaking at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY.

A novelty now, viewed as children’s games of years forgotten, the rites, practices and superstitions stemming from harvest holidays used to embody the fact that life is precious, delicate, and at a time, largely relied on the last harvest. What at one time was a potluck holiday, borrowing from most farming civilizations, Halloween has lost its edge, its lesson, its beauty. What was once a celebration of life and death, role-reversal and phantasmagoria, black and orange is now garish, commercialized and seemingly meaningless.

Fall is often a short reprieve; a flash of beauty between the sweltering summer and bone chilling winter, passed before it’s noticed. However, thanks to rituals that do not invite publicity or the light of day, the practices, adornment and lore that were once Halloween will be celebrated by 35 nostalgic artists this October. For the first time, the Autumn Society and the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society have collaborated to bring you “Hallowed Halloween”. This celebration will be welcomed and housed at Proximity Art Gallery, which is Philadelphia’s premiere upcoming gallery for fresh, new talent in the visual arts.

The “Hallowed Halloween” art exhibition will feature multi-media based artwork exploring all the elements that make Halloween creepy, imaginative, and fun. This will include exposing its roots in folklore, diverse rituals, adornment and staple characters. Thanks to Proximity Gallery and the gathered artists this exhibition and celebration will ignite the Autumn bonfires as we, the living and the dead celebrate Halloween in all its magic and lore.

Come join the goblins, ghosts, witches and artists this October 1st for the opening reception of “Hallowed Halloween” at Proximity Gallery.

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Philadelphia-based artist, Jim Houser, is featured on the Fecal Face website, his artwork will be added to the Fecal Face Dot Com 10 Year Anniversary Show celebration in San Francisco, CA.

Trippe, Fecal Face staff writer posted an interview of Jim Houser, last night. Apparently, Trippe used to live in Philadelphia and first took notice of Jim Houser’s work on Space 1026 fliers. Trippe also began recognizing the artist in a few skate magazine articles, one of which was of a painted mini ramp.

Trippe commended Jim Houser by using Shepard Fairey‘s quote who said it best in a Swindle interview,

When I think of Jim Houser and his art, I’m alway struck by the bond he consistently forges with his audience, the way every work of his shows me a piece of myself while at the same time reflecting his own catharsis. Jim’s paintings and installations span the entire spectrum of human emotion, but he never seems to pass judgment, leaving the bias up to the viewer’s discretion.

Fecal Face Dot Com, the San Francisco based content-rich, multidisciplinary art and culture website, is pleased to announce the opening of its 10 Year Anniversary Show on Friday September 10, 2010 at The Luggage Store Gallery (1007 Market St, San Francisco, CA) with a reception running 6-8pm. Original paintings from 25 mid career artists based out of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and London. A live music event and party will immediately follow a block away at Mezzanine (44 Jessie St) 9pm-2am.

Displaying paintings, illustrations, photographs and mixed media works, artists whose work will be exhibited include Corey Arnold (Portland), Tiffany Bozic (San Francisco), Kelsey Brookes (San Diego), David Choe (Los Angeles), Richard Colman ( Los Angeles), FAILE (New York), Shepard Fairey (Los Angeles), Jeremy Fish (San Francisco), Ian Francis (London), Matt Furie (San Francisco) , Mike Giant (San Francisco), Henry Gunderson (San Francisco), Maya Hayuk (New York), Jim Houser (Philadelphia), Jay Howell (San Francisco), Sylvia Ji (Los Angeles), Mel Kadel (Los Angeles), Anthony Lister (New York), Mars-1 (San Francisco), Travis Millard (Los Angeles), Ferris Plock (San Francisco), Albert Reyes (Los Angeles), Jeff Soto (Los Angeles), Damon Soule (New York), Kelly Tunstall (San Francisco), Aiyana Udesen (San Francisco), Oliver Vernon (San Francisco), and Megan Whitmarsh (Los Angeles).

To read the interview of Jim Houser, click here!

On First Friday, September 3, Stupid Easy (at 3^rd and Market) will be hosting a September Salon curated by Caryn Kunkle featuring four Philadelphia Salon artists: PJ Smalley, Harrison Doyle, Caleb Hoffstein, and Skirmantas Pipas. Representing a conjunctionist trend in contemporary art, these four artists combine concepts, techniques and materials into finished works that cross boundaries both mentally and physically. The artists met while studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There they developed a process that involves a hybrid of paint, collage, print, and which exhibits a fresh twist to storytelling in our world of unconscious media. Please join us September 3rd from 6-11pm to meet the artists and explore the work. To RSVP click http://tinyurl.com/2dtj6r6

After First Friday, the the show will run until September 29 and can be seen by appointment only. For appointments please contact Thom @ thomasbuildmore@overkillstudio.com. For more information about Stupid Easy, please visit www.stupideasyideas.com

Nylon Magazine asks, “How did facial hair (real and otherwise) become the hottest new accessory?”

We don’t know but we do know that drawn mustaches on fingers mean serious fun-time. Urban Outfitters now has an entire set of mustached products, including mugs, pillowcases, and yes, even fake mustaches.

Fingerstache temporary tattoos come in a set of 19 different styles to choose from so you can switch from a “dandy” to a “villain” in no time. Easy to use, & easy to remove! For only $6 a pack, it’s a cheap way to join in all the fun.

This first of its kind festival is a cooperative effort between the newly reorganized GBAA and Philadelphia F/M, Film & Music Festival. The event will feature live music with bands performing on three stages, local businesses along Girard Avenue, as well as a variety of arts & crafts and fair vendors including a food court, a beer garden, and a children’s play area. Special events are also scheduled at the Crane Arts Center (1400 N. American Street) and at the Lehigh Avenue Arts Festival along Lehigh Avenue at Belgrade Street. A Philadelphia Trolley car will be providing a loop throughout the day to connect all the venues.

“This is going to be a huge event for our neighborhood and will showcase the diverse shops and art galleries on and around this section of Girard Avenue,” stated Nicole Marcote, president of GBAA and owner of Quince Fine Foods, a Girard Avenue business. “We are seeing tremendous growth in the businesses being drawn to this part of town. We hope that this festival will attract the public and give them the opportunity to see just how much we have to offer in the city’s newest trend setting hot spot”.

The GBAA is currently soliciting vendors for the Fest. Space is priced at $100 for food & beverage vendors and $50 for non-food vendors, for a 10’x10’ area (with a 20% discount for GBAA members). To reserve your space with PayPal payment, please visit the Festival website at www.GirardFest.com or contact Ed Denny at 215-634-1141, for vendor inquiries and information. For information about GBAA membership please contact Nicole Marcote, at nicolemarcote@yahoo.com 215-232-3425.

Last summer, the McJawn team put together this little diddy in the Urban Outfitters window display in University City on 36th St. Fun times in the bloody heat.

A few things:

• You can sell your work if you want but you don’t have to, and in fact you’ll probably have more fun if you don’t.
• This is an art show, not a flea market, you must have made the things you’re showing.
• You can sell your original artwork, bring prints of your work and anything hand made is fine, just use your judgment and err on the side of arty. We have nothing to do with you selling your work. We do not act as your art dealers or brokers.
• It’s free for you to be in the show, but if you sell something and want to donate Pterodactyl a few bucks nobody’s going to turn you down
• We are not responsible in any way for lost, stolen or damaged artwork. We just supply the space and the fun. By being in this show you agree that we are not responsible for damages/loss/etc.
• You’ll get about 6 vertical feet of space to show work (make the best of it!).

COMMON GROUNDS by jeanjacquesbernard – Three shows, three Philadelphia locations, one photographer!

Oulan-Bator’s Blues (one of the series of Common Grounds) will be on exhibit at BUS STOP.

Opening reception Friday, August 27 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

JeanJacquesBernard is a photographer chronicler of the ordinary city. With one click, he stops time, silences the hubbub of the street and gives us to see what we cannot see. He was nominated for the 2010 Zooms next Salon de la Photo in Paris. www.jeanjacquesbernard.com

Come and meet JeanJacquesBernard, sip on St. Germain cocktails and see his marvelous photos!

Join MiND for a unique one-day workshop to learn video production basics from our expert instructors. You will learn about concept development, video production, editing, and just about everything you need to know to bring your ideas to TV.

Spend the morning with our instructors and learn about concept development and how to efficiently pre-produce a program idea. Make sure you come with an idea for a 5 minute program that we can discuss as a group!

We will take a short break and then jump right into shooting basics. Learn the primary functions of a video camera and how to properly frame a shot.

Spend the afternoon in smaller groups to get a crash course in editing and participate in a field shoot. One of your afternoon sessions will require you to actually pre-produce one of your program ideas, so make sure you come prepared!

Philadelphia, PA: The Arts Garage (TAG) located at 1533 Ridge Avenue will host its first annual canvas battle titled, Artist for Social Change | Battle of the Canvas 2010! As the premiere arts venue serving emerging and established artists in Philadelphia, TAG will host this canvas battle on August 28, 2010 from 4pm-midnight. This is an open call for all levels of visual artists, painters and graffiti artists. A 48/96inch canvas will be provided to competing artists and for 8 hours, artists will paint, listen to live music, DJ sets, eat, drink and network all in the name of artistic social change. For battling artists, there is a $25 registration fee and for regular entry (non-competing artists), $5 for students with ID and $10 for non-students. This publicly juried exhibition will highlight during the Philadelphia Open Studio Tour (POST) in October and will feature a grand prize of $500.

Registration for all battling artists should submit payment via http://battleofcanvas2010.eventbrite.com and the $25 fee will include the canvas, food and drink. Registration deadline is August 22, 2010. All works created will be installed throughout TAG – during the September 2010 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the weeks leading to the October 2-10th Philadelphia Open Studio Tour (POST) events. This will be the first canvas battle housed at TAG and with efforts in making this an annual exhibit specifically during the POST event. TAG will be one of the many stops showcasing great artistic works from emerging and professional artists in addition to their monthly programming that brings out hundreds of art and music lovers every week.

The Arts Garage, for the past four years has been the hub of what’s next in art and music for both professional and emerging artists and musicians. With a healthy schedule of programming and events, TAG has a mission to serve their community through education, artistic endeavors and providing a venue to bring all that is unique in the art and music culture to the Philadelphia community.

This day of artistic social change will operate under the theme of educating, influencing and uplifting the communities of Philadelphia. This event will bring together visual art communities and artists of various disciplines and skill level. Participating in this event will link artists to the services provided by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists and other artistic organizations that aid in the advancement of the visual art and the creative economic community. Mark your calendars! August 28, 2010 from 4pm-12am at The Arts Garage and be a supporter of visual arts and local artist and musicians during the 1st Annual Artists for Social Change | Battle of the Canvas 2010!

Love Food? Love Art? Come out to the James Oliver Gallery on August 27h for the opening celebration of the temporary installation of MELT: presented by the TBD Artists. Artists were asked to take the simple subject of food and reflect on the theme. Please bring a canned good with you for the food drive paired with the show’s opening!

Hey guys,

Jukebox is in town, and they will be performing at the opening night 9/3/10 !!!. I know you are all pumped and excited about the show this friday. However we have to move it to next friday. I apologize if you were planning to come this friday, but next friday is going to be just as good if not better. So whoever couldn’t make it this friday will have to check your calender again … because you really don’t want to miss this show.

Paradigm Gallery =)

Paradigm Gallery proudly presented, curated by Yis Goodwin. Woah 3D !! Archetypical and Stereoscopic, Illustration and Photography. Friday, August 8th from 6 -10pm. Light refreshment will be served. Wanna find out more about the show?! Just come and see it.

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As the Greater Philadelphia region evolves from its industrial past, it is building a future founded upon knowledge, networks, and culture. Philadelphia is a unique environment for design exploration and development – an incubator for students and professionals alike. In this setting, DesignPhiladelphia emerged in 2005 to make the case for the way in which design is central to every city’s economic, social and cultural growth.

Through its events and programming, DesignPhiladelphia showcases the role that design has played historically in Philadelphia, and celebrates the city’s contemporary significance as a center for creative advancement. Through the breadth of our events, DesignPhiladelphia unites the creative disciplines – from architecture to interior design, fashion to product design, multi-media to graphic design.

Lectures, symposia, and round table discussions create opportunities for people to connect across design categories. Through open studios, we make networking among students and professionals possible. Street happenings and public installations expand general awareness of the power design has in our everyday lives.

As a cultural initiative partnered with the University of the Arts, DesignPhiladelphia aims to further this region’s creative economy and retain jobs locally. It places Philadelphia in the spotlight as an unrivalled city of innovation and vibrancy – an excellent place in which to live, work, play, and grow!

For more information please visit http://www.designphiladelphia.org

Red Bull Flugtag Philadelphia will take place at Pier 1 on the Camden Waterfront on Saturday, September 4, 2010. Gates open at 11am with the first flight departing at 1pm, so be sure to get there early to reserve a spot. The day’s final flight will take off at approximately 3:30pm and will be immediately followed by an awards ceremony.

Since the first Red Bull Flugtag took place in Vienna, Austria, in 1991, more than 80 Flugtags have been held around the globe, attracting up to 300,000 spectators for a single event. The record for the farthest flight-to-date currently stands at 195 feet and was set at Red Bull Flugtag Austria in 2000, but the U.S. record is not far behind, standing at 155 feet and set in 2007 at Red Bull Flugtag Nashville. After a year away from the U.S. skies, the pressure is on for this year’s Flugtag flyers to blow these records away!

A collection of the world’s best contemporary performing artists energize Philadelphia audiences each year during the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Selected by Nick Stuccio, the Festival’s Producing Director, about half of these artists are based in Philadelphia, while others come in from across the globe. The mission of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival is to commission, develop, and present a wide range of the latest cutting-edge, high-quality performance.

Philly Fringe is an unfiltered festival, where new and established artists present their work free of a selection process. For some, participating in the Festival is a once-a-year or once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a show; for the many professional companies participating, it can be an opportunity to work through new concepts and ideas and join the fray.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.livearts-fringe.org

Philadelphia Fashion Week will bring together a network of local designers, boutiques, models, celebrity stylists, photographers, make-up artists and other industry insiders to generate runway fashion shows, educational seminars, red carpet events and cocktail parties giving attendees an intimate look into the world of fashion.

These events will exhibit some of the biggest names in fashion. Included among them are celebrity designer and stylist, Mike Sam, a Philadelphia native whose English Clientele designs have captured the attention of Hollywood stars such as Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey , Tarji P. Henson and Cher. Sam will be leading a forum for aspiring stylists on day five of Fashion week.

The line-up also includes BJ Coleman, celebrity publicist featured on the hit show “Kimora Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane” who will host the week’s premiere runway fashion show. Celebrity designer, Laquan Smith, whose designs have been spotted on supermodel Tyra Banks and singing sensations Rihanna and Lady Gaga, will head an eclectic mix of local and national designers such as, Quie’ra Noir, B-Vain Couture, Cory Couture and Ray Vincente.

Runway shows and events will take place all over the city, including two of downtown Philadelphia’s most stylish stores. The opening runway fashion show and party will be located at the Kenneth Cole store on Walnut Street which will showcase their latest line, while Banana Republic will be another location for fashionistas to get their fix. A portion of the proceeds from Philadelphia Fashion Week will benefit AWEARNESS, a not-for-profit entity that supports, encourages and empowers acts of service, volunteerism and social change created by the Kenneth Cole Foundation.

For tickets and more information about Philadelphia Fashion Week visit www.phillyfashionweek.org

Featuring artwork by:
Anni Altshuler, Dan Blackman, Christian Cantiello, JP Flexner, Jill Ginsberg, Eleanor Grosch, Erik A. Hamline, The Heads of State, Shawn Hileman, Daniel Hughes, Dan Judge, Edward Kelley, Chris Kline, Dan Knapp, Largemammal, Robb Leef, Alyssa Maucere, Michael Munter, Christopher Daniel Romano, Adam Smith, Ralph Stollenwerk and more.

Bring them home so they can quit fighting this pointless bloody war for money, land, and oil.

It was bananas, then we trooped it to Chinatown.

In their spare time of armed resistance and holier than thou, simple and small minded Islamic crusade, some jihadist jam out to get their minds off the everyday struggle in the sand.

Chase your dreams!

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Incredibles eat your heart out.

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Original opening

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Opening in the States

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Tatsunoko Vs Capcom for the Wii

Adaptations and dubs of the Japanese original series usually butcher the plot and names of the characters, and any new dubs of the show are currently in limbo, so hopefully the movie respects the origin of the work and delivers on this one. Come on dudes, I’m rooting for ya! Don’t let me down, the Astroboy movie was shit!

Milk Plus w/ Dj Sega

The Mad Decent Block Party was off the hook! One of the best performances of the entire day had to be DJ Sega, the crowd could not keep their feet on the ground! Well if you missed out on that outstanding performance, you’ll have another chance to get your fix of Baltimore Club.

This Friday, the official after-party for NoseGo’s “The Monsters I Know” show, MILK PLUS+ at Medusa Lounge brings you DJ Sega. After getting your art-fix on, join the crew over on 21st & Chestnut for a night of celebration and craziness.

Also features resident DJS Topanga, Gnarwhale, & Cap’n Harry.
Medusa Lounge
August 6th, 2010
21st & Chestnut
**NO COVER**
10 pm – 2 am
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Trenton Makes, the World Takes

It looks crazy

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And a Delorean mod???

Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits.

Epic Fail DC Comics

First, they got Ryan Reynolds to play Hal Jordan. (Who was already cast perfectly as Deadpool, but we know how that train crashed)

Then, they made this shitty costume. Why can’t major studios respect the artists, fans, and legacy of these characters? Capitalism

The realness by Alex Ross

Quick peek of Green Lantern: First Flight. Good movie, faithful to the comics, epic finale, and probably will shit on this new film.

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Hard lyrics over live beats

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Some funky new shit

The granddaddy of modern multiplayer has been brought out of retirement Rocky style and is packing a new uppercut or two. It’s a Nintendo exclusive, as it should be. It’s looking pretty darn good so far, and is stepping in the ring November 2010. Don’t mind that creamy feeling in your pants, just a shockwave from the awesomeness.

This fan made film put the new Street Fighter movie to shame, with it’s million dollar flop.

I’m so excited to announce my upcoming show A Normal Ridiculous at Paradigm Gallery 2020 South Street, this Friday, March 26th from 6-10 pm! Many many new pieces, a raffle for prints, stickers and what what… OBEY gear! Thanks to Bomit for that surprise. More details will be leaked as the week goes on!

Unreleased  single off of his album, Van Gogh. The album was shelved due to heavy bootlegging and music industry douchebaggery. Ras Kass went back in to overhaul the album, getting Dr. Dre, DJ Premier and Hi-Tek. Then Ras got his third DUI, and the album was shelved once again. He ran away with his masters and finished the album as a fugitive.

Raise Hell like Spawn

As a youth Jean Labourdette’s graffiti was known for his surreal characters. Now Turf One has gained fame for his use of the techinues of 15th century Flemish artists in a modern way.  He caricatures the structure of his figures yet describes his characters with an intense amount of detail.  To see more of his creations visit turfizm.com

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On 6/11/07, Stack was shot and killed in his own building in a botched robbery. A suspect in his murder was killed only days after.

RIP

RIP Big Punisher, ain’t no one seeing you still!

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RIP GURU

thisisn’thappiness is a solid tumblr. From mid-century design to batman to more contemporary images, I always enjoy the ocular candy being put up. So check it out!

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Zangief Arcade Remix

Don’t worry Ice, someone made it better

I think gifs are one of the best little things the internet has utilized as a communication tool- artistic or otherwise. LoveGifs is a great blog for all things gif. Anytime I see there’s a new post in my reader, I’m quick to head over and look at what they’re putting down. So check it out!

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Blame It On The Boogie