We Mine Deeper

This fantastic video was posted on thecomeup recently, but the excellentness doesn’t end there. Check out what was posted in the comments:

Attention thecomeupbmx.net

This is Sue Miller with the IWF (Internet Watchdog Foundation). The mother of a 12 year old frequenter of your website witnessed her son watching this and immediately reported it to us. Seeing as there is no age warning or verification on your site, we must demand you remove this video and any other age-inappropriate material (we are currently reviewing all content on the website) within 48 hours or face being shutdown.

http://www.thecomeupmx.net
ip adress: 75.119.202.143
flag: inappropriate content without age verification
complaint logged: 9:03 pm pst

It’s bullshit (and she links herself to the Independent Women’s Forum), but the furor it caused in the comments is funny. Well played, anon poster, well played.

lovehoteljapan, the personal blog of a Swedish model working in Japan, is the most intriguing and bizarre thing I have visited in months.

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So I stole this from Brian Park’s awesome new blog The Greatest Conversation which is probably titled after the conversations he has with himself, which seem to be really damn good. He is like my super smart academic friend with refined taste who can’t handle stupid average people in the city so he moved to an island just off the city so he can study and think (and blog) in less diluted peace.

Anyway this track is off Flying Lotus’ most recent EP, which is a nice cue for me to say I am really fucking excited for FlyLo’s new album.

Also, ‘Auntie’s Lock’ is such a nice title. And I should really go find some breakfast. ta.

The Nine Eyes of Google Street View is a really great essay by Jon Rafman. If you are interested in photography, coincidences, art theory, morals and ethics, culture, the streets, kids in ireland giving cameras the finger, general facts, cool points of view, and even just Google, definitely check this one out.

Haven’t checked the always fantastic Metal Bikes Blog in a while, but I’m glad I did today. Why? Two reasons:

1. The above video. Holy hell. (Apparently this video is sssssooooooooooooooo old. But I don’t remember having seen it before. Sorry).

2. The below picture. Holy hell.

Adeline Chong posted about light-test.com the other day and it’s since become one of my favourite blogs. Just going through their archives is laughs gasps and hoorahs aplenty. Seriously though, it’s such a great idea for a blog, especially for us cameranerds.

That photo above, taken a few years ago, is of the grandmother of a close friend of mine that I contributed to light-test. You should submit a photo too! The posting form is on the right side of the page.

Rachel Hulin just posted a list of art grants as compiled by Leah Oates. I’ve copied it here, and please send it to anyone you think it might help.

CONTEST/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:

http://www.womenarts.org/fund/

http://www.artcalendar.com/adlisting/index.asp?EntryFee=0

http://www.pennymccallfoundation.org/resources.html

http://www.crt.state.la.us/arts/GrantOutline.shtml

http://www.pkf.org/grant.html

http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_programs/artists_grants.html

http://www.georgesugarman.com/framepage.html

http://www.calfund.org/receive/fellowships.php

http://www.creative-capital.org/application/

http://www.cciarts.org/funding.htm#

http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html

http://www.skylarkfoundation.com/

http://www.remahortmannfoundation.org/visualarts.php

http://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/mission.html

http://irvine.org/grants_program/howto/strong_proposal.shtml

http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/GrantsProgram/BecomingaFellow/indexcfm

http://www.artadia.org/forartists.html

http://artmattersfoundation.org/contact.html

http://printedmatter.org/about/index.cfm?email=&cookie1=5257074.9&return=/index.cfm

http://www.creativetime.org/index.php

http://www.diacenter.org/

http://www.atoa.ws/

http://www.nationalcollage.com/

http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/

http://afonline.artistsspace.org/

http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/submissions_guidelines.cfm

http://www.artpace.org/programs.php#travelGrant

http://www.kcai.edu/artspace/artist/

http://www.bemiscenter.org/residency/

http://www.chinati.org/information/artist-in-residence.php

http://artsusa.org/news/afta_news/default.asp#item1

ARTS ORGANIZATIONS (with free membership)

http://www.nyfa.org/login.asp?id=8

http://artistsregister.com/opportunities.phtml

http://www.artscams.com/

http://www.artisthelpnetwork.com/

http://www.iapaa.org/memberlist.html

http://www.artmotelradio.com/

http://art2102.org/pages/about.html

http://www.makcenter.org/MAK_General_Info.php

http://www.cca.rca.ac.uk/docs/application/index.html

http://losangeles.foryourart.com/

http://beautifuldecay.com/mission/

http://dailydujour.com/

http://www.artslant.com/

Most porn-oriented image blogs unfortunately reflect the thinking of the industry, as in – fake boobs, tan lines, and sports-illustrated style beach bikini shots rule the roost. It’s frustrating because that shit is stupid.

However, there are good ones out there, and one of them is fuckmelikethat. If you’re not into this stuff, check out the site anyway because even from a purely photographic perspective, it’s quality.

there’s only one girl i care about hearing back from
now.
…….. and either way,
it doesn’t matter.
there’s small handful of dudes,
i consider friends. it’s about 7 give or take.
atleast half of them don’t live around here anymore.
but wait, 7 isn’t an even number.
so who knows what the fuck i’m talking about.
i just don’t want to leave anyone out.
here i am.
here i am, i have two arms.
hey, here i am, i have two eyes.
1 heart, one liver.
one stomach.
two legs.
look, i’ve been running.
look, playing lots of tennis.
hey look, yeah.
who the fuck am i talking to?
these people in africa
everyone’s dying over there
it’s awful people just scream all day long
south america, who fucking knows
people freeze their asses off up north
trying to like, hit a seal over the head with a baseball bat
what the fuck are we doing?
we don’t do shit
i’m happy when i write a stupid song that nobody will fucking hear
some asshole takes a picture and hangs it on the wall or in a gallery
or some rich asshole puts it in a magazine or book and then they
sell it on the internet and assholes buy it and put it on their coffee
tables cuz they got good jobs, and everyone gets paid, and a lot of them
even get laid, but the sex they have is boring as fuck
meanwhile women are getting raped and their daughters too at gunpoint
across the ocean.

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Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Shot By The Sartorialist – Refinery 29

The cheeky truth. Click here to see it.

via harrisonboyce