Tuff Taco Goes for a Walk

March 18th, 2010

A delicious treat for your Thursday as Tuff Taco wakes up for a walk and some skateboarding followed by a much needed nap.

Tuff Taco created by San Francisco based artist Ferris Plock with animation by Eighty Four Films and music by Dan The Automator.

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Inglorious Basterds’ Slate Clapper Silliness

March 18th, 2010

A special feature titled Quentin Tarantino’s Camera Angel on the recently released DVD of Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi killing masterpiece shows how fun it was to make a film about killing Nazis as soon as the cameras started rolling. The Inglorious Basterds on set “Camera Angel” featured in the special feature is longtime Tarantino crew member and film slate clapper extraordinaire Geraldine Brezca.

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Zach Galifianakis Does Ben Stiller Between Two Ferns

March 17th, 2010

Unfortunately the Meet the Fockers porno bit from last week’s Between Two Ferns promo didn’t make the final cut, but fortunately for us Ben Stiller and Zach Galifianakis totally love hate each other.

Now can someone please explain to me why Between Two Ferns can’t be a real “talk show” and why Jay Leno is on the air?

See more awkward awesomeness Between Two Ferns with Zach and his “friends”:

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Charlize Theron

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Natalie Portman

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Jimmy Kimmel

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and Michael Cera

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More Pacman Print From Alan Hynes

March 17th, 2010

Yesterday’s Pacquiao print post was truly a hit (pun sooo intended) as word got around to the artist himself, Mr. Alan Hynes. As far as I’ve seen, and I’ve done a fair share of searching, Alan’s Pacman print is one of the first and only art prints to have been created in honor of Manny Pacquiao which makes this powerful print even more of a statement. Created exclusively for Gallery 1988’s poster show, The Greatest Moments in Sports History, the print exists in an extremely limited edition run of only 80 screenprints. For a detailed look and to get ‘em while they last, click here or the pics below.

From Alan:

“I was just forwarded a link to your blog post about my Pacquiao print, I very much appreciate you talking about the print- any positive exposure for boxing and Manny Pacquiao is great in my book. I’ve attached a couple of photos which give a better look at the actual print.”

And to see more of and to purchase Alan’s elaborately rock fueled designs, please visit Gigposters.com as well as Offthewallposters.com.

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SATURDAY (March 20): Retna at New Image Art

March 17th, 2010

Another graf legend gone gallery, LA’s acclaimed muralist Retna, get’s Desaturated by the lovely ladies of New Image Art on Santa Monica. For more on Retna as he toes the fine line between fine art and graffiti, click here.

Retna-Desaturated
Opening reception: Saturday, March 20th, 7-10pm
New Image Art
7908 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046
Show runs from March 20 through April 10, 2010

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FRIDAY (March 19): Tokion’s Imperfect As They Are at the New Museum

March 17th, 2010

The digital camera as film camera revolution is here to stay and Tokion is there to throw a party for the movement with Imperfect As They Are, a showcase of video art and home movies shot with the digital Harinezumi camera at the New Museum. Featuring works created by Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Miranda July (Me, You and Everyone We Know), Harmony Korine (Gummo), Erroll Morris (The Fog of War), Chan-Wook Park (Oldboy) and many more.

Click here or flyer below to RSVP.

Imperfect As They Are
Friday, March 17th, 6:30-8:30pm
New Museum
235 Bowery New York, NY 10002

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Manny “The Print” Pacquiao

March 16th, 2010

If you’re a fan of the sweet science known as boxing or of the amazing Asians known as Filipinos, you most likely witnessed Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s dominating title defense victory over Africa’s Joshua Clottey this past weekend. Although Clottey’s defense protected him through 12 rounds and prevented him from ever getting seriously hurt by the non-stop barrage of Pacquiao punches (1231 punches thrown by the champ compared to only 399 from the challenger), the fight ended in a unanimous decision and near shutout on the judges scorecards. Next up for the people’s champ will be the fight that the world wants to see, Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Mayweather first has to defeat Shane Mosley in May) in what many consider will be the largest and most lucrative fight in the history of the sport later this year.

But you don’t have to wait months for your next Pacman fix, in fact you can own a piece of Pacquiao today as Gallery 1988 on Melrose has an exclusive limited edition screenprint by Alan Hynes for sale as part of their ongoing Greatest Moments in Sports History show (view artwork here).

Click here or Manny for details and purchasing info.

Also…missed the fight? Shame on you. Watch it here in it’s full length dominance:

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Reggie Watts’ F#ck Sh!t Stack

March 16th, 2010

You never know what you’re gonna get from the Seattle based rapper/comedian/weirdo/performance artist Reggie Watts. In this case you get a whole lot of “Fuck Shit Stack”, and that’s a good thing. The music video directed by Duncan Skiles and Ben Dickinson promotes Reggie’s upcoming Comedy Central special produced by Looseworld coinciding with the release of his CD/DVD Why Shit So Crazy, in stores May 18th. (special thanks to Mr. Matthies for the fuck shit stacking!)

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THURSDAY (March 18): Saturdays Surf with Ito

March 16th, 2010

Our NY/LA homie Ito resurfaces at Saturdays Surf in New York along with a selection of his latest photos for the premiere of the short documentary on Grain Surfboards.

From the case sensitive Ito:

“please come to our casio event at SATURDAYS SURF on thursday evening.
we’ll be premiering the short documentary on GRAIN SURFBOARDS we shot in yorke, maine.
also exhibiting my photos.

after this event,
our documentary will be showing on the following sites:
surfline
surfer magazine
transworld surfing
foam

G’zone at Saturdays
Thursday, March 18th, 6-9pm
film screening at 7:30
Saturdays Surf
31 Crosby St. (between Broome and Grand)
rsvp to gzone@exposure.net

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The Dude Tron is not Chappelle Tron

March 15th, 2010

For the past week everyone’s been going on and on about Tron and I’ve been like, “Yeah, Dave Chappelle was hilarious as Tron but that was like, five years ago.” Then I saw the Tron Legacy trailer in 3D this weekend and I was like, “Ohhh yeah…The Dude Tron.”

This is not the Tron you’re looking for:

This is that Tron:

Also…here’s the light cycle clip from Disney’s Comic-Con panel last year that got everyone juiced in the first place.

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