art & design

Artful Ideas for Mother’s Day

Let’s face it: We owe our mom’s BIG-time. HUGEMONGUS-time. Like…ELEPHANT-SIZED-WALLET-time. But if your wallet’s feeling more resident-of-Whoville-sized, no need to scream your tiny little lungs out. We’ve got some ideas for you!

You Can’t Call it That!

There’s a bitchfest happening in television right now, but you wouldn’t know it from the channel guide. Good Christian Bitches has been coyly reduced to GCB. And the Bitch in Apt 23? She too is nothin’ but a ‘B’. It seems Hollywood has a history of taking the safe road when it comes to saucy titles. Let’s take a look.

5 Artful Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Before you drink too many margaritas while wearing a large sombrero, take a look at some fun, festive, and authentic ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo–artistically!

Internet Destroyer!

Miami artist Jillian Mayer is a fresh talent to watch. Her experimental and affecting work ranges from installations to illustrations to short films featured at Sundance and SxSW including a remake of “La Jetee” with Uncle Luke from 2 Live Crew and a NSFW music video featuring singing vaginas. We chatted with Mayer about her latest creation and what she hopes to demonstrate through it.

Purple, The Color

We have a problem. We love the color purple, but its kinda seems like purple is for little girls who want to grow up to be princesses or models. So last night while bored/trying to find out what the next black is going to be (it’s dark grey!), we realized that purple is actually one bad-ass mother-take-out-to-dinnerer of a color!!

A Simple Guide to Aussie Slang

The television miniseries Cloudstreet shows the struggle of two families living in Perth, Western Australia in the 1950’s. This acclaimed series is awesome, but when it comes to deciphering the regional dialect, it’s like Trainspotting with Australians. So here’s a guide to understanding some basic Aussie slang.

Band Cinema

Seems everyone wants to be a musician. Famous actors, athletes and other outrageously wealthy individuals are always starting their own (often bad) bands. Check out some great films about the inner workings of a music group and live the fantasy too for a few hours.

Breaking Up is Great to Watch

Considering about half of all marriages end in divorce, it’s surprising more films aren’t made about the life-changing experience. Curious about what it’s like to leave a lover? Check out some of these great films about breaking up.

A New Wave of Street Art

Where does street art go next? One of the most intriguing directions may be the small and seemingly innocuous (or perhaps incoherent) pages of text that have been pasted around the Denmark capital of Copenhagen over the past year.

Breaking News: Tupac’s Hologram is Alive & Well!

This weekend’s Coachella festival really raised the bar in concert performances: they brought back Tupac Shakur. That is, they brought back the incredibly believable hologram of Tupac Shakur. If dead artists like Tupac start touring, here’s who we’d like to see!