sixth sense
I see stupid people
fascist america: are we there yet?
We’ve arrived. We are now parked on the exact spot where our best experts tell us full-blown fascism is born. Every day that the conservatives in Congress, the right-wing talking heads, and their noisy minions are allowed to hold up our ability to govern the country is another day we’re slowly creeping across the final line beyond which, history tells us, no country has ever been able to return.
矢島美容室 / はまぐりボンバー
link: YouTube – 矢島美容室 / はまぐりボンバー
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjy3coYyUg
new motherhaus website
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Once upon a time…
Since the days of sagas and fairy tales, people have been inspired by stories.
Motherhaus is a place for storytelling. We have over 20 years of experience creating worlds around brands and ideas, telling nuanced stories that resonate.
We can bring your story to life through the power of pictures & conversations.
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Pictures are the visual and intuitive expression of your ideas. They transmit your message before a word is even read.
Conversations are the connections you make. They are online and offline, personal and professional. They are any of the ways you interface with your audience.
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Applied Magic
In addition to pictures & conversations, great storytelling needs a little magic. It’s the glue that holds worlds together. Our magical tools include:
We apply these old traditions in a modern, forward-looking way, for a richer, multi-layered story.
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What’s your story?
Motherhaus will bring it to life.
Give us a call.
+1 212 358 9785
link: motherhaus.com
overheard in new york
Girl, about smoking preggers passerby: That’s disgusting. How could any woman nowadays still smoke knowing that they’re pregnant?
Mother, taking drag from her own cigarette: Good thing you were adopted.
–23rd & Lex
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Teen: Iced cappuccino, please.
Middle-aged tourist: Aren’t you a little young for that much caffeine, sweetie?
Teen: Uhhh, I’m from New York — there was caffeine in my breast milk.
Middle-aged tourist: Oh! You’re from here! Well… Could you give me directions to–
Teen: –Don’t you people have maps for that kind of thing?
–Bread Factory, 785 Lexington
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Rabbi: So, what was the best part of your week?
College Jew: Hmmm… I guess reading for three hours in the library.
Rabbi: Oh? What did you read about?
College Jew: Hitler.
–NYU Hillel
link: Overheard in New York
action alert: fight hate
One in six hate crimes are motivated by the victim’s sexual orientation. Yet Federal laws don’t protect these people. Watch the video. Then tell your Senators to support the Matthew Shepard Act.
henry rollins on the soapbox
“This is your world, and you’re inheriting it from your parents. Unless you want to fight their wars and drink their dirty water and go through this maddening repetition, brought to you by people who not only refuse to learn from history but love to repeat it—unless you are going to be the change, you are going to inherit a world with far less resources than the one I walked into at your age. Twenty years, the world has changed so much, and in 20 more, the lines drawn in the sand will be very different. This is all up to you: to look for alternative fuel sources, to acknowledge global warming, to fix the appalling racist and homophobic tendencies our government has. All that’s within our grasp. You can make a difference. This is a great country to do that in. It needs it. It needs strong, brave people trying to make a difference. If not you, then who?”…
continues at: Instinct Magazine – Henry Rollins
more about the missing bees
AlterNet: Colony Collapse: Do Massive Bee Die-Offs Mean an End to Our Food System as We Know it?
who old are you?
I little quiz (well, not so little; it’s like 7 pages long) to find out what your New York age is. From Time Out NY.
nasa tests methane rocket
It’s perfect for deep space, where methane is plentiful: we wouldn’t need to carry as much fuel since we could get more en route. It’s not toxic like other fuels, plus it’s really pretty when it burns.
link: NASA – Methane Blast
“you are so song”
excellent PBS episode on advertising. the manipulation of us wee humans is beyond what you imagine.