Who Got It On Lock ...
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"Who Got It On Lock Featuring Doo Wop" off of "Back to the Future" Mixtape in stores now !
Interlude ...
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Cherry Pop Exhibition by Jahan Loh in Taipei
Bloc 28 ( Disney through the eyes of unconventional artists) Exhibition in Hong Kong
Nike 6.0 Lightning Bolts Bmx Exhibition in Beijing
Insa Exhibition at Extrabold in Luxembourg
Bulletproof? laptop backpack
The one and only Batmobile for sale
New York City vs Liberty City (Grand Theft Auto IV) side by side comparison
Kanye returns in his spaceship for the 25th Anniversary of the Casio G-Shock (Video of his live performance)
And for my french fellows ... La Fin Du Film
Fantasy ...
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"Takashi Murakami is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist who works in both fine arts media , such as painting, as well as digital and commercial media . He attempts to blur the boundaries between high and low art . He appropriates popular themes from mass media and pop culture , then turns them into thirty-foot sculptures , "Superflat" paintings , or marketable commercial goods such as figurines or phone caddies .
Murakami attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music , initially studying more traditionalist Japanese art . He pursued a doctorate in Nihonga , a mixture of Western and Eastern styles dating back to the late 19th century . However , due to the mass popularity of anime and manga , Japanese styles of animation and comic graphic stories , Murakami became disillusioned with Nihonga , and became fixated on otaku culture , which he felt was more representative of modern day Japanese life .
This resulted in Superflat , the style that Murakami is credited with starting . It developed from Poku , (Pop + otaku). Murakami has written that he aims to represent Poku culture because he expects that animation and otaku might create a new culture . This new culture being a rejuvenation of the contemporary Japanese art scene . This is what it is all about to Murakami ; he has expressed in several interviews in the last five or six years the frustration that his art has risen from . It is a frustration rooted in the lack of a reliable and sustainable art market in post-war Japan , and the general view of Japanese art in and outside the country as having a low art status . He is quoted as saying that the market is nothing but "a shallow appropriation of Western trends" . His first reaction was to make art in non-fine arts media , but decided instead to focus on the market sustainability of art and promote himself first overseas . This marks the birth of KaiKai Kiki , LLC ."
Takashi Murakami with the support of Louis Vuitton , the friendship of Marc Jacobs , Pharrell , Kanye or Nigo from BAPE has recently invaded the US soil , his exhibition landing in Los Angeles and then New York . Check the stories below to get a glimpse of his universe :
Takashi Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum
Opening Night at the Brooklyn Museum
Takashi Murakami Monogramouflage for Louis Vuitton
Fighting the fakes : Louis Vuitton and Murakami make a show of it
Kaikai Kiki
Bio : Wiki
Fight For Your Right ...
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"One Nation Under CCTV" is the latest subversive piece made by Banksy on the walls of London . For those who don't know CCTV is the national chinese television .
Source : Graffiti News , Mail on Sunday via Hypebeast
Shambala ...
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For the greater good .
Looks it's time for change in China ...
For people of Tibet , but also for the Uyghur people ...
For the freedom of speech , opinion and press ...
For the conditions of workers ...
For China's position on Darfur genocide
Reporters Without Borders - For Press Freedom
General information about Tibet
Interlude ...
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Prison Slang
For Mario Bros fans only
For "How I Met Your Mother" fans only
Jon Stewart interviews George W. Bush
Rumors about upcoming updated Mac Books & 3G Iphones releasing in less than 60 days
Security problems on jailbroken Iphones
Stiloso Headphones by Boosted
The Revolution won't be televised
Needed for your health care
Good Times ...
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Chris Webber has announced his retirement from the NBA last wednesday at a press conference at the ORACLE Arena , closing the final chapter on a 15-year NBA career . Here is his impressive résumé :National High School player of the year (1990-1991)
Retired #44 Detroit Country Day School
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball All-American (1993)
NCAA All Tournament 1st Team (1992, 1993)
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Finalist with the Michigan Wolverines ( 1992 & 1993 )
Selected by the Orlando Magic with the 1st pick of the 1993 NBA Draft , becoming the first sophomore since Magic Johnson to be a #1 overall draft pick .
NBA Rookie Of The Year with the Golden-State Warriors ( 1994) .
Five times NBA All-Star .
Five Times All-NBA Team Selections .
20.7 points, 9.8 rebounds , 4.2 assists , 1.44 steals , 1.44 blocks and 37.1 minutes per contest in 831 regular-season games with Golden State , Washington , Sacramento , Philadelphia and Detroit .
18.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 36.3 minutes per playoff-game in 10 playoff runs .
2002 Western Conference Finalist with the Sacramento Kings after setting a franchise record 61-21 .
But forget all those stats and awards and remember Chris was one of the best power forwards ever ... neither as flashy as Shawn Kemp , nor as regular as Karl Malone , but still one of the greatest .
I don't know if it was because he was native from the state of Michigan like Magic , but he showed many times how gifted were his hands and how good was his court vision , blessing fans with unbelievable actions , every game .
And let's not forget he and the Fab Five were the originators of the baggy shorts under the knees , and the black socks with black sneakers .
For this amazing career , we salute you , Chris !
Source : Tigrou 23
Info : Webber's Retirement /Bio
Homecoming ...
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HOMECOMING from kwest on Vimeo.
Directed by Hype Williams, and filmed in Chicago .
Behind the scenes images can be seen at kanYe Live!.
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