The legend of Escif grows... with this sickeningly simple, yet beautifully executed, work "Liberté, Egalité and Fraternite" which has just recently popped up in Montreal. via SA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NETB83v42Zk Jay Z & Mark Romanek's project Picasso Baby, a short performance art film, will be debuting next week. The film will depict Jay Z performing his new track “Picasso Baby” while he interacts with a captive viewing audience in the intimate setting of an art gallery. New York's famed performance-based artist Marina Abramovic, whose own 2010 MoMA exhibition Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present which served as inspiration for the project will even appear. HBO has announced they’ll air the “Performance Art Film” this Friday August 2nd @ 11PM EST. (The network also aired Beyoncé’s self-directed documentary, Life Is...

Classic Flaming Lips track "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. I" combined with the imagery of Don Hertzfeldt’s animated shorts is mezmerizing delightful awesomeness. via: WA

from Transworld comes this peek at Santa Cruz’s new Screaming Hands pro series at Agenda. via RC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ipdQz_O5U From deep in the bottom bin of a closet in the backroom of the basement - the room where the power no longer work: an old skate video of legendary Birdhouse skateboarder Jeremy "Playboy" Klein. Take a look at this pile ...

On July 18, 2013 Detroit became the largest city in the history of the U.S. to file for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. What you will be seeing now is a city do everything it can to get out of having to pay all of it's municipal workers their pensions and any other benefits anyone who is not a big conglomerate supposedly have coming to them. It shall all be played out in the courts - but pay close attention kiddies - because this is going to be the test case. If Detroit gets out of having to pay their workers...

"He is the scariest most horrifying looking human being I've ever met, but at the same time the guy is one of the funniest nicest dudes I've ever met." -David Choe; on Danny Trejo It was 2010 when world-renowned street artist and multi-multi-millionaire (thank you Facebook stock option) David Choe first informed us that while growing up his burgeoning artistic interests began for him by drawing superheroes: Superman, Batman, etc. But then one day the inevitable happened, David Choe drew his first female. From then on Choe never had an interest in any studies of the male form ever again,...

We collaborated with Shaz Illyork and the Illyorker brand to release these limited run tees in coordination with Shaz Illyork's debut album "Deadstock Revival". The tees are limited in numbers and are now available only at the Long Island City Kleaners retail shop and online right here. You can see the tee below as modeled by Tifa Reed Hilton.

Carmelo Anthony stars in a Jordan Brand web doc Episode #3 (of 3), the final installment in the Carmelo webumentary, sees Nas, Bernard King and members of the 'Melo family discuss the significance of winning in New York. Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3