Friday 30 May 2008

Knicker Picker

Female Genitalia Bicycle Taxi



This contraption is actually the world's first pollution free bicycle taxi which represents female genitalia. You can climb into it and ride the bike. Artist (on the left) dislikes the current worldview which is filled with phallic symbols, hence the taxi. Whatever next I wonder?

Wednesday 28 May 2008

Collidonthus



This is Collidonthus by Jitish Kallat, a 2007 mixed-media work that evokes urban mayhem with the skeletal body of an automobile. Isn't that the coolest thing on four wheels?

Tuesday 27 May 2008

Spanish Comic Book Platform Shoes



Don't they look cool? Get a pair HERE. Only $750...

Monday 26 May 2008

We Are The World performed by Japanese impersonators

Offensive Traffic Posts



Residents of an Oregon town are claiming that new traffic posts installed there are offensive. The City of Keizer is taking heat for installing a group of cement posts designed to protect pedestrians from cars, but which some say is a phallic symbol. A total of 52 of the posts were installed at a busy intersection in Keizer and they are getting a lot of second glances. Full story HERE. "My son said he wanted to hang a sign on it that says 'always use protection,'" claims one female resident.

Cutting Up Playgirl by Carrie Jones



Is this really Carrie Jones, the author of Cutting Up Playgirl? This work of non-fiction clearly states within its pages that 'Carrie Jones' is the pseudonym of some publishing executive, so if this is true why does she allow an image of herself to be displayed on the internet? Go here and here for further readings on this book, which seems to have stirred up quite a hornet's nest, it appears. The story is a revelation of the author's personal involvements with the opposite sex, of how she lost her virginity, and of subsequent boyfriends and relationships as she left school and went to Cambridge and spent years out in France and Italy, and beyond. She admits that the thing she gets the most from sex is that she has been 'chosen' by her partners, and that any other satisfaction from these couplings has not been experienced by herself in bed. Visit the links for a more intelligent and involved criticism of the book, however my own opinion is that despite this woman being now 45 years old she has not matured very well emotionally. She still acts like the teenager she once was, that's the way I see it. However, if the image above is really the author of the book in my eyes it makes it more believable. If the real Carrie Jones were some blonde big-boobed bimbo I would find it hard to believe that she lived such an 'ordinary' life.

Michelle Ryan has worst US accent




Michelle Ryan's turn as the Bionic Woman has won her top place in a poll of the worst attempts at US accents.
The former EastEnder, 24, starred as Jaime Sommers in last year's remake of the 1970s cult series before it was cancelled because of the US writers' strike. Eddie Izzard made second place for his role as Wayne Malloy in The Riches. Anna Friel was next for her performance as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, who comes back from the dead in Pushing Daisies. Fourth place went to Hugh Laurie in his Golden Globe-winning role as Dr Gregory House in House. Lancashire-born Ian McShane is next for his role as Al Swearengen in Deadwood. The top 10 was completed by Essex-born Sean Maguire in The Class, Minnie Driver in The Riches, Joely Richardson in Nip/Tuck, Louise Lombard in CSI; Crime Scene Investigation, and Dominic West in crime drama The Wire. Helen Hackworthy, the editor of RadioTimes.com, which carried out the poll, said: "Just as Dick Van Dyke struggled with his English accent in Mary Poppins, so too are some Brits failing to pull off convincing American accents." Just over 3,000 fans were polled on the Radio Times website. Okay, this is all well and good, but who has the BEST US accent then?

Saturday 24 May 2008

Caption Competition



Here we go again... another caption competiton for no-one to enter! Isn't the internet a fantastic place? A surprise prize for the best caption to this one. A surprise if anyone provides a caption... LOL (as they say in chatroom-land).