diversions for the old fashioned modern american

A large sample of the American workforce may not realize that summer is upon us full swing. Their workloads do not reflect the change in seasons and for an unfortunate many of us, summer doesn't include kicking back poolside nor does it offer time for regular weekends in the Hamptons or at beach houses in Malibu. To take our minds off it all and the fact that we're either unemployed or overworked (from doing several peoples jobs after mass layoffs), some well-intentioned individuals in NY have come together to organize RECESS.

Recess was created to provide a lifestyle alternative to the otherwise rudimentary and banal activities of our day. RECESS will put on an ongoing series of sports activities starting with the first three planned in the next couple months. Activities such as Badminton (6/20), Table Tennis (8/22), Bocce Ball (9/26). However, for the time being only the New York dwellers will have the priviledge of partaking. I guess you could fly there though? Here's hoping for some expansion of this simple yet highly relevant event-tion.


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a thousand thank you's to "this f^cking hipster"

Why, Hello.


For the longest time, I was desensitized to the disturbing and often scarring images of countless hipsters across America. Photos that have come to represent what it means to have a cool online photo album posted on a blog or even your totally awesome flickr account. I previously lacked a framework to understand how damaging these photos could be. But now by the grace of g-d and some souls with a vision, I have a medium with which I can be continuously reminded of how damaging such imagery can be. "Look At This F^cking Hipster." I'm still shaken up.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION







Look At This Fucking Hipster

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march to: kanye's "air yeezy mixtape"

Kanye has compiled a little (cough) mixtape to coincide with the release of his instantly extreme collector piece Air Yeezy's. Any celebrity can put their name on an a design from an already established brand like Nike, leave it to Mr. West to dedicate select list of tracks to back it up. I'm not a fan of the whole album but in HP's case, that isn't the point.

Track list and download link after the jump.


01. Wheely Shit [Exclusive]
02. Kinda Like A Big Deal (Feat. Clipse)
03. Magic Man (Feat. Malik Yuself, Common, & John Legend)
04. Maybach Music Pt. 2 (Feat. T-Pain)
05. Flight School (Feat. GLC & T-Pain)
06. We Fight, We Love (Feat. Q-Tip & Consequence)
07. Big Screen (Feat. GLC)
08. Promised Land (Feat. Adam Levine)
09. I Poke Her Face (Feat. Kid Cudi & Common)
10. Teriya King (Feat. Teriyaki Boyz & Big Sean)
11. Digital Girl (Feat. Jamie Foxx & The-Dream)
12. Supernova (Feat. Mr. Hudson)
13. Gifted (Feat. Nasa & Lykke Li)
14. Walking On The Moon (Feat. The-Dream)
15. I’m The Ish (Feat. Dj Class)
16. Diamonds (Feat. Teairra Mari)
17. Ego
18. Knock You Down Feat. Keri Hilson & Ne-Yo
19. What It Is
20. Love Lockdown (Unreleased Version)
21. Welcome To Heartbreak (Feat. Kid Cudi)(Unreleased Version)
22. Payback (Feat. Tim G & Sly)(Unreleased)
23. 187th (Feat. GLC, Tim G, & Arrow Starr)(Unreleased)
24. Drug Dealin (Feat. GLC & Keyshia Cole)(Unreleased Version)

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Twelve gun salute to Knotoryus
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i wear my heart on my feet: happy socks

socks for a rapidly changing world. offers a needed emotional outlet for the not quite bi-polar Gemini. homies shouldn't be surprised when i start gifting happy socks.







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flamboyance is his cologne: flukey stokes

While Chicago is primarily famous for gangsters like Al Capone and John Dillinger, it was a man named Flukey Stokes who by the 1980's, came to sit on the throne of the Chicago crime kingdom, running an estimated $50 million heroin business with his son, Willie the Wimp. Flukey was reknowned for his excess and flashiness, but this did nothing to make him any less of a killer. He was accused of more than 30 murders during his reign. All the high times and expensive goods that a profitable drug business could provide were had by Flukey and his son including extravagant mansions, fancy cars, and of course, women. There's a documentary's worth of stories on Flukey and I'm thinking that's probably why they made one about him. It is entitled, "The Flukey Stokes Story" and was produced by As Is, one of the premier urban documentary makers. Perhaps the most well told story about Flukey is pictorialized in the photo below. Yep. That's his son Willie the Wimp, buried in a Cadillac coffin that Flukey had custom made so he'd stay flossed in the afterlife. Nuff said.


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zinedine doin' work

Spike Lee's inspiration for his documentary on Kobe Bryant is derived from another sports documentary that focuses on the french soccer icon Zinedine Zidane. Like Kobe Doin' Work, Zidane: A 2st Century Portrait is filmed in real time with 17 cameras. They were able to capture the footballer, more popularly known as Zizou, during the Spanish Liga Real Madrid vs. Villarreal CF game on April 23, 2005. The film debuted at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival and touts a soundtrack created by the British band, Mogwai. Definitely going to get my hands on this one, both because it looks great and also because (and Ehrlich you may agree) Zizou reminds me of a cross between Arnold Vosloo and Hitman. I said Arnold Vosloo even though I could have said Billy Zane but Arnold Vosloo is way more obscure and I feel good about myself on days I can make Arnold Vosloo references.



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Decipherin' with Mr. Sanborn

James Sanborn is the Washington D.C based artist/ sculptor who was commissioned to design a piece of art that could represent the history and ideals of the CIA and to adorn the front of it's headquarters. In 1990 he unveiled "Kryptos," a 4 part encryption that the CIA's best took 7 years to crack. Oh but they couldn't crack the whole megillah. The solution to the 4th section has evaded the world's best cryptanalysts to this day. I wonder if the CIA brass look upon the edifice with pride or embarrassment. I'm inclined to believe the latter since Sanborn himself believes they tried to kill the project during it's construction. Would also fit nicely into the notion of "the power of secrecy," a theme recurrent in Sanborn's projects.


More Sanborn works
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