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Provocative presentation on how the idea of Netness (The more things you connect the better they work) is a better metaphor for the future than Moore’s Law (The law that computation speed doubles every 24 months.) For example:

An 80 yr old man
Who lives by himself
Takes a shower
When he falls into the tub
What if…
The Tub Knows
That the man is falling
That he has osteoporosis
And then proceeded to contact
911 and his family
And then proceeded to
Rearrange its molecules
So when he hits the tub
The tub catches him

How’s that for the coming web?

I’m downloading “Debacle,” Nike SB’s new HD Project, right now and pretty stoked for it to finish. First off, good move giving away the vid as a FREE download. Classic countdown tactic to tease the launch date and smarter to do it on Facebook rather than build a Teaser Site.

But what sets the site apart is that the 22 min HD video is also available for viewing online. Peep the link to the Adobe feature on Hega TV (interactive design studio) and how they collaborated with Adobe to perfect the online HD viewing experience. Because the crux of the video is that it was shot in HD, it’s an important factor in the experience not to be overlooked. Just too bad that the internet sucks so bad in China that the online viewing doesn’t work…

My friend Robin has a dope new poster available on her site. Edition of 500 and it’s only 5 bucks including shipping to the US and Canada! Check it and if you’re in NY, check her out at the NYZinefest this weekend.

I’ve only heard one track off the new Mos Def but I think it’s a S C O R E. Back when I first started buying music, I used buy albums based on their covers. This one has an interesting back story. It’s a still from the 70’s film “Killer of Sheep” by Charles Burnett.

From the site:

Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.

Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife in the living room, holding his daughter. The film offers no solutions; it merely presents life — sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with transcendent joy and gentle humor.

Killer of Sheep was shot on location in Watts in a series of weekends on a budget of less than $10,000, most of which was grant money. Finished in 1977 and shown sporadically, its reputation grew and grew until it won a prize at the 1981 Berlin International Film Festival.

Since then, the Library of Congress has declared it a national treasure as one of the first fifty on the National Film Registry and the National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the “100 Essential Films” of all time. However, due to the expense of the music rights, the film was never shown theatrically or made available on video. It has only been seen on poor quality 16mm prints at few and far between museum and festival showings.

Peep the first track off the album:

Last night’s Electrograss was one of the best parties I’ve been to in Shanghai. Been hatin on the scene lately…Too many douchy expats. But last night was a beautiful scene on the lawn of the Dong Hu hotel. The air’s getting more humid each day. At night, this creates a misty, glowy affect which looked great in the lights. People came out and my friend DJ Samwich had them groovin on the grass. Even though it poured during the day, that didn’t stop us. We ended the night sneaking onto the rooftop of a bar to sit on a swing as the sun was coming up.

Last weekend was all hip-hop w/ Mobb Deep, Fab 5 Freddy and Ghostface in town. Really enjoyed Fab dropping knowledge at The Factory…especially the last night where he screened the VH1 Yo MTV Raps! Documentary. Such an epic era. He even humbled himself to get down low so my small Korean friend could take an photo!

Then Ghostface rolled through on Sunday at WTF Club (No joke – that’s the name). My boy Lomang DJed his set in Beijing the night before, and another friend Mr.Tsang backed up the Shanghai show. Although SH was a blast, sounds like BJ was hot fiyahh! Lomang killed it so good that Ghostface wanted to fly him to Shanghai! He has so many great stories, but this one has got to be my favorite:

My friend, ______
was taking Ghostface out in Beijing
before the show
and one of the hypeman
bought a fake Sony camera
and he was all excited
and later they all met up with Ghostface
but then the S
on the Sony
fell off
so it said “ONY”
and Ghostface apparently without missing a beat
is all like
“you da ONY nikka that would be stupid enough to buy a ONY!”

BADOOMSHIK!

Canon Demic C – Half-frame 35mm rangefinder. Want.

Eric Koston rides for Nike SB!

“Not only am I psyched to be a part of the great group of guys that makes up the Nike SB team, but I’m equally as excited to work with them creatively. I’m sure many people know that a lot of different Nike’s have been the inspiration for my shoe designs over the last 12 years, so I feel like a fucking kid in a candy store when it comes to this partnership between Nike and I.”
-Eric Koston