Notes From The UndergroundBastard

kitty corleone [smartphone wallpaper] [Flickr]

undergroundbastard — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:50:47 PST

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busted! [smartphone wallpaper] [Flickr]

undergroundbastard — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:39:26 PST

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I do love shooting me kitten tongue.

matrix [1920x1200 desktop wallpaper] [Flickr]

undergroundbastard — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:20:11 PST

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wood [1920x1200 desktop wallpaper] [Flickr]

undergroundbastard — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:20:07 PST

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getty pool [1920x1200 desktop wallpaper] [Flickr]

undergroundbastard — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:20:02 PST

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i'm not human by sleep party people

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000

been consumed with cash mobs today

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Then I discovered this.

shipping container home

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Check it.

the grapefruits of wrath by gary gulman

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000

word of the day: tauroctony

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:11:00 +0000

From Wikipedia:

The tauroctony scene is the cult relief (i.e. the central icon) of the Mithraic Mysteries. It depicts Mithras killing a bull, hence the name 'tauroctony', given to the scene in modern^[1] times possibly after the Greek ταυροκτόνος (tauroktonos) "slaughtering bulls",^[2] which derives from ταῦρος (tauros) "bull"^[3] + κτόνος (ktonos) "murder",^[4] from κτείνω (kteinō), "I kill, slay".^[5]

The most obvious interpretation relates to the precession of the equinoxes. In this interpretation, the slaying of the bull symbolizes the end of the Age of Taurus and the beginning of the Age of Aries. This interpretation also has parallels in other ancient religions.
Other than that the killing of the bull is a sacrificial act – as identifiable from reliefs where the bull is adorned with a dorsuale –, the function and purpose of the tauroctony is uncertain. Since the tauroctony scenes are complemented by the cult meal scenes (sometimes even represented on two sides of the same monument), it may be that the killing is a salvific act; i.e. "[s]laughter and feast together effect the salvation of the faithful."^[32]

requiem for jar jar [smartphone wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:15:00 +0000

requiem for jar jar [smartphone wallpaper], originally uploaded by undergroundbastard.

ascendance of the astrophage [smartphone wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +0000

ascendance of the astrophage [smartphone wallpaper], originally uploaded by undergroundbastard.

sweet dreams are made of seven nations

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:27:00 +0000

happy vd!!! [desktop wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:06:00 +0000

[click image to download desktop wallpaper]

the paradox of choice by barry schwartz

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +0000

fredrik thordendal (meshuggah) - sol niger within

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:05:00 +0000

on vhs by the fierce and the dead

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Check out the first single of the latest from old friends The Fierce and the Dead:

<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://thefierceandthedead.bandcamp.com/album/on-vhs"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;On VHS by The Fierce And The Dead&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p>

can't argue with that [smartphone wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000

[click image to download smartphone wallpaper]

another year gone [smartphone wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:43:00 +0000

I created this in the wake of the Superbowl, wherein a talented but flawed team made it to the big game and came within a few busted plays of actually winning the damn thing.

It was in part based on this photo from Thingy, who donated it to the remix fund.

[click image to download smartphone wallpaper]

word of the day: astucious

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

As·tu'cious adjective < L astūtus shrewd, sly, cunning, equiv. to astū- (s. of astus ) cleverness + -tus adj. suffix Adjective form of astute with but with heavy shades of subtle cunning.

the march to save our post office

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:48:00 +0000

the march to save our post office, originally uploaded by undergroundbastard.

Last night, 100+ people marched across Central Falls, RI to protest the closing of its only post office. Notices in this predominantly Spanish-speaking city were sent in English, leaving many unaware of the closing of the post office, which comes on the heels of the city losing one of its schools, its community center and, temporarily, its library.

four minutes of hip hop history beatboxed by eklips

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +0000

stormtrooper konks head in doorway

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:02:00 +0000

RATTbastard on citywide blackout saturday night

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Rattscallion and myself are going to be on Citywide Blackout with Max Bowen this Saturday, 6-8PM. In the spirit of my bilateralia series, I'm going to be soliciting the audience's worst hi-res images, then turning them into something else entirely during a music break, then foisting them back onto the world. Feel free to email me your worst (blurry, underexposed, bad-angled, stupid) photos (6Mb minimum) and I'll use them on the show.

infinite essentials mixtape by elohim

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000

Elohim (a.k.a. Elohyme a.k.a. Razor Charp): Infinite Essentials Mixtape: some underground hiphop by my boy's kid bro.

a big thanks for the 750,000 views on flickr!!!

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:09:00 +0000

Thank you to all who've clicked on an image to get to the larger-sized versions over at Flickr.

Now on to a cool million. :)

ugb

happy new year's!!! [iPad wallpaper]

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +0000

[click image to download iPad wallpaper]

all hail the bountiful quilted goodness

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:59:00 +0000

libraries present and future by chrystie hill

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:37:00 +0000

the six killer apps of prosperity by niall ferguson

noreply@blogger.com (undergroundbastard) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:31:00 +0000

[nutshell below]