Prada Marfa

"But come Saturday it will look as if a tornado had picked up a Prada store and dropped it on a desolate strip of U.S. 90 in West Texas. That is where Prada Marfa, a permanent sculpture by the Berlin artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset will be installed. (Actually it will go up in Valentine, Tex., about 26 miles outside Marfa, a town of 2,400 that has become a magnet for artists and art lovers.)

The sculpture is meant to look like a Prada store, with minimalist white stucco walls and a window display housing real Prada shoes and handbags from the fall collection. But there is no working door."

It's Not Sexy Being Green (Yet)

The New York Times reports on George W. Bush's new movement toward conservationism, and discusses ways to get "hipsters and college students" interested in the green movement. Link.

"For some, like Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show," who responded to the president's speech by shouting, "The apocalypse is upon us," it was almost as if Michael Jordan had told the country to stop exercising, or Michael Dell had denounced capitalism."

RIAA -- Out of Control

"Tanya Anderson, a 42 year old disabled single mother from Oregon, has filed a countersuit against the RIAA, in which she claims that the organization engaged in numerous crimes, including fraud, deceptive business practices, and racketeering. In addition, she claims that RIAA has been "abusing the federal court judicial system for the purpose of waging a public relations and public threat campaign targeting digital file sharing activities."" Link.

(Be sure to also check out the link to this EconoCulture article, which includes a list of questions the RIAA refuses to answer.

"The new initiative amounts to a crackdown on mom-and-pop record stores—and the prosecution of employees for selling indie releases and underground staples such as self-releases and DJ mix-tapes. As the RIAA zeroes on CD-Rs, stores have to be more wary of selling mix-tapes and homemade CDs – the tools that drive, promote and sustain underground hip-hop.")

Siren Song

Siren Song
Originally uploaded by mleak.

A nice pastel drawing from an artist that plays with corporate logos.

Here are some interesting links for me use to test this page.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/fashion/thursdaystyles/29ROW.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1128053148-PNGiseNqTcUbUu+I564dtw

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/latimests/20051002/ts_latimes/thisilliteratebrazilianshomespeaksvolumes