Retail Dealer in Opium, Coca Leaves, etc.
Currently being auctioned on eBay, this 'special tax stamp' from 1951-52. Previously on P&F:US Marijuana Tax Stamps
April 2008
Guess where those Tibetan Freedom flags are made…
Oh the humanity! From the BBC: Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say. The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Workers said they thought they were just making colourful flags and did not […]
Pink Floyd’s flying pig at Coachella 2008 endorses Obama
From CTV News: INDIO, Calif. – Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of “Dark Side of the Moon” and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky. The 64-year-old Waters, the third headliner of the three-day music festival following Prince […]
Coca Cola sponsorship as flashpoint for Tibet
*Real* guerilla advertising: Large banner unfurled on Coke billboard China’s torch has arrived in Australia amid protests in Sydney and Canberra. Four tibet activists were arrested after unfurling a large banner on a prominent Coke billboard in Kings Cross protesting Coke’s sponsorship of China’s tainted torch relay. Link to Students […]
A history of the ‘F’ word
It’s “one of the most graphic, explicit and vulgar words in the English language,” U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre proclaimed last fall, when the Supreme Court launched hearings on Federal Communications Commission v. Fox. If TV networks have their way, Garre argued in his opening statement on behalf of the FCC, […]
Chernobyl – 20 years later wildlife Is thriving
Below are some amazing Flickr sets 20 years on. From National Geographic: Despite Mutations, Chernobyl Wildlife Is Thriving Twenty years ago today, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded. The blast covered vast areas of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia (see map) with dangerous radioactive material. The effects […]
The General Carbuncle
General Carbuncle 2003-2006 Ford Capri, 4,342 toy cars, glue, resin 153 (h) x 426 (w) x 127 (d) cm James R Ford is a multi-media artist currently based in London, England. For this project, initiated in 2003, he aims to transform a second-hand Ford Capri into the General Lee, from Dukes of […]
David Byrne’s Bike Rack Project
David Byrne and the New York City Department of Transportation, in conjunction with New York art gallery PaceWildenstein, have unveiled nine unique bicycle racks designed by DB and installed in various locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. An avid bicyclist for almost 30 years, Byrne was invited to join the panel […]
Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form
Link to NYT interactive
PadMapper—Apartment and house rental listing Google API
PadMapper—Apartment and house rental listing Google API PadMapper is a web application that makes it easy to browse through and pick out apartment and house rental listing that you want to follow up on. It is made by TopHat Monkey Software (pop:1). Instead of having a big list and then […]