Sui Generis Unexampled Summer Childcare Initiative

So will they teach the kids Latin?

Found on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.

GalleryMJB

WTF?

Found in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Morrissey's 50th Birthday

Williamsburg, it was really nothing.

Found in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Stop War On Iran

How lefty is this movement? On the back of the flyer is a list of organizations who endorse this march. Along with Queers for Peace & Justice and FIST - Fight Imperialism Stand Together is Millions for Mumia. The mention of Mumia's name is the tip-off that we're in far left field.

Kevin Reilly Has A Small Dick

When I went to KevinReillyHasASmallDick.info, there wasn't any info about Kevin Reilly, his dick, or anything else, just an place to subscribe to an announcement list.

Found on the 6 subway line.

Vanity Fair Might Fire Me

Vanity Fair wants Facebook friends . VF.COM/GO/FACEBOOK is a link to their page. They put up these up around NYU, hoping to appeal to college students who identify with the East Coast media establishment. Becoming a fan is your first step to getting an internship so you can fetch this guy coffee.

Summer Art Stoop Sale

The artiest stoop sale flyer yet.

Found on Broadway below Union Square.

Mary Mary

After my first post about these rants, I was contacted by people who saw these in Chicago. This guy gets around. If anyone has seen these in any other cities, please let me know.

The text, preserving all spelling and grammatical errors:

MARY MARY

YOU MUST LISTEN TO CHRIST RADIO 56AM OR DIVEL WILL MAKE BATS OUT OF ALL OF YOUS

IF YOU WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN OU MUST STOP GAY SHACKING UP. AND FORNICATIONG OR YOUS WILL BURN IN HOT LAVA IN HELL FOREVER. CHRIST SAID SO IN THE HOLY BIBLE. STAY MARRIED THROW AWAY FLITHY MOVIES YOUR EYES ARE THE MIRRORS OF YOUR SOUL

Found on Broadway below 14th Street.

The Summer Camper Manifesto

The text, preserving that misspellings and grammatical errors:

"The Summer Camper Manifesto: 1. Do not pass 14th St. 2. Stay in Thompkins. 3. Do not ever pass 14th St. Us who stay here all winter because we don't have a trust fund or families should get to enjoy the summer w/out you taking our $ by cutting us off or have to deal w/ you O.D.ing & making it hot w/ the cops!! Plus you suck!!"

Every group has its politics, from the Cleveland East Rotary Club to crusties. With groups that see themselves as outside the mainstream, the divide is usually over who is keeping it real and who is a poseur. When I was a punk rocker that was always one of the issues.

Found near Union Square.

Lily - Part 2

These flyers are still up around the neighborhood and someone (a woman, judging from the handwriting) has written “Serves you right for leaving the dog alone + off leash + unattended” adding insult to larceny.

STReet+poeMS

Jamie Toll (a.k.a. MRtoll) emailed me these pictures of his poems.


I wasn't the only one to receive them. There were 81 other addresses on the list, including the MoMA, the Gagosian Gallery, the Mary Boone Gallery, the New Yorker and the Onion.


Wow, my obscure blog on the same list as these venerable institutions. Now, if I ever run into Mary Boone on a crosstown bus, I'll have a conversation starter.

Where's Mani?

I don't know what this is about but it sure is charming. If Where's Mani? were a girl band, I would would want to hear their music.

Found on Broadway, near Union Square.

Lily

Another dognapping in the West Village.

Senator Mike Gravel Calls For New Investigation Of 9/11

Who was behind 9/11?

Conspirators: The Bush administration, The Vatican, Johnson and Johnson.

Co-conspirators: The Trilateral Commission, Jews for Jesus, The Learning Annex, .

Special Guest Conspirator: Tony Danza.

Would have conspired, had they been invited: The Baltimore Department of Sanitation.

Planned an event much like 9/11, but never got around to making it happen: The McKinley administration, Ladies Home Journal, Birmingham High - Class of '81.

Found taped to the fence of St. Mark's Church.

Based on a Chinese Poem from the Year One

I received another Twenty % Tippers short story and CD by mail. "Based on a Chinese Poem from the Year One" is a tale of NYC real estate, site- specific art, the Chinese nuclear submarine fleet and, of course, the Twenty%Tippers.

The stories are the best part of the Twenty % Tippers creative output.

Leviticus - Part 22: Leviticus Explained

In his own words:

"Leviticus is a world famous artist producing superior quality oil paintings, public street art, philosophy books, builds "experiential" art venues, creates "experiential" orchestras and performs in "freestyle" concerts.

Leviticus produces hundreds of public street art pieces in New York City intended for public consumption and critique. This work is funded by the sale of his oil paintings.

Leviticus is changing the modern paradigms of music making by expanding the formal band structure, making it a more freeform experience, an all inclusive multi medium orchestra, utilizing all forms of human expression to harness explosive group creativity, while eliminating the audience dynamic completely.

Leviticus creates his own venues to produce his orchestras. The venue changes as the orchestra evolves and creates itself. The orchestra turns the venue into a living sculpture. The venue is than made available to the public to be used by promoters, event planners, and various groups that need superior space to house their agendas.

In 2004 Leviticus opened the Glass House Gallery in New York City. Leviticus closed it down in 2006 after recording 40 Glasshouse Orchestra albums. These recorded videos can be seen on Glasshouse Orchestra YOU TUBE."

I found this on Broadway, hanging from a traffic light post.

Leviticus - Part 21: Global President 2008

Leviticus throws his hat in the ring for the Global Presidency. The bottom was torn off before I found this poster but his message to the people includes the words "drowning", "dead + forgotten" and "nightmare."

Lost {My} Marbles=!!!!

MRtoll's website has pictures of his poems all over the city.

Found on 4th Avenue.

Penpal Wanted

The text reads,

"write me a letter:

lola
1394 Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
NY, NY 10027-7004

then i'll write you back, and if you feel so inclined, you may write me again, and so on and so forth until we tire of it."

Lerner Hall is the student center of Columbia University. I found the flyer in Union Square

Private Eyes for Hire!

Sherlock Investigations will locate people, do background checks, conduct surveillance on a cheating spouse and, if the photo is any indications, run across rooftops while up-tempo funk plays in the background.

Found at Joe, on 13th St.