Leviticus - Part 1

I found this enigmatic posting taped to a utility box in downtown Manhattan. It's one-of-a-kind, glued together from images that look like they're from National Geographic.

The text reads, "She follows me around whispering in my ear what could have been showing me her beauty reflecting OFF the sun bright white fire favorite color green." There's also something about a Freestyle Family.

This is art that raises more questions than it answers.

Hit & Run - Part 3

The reward is up tp $20,000. On the previous flyer it was only $6,000. That's enough money to make you check up on your neighbor, the one with the Chevy S-10 Blazer. Does it have front end damage? Has it been parked in the garage all month? Does he look nervous? Sweaty? Guilty?

Hit & Run - Part 2

The man behind this mission is Dan Henk, Monica's husband. He made a series of flyers that he posted all over the area of the hit and run. You can read all of the details of the case at danhenk.com.

Hit & Run - Part 1

I was in Bushwick and Williamsburg this weekend where I saw a lot of these. Monica Henk was the victim of a hit and run at the corner of Kent & Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn at about 7am on Saturday, April 7th, 2007. The cops are looking for a black, 95-97 Chevy S-10 Blazer with front end damage.

Cleaning

Look how beaten down the cleaning lady in this flyer looks. Cleaning is a drag.

Still I clean my own place because I think that it's important to clean up my own mess. It keeps me grounded in the idea that my actions have consequences.

The Best Cleaning Lady

This flyer was done by hand. I'm guessing that it's the work of the cleaning lady's son or daughter, because only a teenager overflowing with the spirit of hip hop wouldn't realize that being street isn't something you look for in domestic employees.

Life Is Too Short

The theme this week is cleaning services. Check the carefree couple who choose to use the time they're not cleaning their apartment for blowing bubbles and being in love. Nothing puts the kibosh on romance like scrubbing out the toilet.

The Presets

Wait twenty years and everything comes around again. That makes this poster about four years later than scheduled, but such are the vagueries of fashion. Does this delay the return of hair metal?

This poster is also from Barcelona.

Plovien Bombes

Another poster from Barcelona, this one promoting a exposition about bombing during the Spanish Civil War.

I think this airplane is a Junkers Ju 52. I'm old enough to have gone through a WWII phase when I was kid and learned to identify aircraft, friend and foe. If the Japanazis were going to bomb Van Nuys. California, I was ready.

La Passio

I spent a week in Barcelona and brought back a few street posters. This image of Jesus Christ Superhero was all over the city.

Christ must be the most recognizable religious figure in the world. Really, I wouldn't know Mohammed if I ran into him on the 6 train. Buddha is up there too, but Christ's look is more standardized. Good brand building, Christianity!

Jazz Acting

Jazz acting.
Jazz puppetry.
Jazz ceramics.
Jazz crochet.
Jazz chess.
Jazz typing.
Jazz welding.
Jazz surgery.
Jazz farming.
Jazz anthropology.
Jazz croquet.
Jazz public relations.
Jazz claims adjusting.
Jazz catholicism.
Jazz torture.

Peace Be With You

I noticed this, thinking that it was going to be some sort of religious curiosity. It is, but not the kind I imagined. "Peace Be With You" is the title of a novel that the flyer promises is "so controversial and provocative that many bookstores are afraid to carry it!!" I followed the flyer's directions to RaimondoSalomone.com and read the synopsis. The only thing that makes it "controversial and provocative" is that one of the characters in the sordid tale is a priest. Really I think that the reason that "many bookstores are afraid to carry it" is that they don't think that they can move many copies of a novel by an unknow author.