Sui Generis Unexampled Summer Childcare Initiative

So will they teach the kids Latin?

Found on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.

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.

Are you an indecisive SHMUCK that can't think for yourself?

Do I really want advice from someone with such poor spelling, grammar and typography skills?

Found on 6th Avenue, between 14th and 23rd Streets.

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.

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.

What Do Forced Abortions, Slave Labor, And Asbestos All Have In Common?

What do forced abortions, slave labor, and asbestos all have in common? The comedy genius of Totie Fields, of course.

Found in Washington Square Park.

Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood

This is the East Village that I remember, or at least how I like to remember it.

According to Reverend Jen's Wikipedia page, she is "an American Performer, underground movie star, writer, prophet, painter, director, preacher, poet, troll museum founder and a self-described 'Patron Saint of the Uncool and Voice of the Downtrodden and Tired' from Manhattan, New York City."

Along with "time travel", "dancing unicorns", and "arts + crafts", the flyer advertises live music by the Clean Teens. On the Clean Teens MySpace page, they describe their sound - "We sing about fried chicken, spaceships, chicks with dicks, coke, and forced sex. You know, life."

Leviticus - Part 20: Crucified

A promo for one of Leviticus' paintings. Found on St. Mark's Place.

Guru Pitka Will Teach You Sitar

Guru Pitka is the main character in "The Love Guru", the latest Mike Myers comedy. I've never been a Mike Myers fan so when I saw him doing improv at the Magnet Theater, I was surprised at how good he was. He didn't do any of the shameless mugging that you see in his movies.

This looks like a take off on the ubiquitous "Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar" fliers.

The Campaign Against Scientology

Someone has it in for Scientology. Through the websites whyweprotest.net and xenu.net , and now fliers, the enemies of Tom Cruise are waging an info war on the house that L. Ron Hubbard built. I found all three of these around Union Square in a week.

I don't know. Which 70s sitcom were you on?

The people who vehemently oppose cults are often as fanatical as the cults themselves. If everyone ignores Scientology, it will go away.

Mariah vs. Janet

The publicity blitz for Mariah Carey's new E=MC2 album is on. On this one subway poster, a Janet Jackson fan has taped up an ad for that corporate pop diva's new release, "Discipline."

At least Janet Jackson could define discipline, while I doubt that Mariah Carey could explain the equation E=MC2.

Found in Long Island City.

No Security

When I saw this on Bowery, I thought that the hand written "no security" was a warning added by a second party, as in "this building offers no security and your stuff will get stolen." But maybe the creator of the flyer added it, meaning that no security deposit is necessary. That's something that I'd want to know before moving in with my photo studio or editing suite.

Leviticus - Part 19: Recent Studio Paintings

A month ago, Leviticus posted flyers looking for an art studio space and he already has three painting finished. I'll guess that "Revenge", "Sacrifice" and "Resurrection" are the titles.

The flyer doesn't mention a gallery and the paintings are only up from 5 - 7PM. Perhaps Leviticus has something more guerrilla planned.

Evolution

I love this sort of graphics. This poster breaks so many rules of good design and looks the better for it.


Found in Park Slope.

Not So Cool Kids

I saw a flyer for Not So Cool Kids before and thought that they were a band. The Not So Cool Kids web site has this description:

Kings of New York.

Not So Cool Kids were born and bred in New York City. The creative energy behind the line emanates from a design philosophy inspired by the Wheel of Dharma. Not So Cool Kids <3 all the people. Pay it forward.

Using Eastern philosophy as a selling idea, not so cool, kids.

Non Grata Performance Tour

I think Non Grata is a performance art group. This image looks like a snapshot from Burning Man.

Found in Soho.

Leviticus - Part 18: Career Opportunities

Wishing I Could Cry video is essentially a music video made with historical photos of the Holocaust mixed with seemingly random words from texts.

War Made Easy

This anti-war documentary is narrated by Sean Penn. I can't think of anyone more annoying for the part. He was great for "Dogtown and Z-Boys" but that was non-political. Even the little bit that he was in "When The Levees Broke" was beyond irritating.