Alec

Found near La Cienega Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

No Polution

A child calls for a return to the 16th century.

Found in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

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."

Keep The Ten Commandments

Crazed Christianity - just the way I like it. Both postings insist you to follow the Ten Commandments and listen to Christ Radio at 53AM.

Best line: "Teenages and people in Hell are suffering terrible."

There wasn't an intact posting of this one so I had to capture it in halves.

Best line: "A face of a woman was on a bats face on a front page news."

Found on Broadway above Union Square.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You Suck Sarah Marshall

I suck Sarah Marshall? What part in particular? I think what they mean is "You suck, Sarah Marshall." A comma is a small thing, but it makes a difference.

Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton

Rob, our west coast correspondent, took these photos on Super Tuesday in California.

This image sums up the contest: Hillary Clinton, the slick product of the well-oiled Democratic machine, is being challenged by the grass roots efforts of Barack Obama and his supporters. And then there's Ron Paul on the fringes. Now that he's dropped out of the race, he's on the sidelines.

These two posters make a good point. Obama was willing to take an unpopular stand for what he thought was right while Hillary made a safe political bet, figuring that it would be easier to talk her way out her support for the war should it fail than hava to explain why she didn't support it if it was successful.

Samantha Power, the former foreign policy advisor to Obama was right. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a monster who is stooping to anything to win the Democratic nomination.

A Salute To Women's Resistance

Of all of the statements on this poster, the one that is so left wing is "No Police I.C.E. Terror." I.C.E. stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only a super leftie would think that enforcing the laws that govern our borders is terror. Imagine their outrage that women have to stop at traffic lights. No justicia! No paz!

Found on University Place.

The Pity Party

From Rob, our west coast correspondent:

"The Pity Party flier is done on a section of brown paper bag. It looks like they rolled on some white paint, then screen printed the graphic and hand painted a bit of red in the hearts.A labor of love. I felt bad pulling it off the coffee house window, but I had to have it."

A visit to the Pity Party MySpace page shows that they do put effort into their graphics.

End The War

Bringing the troops home won't end the war. It won't stop the killing either. The solution to this problem won't fit on a poster.

Found in L.A. by Rob.

The Hottie & The Nottie

Here are ten movies that could be released this year and still not beat The Hottie & The Nottie as the worst film of 2008:

Rambo vs. Predator
A Night At The Roxbury - the director's cut
Green Acres: The Movie
Crossroads 2 - either the Britney Spears or Ralph Macchio flick, doesn't matter.
Reign of Fire 2 - or any other movie about swarms of dragons.
Young Frankenstein - based on the Broadway musical.
Marmaduke: The Movie - The even more repulsive Heathcliff: The Movie was inflicted on audiences back in 1986.
Yentl 2: Shabbat of Blood
She-Hulk
Leonard Part 7

USSA Hillary

Calling Democrats commies seems like something that would have ended with the Cold War but here it is, this time directed at Hillary Clinton.

As the Senator from New York, Hillary hasn't done anything radically leftist. In fact she hasn't made any sudden moves that could harm her chances at presidency. She even voted for the Iraq War when it seemed politically expedient. In that way, she is very much like the leaders of the former USSR, more interested in accumulating and holding onto power than in fostering a revolution.

If you hate Hillary, you can download this poster, and other anti-Hillary posters at unsavoryagents.com.

Rob found these in Los Angeles.

Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad

I think these ladies overestimate the novelty of Jewish girls gone bad. I've had extensive experience with the daughters of the twelve tribes and I can tell you that very few of them are "nice." In fact, the only one I ever dated who was "nice" had WASP aspirations.

Kinski

A friend of mine was going to see Kinski and asked me if I wanted to join him. I hadn't seen a band in a while so I made the trek out Club Europa in Greenpoint. NME described Kinski "like Sabbath in a washing machine during a power surge." That's pretty accurate. We left midway through Oneida's set. They play like every chord change costs them $20.

On the way out I pulled down Kinski's poster. They put a lot of effort into their graphics. What I like about this poster is that it's printed on cheap newsprint.

What's Missing In Your Life That Her Life Is So Important In Yours?

I think I can answer that question. What scares us is the nagging feeling that our lives don't matter and that we will die without having made any mark on the world. Celebrities hold out the possibility that we can make a lasting impression and possibly live on after death. that's why we build them up and, because the goal is merely fame, we are willing to elevate someone like Paris Hilton who has no real accomplishments.

Eventually we realize that we won't become famous - not even for 15 minutes - and we become resentful of those in the limelight. We tear them down, getting pleasure every time we see a famous face getting arrested, divorced, caught on tape having sex or making a poor fashion choice.

But that doesn't solve our original problem - the pointlessness of our lives - so we hunger for more celebrities and the cycle continues.

Beers For Barcelona Video

This was made at Animoto.com.

9-11 Roundup

Tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of 9-11, an event that people still feel strongly about. Here's some of the messages that have been posted around NYC.
I remember the days of "united we stand." That was before the country was divided over the Iraq war. Even the World Trade Center is still a hole in the ground because no one can agree on what to build there.

By the time I found this on a sidewalk in Long Island City, the poster looked like it had taken more of a stamping than terrorism.
For some, 9-11 marks a new era a fascism in this country brought about by the Bush administration when the threat of terrorism is merely a tool to frighten the populace into submission. You can find more stickers and posters ready for printing at www.strike911.org.
And then there are the conspiracy theorists who I wrote about earlier. The activists at NY 9/11 Truth are trying to create an NYC 9/11 ballot initiative enabling residents of NYC to vote for a new, independent investigation of 9/11. I get the feeling that even if there were an independent investigation revealing the conspiracy behind 9-11 there would still be people claiming that the independent investigation was a cover up and that there is an even deeper conspiracy behind the attacks, involving the Vatican, the Trilateral Commission, the Federal Reserve and Home Depot.