miscellaneous
Aloft
Superman in a windbreaker, via the Guardian.
I spotted the photo at BLDGBLOG, so while I’m here, I’ll also point you to his new post called Messianic Urbanism:
The idea that the Second Coming of a messianic figure—from any religion—will bring with it enormous traffic-engineering concerns is something that had not, in fact, occurred to me.
Stars and bars and the occasional machine gun
On the heels of Jason’s post: more best-ever flags from Ben Pieratt. And it all reminds me of an old favorite: the we are multicolored flag generator.
Dream busker
This has been on YouTube for months now, but it’s new to me: a beat-boxer sets up shop near an NYC subway exit and offers “free beats” to passerby. The range of responses is pretty excellent.
Here’s my favorite line. “Where my dogs at? Where my frogs at? Where my squirrels and my birds and my hogs at?”
This goes in the direction of my dream busker: somebody set up with an amp, a laptop and Ableton Live, sampling and remixing the sounds of a street-corner in real-time. Totally melodic and musical; it wouldn’t be an abstract experiment. You’d just hear familiar honks and wails in the mix. And obviously—per this video—she’d have a mic stand for speaking and singing, too.
The book of the season
This made me laugh.
I know you’ve heard all about The Lost Symbol. But my friends, this is the book to watch!
It looks made-up, doesn’t it? Like, someone had to come up with the most inoffensive book title imaginable. I’m sure it’s a great book. I feel bad for making fun of it. But it did make me laugh.