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WE'RE SUPPORTING

After the owner decided not to sink $20,000 into repairing the engine of his Porsche 911, he donated it to pro-gun non-profit Commonwealth Second Ammendment, who proceeded to unload over 10,000 bullets into it to raise publicity for their cause.

WE'RE THINKING

Sato Tokihiro is a Japanese photographer who creates light paintings to allude to a poetic vision of a chaotic world. He will open the shutter sometimes for more than two hours, using his large format camera to take us to another dimension. Read more

Ten Masked Men are a British parody band that does death metal covers of famous pop songs by Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, and many others. One of my favorites is their cover of Justin Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me a River’. It’s epic.

WE'RE TRAVELLING TO

These fascinating mosaics of twenty-first century human habitation are proof that planned housing isn’t always dull and distasteful, for the bird’s-eye photographer at least. What may be endless rows of generic streets and blocks at ground level suddenly become giant patchwork quilts from the air, perhaps in a weird way proving that there is more to life than what meets the pedestrian’s eye. Read more

WE'RE READING

Our friends over at URLesque have compiled a killer selection of priceless Yahoo! Questions and Answers, which ‘may very well prove that there is such a thing as dumb questions’. Read more

WE'RE LISTENING TO

Austin band The Low Lows are one of my most prized finds of the year so far. It’s introspective music — staggered harmonies delivered by a distant, agonised voice that filters through a wall of tranquil guitar distortion and measured drumming. Every instrument carries a powerful emotion, sometimes keeping their distance from one another, floating up and around the airwaves, and other times colliding and crashing back to earth.

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WE'RE WEARING

Designer Tithi Kutchamuch created this amazing life-sized bronze, silver, and aluminum parrot whose skull and organs you can pluck out to wear as a necklace.