Happy 4th of July

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Impromptu Michael Jackson Memorial at Leo Kesting Gallery

When news of Jackson’s death reached Leo Kesting Gallery in New York’s meatpacking district, they displayed this painting by Jonny Fenix in their window and “within minutes, the front of our gallery transformed into an impromptu memorial commemorating this iconic pop star’s life.”

Weekend Update

Its been awhile since I’ve done a Weekend Update segment. Or a Last Night’s Party one too come to think of it. Without further adieu, my weekend update below!

I went to the Sneaker Pimps (Wale, Cool Kids, Big Boi, Jadakiss, and Clipse) concert last Friday night with a whole crew of peeps. It was fun, but by the time they finally hit the stage, this old man was exhausted.

As the tour name implies, sneaker culture was in full effect. They had kicks after kicks on display, including this fruit loops one.

I nearly lost it when I saw these sneakers that I had previously blogged about. WANT.

On Saturday I went to the X-Initiative, a unique multi-floor art gallery in Chelsea.

This informs the previous snapshot. This is an interesting project.

Is it a reflection? What’s going on? I liked this for some reason I can barely explain. Maybe it’s because I like wearing old broken in and dirty sneakers?

There was a table nearby with blank paper and pens for people to write complaints or whatnot on.

Go fer it. Tag it up ya’ll.

This was my favorite part: swimming pool noodles reconfigured as lounge chairs on the roof!!!

I found them really comfortable.

This man thought so as well.

Someone replied to this street poster of Moby’s new album.

Then I ended up in Central Park where I also ran into  friends  randomly! And then the floodgates opened and it started pouring forcing us to all seek immediate shelter.

I found the rain highly amusing.

Ayo says to the rain, “BRING IT ON.”

Rain!

Soon after the clouds cleared and the sun shined once again.

The End.

Antony Gormley, Terracotta Army

Antony Gormley’s “Field for the British Isles” is comprised of 40,000 small terracotta figures ranging from three to ten inches high.

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Eames Plywood Molded Sculpture

Ray and Charles Eames created this sculpture in 1943 and it sold at a Christie’s auction for $365,500 last year (it was estimated at $80,000 to $120,000)! In case you’re wondering, this measures 37 inches high, 27 inches wide, and 13 inches deep.

The Perfect Burger

With Fourth of July weekend and the accompanying barbeques around the corner–Long Island and New Jersey for me–The New York Times interviewed 30 chefs to find out what yields the ideal burger. The “simple burger” of our parents generation has evolved into a decidedly gourmet affair.

Auto Tune Jackson Five, “I Want You Back”

It’s almost a crime to auto tune a group that had such perfect melody, but I’m kind of feeling this slightly tripped out aut0-tuned cover of “I Want You Back” by Discovery, a collabo duo between Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot.

YSL Bullet Cufflinks

Go blazing into your executive meetings with these bullet cufflinks from YSL.

Origin of “Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa…”

The syllabic chant “ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa” that Michael Jackson sang in “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” was actually sampled from “African pop pioneer” Manu Dibango’s song “Soul Makossa” released in 1972. Read the rest of the interesting background to this footnote in music history at The New Yorker.

Big Ass Alarm

This clock’s alarm will quite literally shake and rock you awake.