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King of Pop Lives on in Pixel Art

In Art, History, MJ, Music, R&B, fame, pictures on 21 June 2010 tagged BLCKDMNDS, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Pixel Art, pop culture, Remember the Time with View Comments

Do You Remember, How It All Began, It Just Seemed Like Heaven, So Why Did It End? Cultura Pop em Pixel Art [BLCKDMNDS]

Afghan Teenagers Capture REAL Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, Politics, Racism, War, pictures on 18 June 2010 tagged Constitution High School, Foreign Policy, Hazara, Liam Fox, Marefat School, Philadelphia with View Comments

Despite what Liam Fox may think, a series of images captured by Afghan teenagers for Foreign Policy magazine show a youthful, vibrant, beautiful, resilient Afghan culture that is anything but fierce, warring, or trapped in a time long gone. The photos were shot in a partnership between the Marefat High School, just West of Kabul [...]

Clutter

In History, Politics, fame, pictures on 13 April 2010 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, Clutter, COMM 638, George Washington, Old Post Office Pavilion, Photo Blog, photography with View Comments

I thought this cluttered display at the Old Post Office Pavilion was an incredible visual representation of Americanism – the false patriotism, the excess, the consumerism, the humor, and the creativity – all in one little display.

1977 Ariana Afghan Airlines Ad.: Afghanistan Haven of Tranquility

In Afghanistan, History, Internet, Twitter, War, pictures on 30 March 2010 tagged Advertisement, Advertisements, Afghanistan, Ariana, Ariana Afghan Airlines with View Comments

I found this vintage Ariana Afghan Airlines advertisement from the Afghan Magazine profile on Twitter. Remember when Afghanistan had friendly skies?

HARD – Aimin’ At My Pedestal

In Art, COMM 638, DC, Film, Hip Hop, R&B, TV, pictures on 22 March 2010 tagged Beetlejuice, COMM 638, DC, Delia Deetz, Hard, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, lyrics, National Mall, Photo Blog, photography, rihanna, Young Jeezy with View Comments

I live where the sky ends I have always been fascinated by this sculpture at the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden because of how industrial both in relation to the sky and the buildings of the National Mall which are all so much sedate in color and in their historic American design. It is an absolutely striking [...]