In Susana Raab's work Consumed she uses lush colors and amazing shots of people as she "examines the influences and traces of fast food production in the U.S."
The photo above is number 3 in the consumed series on her site, and looks much better in the original -- go look! Check out her portraits, too. And she has a blog!
*Note that I did not make any of the obvious jokes involving the placement of a 27-foot long phallic object into someplace it didn't belong. You're welcome.
Halifax based band Sons of Maxwell flew United Airlines to Nebraska in March of 2008. While on the ground at O'Hare, they heard another passenger exclaim, "My God, they're throwing guitars out there," and could only watch as baggage handlers mistreated their instruments.
After a year of trying to get the airline to pay the $1,200 repair cost, the band released their new song, "United Breaks Guitars" on YouTube. The video was popular even before the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago NBC affiliate covered the story. After the NYTimes did a story this morning, the video's been played nearly 2 million times. Enjoy!
The thoughts of Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf Should I be worried that the top Google result (update: in October of 1994) for Relentlessly Optimistic is to the former Iraqi Information Minister?
That's somewhat offset by the fact that the #3 link is to Sponge Bob Square Pants.