Posted in Uncategorized on September 30th, 2010 by J. Duaine Hahn
Carlsbad, Calif.– Bryan Snyder, from Snyder Art and Design, took to the streets recently to do his part in bringing attention to one of the greatest concerns of our time: climate change. By placing a model polar bear atop a mound in a vacant lot, Snyder attaches California to the image of what the animals of the Arctic are facing–the erosion of their habitat. The goal of this piece is to exhibit this connection between a work of art and its location, when placed in a Southern CA street, while highlighting the effects of global warming, deforestation and other current environmental concerns. Visit Snyder Art and Design here.
Kanyeezy is at it again. He recently signed Brooklyn emcee Mighty Mos Def to his G.O.O.D. Music record label. The record deal came just weeks after the two got together in the studio and collabed on a track called “Lord, Lord, Lord” The news came directly from Mos in the October issue of XXL Magazine, whose cover is graced by the douchebag you love to hate, Kanye West himself. “Let’s have a toast for the douchebags, Let’s have a toast for the a–holes, Baby I’ve got a plan, Run away as fast as you can.”-Kanyeezy-
Classic Mos Def joint dedicated to all my Ms. Fat Booties out there frontin’ like they don’t want none.
“Sally Menke, a film editor best known for her long association with the director Quentin Tarantino, and who edited his kinetic features like “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” the “Kill Bill” movies and “Inglourious Basterds,” was found dead on Tuesday in the Beachwood Canyon section of Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. She was 56.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Ms. Menke went hiking on Monday morning, and her friends contacted the police later in the day when she failed to return home. Her body was found Tuesday morning at the bottom of a ravine, not far from a parking lot where her car was found. Ed Winter, the assistant chief of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, told The Times that the office was trying to determine if the recent heat wave had been a factor in Ms. Menke’s death.
Ms. Menke wrote in a 2009 essay for The Guardian about how she and Mr. Tarantino first worked together on his debut feature. “I got in touch, and he sent me this script for a thing called ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ ” she wrote, “and I just thought it was amazing. It floored me.” She added: “I was hiking up in Canada on a remote mountain in Banff when I saw a phone box, and I stopped to call L.A. and they confirmed I’d got the gig. I let out a yell that echoed around the mountain.”
In addition to her work with Mr. Tarantino, Ms. Menke also edited Oliver Stone’s “Heaven & Earth,” Lee Tamahori’s “Mulholland Falls,” and Billy Bob Thornton’s “All the Pretty Horses,” for which she also served as an executive producer.”
