Shepar Fairey vs. Boston PD and the Associated Press

NPR's All Things Considered examines the Associated Press' case against Shepard Fairey with Margaret Esquenet, an intellectual-property lawyer with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (a Washington, D.C., law firm). You can liste and read more here.

And from the Boston Herald: Shepard Fairey, of Obama poster fame, arrested in Boston.

Young Abe

Albert Kaplan owns the copyright on this photo of young Abraham Lincoln. The description below is from lincolnportrait.com.

In his March 26, 1843 letter to Martin M. Morris, Lincoln provided a word description of how he, Lincoln, appeared to voters who knew nothing of his background. “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens to learn that I (a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flatboat at ten dollars per month) have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction."

After viewing the daguerreotype image one can readily appreciate how early 1840s voters, who knew Lincoln only by his appearance, would think that he was "the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction."

Can We Talk

About the REAL WORLD, Brooklyn?

Starting today, my rapper name

is UTI, cause I have one.

De Monsters

De monsters is a really fun site with a bunch of videos of animated monsters interacting with real people. TMT loves these guys very much. You can see many more at the site but here is one we like.


Monsters: 026 WEBA apen from Volstok Telefunken on Vimeo.

I LEGO N.Y.

from the NY Times (where you can see much more of these)

Super Bowl Movie Preview Time

Year One. Transformers. Angels and Demons. Star Trek. Land of the Lost. Aliens vs. Monsters. Fast and Furious. Up. Witch Mountain.
You can see them all here. Including G.I.Joe.

SuperBowl History — In Logos

from the NY Times

Sports and Heartache

I don't watch much tennis, but I try not to miss a Nadal/Federer final. They are the most exciting sporting events I have ever seen (Sorry Giants), and from the looks of it, this year's Australian Open was no exception. (That's right I fucking missed it).

5-sets, the longest Aussie championship in history left the young bull on top again. Rafa is a motherfucking monster on the court (and that's a really serious monster). But Roger is still a masterful player, which makes your editor feel like shit to see him so plainly heartbroken after losing in Melbourne.

As the trophy was awarded to his opponent, Federer couldn't hold back tears. "Maybe I'll try later. God, it's killing me."

But moments later, he composed himself enough to offer this to Nadal: "You deserved it. You played a fantastic final."

For Rafa's part, when he collected his trophy, he embraced Federer, saying "Roger, sorry for today. I really know how you feel right now. Remember, you're a great champion, you're one of the best in history."


It wasn't always this way. Here, Roger wins his 5th Wimbledon

The most notable part of all this for me is that I've switched sides. I came into their rivalry with affection for the young, capri pant wearing underdog that Rafa was in the beginning, winning only on red clay courts. But now that he's won 3 of the Grand Slam Finals they've battled, I've turncoated.

Don't worry Roger, you've got me now. I'm here to help. And stop crying, you look like a pussy.

God damn you Walter!

I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times
that I don't roll on Shabbos!