The Past Month In a Nutshell

west to east. east to west. west to east. raves. cops. drugs. phillies. coachella. raves. drugs. deserts. talking to rocks. eaten by wolves. iron man. fake bread. planes. climbing. rains. and automobiles.

I know Ive been gone from the blog for just about a month. Heres why.

NY-Z... An Absolut Jay-Z Mini Docu

Toynebee Tiles

This morning I spent over an hour reading about Toynbee Tiles, the strange street markings like the one above (all bearing a variation on the phrase TOYNBEE IDEA IN KUBRICKS 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER) which are plastered all over Philadelphia. I always assumed there was a interesting story behind them — but little did I know it would be this strange.

From all accounts, the origin and meaning of the tiles is still a mystery, despite the fact that sightings go back twenty years. No one knows who is placing them — although there are some delightful theories — or how to interpret the strange message. Also, they’re all over the world, not just Philadelphia.

Most interpreters operate under the assumption that the Toynbee in the title is Arnold Toynbee, the famous meta-historian, and the reference to Kubrick comes from an episode of the colonization of Jupiter depicted in 2010: Odyssey Two (which was not directed by Kubrick). At this point, it should be clear that whoever is pasting these things onto the ground does not have a terribly firm idea of what he is talking about.

The identity of the artist is the most intriguing aspect of the mystery. First of all, it seems likely that there are two separate artists, since there are “old school” tiles and “new school” ones. The prime suspect is a man named James Morasco, who was featured in an 1983 Phildelphia Inquirer article which mentioned the colonization of Jupiter, Toynbee, and Stanley Kubrick. The article is miserably short, and no one knows much else about James Morasco. We do know, however, that whoever is pasting the tiles holds a grudge against Knight Ridder (who owned the Inquirer) — since he pasted a huge tile into the street at 16th and Chestnut detailing his feelings. (It’s no longer there; Chestnut was repaved not long ago).

Also, is there any reference to Arnold Toynbee, famous historian who once said, " The vast literature, the magnificent, opulence, the majestic sciences, the great realized should, the soul touching music, the awe inspiring gods. It is already becoming clearer that a chapter which has a western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in the self destruction of the human race. At this supremely dangerous moment in history the only way of salvation for mankind is the Indian way.... Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder."









Thanks to www.resurrectdead.com

Plastic Bag

Filmmaker Ramin Bahrani directs Werner Herzog as a talking plastic bag searching for its maker “through the environmentally barren remains of America” in the aptly-titled short film Plastic Bag.

Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world.

Shit Im Into Right Now 3.18.10

First and foremost,



New HotChip



Meek Millz, Young Chris, Freeway, Black Thought




If You havent yet, you should soon




Interview with Legendary NYC graff photographer John Naar

265 Gallons of Blood to be dumped at the door of Thai Government Headquarters

Protesters in Bangkok made a promise to Government Officials today to collect blood from tens of thousands and splash it onto the Thai Gov Headquarters as a sacrifce to demand new elections.

Around 100,00 "Red Shirts" said they would collect "1 million cubic centimeters" (which i think is about 265 gallons) of protester blood.

A protester leader said it would test their conscience.
The Red Cross said it was wasteful and unhygienic.
The Government said they are willing to listen.

I say I wish Americans were this thorough.

PingPIng Worlds Smallest Man Dies at 21

Pingping, who was 29 inches tall, was filming a television programme in Italy when he developed chest problems.
The Chinese-born man, who became a record-holder in March 2008, was taken to hospital in Rome for treatment but passed away on Saturday. It is understood he died of heart complications.
He was a tiny man with a giant heart.

We Will Miss You PingPing.

I've Lost My Head

While excavating in Weymouth, England for the 2012 Olympics workers discovered a mass grave with over 50 corpses.

They all were decapitated.

After testings oficials revealed the men's teeth proves they were Vikings and executed with sharp blows to the head around 1000 years ago.

"Many of the executed men suffered multiple wounds, inflicted by a sharp-bladed weapon, to the skull, jaw and upper spine, all thought to relate to the process of decapitation. Some men show evidence of other wounds, including a cut to the pelvis, blows to the chest and stomach, and defensive injuries to the hands" , the Dorset County Council said.

Sounds like a party.

Aliens and Bending Time

The Integratron is the creation of George Van Tassel, and is based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials. This one-of-a-kind building is a 38-foot high, 55-foot diameter, non-metallic structure originally designed by Van Tassel as a rejuvenation and time machine. Today, it is the only all-wood, acoustically perfect sound chamber in the U.S.

I visited this yesterday.

My friend is filming shorts for a Web Based lifestyle magazine. I offered to film for him because I love lunatics and could always use a soul cleansing. Here's a bit of history.




George van Tassel was a former aircraft mechanic and flight inspector who moved out to California's Mojave Desert to operate an airport and inn. During his time there, he supposedly began meditating under Giant Rock, which the Native Americans of the area held to be sacred. In August 1953, Van Tassel claimed that he had been contacted both telepathically and later in person by Venusians(Aliens), who gave him a technique to rejuvenate human cell tissues. Van Tassel, acting on these instructions, began constructing the Integratron in 1954. Construction costs were paid for by an annual series of successful UFO conventions, the Giant Rock Spacecraft Conventions, which continued for nearly 25 years. Van Tassel was clearly inspired by earlier 1950s contactee George Adamski. Construction of the Integratron was supposedly complete in 1959, but Van Tassel continued to make minor modifications until his sudden death in 1978.
The Integratron, despite being built without nails, survived a magnitude-7.3 earthquake in 1992.




Now they allow scientific studies of the structure and promote the unusual practice known as a "sound bath." During a sound bath, groups of people are exposed to harmonic sound frequencies produced by quartz bowls; this is said to have a deep calming effect.

This is what we would do.




I only slept for 2 1/2 hours the night before but as soon as the cleanse started I was out. I cant say anything strange happened, besides the sound was really intense and when i awoken, it was more of like a hypnotic wake up rather then a regular sleep.

Didnt see any aliens, talked to some freaks, climbed on a giant rock, seen some wild desert dogs. Overall, it was a very odd experience.