Beers for Barcelona

Wanted For Robbery

2010-12-01T17:25:00.001-08:00

Found on a playground in Prospect heights, Brooklyn.

Sing? Dance? Your Place? Sunday?*

2010-11-17T17:37:00.001-08:00

*Thursday could also work.

Found in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Untitled

2010-09-11T16:23:00.001-07:00

Found on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Stop ALL the Wars Against Poor People

2010-03-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

Found at the Tea Lounge, Park Slope Brooklyn.

Clowning as an Inner Journey

2010-02-23T14:22:00.000-08:00

Found at the Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Bassoon and Beyond

2010-02-17T14:19:00.000-08:00

Found at the Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Plenty Style

2010-02-12T06:54:00.001-08:00

Found on the G train.

Alec

2009-12-04T14:07:00.000-08:00

Found near La Cienega Blvd. in Beverly Hills.

Endless War?

2009-09-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

Endless Tom Hayden?

Found in Park Slope. Brooklyn.

Spongebob Lost His Wallet

2009-09-23T06:46:00.000-07:00

The reward is 50 clams.
Rimshot!

Found in Park Slope, Brooklyn

Dear Bike Thief

2009-09-21T06:39:00.000-07:00

Most criminals are stupid.
That's why they can't make an honest living
and that's why they get caught.

Found in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

Sui Generis Unexampled Summer Childcare Initiative

2009-05-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

So will they teach the kids Latin?

Found on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.

GalleryMJB

2009-05-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

WTF?

Found in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Morrissey's 50th Birthday

2009-05-22T18:29:00.000-07:00

Williamsburg, it was really nothing.

Found in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

I'm looking for CASSANDRA

2009-05-14T16:43:00.000-07:00

Found on Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.

YOUR MOM!!!

2009-05-10T09:19:00.001-07:00

...Wants you to pick her up something from our Stoop Sale!! We've got just the kind of crap your mom would love. Knick knacks and...other stuff that needs to be dusted. Face it- you forgot mother's day and now you're going to buy something from Duane Reade. Stop. Come to 205 Prospect Place between Vanderbilt and Carlton/Flatbush TODAY SUNDAY, MAY 10th. 11am until - your mom.

Found in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

No Polution

2009-04-30T10:03:00.001-07:00

A child calls for a return to the 16th century.

Found in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

A Racial Divide

2009-04-20T18:23:00.000-07:00

Health article from Newsweek, April 20, 2009.

Handwriting across top of page - Note: save the heme's or ADD (Ferritin Deficiency)
Next to byline - overconcentrated?
Across bottom of page - PS: pompous Haitians was eugenic Hitler in France?

Found in Union Square.

I Enjoy Documenting Events

2009-04-08T10:12:00.000-07:00

Sort of a low-tech, not so annoying Michael Moore.

Found in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Need A Flyer Distributor?

2009-03-17T05:47:00.000-07:00

Next up: Using Che Guevara to promote a dog walking service.

Found in park Slope, Brooklyn.

Passages

2009-03-12T11:09:00.000-07:00

Question 1: Does the place that we're invading have HBO?

Found in Parl Slope, Brooklyn.

Oliver's Organic Cat Toys

2009-03-09T08:00:00.000-07:00

Every one of the tear-off tabs was taken.

Found in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

That's All For Now

2008-08-18T06:08:00.000-07:00

I moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn in the summer of '08 and found that there aren't that many flyers in my neighborhood. Until I think of a new subject for this blog, it'll be in hibernation.

Thanks for looking!

Animal Torturer/Mutilator

2008-08-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

Shon Rahrig has become an urban myth. He has been spotted in California, Atlanta and Georgia while his depravity and list of atrocities against poor, defenseless puppies and kittens continues to grow. All this despite any real evidence.

On this poster, his last name is spelled Rharig, but the more common spelling is Rahrig. If you spot him in the Antarctic, do not let him near any of the penguins!

Rob, our west coast correspondent, found this in Los Angeles.

King George

2008-07-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

Rob, our west coast correspondent, found this at Cahuenga, near Franklin, in
Hollywood. An internet search found this entry on eHow written by King George himself.

I King George William Frederick Charles 7th AKA Charles John England have been victimized by the CIA long enough. I bought Benjamin Haskell Novick's family property on Hyperion where Hughes Supermarket now stands. His family had a small store there in the 70's I paid 1 million for it, which was the best deal ever and decided to put a big supermarket there. I named it Hughes Supermarket after someone I knew. I have owned this food chain for years and now the CIA is trying to say I gave it away to General Henry Sheldon AKA Heritage. I did not under no circumstance give this supermarket chain away. I own it, I created it and I am keeping it. They will try to steal it like they have stolen other houses, businesses of mine, my family jewelry and furniture. The following people have stole my properties. Benjamin Haskell Novick (FARAH FAUCETS SON) Cheryl Jackson, Jackie Glenn,Stephanie Shelly Marshall, Frank Thomas aka Mark Fustine. They have stole my fathers gold watches and diamond rings, Cheryl Jackson has stolen my mothers 5 diamond rings including her wedding ring to King George. Benjamin Haskell Novick has stolen 9 house of mine in Kona Hawaii where he now owns them. They will say I gave these houses to them. As we all know it requires a lawyer and to sign things to give away things. I have never signed anything to these people. I was forced at gun point one time to sign something to Frank Thomas or Jack with Marshall Gumbiner which gave him control of some of my family business. He assigned himself as executor of my Uncle King John Englands trust when he died in 1969. I did not want him to do this. Frank used hypnosis, mind control and drugs like sodium Penathaol to take advantage of me and cheat me. He says I gave him 300 houses that were precious and in my family for years. What he did was demolish them and redevelop on top and under them. As in Maui they made secret bases there in the mountain. I never received a dime from my family trust. These people including Bob Ferguson stepped in and took over my family trust and bank accounts. The relocated me after I was hypnotized. I have 26 invirtro children that know the story. Christina Aguilera who I have a civil and small claims law suit against. Set for 7/7 2008 SC 097500 at Santa Monica Superior Court and 4/25/2008 at Beverly Hills Small Claims. Corey Feldman, Matthew Broderick, Vanessa Williams, Hayden Panettiere, Hilary Duff, Austin Matthew England, Tracy, Crystal, Savannah, Samantha Hayworth, are my invirtro Children. They asked me for my sperm during the same period of time. In 1977 after my memory was erased and they took over my family trust, They got Syndi Martin to kidnap me and remove me from the state and enroll me in the first grade. I could not read or write or know what sperm or trust meant. Not one Deed was put in my name. The took the houses and easily put them in their own names. 60 agents I wont say which kind of agents, because I am sure you already know. 60 or more agen

It ends just like that. King George's porphyria must be relapsing.

Stop War On Iran

2008-07-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

How lefty is this movement? On the back of the flyer is a list of organizations who endorse this march. Along with Queers for Peace & Justice and FIST - Fight Imperialism Stand Together is Millions for Mumia. The mention of Mumia's name is the tip-off that we're in far left field.

Kevin Reilly Has A Small Dick

2008-07-23T16:55:00.000-07:00

When I went to KevinReillyHasASmallDick.info, there wasn't any info about Kevin Reilly, his dick, or anything else, just an place to subscribe to an announcement list.

Found on the 6 subway line.

Vanity Fair Might Fire Me

2008-07-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Vanity Fair wants Facebook friends . VF.COM/GO/FACEBOOK is a link to their page. They put up these up around NYU, hoping to appeal to college students who identify with the East Coast media establishment. Becoming a fan is your first step to getting an internship so you can fetch this guy coffee.

Summer Art Stoop Sale

2008-07-18T09:11:00.000-07:00

The artiest stoop sale flyer yet.

Found on Broadway below Union Square.

Mary Mary

2008-07-16T03:49:00.000-07:00

After my first post about these rants, I was contacted by people who saw these in Chicago. This guy gets around. If anyone has seen these in any other cities, please let me know.

The text, preserving all spelling and grammatical errors:

MARY MARY

YOU MUST LISTEN TO CHRIST RADIO 56AM OR DIVEL WILL MAKE BATS OUT OF ALL OF YOUS

IF YOU WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN OU MUST STOP GAY SHACKING UP. AND FORNICATIONG OR YOUS WILL BURN IN HOT LAVA IN HELL FOREVER. CHRIST SAID SO IN THE HOLY BIBLE. STAY MARRIED THROW AWAY FLITHY MOVIES YOUR EYES ARE THE MIRRORS OF YOUR SOUL

Found on Broadway below 14th Street.

The Summer Camper Manifesto

2008-07-14T04:40:00.001-07:00

The text, preserving that misspellings and grammatical errors:

"The Summer Camper Manifesto: 1. Do not pass 14th St. 2. Stay in Thompkins. 3. Do not ever pass 14th St. Us who stay here all winter because we don't have a trust fund or families should get to enjoy the summer w/out you taking our $ by cutting us off or have to deal w/ you O.D.ing & making it hot w/ the cops!! Plus you suck!!"

Every group has its politics, from the Cleveland East Rotary Club to crusties. With groups that see themselves as outside the mainstream, the divide is usually over who is keeping it real and who is a poseur. When I was a punk rocker that was always one of the issues.

Found near Union Square.

Sissy Spacek

2008-07-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is a flyer for a show that Sissy Spacek (the art/noise band, not the actress) is playing at The Smell. Their music is as accessible as their promotion, in a good way.

Rob - our west coast correspondent - got this at a 4th of July party in L.A.

Lily - Part 2

2008-07-09T05:31:00.001-07:00

These flyers are still up around the neighborhood and someone (a woman, judging from the handwriting) has written “Serves you right for leaving the dog alone + off leash + unattended” adding insult to larceny.

STReet+poeMS

2008-07-07T19:06:00.000-07:00

Jamie Toll (a.k.a. MRtoll) emailed me these pictures of his poems.

I wasn't the only one to receive them. There were 81 other addresses on the list, including the MoMA, the Gagosian Gallery, the Mary Boone Gallery, the New Yorker and the Onion.

Wow, my obscure blog on the same list as these venerable institutions. Now, if I ever run into Mary Boone on a crosstown bus, I'll have a conversation starter.

Where's Mani?

2008-07-04T09:52:00.001-07:00

I don't know what this is about but it sure is charming. If Where's Mani? were a girl band, I would would want to hear their music.

Found on Broadway, near Union Square.

Lily

2008-07-02T04:51:00.000-07:00

Another dognapping in the West Village.

Senator Mike Gravel Calls For New Investigation Of 9/11

2008-06-30T15:29:00.000-07:00

Who was behind 9/11?

Conspirators: The Bush administration, The Vatican, Johnson and Johnson.

Co-conspirators: The Trilateral Commission, Jews for Jesus, The Learning Annex, .

Special Guest Conspirator: Tony Danza.

Would have conspired, had they been invited: The Baltimore Department of Sanitation.

Planned an event much like 9/11, but never got around to making it happen: The McKinley administration, Ladies Home Journal, Birmingham High - Class of '81.

Found taped to the fence of St. Mark's Church.

Based on a Chinese Poem from the Year One

2008-06-27T07:43:00.000-07:00

I received another Twenty % Tippers short story and CD by mail. "Based on a Chinese Poem from the Year One" is a tale of NYC real estate, site- specific art, the Chinese nuclear submarine fleet and, of course, the Twenty%Tippers.

The stories are the best part of the Twenty % Tippers creative output.

Save The World; Stop the Breeding

2008-06-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Reducing the population by voluntary means won't solve the world's environmental issues. Underdeveloped countries, like Mexico and India, have the highest birthrates. Developed countries, like Europe and the U.S. have low birthrates. In fact, the population of the U.S would be declining if it weren't for immigration. It would seem then that the way to reduce the world's population would be for all nations to develop their economies to be more like those of the U.S. and Europe. The problem there is that economies like ours use more natural resources per person.

We need to save the earth by figuring out how to make more - energy, food, water, plasma televisions - with fewer natural resources.

Found in the West Village. Big surprise.

Iraq Out Now - Part 3

2008-06-23T15:03:00.000-07:00

So whoever was putting these things up around Washington Square Park last year is also responsible for the tiny "Iraq Out Now" stickers.

Found on the fence of St. Mark's Church.

Are you an indecisive SHMUCK that can't think for yourself?

2008-06-20T04:47:00.000-07:00

Do I really want advice from someone with such poor spelling, grammar and typography skills?

Found on 6th Avenue, between 14th and 23rd Streets.

Leviticus - Part 22: Leviticus Explained

2008-06-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

In his own words:

"Leviticus is a world famous artist producing superior quality oil paintings, public street art, philosophy books, builds "experiential" art venues, creates "experiential" orchestras and performs in "freestyle" concerts.

Leviticus produces hundreds of public street art pieces in New York City intended for public consumption and critique. This work is funded by the sale of his oil paintings.

Leviticus is changing the modern paradigms of music making by expanding the formal band structure, making it a more freeform experience, an all inclusive multi medium orchestra, utilizing all forms of human expression to harness explosive group creativity, while eliminating the audience dynamic completely.

Leviticus creates his own venues to produce his orchestras. The venue changes as the orchestra evolves and creates itself. The orchestra turns the venue into a living sculpture. The venue is than made available to the public to be used by promoters, event planners, and various groups that need superior space to house their agendas.

In 2004 Leviticus opened the Glass House Gallery in New York City. Leviticus closed it down in 2006 after recording 40 Glasshouse Orchestra albums. These recorded videos can be seen on Glasshouse Orchestra YOU TUBE."

I found this on Broadway, hanging from a traffic light post.

Leviticus - Part 21: Global President 2008

2008-06-16T08:48:00.000-07:00

Leviticus throws his hat in the ring for the Global Presidency. The bottom was torn off before I found this poster but his message to the people includes the words "drowning", "dead + forgotten" and "nightmare."

Lost {My} Marbles=!!!!

2008-06-11T09:16:00.000-07:00

MRtoll's website has pictures of his poems all over the city.

Found on 4th Avenue.

Penpal Wanted

2008-06-09T04:25:00.001-07:00

The text reads,

"write me a letter:

lola
1394 Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
NY, NY 10027-7004

then i'll write you back, and if you feel so inclined, you may write me again, and so on and so forth until we tire of it."

Lerner Hall is the student center of Columbia University. I found the flyer in Union Square

Private Eyes for Hire!

2008-05-30T05:51:00.000-07:00

Sherlock Investigations will locate people, do background checks, conduct surveillance on a cheating spouse and, if the photo is any indications, run across rooftops while up-tempo funk plays in the background.

Found at Joe, on 13th St.

Keep The Ten Commandments

2008-05-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

Crazed Christianity - just the way I like it. Both postings insist you to follow the Ten Commandments and listen to Christ Radio at 53AM.

Best line: "Teenages and people in Hell are suffering terrible."

There wasn't an intact posting of this one so I had to capture it in halves.

Best line: "A face of a woman was on a bats face on a front page news."

Found on Broadway above Union Square.

What Do Forced Abortions, Slave Labor, And Asbestos All Have In Common?

2008-05-26T09:46:00.001-07:00

What do forced abortions, slave labor, and asbestos all have in common? The comedy genius of Totie Fields, of course.

Found in Washington Square Park.

Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood

2008-05-23T04:44:00.001-07:00

This is the East Village that I remember, or at least how I like to remember it.

According to Reverend Jen's Wikipedia page, she is "an American Performer, underground movie star, writer, prophet, painter, director, preacher, poet, troll museum founder and a self-described 'Patron Saint of the Uncool and Voice of the Downtrodden and Tired' from Manhattan, New York City."

Along with "time travel", "dancing unicorns", and "arts + crafts", the flyer advertises live music by the Clean Teens. On the Clean Teens MySpace page, they describe their sound - "We sing about fried chicken, spaceships, chicks with dicks, coke, and forced sex. You know, life."

!!! LOST DOG!!!

2008-05-21T17:38:00.001-07:00

I don't think that Simon is lost. I think he got sick of being dressed in stupid outfits that his owner thinks are cute and ran away.

Found in Coldwater Canyon by Rob, our west coast correspondent.

Leviticus - Part 20: Crucified

2008-05-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

A promo for one of Leviticus' paintings. Found on St. Mark's Place.

LOST DOG!!!!!!

2008-05-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

Hell hath no fury like a an illiterate woman scorned.

Found on 4th Avenue.

Guru Pitka Will Teach You Sitar

2008-05-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

Guru Pitka is the main character in "The Love Guru", the latest Mike Myers comedy. I've never been a Mike Myers fan so when I saw him doing improv at the Magnet Theater, I was surprised at how good he was. He didn't do any of the shameless mugging that you see in his movies.

This looks like a take off on the ubiquitous "Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar" fliers.

Tony Alamo Christian Ministries

2008-05-12T17:37:00.000-07:00

I remember Tony Alamo. I first read one of his crazy newsletters when I was a kid in Los Angeles. If that's a picture of Tony, it must be an old one.

Handed to me in Union Square.

The Campaign Against Scientology

2008-05-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

Someone has it in for Scientology. Through the websites whyweprotest.net and xenu.net , and now fliers, the enemies of Tom Cruise are waging an info war on the house that L. Ron Hubbard built. I found all three of these around Union Square in a week.

I don't know. Which 70s sitcom were you on?

The people who vehemently oppose cults are often as fanatical as the cults themselves. If everyone ignores Scientology, it will go away.

Zumwalt

2008-05-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

Friends or suspects?

One found on 4th Avenue, the other on 14th Street. Both were slipped into the display window of a free newspaper boxes.

You Said You Have Brown Hair 203-432-1050

2008-05-05T17:49:00.000-07:00

Another poke from The Bureau of General Inquiry.

Found in Long Island City.

Trees Slaughtered By The Bloomberg Administration

2008-05-02T07:20:00.000-07:00

The verb slaughter is usually used with animals and sometimes people. It doesn't go with trees.
Also, trees lost the Battle of New York centuries ago and you can't single out Bloomberg as the guy responsible for their absence in the urban landscape. He's the guy that fought so hard for congestion pricing, a way of deterring driving in the city which would have done more to improve the air than planting trees.

Found in Union Square near the statue of Ghandi.

Christopher Potts

2008-04-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

I know how hard it is to get friends to come to shows.

Found on the sidewalk of 11th Street.

Mariah vs. Janet

2008-04-28T17:40:00.000-07:00

The publicity blitz for Mariah Carey's new E=MC2 album is on. On this one subway poster, a Janet Jackson fan has taped up an ad for that corporate pop diva's new release, "Discipline."

At least Janet Jackson could define discipline, while I doubt that Mariah Carey could explain the equation E=MC2.

Found in Long Island City.

Stop The Raids & Deportations

2008-04-25T15:21:00.000-07:00

This is the Spanish side of a flyer calling for a May Day march. Left-wing revolutionaries always include a Spanish translation. It's part of the pose.

These days , being a socialist is a lifestyle choice, like being a hippie or a punk. You talk the talk, walk the walk, and wear the Che t-shirt, but it's merely going through the motions. There's no more likelihood of a socialist revolution than of goths making every day on the calendar Halloween.

The Message: Procession

2008-04-23T14:49:00.000-07:00

This is a recollection of a Catholic parade on Aruba with some scientific words mixed in. At the bottom it says , "Un message: No Peace...No Justice! God Bless Papa "

Art or insanity? Te inclusion of words that are both highlighted and double underlined point to the latter.

Found in Union Square.

Caution: You Are Entering A Sound Rating Zone

2008-04-21T14:23:00.000-07:00

While walking down University Place, I stumbled into a sound rating zone.

This is the zone, near the corner of West 11th and University, where the Cedar Tavern used to be.

This is the guy who did the sound rating. His method was to tap everything with a stick and rate the sounds.

The rating categories were resonance, tonality and uniqueness, and the scale was 1 through 10

Passers-by were invited to make their own ratings. I did not see anyone take him up on this.

No Security

2008-04-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

When I saw this on Bowery, I thought that the hand written "no security" was a warning added by a second party, as in "this building offers no security and your stuff will get stolen." But maybe the creator of the flyer added it, meaning that no security deposit is necessary. That's something that I'd want to know before moving in with my photo studio or editing suite.

Don't Believe The Next 9/11

2008-04-16T15:05:00.000-07:00

Someone handed this to me in Union Square.

I remember the last 9/11. The weather was still warm so my wife and went to Central Park for a picnic. Then we rented a tandem bike and went for a ride. On the way home we found $50 that we used to pay for a perfect meal at Il Cantinori. And we finished it all with a 5-hour lovemaking marathon. It was an unbelievable day and if the next 9/11 is half as good, it will be amazing too.

Leviticus - Part 19: Recent Studio Paintings

2008-04-14T17:33:00.000-07:00

A month ago, Leviticus posted flyers looking for an art studio space and he already has three painting finished. I'll guess that "Revenge", "Sacrifice" and "Resurrection" are the titles.

The flyer doesn't mention a gallery and the paintings are only up from 5 - 7PM. Perhaps Leviticus has something more guerrilla planned.

Evolution

2008-04-11T06:48:00.000-07:00

I love this sort of graphics. This poster breaks so many rules of good design and looks the better for it.

Found in Park Slope.

Sorry To Hear About Your Job 203-432-1050

2008-04-09T19:05:00.001-07:00

The Bureau of General Inquiry tries to provoke their audience with a slightly more specific message. Operators are standing by.

Found in Long Island City.

Not So Cool Kids

2008-04-07T07:15:00.001-07:00

I saw a flyer for Not So Cool Kids before and thought that they were a band. The Not So Cool Kids web site has this description:

Kings of New York.

Not So Cool Kids were born and bred in New York City. The creative energy behind the line emanates from a design philosophy inspired by the Wheel of Dharma. Not So Cool Kids <3 all the people. Pay it forward.

Using Eastern philosophy as a selling idea, not so cool, kids.

Bi-Coastal Sticker Culture

2008-04-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

Two cities separated by 3,000 miles and united by a bi-coastal sticker culture. Thousands of web sites, bands, magazines and causes vying for your attention through the democracy of low-cost promotion. Of course, the L.A. stickers have a glossier surface.

Fuck Yoga

2008-04-02T06:02:00.000-07:00

I can understand the backlash against yoga. There's nothing wrong with putting your ankles behind your neck but there is something annoying about walking around with a yoga mat hanging out of your bag. It doesn't make you look like you're seeking Nirvana, more like you're seeking status.

Found on Lafayette Street.

We Want To Know 203-432-1050

2008-03-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

I called the Bureau of General Inquiry at the number on the flyer and spoke with a representative. I asked a few questions and got only a few answers. They want to know, not tell.

Found in Long Island City.

Non Grata Performance Tour

2008-03-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

I think Non Grata is a performance art group. This image looks like a snapshot from Burning Man.

Found in Soho.

Leviticus - Part 18: Career Opportunities

2008-03-26T17:27:00.000-07:00

Wishing I Could Cry video is essentially a music video made with historical photos of the Holocaust mixed with seemingly random words from texts.

Fruits + Veggies

2008-03-24T16:53:00.000-07:00

Strange and nutritious. Found on 13th Street.

War Made Easy

2008-03-21T16:06:00.000-07:00

This anti-war documentary is narrated by Sean Penn. I can't think of anyone more annoying for the part. He was great for "Dogtown and Z-Boys" but that was non-political. Even the little bit that he was in "When The Levees Broke" was beyond irritating.

You Suck Sarah Marshall

2008-03-19T16:49:00.000-07:00

I suck Sarah Marshall? What part in particular? I think what they mean is "You suck, Sarah Marshall." A comma is a small thing, but it makes a difference.

Don't Forget Irish Day

2008-03-17T16:55:00.000-07:00

I found this taped to a lamppost at the intersection of 5th & 23rd. It reads,

DON'T FORGET
IRISH DAY
AT THE Hairy Monk
25 ST 3 AVE
SUNDAY night
9pm
Wayne + Brook shields

Brook must have been pretty drunk when she wrote this.

Leviticus - Part 17

2008-03-14T16:52:00.000-07:00

It looks like Leviticus is looking for space to create more substantial work. But if you're going to put your picture on the flyer, pick one where you don't look like a wanted terrorist.

Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton

2008-03-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

Rob, our west coast correspondent, took these photos on Super Tuesday in California.

This image sums up the contest: Hillary Clinton, the slick product of the well-oiled Democratic machine, is being challenged by the grass roots efforts of Barack Obama and his supporters. And then there's Ron Paul on the fringes. Now that he's dropped out of the race, he's on the sidelines.

These two posters make a good point. Obama was willing to take an unpopular stand for what he thought was right while Hillary made a safe political bet, figuring that it would be easier to talk her way out her support for the war should it fail than hava to explain why she didn't support it if it was successful.

Samantha Power, the former foreign policy advisor to Obama was right. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a monster who is stooping to anything to win the Democratic nomination.

A Salute To Women's Resistance

2008-03-10T15:33:00.000-07:00

Of all of the statements on this poster, the one that is so left wing is "No Police I.C.E. Terror." I.C.E. stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only a super leftie would think that enforcing the laws that govern our borders is terror. Imagine their outrage that women have to stop at traffic lights. No justicia! No paz!

Found on University Place.

Election '08

2008-03-07T17:47:00.000-08:00

It's all a matter of perspective. While the right sees Hillary Clinton as a commie, the real commies don't think she's red enough. The commies are seeing this most clearly. Neither Clinton or Obama are going to start a revolution. What they can't see at all is that communism will never work.

Lost Prescription Eyeglasses

2008-03-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

Found on 4th Avenue below 14th Street. The flyer, not the glasses.

The Pity Party

2008-03-03T07:31:00.001-08:00

From Rob, our west coast correspondent:

"The Pity Party flier is done on a section of brown paper bag. It looks like they rolled on some white paint, then screen printed the graphic and hand painted a bit of red in the hearts.A labor of love. I felt bad pulling it off the coffee house window, but I had to have it."

A visit to the Pity Party MySpace page shows that they do put effort into their graphics.

Lost Chihuahua

2008-02-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

It's been a few months since the last dognapping in my neighborhood. Someone suggested to me that these stolen dogs are being used for pitbull training. What a way to go. Adios, Chi-Chi.

Found in Soho.

Leviticus - Part 16: Glasshouse Orchestra

2008-02-27T08:00:00.001-08:00

The marketing blitz for the Glasshouse Orchestra continues.

God's Security Guard

2008-02-25T09:38:00.000-08:00

A profound faith in God will make a man do many things - quit drinking, settle down with a good woman, or paint his camper all crazy.

This sort of divinely inspired art is a genre unto itself. Back in the old days, like during the Renaissance and before, the top artists of the western world created religious art almost exclusively. Now it's left to the self-taught.

Jesus was a carpenter, not an artist, so it's no surprise that His work is lacking in draftsmanship and rendering technique.

Rob, our west coast correspondent, found this in Los Angeles so there has to be a connection to show biz. That's one thing unique to L.A., everyone is assessed by their proximity to celebrity.

End The War

2008-02-22T09:32:00.000-08:00

Bringing the troops home won't end the war. It won't stop the killing either. The solution to this problem won't fit on a poster.

Found in L.A. by Rob.

God Bless America

2008-02-20T10:00:00.000-08:00

This is a little off what I usually write about in this blog but I think it's related. Rob, our left coast correspondent, found this house in San Jose, CA.

Now that you've seen this, can you really call yourself a patriot? You say you love your country and then you paint your house avocado green. You ought to be ashamed.

Compared to this guy, you're Al Queda. You might as well have flown those planes into the World Trade Center. Osama Bin Laden sleeps in your guest bedroom, eats your Corn Flakes and moves his movies to the top of your Netflix list.

Now go vote for Hillary Clinton, traitor.

The Polity of Beasts

2008-02-18T15:08:00.000-08:00

The press release for The Polity of Beasts, a novel by Renald Iacovelli, describes the premise thus:

When the animals in a certain forest decide to institute among themselves a democratic government in the hope of improving their lives, they soon find themselves worse off than ever as the pandering animals who have been elected to office begin indulging their greed and lust for power.

George Orwell did a pretty god job with the whole political animal concept so I doubt that any high schoolers will ever have to plow through The Polity of Beasts.

Found in a newspaper dispenser on Broadway.

Old World Kaoz

2008-02-15T17:06:00.000-08:00

It's good to see that some people still appreciate old world kaoz. Yes, it takes a little longer and it costs a little more but you can tell the difference.

Found in Los Angeles by Rob.

Leviticus - Part 15: The Videos

2008-02-13T14:15:00.000-08:00

Found on Broadway, below 14th Street.

These are promotions for a series of videos on YouTube by the Glasshouse Orchestra, a Freestyle Family project produced by Leviticus. But "produced" overstates the videos which are as raw as anything else in the Leviticus output.

Found in Chelsea, in the gallery district.

Jan 24

2008-02-11T17:42:00.000-08:00

This is the day in a student's life put on a flyer, sort of a low-tech Twitter or a diary page minus any juicy secrets.

By the time I found it on 13th Street, it was pretty beat up so maybe it was posted on or right after the 24th.

Stand Up Against Martial Law

2008-02-08T12:22:00.000-08:00

Washington Square Park is undergoing renovations right now with the center of the park behind a chain link fence while they move the fountain to be in line with the arch and bring it up to street level. The biggest change to the finished park will be a four-foot-high fence that will be locked at night.

I don't see how any of this amounts to corporate rape or martial law. Lots of city properties are closed at night. We don't live in a police state merely because they close the libraries at night.

The Hottie & The Nottie

2008-02-06T15:49:00.000-08:00

Here are ten movies that could be released this year and still not beat The Hottie & The Nottie as the worst film of 2008:

Rambo vs. Predator
A Night At The Roxbury - the director's cut
Green Acres: The Movie
Crossroads 2 - either the Britney Spears or Ralph Macchio flick, doesn't matter.
Reign of Fire 2 - or any other movie about swarms of dragons.
Young Frankenstein - based on the Broadway musical.
Marmaduke: The Movie - The even more repulsive Heathcliff: The Movie was inflicted on audiences back in 1986.
Yentl 2: Shabbat of Blood
She-Hulk
Leonard Part 7

Last Tango with Marlon

2008-02-04T06:38:00.000-08:00

At the ad agency where I used to work, someone put a picture on the bathroom wall of Marlon Brando and Wally Cox. You can find the shot with a Google image search if you turn the SafeSearch filter off. I thought of that picture when I saw this flyer and it would be enough to keep me away from this production, even if I lived in L.A.

Found in a Los Feliz Starbucks by Rob.

It's Not Over Until Everyone Votes!

2008-01-31T16:18:00.001-08:00

It's over when your candidate drops out of the race.

Found on 4th Avenue.

Japanese Flyers

2008-01-30T12:12:00.000-08:00

Considering how many cultures share NYC, it's remarkable that 99% of the stuff that I find is in English. Here are a couple of postings that make up the other 1%. I have no idea what they say.

Found on 4th Avenue.

Juggling Lessons

2008-01-28T12:04:00.000-08:00

I found this right outside my apartment on 11th Street. That's perfect because I need a trainer for the upcoming Eccentric Triathlon. Now if I can only find someone to coach me in the unicycling event.

USSA Hillary

2008-01-25T07:57:00.000-08:00

Calling Democrats commies seems like something that would have ended with the Cold War but here it is, this time directed at Hillary Clinton.

As the Senator from New York, Hillary hasn't done anything radically leftist. In fact she hasn't made any sudden moves that could harm her chances at presidency. She even voted for the Iraq War when it seemed politically expedient. In that way, she is very much like the leaders of the former USSR, more interested in accumulating and holding onto power than in fostering a revolution.

If you hate Hillary, you can download this poster, and other anti-Hillary posters at unsavoryagents.com.

Rob found these in Los Angeles.