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Woke up late. Rainy out. Traffic bad on the 5. But its been a great morning – because I was listening to FALCO all the way to work.

Hey J, is this it?

J: “Yes! But I want to see more!”

I’m just now ready to talk about it… Providence Roller Derby on Sunday was AMAZING. The girls kicked ass on concrete! There was crowd participation. There was beer. The penalty box was a toilet! The outfits were mean AND naughty at the same time. It rocked. I hope to find photos from this weekends event soon.

OH yeah? Well the Velvet Hammer Burlesque on Saturday was kick ass, AC/DC rockin church girl pastie bouncing, vintage car exhaust thrummin madness. I highly recommend it, and not just for the boys. Ask Michele.

Still. I wanna go to the Roller Derby too.

While I have been napping, things have been happening over at ni9e – check out the current NWA Explicit Content Only edits, and check out the short video for Grey. Niiice.

To make Monday just a little bit more exciting – now I have to worry about getting SHOT on my way to work. Great.

Ahh. Monday. And all I wan’t to do is watch the video for Daft Punk’s Robot Rock on loop, on a 42″ screen, through a stack of Marshall Amps, for the rest of the day. ++++

Ahh. Monday. And all I wan’t to do is watch the video for Daft Punk’s Robot Rock on loop, on a 42″ screen, through a stack of Marshall Amps, for the rest of the day. ++++

Though I know it is going to be a crappy, overblown, hollywood blockbuster of a film with an unnecessary romantic sub-plot, I am curious about how “Kingdom of Heaven” will portray both sides of the Crusades. Its a tricky film to make at this point in history – and has the potential to be either enlightening and mind opening (but think, from hollywood? And given the subject matter?) or just damaging to any deeper understanding between Muslim and Arab cultures and Christian and Western cultures.

On the upside, actor Khaled El Nabawy who plays Saladin in the film, has high hopes for its cross-cultural appeal and even-handedness. Since hollywood has an astounding power to shape opinion in the US, lets hope so.

In protest of the proliferation of gated communities in LA (and beyond), a group of designers/architects/and urban planner types called Heavy Trash went around LA this week erecting bright orange towers which you can climb in order to peek into exclusive, gated communities.

Story: ++++

Heavy Trash website: ++++

Nice one! I will go try to photograph them this week, hopefully before the neighbors react.