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Simon Hoegsberg photographed ten New Yorkers and asked them to discuss what they think of their own faces.

Bill Moyers interviews The Wire creator David Simon on crime, politics and journalism. They cover a lot of territory about modern America. If you haven’t watched the most powerful show created for television, this interview will inspire you to.

I’ll forgive that Beck is one of those wacky Scientologists folks because he also happens to be one of my favorite musicians and always comes off incredibly endearing. That likable quality is on display in the video for his newest single, a duet with Charlotte Gainsbourg called Heaven Can Wait. The director’s very bizarre pitch treatment can be read here.

During my teenage years, I did a number on my body competing in the sport of wrestling. When I saw this photo series of high school wrestling champions shot after matches by Ben Watts, I was reminded of the blood, sweat and painful injuries.

Here is a wonderful collection of Art Deco era advertisement posters.

The changing landscape of NYC has long been of great interest to me. I came across this piece about the Eagle Clothing factory space which is practically in my backyard. I hope this sign stays exactly where it is for a long time to come.

The American Heart Association has launched an unexpected web based project to inspired people to learn CPR. Based on the notion that hands can do incredible things, the site allows you build and share an orchestra of beats using a selection of hand clap samples.

The Selby curates images of creative people in their homes and their work spaces. Some of the more famous participants include Michael Stipe and Tom Wolfe.

Jazz act The Bad Plus do a mind blowing live cover of one of my favorite Aphex Twin tracks called Flim. The drummer is just outstanding.

I was very excited to learn that Mark Romanek is in post-production on his second feature film, an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. 

Joe Vanhoutteghem’s music video for The Hickey Underworld track Blonde Fire is one of the most bizarre and intriguing clips I’ve seen in some time. His commercial work seems to be a touch on the darker side as well.

Allison Schulnik is a painter and stop-animator. Something about her short film, Hobo Clown makes me think of the serial killer John Wayne Gacey who at one time had dressed up as a clown name Bobo. During his incarceration he took to painting clowns. Perhaps that has something to do with it.

Here is part of a BBC documentary on Kraftwerk that recently aired.

This is Stuff White People Like.

A few days ago, I asked a friend who is a poet what she might want to pursue as a career had she not been a creative person. I’ve been thinking that if I weren’t a filmmaker, than I might like to be a butcher. Here is a really cool video of Shanna Pacifico, chef/butcher from Back Forty breaking down a side of beef. She discusses how the restaurant has adopted a local and sustainable way of offering meat.

The latest streamable mixtape that I’ve put together is entitled, Buttons From A Dead Man’s Coat.

I recently heard that motorcyclists are eight times more likely than automobile drivers to get injured in an accident and are thirty five times more likely to die. None of that really matters if you are riding something as gorgeous as one of the bikes below. The 1934 BMW R7 makes my heart skip beats. See more handsome bikes here.

(via Cool Hunter)

Now that another Halloween has come and gone, we all have another full year to work out costume ideas for next time. Here are some brilliant makeup creations from senior artists at MAC. I’m partial to the design inspired by Roy Lichtenstein works.

Though is was originally published in the early 90s, this is still absolutely relevant. Steve Albini on The Problem With Music.