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Using pen and ink, Fumie Sasabuchi reworks the pages of fashion magazines with images that remind us that underneath the skin, we are all mortals built of flesh and bone. See more of her work here.

A few nights ago, I braved the bitter cold winds and went out for a beer. I discovered Draft Barn, a Hungarian style beer hall which boasts a menu with over two hundred bottled beers and fourteen rotating taps. If in Brooklyn, I’d definitely suggest checking out this still unknown watering hole.

The music video for Teenagers In Tokyo’s track Black Bones is a rather sinister little narrative.

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros is the musical brainchild of LA based musician Alex Ebert. The project’s music is the backbone to a twelve part music video saga called SALVO. Kisses Over Babylon is the second installment in the series. The mood of the video feels equal parts Sergio Leone and Alejandro Jodorowsky.

This is a nice poster of the neighborhoods that make up Brooklyn. Other cities are available too.

It’s pretty true; you can stereotype people by their favorite author.

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Juha Arvid Helminen’s photo series, Invisible Empire is quite chilling.

I first saw Liu Bolin’s unique brand of camouflage art a while back. This blog posting reminded me that I wanted to share his work with more people. I also recently saw this ad council commercial that is clearly inspired by his work. Another advertisement using the same idea for the anti-psychotic drug, Seroquel has been on air quite a bit lately.

This is the calendar that I will be hanging over my desk for 2010.

Letters of Note is a site that archives intriguing correspondences of the written and printed variety. In this letter, J.D. Salinger explains why he has no intentions of letting anyone have the film rights to The Catcher in the Rye. And here, Edgar Allan Poe apologizes for drunken behavior and asks his publisher to purchase an article, as he is in desperate need for cash.

I’ve just become acquainted with Pierre Dal Corso’s fashion photography.

Perhaps the future of magazine publishing will look like this.

Adweek lists The 30 Freakiest Commercials of 2009.

Mel Ramos’s Pop Art Fantasies imagines sexy female celebrity icons as pinup style objects of desire. The women pose around products that represent over indulgence, mass consumption and bad habits.

Several years ago, a friend showed me street-art by his ex-roommate, a woman who went by the named of SWOON. I was enamored with what I saw and it certainly was no surprise that in the immediate years to follow, her work would be championed by Deitch Projects and the Museum of Modern Art. Here she is featured in a segment from D.I.Y. America , a serialized show produced by Wieden & Kennedy, that features people at the forefront of America’s creative counter culture.

Massive Attack’s latest album, Heligoland, releases February 10th. In the meantime, you can check out the music video for Paradise Circus, a track which features vocals from Hope Sandoval. The video is composed of x-rated footage from the 1973 cult classic porno, The Devil In Miss Jones inter-cut with current interviews of the film’s star Georgina Spelvin discussing titillation and her life in erotic films. (NSFW)

Check out this great writing house that author Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) persnally built in the back yard of his Vermont home.

I first heard of artist Chris Parks, after seeing the movie The Fountain for which he was commissioned to create atmospheric plate images of the cosmos. Parks films chemical reactions to create fluid paintings; the process is entirely organic and no computer FX have been used to manipulate the images.

The Glue Society explains why playing ping pong with a grenade isn’t the best idea.

Pictory curates submission-based series of photo-works that tell a story. This collection’s theme is Overseas and Overwhelmed : 25 Stories of Culture Shock. The story on visiting Berlin in 1974 is pretty fantastic.

Imagine buying a building and discovering a prohibition-era bowling alley and speak-easy in the basement.

This year’s NYC Santacon is coming up - Saturday December 12. I’m actually considering taking part in the holiday spirit this year. It does sound fun.

Dame Dash and music video directors Coodie & Chike have teamed up to launch Creative Control, a very cool web outlet for inspired content.

I have big problems with the corporate agriculture industry; however, lab grown meat sounds less like an alternative and more like an equally awful idea. How about good old sustainable farming?

This is McSweeney’s guide to adages used to promote the consumption of pork.

Jason Koxvold’s large format landscape photography is not to be missed.