You can’t read this - or can you?

I got the axe.

I was taken to the gallows pole.

They pulled my plug.

I no longer appear to exist.

They took away my voice - at least over the airwaves.

 That won’t stop me. 

BWAHAAAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

 PEACE!

He was the walrus, a working class hero, and most importantly, a conduit of the many positive things humanity can be. He was taken far too soon. The childlike fascination many still hold for his art and words is captured in a very intimate and innocent way in this interview by a 14-year-old Jerry Levitan in John’s Toronto hotel room in 1969:

I’m no fashionista. I wear socks with sandals some of the time, and I think every man, woman and child should have a black turtleneck in their wardrobe, so take any insights I provide here with that in mind.

Fashion Czar Pierre Cardin showcased his fall 2008 through spring 2009 clothing lines recently and I had to comment on one garment in particular… No, I’m not a dedicated follower of fashion (thank you Ray Davies), I just happened to be caught in a moment of morbid fascination with this coat-thing, which frankly isn’t very fashion-forward at all, unless you intend to make your models and potential customers look like a bottom-feeding flatfish:

I personally think that if a garment makes you look like a fish, DO NOT - under any circumstances - wear it, UNLESS it’s Halloween!

(*Note that the fish and the model have nearly identical expressions…)

I’ll bet the coat probably retails for as much as a small condo in LoDo. Sheesh…

Detours are common when I Google things. What might start out as a search for bike panniers could eventually lead to a Chex Mix recipe when traveling through the various links found on a given website. Such was the case encountering the urban artist Blu: I think my search was for “injectable insulation for finished interior walls.”

I never even got close to that target.

Somehow, through the tangled web that is the Internet, I wandered into urban art that won’t keep my house warm this winter, but has an effect like an Alka-Seltzer on one’s mind.

…Better yet, think of it as synaptic tai chi.

I’m not about to attempt to classify or critique Blu’s art, other than to state the obvious fact that it is innovative and frankly, unlike anything I have ever seen. That said, enjoy the video.

…And yes, I did ask for permission before linking to it.