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Art Exhibition. Featherweight at West LA College curated by friend and artist Kio Griffith features a roster of artists including many from Japan who came to LA for an art fair. The reason for it to be “Featherweight”? Partially as a concept and challenge but also as a means to deal with the exorbitant prices of shipping, the pieces are mostly compact, deceptively light, but also fun. There are traditional 2d works mixed in with sculptures, some from playing cards and typical off the shelf umbrellas, to sculptures made from other light weight objects. (Rafu - Featherweight) That’s me making a sound to activate the Flora Kao sculpture. [youtube]a8kHoWLjIFs&feature=share&list=UUdgef1qFB7kPekTvRwzka0g[/youtube] [nggallery id=featherweight]
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What else can go wrong for 3.11 in Japan? Lying politicians and company chairpersons, lack of safety, false information and now this. (LATimes – Billions Elsewhere)
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As seen on Daniel Dae Kim’s Facebook. 1. GO OUT AND VOTE! It doesn’t matter whether it’s early voting, absentee voting, or the old fashioned go-to-the-polls kind. It doesn’t even matter who you vote for. Just get out there and do your thing. 2. Show me proof. Take a picture of yourself at the polling station, or with your postage ready absentee ballot – something to show me that you did your part to shape the future of our country. Then ATTACH THE PHOTO TO A TWEET AND SEND IT TO ME WITH THE HASHTAG: #iVoted 3. Wait until November 9, when I will go through the submissions FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER and announce the winner! How will I choose the winner? I will copy all of the tweets from followers who attached their photo along with the hashtag #iVoted and store them starting today, so early voters get just as much of a chance as those who vote on November 6th. In fact, voting early will probably help you get noticed and counted since so many more of us will be voting on Election Day. The more definitively you can show me you voted, the better your chance of winning. If it’s kind of questionable based on the pic, I may not count you in for the final round. On the other hand, if you take the time to show me a little flair or creativity with your post or photo, it may not guarantee you’ll win, but it will definitely help you catch my eye and get put into that final selection group. From there, I’ll pool all the eligible submissions and choose someone randomly. Once chosen, the winner will be personally contacted by me on twitter, and we’ll start making travel plans! I’ll fly you and a guest to Honolulu from wherever you live in the CONTINENTAL US, ALASKA or even HAWAII (in case you don’t live on Oahu :). You and your guest will stay at the Modern Hotel in Waikiki (courtesy of me and the good folks there), where you’ll stay for 3 nights. All travel should be complete by the end of February 2013. On one of those days you’ll also get to visit the set of Hawaii Five-0 as my guest and watch us shoot.
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It was just about this time two years ago that the final print issue of Giant Robot hit the stands. One of the articles in GR68 featured director Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose House was being released by Criterion. Will there ever be a better Halloween movie? Here’s a link to an excerpt of the interview, which was lost to the GR blog when it shifted from Blogger to WordPress but is archived on my Alivenotdead.com feed. And if you’re not already a fan, check out the amazing trailer… Happy All Hallows’ Eve!
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Undetonated WWII bomb found near Sendai Airport runway. The below isn’t the actual bomb, but it has to be something like what they found. The airport is still being repaired from the 3.11 quake and flood. There are probably tons more near all major airports. Yes, bombing runways is the first thing countries do to each other in war. (Businessweek – Bomb)
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