During my visit to NYC last week, my good friend and EM contributor, Emily Baines , sent me a link to this limited edition Barbie doll from Mattel, the Purveyors of Amerikitsch and anatomically incorrect role models. Presumably to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Sir Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds , the corporation is releasing this doll modeled after Tippi Hedren in a memorable scene →

HBO’s new mini-series, Generation Kill is an eye opener. A candid portrayal of the lives of US soldiers in the battlefield of Iraq. The screenplay is raw, direct and intelligent. A refreshing perspective of the intimate conversations that take place between the camaraderie of young men fighting for a war which at times leaves them equally perplexed and frustrated.

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www.hbo.com/generationkill

One of our featured EM illustrator, Carson Mell, written and directed this terrific short entitled, Bobby Bird: The Devil in Denim. It showed at the 2007 Sundance Festival and was also featured in the third issue of Wholphin , a DVD magazine that focuses on independent and experimental short films and distributed where any McSweeney’s or Believer magazine can be found. This clever film shortly thereafter became a pictorial novella he wrote called, Saguaro. →

We’re a big believer in supporting your friends. Recently close friend of the EM camp, Mazik of SELF directed T.I.’s “No Matter What” music video. The video is now up for a win at the upcoming MTV VMAs and we encourage you to cast your vote for T.I. Support The Independents!
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www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2008/best-male-video/?page=2

Creative Time presents Malcolm McLaren
Event: 6-25-08 through 07-31-08
MTV’s 44 ½ Screen - Times Square, NY
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Creative Time proudly announces the U.S. premiere of Malcolm McLaren’s video project, Shallow, in the heart of Times Square, airing from June 25 to mid-August on 44 ½, MTV’s giant outdoor, gilded HD screen between 44th and 45th Streets. →

On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman called Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between New York’s twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After an hour dancing on the wire, with no safety net or harness, he was arrested and thrown into an underground prison. →

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Jason Reitman is sitting in his car around 3rd Street and La Cienega suffering from road rage. A woman with a license plate of 5AEE461 (he requested I publish the number) has just taken up two parking spots irking Reitman with her social irresponsibility and less than acceptable driving skills. If only he could get out and direct traffic →

No Skin Off My Ass
Peres Projects - Berlin
Event: 7/19/08 - 7/25/08

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Peres Projects Berlin SUMMER VIDEO PROGRAM Week 4

Bruce LABRUCE
No Skin Off My Ass (1991)

A lonely hairdresser watches the title sequence of “That Cold Day in the Park” then visits a local park to invite a down-and-out skinhead to his apartment. →