Pursuit of Passion: Diversity in Advertising

Directed by Tomas Whitmore P.O.P. (Pursuit in Advertising), is a documentary made for the American Association of Advertising Agencies to highlight the lack of diversity in the ad-world. "The ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of creatives to pursue their passions, and put the Advertising Industry on their radar as a prosperous career choice. At the end of the day, this is a very important project both socially, and for the industry, because they can only survive with fresh, young talent that is reflective of the world we live in, diverse and full of color."

THIS!

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is launching his first book on November 16th, "Decoded" in a sort of scavenger-hunt way, with pages of the book hidden in places that are meaningful to the man, including the bottom of the pool of the Delano hotel in Miami and underneath plates at the Spotted Pig in NYC. Clues to their location were revealed on Jay-Z.com, a dedicated Bing site, and Jay-Z's Facebook and Twitter pages—and discoverers win prizes along the way. On Thursday, Gucci revelaed that two pages of the book were located in the windows of its Fifth Avenue flagship, printed in the lining of a leather bomber jacket. Hova superfans—don't get your hopes us. When the book is released, the jacket will be gifted to Jay himself. (WWD)

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Ye on the cover of the new I-D

sickening

Banksy pays homage to Keith Haring in his latest piece, spotted somewhere.

The Nike Air Royalty from the upcoming Vach Pack. The high top sneaker comes with a Harris Tweed and leather upper, giving the sneaker a high end look. The Harris Tweed logo tag is boldly featured on the tongue of the sneaker. It will be released on October 22nd. (clearly i have been meaning to post this, ah well)

If you wanted to know why I haven't been updating twitter,New Kid on the Blog or Stream of Consciousness as often anymore...

My new obsession: http://kbas.tumblr.com/

Soooo mad I didn't think of this for Halloween

get it?

and while we're on the subject of MTV

“Oh snap…MTV (Illuminati’s favorite network) back on the attack…why can’t y’all just chill out? Salacious banality [at] the speed of light?
I think I’ve been very good natured with you. I personally know several employees of your company. You guys know me as well. I’m confused. Where is the true music journalism??? Where is Suchin?!! What happened? Where are the honest critiques of cultural expression?
For it’s not about being RIGHT it’s about being HOT. Fame over self-awareness and virtue. Hedonism over self respect. Celebrity over cerebral. A destroying force in our culture and society just like rest of the useless vapid spectacles that pour out of our tv’s and radios.

What are we supposed to be learning from you? What is your point? Do you have a point beyond corporate sponsored distraction? [You’re] a materialistic shell of your former self that can only identify with celebrity pageantry and instant gratification. Corporate garbage pushing plastic lifestyles and wasteful, destructive behavior into the brains of the youth of the world.

So when your relevance thins [into] a whisper & the stock price collapses and you have [to] come [to] grips with the mess you made. I’ll be here [for] ya. We’ll be here. With hands full of baby powder [to] smack some sense back into your body & a warm shoulder to cry on. We want the REAL MTV back!”
— Lupe Fiasco

Why wouldn't we need black colleges?

Watch the full episode. See more Tavis Smiley.

I know, it's 17 mins long but believe me it's worth it

and I can see why people may not like him, He does have a superficial high view of himself (really nigga comparing yourself to Nelson Mandela and Emmit Till, lmao), but if you can look past that, you can see the passion he has and that's what I admire about him.

Breast Cancer Foundation of Singapore

Leave it to Rachel Maddow to put a useful period on the end of that sentence.

DOM

This is DOM KENNEDY (Life As I Know It) from levi maestro on Vimeo.

haha, burn

THIS

Now this is Scary

'The Show'

cra-zy