BETWEEN TWO MILK CARTONS WITH BERT AND ANDY SAMBERG

Bert interviews Andy Samberg on Conversations with Bert, airing on Sesame Street. Great send up of the ever popular Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. It's also a great way to get kids drinking milk.

I've gotta hand it to Bert. He asks some really introspective and imaginative questions. We learn about Andy's pet turtle, jet packs, socks, pigeons, gravity and depressing Russian novelists. Via Portable and HolyKaw

LIVE OUT YOUR HIPSTER CYCLING FANTASY ON YOUR iPHONE

You've seen the hipsters cruising down your street on their retro 10 speeds sporting uncomfortably tight jeans, manicured mustaches and Chuck Taylors. Now you can live the hipster dream in the bustling metropolis that is Philly, PA.

 
Get some 8-bit street carnage with Hipster City Cycle. Can you say awesome? Enjoy your weekend, and take a shower after you're done, you filthy hipster. You can buy the game at the iTunes app store.  Available for both the iPhone and iPad. Via @TWBE

Hipster City Cycle game play

THE EVOLUTION OF TURTLE POWER

As you can see, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been evolving over millions of years. Here's how it may have happened. Via fffffound and flyingmouse

HANKSY BANKSY HOMAGE: THE SEQUEL

"Catch Me If You Can," by Hanksy. Spotted in Soho, NY.

Everybody's favorite American actor is slowly becoming synonymous with Banksy based solely on the similarity in name spelling. Gotta enjoy some stupid fun every once in awhile. This is the most I've liked Tom Hanks since Cast Away. Via woostercollective

Above image based off the Girl with the Red Balloon image by Banksy (below)

YOU ARE NOW ENTERING SOCIAL MEDIA HELL

Good buddy of mine recently updated Dante's Internet to reflect all the inanities of Social Media. He's dubbed it Social Media Hell. And if you're an offender of its various hellish aspects, HOP, take a step back, and slow your role. Great stuff, Taylor LeCroy. Via @Taylorlecroy

Design based off of @ohhistop Sinner & Saint design.

PROTECT YOURSELF BEFORE YOU POISON YOURSELF

Apparently, not every mushroom in Mario's world is a safe mushroom. Don't eat wild mushrooms, people. Via ffffound

CRACKADE GOES TO ART CHICAGO 2011

Spent a healthy 3 1/2 hours checking out over 200 galleries (not sure on the number) on the enormous 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart. As you may have heard, Shepard Fairey—better known as Obey Giant—has been popping up around Chicago, pasting up his most recent work from his  'Revolutions' exhibition through the Robert Berman Gallery. The bizarre part, he nor the gallery were listed in any of the Art Chicago materials. Needless to say, it took a little while to find the gallery because most of the workers had no clue what I was talking about. Go figure. Regardless, it was badass seeing it all in person.

So like I said, there was a lot of stuff. I took pictures of whatever looked fresh, interesting or just down right bizarre.  Overall, it was a solid showing, but lacked a lot of street art aside from the Obey Giants and a Mr Brainwash. Surprised I didn't see one Banksy on display.

Shot pictures using my iPhone 4 camera as well as Hipstamatic and Instagram apps. I think the quality is alright with me.

Favorite of the Show: Renaud Delorme,  Mixed Media.
(Above) Shotgun shells, tennis balls, yarn, cassette tapes and other collected artifacts
(Below) Patchwork, electric toy racetrack, pill bottles.

 World Currency Butterflies by Erica Harrsh. These were Hand Painted if you can believe that.

 (Above) Ryan Humphrey
(Below) Mr Brainwash "Madonna"

 (Above) Obey Giant Album Covers. Framed editions of 8

 (Above and Below) Yi-Hsin Tzeng

 (Above) Sarah Palin Stamps.

 (Above) Victor Sydorenko
(Below) Detail shot of the above piece.

 (Above) Kelly Ratchford
(Below) Christina Nederberger. Acrylic on Plexiglass 'Chandelier'

 (Above) Warhol
(Below) Ed Valentine

 (Above) Horse Drawn Hummer Carriage

 (Above) Peggy Kouroumalos
(Below) Christy Langer. Creepiest thing I saw all day.

 (Above) Arno Elias

 (Above and Below) Bates Wilson

 (Above) Most unique way of selling art: Threaten to destroy it. Part of the NEXT section of Art Chicago, this gallery placed a time limit on each piece. If no one offered atleast minimum wage x the amount of time it took to create the piece of art, well, then, it gets the ax. This one was saved for $80 dollars

Obey Giant hanging from the lobby of The Merchandise Mart. Balling.