STEPHEN COLBERT CAN ADD AWESOME COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER TO HIS RESUME

Northwestern's most famous alum, Stephen Colbert, returns to campus and delivers one of the greatest graduation speeches. Of. All. Time. It's a great rebound for a school trying to put their f&xk saw past behind them. Good luck, Northwestern Wildcats class of 2011.

Every college institution take note. This is how you inspire your graduates, with someone inspiring— intellectually and humanly.  I don't even remember mine. I think it was a state senator. Needless to say, it was not this. Via Open Culture

1,000 SPACE INVADERS SET FOR PARIS INVASION

Space Invader is a sneaky dude. This video for his latest exhibition (where 1,000 pieces will be on display) is hilarious in its law skirting, in-your-face, "try again next time" brevity. Great teaser and footage of the mysterious Invader at work. The music is a killer and sinister compliment. If you know the artist who created the music, please leave a comment.

Show opens June 7th at la galerie Le Feuvre / Paris Via Wooster Collective



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D*FACE YOUR LICHTENSTEIN

Timeless pop artist Roy Lichtenstein gets remixed by street art wise guy D*Face in a morbid, yet captivating way. Located in Los Angeles in conjunction with his show, Going Nowhere Fast, which opened last week at the Corey Helford Gallery. Via Unurth

Located on Washington Blvd in Culver City, Los Angeles

EINE: BRIGHTER FASTER, FINISHED

Tweeted earlier by Ben Eine, his latest San Francisco piece, "Brighter Faster," is complete. Stunner.

Eine expressing his feelings on Twitter about his latest monster:

Update: Added pieces from the exhibition at White Walls, San Francisco, opening tonight .  Most are already sold and going fast. Via White Walls

TED PRIZE WINNER JR WANTS YOU TO TURN THE WORLD 'INSIDE OUT'

JR presented his wish last night to a captive TED audience and streamed live for anyone with an internet connection to see.  A truly inspiring artist, his wish is for the whole world to participate in his next art project titled 'Inside Out.' JR has already lined up the man behind Google Street view—along with countless other philanthropists in attendance last night—to document and catalog his project online. To participate in the Inside Out Project, visit http://www.insideoutproject.net/

JR spoke on March 2nd. Watch his full presentation.



Here's the video TED put together chronicling JR's brief but amazing career thus far.


TED Prize Winner JR & INSIDE OUT from TED Prize on Vimeo.

JR HAS LANDED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

On March 2nd, 2011, TED Grand Prize recipient, French Street Photographer JR, will reveal his "wish" to the world.

When he won this past October, JR was awarded $100,000 and a wish for the TED community to help him fulfill. As a run up to his highly anticipated live web cast announcement in Long Beach, California, JR is popping up around town with twenty pieces from his latest project, "The Wrinkles of the City." View the live web cast on March 2nd at TED.

Here are a few that JR has pasted up so far of native Angelenos that he'll be featuring around Los Angeles. Check out his website for new additions as they are completed. Via: JR + Arrested Motion

B-MOVIE: BANKSY'S ORIGINS

A short film that talks to the people that knew Banksy first, including more interviews with the man himself.

AND SO THE SUPER AD BOWL WEEKEND BEGINS

Lot of buzz per usual surrounding the $3 million ads set to appear for Superbowl XLV. So far the front runner, VW Darth Vader, has already set the internet on fire. I'm hoping for even bigger surprises come Sunday. Here's the mentioned ad and a few others either banned or already up. With 5 million views (as of this moment) for VW, they may have garnered enough hype to render their ad purchase redundant. Though with 200 million plus watching the biggest sporting event in America, that number is merely a fraction. Via: Adfreak







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Banned PETA ad (Ashamed to include this one. But it's banned, and the people of PETA just keep resorting to whatever shameless tactics they can to get attention)

R.I.P. WHITE STRIPES 1997-2011

February 2nd, 2011 is a heart breaker. We'll always have the memories. Via: Minor & White Stripes

BANKSY 'SPERM ALARM'

This guy is on a roll, no? Brilliant. Via: Banksy

Sperm Alarm is located by the Passport Collections Building, Bridge Place, Victoria, London

And to put our disdain for Mondays into perspective ...