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  • Improv Everywhere

    Suicide jumper “We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them.”.
    (Charlie Todd)

    “Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.”.

    See, for example: Even Better Than The Real Thing and Cell Phone Symphony. Thumbs up.

    Above: Nate Shelky and Will Hines in Suicide Jumper (2005).

  • Release Me

    Release Me, by Oh Laura I am a rolling wave without the motion
    A glass of water longing for the ocean
    I am an asphalt flower breaking free
    but you keep stopping me
    Release me

    Oh Laura, a Swedish band from Stockholm. Indie/pop. Listen: Release Me.

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  • Rocketboom

    “Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City.
    We cover and create a wide range of information and commentary from top news stories to quirky internet culture.
    Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs.”.

    Produced by Andrew Baron, hosted by Molly Windman.

    		Molly Windman on Rocketboom

    Right: Molly Windman.

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  • The Phobia List

    “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.”.
    (German proverb)

    “It started in a bar one afternoon.
    We were trying to think of the name of a phobia and couldn’t think of it.
    I looked for it when I got home and started writing down the ones I found.
    Pretty soon it was a fairly decent list. Last count was about 530.”.
    The Phobia List, by Fredd Culbertson.

  • Biosphere

    Geir Jenssen - Biosphere “Contemplation. Remember that word? Try it.”.

    Biosphere. The musical project of Geir Jenssen. Ambient techno.

    Listen: Som Evige Stjerner and Bevegende Rytmer.

  • The Mirror

    The Mirror - Ads of the World The Mirror.
    An advertising for people with eating disorders.

    From Ads of the World. Music: Seaglopur by Sigur Rós.

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  • Shoefiti

    Shoefiti (or shoe tossing) “is the term used to describe shoes hanging from powerlines.
    Shoefiti shares some similarities with graffiti, such as the artistic statements of the work, possible connections to nefarious activity, and correlation with troubled neighborhoods.”.

  • Lucy the Girl in the Window

    “Every morning I would grab my tea and stare out of the window wistfully for no particular reason other than to see the outside world.
    One morning I saw a woman looking out of the window of the building opposite and realised that she was waving to me.”.
    Lucy the Girl in the Window. A true story by David Raho, from The First Word Blog.

  • Dogblog

    “As I walk around San Francisco, I encounter dogs tied to things, take their pictures, and offer them up to the world with whatever commentary springs to mind.”.

    “…I can tell immediately that not only does he know what words I’m going to use, he thinks they’re utterly trite and meaningless, and moreover, he knows that I know he knows.”. Dogblog

    Enjoy Dogblog.

  • Point Break

    Harp: “You know less than nothing.
    If you even knew that you knew nothing, at least that would be something, but you don’t.”.
    Utah: “Yes, sir.”.

    (Point Break, 1991)

    Point Break: the script. From The Internet Movie Script Database.