Black is dead. Black Models?

">> The August 2008 issue of Vogue Paris is dedicated to Yves Saint Laurent, and likewise, the editors at Vogue Italia had their own August 2008 YSL tribute in mind.  The follow up to the hugely successful July "Black Issue" features Karen Elson, Linda Evangelista, Guinevere van Seenus, and Iris Strubegger in a funereal Steven Meisel cover story, "Silent." In one picture, a huge headstone features the name "Black," strangely implying that "black is dead."  I wonder if the message was purposeful?  A strange choice to follow up the celebratory nature of July's issue, especially considering that there are no black models in this editorial . . . "

Copy Cats

The New Girl in Town

style Rookie is inspiring imagination wise. this girl just does this stuff for kicks, but gets it more than right. and god damn kids are on the internet like cyborgs these days.... its kinda fucked, but not when put on like here. 

It's Not About Money

Do You Like Dags?

L.STEIRS HANDLIN SUFFA

YEAH, I LIKE DAGS

We Love Animals, but Fuck Uber-Liberals anyway

>> PETA has long targeted Anna Wintour for her fur patronage, even going so far as to throw tofu pie in her face in 2005, but Carine Roitfeld may have just put herself on the hit list.  In the August 2008 issue of Vogue Paris, Carine styled a shoot starring a fur-draped Raquel Zimmermann brazenly giving faceless PETA-like activists the bird.  Only a couple of pictures from the Mario Testino-shot editorial have appeared so far, but these images are sure to stir the pot.

Cheep and Chòpe Ciao Milano. peace the fuck òwwwt

haven't used this cell phone for a month. thas wassup

Image Industry + Realized in Emilio Pucci SS 2008 Campaignin With This Game. Bavgatè park the scraperz

No matter what is you do.... Art, Photography, Sales, Directing, Modeling, Managing, Publishing, Acting, Designing, Styling, 'Receptionesting' haha; you have the unique pleasure to work in this still exclusive industry of imagery. i've noticed that in the past year the newest trend is to talk about how inclusive this business has or is becoming. sorry trendymctrendsters, even though Andy Warhol is more popular than in a while thanks to this new generation of interneters and the refurbishing of Interview, the business is still tiny. and that is a good thing. that is the very essence of it. we sit from the top and dictate whatever the masses consider to be the pinnacle of elegance. yet, all the fashion and art magazines together maybe only have a (monthly) circulation of 20 million. that sounds like a lot, but that's including Vogue. how many people read V Magazine every drop? maybe 20,000 touch its cover, maybe. that's not a lot. 12 million read Cooking Light, a Time Inc. publication for healthy eating, monthly. the point being even as art and fashion overlap, they remain still the group of 'cool kids' sitting atop of the social mass of billions. the mass dress and talk as they think the cool kids would, and to go to just one of the their parties would be devine.  just like high school, an understatement would be to say the cool ones are not unaware the others are watching. ..so is the Image Industry... that just best describes it. because not only are we all in this business of handling branding, beauty, fantasy, sex.... it is purely about... IMAGE. of the individual and the world as everyone sees it. and i think that this is an artistic endeavor in itself by all those involved, together. so again, no matter what it is that you are doing here, please be grateful that your job ultimately is the handling the perpetual conception and rebirth of luxury culture's reception. you therefore must be enjoying some luxury merely as a product of this. it is almost a certified pastime to speak of how bored or tired one is doing one of many things in this industry of image; the humor found in the relativity that one has come to accept as a normality in a life of luxurious privilege.   I have been searching for such a description for a year now and this simple phrase is the best description found (on imagist) so far. it's an amazing business more beautiful and elegant than that even of hollywood thanks to the collection of said covert agents crafting a world of influence and information that somewhat still escapes the universally inclusive world of texting and internet. this business is still a level of elitists. and not in a self centered fashion, only in a sense of self realized talent. the same effort as those on wall street give to numbers, we apply to a world of art and influence and therefore, crafting the very underlying culture for which all yearn. the Imagery of Elegance. this is not hollywood- this is Business of raw desire. it's P.I.  eatin the world like Otis Spunkmeyers. 

Dumb Slaps Blap

Bringing the West Coast Back.

Done Dit it

Bird pass it to me ima run wid it.

Snap ya finger one time and you can get it

Ghosttown Riddick

And i refuse to lose when i'm up in it.

Save the advice, We Livin the Life.

Comin Iller than a Runner in all the Events. 

Intergalatic P I M P. The Millenium Billy D.

Dipped from Head to Toe like 3CPO

The Clothes I Floss, The HoEs I Toss.

Front Row, reluctantly on the black, at the Gallery, Playoffs or a Fashion Show.

Just some Nerds mein. rather be on the Computer or math class ya dig

Still Dipped and Fresh, Nike Air Stab Running Shoes

Dead On Amsterdam Street

When We Ride On Our Enemies

In the West we trust
To the chest I BUST!
Then we ride 'til the sun come shinin back to brighten up the sky, many die

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1. Dead On Amsterdam Street by Andrew Birk
2. From annual running of the bulls in Pamplona
   
3. From Robert Kapp's Hiroshima photos
4. Operation Iraqi Freedom by Andrew Birk
5. Viva Che - The death of Che Guevara
6. Ira Deorum (Wrath of the Gods) - Connor Harrington
   

campaign game ¶ Nina Ricci Fall 2008 looking Whimsical with Natasha Poly

ph. Mario Sorrenti

'A' Black Issue

?? will it be the only black issue, a PR silencer ?? Immediately when i bought the issue couple weeks ago, couldn't help but think of Sozzani having a strong consideration over the title of 'the' or 'A' and which would be better business. 'The' would purport to the issue to be one and only as 'A' sounds a bit more deceptively reaching. probably nothing, but just thinking. Really nice photos, wish i could read the text. still love the Major and Women girls

Dirty Boss Jus Wanna Buy Art

July 13, 2008 --

A HEAD rolled at 303 Gallery in Chelsea after an employee failed to recognize designer Marc Jacobs . "He's a big art collector and he came in looking scruffy and homeless," said an insider. "A low-level employee was disturbed to see this guy walking around and asked him to leave. [Jacobs] left without a whimper. When the owner, Lisa Spellman, found out, she fired [the clueless staffer] on the spot." Spellman told Page Six that Jacobs has been to the gallery and an employee was fired, but not over Jacobs.

GOT ME THINKIN ON BETTER DAYS

HE MIGHT NOT GOT IT!!!
Time to question our lifestyle, look how we live
Smokin weed like it ain't no thang, so even kids
wanna try now, they lie down and get ran through
Nobody watched 'em clockin the evil man do
Faced with the demons, addicted to hearin victims screamin
Guess we was evil since birth, product of cursed semens

Cause even our birthdays is cursed days
A born thug in the first place, the worst ways
I'd love to see the block in peace
With no more dealers and crooked cops, the only way to stop the beast
And only we can change

It's up to us to clean up the streets, it ain't the same
Too many murders, too many funerals and too many tears
Just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for years
Passed by his family, but what could I say?
Keep yo' head up and try to keep the faith
And pray for better days

CHECK OUT THE TUPAC 'BETTER DAYS' VIDEO TO THE lower right -------->
ITS A HOT REMIX W MARVIN GAYE

theres gon b sum stuff u gon c gon make it hard to :) in the future but whateva u c THROUGH ALL THE RAIN AND THE PAINTHROUGH ALL THE RAIN AND THE PAIN ALL THE RAIN THE PAINTHROUGH ALL THE RAIN AND THE PAIN

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP

the future awaits

The Future of Contemporary Culture & Publishing in New York is 2009. Blasting off... now. Fuck a Depression Ya Dig?

  

continuing conspiracy coverage at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon_Landing_hoax_accusations

the ideas of hoaxes are as fascinating as that of future possibilities.

 just pretend for a second that this is fake. it looks fake, no? lookin like a straight 1969 science fiction flick. you think the landing module would look like that in 2008? or is it supposed to just look uber-cool relative to the contemporary vision of the future? how did this fool get out of this tiny ass little hatch? and how did that flimsy untested little module land? where is the light shining from on this fool like he's got the spot flash on em in that New V man editorial?  why the fuck is the module covered in gold foil? my favorite though is that that stuff (module base, buggy, flags and even toss up from surface disturbances) should still be visible on the moon with an O.K. telescope since that side of the moon is always facing earth in orbit. but guess what, there's nothing there. but fuck, 89% are on board for the affirmation of this 'history'. when we don't 'return' for three hundred years maybe people will start to ask questions. ................like thaaaaaat?

. Concept Insert Cover #50

BORN TO BE KINGS_

THINGS ARE HEATING UP. CAN YOU FEEL IT CAN YOU FEEL IT THAT REAL REAL GOJIRRA STEEZ IS ABOUT TO CRASH DOWN ON YOUR LIFE.BIGBODY BULL IN THE BITY CHINA SHOP.CHECK GAME.

Pyramid Mystery.

OK, OK i've been warned that this theory is to be avoided pending extensive research. however, i find this to be too much fun to ignore. so here i am spending office time talking about aliens and such. below are snippets from an article by John Zajac. these are merely a few simplistic facts. do what you want with them. i suggest you research the pyramid. it is a repository of universal standards, it is a model of the earth against which any standard could be confirmed and corrected if necessary. "the science in which it was founded having long since disappeared." ??????????

It is exactly the imperishable standard, which the French had sought to create by the devising of the metre, but infinitely more practical and intelligent. 

The Pyramid is located at the exact center of the Earth's land mass. That is, its East-West axis corresponds to the longest land parallel across the Earth, passing through Africa, Asia, and America. Similarly, the 

longest land meridian on Earth, through Asia, Africa, Europa, and Antarctica, also passes right through the Pyramid. Since the Earth has enough land area to provide 3 billion possible building sites for the Pyramid, the odds of it's having been built where it is are 1 in 3 billion.

     

  Among those intrigued by the incredible accuracy of the Pyramid's construction was the great scientist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton. Attemping to formulate his famous law of gravity, Newton needed to know the diameter of the Earth. However, in the 1600's no measurement was accurate enough, especially since Newton theorized that the Earth's spin would cause an equatorial bulge. Having heard legends claiming that knowledge of the Earth, the past, and the future were contained in the Pyramid, Newton set out to investigate.

After studying the detailed measurements made by the investigators before him, Newton recognized that many key measurements would be in round numbers if the standard unit of measure was just 0.001 (1/1,000) inch larger than the British inch-which just happens to be the Sacred Jewish Inch. (The Sacred Jewish Inch, 1/25 of a cubit, equals 1.00106 British inches.) This discovery allowed the secrets of the Pyramid to be unlocked and revealed unmistakable and mathematical relationships. For instance:

• We know from geometry that there is a universal relationship between the diameter of a circle and its circumference. Consider this: The height of the Pyramid's apex is 5,812.98 inches, and each side is 9,131 inches from corner to corner (in a straight line). If the circumference of the Pyramid is divided by twice its height (the diameter of a circle is twice the radius), the result is 3.14159, which just happens to be pi. Incredibly, this calculation is accurate to six digits. So the Pyramid is a square circle, and thus pi was designed into it 4,600 years ago. Pi is demonstrated many times throughout the Pyramid.

• Other numbers are also repeated throughout. Each of the Pyramids four walls, when measured as a straight line, are 9,131 inches, for a total of 36,524 inches. At first glance, this number may not seem significant, but move the decimal point over and you get 365.24. Modern science has shown us that the exact length of the solar year is 365.24 days.

All of the evidence in the Great Pyramid shows that 4,600 years ago somebody knew a great deal about the Earth. But it gets better, much better:

• The average height of land above sea level (Miami being low and the Himalayas being high), as can be measured only by modern-day satellites and computers, happens to be 5,449 inches. That is the exact height of the Pyramid.

• All four sides of the Pyramid are very slightly and evenly bowed in, or concave. This effect, which cannot be detected by looking at the Pyramid from the ground, was discovered around 1940 by a pilot taking aerial photos to check certain measurements. As measured by today's laser instruments, all of these perfectly cut and intentionally bowed stone blocks duplicate exactly the curvature of the earth. The radius of this bow is equal to the radius of the Earth. This radius of curvature is what Newton had long been seeking

• In his book The Egyptian Pyramids: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference, J.P. Lepre wrote:

• One very unusual feature of the Great Pyramid is a concavity of the core that makes the monument an eight-sided figure, rather than four-sided like every other Egyptian pyramid. That is to say, that its four sides are hollowed in or indented along their central lines, from base to peak. This concavity divides each of the apparent four sides in half, creating a very special and unusual eight-sided pyramid; and it is executed to such an extraordinary degree of precision as to enter the realm of the uncanny. For, viewed from any ground position or distance, this concavity is quite invisible to the naked eye. The hollowing-in can be noticed only from the air, and only at certain times of the day. This

   explains why virtually every available photograph of the Great Pyramid does not show the hollowing-in phenomenon, and why the concavity was never discovered until the age of aviation. It was discovered quite by accident in 1940, when a British Air Force pilot, P. Groves, was flying over the pyramid. He happened to notice the concavity and captured it in the now-famous photograph. [p. 65]

Like 20th century bridge designs, the Pyramid's cornerstones have balls and sockets built into them. Several football fields long, the Pyramid is subject to expansion and contraction movements from heat and cold, as well as earthquakes, settling, and other such phenomena. After 4,600 years it's structure would have been significantly damaged without such construction.

While the bulk of the Pyramid's core was constructed of 4,000- to 40,000-pound blocks of soft limestone, the outer layer of the Pyramid was made of a beautifully bright, protective layer of polished stone. These outer "casing stones" are missing today because about 600 years ago they were stolen by Arabs, (This accounts for the very worn appearance of the Pyramid today, since the inner limestone blocks are not immune to attack by the elements-wind, rain, and sandstrom.) This protective covering was made up of 100-inch-thick, 20-ton block of hard, white limestone, similar to marble but superior in hardness and in durability against the elements.

The casing stones, 144,000 in all, were so brilliant that they could literally be seen from the mountains of Israel hundreds of miles away. On bright mornings and late afternoons, sunlight reflected by this vast mirrored surface of 5-1/4 acres distinguished the Pyramid as being visible from the moon.

(Note: For those interested in possible symbolic significance, in Bible prophecy 144,000 is the number of people-12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel-who are supposed to evangelize the world at the endtime.)

The people of the area had viewed the Pyramid and its polished stones with awe for centuries. But when a 13th century earthquake loosened some of these casing stones, the Arabs recognized a great quarry of precut stones that could be used to finish off palaces and mosques. For instance, the casing stones were used to rebuild the new city of El Kaherah plus Cairo mosques and palaces, including the Mosque of Sultan Hasan.

Amazingly, the outside surface stones are cut within 0.01 (1/100th) inch of perfectly straight and at nearly perfect right angles for all six sides. And they were placed together with an intentional gap between them of 0.02 inch. Modern technology cannot place such 20-ton stones with greater accuracy than those in the Pyramid.

Even more amazing is that the 0.02-inch gap was designed to allow space for glue to seal and hold the stones together. A white cement that connected the casing stones and made them watertight is still intact and stronger than the blocks that it joins.

(OK I LOVE THIS PART BELOW HAHA)

Clearly, whoever built the Pyramid had access to information beyond that which earthlings possessed at the time, at least earthlings as we know them. Now, one can argue that we were visited by scientifically advanced beings from outer space who taught us their technology. That is possible from the evidence presented, perhaps even likely. If so, these advanced beings had the paramount goal of leaving behind a message that would endure for eons.

Suppose these beings decided to leave a message. The message would have to be universal yet simple. It would have to survive the centuries and be understandable by all the Earth's inhabitants despite language and cultural differences. The message would have to be understood by many languages that would not come into existence for centuries after the message was written.

So far the message indicates that whoever built the Pyramid knew the Earth well: the length of the year, the radius of curvature, the standard measurement techniques, the average height of the continents, and the center of the land mass. They were able to consruct something that we still cannot construct today, and they were able to tie all these things together in this single structure. Were they extraterrestrial, or perhaps even supernatural? The answer is not yet clear. However, thus far we have examined only the outside of the Pyramid.

CRAZY? A LITTLE BUT FUN

it seems a bit silly, but it's an interesting idea considering the holes and coincidence. k i gotta get back to it .P.S. BIRD IS A MOTHAFUCKIN NERD. YEEEEE

hot ashes for ghosts

1. this is
2. approximately
3. where
4. IT
5. comes from

Broken America

I had a major breakthrough tonight. moving forward along the line of past work, but much much more solid in concept and approach and execution. i am very excited to put new pieces together for a show, i envision it being quite the spectacle.....

1. might post pictures sometime, but ill probably keep a wrap on specific written & visual info. this is a big one, not some taudry shit to fling around on the internet
   

although i am very distracted/elated by tonights progress, just wanted to inform everybody how fucked/amazing jenny saville's paintings are and that if you dont know them, youd better. she is the best painter of her generation... so Now...

....but i will soon be much more Now.......

Premiere Interview...SOAK GAME

Young Lion Surveys His Jungle

Futuremilk just dropped the hot new interview with Andrew Birk, a co-author of Representable. He shares his unique observations on this little town called New York and his plans for reign. You should all click the link below and show love.  

Futuremilk.Blogspot.com

We <3 MAFFI

Paul is one of those people i meet and he feels legendary. He's got a story. I want to use this forum to say that if the man trusts himself and that style he will achieve this status. Such unique energy this guy has; it's just... great. any young girl out there should have this man on their list if they want themselves to be really lensed;    in a fresh, but classic, Paul Maffi fashion.************* Do Your Thing Boss   

STR8 TEARIN! LAWRENCE CONQUERS ARABIA

fuckin fierce brah

'TEARSHEET STIERS'(hahahahaha) is at it again!!!

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SIDENOTE:

An Evening with Jeff Koons and Dr. Seuss

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Host:	The College Group at the Met
Type:	Music/Arts - Exhibit

Time and Place

Date:	Friday, August 1, 2008
Time:	5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Street:	Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
City/Town:	New York, NY
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*An Evening with Jeff Koons and Dr. Seuss*

Please join the College Group at the Met on Friday, August 1st for a whimsical evening of toys blown up to fantastic proportions and pianos the size of football fields. We will help stretch your perception of reality with the Metropolitan Museum’s installation of sculptures by artist Jeff Koons on the Museum’s roof and a screening of Dr. Seuss’ only live-action feature film, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T . Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a cocktail on the roof (for those over 21) and the company of other collegians in the presence of the fanciful works of two artistic geniuses.

Friday, August 1, 2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Nearest Subway: 4, 5 Train at 86th Street

5:30-6:30pm: viewing of Jeff Koons on the Roof on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden
6:30-8:30pm: screening of The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

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This event is free with Museum admission.
RSVP to metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org

You do not need a college ID to attend, however priority seating will be for those who are current students. The auditorium will open to the general public 10 minutes prior to the screening start time on a first come, first serve basis.

us nikkas is T.F.I. We Takin Flight Instantly. You feel me.

background video outta the dome for a party in Rome. to be projected on big screens with party music. you know that typa shit.actually, it's to be played with B-luv Keepin it Lit. turn the sound off. its nothin(obviously the quality is low for the blog). punky fresh- its nothin. Yo- just watched Carlito's Way a couple nights ago.... shit is heat like oven doors. firemen. We gettin this chedder wrapped in provolone and mozzarella on top now, man. 

non-artist cats tryna fake and think they way through the game is smellin like booboo overcheere. everyweere. make a nikka wanna..... shit like i just drank a pot o coffee. ooouuuhhhh. too late. use-in em like toilet seats ya dig. 

Suitin up // NY takeover looms // Step out the way

IT was OVER before it BEGAN
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V DER DEY GO!!!!!! HANDLIN IT LIKE A TEN TON GORILLA

Jacques Naude and Rogier B.. Ph: Steven Meisel for CK Jeans, F/W08.

We are moving into an era of good things happening to deserving people:

Larrys peein on European peons, Jacque lands the ill spot (only one word comes to mind: DUH>>>),

and everybody else is BUILDING, preparing to implement much needed changes to the current social landscape of nyc and world at large.

If you are not making moves - roll over and let us handle it... for real. lie down.

there are no harlem.

yo ! i just finished an ill painting. it will be called:

"NONE: There are no Harlem., Murakami's studio painters have BFAs!"

CHILL!!!! will post some pics maybe when ryan brings my camera back from paris haha. the later the better.

Personal Info Interests: JENNY SAVILLE HAS OVERTAKEN FRANCIS BACON MAN ARE HER PAINTINGS FUCKED PUT THE X ON YER CHEST AND SIT THE FUCK DOWN BRAH Favorite Music: MAC DRE SMASHING PUMPKINS About Me: I BIDE MY TIME AT AN ART STORE I HAVE MANY THINGS IN THE WORKS I HOPE TO FIGHT CURRENT INJUSTICE TOWARD FINE ART VIA FINE ART (AND A PRETTY SMILE), EVENTUALLY VERBALIZING AGAINST GREATER SOCIAL INJUSTICES ONCE THE MICROPHONE AND CAMERAS ARE IN MY HAND AND FACE RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER I ALSO AIM TO ELUCIDATE THE WEAKNESSES AND DOWNWARD SPIRALS OF HUMANITY (SPEC. AMERICAN). RIGHT NOW I MAINLY PAINT AND DEDICATE UNHEALTHY AMOUNTS OF TIME TO FIGURING OUT 'THE GREATEST ANGLE OF REPOSE' BY WHICH TO BEGIN MY FULL OUT ASSAULT ON LACKLUSTER CURRENT TRENDS IN NEW YORK CITY'S ART GAME. I AM VISUALIZING A WAY TO STEP OUTSIDE OF -OR- TRANSCEND MY OWN HUMANITY, SO I CAN LOOK AT THE WORLD FROM A VANTAGE ABOVE OR BEYOND AND THUS HAVE AN OBJECTIVE VIEW BY WHICH TO PLAN THE NEXT COURSES OF ACTION ALL APART OF THE GRAND PLAN. POST SCRIPT TO ALL WHO ARE CODDLED BY THIS PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE SOCIETY: IM GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU RAW

You're a Lebowski, I'm a Lebowski. Brandt already told me the details.

if youre in paris, bring a car so you don't spend your trip waiting for the nonexistent taxis. oi.

and meisel is boss according to representable

The Enigma known as Dali handling Disney business

DALI @ MoMA June 29–September 15, 2008









and the next two clips are portions of the animated film collab "DESTINO" between disney and dali, began in the 40s and recently released. what a find!

clip 1 "Eyeballs"


Clip 2 "Turtles"


What you think?

B!RD

White paint Meisel madonna From Here we are sublime

TRACK WALKIN like CHRISTOPER WALKINS

Doing image research on the avant garde photolog , i was amazed by these shots flicked by Steven Meisel for Madonna's coffee table volume, "Sex."

...a huge feat to capture such erotic mood, even with the lubriciously virginal material girl as subject
, No wonder Meisel has found his way to the top of fashion photography

SHE MIGHT PREACH PIMPIN ?!?!

Cuz it's friday, you ain't got no job..., and you ain't got shit to do! not a damn thing,, so you finna twist that wood ?

Speaking of sh*t to do, I am currently working on new ground , and cannot wait to unfurl my latest paintings to the public upon their completion. keep your eyes and ears open. Huuhh!!!

Cheers for people doing what the fuck they want.

--------for Harlem: my greatest muse so far....and bummy pooppuutt Harlem cats with no game crossin up the game like tic tac toe. U aint from the west so put the X on yer chest eat your bologna and sit the fuck down cuzcuzzzzzzzzzz!!

--------for complete ownership of dignity after 23 years of human consciousness

--------for the song "Everyday" by The Field

(the cd From Here We Go To Sublime slaps)

peace -

B!RD