10 silkscreen paintings by Andy Warhol were stolen from the West Los Angeles home of businessman and prominent collector, Richard L. Weisman, sometime between September 2 and 3. The unique series of famous athletes of the 1970s are valued at 10 million dollars, a handsome reward of 1 million is offered for their safe return. More from the Daily Mail and the New York Times.

“The new issue of Filter has this great Where the Wild Things Are cover illustrated by Geoff McFetridge, whose work you may have also seen in the Wild Things trailer titles and I’m Rocking on Your Dime t-shirts. Pick it up on September 11 so you can hold it up while riding mass transportation to identify yourself as someone with hip tastes in music, film, and marker drawings.” Via I Watch Stuff.

It was on this day in 2001 that two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City.

One of the most compelling videos of 9/11 comes from Mike C., who sets off northward from ground zero on his bicycle as “The Storm Breaks,” only to be enveloped in a cloud of dust and smoke, speckling his lens. He then composes an impromptu strange and eerie epitaph. This footage is hosed at The CameraPlanet Archive, where they are donating their 500-hour video library to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. Read More and watch some of the videos.

The NYTimes reports on the donation of the video footage; “Michael Shulan, the creative director of the museum [National September 11 Memorial and Museum], who worked with Mr. Rosenbaum and Ms. Yoder to acquire the archive, said, “In many of the videos, the shaking of the camera, the breathing of the cameraman, the dust getting on the lens — which would normally be edited out of network footage — are very powerful.”

Light graffiti from LAPP-PRO (Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza from Breman, Germany).The pair specializes in single-shot, long-exposure images manipulated with movement of light using a 21.1 megapixel Canon EOS. The landscapes are equally as beautiful as the special effects created using flash lights, bike lights and blinking LED lights. More LAPP-PRO images from The Daily Mail.

See the shocking uncensored video of Adolph Hitler having sex that YouTube banned. The short film is part of the German AIDS prevention campaign “”AIDS is a Mass Murderer” that I wrote about earlier in the week. The campaign depicts mass murderers from the past, Stalin, Hitler and Saddam Hussein engaged in a sexual act on full size posters and video to be run on TV and at the movies, see the AIDS is a Mass Murderer Campaign Site.

The “AIDS is a Mass Murderer” campaign formulated by German ad man, Dirk Silz and Das-Comitee has ignited a fire-storm of controversy on CNN and other media outlets (like Time and Bild, and raised the ire of AIDS awareness and Jewish groups around the world. ABC had the choice headline, German Aids Charity In Bed With Hitler, Shock and Awe Ad Campaign Sets Off Blitzkrieg Among Public Health and AIDS Groups.

Shocking yes, but so is the fact that 28 million people worldwide have died. And every day another 5,000 fatalities are added to that number. This makes AIDS one of the largest mass murderers of all time. I’m not fond of the fact that some might view the posters in such a way that those with AIDS are perpetrators or victims. Personally I draw the line at the use of the Hitler image, what do you think?

More newness and fun from Apple, iTunes, iPod Touch, Nano with camera and more. Engadget live from Apple’s ‘It’s only rock and roll’ event.

Swiss snowboard apparel company Zimstern’s, environmentally conscious “Leaves” spot. I’d still like to snowboard on a bunch of leaves in the sunshine while a MGMT inspired soundtrack plays in the background.

A father of two in the U.K. recently had a “Hoo Haa” upon discovering cartoon fruits on some Haribo MAOAM sour candies looked to be having a “carnal encounter.” Mr Simon Simpkins believes the lime has a ‘particularly lurid’ expression on its face during its encounter with a lemon and once again enjoys a similarly smutty experience with a willing pair of cherries on another package. The Consumerist reports “Apparently, this controversy has been brewing for years-ever since 2002, when Haribo introduced the packaging in order to seduce easily amused bloggers (like us) into giving them free advertising.” (Daily Mail Via AdFreak)

A mural by graffiti artist Banksy in Stoke Newington, east London, which was once featured on the cover of a single by rock band Blur, has been painted partially painted over over with black paint by Hackney Council. The BBC has more “Blur Banksy Ruined By Mistake”.

Super disturbing posters for World AIDS Day, 1st December 2009, the ads depict mass murderers from the past including Stalin, Hitler and Saddam Hussain. Perhaps you need to be shocking to keep awareness raised. Over the past number of years, public interest in AIDS has massively declined. The number of victims, however, has not. As of now, over 28 million people worldwide have died. And every day another 5,000 fatalities are added to that number. This makes AIDS one of the largest mass murderers of all time. Advertising Agency: Regenbogen e.v., Berlin, Germany and Creative Director: Hans Weishäupl with Photographer: Uwe Düttmann, Published: September 2009. Aids is a Mass Murderer Support Site.

My favorite pixel pumpers eBOY got the cover of Der Spiegel, The World Famous Design Junkies has more.

Video street justice for thieving ass wipe caught stealing a ride from brunching bike messengers in the East Village. Jackass even had a deluxe tool set for nabbing bicycles. (via the always amazing Animal New York.) No worries they just batted him around, striped shirt guy has some skills, niice.

“I have been producing sexual, anti-authoritarian, psychotic, crazy, fascist, communist, anti-fascist, pro-church, anti-church… every kind of graphic art work and opinions in interviews and every media magazine source, millions of websites. I have just fucking talked shit out my fucking ass against everybody and for everybody for 25 years and nobody has ever tried to suppress me, or fuck with me, or tell me what to do. I love America. There’s no bones about it.”

Video of Frank Kozik talking with Sean Stewart of Babylon Falling; discussions on commerce, freedom of speech and making work for the designer toy market. (via Matthew Newton’s Annals of Americus)

Kristian Hammerstad, illustrator from Oslo Norway, super creepy monster mash up (wacky packs?) of high contrast drawings that combine the best of pop art with outsider art slanting towards the work of illlustrator Charles Burns.

The Sound Before You Make It, a museum inspired display relating to Michael Jackson created in 2005 by Australian artists David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton. The sound before you make it, 2005, kinetic sculpture, (video, 8 second loop). Wood, plastic, paint, motor, strobe light, sensor, sound sampled from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video (1983)

“Remixing a scene from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, this work employs the technology of the zoetrope; animating three-dimensional figures via the sequencing of movement and a strobe light to create the illusion that the disk is stationary and the zombies are dancing.”

Snow Leopard, the optimized version of Leopard is running quite smoothly, start up times are fast. Little things got tweaked with this update, stuff like, clicking a folder icon on the Dock, you can scroll through the pop-up window of its contents (so useful for someone like me who subscribes to chaotic organization), clock is now self setting and so forth, hell you can see all the enhancements here, there’s tons of em. Verdict so far, Snow Leopard is stable, much faster and yes better.

Former UFC Champ Andrei Arlovski on MTV
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski is now on MTV’s Bully Beatdown? Hate to be “The Bully” that has to go up against the “Russian Nightmare”.

While I’m on the subject of MTV shows, if you think the networks “junior burger” dance show, “Dance Crew” is the shit, then you need to check out The Soul Train line dance videos I posted on my Tumblr. There’s some fierce pop lockin’ booty rockin’ going on, and I ask you, how hot is that old Curtis Mayfield record, sheeeeeeeeesh.

Mr. Ben Aqua, Shitkicker, Now Famous.Hooray for my good friend Ben Aqua, who got a nice feature and write up on director Spike Jonze’s blog. I’ve been a huge fan of his work for a long time, and I can absolutely testify that he is one of the most talented people I know, and thankfully looks at the world differently than everyone else; “Photographer and video artist Ben Aqua’s work is about beguiling costumes, duplicitous environments, and charming charlatans. Photographing a wide range of brightly-colored individuals in their home environments, Aqua is at once an anthropological wild-life observer and a subversive puppetmaster.”

I don’t know about that subversive part (wait I do own some of his original art work, one of which hangs in my office) hmmmm…he’s an awesome musician, and has had a blog almost as long as I can remember.

Feral Homes of Detroit

“Detroit Houses Being Eaten By Nature, The Sweet Juniper blog has a gallery of abandoned Detroit houses that are being overcome by the foliage around them, trees and shrubs and plants growing around, on and in them.” via Boing Boing.

This will probably make no sense to you unless you’re from Cleveland, or ever attended Case Western Reserve University; Saturday Sept 5 is WRUW’s 28th annual Studio-A-Rama. Since 1982, college radio station WRUW has staged a free annual concert designed to thank listeners for their ongoing support throughout the year, an enthusiastic audience response during the annual on-air fundraiser enables WRUW to continue hosting Studio-A-Rama as well as fund live webcasting and support local and live music. This year’s headliner is Boston ’s post-punk pioneers Mission Of Burma (authored one of my personal favorite post-punk songs ever). So, if you find yourself in Cleveland, the concert begins at 2:00 PM in the Mather Memorial Courtyard (11220 Bellflower Rd. , Cleveland OH , 44106), outside the studios of WRUW. The full concert line-up can be found at the WRUW site.

Ummmm maaaaa….Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys at the Variety Theatre, 1986 wearing a t-shirt that reads. Dennis Kucinish is Still God! Thanks to the amazing Steve Wainstead, and his photographic history of the Cleveland Punk Scene. Hmmm…I think I had some photo classes with Steve, way back when…

Doug Gillard talks about Neptunes Car on Boogie Woogie Flu; “In 1980, Doug Morgan was about to begin a short run as touring bassist for Human Switchboard, and had just released a collaborative 7″ with Charlotte Pressler under the name Pressler-Morgan ( “You’re Gonna Watch Me”/”Hand Piece” – Hearthan Records, 1979). He formed Neptune’s Car with Pere Ubu/Home and Garden drummer Scott Krauss, guitarist John Freskos, and bassist Brian Cox, and went into Cleveland’s After Dark studios to churn out the jarring avant-pop found on this single.”

There’s No Place Like Homo…