http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com Creativity, Culture, Life Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:10:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rodney Mullen - arguably the most skilled tech skater of all time - acquires his supernatural powers through the studies of mathematics, physics and the Bible. His unintelligible pressure flip combos are a hybrid of peerless intelligence and divine intervention. http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/23/pressure-flip-combos/ I spent last Friday night sipping on import tall boys with Chris Kahle; a Vancouver based advertising creative, at his coal harbor apartment. We discussed the crème de la crème of the industry, interactive strategies, his obsessive-compulsive tendency to switch up his blog and where things are going with web ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/20/chris-kahle/ In no particular order: 1. Dennis Brown Whip Them Jah Jah I first saw/heard this song on the Heartland Reggae DVD. The footage is classic, everyone is grooving with the rhythm while Dennis does his thing. Suddenly, some old man dressed in a Dixie hat and tattered clothes hops up on stage and ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/20/reggae-top-10-of-all-time/ Auditory lessons on work ethic. Track Listing: Gangstarr - Work El Da Sensi & Tame One - The Interview Gangstarr - The ? Remainz Choclair - Twenty One Years http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/20/ap-radio-episode-26/ Corner Café is an authentic greasy spoon run by an older Korean couple on Pemberton Avenue in North Vancouver. The menu is simple: all-day breakfast, burgers, sandwiches and coffee. Its interior has not been renovated since the '40s. Eating there is like going back in time. The coffee is delicious. It's ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/14/corner-cafe-the-bullshit-club/ Thud, Slurp, Kliong, Boom, Splonk, Ffizoom! El Estratografico's Flickr set Retronomatopeya, documents the simple yet creative language used in comic books to convey sound. http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/13/comic-book-sound-terminology/ Devoted AP readers may remember a post from a couple months back titled Precision Fade, in which I described the characteristics of a good, reliable barber. Like new clothes, toothpaste or food, haircuts are a regular part of the consumption process, and how one cuts/styles their hair says a lot about ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/09/spanish-cuts/ There's ad copy, and then there's bitchin ad copy. Case in point, this sweet insertion for one easy piece (a '70s one-piece suit). "Easy on and easy off, quick as a flick of her tongue. Sexy cool crinkle cloth for those hot nights to come." Be sure to "show ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/06/dog-dialysis-bananas-and-a-walking-turn-on/ Created by intermixing purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice with local green-leafed tsugaru-roaman variety, imaginative farmers in rural Japan grow mass scale rice paddy artworks in their fields. According to Pink Tentacle, "In recent years, a growing number of local governments around Japan have started organizing rice paddy art projects as a ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/07/02/the-rice-art-of-yamagata-japan/ Discovering that the sensuous Russian woman you've been talking dirty with and sending money to online is actually a man (part of one of the many disturbing Russian mafia rings making a fortune off of such scams) can be heartbreaking! Creativity Online recently published the 2008 Creativity 50. Radiohead, Yugo Nakamura, ... http://www.theaestheticpoetic.com/2008/06/30/russian-trannys-creatives-and-a-babe/