Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science

Once again, Ben Goldacre delivers in his hyper-caffeinated speaking style an incredibly well researched and well spoken lecture on exactly why intense regulation and transparency is an absolute must in the for-profit health care and pharmaceutical industry.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Richard Feynman on Beauty

You've heard the term, armchair quarterback... Well, I kind of consider myself an armchair scientist... Science and the images that come from science are some of the biggest influences on my artwork, but I am certainly no scientist. To be in the role of someone who can appreciate something, but can't actually do it is a bit frustrating... I think Dave Hickey put it best when he likened his role as an art critic to a music lover playing air guitar...

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Wall Street Occupier Destroys Fox News Reporter's Questions

Of course, this never got aired on FOX news because this reporter was hoping for a much more air-headed interviewee who fit the narrative FOX News has been creating about the protests... But that is obviously not what he got...

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Rusty Scruby

Rusty Scruby is one of my favorite Texas artists and I have had the honor of knowing him for the last few years. The first video is a trailer to a documentary about him; kind of an introduction to his work...
But the second video is one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever seen... I am an artist who also spends hundreds of hours on a single piece, so I completely empathize with the devastation he might have felt after having years worth of his hand-crafted meticulous work stolen by people who obviously would have preferred to have stolen a truck load of crappy Wal-Mart furniture.

Update: http://www.rustyscruby.com/index.html