Mall of Me

A History of the American War on Drugs

From Obama's latest funding on the war, to Baby Bush's massive surge, to the incredible funding Clinton gave to the war, to the zero-tolerance stance set down by Reagan and even further back; this article is a wealth of information on America's longest standing civil war. Thanks goes out to Gaea for passing on this article in the first place.

Vanity Fair - Sketches of the Drug Czars

The article states it perfectly: "What presumably originated as an effort to protect people from substance abuse and addiction has become a permanent, expensive, prison-hungry police and military operation."

The Liar of Romania

WHO ARE YOU GONNA BELIEVE?

Don't believe me. Believe your ears. LIAR came out of the gates shooting, bringing a unique spin on dubstep that recalls sounds from both 16bit and Venetian Snares. With three incredible singles already lined up, and with the great response to the earlier temp.post, I will definitely be updating this as more music from LIAR hits the net.

Here's Liar's breakthru debut single:

LIAR - Upghostery [Free from Peppermill Records]

:[LIAR on SoundCloud]: :[LIAR on MySpace]: :[LIAR on Twitter]:

"Upghostery", illustrated by Mio del Rosario

Note: Both the song and art for "Upghostery" are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, the song to LIAR and art to Mio del Rosario. For more free songs and art from the "2999" collection, visit The 2999 Main Page at Peppermill Records.

Updates:
[2010.11.18] - Two tracks removed. LIAR has updated his SoundCloud with a preview of the upcoming track "Vinyard". If this is a sign of things to come, then the future is a dark, dark place (and in a very good way).

Kindness

Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.

Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.

Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.

Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and
purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
it is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you every where
like a shadow or a friend.

by Naomi Shihab Nye, from "Words Under the Words"

with thanks to Tim Ferris

3Y3 L3V3L STUDIO

Eye Level Studio

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Real Paint. Real Models. Unreal Art.

Model

Painting

Photography

[click an image to open viewer]

Title: Metropolis
Model: Miss Gretta
Stylist: Mikel

Gaia :Title
Kristen :Model
Mikel :Stylist
Heather :Make-up Artist

[all paint by Roz, all photos by Tim]

Title: Archduchess Antoinette
Model: Dani
Stylist: Lorenzo
Make-up Artist: Davis

Goddess Minerva :Title
Kristen :Model
Mikel :Stylist
Heather :Make-up Artist

Title: Queen Midas
Model: Amber
Stylist: Lorenzo

Empress Wu Zetian :Title
Pegasus :Model
Mikel :Stylist
Heather :Make-up Artist

Peace, Illumination, Circuitry

Eye Level Studio in Action

From left to right: Tim, Roz, Kristen, Mikel, Heather


EYE LEVEL STUDIO
	Painter: Roz AKA: Michael Rosner Links: Main Site MySpace Model Mayhem Facebook Portfolio		Photographer: Tim AKA: The Foto Guy, Tim Engle Links: Main Site Model Mayhem MySpace Flickr
	Stylist: Mikel AKA: MikelSessions, Mikel Killen, Cholo Links: Model Mayhem MySpace		Make-up Artist: Heather AKA: Heather Killen, Heather Los Gatos Links: Model Mayhem MySpace
Model: Kristen AKA: Kay Links: MySpace Model Mayhem		Model: PegasusMaiden AKA: Pagasus Links: Main Site Model Mayhem MySpace		Model: Devyn AKA: Devyn Falcon Links: Model Mayhem MySpace
Model: Dani AKA: Danielle Asher Links: Model Mayhem MySpace		Model: Miss Gretta Links: Model Mayhem MySpace		Model: Jon AKA: Jon Mack Band: Auradrone Links: Model Mayhem MySpace MySpace Music
Also: Lorenzo (Stylist), Cajy (Stylist), Davis (Make-up Artist), Karri (Model), Rayna (Model), Mottola (Model), Amber (Model), Christelle (Model), Yanya (Model), Jaime Dollaga (Model) and more.

Sacramento, CA

Chicago, IL

Note: There is well over a hundred more striking works of art like this from Eye Level Studio. There are also animated versions, my two favorites being here and here. The bulk of the collection is on the Eye Level MySpace Page, although the studio's Facebook page and deviantART page have been updated more than MySpace recently. The big news is the re-birth of the Main Site. The layout is completely new, with much more information and with prints available for sale. Eye Level has been inspiring me and other artists for more than half a decade now. If you like what you're seeing... then spread the word.

For other features on Eye Level Studio, visit both of these:
• Michael Rosner Feature on Mehron Makeup News
• Michael Rosner Feature on Broodleheimer

[re-presented with permission ]

The Apple Tree

Khameleon808 has made a tribute to The Glitch Mob that takes video editing to a new level. Using possibly hundreds of different movie trailers, the video was edited to maximize the energy of the music that Glitch Mob is known for. Included songs are: "Red Dress (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by TV on the Radio, "All the Cash (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by Evil Nine, "Monday (The Glitch Mob Remix)" by Nalepa and the instrumental for "Crunk de Guille" by edIT.

There is a bonus section on the way, not to mention "Project Inertia". To stay tuned, subscribe to Khameleon808 on YouTube.

2 9 9 9

The future is now. Peppermill Records has brought artists from around the world together to score the year 2999. It's a bass-heavy, subbass dubstep grimey playground and woofer candy on an entirely new level. To name just a few of these artists: Kraddy, Alphabets Heaven, The Widdler, Mochipet, Stagga, ill.Gates, Robot Koch, DNTEL, Raffertie, Cardopusher, Taal Mala. Here is where to check it out:

http://www.peppermillrecords.com/2999

"Arka" by Alphabets Heaven (the 2999 competition winner) is already up for free download on the main page. Click on the spaceship art for it to bring up its page. There will be a new track every week, many with their own art and all handcrafted to maximize their futuristic bass potential. Stay tuned every week for a new track and keep an ear open for "Escape from Hunahpu" by Jaya Prime from this same collection.

The Launch of Vapoura

"IO Vapoura [Variations]" by San Jaya Prime began today (July 7) with the opening track "Gongo Dodan". There will be a new track up for free download every week until all thirteen are available. As each track will have its own artwork (and many will have alternate cuts), we're embedding the full album player with artwork:

For notes on the tracks, storyline and more, check the main page here:
- vapoura.trochlearrex.com

Updates:
[2010.07.24] - Changed player to artwork and added more details