July 4, 2011. Peter Schjeldahl is not only a published poet and art critic for the New Yorker, he is also an avowed pyrotechnician, and hosts a yearly July 4 party on his country property in the Catskills which culminates in a fireworks display and bonfire.

"ec-satyricOn 2000" is an art exibition by Joseph Nechvatal that was held at Universal Concepts Gallery in New York City (507 West 24th Street) from October 26th to December 2nd in 2002.

"vOluptuary : an algorithic hermaphornology" was an art exhibition by Joseph Nechvatal held at Universal Concepts Unlimited Gallery in NYC from May 22nd to July 3rd in 2002.

from the New England Journal of Aesthetic Research:

Brandeis University is pledging not to sell art from its Rose Museum’s extraordinary collection of 20th century art in a settlement with four overseers of the museum.

June 30, 2011. Tonight Glenn Beck will host his last show on FoxNoise - don't let the door hit you on the way out - so here is a compilation, from Media Matters, of what we have come to expect from the right wing's buffoon-in-chief.

They also list the 50 worst things Glenn Beck said on Fox News, divided into categories such as violent rhetoric, breaches of common decency, paranoid conspiracy theories, apocalyptic predictions and attacks on Obama and other progressives. Beck repeatedly labeled his opponents Communists, often compared himself to famous historical figures, smeared any and everyone, and offered laughably false predictions about world events.

Hard to know whether to laugh or cry.

"terra incOgnitO" is a series of digital painting by Joseph Nechvatal from 2007.

The audio track is also by Nechvatal from 2007.