— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
I walked around all the alleys in the Mission yesterday, which is something you'd think a Mission resident would do more than once a year but sadly isn't, and saw this divine (sorry) garage door for the first time. Not idea if mushrooms were behind this one, but I wouldn't doubt it (via ??!??!????).
Poplar at 26th.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Growing up, I had a cat, Catzilla, that used to prance around the yard, eat grass, and occasionally puke it up. I never attributed his frequent indulgence in the vomit-inducing feast to body issues, but then again I'm not a muralist. Even so, I never quite understood parts of this mural, even if I could relate. Why were the steps backwards? Why did they leave one of the signs blank? Well, Troy over at Caliber seems to have the answer:
I used to live 3 doors down from this car wash. When this wall was being painted, some of the artists told me they had eaten a bag of mushrooms a few hours earlier, explaining the random elements in the composition.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Andrew over at Aggressive Panhandler has already dubbed the mural “A kitten shoots at the San Francisco skyline with lazer eyes or possibly spotlights while another kitten pounces on a multi-colored dragonfly and a third kitten peeks out from below”. However, based on the number of tall buildings, it looks like they're cats dispatched from San Francisco to take down NYC once and for all. Who knows.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
From the Ocean Beach Bulletin:
On Saturday morning, beachgoers were surprised to observe a tremendous concentration of what appear to be moon jellyfish densely packed along the sands of Ocean Beach. The jellyfish, packed in about a 20-foot wide swath, can be most predominantly seen between Pacheco and Lawton Streets.
You can also see more pictures of the horror over at OBB. Personally, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't get any shots of the beach patrol vehicles having to traverse this minefield, but there's always next time.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Dickchicken, who, through anonymity and satire, has risen to be the Banksy of Brooklyn, was just interviewed by The Workbook Project. While watching a guy drawing penis shafts for three minutes is usually reason enough to watch a short, he does offer up some incite into his work. For example, he basically confirms what we all could have guessed: drawing a chicken with a penis for a head wasn't originally intended to have a higher meaning; he just wanted everyone to have a good laugh. Also, he admits he feels like “an idiot” when thinking about the future of Dickchicken, which probably is the only reasonable emotion a man in his position could feel.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Debate the aesthetics of a person wearing a helmet all you want, but dogs wearing a helmet isn't even up for discussion.
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Photo by nolehace. On a related note, I'd highly recommend checking out nolehace's photo of what might be the most disturbing pair of costumes I've seen this year.
