Monthly Archives: February 2010

According to a report yesterday from the Los Angeles Times, L.A. city attorney Carmen Trutanich has filed a lawsuit against businesses and individuals accused of placing illegal “supergraphic signs” (i.e. monster-sized vinyl/plastic images that often cover the entire side of a building) at multiple locations across the city. Read more over at True/Slant.

In the latest issue of Adbusters, ‚ÄúThe Post- Postmodernism Issue,‚Äù philosophy professor Michael Larson suggests that ‚Äúwe are living through postmillennial tension,‚Äù an idea that caught my attention, given our country‚Äôs collective downward spiral in recent years. I’ve written a piece about it over at True/Slant. You can read it here.

Megan Cottrel over at True/Slant writes today about the demolition of a Chicago housing project that her friend captured in a time-lapsed video. Cottrel writes: “My friend Ryan Flynn lives across the street from 660 W. Division, the latest Cabrini-Green building to get the wrecking ball. He and his girlfriend, Calynn, painstakingly documented its demolition this fall and winter,…

On Tuesday, New Orleans rap phenom Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Carter) will report to New York‚Äôs Rikers Island prison to begin serving a 12-month sentence for weapons possession. The sentence begins just one week after the release of Rebirth, the rapper‚Äôs oft-delayed/much-anticipated new album. Wayne, who originally pleaded not guilty to weapons possession, changed his plea to guilty back in…