Three Blasts of Sunday Awesomeness
1. Frank Gehry guest stars on the PBS children’s show Arthur.
In the episode titled “Castles in the Sky,” Arthur the 8-year-old aardvark and his gang of animal pals are devastated when their tree house collapses under the weight of snow. Gehry guest stars as the guy (er, aardvark?) who saves the day by helping them learn about team cooperation, incorporating client needs, budgets, and spatial considerations as they design and rebuild their perfect space. Nearly 11 million viewers watch Arthur each week. For more information, visit PBS’ Web site.
2. “Arizona” by Andri Pol
3. The entire text of Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book online, including the eternal chapters “Steal Now, Pay Never,” “Free Dope,” and “First Aid for Street Fighters.”
I know it’s pretty ridiculous for a 30-year-old to have nostalgia pangs for Abbie Hoffman, but this book (and the Anarchists Cookbook) scared and thrilled me like few others as a teenager, and it’s so easy to remember why, flipping through the contents here. From the best ways to get free concert tickets to knife-fighting lessons to hitch-hiking do’s and donts, I thought this was the most amazing collection of information ever assembled.
Ray wrote:
it’s a great book but the problem is that it’s mired in hippy rhetoric (yeah i know, considering when it was written not a shocker) which really dates the book, not to mention that a lot of that stuff needs to be updated…i would love to see an updated version of this book…we definitely need one for this big brother age…a much needed book for anyone who looks beyond their own parameters…
Posted on 08-May-07 at 10:45 pm | Permalink