mj vintange photoshoot

some alterations in gimp with leftovers from a photoshoot for i did for MJ Vintage (aka MJNSparrow on etsy.com)

“obama looking at awesome things”

here’s a preview here’s the LINK to more…

trail mix and multiculturalisms

Archer Farms the very “home-brand”/generic/store-brand of Target (Target Corporation Minneapolis, MN 55403) “A Handful of Everything” trail mix contains: banana chips and coconuts from the Philipines pineapple and mangoes from Thailand raisins from the US and Mexico apricots from Turkey and cashews from India, Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia exotic and all-american in one bag!

Spam TV

“Spam TV” by Christine Vincent 6″ x 6″ fabric collage This is the perfect patch to be stitched into the quilt of this blog. Aesthetics that evoke retro forms of media/communication/expression. The iconography of the spam label and television cut-out play with modern symbols in a way that can make the mass-produced personal. A first […]

viral commerce

both of these videos are selling a product, but only one of them is actually showing the product that it sells: Mass We Pray visit the web site here Booty Pop visit the web site here

cnn misses hawaii

in just 5 seconds, watch how cnn looses track of hawaii during the media hype around the tsunami from saturday’s earthquake in chile…

imua lady lunas

february 19, the lunas of lahaina, maui beat the big island’s konawaena 47 to 45 the title game made headlines for being a first in which two neighbor-island teams vied for the title, officiated by an all-female squad of referees. droves of supporters for both teams flew out to oahu and many more watched its […]

You are what you eat. What food has to say about a culture…

Brian Kito of Fugetsu-Do works on a fresh batch of manju See photo essay in color here: https://msmlska.com/portfolio/fugestu-do-oldest-sweets-shop-in-las-little-tokyo/ Mochi.Sticky rice cake.At first glance, it looks like a plain, off-white, but surprisingly smooth and symmetrical ball of dough.However, this dull impression does nothing but conceal the significance and intricacy that is engrained in the glutinous rice […]

Update on John Doe v. Kamehameha Schools

(see this earlier post for more information) The en banc review has come in and it is in favor of Kamehameha Schools and their admission policy with a preference for Native Hawaiian students. The docket is a very long one at over a hundred pages and its length gives insight into how the decision for […]