8-bit Street Artist Invader Spoofed on Futurama

The French street artist Invader, who invades public space with mosaic-like Space Invader characters he pastes on streets around the world (North 11th and Wythe, anyone?), got an unusually high-profile homage from recently resurrected Futurama. Banksy must be jealous.

Not only that, Bender puts one of his illegal tile portraits over a hilariously Nixon-ified parody of Shepard Fairey’s HOPE poster, suggesting an impressive familiarity with the goings on of the street art star world. Next hopefully, will be an episode with Dr. Zoidberg doing Poster Boy-style cut-ups of subway ads—you know, ’cause he’s got pinchers. (Wooster)

8-bit Street Artist Invader Spoofed on Futurama

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Apple fans Web-wide tuned in to an annual music-themed event Wednesday, where Steve Jobs unveiled an updated streaming TV device, funky new iPods — and a social network that’s all about music.

The main focus of the event was iPods, ostensibly — Apple claimed to have sold 275 million of them to date. and at the event, Apple chief Steve Jobs unveiled a slimmer new version of the Touch including “Retina display,” the 24-bit high-quality screen that Apple introduced with the newest version of its iPhone. 

Jobs called the Touch “the number-one portable game player in the world,” noting that over a billion games and entertainment titles have been sold for it. Though the new Touch shares other hardware similarities to the latest iPhone (such as front and back cameras), it doesn’t have cellular connectivity, and therefore won’t share the radio issues that haunt the new iPhone. 

Apple also unveiled a new version of the diminutive iPod Shuffle, with a square design and 15 hours of battery life; it will sell for $49. Jobs showed off a new squarish version of the iPod Nano as well, one that incorporates a multitouch screen. all three new iPods will be on sale next week, Jobs announced.

iTunes is a key part of the music package, and at the event, Jobs showed off the newest version, iTunes 10. It adds an intriguing new music-discovery function called Ping.

Ping aggregates posts from friends and artists you follow, a function similar to the social-networking features in Twitter and Facebook, and includes a new database with over 17,000 concert listings from those artists. Follow a person and get updates from him, with photos, concert dates, and new music he’s bought or added to iTunes. It also creates a custom, top 10 chart of music based on those people you follow.

“It’s a social network all about music,” Jobs said.

Jobs unveiled a redesigned, smaller version of the Apple TV product too, which he acknowledged had not sold as well as the company hoped. “We’ve sold a lot of them but it’s never been a huge hit. But neither has any competitor product,” he said. 

The new product has no local storage, instead streaming videos and photos directly from iTunes. with it, you can rent first-run movies for $4.99 or high-definition TV shows for just $0.99, initially just from ABC and Fox.

“We think the rest of the studios will see the light and get on board with us pretty soon,” Jobs said. 

Jobs wrapped up his demonstration by announcing a major price drop for the Apple TV, which will be available “in about 4 weeks,” from $229 to just $99.

He began the event by unveiling iOS 4.1, which fixes bugs and adds support for high dynamic range photos, HD video, rentals and more. High dynamic range photos combine images from three pictures taken almost simultaneously into one, incredibly detailed image. 

The operating system update also includes GameCenter, Apple’s central point for game developers and players. 

“If you don’t have any friends, GameCenter will automatch you with others,” Jobs said. Look for the free download for certain models of the iPod Touch and iPhone next week, he said.

Jobs also gave a preview of iOS 4.2, which brings wireless printing, GameCenter, high dynamic range photos and more to the iPad. Notably, it will also include AirPlay, which lets users send audio, photos, and video over Wi-Fi to other gadgets. Jobs said the update would come in November, and would be free for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPads. 

The event was streamed live from Apple’s website, though the “open” format Apple chose to use for the live stream (based on the new HTML5 standard) proved choppy, and was only supported in certain Apple devices, such as iPads, iPhones, and the latest version of the company’s operating system, MacOS X 10.6. 

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FOOL’S GOLD » Blog Archive » Food Gold Video Party: Pork Balls with Daniel from The Meatball Shop

This week we are driving to the hoop with a very special Food Gold Video Party! Earlier this summer, we were lucky enough to go backstage with Chef Daniel Holzman of Meatball Shop during the dinner rush to drink many beers and learn how to cook perfect pork meatballs. Tune in and catch some food porn, some dirty jokes and a whole lotta porky goodness!

PS – We are sorry the sound is a little rough but we really went in to a real working kitchen and shot what happened. Sometimes things get loud (and drunk)! Recipe after the jump.

Pork Meatballs by Daniel Holzman of Meatball Shop

- 2 lbs Pork Shoulder ground up by your butcher

- 1 cup pickled cherry peppers, diced up into small pieces

- 1 tablespoon salt plus more to taste

- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

1. Season pork liberally with salt and preheat your oven to 500 degrees

2. Add remaining ingredients

3. Thoroughly mix with hands until combined but do not overmix. You just want things to come together.

4. Form into compact gold ball sized balls and place on oiled baked sheet or something that can withstand a very hot oven

5. Roast 13-15 minutes in very, very hot preheated oven

6. Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes

7. Drink many beers and enjoy!

Special thanks to Lizi gross for shooting and editing this episode. Extra special thanks to Daniel and everyone at Meatball Shop for their hospitality and good humor. They are lovey, hard working people and you should patronize their business next time you are in the LES! Support the scene and support real food!14214432

Tags: Daniel Holzman, Elliot Aronow, Food Gold, Meatball Shop, Meatballs

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