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Naked Cyclist bring Mexico City to a standstill

   The cyclists say nakedness highlights their vulnerability on the road Thousands of naked cyclists have ridden through the streets of Mexico City to mark the World Naked Bike Ride. The event is to raise awareness of the importance of cycling for exercise and as a way to reduce fossil fuels. Organisers say riding naked…

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Gatsby is Great : Fitzgerald confronts the defeat of youth and beauty and idealism of the Jazz Age

  The Great Gatsby was originally published in April 1925, which means that those who first read it were much nearer in time to Henry James and even Charles Dickens than we are to Scott Fitzgerald. And that reflection brings a shock. For just as the book survives in our minds partly as a period…

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The Idea of an Artist as a Brand was Picasso’s

  Marketing genius: Picasso at his villa in the South of France in 1957   A new tribe of hyper-rich global nomads is distorting the international property market. Like Hans Holbein’s anamorphosis, it can only be understood when seen from an acute angle. In this case the angle of arrogant wealth. It is not unusual…

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New Declassified Memo: CIA Shaped and Whitewashed Zero Dark Thirty Movie Script

Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden revenge-porn flick Zero Dark Thirty was the biggest publicity coup for the CIA this century outside of the actual killing of Osama bin Laden. But the extent to which the CIA shaped the film has remained unclear. Now, a memo obtained by Gawker shows that the CIA actively, and apparently…

Toasts and Roasts In Art Cafe`….Artistic Instincts…

Dummies Book – Satisfaction.comCome and visit cafe` and catch the show of Maria Carro Loos….. IrnGlobal Art Cafe` Artistic Instincts The Creative Class of the Social Web ….Visit our cafe` at the crossroads of Art and Friendship….Embrace The Life Hiding Inside You…. https://www.facebook.com/groups/142589049101705/Humour is a tricky art and most people fail to employ it intelligently…

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Facebook Artist David Choe Launches New Gig With Porn Star Asa Akira

  A year after David Choe became the most surprising multimillionaire to emerge from Facebook’s IPO, the bad-boy graffiti artist is making the publicity rounds with a new pornographic podcast featuring porn star Asa Akira. He talks to Lizzie Crocker about anal sex, his new gig, and more anal sex.  Tits, ass, and goblins. Bare-chested…