Sunday, June 8, 2014

Countdown to the Copa del Mundo - 4 Days















Wall Street Journal - "The World Cup: Continental Divide"

"The World Cup is many things—a sporting event, a spectacle, and the world's most peaceful demonstration of full-throated nationalism. It is also the fairest and most competitive global athletic competition. In the Olympic Games, huge or extremely wealthy countries dominate. But countries small and large and rich and poor have excelled at the World Cup. Feelings of national and continental identity can run even deeper."

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Dave Chappelle's Surprise Set


















GQ - "Celebrate Dave Chappelle's New One-Man Show by Reliving the Funniest Night on Earth"

Questlove: "Chappelle gets up and riffs for forty-five minutes about—who's the guy with the prosthetic legs? Oscar Pistorius? Dave was talking about how Pistorius would be the least vulnerable guy in prison, because all he has to do is scrape his legs on the steel bars every night. He started making this sharpening noise, and we were just done, all of us."

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Chappelle: "...But it made me laugh that Ahmir told his date he needed to go to the studio. Why didn't he bring her to the show?"

Impressionist Paintings Get Clarity in French KelOptic Ads















AdWeek - "Impressionist Classics Finally Come Into Focus in Clever Eyewear Ads"