"GM’s management has made few comments re: altering their course; there has been little mention of producing green cars, or building public transportation systems or infrastructure. They talk mostly about closing plants, cutting divisions and firing workers — but not about rethinking what they make, or their role in the world. It seems they basically want to stay the course — but in a smaller boat. The passengers who can’t fit get thrown overboard. The boat is headed for Niagara Falls, so as far as I can see, it doesn’t really matter what size it is." -ripped from the online journal of David Byrne
Monday, March 30, 2009
"GM’s management has made few comments re: altering their course; there has been little mention of producing green cars, or building public transportation systems or infrastructure. They talk mostly about closing plants, cutting divisions and firing workers — but not about rethinking what they make, or their role in the world. It seems they basically want to stay the course — but in a smaller boat. The passengers who can’t fit get thrown overboard. The boat is headed for Niagara Falls, so as far as I can see, it doesn’t really matter what size it is." -ripped from the online journal of David Byrne
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Not My Job: Kim Deal
on NPR's wait wait... don't tell me! No shit! This is my favorite weekend radio show, and sometimes the "not my job" guests are just rad (z.b. Carrie Fischer, Barack Obama, and now Kim Deal... who shouldn't really be interviewed on radio, but cute nevertheless. I just gotta love Kim Deal.)
Labels: Not Not My Job: Kim Deal NPR's wait wait... don't tell me
Saturday, March 28, 2009
I paid the lady one euro to let me take these fotos...
tar art rat tarartrat berlin please ask for permission to use these! tarartrat@gmail.com
Labels: flea market
r+g=d
where r= rosencrantz
and g= guildenstern ,
what does d equal?
Labels: guildenstern rosencrantz
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Labels: Knotty Pine song by the Dirty Projectors and David Byrne
Sunday, March 22, 2009
"hi,. I feel like John Gooodman today... or like how I imagin John Goodman must feel in the morning- a Sunday morning. our internet connection has gone to shit so I am reduced to cming back to the internet cafe. can`t download the final episode of Battlestar fraking Galactica, even..."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
constructed almost entirely from things I found on the street (scrap material and old magazines) the glue and black rubber, however, were purchased. I decided to call this series SUPER VGA.
originally on sale/sold at SO36 Nachtflohmarkt, which is quite a fun place.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Labels: Google Voice
Monday, March 09, 2009
Post Titled: "Der amerikanische Ritter"
Hey Berliners! Come to Monarch (Skalitzerstr. 134) on Tues. March 10th for Tod Wodicka's official reading for the release of the German-language version of a book called "Der amerikanische Ritter" (aka All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well) where a lovely and talented German actress will be reading the excerpts aloud.
Mikael Krogerus' recent Interview mit Tod Wodicka HERE and Zitty article HERE
Labels: Vor-Studio event feat. dj people's champion friday the 13th of march
god bless rachel maddow for calling out pr megafirm burson-marstellar on it's history of evil
Burson Marsteller gloss over corrupt companies
Dominique, organizer of Michael Vermillion's January show, also organized a show for Susanna Berivan last night at Villa Orange , which is really good- I think definitley Prenzlauerberg needs a bit of that. Didn't have my camera dabei :(
Saturday, March 07, 2009
quite randomly and luckily saw Slavoj Žižek und Sophie Fiennes in Q&A absurdity last night at the Kino Arsenal for a showing of the Perverts Guide to Cinema- thanks Alicia! I WAS ACTUALLY MORE EXCITED TO SEE Žižek life and ranting in the flesh than I would beto see Radiohead (but to be fair I#ve seen Radiohead 3 times)
yadda yeaadah, I gotta run, I#ll expand this post soon enough keep tuned!
Friday, March 06, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
click the following image to examine more closely the finely photoshopped details of
Post Titled:
cylon babymomma and cylon babydaddy t-shirts!
an original post-google image Regarding Cylon BabyMamma and Cylon BabyDaddy t-shirts, here is a fake t-shirt ad I just made, if you are a huge dork of Battlestar Galactica then you might like it/them... (and if you recognize the stock photo, please don't sue me- these aren't really for sale unlessss you want to pay me for them in these "trying" economic times...
berlin tar art rat "post-google" tarartrat post google 2008cylon 6 six babymomma cylon baby momma mamma t-shirts cylon babydaddy tigh chief boomer sharon valeri
the clean coal post (chronologically/down: two posts from this one) has extra features! like a DVD! (except it is gmail chat text!) goes like this:
me: hey, so-
Jeff: tell me
me: stock market??
Jeff: yeah
me: wtf?
Jeff: not so great
is your portfolio hurting
me: I can't even FIND my portfolio
I thought it was behind the oven in the guest room... but it isn't
nor is it under my bed or behind the oven in my room
Jeff: i love ovens in guest rooms so hospitable
me: well, gotta keep warm somehow!
Jeff: maybe the polish girl stole it
me: perhaps a guest BURNT my portfolio... mistaking it for scrap...
kindling...
Jeff: hmmmm
very possible
me: whaaacanIdo?
nothing
make more work...
kind-of weird, though, I really don't know where my portfolio is...
Jeff: i'd hire some outside help
this guy, senor brubeck, was really onto something
me: yea?
Jeff: so delicate
me: mh
I was listening to take 10
on
the NPR
machine
Jeff: it is a machine
have you seen the coen brothers clean coal commercial?
me: nope-
is that a joke?
Robin Pecknold and Josh Tillman in a sort of interview-
Labels: Robin Pecknold and जोश जोश "जोश जे.Tillman तिल्लमन Fleet Foxes
special thanks to hot-tipper Bubba for the hot tip:
TAGS: coal industry bollocks
and my second favorite segment calling bullshit on so-called "clean" coal, Ms. Rachel Maddow!
Labels: calling bullshit on so-called "clean" coal, Ms. Rachel Maddow
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
adopt an animal! like... Erwin the Rotwangenschmuckschildkröte
berlin tar art rat "post-google"
tierheim adopt an animal tarartrat post google 2008 2009 2007
Post Titled: non-fiction non-staged foto, march 4, am-ish
...if there is one thing that girls and boys like that i like and that I like that boys and girls like then it is leslie feist. who was apparently on sesame street counting to the number 4 (or, rather, coverting a sort of tragically lovely song about growing up and lingering teenage hopes into a song about chickens returning from the shore, 4 chickens, to be exact:
and here is the original version of the "1 2 3 4" song/video
here is a live youtube video, can you spot the spelling error?