SUSO

Average Joe? No.

The Super Bowl is back, but what was the greatest ever Greatest Show on Earth?

The fly boys from Arizona take on the big hitting grafters from Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLIII. It can't be argued, Cardinals v Steelers is the hottest ticket in town this weekend, even if on this side of the pond the Super Bowl feels as much a voyeuristic peep show into America’s gross, over-hyped indulgences as it does a sporting event.

But there is a game to be played, lest we forget. The world watches and the pressure is immense. The opportunity exists for a team, or even just one man, to stand up and be counted. The greatest all-american Super Bowl hero of them all has to be Joe Montana.

In their first Super Bowl in four years, his 1989 San Francisco 49ers had scored just one touchdown and trailed the Cincinnati Bengals 16-13. Eventually they took possession deep in their own territory with just over 3 minutes left on the clock. With a hyperventilating Montana calling the plays, the 49ers marched down to within 10 yards of glory. John Taylor, a wide receiver, broke loose deep in the end zone. Montana fired, and pulled off the latest game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl history...

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By Moscow on 30/1/09

Vik's Vision

What links clown skulls, sugar, chocolate, wire and a gun shot wound? Answer: Vik Muniz.

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images. Thanks to TED for the film.

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Categories Art Tags Art creativity

By Moscow on 28/1/09

He-obama

If anyone reading this is an operative from the ‘axis of evil’, then you better watch out! 

Behold, the Obama action figure! It was only a matter of time wasn’t it? Japan have hopped on the Obama bandwagon in their own inimitable way. Extras include alternative hands (pointing, holding, kung-fu grip), samurai sword, lightsaber, street-sweeper (?), and the all american necessity - pump action shotgun. Word has spread with such frenzy that the Gamu Toys website, usually known for its anime figures, has been brought to its knees.

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Categories Politics Fun Tags Obama Japan

By Moscow on 26/1/09

In The Arena

For those that do rather than talk. Because great success can't exist without the chance of crushing failure.

Teddy Roosevelt, April 23rd 1910:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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Categories Politics Words Tags Obama Politics

By Moscow on 22/1/09

Every Little Helps

Sitting just above ‘secret underground lair’ on your average evil genius' list of demands is one billion dollars.

Not being an American, an evil genius or having anywhere near that kind of money in my bank account (for those interested I have a personal wealth of £4.84), I, like most, have never seen a billion dollars - until today that is.

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By on 19/1/09

Blog/ Poor Christina

An artistic assault on celebrity perfection on Berlin’s underground.

Poor Photoshop. Poor Christina. Working together to expose advertising in its role of a disconnecting agent, a relatively anonymous German street art collective has stuck unambiguously named Photoshop layer menus and brush palettes on six-sheets, thus brutally ‘framing’ the ads and exposing their origins and motivations.

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Categories Art Graffiti Media Tags Graffiti Art Berlin

By Asen on 16/1/09

Blog/ Give, Get Given

Rockcorps uses music to impart real social change.

Last September, Busta Rhymes, Feeder, Lethal Bizzle, The Automatics, Ludacris, John Legend and Guillemots joined forces for a gig at The Royal Albert Hall, London, in front of 5,000 adoring fans. Sounds cool, but so what?

Well, this was a show with a difference: those in attendance hadn’t paid for their tickets; they’d earned them by doing four hours of community work in the city. Four hours, one ticket. Simple. It was the UK centre piece for an idea rich in entertainment, culture and social invention: Rockcorps.

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Categories Music Tags Rockcorps Music

By on 14/1/09

Blog/ Ultimate 7's Icon

William Ryder’s elastic brilliance puts him in a realm of his own.

Unharnessed pace is handy in sevens (think Varndell, Vunibaka, Cullen) but a truly great exponent has that extra intangible, that match winning panache - a natural ability to step.

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Categories Sport Tags Sport rugby

By Moscow on 13/1/09

Exyzt's Boombox

The french architecture magicians strike again.

We caught wind of the brilliant Exyzt some time ago. We had hoped to see more stuff, but they had their heads down, dreaming, scheming, daring to imagine what was possible. The great thing about Pier Schneider and François Wunschel, two architecture specialists from the 22 strong Exyzt team, is that they have the skill and determination to turn their dreams into reality. This time it was at a Nuit Blanche (all-nighter) in Amiens, France, back in October.

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Categories Music Tags Music Performance

By Moscow on 12/1/09

Jury Doodle

When jurors get bored, they draw, apparently.

Jury duty has to be the most tedious of all civil duties, and yet it is an integral part of our society and, of course, must be respected and given one’s full attention at all times...

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Categories Art Tags Art Illustration

By Moscow on 8/1/09