Sarah D. Roosevelt Park. I think this is a group practicing Falun Gong, a form of qigong. Falun Gong is called a cult by the mainland Chinese government. But they seem fairly well accepted within the NYC Chinatown community. Falling for forbidden yoga in Chinatown park – By Deborah Lynn Blumberg Falun Gong allowed in Chinatown parade – By David H. Ellis Both in Downtown Express

But, for all I know this could be some other Chinese practice, some form of tai-chi. I often see an adorable ancient Chinese couple doing very strange looking hopping and hand waving exercises in the schoolyard at Houston and Norfolk Street, early in the morning. It must work, I hope I am as spry at their age.

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Polaroid Scene poster- Pretty bland as street art, but the site is chock full of fun polaroid photos, mostly of young party-goers mugging for the camera. The thumbs page takes forever to load, and captions are non-existent. But the pictures tell their own story. This group of photos is titled Shepard Crushed NYC. It shows someone apparently from the Obey – Andre the Giant crew putting up varied pieces. Search for “Bast” on the GammaBlaBlog [bast]

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In his own words. 2003 state of the union speech synched to some telling images. (some graphic and possibly not safe for work) Way too many quick almost subliminal cuts, but worth a look if you can stomach hearing that voice, that voice that usually makes me change the channel.Via Mefi

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What a maroon. From Tom Tomorrow.

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Janeane Garofalo announced a schedule change at Air America. The Majority Report will directly follow Randi Rhodes at 7, and Mike Malloy will follow them at 10. I don’t know Malloy but I like idea of the MJ following RR. Previously they had been separated by an hour of Marty Kaplan’s magazine format show. I enjoyed Kaplan’s show, but it interrupted the live-radio energy, with what was largely pre-recorded segments. These changes will take place on Monday. This week, during the Democratic convention, The Majority Report has been broadcasting live from 7 to midnight. (All times for the East Coast)

Update – Marty Kaplan is taking a vacation for a couple of weeks and then will have a two hour show on Saturdays.

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