Oh! Snap! A chance meeting with Philly’s own Chris Powell reveals how TDAR is on everyone’s mind. He was spotted sporting the jewelry right there- Flava Flav style.  Indeed, it’s real embroidered bling done by the fine fellows at Obey Your Brain. It’s as if we have hired them.  Or met in our subconscious and created our own line for them to produce, but then forgot about the encounter. Did that happen guys?

This is the Padlock video the previous post refers to. It is all well and good viewed here with a nice steady internet connection, but let’s  be clear: this exists on a VHS tape, playing from the purest white television compact set in the Padock Gallery in south philly. Indeed.

Last night TDAR convened a special Sunday session to continue work on our “academic integrity” project for a local high school. Although we all seemed to feel pretty sorry for students who turn to cheating, we’ve nevertheless been talking about it almost as some kind of art practice. TDAR friend/hypertext shaman John Muse suggested we youtube “how to cheat on a test” to get the lay of the land. (more…)