Gangsta modernism: Actor and rap icon Ice Cube tours the Eames House, the landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture designed by husband and wife design pioneers Charles and Ray Eames. The sleek and functional home is built into the side of a bluff in the Pacfic Palisades.
Says former architecture student Ice Cube: "In a world of destruction where McMansion are taking up every available square inch, the Eames made structure and nature one. This is going green 1949 style beoytch!"
That's Ice Cube in the iconic "Eames Chair" below. Via John Keene, watch the short clip AFTER THE JUMP ...
President Barack Obama has launched his first television advertising of the 2012 re-election campaign.
The commercial focuses on the President's record on clean energy and ethics. It also slams Charles and David Koch, the wealthy conservative industrialists who have funded the Tea Party and anti-gay, anti-labor politicians such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. They are not mentioned by name but referred to as "secretive oil billionaires."
The 30-second spot begins airing today in Ohio and five other key states—Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin. Watch it AFTER THE JUMP ...
A view from behind the new African Union conference center off Gambia Street in downtown Addis Ababa. Below and to the right are blocks of hillside slums that are omnipresent across the CITY. It's one of the countless juxtapositions of power and poverty in the diplomatic capital of Africa.
Addis Ababa is an incredibly beautiful city .. but unfortunately Ethiopia is one of Africa's poorest nations. The hillsides, sewage drains and river are densely populated with favelas that are often "walled" behind public view.
