I have written about Os Gemeos before. They are a Brazilian duo that does street art. When I say duo, I mean twin brothers. Os Gemeos actually means “the twins” in Portuguese. There is a very distinct look to the art that they do. They use a lot of bright yellows and reds. I first learned of Os Gemeos on some graffiti documentary that I watched with Reagan. It had footage of them touching up a piece in Sao Paulo. The cops showed up and one of the twins went over to deal with them while the other kept painting. The dialogue was something like:

Cop: “Do you have a permit for this?”

Gemeo: “No, no we don’t need one. We had one when we originally painted (probably BS). But today we are just touching it up”

Cop: “Who issued the permit?”

Gemeo: “Oh it was for charity. You know… for the kids and stuff (probably BS)”

It was a lot like watching Obi Wan do Jedi mind tricks on storm troopers. Aaaaaanyway– the shot above is one that I took last fall, of a mural that Os Gemeos painted on Houston St., when Dash Snow died. The installation is currently covered by a temporary wall featuring Shepard Fairey’s May Day mural.

Os Gemeos recently started keeping a blog. It features their work, as well as cool stuff that they come across in their travels. They just barely launched the blog a few months ago. I have really enjoyed following it. You can find it at osgemeos.com.br. Check it out.

I absolutely love MotoGP. I love it more than pretty much any other televised sport, besides the Winter Olympics. Actually, maybe even more than that. When I first started following the sport, a few years ago, I was really into riding sport bikes. Reagan had a Vespa, and I had my sport bike, and we would go for Sunday rides together up and down the north shore of Long Island. It must have been quite a peculiar sight, hehehe. Anyway, now that I have been bike-less for three years, I like MotoGP even more, because it is almost like a vicarious release for me. If I can’t go fast on motorcycles, at least I can watch others do it, a few times per month Hehehe.

Back in the day, the MotoGP site was kind of sub-par. But in recent years, it has been upgraded. It now has daily articles that are also published via RSS, etc.. I have to be careful around the weekends when there is a race, though. Because, since the bulk of the races take place in Europe, the US generally is relegated to broadcasting a tape delay. So, there have been a few times where I accidentally read the outcome of a race, before having seen it. I hate that.

Whether you are into motorcycles or not, the site is worth taking a glance. The photographers are super-craque, and the images they shoot transcend the realm of moto. There is some seriously artistic material on there. I am a nerd. The end.

Ladybird hails from Norway. She writes about women’s fashion and travel. First of all, I love Scandinavia. Not just because our house is furnished with mostly Ikea. Hehehe.  I have Danish roots on both sides of my family. I didn’t get the blond hair or the smooth legs. So I feel kind of cheated, in those areas. Ok, I don’t mind not having blond hair. I did get the height gene and green eyes though. Anyway, Reagan and I are kind of obsessed with northern Europe/Scandinavia, for various other reasons, as well. So I thought it was pretty cool when Ladybird and I became blog friends. Plus, you don’t have to speak Norwegian (even though you probably wish you could [I do]) to read her blog, because she writes in English and Norske. Below are a couple of photos from her recent travels.

One of the amazing things about the interwebz, and more particularly the blog-o-sphere (oh how I hate that term), is the way that it shrinks down geography. For example, I have never been to Oslo, or Berlin. But, I am eating up photos and day to day narratives of some pretty amazing people who live there. I’m going to highlight a few of them on Jakesnewblog.

I have chosen just.ekosystem.org to kick off my “Internacionale” tangent. I discovered this blog, not too long ago, when I was checking out some images of some cool street art from Berlin.

This dude’s (or woman’s, I suppose)  images are insane. He or she apparently has a close relationship with Krink, and several international street artists. I feel like this site is what graffiti research labs wishes it was. Anyway, feel free to check it out. I’m going to sharing a few more of the images from their site in the future, for a street art post. Dig it.