And on the third day He touched my Bud and it was chilled. God bless you, NASCAR fans.

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1. NASCAR Jesus Would Like To Buy You A Bud

Artist Michael Neff goes around outlining shadows in chalk. I love art that makes you look more carefully at the world around you.

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1. chalk shadows « Picdit
2. michaelneff.com - Fine Art Photography
3. Video of Neff at work

CULTURE BUZZ: New York Based photographer Todd Selby has created a website featuring photos of various artists, writers and musicians in their homes. Like an uber-hip version of Cribs these photos have me indulging in the best kind of voyeurism. The subjects of the photo essays include white-suited legend Tom Wolfe, Vice magazine diarist Lesley Arfin and foxy video director Georgie Greyville .

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1. theselby - photos in your space
2. Lesley Arfin on Todd Selby
3. Speaking of The Selby Part I
4. Speaking of The Selby Part II
5. ]THESELBY.COM

STYLE BUZZ: Vans has launched a new collection of women’s sneakers designed by artists. The first in the series features the whimsical mod-girl doodles of illustrator Keren Richter . A second shoe by Richter and a shoe by Kime Buzzelli will follow.

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1. Sneaker Tour!
2. Rubber Soul Keren Richter Vans
3. Keren Richter Vans
4. VANS.COM/GIRLS
5. Vans x Keren Richter
6. Art and Sole

POLITICS BUZZ: The artist who is a member of the Critical Arts Ensemble was cleared of all charges by a judge who ruled that the indictment against him was “insufficient on its face.” Steve Kurtz, who was the subject of the 2006 film Strange Culture , was charged with suspected bioterrorism after police came to his home to investigate the death of his wife and discovered biological specimens he was using for an art project about genetically modified foods.

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1. Charges Against Artist Steve Kurtz Thrown Out
2. Biomaterial Charges Against N.Y. Art Professor Dismissed
3. Charges Against Steve Kurtz Dropped.
4. Critical Art Ensemble Official Site
5. Critical Arts Ensemble Defense Fund
6. The Film About Steve Kurtz: Strange Culture (2006)
7. Steve Kurtz
8. Steve Kurtz case dismissed
9. “Kurtz Innocent, Government Still In Power”
10. Listen to a Review of the Film: ‘Strange Culture’ May Grow On Film Fans

CULTURE BUZZ: The Costa Rican artist is the target of much controversy after he tied up an allegedly starving dog who some claimed died while on “display.” You know what else constitutes as art? Fingerpainting and decoupage, and neither of those things involve killing innocent creatures.

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1. Sign the Petition!
2. Vargas Wanted to “Test the Public’s Reaction”
3. “Why Not Take a Dog in This Condition and Feed It and Take Care of It So the Public Can Witness How Quickly It Will Become Friendly and Loving Creature?”
4. How to Help Stray Dogs
5. Can Animal Cruelty Be Art?
6. Painfully Sad Video Footage From Exhibit
7. A Video Blogger Responds
8. More About Guillermo Vargas