#43: 2011 Rockets Upgrade

In 2009, The Radio City Rockets got an upgrade of their wireless mic system.  Each dancer had a microphone installed on each tap shoe.  Most dancers wear 2 shoes at a time, and they usually have costume changes in each performance.  It adds up to around 300 microphones, using an 80 channel wireless receiver system.  That's a whole lot of technical complication.

Judging by this photo, the upgrade to their look this year seems far less complicated. 

#42: Is it in the lips?

Not sure why, but I love these images.  There's something esthetically pleasing about those square boxes.  But somehow I don't think the square shape would translate well into sunglasses.

 
 

#41: "oohh, You Sexy M.F."

No i'm not censuring myself in my own blog.  I'm just making reference to Prince's song by that name.  And that's how he called the song in the album.   These photos make me sing the hook of that song out loud.  

#40: And the winner is...!!?

Zooey Deschanel has been recently criticized for being too cute and adorable…  But everybody just loves her!   Even these defacers, who couldn't avoid the temptation to fill in those armpits and draw some fun stuff on her.  In the end, they caved in.  "We actually like her <3  :)", they wrote!!!   Yes Zooey, you really are THAT adorable!

#39: French Kissing

As a kid growing up, I reached a point where I started to get really curious about the mechanics of 'french kissing'.  I was too embarrassed to ask anyone about it.  Until one day I saw a drawing in a MAD Magazine comic strip that showed something similar to what this defacer did on this poster.  It was a big "Aha!" moment for me.  "I knew the tongue had something to do in all this!"

The rest, well... I figured it out on my own.

#38: Eat Your heart out Angelina!

 Nothing like sexy lips and a winning smile! 

#37: In Your Eyes

"In your eyes, the light the heat
In your eyes, I am complete
In your eyes, I see the doorway to a thousand churches

In your eyes, the resolution of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes, I see the light and the heat
in your eyes, oh I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes"

One of my favorite love songs.

 

#36: "In death, his name is Robert Polson!"

I first took notice of "Moustache" guy in May of 2010 (post#25) when his mark suddenly seemed to appear everywhere and all at once. I have since admired his ubiquitousness all over the NYC subway system.  On June 26th 2011, it was reported that the police caught the guy.  That is always a bummer, but it's certainly an event that sends you into NYC stardom.  

"His name is Joseph Patrick Waldo."

I'm posting here a sample of his work, as well as one of my favorites, where he actually made a side view of his famous moustache.  This is a pretty unique piece  I think, at least not commonly found.

 

#35: Weight Loss

i THINK, I'm not certain, but i 'think' that these 2 ads are for the exact same product.

#34: Fill in the Blank

Cut a hole out and let it be filled with a piece of the old poster that's underneath.  I love these!  There's always some crazy randomness that just seems to perfectly fall in place.  Like life itself!  

Posts #30 and #17 have other samples of these random 'fill-ins' that turned out great.

#33 Russell Brand is Dreamy!

Katy Perry is such a lucky girl, Russell is just soo cute.  A true ladies man.  Just look at that sexy adorable smile!  Worth a million bucks!

#32 Natalie Portman

I hope Ms. Portman uses her newly earned and well deserved Oscar award to make some money to fix those teeth and that weirdly long nipple.  

But I still love you Natalie.  Your imperfections just add to my admiration of you.

#31 Tribute to Mamma Mia Girl.

This is a Tribute to one of most defaced faces in the NYC subway system.  It's the Mamma Mia girl, always smiling no matter what kind of fellacio, disfigurement, sharpie or blade will come on to her.  She stands strong as Lady Liberty does to the strongest winter storm.  

You see. she's actually part of the banner that's on top of every subway map, and nobody, I mean, nobody is taking her place.  Unless of course Mamma Mia ends up where 'Cats The Musical' did.

#30: Tits!

What else can be said about tits that hasn't been said yet?  Jennifer Love Hewitt called her own "Thelma & Louise" after the obsession the press had with them when she became famous.  Scientists in the 70's concluded that tits became relevant to humanity once we became fully bipedal (quadruped females use other 'techniques' to entice males to come on over and preserve the species).

Here's a odd visual take on these seductive appendages.

#29: I see dead people.

Swiss-Italian painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti is one of my favorite artists.  I read somewhere about his comments after spending some time studying the human face.  His conclusion was that the only things in a human face that were really alive, were the eyes.  

This guy was really intense.  I love it!

#28: Art As Therapy

They say art can be a therapeutic outlet for the artist.  A way to drain their internal issues.  

The reference to a "foreign" boy here... seems so.... autobiographical.  Glad he/she got it out of their system.  "yeaih!" for the healing power of the Sharpie.

#27: Smell-o-Vision

Somewhere in the 60's the movie industry came out with this new gimmick called Smell-o-Vision.  The technique involved adding smells and odors to the experience of movie watching with the intention of making it more life-like.  Maybe that's why NYC feels so "real".  

I wonder if the MTA (the New York City transportation authority) still uses this technique.

#26: Facial Reconstruction

Isabelle Dinoire was the first person to survive a partial face transplant in 2005.  And only last month, doctors in Spain managed to perform the first successful full face transplant.  Apparently it took a 30 member medical team 24 hours to perform the operation.  

That is really very impressive, but I have to say that here in the tunnels of the NYC subway system, it only takes a team of 1, a couple of seconds to perform a similar operation.  We're just that good here in New York.

#25: Le Mustache II

Will the real defacer please stand up, please stand up.

Last week, a friend emailed me about these funny mustaches that she had seen in the 49th St station on the N train.  The defacer wrote the word "mustache" with the drawing itself.

A couple of days later, two different friends sent me photos of those mustaches that they found somewhere.

And then this weekend I found them in two different stations by the Lower East Side area.

Is this the work of a single defacer??  Or are some of these the work of copycats repeating his/her design around town?? hmm…  If we had security cameras in the subway like they do in London, we could find out.  But... if they did have cameras we probably wouldn't have any of this wonderful art!! …like in London!!  

This post marks the first time I include photos that are not mine.  I've always made the point of posting my photography only.  Thank you Emily for the email, thank you Monica and Lou for the photos.