• Philadelphians are pretty tough, so forgive me for not understanding why Irwindale city officials would cave into pressure from a few nearby residents who can’t handle the fragrant aroma emanating from your factory there. Around here, we live by the motto ‘if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.’ So, I am writing to formally invite you to relocate or expand your operations to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.

    —To Sriracha, Love Philly: Letter to David Tran, CEO of Huy Fong Foods

  • If just one child has been inspired to pick up a can of paint and make some art, well that would be statistically disappointing considering how much work I put in. Outside is where art should live, among us, and rather than street art being a fad, maybe it’s the last 1,000 years of art history are a blip, when art came inside in service of the church and institutions.

    But art’s rightful place is on the cave-walls of our communities, where it can act as a ‘public service’: provoke debate, voice concerns, forge identities.

    The world we live in today is run by, visually at least, traffic signs, billboards, and planning committees. Is that it? Don’t we want to live in a world made of art, not just decorated by it?

    —Banksy concludes his Better Out Than In tour. (via andrewgraham)

  • kateoplis:

    [**Blood, Blogs, and Tears NYT**](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/29/style/goth.html)

    “For Tom Milsom, a musician and self-described ‘mall goth,’ the ‘sad mournful’ position of the goth resonates with the loneliness of the Internet. For teenagers, Mr. Milsom said, Tumblr and similar sites are ‘a place to cry.’ ‘Everything is incredible and everybody is sad. … There is a real cultural relevance beyond being moody.’ ”

    The illustration makes it worth the visit.