Mad Dogs and English Sheep

Splink!

Now we'll all remember the Green Cross Code! Should come in handy for Atlantic and Flatbush.

Roosevelt Island Art: Call for Collaborators and Tent Patrons

Southpoint, looking north on Roosevelt Island Artist Thom Sokoloski will be putting an arrangement of 100 19th Century tents on Roosevelt Island this October. 'The Encampment' will be open to the public from 7pm to 1am each night. Sokoloski is looking for creative collaborators and tent patrons for the work. "For a contribution of $250, your name, family or organization will be visibly attached to a tent and listed in the official souvenir program and website. In return you will also receive a curio of an image of The Encampment printed on the tent canvas. And of course, if you come to see The Encampment, you will be cordially invited to join us for some opening night cheer!" It will definitely be worth shelling out two bucks for the cable car ride over the river. October 5-7, 2007, 7pm to 1am nightly on Southpoint, Roosevelt Island. Thanks to Curbed for the tip.

Pram Danger

1979 British public information film with a great Edvard Munch reference.

They have a TV, and they're watching Columbo.

In the UK you have to buy a license once a year to operate a TV set, currently £135.50 (colour) and £45.50 (black and white). In 2006 the TV Licensing's enforcement division caught more than 200,000 people operating a television set without a licence.

Don't Spread Germs!

Apaches: UK Public Information Horror

Drowning by grain. Mutilation by muck-spreader. Burned alive by haystack. Growing up in rural England we heard these sorts of cautionary tales from our parents, but what really saved us from agri-tragedy were the epics produced by the Central Office of Information Stay safe in the countryside this holiday weekend. Here is part II of Apaches if you can handle it. Tune in tomorrow for the disturbing Part III season finale.