Mayor Bloomberg's thought-police took a hit today when Federal Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Marc Ecko's planned "Getting Up Block Party" could go on as planned. I'll be out with camera in tow to take shots of the pieces being put up during the party. From the press release below, it kicks off at 12 noon on 22nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues until 8:00 PM.

On Sunday, my friend and classmate Noriko and I visited the Japan Society on Manhattan's East Side to see an intriguing and thought provoking art exhibit entitled, Little Boy, The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture". Created and curated by world-reknowned Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, the show explores the impact of Japan's otaku subcultures in art, film, television, books, magazines and its ties to commercialism in Japan's burgeoning consumer society.