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I finally found one...

After 2 summers of living in New York City and countless visits I finally found some Shepard Fairy street art out in the street. Enjoy my imaginary followers

Music I'm feeling at the moment.....

Consequence featuring Kanye West, The Good The Bad The Ugly. A song thats not too old with a feeling of the great hip-hop vibe. Enjoy my imaginary followers....

WTF TV

Hey all. Its been a while. I've been doing a lot of reading lately. A lot of reading and a lot of TV watching. Sigh....Anywho!! since being out of grad school for more than a month I have gotten reacquainted with TV.

I was definitely stuck on G4 for about a week during E3, the annual video game conference show in Los Angeles. For one week G4 was back to its old lovable self again, showing a slew of video game related news and content. It was great. It was how I fell in love with the G4 television network 5 years ago.

G4 TV has since changed ups its programming by a lot. Once a network devoted to programming that showcased the world of video games and technology from early morning to night, G4 gradually shifted network devoted to programming INSPIRED by the world of video games and technology and then into network that shows whatever they think those people who like video games and technology would like.

So most of the day G4 is bombarded by shows like COPS, Campus PD, Cheaters, and Ninja Warrior. Although Ninja Warrior is definitely one of the coolest shows ever, if it wasn't for the G4 icon on the corner of the screen you wouldn't know what channel you were watching if you randomly changed the channel to it. From video games and technology to a channel that houses the International sexy ladies show, Human Wrecking Balls, Web Soup, whatever movies somebody thought were really cool. It seems whatever is good at the time of the monthly staff meeting at G4 goes.

When you take a step back all TV is becoming like this. The Travel Channel is starting to become more and more like the Food Network and because the there isn't enough cooking on the Food Network, the Cooking Channel was started. According to a recent USA Today article entitled "For cable channels, the niche is expanding" cooking shows are showing up on the Syfy. Syfy by the way changed the spelling of from Sci-Fi to Syfy so it wouldn't be too weird when they bring in things like cooking shows into their line-up. The Cartoon Network just launched Unnatural History, its first scripted, live action series.

One of my favorite channels, the History Channel, started airing Top Shot, a shooting competition. Its planning its first scripted drama, The Kennedys, as well as an on-the-road show hosted by comedian Larry the Cable Guy and an Americanized version of BBC car show Top Gear, hosted by comic Adam Ferrara.

TV is changing. When I was a kid the Disney Channel used to show a whole bunch of cartoons, nowadays the Disney Channel is known for the real life young stars and actors they create. Today its about creating programming that people will watch and not necessarily about staying true to the brand and niche of the network, its about what people tune in to watch. Its about sprinkling your network line-up with reality, food, dramas, and comedies the popular genres that viewers are accustomed to seeing on rival networks. Its about those important numbers: money and eyes. Advertising and viewers.

TV is getting confusing. Not sure if that means its getting better. I personally liked it when the History Channel showed history and the Animal Planet showed animals but I guess that doesn't produce the eyeballs and dollars.

That's my take, what's yours my imaginary followers...