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This might be my new favorite time waster

2009-04-28T05:31:00.000-07:00

The Animation Archive is a project of International Animated Film Society - a 501(c)(3) non-profit and has goodness like this and this.

Via Yewknee via someone else.

A Better History

2009-04-06T06:11:00.000-07:00

If you happen to be walking in Chelsea anytime soon and haven't checked it out. Go see this exhibit.

I particularly loved Scott Campbell's intricately crafted stacks of "dollar bills". The words "Thank you, Jesus" carved out of the stacks in beautiful type - which he does well.The first thing that came to mind was Marjoe Gortner.

Please Say Something.

2009-04-06T05:49:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon this and expected to keep moving but I was compelled to watch the whole thing. Really great. I would click the link since it's not formatting properly here.

Please Say Something - Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.

Jan Svankmajer

2009-03-13T07:09:00.000-07:00

One More Month

2009-03-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

Until the bike racks are down. Of course, our neighborhood got "The Hipster" bike rack.

R.I.P. Randy Bewley

2009-02-27T07:13:00.000-08:00

I can't explain why so much awesomeness has come out of Athens, Georgia i.e. B 52's, REM, Elephant 6, Kindercore, and Dangermouse. Surely it wasn't just because the folks had an art school? The scene's cross pollination of visual art and music had a big influence on me. Being from the south, the fact this scene could blossom away from the two coasts was an empowering notion.

At any rate one of the most important bands to help forge this legacy, Pylon, lost a member two days ago.

Randall Bewley, guitarist, had a heart attack while driving. He apparently lapsed into a coma for two days and died.

The band had reissued "Gyrate" and word was that "Chomp" was being scheduled for a reissue this year.

Analog Apartment

2009-01-22T08:08:00.000-08:00

The analog apartment web app promises to be a simple way of keeping track of your vinyl record collection from anywhere. I didn't really know I needed such a service but after playing around I do find myself coming back to log records occasionally.

It's features are sort of spartan at the moment but it's still in the beta stage and there is talk of adding more functionality. I'm personally hoping there will be an ability to share your collection.

Please Succeed

2009-01-22T07:46:00.000-08:00

The Impossible Project just might bring back instant film. The mission is "NOT to re-build Polaroid Integral film but (with the help of strategic parters) to develop a new product with new characteristics, consisting of new optimised components, produced witha a streamlined modern setup. An innovative and fresh analog material, sold under a new brand name that perfectly will match the global repositioning of Integral Films."

I'm not quite sure what that means yet, I just hope some kind of incarnation of my beloved type 55 comes back.

I will go here before I die

2009-01-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

I've started making a life list and this one is near the top.
Mark my words. Someway, somehow, I am going to Socotra Island. Pirates be damned!

Yes We Carve

2008-10-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to decide if this is a good idea or not, considering the opportunity for a mixed message.

However, getting yourself one of these made into a mask is totally appropriate.

DOWNLOAD THIS EP!

2008-09-03T06:02:00.000-07:00

So good - and completely free!

Richard Swift - Ground Trouble Jaw

Whistler's Jugband

2008-08-18T07:28:00.000-07:00

Whistler Jugband 1930
Uploaded by sirarnold

This is pretty fantastic.

2008-08-04T06:54:00.000-07:00

Radiohead House of Cards

Disgusting

2008-07-31T10:38:00.000-07:00

While the act itself was indefensible , no one would be the wiser had a citizen (or tourist) not been recording the event.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07272008/news/regionalnews/cop_shoves_bicyclist_121984.htm

Of course, Critical Mass is no stranger to police hostility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igPApH7UXNk

My Iphone is bricked

2008-07-11T08:17:00.001-07:00

Yay 2.0

Of Note

2008-04-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a can of worms that had to be opened eventually.
Where are All the Goddam Photos

The eye opening, Garbage Island

This Scares the Crap Out of Me

2008-03-20T14:53:00.000-07:00

Fred and Sharon

2008-03-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

These folks are either insane and oblivious or huckster hoax geniuses! I can't help feeling these videos are some sort of coded message being transmitted to other extraterrestrials living on the planet.

Paid Access?

Intelligent Design?

2008-01-29T07:06:00.000-08:00

On Saturday I trekked over with my friends to Bed-Stuy to see Nate Hill's A.D.A.M. project. Lying on the floor of his apartment was a human form sculpted out of dead animal parts (see if you can find the puppy). While I did get acclimated to the smell I had to pass on the beer.

This wasn't the first bible rewrite creation I've bared witness to, having seen his more delicate sculptures in glass jars, and even naively participating in a gruesome episode of his cable access show. But It still makes me a little queasy every time.

I'll let others pass judgement on the project, but for those that want to learn more visit his site, stoproadkill.org. if you find yourself itching to be an Rogue taxidermist, why not start with the Chinatown Garbage Tour?

p.s. I appreciate the concerns of animal rights activists but please don't leave any hostile comments. I did not personally make these creations and the animals were dead already and would otherwise be in garbage bins.

Still Creepy

2007-11-12T06:07:00.000-08:00

Although many of you more adventurous web surfers have most likely stumbled upon these bizarre creations before, I find it important to remind everyone just how bad one's taste can get. Photoshop is a powerful tool. Please use wisely.

Do something better than watching TV tonight.

2007-11-07T05:46:00.000-08:00

The Board of Governors and the Photography and Fashion
Committees of The National Arts Club cordially invite you
to a lecture and book signing to celebrate
the new limited edition book
PARIS 1962
Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior | The Early Collections

Photographs by Jerry Schatzberg
Lecture by cultural historian Kohle Yohannan
Published by Empire Editions
Wednesday, November 7th
7:00 – 8:00 PM Cocktails & Hors d’Oeuvres
8:00 – 8:30 PM Lecture
The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South

“Nostalgia finds another form in the forthcoming Paris 1962 (Empire Editions), a stunning
series of images shot by Jerry Schatzberg, who documents the grand salons at Yves Saint Laurent
and Dior over the course of a single runway season.” - Vogue, September 2007

www.empireeditions.com

In Rainbows

2007-10-10T06:39:00.000-07:00

I just got my download of the album. Listening to the first track. Bliss.

It's sounding like it will be worth whatever you decide to pay.

Go get it.

About a Son

2007-10-05T05:28:00.000-07:00

I think the trailer speaks for itself. I'm more than interested.

Amazing

2007-09-09T14:47:00.000-07:00

Check out her paper sculptures and drawings. Brilliant.

Good Morning

2007-09-07T06:43:00.000-07:00