a visual collective outlet of inspiration
a friend of mine told me this story over the week-end about jarvis cocker whom she has known for a long time. i’ll try to tell the story as she told me: she used to see jarvis in various parties and such, and at all times jarvis was handling a bottle of krug champagne and a carrot. so at some point my friend asked about the carrot, and jarvis told her that before his claim to fame, he had never had any champagne, deep in england where he comes from beer was the only choice. the first time he had champagne, he though that it was ok but it left him with a rather foul breath, so he went back to drinking beer. then it turned out, that one day he discovered krug, which he liked very much. so the story goes, he decided that he would carry a carrot in his pocket whenever he went out and after every sip of champagne, to balance the acidity, he would take a bite off the carrot to keep his fresh breath! hope my friend’s story is accurate, i love it too much to be disappointed. by pp’
musings
RIP CBGB’s
patti smith
klaus nomi / chris parker / jim jarmusch
richard hell
i guess these guys would not agree with the below post… some more of this post here by pp’
spring is in the air
finally new york is in a spring feeling! we get to enjoy the sun and the earth and walking hand in hand through the eden fields of central park. ps. beware the hand of global warming overhead. by kl
How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare
had rabbit for dinner last night. it made me feel uneasy. i would have preferred to explain art to it through the evening…. joseph beuys, “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare” (26 november 1965), performance documentation at galerie alfred schmela, düsseldorf. by kl
ok this is the last post about slot cars
above: scalextric C2920 ford escort mk I-R clark
above: porsche 904 GTS # 54, 12 hours of sebring 1966, driven by george follmer and peter gregg
I promise, no more ofthis, but love these two by dd
You’ll need the shirt
geeks aboard! figure 8 slot car track T-shirt available in yellow by dd
talking about vintage toys
1/32 scale slot car
a comparison of the available tracks, as you see the carrera allows ample room for turns!
ok while on this subject I may add that I just recently purchased the german built carrera slot car kit with 2 additional cars. now the one I need to get is this BMW 2002. by dd
WHAt the hell is SUBBUTEO?
recently issued commemorate sterling silver figures.
original team in box… note: goalie in green and blk. this box is even more vintage than i remember!!
the subutteo beatnicks on any given london corner back in the days.
o.k., I was sure nobody would know about this, but I was amazed to find it had such a following in the US! theres even an american subutteo asociation? they even have a listing of their 2008 national champions!! I must admit I grew up on this vintage game, and I loved it’s simple genius approach. as a 4th grader I had every team imaginable, from arsenal to brazil. I would beg my sisters to bring me new stuff every summer when they returned from boarding school in britain. I got the stadium and the crowds one summer, the stadium lights, various teams and the referees on another, the kicker and eventually the whole thing. while my friends played video game pong I chose to flick to kick! o.k… getting all teary eyed here… now in case you are laughing by now, hear this: “after 60 years since first release subbuteo is the probably world’s biggest selling football game. yes that’s right, not Fifa or Pro Evo nor the classic Sensible Soccer; it’s subbuteo that blows them all away. now fair enough up until now subbuteo has always been a board game of sort’s but it was only a matter of time it made its way onto our screens… read more.” by dd
barack is in da’ house!
the power of one by david foldvari by pp
sweet tweet
we are live and twittering by kv
we like karl though!
mr lagerfeld’s private library (and studio) in the back of his own book store. (photo: oliver zahm)
on one of our previous email we were bitching about karl lagerfeld’s ability as an ad campaign maker, thought, there is at least one thing that i really admire about him… it’s his love for books illustrated through his private library as well as the book shop he owned in paris “7L” which feature the finest photography books from steidl among others. (mr lagerfeld is publishing some books with them too). a man with such a love for books cannot be entirely bad! by pp
Dom perignon – karl Lagerfeld
I have been saying this since its launch but might as well put some digital ink to it now. This was perhaps the worst advert ever. what makes it so bad, is not just what it is, because there are more horrific work out there, but that it’s for an amazing product with a great history and lineage, and created by a man who is actually one of fashion worlds smarter men (I know that is not saying much, but without bias he is an interesting man). what could be more cliche and mindless advert than a naked girl in a tub with a bottle of champagne? I suppose a naked girl and an over-sized “magnum” bottle of champagne. for good measures the flower pot in the back tops it all off… and if anyone ever figures out how they poured that glass of champagne please do let us know as the bottle is still corked! It’s really sad to see such a great brand succumb to such pandering, and then run-with-it, just because Lagerfeld did it! I wear his suits and I wish he would just stick to that and give up his dabbling. I mean if an intern had come up with that idea he would have been fired let alone Karl. by dd
