a visual collective outlet of inspiration
excuse me francois, if you like me so much, why aren’t you wearing a better tie? by sv
tim etchells: wait here
i’m referring to an english teacher here. by dd
the rapture series
staging the architecture of frank gehry worldwide, with choreography by the lovely and talented noemie lafrance. a beautiful and magical video. by ak
salt sculptures
by motoi yamamoto. if you live in LA, you can see his works in laband art gallery starting september 8. by ak
hunter or haunted?
mister hunter s. thompson in his later, leisurely days. it’s hard to think of him as a young man in the US airforce where he was discharged, in june 1958, having been recommended for an early honorable discharge by his commanding officer. “in summary, this airman, although talented, will not be guided by policy”, col. william s. evans, chief of information services wrote. “sometimes his rebel and superior attitude seems to rub off on other airmen staff members.” in a mock press release thompson had written about the end of his duty, he claimed to have been issued a status of, “totally unclassifiable” which i think could be considered quite appropriate, no mockery intended. by dd
TWIKNIGHT
vampire killing kit in a rosewood and ebony case with inlaid silver stringing and mother-of-pearl inlaid plaque. contents include a black powder percussion 2-barrel pistol, a powder horn and bullet mold, bone handled dagger with crucifix, three small crucifixes, mallet and two wooden stakes, book of common prayer, two small framed portraits of jesus, holy water and four glass vials with crystals. with this in your hand, they’ve got no chance by ars
2012 london olympics: top 20 countries with the most gold medals
a few clear, obvious winners and then some. the US, china, and russia due to their sheer size and probability are easy ones, but then you have great britain at number 3 and korea at number 5 which are impressive to some extent. not to mention, odd balls like kazakhstan-12, hungary-9 and iran-17? mind you, this is based on most golds not grand total of medals, as that would shift the oddities even further. where are brazil, spain, belgium, portugal, sweden, etc? by dd
go read a book
well there isn’t much to read in this one but what a beautiful book indeed. by dd
people who are on the beach
by ak
quote of the day
“love is most nearly itself/when here and now cease to matter.”
-thomas stearns eliot, ‘east coker’
searching for sugar man: an unbelievable story
searching for sugar man
this is a documentary about an artist called rodriguez. rodriguez released two albums that totally flopped in america, but somehow they became a huge success in south africa, without rodriguez ever knowing it. in south africa he became bigger than elvis, he became an icon. everyone thought that rodriguez had commited suicide, there were many stories of how he had done it. so two journalists decided to find out how he really died. but they weren’t expecting to find him alive and to help him unite him with his south african fans so that he could finally have a real concert. for 30 years rodriguez was living in detroit without knowing that he was a superstar on the other side of the world. it’s just a must see this documentary, it’s called searching for sugar man. by wn
the embodiment of cinema
…at least according to jean-luc godard. nicholas ray was a quintessential influence on french new-wave, and a stylish man lost too soon. by sv
