Free dive: swimming like a real mammal

 

the cove a film by jim clark

captive dolphins on z or x perma-grin at play

i finally saw the cove last night, a great sad film. it just goes to show how horrible we are in general. but to be fair to the “evil” fishermen of taijii, i failed to see why the massacre of dolphins is any worse a crime then say tuna? or whales? or wild sturgeon? or sharks? wild horses? wolves? even people or is that called collateral damage? i guess humans are so terrible, one can’t figure where to begin, and dolphins are just as good as any. how sad that even at the end, the few species we (kinda) care about are those that “we” find “cute or amusing”, like little dogs, smiling dolphins, and fuzzy pandas. we are so pathetically self centered “we” make me look like a saint.

anyhow, on a more positive note, aside from making an immediate donation to paul watson – the sea shepherds, whom i had supported in the past and i am a member of, i fell in love with the idea of “free diving”. i’ve been on the case all day. i should say that i have scuba-dived in rangiroa, snorkeled in bora bora, and (not to mention) walked the brooklyn bridge. but this is another world. no tank, no oxygen just the ability to hold your breath and manage your output. just like the other mammals in the sea. it must be like gliding vs. flying. can’t wait to try it… not to mention i want one of those mono fins today! i guess that’s not going pure, but hell, they look amazing… here is another free dive clip worth seeing. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, earth related

15 FEET OF PURE WHITE SNOW

what could possibly make nick cave and the bad seeds any cooler? jarvis cocker, that’s who… released in 2001 this vid still kicks brooklyn ars. and for the youngsters, lets point out where the reference video for “pass this on” (the knife-2003) came from. by dd

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fashion icons: love magazine asks 8 of “the most beautiful women in the world” for their opinions on their bodies

daria werbowy 26 krakow poland
do you like your body? no. your body is a…? tool a 12 piece black & decker
kate moss, 35 london england
do you do anything special to prepare for a nude shoot? no.
jeneil williams, 21 kingston jamaica
whats the worse thing about your body? my toes.
lara stone, 25 mierlo the netherlands
do you like your body? sometimes.
naomi campbell, 39 london england
your body is a…? temple… and my job.amber valetta, 36 phoenix arizona
do you like your body? usually. but sometimes i wish i had a more voluptuous and toned body.kristen mcmenamy, 46 easton pennsylvania
whats the worse thing about your body? my legs, i hate my muscular legs.
natalia vodianova, 27 nizhy novgorod, russia
how do you look after your body? like a favorite pet. 

issue three of katie grands love magazine with 8 individual covers photographed by mert and marcus piggott. lovely to observe as an outsider, but pretty sad remarks i must admit… rather revealing of the state of things. by dd

CATEGORIES: fashion, naughty stuff

Adore campaign: karen collins

adore is a cute posh fashion-house based in japan, producing collections we wish we had here in the US and europe. this latest campaign was shot by photographer karen collins using the lovely siri tollerød. very chic. pix from the night skies of tokyo. by mz

CATEGORIES: beauty, fashion

The tunguska event: black-holes, aliens, nuclear detonations and comets

watch all 3 episodes

very fascinating, especially given the knowledge that a comet will intersect earth at some point in the future.  perhaps this will not occur in our lifetime, but certainly within a few hundred years.

the event, known as the tunguska event or tunguska explosion, was a powerful mysterious explosion in 1908 that occurred near the tunguska river in what is now krasnoyarsk krai in russia. although the cause of the explosion is the subject of debate to this date, it is commonly believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometers above the earth’s surface. the explosion registered on seismic stations across eurasia. in some places, the shock wave would have been equivalent to an earthquake of 5.0 on the richter scale. what’s more, is that it produced fluctuations in atmospheric pressure strong enough to be detected in great britain. more recent discoveries here. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, earth related, history, read

dirty




absolutely beautiful piece by brooklyn based designer roland tiangco. sums up everything!

described as follow on his website: “a poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster, the back of which is coated with powdered pigment. this is the first of a series of posters.” genius! click on the images to get a better look

by pp’

CATEGORIES: design, eye candy

tankette table by paolo pallucco and mireille rivier

the little tank (tankette) table, by paolo pallucco and mireille rivier. i saw this coffee table at a friends house and loved the idea and finish so much that i considered getting one. it can be rolled around the house (if the floor finish can accommodates) but it’s not the most practical of coffee tables as far as what you place on top of it but its a piece to be dealt with. ca. 1987-1988 painted metal. manufactured by pallucco, treviso italy. 13 3/8 x 48 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (34 x 122.9 x 80 cm) estimated price $6000-$8,000 as seen at philips de pury & company. by kt

CATEGORIES: design, objects

shane macgowan: ‘i put a spell on you’ for haiti

even though the front page news has shifted, haiti still remains a mess. macgowan and johnny depp took their sweet time assembling and releasing this alternative-star jam that includes: the great shane macgowan, johnny depp, nick cave, the clash’s mick jones, chrissie hynde, glen matlock, paloma faith, and others. to quote amrit at stereogum,

“their cover of screamin’ jay hawkins’ i put a spell on you benefits the dublin based concern worldwide, who have been in haiti for 16 years. depp is mostly charged with looking cool and fingering a guitar solo (that isn’t at all the guitar solo on the recording, but who cares he’s so pretty), the rest lay down vocals on a song that doesn’t so obviously address the state and need of the haitian people through self-aggrandized posturing (“everybody hurts”; “we are the world”, and so on) and is all the more effective for it. seems to be more like, let’s get together, realize our place in this thing, smoke a cigarette, remind ourselves that we can still do a little something to help without being patronizing assholes about it.”

well put. we couldn’t have said it better. track available march 7th. by cdc

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golden


in case you haven’t seen enough fancy, luxurious bikes lately; here’s one in gold and crystals. aurumania’s gold bike is made to order and discretely shipped to your location (wherever you may be in the world) for a mere 80,000 euros. Who said the luxury market was tumbling? by kt

CATEGORIES: bikes

zebras & spades

kate and andy spade’s apartment

margot tanenbaum’s bathroom in the movie the royal tanenbaums

gino’s, the italian restaurant at 780 lexington avenue in new york

in the last issue of the new york mag featuring kate and andy spade’s apartment, there is this shot of the bathroom with the famous zebra wallpaper! i first noticed it in one of my favorite movie, “the royal tanenbaums” and was very surprised when walking uptown i saw the same wallpaper in a very charming restaurant, i was wondering is it the chicken or the eggs, which come first? well today heather clawson from habitually chic gave us the answer plus a nice story about it:

“gino circiello, who although born in buenes aires had an italian father who worked as a chef so after he immigrated to the united states, gino decided to open an Italian restaurant at 780 lexington avenue in new york with two of his friends.” according to the new york times, mr. circiello was a hunter without the means to pay for an african safari, but he reasoned that he could at least afford zebras on his wallpaper. “he commissioned his friend franco scalamandre to design wallpaper depicting leaping zebras pursued by arrows. the wallpaper is now synonymous with gino’s and made the place a ny institution.”

i have also read that wes anderson was a huge fan of the zebra wallpaper which is why he used it for margot tanenbaum’s bedroom and bathroom in the movie the royal tanenbaums. the zebra wallpaper is available from scalamandre. love it! by pp

CATEGORIES: eye candy