Via Memo Of The Air
Monday, January 31, 2022
How to Build an Igloo
This 1949 film by Douglas Wilkinson shows two Inuit men making an igloo in just an hour and a half using only snow and a knife.
Read more: NFB
Functional Miniature Tools
Enos Camare makes tiny tools like this functional Makita circular saw, 1:12 scale , 3D printed.
How and Why George Harrison Formed The Traveling Wilburys
In 1988 George Harrison put together an incredible group of musicians to meet a musical obligation. Director Willy Smax made a documentary about the experience.
via Memo Of The Air
Vintage Coney Island Sideshows
These shows were not for the faint of heart.
"We don't want you ladies to feel for one moment that you're going to a Sunday school picnic. We don't want any trouble and furthermore we don't give anybody their money back"
Sunday, January 30, 2022
On This Day In 1972
50 years ago British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians, killing 14, during a protest march in Derry against internment without trial. One former British soldier was charged in 2019 in the killing of two of the protesters and the injury of four others. But prosecutors decided last year not to proceed with the case because there was no longer a prospect of conviction.
It's red , it smells, it's often picked in the garden…
Mr. Nag and I doing the crossword puzzle every morning.
Niagara Falls Collapse
This is very dramatic. 185,000 tons of rock crashed down to the bottom of the Falls.
via FaceBook pal Hal
Sunday Links
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| Pavilion in Grove Hall Park, Bow, by Harold Steggles |
This article (image above) is about The East London Group and the role photography played in their work. I am a fan of the ELG and have a number of their prints that I treasure.
Beautiful drone photography: Dimitar Karanikolov on Instagram
'I hate everybody including you' The art of saying no.
History of Mathematics Project A virtual interactive exhibit being developed for the National Museum of Mathematics in New York City.
Lou Reed, Rock Critic: Reed’s opinions on a variety of rock acts and countercultural figures of the 1960s and 70s.
I can't decide if this is sad or funny: Reverse mermaid performance (Thanks Bruce)
I generally prefer my food sans luminescence but this Glow-in-the-Dark Sushi Bar looks kind of cool.
From the 'What A Crazy World We Live In' files: National Butterfly Center Closes Due to Conspiratorial QAnon Threats (Thanks Bruce!)
Thunder was his engine and white lightning was his load. And this is why Robert Mitchum never had a singing career.
Bee bricks in Brighton A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees.
How not to cook pasta: I spent 13 hours trying to make mac and cheese in a bag. It was a disaster.
Got that paperwork ready, Fred? Fred's Office
First posted here in 2009 and still very funny: The world's best passenger complaint letter?
The draconian editorial philosophy of Edwin Stryker: 'Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were “killed”. Erica X Eisen examines the history behind this hole-punched archive and the unknowable void at its center.'
What is Impressionism? “Before impressionism, landscapes in art were often imaginary, perfect landscapes painted in the studio. The impressionists changed all that.”
Before the iPod: Man-From-Mars Radio Hat
And I'll leave you with this gem: My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps…In this curious video the Teletubbies meet up with the Black Eyed Peas (via Das Kraftfuttermischwerk)
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Mixtape
I first posted this goodie by Luke Snellin 12 years ago. I'm posting it again because most of use could use a little sweetness now and again.
Best Art Vinyl Award 2021
Brighton artist, Paul Phillips has won the Best Art Vinyl 2021 Award for his record cover design for Villagers’ fifth studio album cover for Fever Dreams. The interchangeable design offers three sleeves with interlinking artwork and was voted for by the public.
Some Saturday Silliness
Two guys at a picnic indulge in a bit of clever wordplay.
Via 3 Quarks Daily
Homemade Star Tours
This dad went to a lot of effort to make his daughter's birthday one to remember.
(Thanks Bruce)
Friday, January 28, 2022
The King Of Fish And Chips
Haddon Salt's once-thriving restaurant chain H Salt Esq became the fast-food empire that never quite was.
via Aeon Videos
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Japanese Breakfast - Nobody Sees Me Like You Do
A few weeks I ago I posted a track by David Byrne & Yo La Tengo from Ocean Child, a new Yoko Ono tribute album. Here is another track, this one a Japanese Breakfast cover of Nobody Sees Me Like You Do.
Via COOL HUNTING
The Rescue
Trailer for a movie about the daring 2018 rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. This was a big story at the time and I remember following it.
The full documentary is available on Disney+
via bookofjoe
Jonathan Is So Old
Jonathan, the 190 year old tortoise, has pictures taken over 136 years apart.
Celebrating his 190th birthday this year, Jonathan was just certified as the world’s oldest land animal and oldest tortoise ever by Guinness World Records.
Celebrating his 190th birthday this year, Jonathan was just certified as the world’s oldest land animal and oldest tortoise ever by Guinness World Records.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
And So Say All Of Us
52 celebrated choreographers perform in Mitchell Rose‘s chain letter style dance film.
via Open Culture
Get A Cat They Said
Get a cat they said, it will reduce your stress pic.twitter.com/YKniuvrhxF
— Phoenix (@Phoenix__1776) January 19, 2022
Via Facebook pal Hal
World's Best New Building
The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh by local architecture studio Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2021. Surrounded by shrimp fisheries, the building is composed of a series of low-lying pavilions that are made from locally sourced brick and interspersed with courtyards.
Read More: Dezeen
Polar Bears Occupying an Abandoned Weather Station
Russian photographer Dmitry Kokh captured images of a group of polar bears that had taken over an abandoned meteorological station located between Russia and Alaska on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea. It looks like they made themselves at home.
Arctic Summer
Tuktoyaktuk is an Indigenous community in the Northwest Territories, Canada. As ice-free summers have stretched out for longer periods, Tuktoyaktuk’s coastline has become increasingly vulnerable to the open sea, and erosion threatens to render the land uninhabitable.
via Aeon Videos
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Mr. Delicious, fast food chain killing mascot
Mr. Delicious was an aging divorcee who picked his teeth, had an anger management problem, and talked about getting a vasectomy. Using him as a fast food chain mascot was not a smart move. The documentary by Rax Roast Beef (below) was a response to negative public reaction to their creepy animated spokesperson.
And that, my friends, was the end of a promising career in show business for Mr. Delicious.
Snow Fighters by Leslie McFarlane
A close-up of a snow-bound city in 1957, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out. (I grew up in Montreal and the winters were vicious.)
Architecture in Music
Locke Hill Cello Circa 1780.This series by photographer Charles Brooks explores the interiors of musical instruments. Each shot is comprised of dozens to hundreds of individual images, blended to give the illusion of space.
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| The Exquisite Architecture of Steinway |
More here (Prints are available for sale)
via Facebook pal Hal
Monday, January 24, 2022
First-of-its-kind retrospective pays tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s genius
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| Background, Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki (Copyright © 2001 Studio Ghibli) |
See more: It's Nice That
Bergen, North Holland in the 1910s
Flowing Home (Như một dòng sông)
This film, directed by Sandra Desmazières, tells the story of two Vietnamese sisters who became separated after the fall of Saigon in 1975. It has been shortlisted for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Learn more about the creative process behind the making of the film
Vintage Sketches of Japanese Toy Designs
Kawasaki Kyosen (1877-1942) drew watercolour sketches of traditional toys he found in localities throughout Japan. Kyosen left 52 Gangucho sketchbooks containing pictures of more than 5,000 different types of objects including not only local traditional toys but also lucky charms and products specific to localities.
See more: Flashbak
Beautiful Perugia
I miss being able to travel and have been going on virtual walks to try to make up for some of what I've been missing during the pandemic. This 90 minute video of Perugia in Italy is one of the best I've seen.
The Prowalk Tours YouTube channel has a lot more.
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Sunday Links
There is an artist obituary scrapbook at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. The Man Who Built An Archive of Artists' Deaths
Feeling adventurous? Airbnb is looking for someone to live in and host a restored Sicilian home for one year. Sambuca di Sicilia was awarded the title "the most beautiful Italian Village" in 2016. The 1 Euro House
Gustave Zander and the19th-Century Gym Great photos. (via Memo Of The Air)
imagineRio is a digital atlas that shows the evolution of Rio de Janeiro's landscape and topography over the last 500 years. (via Maps Mania)
Turkmenistan Is Closing The Gateway to Hell so see it while you can.
Scantily Dressed Ladies on the Covers of Radio Control Modeler Magazines Via Memo Of The Air
These sand sculptures were made by wind erosion of frozen sand on the shore of Lake Michigan. They look like they could have been created by AI.
Famous Writers on Being Rejected
Our friend Sally the Writer aka Sally the Baker wrote this piece about a bird rescue. It's as funny as she is.
The Instagram account of photo colourist Olga Shirnina breathes new life into historical photos. (Her work on the Romanov Royal Family photographs has been featured here previously)
Living Next Door to America It's loud, like an action movie that's been playing for the last 100 years.
Absurdle is like Wordle only it hates you.
Jelly Tits They add a certain je ne sais quoi to any party.
A Flickr album by Dave Miller of passport application photos of Americans who took up residence in Paris during the 1920s and came to be referred to as the Lost Generation.
Comforting, easy and versatile: Three-Ingredient Pasta
The high priestess of debauchery: Too Scandalous, Even for 1920s Berlin
Weird Things People Experienced At Friend's Houses (Thanks Bruce!)
Just give me plates and glasses instead of these abominations (via Miss Cellania)
ShineLine: Lightweight, rechargeable, radiant.
Images of the Tonga Volcano Eruption Captured From Space
Who is Inspector Sands and why does the London Underground keep summoning him?
This 3-year-old Spidergirl is the sweetest superhero ever!
PriestmanGoode designs accessible interiors for Canadian trains The inside of each train is intended to be an accessible environment for all passengers, with comfortable seats and spacious footwells.
Let Us Make You Fat (via Memo Of The Air)
How To Feed An Eagle Chick
A one-week-old Philippine eagle (Chick 29) being fed using an eagle hand puppet at the Philippine Eagle Center to minimize human contact. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/2vil8yTUTR
— Alfredo Paloyo (@AlfredoPaloyo) January 17, 2022
Saturday, January 22, 2022
This young man!
Y’all better recognize. This child is amazing and has more wisdom than most adults. It’s what’s in your head that counts … not what’s on your feet. Amen. pic.twitter.com/5PDYLi4FQM
— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️🌈 (@LanceUSA70) January 22, 2022
The Museum of Fear and Wonder In Bergen, Alberta
"Even without knowing their backstory, just looking at these objects will let a viewer know that they've had a complicated history or emotions were projected onto them by a previous owner."
DIY Freezer
Монгольский эко - холодильник pic.twitter.com/4kxAmlA3FQ
— Этна (@EtoEtna) January 21, 2022
Flight calls attention to wasteful 'ghost flights'
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| Image: Frank Augstein/AP |
Charles Darwin’s Children Doodled On His Origin of Species Manuscript
When Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" manuscript was published he tossed away most of the original 600 page manuscript. But fortunately he kept 45 pages that his 10 children used to draw on.
Happy Caturday!
The Instagram Account of Center County Library features Horatio, the cat who dresses up as his favorite characters to encourage reading.
via Cultura Inquieta
Friday, January 21, 2022
Why George Martin Signed The Beatles
I don’t normally share anything personal but this my dad from a while back explaining to my daughter he signed the Beatles. Ordinary people do extraordinary things. Great decisions are made for the simplest reasons. “I figured if I like them this much other people might too” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/j4bf96b4zS
— Giles Martin (@mashupmartin) January 19, 2022
Wok Skills In Japan
Don't watch this if you're hungry! I marvelled at this chef's skill and efficiency in his tiny kitchen.
Music Inspired by the Life of Marie Curie
Radium Girls comes from Charming Disaster's album, the Marie Curie-inspired Our Lady Of Radium, a tribute to the young women who were poisoned by their work painting watch dials with luminescent radium-based paint at the US Radium Corp.
' …it seemed like a really good job — it was clean work, it was less physically taxing and paid better than factory or mill jobs, the working environment was nice — and the workers were all young women. They were excited about this sweet gig, and then it betrayed them, poisoning them and cutting their lives short in a horrible way.'
Inuuteq Storch: Who We Are
Meet a young photographer, Inuuteq Storch, who works with found images telling Greenland history from the Greenlandic perspective.
A Peaceful Walk In The Japanese Countryside
Walking around Kamo-jinja Shrine, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, set in the countryside near Kyoto.
Via TwistedSifter
Thursday, January 20, 2022
1432 battle scene brought to life
Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel breathes new life into the early Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Uccello’s influential triptych The Battle of San Romano (c1430s)
Via Aeon Videos
L'hiver après la tempête - Philip Surrey c. 1960
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| Philip Surrey CM RCA was a Canadian artist known for his figurative scenes of Montreal. |
Magic Molecule?
“The cellulosics are in good fettle, and there’s a hint of melamine in the air.”
This 1964 short film was made before plastic became a monster that’s out of control.
Sheep Heart
Some of us are wishing we'd had some sheep to mark the passing of loved ones we lost during Covid.
via FB pal Hal.Australian farmer Ben Jackson couldn’t attend his Aunt’s funeral due to Covid restrictions.
— Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17) January 16, 2022
So instead he laid out grain for his Sheep in the shape of a heart in order “that she could see it through the clouds”.
❤️
pic.twitter.com/k1x0zE5VRa
Sean
This excellent 1970 documentary starred Sean who was 4-1/2 years old at the time and lived with his parents in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. (first posted here in 2011)
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Jon Hamm Narrates Plato's Allegory of the Cave
"Now, what if instead of being in a cave, you were out in the world — except you couldn’t see it because you trusted that the world you saw through the prism was the real world. But there’s a difference. You see, unlike the allegory of the cave where the people are real and the shadows are false, here other people are the shadows, their faces, their lives."
This Painting Took More Than 2 Years to Complete
Lena Danya shares the timelapse of her oil painting “Solace,” a portrait with realistic water which took over 2 years to finally finish.
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