Tuesday, October 31, 2023
In 1965 a scientist claimed the moon was plasma
Cinta Vidal’s Oil Paintings
Cinta Vidal “Eames”(2023) Oil on canvas |
Cinta Vidal “Hotel” (2023) Oil on canvas |
I’m intrigued by the relationship that people establish between themselves and their immediate surroundings, and now I’m zooming in to find out what’s going on in there - Vidal
Making Contact Lenses in 1948
Monday, October 30, 2023
Le Fétiche (the Mascot) In The Devil’s Ball
Affairs of the Art
This NFB animated short film by Joanna Quinn tells the story of an eccentric family with some weird addictions.
(Sent to me by longtime blog buddy Hanan)
Half and Half
A few years ago Makeup Artist Of the Year winner, Sarah Laidlaw, started a trend when when she made up just one side of model Indiah Lavers' face to show the difference a touch of foundation and lipstick can make to a woman's complexion.
Moon Sizes
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Season Of The Witch
Very Halloweeny. Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & Trinity: Season of the Witch- Live. It was a favourite of mine when it came out. I haven’t had a turntable in decades and finally parted with the album recently (along with many others).
Sunday Links
Woman-Ochre - Willem de Kooning |
Private Collection Did a retired New York speech pathologist and her husband, a former schoolteacher, steal a $160 million painting (image above) and keep it for their own enjoyment for more than thirty years? (NYT Link)
The Sandown Clown Extra-terrestrial or folie à deux? (via Things Magazine)
Dave Hickey on Dolly Parton - a lovely bit of writing.
Can You Name the World’s Five Largest Islands? I could not.
A pair of Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian homes in a Kalamazoo neighbourhood conceived by the architect are on the market. Anyone want to go halfsies with me?
The Silent Treatment: Solitary confinement’s unlikely origins.
Broken Zipper? France Will Pay to Get It Fixed Cheap, disposable clothing is causing an environmental disaster and billions of dollars are lost each year because of under-wearing and failure to recycle clothes. (via Things Magazine)
Historic England is creating an online map of ghost signs I love these faded beauties.
Sleep well my love - Letters of Note Stationed in North Africa, two soldiers met, fell in love, and imagined one day returning home together. Sadly, that never happened—only Brian made the journey. He wrote this love letter long after leaving the war.
Father & Son Build their Dream Log Cabin in the Canadian Wilderness (without a single cuss word) The Outsider Channel has more videos about completing the interior. Thanks Bruce!
More Zombie Icons than you can shake a stick at. And they’re free! via my blog sister everlasting blort.
The evening gown-clad women of Soft-Weve
Are you worried that bugs might crawl into your ears when you’re sleeping? Wearing these Ear Guards might alleviate that concern. (Moving to a place that isn’t infested with bugs is another solution.)
Elevate your wardrobe with the Keyboard Puffer Jacket.
An Egyptologist partially mummified herself to find out what recently deceased ancient Egyptians actually smelled like. The embalming fragrance smelled disturbingly delicious.
The owners of iconic Lahaina eatery Cheeseburgers In Paradise have decided to call it quits in the wake of the recent wildfire.
Does a police officer have the right to search your car if you don't laugh when he asks you if you have any "firearms, drugs, cats, dogs, alligators, and weapons" in your car? Find the answer here
No thanks, I’m afraid of heights.
Experts predict the number of people living with dementia will more than double by the year 2050. People in charge of dementia care are looking to places like The Hogeweyk in the Netherlands, where people with dementia can live as normally as possible, until the very end, as a model for how to do things differently. Read more
Take a walk through the Woods Of Despair, best watched alone in the dark on Halloween. (repost)
Saturday, October 28, 2023
The Black Gold Tapestry
The Black Gold Tapestry is 67 metres of wonderment by visual artist and embroiderist Sandra M Sawatzky that tells the story of oil from the age of dinosaurs to our utter dependence on fossil fuels. Inspired by the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, it took nine years to complete.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Cell Worlds (2022)
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Internet Artifacts
Gorgeous Mushrooms
Images: Wikimedia Commons
The Sidewalk Artist
The Sidewalk Artist from WATCHALE on Vimeo.
Living The Dream - Hope Is The Last Thing To Die
The Story of a Woman Hollywood Tried to Forget
At 14, Aurora Madriganian survived the Armenian Genocide and escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Her newfound fame led to her starring in Auction of Souls, one of Hollywood's earliest blockbusters. Blending storybook animation, video testimony, and rediscovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora's Sunrise revives her forgotten story.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Artwork Of The Day
Killers Of The Flower Moon - Trailer
News Item Of The Day: Brownies Gone Wild
Bristol Evening Post - Feb 1, 1978 |
Life Is A Particle Time Is A Wave
Harrods’ £28 Sandwich
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian |
All that aside, the truffle butter was apparently too much even without the mushrooms and left the reviewer feeling a bit sick.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Stop Making Sense
Jared Cowan/American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre (2023) |
While I’m in the groove I’m going to read Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina by the band’s drummer, Chris Frantz.
Ghost Crafting
Who ya gonna call? Mythical discipline enforcers in (almost) every country
Click here for larger image |
The Cambodian myth of lightning, thunder, and rain
Moni Mekhala Ream Eyso is a traditional Cambodian rain dance that explores the myth of thunder, lightning, and rain. It is the most sacred dance drama in Cambodia.
Monday, October 23, 2023
Japanese Playgrounds at Night
Startling Stories
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Patsy Is A Very Good Girl
Sunday Links
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch - the best PR stunt of the 1860s
My mother was born in Wales and her mother used to sing me Welsh songs when I was little. I can vouch for the fact that the Welsh language is a real mouthful.
Don’t Play It Safe
Photograph: Paul Miller/AAP |
Stareway
Loudest purr by a domestic cat (living)
Friday, October 20, 2023
Robotic Kitchen
Love Plus One: Found Photobooth Snapshots
The found photobooth shot below is one that I came across in a cluttered drawer a few years ago. I was maybe 13 years old but probably thought that white lipstick and eyeliner made me look grownup. I plan to sort through old photos in the near future and may find hundreds more of these.
Calendula, a Linocut with six layers
Stan Freberg TV spots
Books you wish existed
via Rusty's Electric Dreams@obvious_plant Returning library books with fake book covers
♬ original sound - Obvious Plant
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Prettiest Gentleman About Town
“I would get out the patchwork and plug away at it for several days, doing terrible damage to my already awful sleep schedule, and then I'd put it away again and forget about it for a month or several. One time I actually stayed up until sunrise working on it, but I was unemployed at the time so it was ok.”
Artwork of the day
Carp Ascending a Waterfall, by Keisai Eisen, early or mid-1830s#ukiyoe #printing pic.twitter.com/7Cr1jYQLGW
— Masterpieces of Japan (@JapanTraCul) October 18, 2023
Banquet Frozen Dinners!!!
Giblet gravy and sliced turkey together in the most significant dish of our time!