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| Annie Leibovitz: Elvis Presley's TV, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee |
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Box of Broken Dreams - a repost from 2009
A fairytale wooden world
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| Image: Fyodor Savintsev |
In the former USSR, Soviet citizens escaped the urban environment for charming wooden cottages (dachas) in the country. Some of these were very grand, others were no more than sheds. In Dacha, photographer Fyodor Savintsev documents this Russian phenomenon.
All images: Fyodor Savintsev
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Old Kimono Transformed
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| An artwork inspired by the the lone “miracle pine tree” in Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture, which survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. |
That Golden Time
That Golden Time by Villagers explores the idea that, despite our expectations, technology holds a mesmerizing influence over us, akin to a moth being drawn to a flame.
Promo photos for The Swans
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| Molly Ringwald as Joanne Carson, image: @feudfx |
In the 1950s and 60s gossipy writer Truman Capote became the confidante of a group of New York City socialites whom he later betrayed by writing a thinly veiled fiction detailing the secrets they’d shared. Capote called them his “swans.” Feud: Capote vs. The Swans is the second season of a television series which tells the story of these shattered friendships. It debuts tomorrow and Fox network/ Hulu have been promoting the upcoming miniseries with fabulous portraits of each of the main characters, each with a black swan.
See more photos: If It's Hip It's Here
Watch the trailer It looks entertaining.
Monday, January 29, 2024
Apocalypse Animated: When the Fire Comes Down
via Memo Of The Air
Copenhagen 1935 Remastered
Restored scenes capture the summer of 1935 in Copenhagen and the coastal life in colour.
Art that you can eat for lunch
Tokyo-based illustrator Takayo Kiyota makes miniature masterpieces using rice and seaweed as her medium.
More: The Guardian
Because she’s a blonde
From Earth Girls Are Easy, a 1988 American science fiction musical romantic comedy film.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Sunday Links
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The Time Lapse Project (above) by Xan Padron: Human portraits of cities and neighborhoods around the world. via Webcurios |
Spotify has a 70 item playlist of teen tragedy songs aka “splatter platters”
I have deer on my property and a black cat who is a bit of a queen bee. Luckily she is an indoor cat so there will be none of this weird backyard adulation going on out there. (via everlasting blort)
A history of medieval sleeping cupboards and why they fell out of fashion.
The Goldilocks Killer The gruesome slaughter of an entire family that has become an urban legend in Japan. (via Strange Company)
How to talk to your kid, the hippie
Lines from the Barbie monologue or something I’ve said to another woman in a bar bathroom after three martinis (McSweeney’s Internet Tendency)
What a time we live in! Couples Are Hiring Birds of Prey to Be Ring Bearers at Their Wedding (Some falconers advise couples not to use their actual rings, in case the bird flies away.)
I needed some good news this week: Scientists in Berlin announced the first successful embryo transfer in a white rhinoceros using a method that offers hope for saving the northern white rhino subspecies from extinction.
What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?
I just count the laps 99 year old Canadian swimmer Betty Brussel sets records in the 100- to 104- year-old age class in Saanich, British Columbia.
From food to fonts, a good article about menu trends (New York Times)
The Canine In Conversation What does it mean to compare someone or some thing to a dog? This site explores the ways in which references to dogs are used in vernacular English. via Webcurios
Many years ago I added three or four of these to a dried flower arrangement in my home. A few days later I woke up to this . What a mess!
Bears Discover Fire - A short story by Terry Bisson
You can save a few pennies by making your own brown sugar! Who knew?
UN Tourism is an agency of the United Nations that highlights villages around the world where tourism preserves cultures and traditions, celebrates diversity, provides opportunities and safeguards biodiversity. See the full list of villages from 2023 and previous years at unwto.org.I’m pretty sure this guy lied on his resume via Miss Cellania
Saturday, January 27, 2024
How to Finger Paint an Octopus
In this calming video, fingerpainting artist Iris Scott shows us how to paint an octopus using just six colours.
Drone Delivery
DJI’s FlyCart 30 quadrotor delivers goods to hard-to-reach locations. It can carry up to 66 pounds with a range of 9.9 miles and speeds up to 44.7 mph.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Kim Gordon raps her shopping list
Kim Gordon is perhaps best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of Sonic Youth. Bye Bye is a song from her new album, The Collective.
(NPR)
Gun Crazy (1950)
In Gun Crazy John Dall and Peggy Cummins play a couple whose love of crime and guns leads them down a deadly path. In 1998, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cinema Cities explains why Gun Crazy is widely regarded as one of the most influential movies of its time.
A Refrigerator From 1963
They don’t make ‘em like they used to. I wish my modern refrigerator had some of these features, like the pullout shelves that allow you to get at food in the back without moving everything in front.
(via Kraftfuttermischwerk)
Fridge from 1963pic.twitter.com/nEuZI0b73s
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) January 23, 2024
Planned Obsolescence: The Cardboard Bernini
Artist James Grashow spent four years creating his Corrugated Fountain, a masterpiece inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Bernini’s famous Baroque sculpture completed in 1762. He built the extraordinary cardboard fountain with the intention of setting it out and letting the rain and the elements wash it away.
Winter In Aizu
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Tempest in a Teapot
An important statement on the latest tea controversy. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/HZFfSCl9sD
— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) January 24, 2024
You Could Die Of Hunger Before You Receive These Croquettes
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| Image: Asahia |
If you have a sudden craving for Kobe beef croquettes don’t order them from Asahiya. The family-run butcher shop in Takasago City, Japan will take 43 years to deliver your order. Their Extreme Croquettes are made fresh daily with no preservatives. Ingredients include three-year-old female A5-ranked Kobe beef and potatoes sourced from a local ranch. Customers receiving croquettes now placed their orders about 10 years ago and there are currently 63,000 people in ‘line’ as of January 2024.
The Crown Auction
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| Image: Netflix- Ken Bernstein |
Mr. Nag and I have enjoyed watching The Crown, a Netflix-original drama about Queen Elizabeth II. It’s well acted and the sets, designed by Martin Childs, bring the past to life. Now you can take a peek at the craftmanship and creativity behind the show in an exhibition of the sets, costumes and props from series 1 - 6, touring New York, Los Angeles, Paris and London ahead of two auctions at Bonhams in February 2024.
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| Princess Diana’s ‘Revenge Dress’ (£8,000 - £12,000) |
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| 1987 Jaguar XJ-SC 3.6-Litre Cabriolet (£15,000 - £20,000) |
See More: The Crown Auction
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Worried Mother Cat Takes Her Kittens To a Shelter
This feral cat mother in Lahore, Pakistan knew what she had to do when her kittens were ill. She took them to the Animals Cottage Rescue Center where she had received food in the past.
Joel Meyerowitz - Dialogues
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| Joel Meyerowitz. Gold Column, Porch, Provincetown (1977) |
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| JOEL MEYEROWITZ FALLEN MAN, PARIS 1967 |
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| JOEL MEYEROWITZ PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 1983 |
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Doppelgängers
Domestic Objects: Past and Presence Photographs
Domestic Objects is a 2004 project by photographer Rose Marasco. It consists of single photographs and several series of images.
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Text: Florence Burrill Jacobs |
A new book Rose Marasco: At Home (2024) includes selections from this and several other bodies of her work. It is available for pre-order online.
Monday, January 22, 2024
Making gigantic matches
This DIY project by Handy Bear seems like an awful lot of effort to go to just to see if they work. Although it might be amusing to whip a box of them out of your pocket to light a friend’s cigarette…if you had really big pockets and if any of your friends smoked and if you didn’t burn their eyelashes off.
TV series recalls better times in Shanghai
Blossoms Shanghai, a television series by Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai, tells the story of a Ah Bao, a young opportunist trying to strike it rich during Shanghai’s economic boom in the 1990s. The show recalls a time of hope and it has sparked a wave of nostalgia that has been drawing droves of people to locations where the series was shot. A temporary traffic light has been installed to control the crowds and vehicles that have come to visit iconic scenes from the show.
Hanina Ranina
I was transfixed by this video by soviet singer Kola Beldy.
Apparently it is from a 1968 musical:
I remember how my heart, Hanina-ranina,
Quivered (trembled), like a fish on a harpoon, Hanina-ranina,
I would like to fill your boat full of the tastiest fish, Hanina-ranina
(translation found here)
London Soho, 1956. AI Enhanced.
Squirrel Takeaway Window
On her YouTube channel Natalia Morton introduces us to the squirrels who come to her window for the tasty treats she makes for them.
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