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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 |
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
Promo photos for The Swans
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Molly Ringwald as Joanne Carson, image: @feudfx |
Monday, January 29, 2024
Apocalypse Animated: When the Fire Comes Down
via Memo Of The Air
Art that you can eat for lunch
Because she’s a blonde
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
Drone Delivery
Friday, January 26, 2024
Kim Gordon raps her shopping list
Gun Crazy (1950)
A Refrigerator From 1963
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 |
The Crown Auction
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Image: Netflix- Ken Bernstein |
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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) |
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Worried Mother Cat Takes Her Kittens To a Shelter
Joel Meyerowitz - Dialogues
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Joel Meyerowitz. Gold Column, Porch, Provincetown (1977) |
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JOEL MEYEROWITZ PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS 1983 |
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Doppelgängers
Domestic Objects: Past and Presence Photographs
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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.