January 2010
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Moustaches of the world ukes from Xylocopa
via stickers and donuts
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ordinary standards do not apply
“On January 4th, 1943, Slovenian-American author Louis Adamic wrote the heartfelt letter above to ex-President of the United States, Herbert Hoover. The letter concerned the alarming treatment and general well-being of Adamic’s friend, Nikola Tesla; an immeasurably important inventor whose impact on the modern world is still difficult to appreciate and who, despite his numerous...
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polymer clay magic by Meredith Dittmar
Eeeeek! These things are amazing.
All images courtesy of Meredith’s website. Nice little interview here.
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BUG 17
UG is a showcase for new music videos held once a month or so at the British Film Institute and hosted by comedian Adam Buxton. Videos are interspersed with banter and often a quick look at the dumb ass you-tube comments that accompany them. I keep a list of the stuff I like for reference, especially as I’ve never heard of most of the bands (e-hem), although this month I did a little...
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the wonderful world of jim tierney
Jim Tierney is studying illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has a lovely blog over here. His book cover designs caught my eye via boing boing.
Spy here for sweeter pics!
he has a real knack for colour palettes and typography, something to aspire to!
i would like each and everyone of his pictures up on my wall.
All images courtesy of Jim Tierney.
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Bill Callahan’s (out of off of smog’s) Tiny desk concert, July 2009
via All song’s considered
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what are you going to do with 390 photographs of...
I don’t know. But it seemed the thing to do in that first week in January 1964, and I got two other people to join me. One of them wants to remain anonymous, and that’s all right.
I think we were still in shock over President Kennedy’s assassination. Perhaps that had something to do with all those photographs of Christmas trees.
The Christmas of 1963 looked terrible, illuminated by all...
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a nice little letter of encouragment from John... →
to an aspiring cartoonist…
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tunes for a January afternoon
for best results add coffee.
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i heart berkley illustration
via letsshare.typepad.com
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On the Art of Wearing Clothes
When my first serious girlfriend in New York and I were together, we decided to have a date night at this little restaurant in the West Village. I did the usual, checked to see if we still had reservations, re-pressed my new Thom Browne button up shirt and did a last minute check on the weather.
“40% chance of rain.” I told her, “Should we bring an umbrella just in case?”
She assured me it...
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Shadows on parade - Laura Gibson
I only discovered this lovely lady right at the end of the year and missed seeing her play just up the road from me. Here’s hoping she visits again very very soon.
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