Saturday, June 29, 2013
Before Midnight
Before Midnight: Summer Talks: "Before Midnight" In a conversation moderated by Phillip Lopate, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke discuss their new film Before Midnight as well as their nearly 20-year collaboration that now spans three features. [Warning, the last two links have some spoilers, but the first link does not]
America can, should, must, and will blow up the moon.
America can, should, must, and will blow up the moon.: The 24 best Mr. Show sketches, in order (with video). The influential sketch comedy show is 20 years old this year, but has generally aged surprisingly well (and has been remarkably prescient about blowing up the moon). Topless Robot has a different top 10, so does Cracked. A great AV Club interview with David Cross, Scott Auckerman, and others details how one complex sketch came together.
Time To Get Your Buddy Greg Laid Day!
Time To Get Your Buddy Greg Laid Day!:
Satanists want your buddy Greg.
"We want to sacrifice him," the HSIC (head Satanist in charge) will tell you.
You’ll try to shake Greg awake. He fell asleep on the bar an hour ago.
"Why Greg?" you ask.
"The Dark Lord demands the sacrifice of someone pure," the HSIC answers. “If you catch my drift."
"A virgin?" you ask. “Are you crazy? Greg’s 25. He’s bragged about banging wads of chicks."
"Apparently, your friend doesn’t trust you enough to be honest with you," he says. “We will take him one week from tonight when the red moon burns bright."
When Greg wakes up you relate what the satanists told you, expecting him to laugh.
He doesn’t.
"I just never got around to it," Greg says.
"Well now look what your laziness got you. We have one week to get you laid or you’re going to be sacrificed to the devil!"
"Shit," Greg says.
So begins a madcap week in which you try to hook Greg up with various women hoping for an erotic connection (Greg won’t go to prostitutes as he doesn’t want to contribute to the human trafficking economy), and the satanists constantly show up to cock-block Greg right when it looks like he’s about to get some.
Don’t give up. Don’t slow down. Get your friend Greg laid. The Dark Lord craves him.
Happy Time To Get Your Buddy Greg Laid Day!
Satanists want your buddy Greg.
"We want to sacrifice him," the HSIC (head Satanist in charge) will tell you.
You’ll try to shake Greg awake. He fell asleep on the bar an hour ago.
"Why Greg?" you ask.
"The Dark Lord demands the sacrifice of someone pure," the HSIC answers. “If you catch my drift."
"A virgin?" you ask. “Are you crazy? Greg’s 25. He’s bragged about banging wads of chicks."
"Apparently, your friend doesn’t trust you enough to be honest with you," he says. “We will take him one week from tonight when the red moon burns bright."
When Greg wakes up you relate what the satanists told you, expecting him to laugh.
He doesn’t.
"I just never got around to it," Greg says.
"Well now look what your laziness got you. We have one week to get you laid or you’re going to be sacrificed to the devil!"
"Shit," Greg says.
So begins a madcap week in which you try to hook Greg up with various women hoping for an erotic connection (Greg won’t go to prostitutes as he doesn’t want to contribute to the human trafficking economy), and the satanists constantly show up to cock-block Greg right when it looks like he’s about to get some.
Don’t give up. Don’t slow down. Get your friend Greg laid. The Dark Lord craves him.
Happy Time To Get Your Buddy Greg Laid Day!
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
US Army dirigible airship USS Macon under construction, 1932...
US Army dirigible airship USS Macon under construction, 1932...: 
US Army dirigible airship USS Macon under construction, 1932 (via Vintage Photo LJ)
US Army dirigible airship USS Macon under construction, 1932 (via Vintage Photo LJ)
punkgodyugoslav:ktshy:coelasquid:staceythinx:If Terry...
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If Terry...:
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coelasquid:I’ve been there!! It was awesome!!
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If Terry Gilliam designed amusement parks it might look a little like Les Machines de l’île.WHAT.
About the project:
Les Machines de l’île is an unprecedented artistic project. Born from the imaginations of François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice, it is a blend of the invented worlds of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and the industrial history of Nantes, on the exceptional site of the former shipyards.
Master of Pen and Ink: The Monumental Drawings of Ikeda Manabu
Master of Pen and Ink: The Monumental Drawings of Ikeda Manabu:
History of Rise and Fall. 6.5′ x 6.5′, pen & acrylic ink
History of Rise and Fall, detail
Ark. 3′ x 4′, pen & acrylic ink
Ark, detail
Regeneration
Foretoken. 6′ x 11′, pen & acrylic ink
Foretoken, detail
The task of Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu is seemingly impossible: a blank paper canvas larger than a person spread before him, a small acrylic pen in his hand, and hundreds of days to fill with faintly imperceptible progress from a mind brimming with explosive creativity. Manabu works in areas measuring roughly 4″ square, spending eight hours a day, often for years, on a single drawing that can eventually dominate an entire wall. Traditional Japanese architecture clashes with giant mangled tree roots, while swarms of birds and fish dart through the water or atmosphere in a complete visual cacophony that somehow results in a single cohesive image. The most unbelievable aspect being that Manabu has no idea what the final artwork will look like, but instead explores each work organically from day to day as he progresses inch by inch.
Manabu’s most recent work, Meltdown, which explores the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake was recently on view at the West Vancouver Museum, and next month will embark on a 10 by 13 foot panel in Madison, Wisconsin which the artist estimates will take upward of three years to complete.
You can learn more over at Hi-Fructose, which sat down with the artist for an exclusive interview earlier this month.
History of Rise and Fall. 6.5′ x 6.5′, pen & acrylic ink
History of Rise and Fall, detail
Ark. 3′ x 4′, pen & acrylic ink
Ark, detail
Regeneration
Foretoken. 6′ x 11′, pen & acrylic ink
Foretoken, detail
The task of Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu is seemingly impossible: a blank paper canvas larger than a person spread before him, a small acrylic pen in his hand, and hundreds of days to fill with faintly imperceptible progress from a mind brimming with explosive creativity. Manabu works in areas measuring roughly 4″ square, spending eight hours a day, often for years, on a single drawing that can eventually dominate an entire wall. Traditional Japanese architecture clashes with giant mangled tree roots, while swarms of birds and fish dart through the water or atmosphere in a complete visual cacophony that somehow results in a single cohesive image. The most unbelievable aspect being that Manabu has no idea what the final artwork will look like, but instead explores each work organically from day to day as he progresses inch by inch.
Manabu’s most recent work, Meltdown, which explores the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake was recently on view at the West Vancouver Museum, and next month will embark on a 10 by 13 foot panel in Madison, Wisconsin which the artist estimates will take upward of three years to complete.
You can learn more over at Hi-Fructose, which sat down with the artist for an exclusive interview earlier this month.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Hypnotic Wind-powered Kinetic Sculptures by Anthony Howe
Hypnotic Wind-powered Kinetic Sculptures by Anthony Howe:
In Cloud Light. Stainless steel. 224″h x 104″w x 52″d. Linked stainless disks rotating around a circular axis. Spins in ultralight winds but overbuilt to withstand strong.
Octo. Stainless steel. 204″h x 48″w x 20″d. Linked stainless shapes rotating around a circular axis. Spins in ultralight winds but overbuilt to withstand strong.
In-Out Quotient. Stainless steel, 64 sealed stainless bearings. 16’6″h x 6’4″w x 3′d. Sixty linked arms on circular axis, spins in ultralight winds.
About Face. Copper and stainless steel. 88″h x 62″w x 60″d. 100 individually balanced and weighted copper panels moving in the wind, some free swinging and others articulated by spinning stainless cups.
Kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe lives and works in a rural area in Eastsound, Washington surrounded by little more than trees, wind, and other natural elements that inspire his incredible kinetic sculptures. Howe works primarily with stainless steel which he welds to create carefully engineered objects powered by the slightest breeze. Watching the motion of each piece in the videos above is totally mesmerizing and it hardly seems possible that such an object could be constructed. Many of his original works are available for sale on his website, and you can see many more videos on his YouTube channel. (thnx, justin!)
In Cloud Light. Stainless steel. 224″h x 104″w x 52″d. Linked stainless disks rotating around a circular axis. Spins in ultralight winds but overbuilt to withstand strong.
Octo. Stainless steel. 204″h x 48″w x 20″d. Linked stainless shapes rotating around a circular axis. Spins in ultralight winds but overbuilt to withstand strong.
In-Out Quotient. Stainless steel, 64 sealed stainless bearings. 16’6″h x 6’4″w x 3′d. Sixty linked arms on circular axis, spins in ultralight winds.
About Face. Copper and stainless steel. 88″h x 62″w x 60″d. 100 individually balanced and weighted copper panels moving in the wind, some free swinging and others articulated by spinning stainless cups.
Kinetic sculptor Anthony Howe lives and works in a rural area in Eastsound, Washington surrounded by little more than trees, wind, and other natural elements that inspire his incredible kinetic sculptures. Howe works primarily with stainless steel which he welds to create carefully engineered objects powered by the slightest breeze. Watching the motion of each piece in the videos above is totally mesmerizing and it hardly seems possible that such an object could be constructed. Many of his original works are available for sale on his website, and you can see many more videos on his YouTube channel. (thnx, justin!)
3D Ship Drawn on Three Flat Sheets of Paper by Ramon Bruin
3D Ship Drawn on Three Flat Sheets of Paper by Ramon Bruin:
Artist Ramon Bruin (previously) recently drew this fun anamorphic illusion that appears to be a 3D ship but is actually a skewed drawing on three sheets of flat paper. You can see more of his recent work over on deviantART. (via my modern met)
Artist Ramon Bruin (previously) recently drew this fun anamorphic illusion that appears to be a 3D ship but is actually a skewed drawing on three sheets of flat paper. You can see more of his recent work over on deviantART. (via my modern met)
Tomás Saraceno Launches You into the Sky with His Latest Suspended Installation “In Orbit” at K21 Staendehaus
Tomás Saraceno Launches You into the Sky with His Latest Suspended Installation “In Orbit” at K21 Staendehaus:
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
In one of his most ambitious suspended installations to date, artist Tomás Saraceno (previously) launches visitors at the K21 Staendehaus museum in Düsseldorf more than 65 feet (20 meters) above the main piazza with a taut, multi-level web of netting. Titled In Orbit the giant interactive piece is constructed from three separate levels of safety nets accessible from various points in the museum separated by enormous PVC balls measuring almost 30 feet (8.5 meters) in diameter. The resulting aerial landscape is an interesting hybrid between science fiction, spider webs, neural pathways and cloud formations.
Known for breaking the boundaries between art and science, Saraceno often refers to his interactive pieces as living organisms. In fact, over a period of three years Saraceno consulted with arachnologists (experts in the study of spiders), as well as architects and engineers to achieve the final design for In Orbit. Via the museum:
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
© Studio Saraceno & Kunstsammlung NRW
In one of his most ambitious suspended installations to date, artist Tomás Saraceno (previously) launches visitors at the K21 Staendehaus museum in Düsseldorf more than 65 feet (20 meters) above the main piazza with a taut, multi-level web of netting. Titled In Orbit the giant interactive piece is constructed from three separate levels of safety nets accessible from various points in the museum separated by enormous PVC balls measuring almost 30 feet (8.5 meters) in diameter. The resulting aerial landscape is an interesting hybrid between science fiction, spider webs, neural pathways and cloud formations.
Known for breaking the boundaries between art and science, Saraceno often refers to his interactive pieces as living organisms. In fact, over a period of three years Saraceno consulted with arachnologists (experts in the study of spiders), as well as architects and engineers to achieve the final design for In Orbit. Via the museum:
This floating spatial configuration becomes an oscillating network of relationships, resonances, and synchronous communication. When several people enter the audacious construction simultaneously, their presence sets it into motion, altering the tension of the steel wires and the intervals between the three meshwork levels. Visitors can coordinate their activities within the space, and are able – not unlike spiders in a web – to perceive space through the medium of vibration. Saraceno himself speaks of a new hybrid form of communication.The installation opened to the public starting today. To enter In Orbit patrons must be at least 12 years old and are asked to wear special grip-soled footwear while traversing the webbing. You can read much more over on Art Daily. All imagery courtesy K21 Staendehaus.
The Ingenues, an all-girls band and vaudeville act, serenading...
The Ingenues, an all-girls band and vaudeville act, serenading...: 
The Ingenues, an all-girls band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether the cows would give more milk to the soothing strains of music, 1930 (via Vintage Photo LJ)
The Ingenues, an all-girls band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether the cows would give more milk to the soothing strains of music, 1930 (via Vintage Photo LJ)
Shoelace is ready to march- elves, assemble! #SolsticeParade
Shoelace is ready to march- elves, assemble! #SolsticeParade: 
Shoelace is ready to march- elves, assemble! #SolsticeParade
Shoelace is ready to march- elves, assemble! #SolsticeParade
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Closure, Celebration, Moving On: Bat Country’s Last Hurrah
Closure, Celebration, Moving On: Bat Country’s Last Hurrah:
Bat Country’s album-release/last hurrah is tomorrow at Columbia City Theater. With the Mongrel Jews, Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Bakelite 78, and Jason Webley. 8 pm, $10
Among the victims of last year’s tragic and infamous Café Racer shootings was “Meshugunah Joe” Albanese, an underground punk renaissance man and icon of Seattle’s neo-cabaret scene. Joe was a pivotal member in many projects and bands, including the Nu Klezmer Army, God’s Favorite Beefcake, the Circus Contraption Band, and an eight-member ensemble called Bat Country that includes Melissa Cerise-Bullock, who co-founded the band with Mikey Sellars in 2006, and Bill Cerise-Bullock, her husband.
The release performance of Bat Country’s farewell album, Love is the Only Engine of Survival, is tomorrow at Columbia City Theater. With tracks like “Knockin On My Coffin” and “God Better Watch His Back,” the 12-track work is appropriately described as “Doom-Americana”—powerful, florid, poetic—a growling dark carnival of gallows humor that delights and sometimes disturbs. I spoke with Bill and Melissa via email.
What is your ultimate goal in releasing Love is the Only Engine of Survival?
This album exists because we had to find some way to honor Joe and his immense musical talent, and to honor what we all created with him and let that live on. We are all immensely proud of this album. In the aftermath of what happened, in the wake of losing Joe, our mission was to make this album into something beautiful—as much of a eulogy for Joe and the band as it could possibly be, in terms of quality and presentation—and making that available to as many people as possible. This album has become something between a beautiful baby to deliver and a demon to exorcise.
Continue reading »
- Courtesy Bat Country
- "This album has become something between a beautiful baby to deliver and a demon to exorcise."
Bat Country’s album-release/last hurrah is tomorrow at Columbia City Theater. With the Mongrel Jews, Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Bakelite 78, and Jason Webley. 8 pm, $10
Among the victims of last year’s tragic and infamous Café Racer shootings was “Meshugunah Joe” Albanese, an underground punk renaissance man and icon of Seattle’s neo-cabaret scene. Joe was a pivotal member in many projects and bands, including the Nu Klezmer Army, God’s Favorite Beefcake, the Circus Contraption Band, and an eight-member ensemble called Bat Country that includes Melissa Cerise-Bullock, who co-founded the band with Mikey Sellars in 2006, and Bill Cerise-Bullock, her husband.
The release performance of Bat Country’s farewell album, Love is the Only Engine of Survival, is tomorrow at Columbia City Theater. With tracks like “Knockin On My Coffin” and “God Better Watch His Back,” the 12-track work is appropriately described as “Doom-Americana”—powerful, florid, poetic—a growling dark carnival of gallows humor that delights and sometimes disturbs. I spoke with Bill and Melissa via email.
What is your ultimate goal in releasing Love is the Only Engine of Survival?
This album exists because we had to find some way to honor Joe and his immense musical talent, and to honor what we all created with him and let that live on. We are all immensely proud of this album. In the aftermath of what happened, in the wake of losing Joe, our mission was to make this album into something beautiful—as much of a eulogy for Joe and the band as it could possibly be, in terms of quality and presentation—and making that available to as many people as possible. This album has become something between a beautiful baby to deliver and a demon to exorcise.
Continue reading »
Friday, June 14, 2013
Get Lucky reimagined for every decade since the 1920s
Get Lucky reimagined for every decade since the 1920s:
This is great...Daft Punk's Get Lucky as it would have sounded in every decade from the 1920s to the 2020s.
This is what singles should be from now on...you get the original song, a 30s jazz version of the song, a 1800s classical version, an 80s new wave version, and so on.
Tags: Daft Punk music remix video
This is great...Daft Punk's Get Lucky as it would have sounded in every decade from the 1920s to the 2020s.
This is what singles should be from now on...you get the original song, a 30s jazz version of the song, a 1800s classical version, an 80s new wave version, and so on.
Tags: Daft Punk music remix video
All of the rivers
All of the rivers:
Perhaps inspired by All Streets, Ben Fry's map of all the streets in the US, Nelson Minar built a US map out of all the rivers in the country.
Minar put all the data and files he used up on Github so you can make your own version.
Tags: Ben Fry maps Nelson Minar USA
Perhaps inspired by All Streets, Ben Fry's map of all the streets in the US, Nelson Minar built a US map out of all the rivers in the country.
Minar put all the data and files he used up on Github so you can make your own version.
Tags: Ben Fry maps Nelson Minar USA
A Massive Rotating Supercell Filmed Near Booker, Texas by Mike Olbinski
A Massive Rotating Supercell Filmed Near Booker, Texas by Mike Olbinski:
On June 3rd of this year after four years of trying, Arizona photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski finally got the shot he’d been searching for: the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell. After four trips to the central plains since 2010, Oblinski and friend Andy Hoeland were tracking storms in northern Texas last week when they spotted this unbelievable cloud formation. The duo were actually forced to drive right through the storm system (which didn’t spawn a tornado) to obtain this unworldly footage that might as well have been shot on Jupiter, but in the end it was all worth it. Make sure to view it in HD, full-screen, and you can read more about the once-in-a-lifetime encounter over on his blog. (via vimeo)
Update: Olbinski is offering the photo above as a print.
On June 3rd of this year after four years of trying, Arizona photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski finally got the shot he’d been searching for: the formation of a gigantic rotating supercell. After four trips to the central plains since 2010, Oblinski and friend Andy Hoeland were tracking storms in northern Texas last week when they spotted this unbelievable cloud formation. The duo were actually forced to drive right through the storm system (which didn’t spawn a tornado) to obtain this unworldly footage that might as well have been shot on Jupiter, but in the end it was all worth it. Make sure to view it in HD, full-screen, and you can read more about the once-in-a-lifetime encounter over on his blog. (via vimeo)
Update: Olbinski is offering the photo above as a print.
Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanova
Book Paintings by Ekaterina Panikanova:
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from for five years. She now lives and works in Rome. Much of what you see above was from her second ever solo show Un, due, tre, fuoco at z2o Galleria earlier this year, and if you’d like to see more, check out her website. (via this isn’t happiness)
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
© Ekaterina Panikanova, courtesy z2o Galleria
Artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates densely layered paintings across large spreads of old books and other documents, resulting in artwork that blurs the lines between painting, installation and collage. Born in St. Petersburg in 1975 Panikanova graduated at the top of her class from the Academy of Fine Arts and was subsequently given a studio to work from for five years. She now lives and works in Rome. Much of what you see above was from her second ever solo show Un, due, tre, fuoco at z2o Galleria earlier this year, and if you’d like to see more, check out her website. (via this isn’t happiness)
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