December 13, 2011
Whole show sometimes seemed to revolve around rotary telephones or various novelty communication devices. When not revolving around unicycles or other things on wheels, like bathtubs. Or bicycle-powered mobile harpsichords or something.
December 12, 2011
Frank Zappa and Mike Nesmith
Update: Goodbye Davy Jones, 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012.
December 8, 2011
Science saved my soul from religion.
December 7, 2011
“Charles and Ray Eames, husband and wife team… They were doing mashups before mashups even existed.”
Ice Cube studied architectural drafting before becoming a rapper.
Thanks, Krista Jahnke for finding this on archinect.
December 3, 2011
McCabe & Mrs. Miller, released in 1971, was one of Robert Altman’s earliest feature films (after M*A*S*H*, That Cold Day in the Park, and Brewster McCloud).
Speech by Leonard Cohen
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Members of the Jury, Distinguished Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a great honor to stand here before you tonight.
December 2, 2011
When I saw this painted favela in Brazil I went through this sequence: 1. Wow, beautiful. 2. How is papering over poverty and structural inequity with a rainbow going to help? 3. I would actually feel much happier living in Santa Marta after the paint job, and maybe it would attract money into the community.
November 30, 2011
A mystery sculptor (all that’s known is that she is female) has been leaving these sculptures made from book pages in libraries and museums across Edinburgh. When the sculptures numbered ten she stopped, leaving this inscription in a guestbook: “In support of Libraries, Books, Words and Ideas… a tiny gesture in support of the special places.” As a mysterious public art piece it has fascinated many in Edinburgh.
November 26, 2011
The composer Laurie Spiegel in her studio. An amateur musician from childhood, Spiegel detoured through the social sciences at university and then returned to music, later founding NYU’s Computer Music Studio.
November 22, 2011
Megaphone speaker by the Italian company Enandis. Why do I like this? I shouldn’t like it, but I do. It’s so wrong for things to pretend to be other things, like early cars resembling horse carriages, or high-heeled runners.
