July 2010
June 2010
“Please call me at (305) 741-5830 we are moving to Miami and need to get rid of...”
– Ad on craigslist (posted under “free stuff”)
“A mock execution is a method of psychological torture, whereby the subject is...”
– Humans. What will you think of next?
“Landis warmed up the audience with a new print of the Mickey Mouse cartoon “The...”
– Account of the Thriller premiere, from this great article. It’s hard to imagine exactly what it would have been like to experience the premiere of this video but probably nothing less than completely astounding, given the state of the music video in 1983.
Watchstandardgrey:
cameronr:
Ken Lum, “Entertainment For Surrey” (by Allison Collins)
Excerpt from Ken Lum “Entertainment for Surrey”. Originally broadcast November 28, 1978. 3:35 min. Produced by John Anderson The GINA Show, Season 1, Episode 3. Courtesy of the artist and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at The University of British Columbia
This early work by Vancouver artist Ken Lum...
Most awesome spam email ever
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Chris Vibe, and if you are by any chance coming to the 2010 soccer world cup, which begins on the 11th of June, ends on the 11th of July and will be hosted in the Rainbow nation of South Africa, I would like to invite you to join me for a party of a lifetime.
I am a party organizer and promoter by profession and would like to take this opportunity to let you in on the...
“Grenada went into the match with a superior goal difference, meaning that...”
– Shell Caribbean Cup 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary: Did you mean what you said up there?
Ted: Well yeah, I just want you to be happy Mary.
Mary: But I'd be happiest with you.
Ted: What about Bret Fav...re...?
Mary: What did I tell you the first time we met? I'm a Niners fan!
We, the wallpaper →
bobulate:
These wall sized photographic murals seem to serve a psychological function, given their potentially intimidating or banal locations, like dental rooms and laundromats. These landscape murals allow the viewer an alternate mindset to nerve racking procedures or the mundane activities of everyday life.
That’s from Landscapes for the People, an unexpected pairing of romanticized wallpaper...
Public Collectors PDFs →
Wonderful resource for interesting material, mostly of the art/architecture variety. They’re on tumblr too!
