March 27, 2010

Never Quarantine the Past

Found Super 8 film clips reconstruct America from the late 1960s through the 70s. [more inside]
posted by jjray at 11:52 PM PST - 12 comments

Iron Man Abbott

Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in Australia, Tony Abbott MHR, (the alternative Prime Minister), aged 53, is today undertaking his first full triathlon. This had led to a subtle whispering campaign over his priorities, as well as genuine fears for his health.
posted by wilful at 11:48 PM PST - 31 comments

The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk (Yiddish, 1937; based on the 1914 play by S. Ansky.)
posted by Iridic at 11:34 PM PST - 12 comments

Yiddish song of th week

The Yiddish Song of the Week [more inside]
posted by serazin at 10:48 PM PST - 9 comments

Do you like sinkers or floaters?

Ultimate Matzoh Balls is a simple, quick (10 level, automatically advancing) Flash basketball game that may help keep your mind off the lack of leavening in your diet this coming week. And by "your" I mean "my". The Yiddish exclamations for both the baskets and missed shots are worth the click.
posted by yiftach at 10:39 PM PST - 15 comments

Art Myths

Six Myths of the Art Market [more inside]
posted by Mitheral at 7:52 PM PST - 55 comments

Classic VHS cover art across the web.

VHS cover art was the pop art of the 80's. It wasn't till the mid 90's and dvd era that the movie poster or a cast photo would become the cover. Here are my favorite places to check out old vhs covers The Deuce Grindhouse VHS Cover Art Critical Conditon has a great break down by company. Scarecrow Video blog has posts pretty regularly like this one featuring painted covers of Klaus Kinski movies. and this post of horror movie cover boxes. At the bottom of that post are links to the rest of the scarecrow blogs painted cover postings. Enjoy.
posted by b2walton at 3:07 PM PST - 21 comments

The Forgotten Surrealist

Je suis lesbien declares the artist. His legs are encased in black stockings, secured to a suspender belt; his waist is constricted by a tight corset. On his head he wears a veil and a black mask. His fingers press a switch, a shutter clicks and Pierre Molinier, the forgotten Surrealist, is caught on camera forever.
An incestual necrophiliac, his work specialised in Fetish photomontage. An Introduction by Jean-Luc Mercié. (NSFW)
posted by adamvasco at 3:07 PM PST - 29 comments

LCD Soundsystem and their LA Mansion

LCD Soundsystem has released a short series of surprisingly interesting promotional videos for their as yet unannounced album showing James Murphy and collaborators dicking around the LA Mansion where they recorded it (3, 2, 1). The first single from the new album, Drunk Girls, has been released to pitchfork. [more inside]
posted by The Devil Tesla at 2:00 PM PST - 31 comments

cute and cuddly, creepy, or kick ass!

Seven artists and their twitter streams.
Jeremiah Ketnet, Colin Johnson, Jason Limon, Dan May, Julie West, Kill Taupe, and Jonathan Bergeron. (many via)
posted by cjorgensen at 1:27 PM PST - 6 comments

Modern Rhapsodies

Ever felt the need to listen to a piano cover of contemporary hits such as Daft Punk, Justice , the Pixies and Fatboy Slim while watching women dancing in black and white? Well Maxen Cecyrin will fulfil your strangely specific desire. (warning: slightly addictive)
posted by litleozy at 11:34 AM PST - 42 comments

Times and Sunday Times websites to charge from June

"The Times and Sunday Times newspapers will start charging to access their websites in June, owner News International (NI) has announced. Users will pay £1 for a day's access and £2 for a week's subscription. The move opens a new front in the battle for readership and will be watched closely by the industry."(BBC) Some early reactions from other newspapers. Interview with Times editor about the charges. Previously
posted by blue funk at 10:52 AM PST - 89 comments

On America's little magazines

On America's little magazines. "The most up-to-date and reliable lists of literary magazines on the web". Literary Press and Magazine Directory. Category: American Literary Magazines. The Little Magazine A Hundred Years On: A Reader’s Report. [more inside]
posted by stbalbach at 9:43 AM PST - 8 comments

Is Nancy Pelosi the most powerful woman in American history?

Is Nancy Pelosi the most powerful woman in American history?
posted by modernnomad at 9:39 AM PST - 106 comments

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

Stress: Our collective mood - "there seems to be a correlation between stress and lack of holidays. More important, however, is whether a relationship exists between either and economic performance. The data is equivocal. On average Americans put in an extra two hours a week compared with UK workers. Yet both countries had almost identical crises, while lazier nations fared considerably better." also btw: Why Women Don't Want Macho Men (cf. A Theory for Why Latvian Women are Beautiful) & Study Shows People In Power Make Better Liars (The psychology of power or The Duke and Dirty Harry)
posted by kliuless at 9:24 AM PST - 21 comments

A little music

Music from a bonsai. Diego Stocco Flash, auto-music makes music from lots of things. Here he makes music from a bonsai.
posted by djgh at 4:35 AM PST - 12 comments

You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms.

Grigori Perelman has refused one million dollars from the Clay Mathematics Institute for his solution to the Poincaré conjecture. Despite some pressure to take the money and give it to one party or another, Perelman insists "I am not a hero of mathematics. I am not successful at all, and I do not want to be observed by everyone." Perelman previously refused the Fields Medal, mathematics' highest honor. (Previously.)
posted by twoleftfeet at 1:02 AM PST - 146 comments

Bad horse

Good Show Sir - a blog of the worst science fiction and fantasy book covers from the deepest depths of second hand bookstores around the world.
posted by Artw at 12:05 AM PST - 67 comments

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