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Iwase Yoshiyuki
"In the late 1920s, young Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea, he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for "the simple, even primitive beauty" of
ama – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters." "By the late 1960s, they had disappeared. This body of work stands as the final, most comprehensive visual document of the life and work of these divers."
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posted to MetaFilter by tellurian
at 10:45 PM on March 27, 2008
(48 comments)
Retronomatopeya - cute collection of comic book images and language conveying sound and motion. Also see anastasiav's prior post:
Ka-BOOM, the Dictionary of Comic Book Words on Historical Principles.
(via oink!)
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive
at 10:08 AM on July 17, 2008
(11 comments)
Next-Door Neighbor, from
SMITH Magazine, takes a bunch of renowned artists and writers from the world of Indie Comics and asks them to tell stories about, well, memorable Next-Door Neighbor experiences. "
The Next-Door Neighbor I Don't Know," by
Harvey Pekar and
Rick Veitch is worth a look, of course, but personal favorites for me include "
Halloweens Ago," and "
Hank & Barbara." And after reading, "
Dream Train," be sure to check out the
video link of the subject playing an old cowboy song.
posted to MetaFilter by Navelgazer
at 5:40 PM on July 16, 2008
(5 comments)
"I've switched from building my own installations to painting ones I've found".
NewArt Tv interviews artist
Cindy Tower at one of her many makeshift studios in the industrial ruins of East St. Louis, where she's covertly creating paintings as part of her
Workplace Series. "We need to find a way to
sell more paintings so I can hire you full time", she tells her bodyguard, Edgar. Until then, most days she makes do with a dummy.
posted to MetaFilter by stagewhisper
at 3:41 PM on June 19, 2008
(9 comments)
[NSFW]"The following program is in living color and has been rated X by the Vietnam academy of maggots. The purpose of this program is to bring vital news, information and hard acid rock to the first termers and non-re-enlistees in the Republic of Vietnam. Radio First Termer operates under no Air Force regulations or manuals. In the event of a vice squad raid this program will automatically self-destruct." Radio First Termer was a pirate radio show broadcast by "Dave Rabbit," an anonymous USAF sergeant, for 63 hours between January 1st and 21st, 1971, out of the back room of a brothel in Saigon, gracing the dial at 69 MHz and 690 AM.
Fearing reprisal from his superiors,
Dave Rabbit then shut
Radio First Termer down and, after returning to the States, went back to living a normal life. 34 years later, while helping his son on a homework assignment,
Dave came across old recordings of his show. He's since revived
his old persona via
podcast, and has also brought Radio First Termer back to the warzone--
to Baghdad, Iraq.
posted to MetaFilter by not_on_display
at 6:13 PM on June 11, 2008
(11 comments)
The opening shots of 1920s New York City are wonderful, then you get a zany high-speed Harold Lloyd blazing down the avenues, and that's fun to watch, but the real killer is the horse-drawn trolley absolutely
tearing-ass through lower Manhattan, full gallop. Ends badly. Then it's over to San Francisco for one last bit of homicidal vehicular activity with a bus. Well, they sure don't drive
like they used to!
posted to MetaFilter by flapjax at midnite
at 6:53 PM on May 25, 2008
(37 comments)
The
beautiful and
complex culture of the
Dogon tribe of Mali... they
may have had advanced
astronomical knowledge long before their European counterparts. Particularly, their tribe has had a long mystical association with
Sirius, leading some to speculate that their ideas had
phenomenal roots. Regardless of the mystery, the tribe is also well known for it's amazing
masks and intricate
art.
posted to MetaFilter by moonbird
at 7:02 PM on October 20, 2003
(9 comments)
The editor of the New York Times Book Review asks
"do others have favorite signature passages in books they love — a sentence or two that seem to convey the essence of a complex, beautiful work?" after giving his own example from
To The Finland Station. Hundreds respond, often with some wonderful passages (as well as some not so wonderful ones). Any examples from the hive mind?
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah
at 9:18 PM on March 9, 2008
(159 comments)
Haruki Murakami doesn't do many interviews. However, he granted one to a University of Hawaii journalism student and it was published in the January 2007 issue of GQ Korea. The text has been translated by the blog owner.
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4
posted to MetaFilter by spec80
at 8:44 AM on February 1, 2008
(25 comments)
Songs about dying
posted to Ask Metafilter by Doohickie
at 2:51 PM on February 1, 2008
(99 comments)
What are the marks of a true professional?
posted to Ask Metafilter by PinkButterfly
at 12:27 PM on January 22, 2008
(40 comments)
Dear Mr. Rumpole: Thank you for your campaign contribution of $25. Please enjoy our $50 worth of mailings regarding why you should give us more money.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Horace Rumpole
at 10:50 AM on November 14, 2007
(25 comments)
Poetry about secrets, hidden things, hiding places?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Staggering Jack
at 7:16 PM on May 11, 2007
(19 comments)
How can I most practically improve my speaking voice? In everyday conversation I often mumble, slur words or speak too fast. I am not looking on ways to become a better public speaker, but to improve the articulation and speech patterns of everyday conversation.
posted to Ask Metafilter by geoff.
at 9:11 PM on February 11, 2007
(16 comments)
Any tips for hiking safely among cows (and bulls?)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mechantbruce
at 7:02 PM on January 11, 2007
(28 comments)
How can you stop yourself from hating someone?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 12:12 AM on November 12, 2006
(29 comments)
I want some funny and hip holiday cards to send out to family and friends. Any suggestions for a fun online stationary store?
posted to Ask Metafilter by k8t
at 1:03 PM on November 9, 2006
(10 comments)
What is your favorite and most colorful expression or phrase? Speaking about two idiots that we work with, my coworker said that they looked like '
Two monkey's f*cking a football', which led me to say '
They couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery', and as a final touch, which made me laugh, my coworker states '
They're about as handy as a bear cub with a toothpick'. I would love to write a book or create a website with colorful phrases from around the world. What are some of your favorite idioms that you use or have overhead in the boardroom, bar, or barnyard?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jasondigitized
at 7:42 AM on October 31, 2006
(192 comments)
The Enron Explorer
from
Trampoline Systems "lets you investigate the actions and reactions of Enron's senior management team as the noose began to tighten" (through some 200,000 public domain corporate emails) using Trampoline's
SONAR social network mapping platform. (via
FutureFeeder)
posted to MetaFilter by tpl1212
at 5:45 AM on October 31, 2006
(1 comment)
I'm looking for examples of stripped-down bluegrass songs with the kind of eerie/sad sound that gives you goosebumps and makes your heart ache.
posted to Ask Metafilter by empyrean
at 2:25 AM on October 28, 2006
(40 comments)
Now in
alpha beta gamma whatever:
MeFi Music. Built in 12 hours with help from
pb, it's still got some rough edges and features to come, but for now you can upload a song you've written and recorded (this isn't for file sharing), stream it from the front page or from
its own page (where you can also leave comments). You can add things to playlists and
stream those too. And
the RSS feed is a podcast you can drag into iTunes to suck down every mp3 that gets posted. I'm sure there are bugs and the color scheme was slapped together in five minutes, but expect to see things ironed out in the next couple weeks and I'll add it to the global nav for all sites when it feels complete. If you have any comments or questions, drop them here.
posted to MetaTalk by mathowie
at 12:07 AM on June 30, 2006
(351 comments)
How does one prove that all humans see the same colors? Is it possible?
posted to Ask Metafilter by symphonik
at 12:22 PM on May 31, 2006
(82 comments)
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