Archive for July, 2008
Currently obsessed with…
Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein.
Such a great story! And told so well, especially considering Mrs Shelley was only 19 years old when she wrote it.
I’m dying to get my hands on a copy of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1994 Frankenstein movie (featuring Kenneth Branagh as Victor, Robert De Niro as the Creature, and Helena Bonham Carter [...]
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Treasures
Today, at the local flea market, I found this 1942 copy of Albert Camus‘ L’Étranger (The Stranger), printed by my favorite publishing house of all time: Éditions Gallimard.
It smells really old and musty, and the pages are printed on beautiful heavy, grainy stock… I’ve always loved this book, so to find it bound beneath Gaston [...]
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raven
something silly i made today… uhhh
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PIXEL DISCO
CAUTION: if you like Justice; if you like 8-Bit music… proceed with care! You might drop dead when you hear about this, it’s possible.
A certain Mr. Walid Dhaloumi alias “2080” has remixed Justice’s album, † (pronounced “Cross”). What’s so exciting about that, you ask? Well let me tell you.
This remix is super special crazy cool [...]
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prom dates LOL
This is so amazing, I’m considering getting it tattooed on my face.
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Ice cream
We’re well and truly into July now, and man is it hottt here in Geneva! I made this ice cream cone yesterday in an (vain) effort to cool off… It’s part of an ongoing series I’m working on using colorful balls (hehehe balls). So here’s to summer time! Enjoy.
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Western Spaghetti by PES
PES‘ latest animation short is super creative, and so much fun to watch! So without further ado, I leave you with the stop-motion masterpiece, “Western Spaghetti.”
(If you liked this video, head on over to www.eatpes.com for more PES magic)
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Chrissie Abbott
I love this print! Chrissie Abbott has made some great work, I recommend taking a look at her website if you have a minute.
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LARARAMA
A couple of great shots from the flickrstream of LARARAMA…
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When art imitates life…
Ahhh! This is cool! An artist by the name of Kelly Goeller set up her “Pixel Pour” installation on 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues sometime back in April (I missed the boat, apparently). It has since been removed, but her great idea lives on…
I hope she – or anyone, really – makes more [...]
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