Epic, genius, perfect. Video in glorious 1080p (select HD button on embed above for full glory). Music: the original's here. Video: the original's here. (via Tim Shey, and Happy Birthday Tim!).... More.
Justin Watt sez, "the latest cover of the Princess Bride DVD has an amazing ambigram." Indeed it does -- a suitably awesome cover for one of the finest movies ever made.
Do you know what an ambigram is?,
Princess Bride DVD
(Thanks, Justin!)... More.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's As It Happens radio show covers the story of Amy Goodman's recent' border crossing into Canada. Goodman -- host of the US public radio show Democracy Now! -- was coming to Canada to give a speech at a library, and Canadian border guards questioned her intensel... More.
Invented in 1967, the Dübreq Stylophone is a small synthesizer played by touching a built-in stylus to the metal keyboard. It was famously used on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Kraftwerk's "Pocket Calculator." I just spotted it in Restoration Hardware's catalog for $29. I was slightly surprise... More.
Here's a superb essay on the other DRM problem -- DRM isn't only bad for fair use, it's also a disaster for innovation, because it forecloses on the possibility of disruptive new technologies (you can only build on DRM with permission from the DRM maker; no DRM maker is going to authorize a disrupti... More.
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I know art folks might shoot me for this -- but I see a bit of -- oh gawd I'm sorry, I don't mean this how it might sound -- a Jeff Koons influence.
That is, if Jeff Koons work wasn't as, oh geez, I shouldn't start. Really. I don't have the artgeek cred for it.
Anyhoo, There's a touch of Edward Gorey here too in spirit, at least.
Jan Steen's paintings didn't have that sence of ominous foreboding (Gorey) and (crap, here I go) porcelain sparse surrealness (Koons) that these compositions offer.
That all being said, I like these quite a bit. They make me stop and breathe and stare.
I love the way the adults are more-or-less trivialized: relegated to the background, obscured and/or cropped out.
To paraphrase an old familiar line: "It's 4pm, do you know where your parents are?"
It looks like realism to me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to pull a child out of a woodstove.
I love it. alot.
The Mind games series reminds me massively of Sally Mann, beautiful stark, natural images that really capture childhood with all the blood and tears and awkward questions.
I will treasure this.
it's great but... "a home in glorious chaos"? If I could have things looking that mellow around here I'd be THRILLED
Nanner, you beat me to it! The pictures are beautiful, but seem peaceful from where I sit. My boys would be blurred streaks.
And let's not forget the total lack of volume controls.
“Een huishouden van Jan Steen”, heehee… I grew up in one, and I can tell you this ain't it. Nice picture though. Almost as tranquil as those Northern Lights.
Looks like someone did a naked Target run.