October 2009
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Luke Vibert Does Some Remixing.
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Things I Somehow Feel Compelled To Make →
IF, I owned a “Mid-Century Modern Home” I’d have to make this circular pathway and use very realistic looking astro-turf to fill in the gaps. Then again, I would be subliminally recreating the set of the 1958 french film “Mon Oncle”. That would make me, Monsieur Hulot, venturing into suburbia…disrupting…disassembling.
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Hell Bent For Leather →
“’Hell,’ of course, is the Bad Place, considered throughout human history to be located in either the Underworld or Paramus, New Jersey”. More on the derivation of the phrase from The Word Detective.
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The New Decade: 33 American Painters and Sculptors
“Painting is special, separate, a matter of meditation and contemplation, for me, no physical action or social sport. As much consciousness as possible. Clarity, completeness, quintessence, quiet. No noise, no schmutz, no schmerz, no fauve Schwärmerei. Perfection, passiveness, consonance, consummateness. No palpitation gesticulation, no grotesquerie. Spirituality, serenity, absoluteness,...
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“People in this town drink too much coffee. They’re jumpy all the time”
– “A New Lifestyle” by James Tate
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Roger Ebert's U.S. Health Care Commentary →
” I am told we cannot trust the government. I believe we must trust it, and work to make it trustworthy. We are told the free enterprise system will sort things out, but it has not. When insurance companies direct millions toward lobbying and advertising against a health care system, every dollar is being withheld from sick people. When it goes to salaries, executive jets, corporate edifices...
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The Unique Challenges of Art Conservation →
When art patron’s attack or a quick flavorful amuse-bouche. ArtInfo reports on the particular conservation challenges of contemporary art: “As Tony Feher — who uses objects like bottles, glass jars, and sticky-notes in his work — admitted, the most commonplace objects are sometimes the most difficult to maintain. “Nothing but disaster follows me around,” he joked, before regaling the...
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Brütal Legend →
The New York Times review says; “The fetishization of the many varieties of heavy metal is truly awesome to behold.” In this video game, Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black), is a roadie who must use the power of rock to rid the world of demons. The twisted mind of legendary game designer Tim Schafer brings you music, melting faces and plenty of ax action.
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“I left Italy because the ceiling was too low. It turns out NYC has no ceiling!”
– Italian Designer Massimo Vignelli
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Interview With The Propmaster For MadMen →
[Scott] Buckwald spoke with us [collectors weekly] about his experiences as a prop master for AMC’s hit show Mad Men. He discussed what life was like in the early 1960s, when Mad Men takes place, and the lengths he had to go to to source and create authentic period props for the show. He also talked about TV and movie props generally, and his personal experience as a collector.
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“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
– Unknown
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“Well you’re dirty and sweet… Clad in Black. Don’t look back. You’re built...”
– T.Rex Electric Warrior
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What's Really Going on With All These Vampires? →
“From Twilight to True Blood and now The Vampire Diaries, is it vampires that so many American women love… or just gay men…The first question that comes to mind when you see a family-values orator today is, “I wonder if he’s into meth-fueled orgies with male hookers?” And the segment of the religious Right that is not hypocritical has more or less joined the party: An evangelical...
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Lady Gaga Chante en Français! →
VIDEO: “Je préfère le Meurais (comprenez le Marais) car tous mes amis sont gays!” a chanté Lady Gaga dans (Taratata). Nagui n’en est pas revenu! Lady Gaga a entonné son premier tube, Poker Face, avant de se livrer à une étonnante version en français du même morceau. A voir la tête de l’animateur, c’était bien de l’impro… en tout cas pour la position –pieds nus...
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