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Thunder Busters (AC/DC vs Ghostbusters Mashup) by Wax Audio
07.27.2010
06:24 pm
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Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.27.2010
06:24 pm
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New Kenneth Anger short film for Italian fashion house Missoni
07.27.2010
06:16 pm
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Rather astonishing news from the fashion and film world. Dangerous Minds’ fave filmmaker Kenneth Anger has released a two-and-a-half-minute film dealing with the fall/winter collection of the Varese-based house of Missoni, produced by filmmaker/Anger manager/Dangerous Minds pal Brian Butler and scored by French composer Koudlam.

Vogue Italia‘s Mariuccia Casadio provides some details:

A man of few words, this fascinating former actor who still takes care of his appearance first filmed the settings for his film “Missoni”: mostly locations near bodies of water in the Sumirago countryside and part of Rosita and Ottavio’s garden. For the indoor sequences, he built a set in the Council Room of the Sumirago Town Hall, a basement room with a vaulted ceiling. The mood of the film and the poses and movements of Margherita, Jennifer, Angela, Rosita, Ottavio, Ottavio Jr. and all other [Missoni] family members are reminiscent of Sergei Parajanov’s “The Color of Pomegranates”, a 1968 film that inspired Anger to create his Chinese box-style storyboard.

Do yourself a favor and go full-screen with this one. And if you’re unfortunate enough to not be familiar with Anger, do yourself another favor and click one or both of the links below. You’ll be glad you did.
 

 
Get: The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 1 [DVD]
 
Get: The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 2 [DVD]
 
Thanks to Ian Raikow for the heads-up!

Posted by Ron Nachmann
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07.27.2010
06:16 pm
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The Evolution Of ‘The Tattooist’
07.27.2010
04:51 pm
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Here we see the evolution of one of Norman Rockwell’s most fascinating illustrations, The Tattooist.

Rockwell often used photos as reference points for his paintings. For The Tattooist, Rockwell enlisted the help of a neighbor, Clarence Decker, to pose as the photo model for the sailor and artist Mead Schaeffer as the tattooist.

To insure that he was getting the details right, Rockwell obtained a tattoo machine from Al Neville who owned a tattoo parlor on New York City’s Bowery. Neville also served as a consultant on the painting.

The Tattooist appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s March 4, 1944 issue.
 
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see the finished painting after the jump…

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.27.2010
04:51 pm
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‘Mama Chula’ Tattoo
07.27.2010
03:59 pm
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07.27.2010
03:59 pm
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Anatomy Of An Urban Thug
07.27.2010
03:14 pm
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Thanks Street Anatomy!

Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.27.2010
03:14 pm
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Circumstances when whipping it should be considered
07.27.2010
01:18 pm
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07.27.2010
01:18 pm
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Christian Does It Doggy Style For Jesus
07.27.2010
05:26 am
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07.27.2010
05:26 am
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Slap Choppin’ Ina Trinadad Stylee
07.27.2010
05:03 am
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Thanks The Daily What

Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.27.2010
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‘We’ll Put Some Fairy Dust Over It. I’ll Piss Over The Tape’ : The Infamous Troggs Tapes
07.27.2010
03:00 am
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Among musicians, the infamous Troggs Tapes is the tabula rasa of rock and roll memes. As band members Reg, Dennis, Tony and Ronnie desperately try to nail a take of a song, they progressively meltdown, bickering, ranting, and collectively uttering more “fucks” than Tony Montana in Scarface. The tapes are claimed to have been a source of inspiration for Spinal Tap.

Here’s a groovy unattributed anecdote which, whether true or not, illustrates the mythology connected to this iconic tape;

Ron Wood was doing some studio work with Bob Dylan and over the course of the gig played Dylan the “Troggs Tapes”. Not unnaturally, Dylan thought they were very funny.

It turned out that Troggs singer Reg Presley was working in an adjacent studio making a demo for a commercial.

When Wood discovered this, he approached Dylan all excited, saying “Remember that guy on the tape I played you? Well, he’s next door right now!”

Dylan says, “Really?! Wow, I gotta meet him. You gotta introduce me!”

So Ron Wood takes Bob Dylan next door to find Reg disconsolately fumbling with a bass guitar.

Dylan, by way of introduction, says “Hey, I didn’t know you played bass, man. How long you been playing bass?”

Reg looks up and with a deep sigh says, “All fuckin’ afternoon, mate, all fuckin’ afternoon”.

Larry Page has posted a transcript of the Troggs Tape here.
 

 
more laughs after the jump

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.27.2010
03:00 am
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You Really Got Me: Kinktronic Mix
07.27.2010
01:42 am
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Electronica remix of The Kink’s ‘You Really Got Me.’ Purists beware, this may strike you as blasphemous. I like it.

Thanks to thriftshopxl.

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07.27.2010
01:42 am
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