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Author: Martin Schneider Archives: 10/2013

North Korean paintings of contemporary China as a socialist utopia

“CCTV Tower with Bountiful Harvest” In their exhibition “The Beautiful Future” at Beijing Design Week a few weeks ago, westerners Nick Bonner (Koryo Tours) and…

Martin Schneider
Oct 24, 2013

‘The Tutu’: Strangest novel of the 19th century?

Its author was a literary scoundrel par excellence, its very existence was long considered a hoax until it resurfaced in the 1990s, and its many…

Martin Schneider
Oct 20, 2013

‘Star Wars’ stormtrooper helmets customized by Damien Hirst and other top artists

“Spot Painted Art Wars Stormtrooper Helmet” by Damien Hirst and “Haitian Witch Doctor” by David Bailey We’ve all seen our major cities, and probably even…

Martin Schneider
Oct 15, 2013

‘Punk Syndrome: How Parents Can Avoid It’: Legendary ‘ABC Afterschool Special’ comes to YouTube

A few months ago, Tara posted a tantalizing snippet of the curious 1987 ABC Afterschool Special “The Day My Kid Went Punk” — asking plaintively,…

Martin Schneider
Oct 15, 2013

Alec Guinness, a.k.a. Obi-Wan Kenobi, kind of hated ‘Star Wars’

Star Wars may have represented a kick-start for Alec Guinness’ career as well as a wholly unexpected windfall when his share of the gross turned…

Martin Schneider
Oct 13, 2013

If ‘Breaking Bad’ characters were on ‘The Simpsons’

Walter White and Jesse Pinkman Brussels-based illustrator and art director Adrien Noterdaem loves to make Simpsons-ized versions of TV and movie characters. Recently he turned…

Martin Schneider
Oct 10, 2013

Foil Facebook’s facial recognition using sneaky World War I ‘razzle dazzle’ tactics

After Edward Snowden’s shocking revelations about the depth of NSA surveillance were published in The Guardian and other outlets earlier this year, wondering just who…

Martin Schneider
Oct 6, 2013

Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Flaming Lips Band bring dada to David Letterman last night

Someday far into the future, the next generation of Dangerous Minds will link to this video, and the hardy contributor on duty then will write…

Martin Schneider
Oct 3, 2013
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