07/17/09 at 05:14 pm
Richard Metzger
I accidentally stumbled across this clip of Madonna making a very early appearance at the fabled Danceteria nightclub in New York. It’s a...
07/17/09 at 02:48 pm
Jason Louv
Bryan Talbot is the man who invented modern comics. But you’d never know, because he’s one of the most unsung artists in the field....
07/17/09 at 01:59 pm
Bradley Novicoff
While I was never a fan of Anthony Minghella, or his limp entry in the Ripley sweepstakes (for some truly great Ripley action see this, or...
07/17/09 at 11:16 am
Bradley Novicoff
Can “firing up the imagination” be a bad thing? When you’re young, autistic and, oh, scared shitless by UFOs, I’m afraid the answer is...
07/17/09 at 10:59 am
Richard Metzger
Interesting essay about the “lost” patents and inventions of Buckminster Fuller: Buckminster Fuller sought patents for his works to...
07/17/09 at 10:33 am
Richard Metzger
First glimpse at the wonderful toys from Spike Jonze’s film adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are.” These look great. So does the...
07/16/09 at 11:38 pm
Jason Louv
Check out this “credit card commercial” from Derek Jarman’s “The Garden” (1990). Sums up our current situation rather well?
07/16/09 at 08:20 pm
Tara McGinley
Um, wow! Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco says: In the garden of my house there’s a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks...
07/16/09 at 08:15 pm
Bradley Novicoff
What with the acclaimed release of Brad Gooch’s long-in-the-works biography, and Criterion’s recent reissuing of John Huston’s WIse...
07/16/09 at 06:58 pm
Jason Louv
Recent discovery and obsession: The late sixties Vancouver, British Colombia band The Poppy Family. Imagine the Mamas and the Papas if they’d...
07/16/09 at 06:32 pm
Tara McGinley
I adore the website COLOURlovers.com and their magnificent color blog. I often discover artists, find color insipration, new color trends and...
07/16/09 at 05:00 pm
Richard Metzger
Witness “The Spectrum” a fantastically psychedelic carnival fun house designed by Keith Albarn (father of Damon Albarn, a man considered a...
07/16/09 at 04:59 pm
Jason Louv
This scene from the Bollywood flick Tu Hi Durga Tu Hi Kaali strikes fear into the hearts of demons and skeezy men everywhere. I love...
07/16/09 at 01:53 pm
Richard Metzger
Beautiful, erotic, phantasmagoric, the films of Kenneth Anger are a national treasure. Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Marianne Faithfull, Anton...
07/16/09 at 10:19 am
Tara McGinley
My husband found this curious poster taped on a telephone pole in Los Angeles. I’m not exactly sure what this fellow wants, other than to...
07/16/09 at 09:35 am
Richard Metzger
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
07/16/09 at 01:41 am
Jason Louv
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Jon Saemundur Audarson: in Reykjavik, Iceland (after the economy collapsed, but before the government...
07/16/09 at 12:00 am
Richard Metzger
I remember vividly when this cover story from New York magazine originally appeared just three weeks after Andy Warhol died. As a New Yorker...
07/15/09 at 02:04 pm
Tara McGinley
Three cheers to Jolis Paons for designing this absolutely beautiful and clever paper dress. Jolis says:For my Creative Processes class I...