As premature as it might be, GQ magazine has released its Top 10 list of The Most Important Buildings of the 21st Century. PSFK has the details.
If you like a little more history with your architecture, check out Lisa Rochon's Seven Wonders of Architecture from entries past.
Labels: Architecture
Thursday, September 28, 2006
The Cool Hall of Fame #50 is Fred Allen
Immediately rising to the position of blog du jour for its name alone, If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats hosts an incredibly wide range of rare and sometimes utterly poignant pop culture references from decades past. I feel as though I have barely scratched the surface on this one...
Immediately rising to the position of blog du jour for its name alone, If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats hosts an incredibly wide range of rare and sometimes utterly poignant pop culture references from decades past. I feel as though I have barely scratched the surface on this one...
Friday, September 22, 2006
It is coming...
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Grizzy Bear in Paris
Filmed by La Blogotheque, current favorite band Grizzly Bear performs an acapella version of "The Knife" while walking through the streets of Paris and then retires to their hotel bathroom for a rendition of "Shift". If you haven't checked out their new album Yellow House yet, I highly recommend it.
Filmed by La Blogotheque, current favorite band Grizzly Bear performs an acapella version of "The Knife" while walking through the streets of Paris and then retires to their hotel bathroom for a rendition of "Shift". If you haven't checked out their new album Yellow House yet, I highly recommend it.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Auteurs on YouTube
- Part 1
It is a strange juxtaposition to go hunting for clips of master filmmakers on youTube. But they are there to be found.
In the great democratization of media, a clip from Fellini's 8 1/2 stands on even par with clips as monumental to the history of cinema as Brandon Davis and Paris Hilton's crude comments about Lindsay Lohan's nether regions. That any one of these great film pioneers foresaw this highly compressed small screen fate for their work is asking too much even for such visionaries.
In the end, it makes for an enjoyable evening surfing through these clips. Here are but a few. I invite you to add more via the comments.
The trailer for Godard's Breathless (with Japanese subtitles no less).
The swing scene from Kurosawa's Ikiru.
Two classic 60's rock n roll moments: the Yardbirds in Antonioni's Blow Up and a great early rendition of Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones in Godards' One Plus One.
Film historian, Peter Cowie talking about Bergman's "Winter Light".
The wonderful Saul Bass title sequence and opening scene of Hitchcock's Vertigo.
And finally, one that always gives me chills with the first strains of the violin, the French trailer for Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love.
- Part 1
It is a strange juxtaposition to go hunting for clips of master filmmakers on youTube. But they are there to be found.
In the great democratization of media, a clip from Fellini's 8 1/2 stands on even par with clips as monumental to the history of cinema as Brandon Davis and Paris Hilton's crude comments about Lindsay Lohan's nether regions. That any one of these great film pioneers foresaw this highly compressed small screen fate for their work is asking too much even for such visionaries.
In the end, it makes for an enjoyable evening surfing through these clips. Here are but a few. I invite you to add more via the comments.
The trailer for Godard's Breathless (with Japanese subtitles no less).
The swing scene from Kurosawa's Ikiru.
Two classic 60's rock n roll moments: the Yardbirds in Antonioni's Blow Up and a great early rendition of Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones in Godards' One Plus One.
Film historian, Peter Cowie talking about Bergman's "Winter Light".
The wonderful Saul Bass title sequence and opening scene of Hitchcock's Vertigo.
And finally, one that always gives me chills with the first strains of the violin, the French trailer for Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love.
Labels: Auteurs on YouTube, Film, Title Sequences, Wong Kar Wai
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Washed up in the morning surf
Environmental arms developers.
Liquid Sculpture.
Print & patterns & more patterns.
Rabbit hunting with Run Wake.
And the return of the Sugarcubes.
Environmental arms developers.
Liquid Sculpture.
Print & patterns & more patterns.
Rabbit hunting with Run Wake.
And the return of the Sugarcubes.
Labels: Art, Washed Up In the Morning Surf
Monday, September 18, 2006
Barely Legal
Photos from Banksy's LA exhibit, Barely Legal.
UPDATE: An interview with the elusive artist over at LA Weekly.
Photos from Banksy's LA exhibit, Barely Legal.
UPDATE: An interview with the elusive artist over at LA Weekly.
Labels: Art, LA, Street Level
Thursday, September 14, 2006
I read banned books
September 23 - 30 is Banned Books Week which recognizes those great works of literature that society for one reason or another has taken issue with. Catcher in the Rye, Ulysses, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, all of these works at some point have been put on trial for the ideas they advance. In fact, 42 of 100 books listed by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as the best novels of the 20th century have been challenged or bannd.e
As part of this celebration, Google has posted a page that allows you to explore passages from some of these classics and get a sense of what makes them read as dangerous to some and revelatory to others. (via Forward)
September 23 - 30 is Banned Books Week which recognizes those great works of literature that society for one reason or another has taken issue with. Catcher in the Rye, Ulysses, Of Mice and Men, The Great Gatsby, all of these works at some point have been put on trial for the ideas they advance. In fact, 42 of 100 books listed by the Radcliffe Publishing Course as the best novels of the 20th century have been challenged or bannd.e
As part of this celebration, Google has posted a page that allows you to explore passages from some of these classics and get a sense of what makes them read as dangerous to some and revelatory to others. (via Forward)
Labels: Google, Literature
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Future by Design
Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.
Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.
Labels: Architecture, Design, Design Can Change the World, Great Thinking
Thursday, September 07, 2006
On Deceit: Noam Chomsky + Robert Trivers
Two legends, evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers (above right) and linguist Noam Chomsky meet for the first time in their respective careers to discuss the topic of deceit over at the always curious Seed Magazine.
Two legends, evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers (above right) and linguist Noam Chomsky meet for the first time in their respective careers to discuss the topic of deceit over at the always curious Seed Magazine.
Labels: Great Thinking
