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Ekaterina Kondaurova as The Dying Swan. Her version is perfect.

 
Bryan Ray Turcotte, author the classic chronicle of punk rock handbills and posters, Fucked Up + Photocopied, has one of the largest private collections of punk rock-related ephemera in the world—he’s a one-man Smithsonian Institute of the counterculture, truly a maven’s maven.

When I got advance notice that one of the world’s most prominent archivists and historians on the matter of punk rock’s graphic design had made (with Bo Bushnell) a film about Black Flag and Raymond Pettibon , I was expecting something pretty great and… it’s excellent!

It went live this morning. I got the link a little while ago and promptly sat down and watched the whole thing:

On the first episode of “The Art of Punk” we dissect the art of the legendary Black Flag. From the iconic four bars symbols, to the many coveted and collected gig flyers, singles, and band t-shirts, all depicting the distinctive Indian ink drawn image and text by artist Raymond Pettibon. We start off in Los Angeles talking to two founding members, singer Keith Morris and bass player Chuck Dukowski, about what the scene was like in 1976 - setting the stage for the band’s formation, as well as the bands name, and the creation of the iconic four bars symbol. Raymond Pettibon talks with us from his New York art studio. Back in LA we meet with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, about how the art, the music, and that early LA scene impacted his own life and career. To wrap it all up we sit and talk at length, with Henry Rollins, at MOCA Grand Ave in Los Angeles, about all of the above and more.

What’s so compelling about this piece is how filmmakers Turcotte and Bushnell tell you a story that you haven’t already heard a gazillion times before by focusing in on the graphics and how important an iconic logo was back then for outsider kids to rally around, wear on their chests or have etched into their flesh.

In the film, Flea makes, I thought, an especially valuable contribution, because he was young enough then (like Rollins himself was, of course) to have been in the audience and he speaks to how seeing a group like Black Flag could change your direction in life. From what I have heard from a number of people, Flea’s supposed to have an absolutely first rate modern art collection. He’s really inspired when he speaks here.

A production of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. New MOCAtv  episodes exploring the visual identities of Dead Kennedys and Crass will debut soon at the MOCAtv YouTube channel
 

Above, Flea in his Pettibon-festooned bathroom
 

 
Thank you Tim NoPlace!

Sushi Yasuda, an upscale restaurant in New York City, is attracting attention for its decision to get rid of tips for waitstaff. Instead of a line for diners to write in a tip amount on their receipts, Sushi Yasuda has printed the following statement: “Following the custom in Japan, Sushi Yasuda’s service staff are fully compensated by their salary. Therefore gratuities are not accepted.”

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Rick Dangerous (DOS, C64, Amiga)

If you look closely I’m pretty sure the same model is playing both the man and woman.

developed by Core Design (the creators of Tomb Raider) in 1989

Lauren Kaelin sure loves memes. So she started to make oil paintings out of them and notes that her art project called “Benjameme” is “inspired by Walter Benjamin and the Ikea Monkey.” Each of Kaelin’s paintings are available for sale as matte prints for $20 or matte poster prints for $75. These are the perfect gifts for every classic Internet fan! (via)

Opened in September 2012, the Toledo Metro Station was the 16th station built on Naples Metro Line 1. Set along one of Naples main shopping streets, Via Toledo, a second entrance to the station is expected to open into Naples Spanish Quarter, Quartieri Spagnoli, in February 2013.

Designed by the Spanish Firm Oscar Tusquets Blanca, at 50 meters deep, the station extends below the ground water and is the deepest metro station built on Line 1 to date. One of Metro Napoli’s Metro Art Stations, it was designed around the themes of water and light.

In Sasebo, Japan in January 2013, 134 costumed character mascots (known as yuru-kyara) danced in unison to the song “The Beard Dance” by the Japanese band The Drifters. RocketNews24 reports that they were vying for the Guinness world record for “Synchronized Mascot Dancing” and succeeded.

via WTF Japan Seriously

A wondrous paper trail:

Paper City from Maciek Janicki on Vimeo.

via http://techmus.tumblr.com/post/21074883121

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wooooooooooooooooooooooow

whoaaaaaaa

HOLY FUCK

ITS LIKE

REAL LIFE ANIMATION 

this choreography

this

everything

somebody make words

proper commentary i cannot 

uhh?

WOW

I believe these guys were on Americans Got Talent!

THIS.
VIDEO.
OH. MY GOD. 

MOTHER. OF. GOD.

That’s the next logical evolution of the black box trick with electronic lights in clothing. Very sophiscatedly done in this vid.

fashionofthechrist:

THIS song. THIS video. LOVE.

My asshole side is all like, “Wes Anderson much?"

But my better side is like, “Shut up, asshole. I like Wes Anderson."

Better side wins. Because it’s always better to enjoy something.

“You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.”

“11 Ways to be Unremarkably Average” by Chris Guillebeau of Zen Pencils, 2012 (prints available)

via Joey deVilla

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my type of public transportation 

“Why were you late in today?”

“Oh, I got tied up on the subway…”

The BBC children’s program Horrible Histories presents Victorian literature by way of The Smiths:

(Hat tip: Dangerous Minds)

Alejandro Propato / Permanent Sunrise

Alejandro Propato / Permanent Sunrise

Vibeke Noergaard Roensbo / Remind

Phil Price / Snake

Yeo Chee Kiong / A yoga and pedicure diy session on the beach

Brandon Vickerd / Sputnik Returned

The Glue Society / Once (An entire amusement park crushed into a 4 x 4 metre cube.)

The Glue Society / Once, detail

The Glue Society / Once, detail

Last week marked the opening of Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark including sculptural artworks from 64 artists hailing from 22 countries around the world. Above are some of my favorite works currently on view, including the jaw-dropping sculpture Once by James Dive of the Glue Society (previously) who managed to compress an entire mobile amusement park into a 4×4 meter cube, rides, games, prizes and all. Worst. Carnival. Ever. Also of note is Alejandro Propato’s Permanent Sunrise, a colorful thread installation that visually aligns with the actual location of the sunrise over Aarhus Bay. Sculpture by the Sea will be on view through the end of the month.

Jennifer Olivarez has created an adorable crocheted sweater to turn Myrtle the turtle into Super Mario Bros. villain Bowser. Step by step directions for how to make your very own Bowser turtle sweater are available at Olivarez’s website Squirrel Picnic. Previously, we wrote about Katie Bradley’s tiny turtle cozies available for purchase on Etsy.

Bowser, image by Nintendo via Wikipedia

images via Squirrel Picnic

via Geek Crafts, Pxlbyte

cyber-ecco:

holy shit get me shorts made out of this

I think all you had a small idea about fairy tale paintings. But only somebody had the experience to see that in different ways.

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“Parking Tickets Bouquet”, 2013 (Papierblumen aus Strafzetteln)

“Closet Island”, 2013 (Palme im Zug-WC)

“Ink Geyser”, 2013 (mit Diet Coke & Mentos)

“Watermark”, 2013

“If I get 1 Million Likes”, 2013

“Flat Curator”, 2012 (Bieber Pappaufsteller)

Der französische Künstler Mathieu Tremblin war wieder fleißig und hat zahlreiche neue, großartige Projekte im öffentlichen Raum realisiert. Und, ich hatte es bisher noch gar nicht entdeckt, er besitzt jetzt sogar nen eigenen Pappaufsteller von mir…

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