Nov 30, 2012

Je te présente:

      Napoleon Bona-Dolly Parton! I've always wanted to see Napoleon Bonaparte in Dolly Parton drag. so.... I guess this is how I've just spent my entire evening.

Napoleon Bona-Dolly Parton (2012)

Nov 16, 2012

Grandpaw

      Hi friends and pals!
      I've been busy digitizing Grandpaw stuffeddoggie's amazing Kodachrome slide collection.  I'll be posting a few daily at stuffeddoggie.tumblr.com


Nov 15, 2012

Goldfinger Brownjohn

      Simplistic in concept and artfully minimal in design, artistic director Robert Brownjohn's title sequence for Goldfinger (1964) is perfectly executed.  What a brilliant idea to project sequences from the film onto the gilded body of glorious 'glamour-girl' Margaret Nolan!  A simple/cheeky idea, meticulously executed + perfect typography + the velvet rumble of Shirley Bassey = quintessentially sexy spy-junk history! His piece is not only timelessly modern and sophisticated, but stands alone as one of the most iconic pieces of 1960's design and cinema.


      SPEAKING of which... One of the MoMA's exciting recent acquisitions is none other than a series of photographs by Herbert Spencer which document Robert Brownjohn's preparatory studies for the Goldfinger title sequence! NYC friends, this collection is being presented in conjunction with the film exhibition 50 Years of James Bond and is on display until March 18th, 2013. The following are just a few of the photographs on exhibition. So beautiful:

Behind-the-scenes: JAMES BOND "GOLDENEYE" title sequence. photographs by Herbert Spencer document artistic director Robet Brownjohn's preparatory studies.  Golden painted girl, the beautiful Margaret Nolan, on exibit at the MoMA. quintessential 1960's design.


Nov 12, 2012

Little Trouble Girl

      Director Mark Romanek's video for Sonic Youth's "Little Trouble Girl" is so beautiful. The combination of 90's colors and 70's Los Angeles topped by the feeling that you're watching the entire thing with your face pressed up to a surveillance TV screen is so perfect. Kim Gordon and Kim Deal (The Pixies, The Breeders) are such languorous beauties!  Their voices and stares remind me so much of the listless teenage musings of the Shangri-Las (1, 2, 3).



      Once, right around the time that we started playing Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, my brother and I spent an afternoon aimlessly searching a large abandoned cooperate office building for ammunition, red and green herbs, and infected zombies. Groping around the doorways of windowless offices searching for a light switch was just about the creepiest thing ever... but sometimes, a few bars of eerie wavering fluorescent light would flicker on and my desolation would blossom into the weirdest most indescribable feeling of awe.
      As I walked around kicking white ceiling tiles and tripping on tangled telephone wires, I thought about how impractical Jill Valentine's outfit was and wondered what the office was like when people still worked there.

70's Computer. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Sonic Youth Kim Gordon in a beautiful 90's shiny orange dress. Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon in a beautiful 90's shiny orange dress with Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders in a green dress. Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Sonic Youth featuring Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders in a green dress in front of an circle lamp. Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon in a beautiful 90's shiny orange dress with Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders in a green dress. Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon in a beautiful 90's shiny orange dress with Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders in a green dress. Black and White. Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
70's Computer. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
70's Computer. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Little 90's alien girl. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
70's surveillance cameras. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
70's Los Angeles office building. 90's tv screen. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)70's Los Angeles office building. 90's tv screen. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)
Kim Gordon, short blonde hair. Sonic Youth Still / screenshot from Little Trouble Girl (1995)

Nov 8, 2012

Wrestlemania 2012

       Sting vs. The Undertaker. Competing for the Worrrld Title!  From the moment I walked into the arena I was a dead man walking.  How can you compete with a 6'10'' undead from Hell who feels no pain??  My foe refused to submit to the Scorpion Death Lock as the heinous Paul Bearer laughed and squealed in my face...  All it took was one Tombstone - and the rest is Wrestlemania history.

the wrestler Sting WCW homemade Halloween Costume - white scorpion bodysuit / singlet and classic facepaint. the wrestler The Undertaker WWE homemade Halloween costume with world title belt
"My sole purpose in this lifeless world... is to collect the souls... of the unfortunate people... that cross me." -The Undertaker
 

Nov 5, 2012

Inkee Wang

      How awesome is the work of Yingqi Wang, aka. Inkee Wang?  I love her prints, I love her colors, her weird people! Inkee, your work is lovely.

Inkee Wang
Inkee Wang
Inkee Wang
Inkee Wang
Inkee Wang
Inkee Wang

Nov 4, 2012

Blueee

      Here's a little fantasma of magical blue undersea watery things:

"Entertainment at the Bar" Lawrence Schiller (1960) men watch a woman swimming underwater
"Entertainment at the Bar" Lawrence Schiller (1960)
Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn swimming in a blue pool
Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller
"Palm Springs Fashion no. 8" Lawrence Schiller (1964), point of view, underwater photography of women swimming
"Palm Springs Fashion no. 8" Lawrence Schiller (1964)
Linda Evangelista for Vivienne Westwood, FW 1995, 90's runway undersea fantasy fashion blue
Linda Evangelista for Vivienne Westwood, FW 1995
magical blue crystals
via meow
blue lava flowing down a rock into the ocean
via meow
Sofia Coppola by Jurgen Teller, Sofia Coppola nude in a beautiful swimming pool bu the ocean
Sofia Coppola by Jurgen Teller
Piece from "Plato's Atlantis" Alexander McQueen SS 2010, details from the collection
Piece from "Plato's Atlantis" Alexander McQueen SS 2010
dark blue high seas, angry ocean
via meow
waves hitting the shore in the sunshine
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