Boo hoo. Hummer can't find a soundtrack.
'My standard line is you guys will play a hundred million gigs before you see this amount of money,' Hysen said. 'Usually they come back with, 'We'll do anything BUT Hummer.'
Bah Hummer
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
"Weird French man who makes himself look like different animals with sporting equipment."
Bradley's description of this gem when he sent it to me.
GNEBORG.ORG :: Animaux
Bradley's description of this gem when he sent it to me.
GNEBORG.ORG :: Animaux
Tip: Do not host an all-you-can-drink Martinifest at an art museum.
"It was crazy," said attendee Kathleen Christians, 39. "People were shoving people over. People were getting sick, screaming, shouting, messing with the artwork."
A group of four young men climbed onto "Standing Woman," a tall, bronze sculpture of a goddess-like woman with exaggerated features by early 20th-century American artist Gaston Lachaise.
"They were standing on it, grabbing the boobs, and somebody was just taking pictures with a cell phone," said Laura Collins, 35.
JS Online ::Martinifest leaves art museum shaken and stirred
(Excellent tip, Timmy. Thanks!)
"It was crazy," said attendee Kathleen Christians, 39. "People were shoving people over. People were getting sick, screaming, shouting, messing with the artwork."
A group of four young men climbed onto "Standing Woman," a tall, bronze sculpture of a goddess-like woman with exaggerated features by early 20th-century American artist Gaston Lachaise.
"They were standing on it, grabbing the boobs, and somebody was just taking pictures with a cell phone," said Laura Collins, 35.
JS Online ::Martinifest leaves art museum shaken and stirred
(Excellent tip, Timmy. Thanks!)
Monday, February 27, 2006
Why aren't these everywhere?
Rubbersidewalks are made of 100% recycled tire rubber. The waste rubber from one passenger tire creates one-square-foot of Rubbersidewalk, helping to recycle the more than 34 million passenger tires disposed in California alone. At the end of their lifecycle (at least 14 years), Rubbersidewalk pavers can be recollected and recycled back into the manufacturing process.
Inhabitat :: Rubbersidewalks
Rubbersidewalks are made of 100% recycled tire rubber. The waste rubber from one passenger tire creates one-square-foot of Rubbersidewalk, helping to recycle the more than 34 million passenger tires disposed in California alone. At the end of their lifecycle (at least 14 years), Rubbersidewalk pavers can be recollected and recycled back into the manufacturing process.
Inhabitat :: Rubbersidewalks
Fametracker's Ten Least Essential Spring Films, 2005
Please, heed us when we tell you what falls into the latter category and just stay home for a Law & Order rerun instead.
Please, heed us when we tell you what falls into the latter category and just stay home for a Law & Order rerun instead.
Lightplay.
Beautiful, fun public art/design work using light.
Electroland :: Urban Spectacle
(via the Web Candy newsletter)
Beautiful, fun public art/design work using light.
Electroland :: Urban Spectacle
(via the Web Candy newsletter)
Yay for us.
Now let's see if it passes.
Treehugger :: Wisconsin Proposes 10% Renewable Electricity Bill
Now let's see if it passes.
Treehugger :: Wisconsin Proposes 10% Renewable Electricity Bill
Friday, February 24, 2006
More prefabulousness.
This time, it's on the rooftops of London.
First Penthouse. Specialist Rooftop Developers
This time, it's on the rooftops of London.
First Penthouse. Specialist Rooftop Developers
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Want a house torn down? Paint it orange.
Not new, but still interesting.
Detroit. Demolition. Disneyland.
Not new, but still interesting.
Detroit. Demolition. Disneyland.
Sam's travel journal.
Sam*, an ex-coworker of mine and absolutely lovely person, has a web site of her (and her hubby's) 90-day exodus to Taipei. Beautiful.
Sam, you rock. Seriously. (And I'm saying this from yesterday, your time.)
90 Days in Taipei
*Not to be confused with NY Sam of the previous post. This one is Milwaukee Sam.
Sam*, an ex-coworker of mine and absolutely lovely person, has a web site of her (and her hubby's) 90-day exodus to Taipei. Beautiful.
Sam, you rock. Seriously. (And I'm saying this from yesterday, your time.)
90 Days in Taipei
*Not to be confused with NY Sam of the previous post. This one is Milwaukee Sam.
Distribute your music via iTunes and Rhapsody.
Sam, Kelly might want to check this out.
TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.
Tunecore
Sam, Kelly might want to check this out.
TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.
Tunecore
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Evil AOL.
AOL recently announced what amounts to an "email tax." Under this pay-to-send system, large emailers willing to pay an "email tax" can bypass spam filters and get guaranteed access to people's inboxes—with their messages having a preferential high-priority designation.
MoveOn.org Civic Action :: Stop AOL's e-mail tax
AOL recently announced what amounts to an "email tax." Under this pay-to-send system, large emailers willing to pay an "email tax" can bypass spam filters and get guaranteed access to people's inboxes—with their messages having a preferential high-priority designation.
MoveOn.org Civic Action :: Stop AOL's e-mail tax
This is such a good idea.
YOLO Colorhouse provides a simple way to choose paint color – giant color swatches with real paint. Repositionable tape on the back lets you move colors around from wall to wall, room to room – without ever using a brush. [...] Reuse your samples as wrapping paper, art paper, party hats...use your imagination.
YOLO Colorhouse :: Poster size color swatches
Best of all, they have a gorgeous color palette, and their product is certified by Green Seal as environmentally friendly.
YOLO Colorhouse provides a simple way to choose paint color – giant color swatches with real paint. Repositionable tape on the back lets you move colors around from wall to wall, room to room – without ever using a brush. [...] Reuse your samples as wrapping paper, art paper, party hats...use your imagination.YOLO Colorhouse :: Poster size color swatches
Best of all, they have a gorgeous color palette, and their product is certified by Green Seal as environmentally friendly.
I'm in love with this house.
Just click through the pictures.
[whimper]
andrew maynard :: sproule house
Just click through the pictures.
[whimper]
andrew maynard :: sproule house
Telegraph | News | On the menu today: horse penis and testicles with a chilli dip
'This is my third visit,' said one customer, Liu Qiang. 'Of course, there are other restaurants that serve the bian of individual animals. But this is the first that brings them all together.'
(via YesButNoButYes)
'This is my third visit,' said one customer, Liu Qiang. 'Of course, there are other restaurants that serve the bian of individual animals. But this is the first that brings them all together.'
(via YesButNoButYes)
Happy birthday, Edward Gorey.
It's the birthday of the author and illustrator Edward Gorey, born in Chicago, Illinois (1925). He's known for writing and illustrating many morbidly funny books. His first was The Hapless Child (1961), about a little girl named Sophia who is picked on and abused, sold into slavery, forced to make artificial flowers, and finally run over by a car. (Writers Almanac, 2.22.06)
Portfolio: Edward Gorey
More interesting info here.
It's the birthday of the author and illustrator Edward Gorey, born in Chicago, Illinois (1925). He's known for writing and illustrating many morbidly funny books. His first was The Hapless Child (1961), about a little girl named Sophia who is picked on and abused, sold into slavery, forced to make artificial flowers, and finally run over by a car. (Writers Almanac, 2.22.06)
Portfolio: Edward Gorey
More interesting info here.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Very cool (and expensive) 12" vinyl figures.
Seven Samurai
Jean Reno
Andy Warhol
Basquiat
Sid Vicious
Steve McQueen
Seven Samurai
Jean Reno
Andy Warhol
Basquiat
Sid Vicious
Steve McQueen
Buy a one-cent fact.
A purchase-able fact currently within arm's reach of the Cabinet editorial staff. Only available when purchased at the same time as incredibly expensive item, for example a book, edition subscription, or back issue.
Cabinet Magazine Online :: One-cent Fact
Also fun:
Cabinet Magazine Online :: Evil/Exit
A purchase-able fact currently within arm's reach of the Cabinet editorial staff. Only available when purchased at the same time as incredibly expensive item, for example a book, edition subscription, or back issue.
Cabinet Magazine Online :: One-cent Fact
Also fun:
Cabinet Magazine Online :: Evil/Exit
Cute greeting cards.
I love the collage effect of this line. Each has a formal floral motif with a raggedy li'l illustration. Fun.
Binth :: Blank Card
Binth :: Sorry Card
I love the collage effect of this line. Each has a formal floral motif with a raggedy li'l illustration. Fun.
Binth :: Blank Card
Binth :: Sorry Card
For Bradley.
2800 free-to-download classical performances.
Classic Cat :: the free classical music directory
2800 free-to-download classical performances.
Classic Cat :: the free classical music directory
Nonsense Song
My love is like a red red rose
Or concerts for the blind,
She's like a mutton-chop before
And a rifle-range behind.
Her hair is like a looking glass,
Her brow is like a bog,
Her eyes are like a flock of sheep
Seen through a London fog.
Her nose is like an Irish jig,
Her mouth is like a 'bus,
Her chin is like a bowl of soup
Shared between all of us.
Her form divine is like a map
Of the United States,
Her food is like a motor-car
Without its number-plates.
No steeple-jack shall part us now
Nor fireman in a frock;
True love could sink a Channel boat
Or knit a baby's sock.
– W.H. Auden
(via The Writer's Almanac)
My love is like a red red rose
Or concerts for the blind,
She's like a mutton-chop before
And a rifle-range behind.
Her hair is like a looking glass,
Her brow is like a bog,
Her eyes are like a flock of sheep
Seen through a London fog.
Her nose is like an Irish jig,
Her mouth is like a 'bus,
Her chin is like a bowl of soup
Shared between all of us.
Her form divine is like a map
Of the United States,
Her food is like a motor-car
Without its number-plates.
No steeple-jack shall part us now
Nor fireman in a frock;
True love could sink a Channel boat
Or knit a baby's sock.
– W.H. Auden
(via The Writer's Almanac)
Monday, February 20, 2006
UNphotographable.
This is a picture I did not take of a woman on the subway, beating a man with a large cardboard picket sign (with wooden strut) which advertised (of all things) cancer research and a Wellness Center -- repeatedly slapping him in the face and shoulder with it, while he yelled defense, "you are Satan and you're going to burn in mother*ucking Hell, woman!" as nearly a hundred people (and I) looked on passively, not photographing or doing much of anything to stop either one of them in their public, hate-filled lunacy.
Beat You With the Wellness Center
This is a picture I did not take of a woman on the subway, beating a man with a large cardboard picket sign (with wooden strut) which advertised (of all things) cancer research and a Wellness Center -- repeatedly slapping him in the face and shoulder with it, while he yelled defense, "you are Satan and you're going to burn in mother*ucking Hell, woman!" as nearly a hundred people (and I) looked on passively, not photographing or doing much of anything to stop either one of them in their public, hate-filled lunacy.
Beat You With the Wellness Center
Beautiful vintage posters and prints.
I particularly like these.
Chicago, The Windy City
Vogue Cover - August 1957
I particularly like these.
Chicago, The Windy City
Vogue Cover - August 1957
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Chicken lovers unite.
Loving this cute, inexpensive little chicken pitcher.
And check out this b'day card.
Loving this cute, inexpensive little chicken pitcher.
And check out this b'day card.
Possibly the ugliest couch I've ever seen.
Modern Furniture :: Morpheo Sofa Bed
But they also have a nice repro of one of my favorite chairs - the Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair.
Modern Furniture :: Morpheo Sofa Bed
But they also have a nice repro of one of my favorite chairs - the Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair.
Friday, February 17, 2006
I wish I'd seen these before Xmas.
I could've decorated it with the tiniest lights imaginable.
Branch :: Christmas Tree in a Can
And I think even I of the black thumb could keep
one of these alive. Cute.
I could've decorated it with the tiniest lights imaginable.
Branch :: Christmas Tree in a Can
And I think even I of the black thumb could keep
one of these alive. Cute.
Hidden Art :: Silent cuckoo clock
The minute hand has the letters ‘CUC’ printed on it and when it strikes the hour it lines up with the letters ‘KOO’ on the face, so in it's own discreet way it says CUCKOO.
The minute hand has the letters ‘CUC’ printed on it and when it strikes the hour it lines up with the letters ‘KOO’ on the face, so in it's own discreet way it says CUCKOO.
Tootsie Roll Pop Lick-O-Meter Keychain
We're not sure how it works, but every time you lick the Tootsie Pop (included), the counter increases by one number. It's a technological marvel and a piece of sheer idiocy all wrapped into one.
We're not sure how it works, but every time you lick the Tootsie Pop (included), the counter increases by one number. It's a technological marvel and a piece of sheer idiocy all wrapped into one.
How bizarre.
Be an artist in the Antarctic.
For selected artists and writers, the Foundation provides polar clothing on loan, round-trip economy air travel between a U.S. airport and a port of embarkation for the Antarctic (typically in New Zealand or southern South America), travel between there and the Antarctic, and room, board, and travel in the Antarctic and/or the Southern Ocean as required by the approved project.
Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (nsf04558)
Be an artist in the Antarctic.
For selected artists and writers, the Foundation provides polar clothing on loan, round-trip economy air travel between a U.S. airport and a port of embarkation for the Antarctic (typically in New Zealand or southern South America), travel between there and the Antarctic, and room, board, and travel in the Antarctic and/or the Southern Ocean as required by the approved project.
Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (nsf04558)
Ah, l'amour.
Overheard conversations. My faves:
"She always marries the wrong man, but she does divorce so well.''
(Man to woman over dinner at Insalata's in San Anselmo, overheard by Sally Shepard.)
"I was looking for someone for just a really good time, but then I peeked at his iTunes playlist. He'd be serious baggage.''
(One woman to another overheard in Marin County by Capt. Steve Stevens.)
"Remember, girls love eye patches and scars.''
(High school freshman boy giving advice to 11-year-old, overhead on the 38L Geary by Marcus Loy.)
SF Gate :: The many splendors of that crazy little thing
Overheard conversations. My faves:
"She always marries the wrong man, but she does divorce so well.''
(Man to woman over dinner at Insalata's in San Anselmo, overheard by Sally Shepard.)
"I was looking for someone for just a really good time, but then I peeked at his iTunes playlist. He'd be serious baggage.''
(One woman to another overheard in Marin County by Capt. Steve Stevens.)
"Remember, girls love eye patches and scars.''
(High school freshman boy giving advice to 11-year-old, overhead on the 38L Geary by Marcus Loy.)
SF Gate :: The many splendors of that crazy little thing
Headline of the day.
Forget Cheney. My brother in Pensacola sent this to me, saying that it's always good to see news from home.
Man obsessed with doorknobs faces prison
Forget Cheney. My brother in Pensacola sent this to me, saying that it's always good to see news from home.
Man obsessed with doorknobs faces prison
Big to little, little to big.
These have been around for awhile, but, in case anyone hasn't seen them, I'm posting them. They're so fun.
Food photos
(via yesbutnobutyes)
These have been around for awhile, but, in case anyone hasn't seen them, I'm posting them. They're so fun.
Food photos
(via yesbutnobutyes)
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Big whoops.
Adrants �:: Adidas Goofs, Gives Sponsored German Team Belgian Colors
And a tip on a fun hardware store advertising campaign.
Adrants �:: Adidas Goofs, Gives Sponsored German Team Belgian Colors
And a tip on a fun hardware store advertising campaign.
It made me laugh.
Fig. 9: A lobster
FYI - John Hodgman, the author of "Areas of My Expertise," will be in Milwaukee tonight. From his blog:
MILWAUKEE, WI: We shall discuss either hoboes or lobsters in Milwaukee's notorious "BAY VIEW" district on...
THURSDAY, FEB 16 at
HARRY W. SCHWARTZ BOOKSHOP (BAY VIEW)
2262 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(KK at Lincoln) (nb: SOME KIND OF CODE?!)
414-481-3401
7PM
FREE OF CHARGE
Fig. 9: A lobster
FYI - John Hodgman, the author of "Areas of My Expertise," will be in Milwaukee tonight. From his blog:
MILWAUKEE, WI: We shall discuss either hoboes or lobsters in Milwaukee's notorious "BAY VIEW" district on...
THURSDAY, FEB 16 at
HARRY W. SCHWARTZ BOOKSHOP (BAY VIEW)
2262 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207
(KK at Lincoln) (nb: SOME KIND OF CODE?!)
414-481-3401
7PM
FREE OF CHARGE
Mmmmm. Cupcakes.
Damn. This woman knows her cupcakes. These are particularly lovely.
Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit :: Melt in Your Mouth Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Cream
Damn. This woman knows her cupcakes. These are particularly lovely.
Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit :: Melt in Your Mouth Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Cream
Benjamin Moore paint - try before you buy.
I was just talking to the monk about these this weekend. I'd seen them in England, but never on this side of the pond. 2 oz sample "paint pots" - they cover a 2' x 2' area so you can try a paint color before you commit to a gallon.
Lovely colors, too.
Benjamin Moore & Co. :: Samples
I was just talking to the monk about these this weekend. I'd seen them in England, but never on this side of the pond. 2 oz sample "paint pots" - they cover a 2' x 2' area so you can try a paint color before you commit to a gallon.
Lovely colors, too.
Benjamin Moore & Co. :: Samples
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
I'm fascinated by these Full Motion Stamps
To achieve the impression of movement on the stamps, TPG Post had to print the stamps onto plastic for the first time. Lenticular technology makes it possible to have Ard and Yvonne skating around the stamps. There is a sequence of twelve film stills taken from the winning races at Sapporo and Calgary, to portray Ard and Yvonne skating in full flight over four square centimetres. The snowy images of Ard in 1972 and those of Yvonne come from the early years of colour TV, presenting the designers with a major challenge. Lenticular technology has existed for a long time past, but up till now it has not been possible to reproduce the level of detail needed, which is essential on postage stamps. A firm in New Zealand was able to provide the level of detail required for lenticular technology and the stamps were printed at a specialist printing-press in Australia. As these stamps printed onto plastic were new for TPG Post, they were tested thoroughly at sorting offices.
WebWire� | TPG Post and Atos Origin issue unique moving images of Olympic winners on their own postage stamp
To achieve the impression of movement on the stamps, TPG Post had to print the stamps onto plastic for the first time. Lenticular technology makes it possible to have Ard and Yvonne skating around the stamps. There is a sequence of twelve film stills taken from the winning races at Sapporo and Calgary, to portray Ard and Yvonne skating in full flight over four square centimetres. The snowy images of Ard in 1972 and those of Yvonne come from the early years of colour TV, presenting the designers with a major challenge. Lenticular technology has existed for a long time past, but up till now it has not been possible to reproduce the level of detail needed, which is essential on postage stamps. A firm in New Zealand was able to provide the level of detail required for lenticular technology and the stamps were printed at a specialist printing-press in Australia. As these stamps printed onto plastic were new for TPG Post, they were tested thoroughly at sorting offices.
WebWire� | TPG Post and Atos Origin issue unique moving images of Olympic winners on their own postage stamp
Excuse me, Officer -- aren't you The Incredible Hulk?
The star of 70s TV show "The Incredible Hulk" has a new role - as a part-time police officer in Los Angeles.
BBC NEWS :: Hulk star fights real-life crime
The star of 70s TV show "The Incredible Hulk" has a new role - as a part-time police officer in Los Angeles.
BBC NEWS :: Hulk star fights real-life crime
Lovely products from Ona Home.
black soldier | tea cup
folke | tea cup
ami | tea set
personal library | stamp
three blooms | photograph
black soldier | tea cup
folke | tea cup
ami | tea set
personal library | stamp
three blooms | photograph
I agree with YesButNoButYes on this one.
It IS the coolest graffiti project I've ever seen.
Graffiti Research Lab :: LED Throwies
It IS the coolest graffiti project I've ever seen.
Graffiti Research Lab :: LED Throwies
Beautiful anatomy books published by Taschen
Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery :: Atlas of Anatomy
Florence's Museo La Specola :: Encyclopaedia Anatomica
Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery :: Atlas of Anatomy
Florence's Museo La Specola :: Encyclopaedia Anatomica
莫扎特交响乐乐评
莫扎特的作品浩如烟海，一时间很难入手，在此我仅拣他的交响曲推荐一下。
个人觉得莫扎特的作品每一曲都是经典，因此从听觉享受的角度来讲，重要的就不是听哪首，而是听哪个版本了。
Symphony 35 (Haffner)
Symphony 39 in E Flat Major
Symphony 40 in G Minor
Symphony 41 (Jupiter).
Josef Krips
他是演绎莫扎特的专家。大名鼎鼎的PHILIPS莫扎特交响曲全集就是由他和Neville Marriner演绎的（Concertgebouw Orchestra）。而且Neville Marriner的都是莫扎特前期作品，而后期那些重要作品（21到41）都是由Krips操刀。他其他作品中最值得一提的是于Kingsway Hall 第39和40交响曲，还有柴可夫斯基的第5。
在Krips的指挥下Concertgebouw Orchestra演奏地非常优美，完美地展现着莫扎特风格：机智、欢快、戏剧感，有种温暖的感觉。就像Charles Rosen说的，莫扎特有种把痛苦转变成愉悦的感官享受的能力。他从来不赶节奏，虽然在一些急速的乐章Krips要比Böhm或者Klemperer更快一些（例如在第26号交响曲的第三乐章，他要比Böhm快得多），但从来没有破坏莫扎特本身的优美感。他完全有资格排在其他“伟大的”莫扎特晚期交响曲之列：Böhm / Berlin (DG)；Klemperer / Philharmonia (EMI)；Szell/Cleveland (Sony)；Bruno Walter/Columbia (CBS) 或者New York Philharmonic (Sony "Bruno Walter Edition")； Beecham/Royal Philharmonic (EMI: 第41号交响曲; Sony UK: 第35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41号交响曲) 和London Philharmonic (Dutton).
以下将会选取其中一些经典版本介绍。
Beecham
从音质的角度来讲，他的作品很显时间的久远，那时是在真的立体声录音棚里录的，这样的录音在数字转换后仍保持了一种温暖感。他与Naxos或Dutton合作的版本较好。
他的"Jupiter"特点在于一种男性的优雅。Beecham处理每一个小节的同时十分注意重视音乐总体的推动力，他像站在高度俯视着他的音乐，有意识的而又不慌不忙地把一个个新音节展开。第二乐章是舒缓、伤感，但不是悲伤。还有Minuet（对于跳舞来说太缓慢了）是庄严而富有人性情感地。在Beecham这里，"grand"的终曲是不紧不慢的——那种激动感完全是由指挥家的控制和品味决定的。你可以听到一种健壮的音色，身体上的放松与内心的强制的结合。
Jochum
Jochum 的莫扎特第33，"Linz"，39交响曲是于1954、1955在慕尼黑的居所 Herkulessaal录制的。 在这些曲目上Jochum是一位大家，他基本上全部倚仗一支现代管弦乐队和乐器的精妙，能够讨好每一位喜欢有男子气概而又不失时髦的诠释的听众。处在最佳状态的Jochum拒绝沉重感，像在月球表面行走的人一样，试着听下"Linz"交响曲，像威尼斯的pastry一样轻，但里面仍然不少神秘的馅。一切都是自然的，平静的，充满人性的——一个可爱的天才莫扎特，而不是一个冰冷的大理石的奥林匹亚神。
除去这是单声道录音，偶尔有斯斯声（只有在音乐消沉的时候才能听见），它的音质简直可以和现代录音媲美。
Furtwängler
我们都听过Furtwängler的Beethoven、Bruckner还有Brahms，但他的莫扎特怎么样？只需一句话描述我的感受：超棒！
Wordsworth
尽管称不上高雅或精致，他的莫扎特还不错，而有些时候，远远超出现在的平均水平。例如在第35号交响曲中，一切都发出滴答声，Wordsworth给我们的这个活泼而激动的演绎蕴含了相当的魅力。尽管并没有达到Thomas Beecham设立的完美标准，这个版本还是很值得推荐的。
在其他交响曲中，Capella Istropolitana大体上演奏的很好，尽管一段时间后，我感到频繁的毫无特别的小提琴白声有些单调。有时候（特别是第36号交响曲的第四乐章）弦乐部分较之作品本身太微弱微小了。更有其他时候（大多数在第39号交响曲第三乐章开始处较明显），弦乐的演奏根本不统一。从整体上来说，Wordsworth能够达到的速度范围是有局限的——他的急速乐章显得迟钝，他的行板又显得太活泼。这种缺乏多样性变化更使乐曲显得呆滞和无聊。尽管如此，偶尔的光华还是会脱颖而出，例如第36、39号交响曲的开篇乐章，生动，雅致，富有激情。.
Giulini
他和Wordsworth就很不一样。他的第39号交响曲从头到尾都有一种美丽而慵懒的味道。同时，他的演绎带有一种专为Mendelssohn的谐谑曲保留的儿童般的优美。像Wordsworth一样，Giulini的速度范围也是有局限的——而他的表现力和音色则完全不是这样。他宽阔、缓慢的速率能够使乐器丰富的音色完全发挥出来。例如进入第四乐章一分钟左右那段巴颂管与长笛。
我感到在其他版本的第39号交响曲不太有的强度、张力和戏剧感。第二乐章是敏感而深感人心的。在Giulini的手中，就像是最好的室内演奏一样精妙、亲切。唯一让我遗憾的地方就是它持续的时间不能更长。第三乐章他有意地处理成比平常版本更缓慢。尽管如此，Giulini干脆的重音和准确的清晰度使结果臻乎完美。第四乐章， Giulini放松的节奏展现出多层次的细节，而这是经常在平常那种从头冲到尾的演奏中忽略的。
Robert Heinlein曾经写到："Never resist temptation. It might not pass your way again." 这句话也正是这个版本的莫扎特所演示的吧。
Wand
于1961录制，包括 “Linz”，“Prague”和未命名的第39号交响曲，这些应该说是莫扎特最伟大的交响曲了。每一曲的演奏，Wand都表现出一种与身俱来的对他音乐的深层理解，他以自然的速率，让人屏气凝神的清晰感，优美地平衡着木管与弦乐。
他的“Linz”最后乐章非常可爱，使整曲很成功，让人感受到莫扎特独有的精美感。他的第39号交响曲也一样热情洋溢，非常像Klemperer在1955的同曲录音。“Prague”同样卓越， Wand清晰的指挥即使在展开尤为丰富的第一乐章也从未受到质疑。
热爱优雅、古老而又现代演奏的莫扎特交响曲的人一定会乐于好好品味这个大师的可爱作品。
Peter Maag
Maag对于抒情旋律的诠释自然而使人深陷其中。他作为Furtwängler的弟子，和威尼托.帕多瓦管弦乐队有着亲密的交情。这支意大利室内管弦乐队能灵敏捕捉并演绎出他所要表现的一点微小变化，比如，你听G小调第40号交响曲的开头，他从一开始便很吸引人，或者是第39号最后乐章主旋律的最后两个音节前的那个小小的停顿，都能让你不经意地莞尔一笑；然后一切都以一个坚定的音结束。
音效很好，回音恰到好处。广告上面的乐评说是（我自己想不出更好的话）：“拥有传统德国的高品质，现代哲学的优美感和威尼托.帕多瓦管弦乐队的意大利乐音”。
顺便提一下，个人认为Maag的最佳作品为“Prague”。
Karl Böhm
他与Berliner Philharmoniker合作的是市面上最容易买到的版本（一个是最后六首交响曲合集，一个是莫扎特交响曲全集），于40多年前录制，而且也可能是演绎最好的版本，据说在莫扎特作品中销量排行第一。（不好意思扯了…）
Karl Böhm被称作为上个世纪最佳的莫扎特作品指挥家，如果要总结他的特点，真的很难入手，因为从乐评的角度看，他的演绎可称为保守演绎。这并不是说他没有在原作中投入自我，而是他对莫扎特的理解、热爱、激情完全与作品本身融为一体。总的来说，他的作品速度并不是很快，刚好可以让听众掌握每个曲调的美妙。同时，他还自由地加入重复部分，最成功地例子便是第40号交响曲。而且他指挥棒下的莫扎特交响曲总是让人感觉比普通版本要短小。个人觉得他演绎最好的是第39号交响曲。这里，他把莫扎特的才华通过自己发挥得淋漓尽致。
马勒的理想是让交响乐环抱整个世界；而莫扎特以其天赋早他几个世纪就做到了。
这个世界并不需要从属于马勒巨大的创造而领悟那不能言说的精髓，我们只需要用心聆听莫扎特这个天才的叙述。而忠实地把我们带向他的人，是Karl Böhm
个人觉得莫扎特的作品每一曲都是经典，因此从听觉享受的角度来讲，重要的就不是听哪首，而是听哪个版本了。
Symphony 35 (Haffner)
Symphony 39 in E Flat Major
Symphony 40 in G Minor
Symphony 41 (Jupiter).
Josef Krips
他是演绎莫扎特的专家。大名鼎鼎的PHILIPS莫扎特交响曲全集就是由他和Neville Marriner演绎的（Concertgebouw Orchestra）。而且Neville Marriner的都是莫扎特前期作品，而后期那些重要作品（21到41）都是由Krips操刀。他其他作品中最值得一提的是于Kingsway Hall 第39和40交响曲，还有柴可夫斯基的第5。
在Krips的指挥下Concertgebouw Orchestra演奏地非常优美，完美地展现着莫扎特风格：机智、欢快、戏剧感，有种温暖的感觉。就像Charles Rosen说的，莫扎特有种把痛苦转变成愉悦的感官享受的能力。他从来不赶节奏，虽然在一些急速的乐章Krips要比Böhm或者Klemperer更快一些（例如在第26号交响曲的第三乐章，他要比Böhm快得多），但从来没有破坏莫扎特本身的优美感。他完全有资格排在其他“伟大的”莫扎特晚期交响曲之列：Böhm / Berlin (DG)；Klemperer / Philharmonia (EMI)；Szell/Cleveland (Sony)；Bruno Walter/Columbia (CBS) 或者New York Philharmonic (Sony "Bruno Walter Edition")； Beecham/Royal Philharmonic (EMI: 第41号交响曲; Sony UK: 第35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41号交响曲) 和London Philharmonic (Dutton).
以下将会选取其中一些经典版本介绍。
Beecham
从音质的角度来讲，他的作品很显时间的久远，那时是在真的立体声录音棚里录的，这样的录音在数字转换后仍保持了一种温暖感。他与Naxos或Dutton合作的版本较好。
他的"Jupiter"特点在于一种男性的优雅。Beecham处理每一个小节的同时十分注意重视音乐总体的推动力，他像站在高度俯视着他的音乐，有意识的而又不慌不忙地把一个个新音节展开。第二乐章是舒缓、伤感，但不是悲伤。还有Minuet（对于跳舞来说太缓慢了）是庄严而富有人性情感地。在Beecham这里，"grand"的终曲是不紧不慢的——那种激动感完全是由指挥家的控制和品味决定的。你可以听到一种健壮的音色，身体上的放松与内心的强制的结合。
Jochum
Jochum 的莫扎特第33，"Linz"，39交响曲是于1954、1955在慕尼黑的居所 Herkulessaal录制的。 在这些曲目上Jochum是一位大家，他基本上全部倚仗一支现代管弦乐队和乐器的精妙，能够讨好每一位喜欢有男子气概而又不失时髦的诠释的听众。处在最佳状态的Jochum拒绝沉重感，像在月球表面行走的人一样，试着听下"Linz"交响曲，像威尼斯的pastry一样轻，但里面仍然不少神秘的馅。一切都是自然的，平静的，充满人性的——一个可爱的天才莫扎特，而不是一个冰冷的大理石的奥林匹亚神。
除去这是单声道录音，偶尔有斯斯声（只有在音乐消沉的时候才能听见），它的音质简直可以和现代录音媲美。
Furtwängler
我们都听过Furtwängler的Beethoven、Bruckner还有Brahms，但他的莫扎特怎么样？只需一句话描述我的感受：超棒！
Wordsworth
尽管称不上高雅或精致，他的莫扎特还不错，而有些时候，远远超出现在的平均水平。例如在第35号交响曲中，一切都发出滴答声，Wordsworth给我们的这个活泼而激动的演绎蕴含了相当的魅力。尽管并没有达到Thomas Beecham设立的完美标准，这个版本还是很值得推荐的。
在其他交响曲中，Capella Istropolitana大体上演奏的很好，尽管一段时间后，我感到频繁的毫无特别的小提琴白声有些单调。有时候（特别是第36号交响曲的第四乐章）弦乐部分较之作品本身太微弱微小了。更有其他时候（大多数在第39号交响曲第三乐章开始处较明显），弦乐的演奏根本不统一。从整体上来说，Wordsworth能够达到的速度范围是有局限的——他的急速乐章显得迟钝，他的行板又显得太活泼。这种缺乏多样性变化更使乐曲显得呆滞和无聊。尽管如此，偶尔的光华还是会脱颖而出，例如第36、39号交响曲的开篇乐章，生动，雅致，富有激情。.
Giulini
他和Wordsworth就很不一样。他的第39号交响曲从头到尾都有一种美丽而慵懒的味道。同时，他的演绎带有一种专为Mendelssohn的谐谑曲保留的儿童般的优美。像Wordsworth一样，Giulini的速度范围也是有局限的——而他的表现力和音色则完全不是这样。他宽阔、缓慢的速率能够使乐器丰富的音色完全发挥出来。例如进入第四乐章一分钟左右那段巴颂管与长笛。
我感到在其他版本的第39号交响曲不太有的强度、张力和戏剧感。第二乐章是敏感而深感人心的。在Giulini的手中，就像是最好的室内演奏一样精妙、亲切。唯一让我遗憾的地方就是它持续的时间不能更长。第三乐章他有意地处理成比平常版本更缓慢。尽管如此，Giulini干脆的重音和准确的清晰度使结果臻乎完美。第四乐章， Giulini放松的节奏展现出多层次的细节，而这是经常在平常那种从头冲到尾的演奏中忽略的。
Robert Heinlein曾经写到："Never resist temptation. It might not pass your way again." 这句话也正是这个版本的莫扎特所演示的吧。
Wand
于1961录制，包括 “Linz”，“Prague”和未命名的第39号交响曲，这些应该说是莫扎特最伟大的交响曲了。每一曲的演奏，Wand都表现出一种与身俱来的对他音乐的深层理解，他以自然的速率，让人屏气凝神的清晰感，优美地平衡着木管与弦乐。
他的“Linz”最后乐章非常可爱，使整曲很成功，让人感受到莫扎特独有的精美感。他的第39号交响曲也一样热情洋溢，非常像Klemperer在1955的同曲录音。“Prague”同样卓越， Wand清晰的指挥即使在展开尤为丰富的第一乐章也从未受到质疑。
热爱优雅、古老而又现代演奏的莫扎特交响曲的人一定会乐于好好品味这个大师的可爱作品。
Peter Maag
Maag对于抒情旋律的诠释自然而使人深陷其中。他作为Furtwängler的弟子，和威尼托.帕多瓦管弦乐队有着亲密的交情。这支意大利室内管弦乐队能灵敏捕捉并演绎出他所要表现的一点微小变化，比如，你听G小调第40号交响曲的开头，他从一开始便很吸引人，或者是第39号最后乐章主旋律的最后两个音节前的那个小小的停顿，都能让你不经意地莞尔一笑；然后一切都以一个坚定的音结束。
音效很好，回音恰到好处。广告上面的乐评说是（我自己想不出更好的话）：“拥有传统德国的高品质，现代哲学的优美感和威尼托.帕多瓦管弦乐队的意大利乐音”。
顺便提一下，个人认为Maag的最佳作品为“Prague”。
Karl Böhm
他与Berliner Philharmoniker合作的是市面上最容易买到的版本（一个是最后六首交响曲合集，一个是莫扎特交响曲全集），于40多年前录制，而且也可能是演绎最好的版本，据说在莫扎特作品中销量排行第一。（不好意思扯了…）
Karl Böhm被称作为上个世纪最佳的莫扎特作品指挥家，如果要总结他的特点，真的很难入手，因为从乐评的角度看，他的演绎可称为保守演绎。这并不是说他没有在原作中投入自我，而是他对莫扎特的理解、热爱、激情完全与作品本身融为一体。总的来说，他的作品速度并不是很快，刚好可以让听众掌握每个曲调的美妙。同时，他还自由地加入重复部分，最成功地例子便是第40号交响曲。而且他指挥棒下的莫扎特交响曲总是让人感觉比普通版本要短小。个人觉得他演绎最好的是第39号交响曲。这里，他把莫扎特的才华通过自己发挥得淋漓尽致。
马勒的理想是让交响乐环抱整个世界；而莫扎特以其天赋早他几个世纪就做到了。
这个世界并不需要从属于马勒巨大的创造而领悟那不能言说的精髓，我们只需要用心聆听莫扎特这个天才的叙述。而忠实地把我们带向他的人，是Karl Böhm
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Look out, Martini.
Someday your magnetic poetry might start talking back to you.
As you compose a poem, placing words in grammatical order, the magnets communicate with each other to learn the grammar rules you are using.
Once they are 'trained', the magnets can change the words they are displaying to substitute words that don't fit the established grammar rules, like an autocorrect function.
News in Science :: Fridge magnets tinker with poetry
Someday your magnetic poetry might start talking back to you.
As you compose a poem, placing words in grammatical order, the magnets communicate with each other to learn the grammar rules you are using.
Once they are 'trained', the magnets can change the words they are displaying to substitute words that don't fit the established grammar rules, like an autocorrect function.
News in Science :: Fridge magnets tinker with poetry
Monday, February 13, 2006
If you ever need to know the lyrics...
This widget displays the lyric for iTunes current track along with its artwork. The lyrics are saved in “Documents/Sing that iTune!” folder and you can also add your self-made lyrics in there. Sync the folder with iPod’s Notes folder to bring it. Option to save lyrics in music files is also available.
Apple Dashboard Widgets :: Sing that iTune!
p.s. Bradley, you'll appreciate the example on the landing screen.
This widget displays the lyric for iTunes current track along with its artwork. The lyrics are saved in “Documents/Sing that iTune!” folder and you can also add your self-made lyrics in there. Sync the folder with iPod’s Notes folder to bring it. Option to save lyrics in music files is also available.
Apple Dashboard Widgets :: Sing that iTune!
p.s. Bradley, you'll appreciate the example on the landing screen.
Do-Ho Suh :: Plateau of Humankind
Floor, 1997-2000
Plastic figures, glass plates, phenolic boards, polyurethane resin,
40 modules, 100 x 100 cm each
Floor, 1997-2000
Plastic figures, glass plates, phenolic boards, polyurethane resin,
40 modules, 100 x 100 cm each
A bit OFN, but quite horrifying and sad.
A woman goes into the hospital to give birth. She has the baby and is transferred to another hospital where her arms and legs are amputated. And no one will tell her exactly why.
WFTV.com :: Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
A woman goes into the hospital to give birth. She has the baby and is transferred to another hospital where her arms and legs are amputated. And no one will tell her exactly why.
WFTV.com :: Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth
Just a little something to work into the travel budget.
(A little inspiration for the monk on a Monday morning...)
Tablet Hotels :: Faena Hotel and Universe - Buenos Aires, Argentina
(A little inspiration for the monk on a Monday morning...)
Tablet Hotels :: Faena Hotel and Universe - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Friday, February 10, 2006
That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.
Thanks for the laugh, Buddha.
Buddha's Bellyaching :: And that is terrible.
Thanks for the laugh, Buddha.
Buddha's Bellyaching :: And that is terrible.
Tip: David Byrne's February playlist is fab.
This month’s playlist could be considered eclectic pop music. It contains stuff ranging from the 60s to recordings that are not available yet. The overarching theme might be hooks and melody. There’re a few songs that survive mainly on groove, but not many in this batch. I love the segue from Beck to Baris Manço, the 70s Turkish psychedelic artist — you can hardly tell the difference until the voice comes in. Likewise Snoop Dog and Geggy Tah. Pop music sure can do some wonderful jump cuts. – David Byrne
Radio DavidByrne.com
This month’s playlist could be considered eclectic pop music. It contains stuff ranging from the 60s to recordings that are not available yet. The overarching theme might be hooks and melody. There’re a few songs that survive mainly on groove, but not many in this batch. I love the segue from Beck to Baris Manço, the 70s Turkish psychedelic artist — you can hardly tell the difference until the voice comes in. Likewise Snoop Dog and Geggy Tah. Pop music sure can do some wonderful jump cuts. – David Byrne
Radio DavidByrne.com
Studio 54 pillow.
I like. But, good heavens, $165 for a pillow??? Not in this lifetime...
Jonathan Adler :: Fifty Four
I like. But, good heavens, $165 for a pillow??? Not in this lifetime...
Jonathan Adler :: Fifty Four
Steelbuddha rules, man.
First time in, and my delightful co-worker wins the MKE's Blog of the Week contest. As a three-time loser, I can only look on in wonder and awe. Congrats, Buddha - yer fab. I'm glad Milwaukee knows it.
mkeonline.com ::Round 35 - Buddha's Bellyaching
First time in, and my delightful co-worker wins the MKE's Blog of the Week contest. As a three-time loser, I can only look on in wonder and awe. Congrats, Buddha - yer fab. I'm glad Milwaukee knows it.
mkeonline.com ::Round 35 - Buddha's Bellyaching
Deeply disturbing.
New Australian ads for Pepsi.
What is seen cannot be unseen. You've been warned.
Pepsi Samba
New Australian ads for Pepsi.
What is seen cannot be unseen. You've been warned.
Pepsi Samba
The darker side of Valentine's Day.
As Cheaters Juggle Valentines, Private Eyes Work Overtime; The Feb. 14 'Business Trip'
"It's a good holiday for business," Mr. League says. The Greensboro, N.C., gumshoe has already scheduled five infidelity investigations for Tuesday, and plans to add two part-time sleuths to his staff of four to handle the demand.
WSJ.com ::One Tough Day for Two-Timers
As Cheaters Juggle Valentines, Private Eyes Work Overtime; The Feb. 14 'Business Trip'
"It's a good holiday for business," Mr. League says. The Greensboro, N.C., gumshoe has already scheduled five infidelity investigations for Tuesday, and plans to add two part-time sleuths to his staff of four to handle the demand.
WSJ.com ::One Tough Day for Two-Timers
A sad replacement for a QRIO.
This little guy's been getting a lot of press lately. Me, I want a robot that looks like a robot, not like Yoda or a Furby.
Uncrate :: Pleo
p.s. Sony sucks. [whimper]
This little guy's been getting a lot of press lately. Me, I want a robot that looks like a robot, not like Yoda or a Furby.
Uncrate :: Pleo
p.s. Sony sucks. [whimper]
Another lamp for my wishlist of beautiful lighting.
Better Living Through Design :: Pablo Lighthouse Lamp
Better Living Through Design :: Pablo Lighthouse Lamp
Thursday, February 9, 2006
Will someone please slap this man upside the head?
When Mr Alleyne failed to sell the original version of his Starship Enterprise home for £700,000, 18 months ago, he gutted it.
He is now refitting the flat as the spaceship from the later Star Trek series, Voyager, using income support payments.
BBC NEWS :: Trek builder boldly goes bankrupt
Oh, and here's his (now defunct) company:
24th Century Interior Design
(Thanks to Bryan for the tip.)
When Mr Alleyne failed to sell the original version of his Starship Enterprise home for £700,000, 18 months ago, he gutted it.
He is now refitting the flat as the spaceship from the later Star Trek series, Voyager, using income support payments.
BBC NEWS :: Trek builder boldly goes bankrupt
Oh, and here's his (now defunct) company:
24th Century Interior Design
(Thanks to Bryan for the tip.)
A proper 404 error message.
As my coworker and fellow IA, Kathy, said, "Why shouldn't errors be fun?"
The Sect of Homokaasu
As my coworker and fellow IA, Kathy, said, "Why shouldn't errors be fun?"
The Sect of Homokaasu
Win a 3-day trip for 10 to the Bahamas.
If you win, take me.
American Airlines :: Ultimate Family Reunion Sweepstakes
If you win, take me.
American Airlines :: Ultimate Family Reunion Sweepstakes
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
For Lorraine. Cuz you do.
I Like Monkeys (mp3)
(It's a bit Jazz Butcher "Partytime"-ish. Awww... 'member?)
(via CG's excellent tip: The Daily Monkey)
I Like Monkeys (mp3)
(It's a bit Jazz Butcher "Partytime"-ish. Awww... 'member?)
(via CG's excellent tip: The Daily Monkey)
Interesting art exhibit without actual art.
How do you do a show if you don't have art? Use copies. How do you get copies? Find photographs of the original art. So that's what Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Nesbett did. They photocopied illustrations of existing, or once existing, Hammons pieces from books and magazines, and downloaded other images from the Internet. They then taped the 8-by-11-inch prints to the gallery walls.
A Street Seer's Vision, or Photocopies of It at Least
How do you do a show if you don't have art? Use copies. How do you get copies? Find photographs of the original art. So that's what Ms. Bancroft and Mr. Nesbett did. They photocopied illustrations of existing, or once existing, Hammons pieces from books and magazines, and downloaded other images from the Internet. They then taped the 8-by-11-inch prints to the gallery walls.
A Street Seer's Vision, or Photocopies of It at Least
I love Ingo Maurer lighting.
Unica Home :: Ingo Maurer - Light au Lait
(Sorry about the broken link before - I'm linking to a different site now.)
Unica Home :: Ingo Maurer - Light au Lait
(Sorry about the broken link before - I'm linking to a different site now.)
Two stores you probably never knew existed.
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company
826 Valencia :: The Pirate Store
(Be sure to check out the The Gallery of Signs.)
p.s. Both are actual stores affiliated with non-profit children's groups. But they're not just for kids.
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company
826 Valencia :: The Pirate Store
(Be sure to check out the The Gallery of Signs.)
p.s. Both are actual stores affiliated with non-profit children's groups. But they're not just for kids.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
I came across this account of the Tribute in Light, those blazing towers of floodlit clouds and sky used by Manhattan to memorialize the fallen World Trade Center: "The beams were visibly filled with birds for their entire height, looking like clouds of bugs. Their twittering was audible. There were so many birds, it was impossible to track any one individual for any length of time. I did see one bird that circled in and out of the uptown beam six times before I lost track."
The birds, in other words, had been fatally mesmerized, often spiraling thereafter to the ground – or into the windows of nearby buildings. A kind of bird-tornado.
BLDGBLOG: The birds
The birds, in other words, had been fatally mesmerized, often spiraling thereafter to the ground – or into the windows of nearby buildings. A kind of bird-tornado.
BLDGBLOG: The birds
Monday, February 6, 2006
Showtime greenlights "This American Life" TV series.
Showtime has picked up my favorite radio show for a six-show trial on TV.
I Love Radio :: This American Life to hit the TV airwaves
Chicago Reader :: Can you take This American Life out of the midwest and keep the midwest in This American Life?
Showtime has picked up my favorite radio show for a six-show trial on TV.
I Love Radio :: This American Life to hit the TV airwaves
Chicago Reader :: Can you take This American Life out of the midwest and keep the midwest in This American Life?
Hey, kids! It's "Fight Club" ... Bollywood-style.
Twitch :: Bollywood's Riding the Remake Train Again ... This Time It's Fight Club ...
Twitch :: Bollywood's Riding the Remake Train Again ... This Time It's Fight Club ...
Apparently, this guy never intends to be employed. Anywhere. Ever.
The Smoking Gun :: Eyebrow-Raising Tattoos
The Smoking Gun :: Eyebrow-Raising Tattoos
I'm thinking this would look great in my kitchen.
Large format vintage advertising.
Plan59 :: Vintage Ads - American Meat Institute, 1946
Loads more here.
Large format vintage advertising.
Plan59 :: Vintage Ads - American Meat Institute, 1946
Loads more here.
Wow.
The French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant has appeared before the cameras of the world's media for the first time.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Face op woman braves media glare
The French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant has appeared before the cameras of the world's media for the first time.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Face op woman braves media glare
A.G. Rizzoli – AMTE: "Architecture Made to Entertain"
From 1935 to 1944, Rizzoli produced a body of spectacular architectural renderings, in grand Beaux Arts style. Done in colored ink on rag paper, many of the drawings were intended as symbolic portraits of friends and family, depicting them as buildings. Five birthday tributes to his mother done during this period, (the Kathedrals), are among his most elaborate architectural portraits.
[...] After an unproductive hiatus, a new project was begun in 1958. Large sheets of architectural vellum, some divided into eight sections, were filled with poetry, prose, architectural drawings, quotations, a commemoration of an event (the burning of a church, for instance, or the death of JFK), or some combination of these. These 350 sheets comprise the A.C.E. (Amte’s Celestial Extravaganza). Rizzoli made up his own language, replete with many symbolically loaded puns, anagrams and solecisms (“earchitecturally”, for example, or “Architecture Made To Entertain” — AMTE).
From 1935 to 1944, Rizzoli produced a body of spectacular architectural renderings, in grand Beaux Arts style. Done in colored ink on rag paper, many of the drawings were intended as symbolic portraits of friends and family, depicting them as buildings. Five birthday tributes to his mother done during this period, (the Kathedrals), are among his most elaborate architectural portraits.
[...] After an unproductive hiatus, a new project was begun in 1958. Large sheets of architectural vellum, some divided into eight sections, were filled with poetry, prose, architectural drawings, quotations, a commemoration of an event (the burning of a church, for instance, or the death of JFK), or some combination of these. These 350 sheets comprise the A.C.E. (Amte’s Celestial Extravaganza). Rizzoli made up his own language, replete with many symbolically loaded puns, anagrams and solecisms (“earchitecturally”, for example, or “Architecture Made To Entertain” — AMTE).
CoolBusinessIdeas.com :: Astronaut Miles
Frequent flyer miles will for the first time be good beyond this planet, based on a new offering from Virgin Atlantic airways and its space-related sister company Virgin Galactic.
Flying Club members will be able to convert their regular miles into space miles. To get to space, members will need to log 2 million miles down here.
Frequent flyer miles will for the first time be good beyond this planet, based on a new offering from Virgin Atlantic airways and its space-related sister company Virgin Galactic.
Flying Club members will be able to convert their regular miles into space miles. To get to space, members will need to log 2 million miles down here.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
Oh. My.
'They are very evil little animals, which is why they are so fascinating to work with,' Dr Johnston said. 'They squirm around these communities [of creatures which live on hard surfaces and cannot move] and attack the barnacles. They squirt digestive juices into them and suck their flesh out.'
At less than two centimetres long the new flatworm has proven extremely hard to study and categorise.
'They're very difficult to describe because if you try and pick them up with anything other than a very fine paintbrush they break in half,' Dr Johnston said.
The new flatworms are all hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female parts. To reproduce they try to stab each other with their genitals. The first to penetrate inserts sperm and then goes on to spar with another flatworm, while the 'loser' lays and broods the eggs.
Sydney Morning Herald :: What lurks beneath - flesh-sucking sex fiends
'They are very evil little animals, which is why they are so fascinating to work with,' Dr Johnston said. 'They squirm around these communities [of creatures which live on hard surfaces and cannot move] and attack the barnacles. They squirt digestive juices into them and suck their flesh out.'
At less than two centimetres long the new flatworm has proven extremely hard to study and categorise.
'They're very difficult to describe because if you try and pick them up with anything other than a very fine paintbrush they break in half,' Dr Johnston said.
The new flatworms are all hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female parts. To reproduce they try to stab each other with their genitals. The first to penetrate inserts sperm and then goes on to spar with another flatworm, while the 'loser' lays and broods the eggs.
Sydney Morning Herald :: What lurks beneath - flesh-sucking sex fiends
For Lorraine.
Can you tell I've got a sunny backyard on the brain today?
Florida-Friendly Yards :: Grow Smart
Can you tell I've got a sunny backyard on the brain today?
Florida-Friendly Yards :: Grow Smart
Love these designs.
If I didn't have a black thumb, I'd be all over this. (Lorraine, maybe Cor could build you something like this for your backyard paradise...)
Edition Compagnie :: Cloison végétale Etcetera
And, in a perfect world, I'd own this entire plate set:
Edition Compagnie :: Gamme Ombres
If I didn't have a black thumb, I'd be all over this. (Lorraine, maybe Cor could build you something like this for your backyard paradise...)
Edition Compagnie :: Cloison végétale Etcetera
And, in a perfect world, I'd own this entire plate set:
Edition Compagnie :: Gamme Ombres
Chris Glass.
For those of you who haven't checked it out, Chris Glass' blog is a constant source of entertainment. And the boy's a midwesterner. You gotta love that. (Kudos to swissmiss for finding this gem.)
His blog is here.
This is one of his projects. (I'm inspired!)
My decoupage experiment
For those of you who haven't checked it out, Chris Glass' blog is a constant source of entertainment. And the boy's a midwesterner. You gotta love that. (Kudos to swissmiss for finding this gem.)
His blog is here.
This is one of his projects. (I'm inspired!)
My decoupage experiment
Friday, February 3, 2006
Abacus Watches :: Time Without Hands
(I don't even wear a watch, and I'd like one of the Series I...)
More info & better pix here:
LACO Markenuhren - Made in Germany
(I don't even wear a watch, and I'd like one of the Series I...)
More info & better pix here:
LACO Markenuhren - Made in Germany
CG, this one's for you.
It'll make you laugh. (She even has a Mac and your haircut!)
Yahoo! :: Non Sequitur
(If it's not a permalink, it's the 1/21/06 cartoon.)
It'll make you laugh. (She even has a Mac and your haircut!)
Yahoo! :: Non Sequitur
(If it's not a permalink, it's the 1/21/06 cartoon.)
Fun t-shirts & hoodies by Everything & Nothing.
Some are so-so. Some are brilliant. But I always enjoy checking out what she's come up with recently.
Everything And Nothing :: My T-shirt of the Day
Some are so-so. Some are brilliant. But I always enjoy checking out what she's come up with recently.
Everything And Nothing :: My T-shirt of the Day
The single best thing I read all day.
From this morning's toothpaste for dinner newsletter.
_____________________________________________________
i grew up in the shadow of an arby's, so maybe that is why i have a
small arby's fixation. i don't even eat there, i haven't eaten there in
maybe three years, but i used to stare out the window in childhood and see: ROAST. BEEF. ROAST BEEF. ... ROAST. BEEF. ROAST BEEF.
that is how the neon on the sign would flash. it was hypnotic.
then yesterday a friend told me that at arby's, the meat comes
liquified in a bag, and they boil the bag to make it solidify before
they slice it. i did not know this and it horrified me a little bit. "i
always liked arby's roast beef sandwiches because they are juicy," i
said. "that is because they are just liquid," she told me.
liquid. roast. beef. liquid roast beef. liquid roast beef in a bag!
(that's how the sign's gotta flash now.)
if you want a picture of my childhood, imagine the arby's sign
flashing, and the sound of cars driving through the rain, and the way
schools smell. they always smell kind of... i don't know... schooly.
they always have a smell though, and it is gross.
_____________________________________________________
Here's the corresponding cartoon:
toothpastefordinner.com :: it is a hat
Sadly, the liquid beef statement is an urban myth. I kinda hoped it was true.
snopes :: quell gel
From this morning's toothpaste for dinner newsletter.
_____________________________________________________
i grew up in the shadow of an arby's, so maybe that is why i have a
small arby's fixation. i don't even eat there, i haven't eaten there in
maybe three years, but i used to stare out the window in childhood and see: ROAST. BEEF. ROAST BEEF. ... ROAST. BEEF. ROAST BEEF.
that is how the neon on the sign would flash. it was hypnotic.
then yesterday a friend told me that at arby's, the meat comes
liquified in a bag, and they boil the bag to make it solidify before
they slice it. i did not know this and it horrified me a little bit. "i
always liked arby's roast beef sandwiches because they are juicy," i
said. "that is because they are just liquid," she told me.
liquid. roast. beef. liquid roast beef. liquid roast beef in a bag!
(that's how the sign's gotta flash now.)
if you want a picture of my childhood, imagine the arby's sign
flashing, and the sound of cars driving through the rain, and the way
schools smell. they always smell kind of... i don't know... schooly.
they always have a smell though, and it is gross.
_____________________________________________________
Here's the corresponding cartoon:
toothpastefordinner.com :: it is a hat
Sadly, the liquid beef statement is an urban myth. I kinda hoped it was true.
snopes :: quell gel
The name sez it all.
The puppies didn't do it for me, so much as the penguins and wombats did.
things that make you go aahh
(via b3ta.com)
The puppies didn't do it for me, so much as the penguins and wombats did.
things that make you go aahh
(via b3ta.com)
The end of an era.
Business Week :: Western Union -STOP- ends telegram service
(Question: Shouldn't "STOP" be at the end of the headline? CG? Monk?)
Business Week :: Western Union -STOP- ends telegram service
(Question: Shouldn't "STOP" be at the end of the headline? CG? Monk?)
What's a sense of humor?
As presented at a lecture for Dr. Sigal Balshine's sociobiology course at McMcaster, Bressler's survey showed that "Even though being around funny people and having them appreciate your own humor are both rewarding experiences, women will ultimately prefer humor producers as relationship partners, while men will prefer appreciators of their own humor." In other words, while both sexes value a "sense of humor" in their dates, women tend to define this as a partner's ability to make them laugh, while men define it as a partner's capacity to laugh at their jokes.
The Journal Times Online :: What's laughter got to do with it?
As presented at a lecture for Dr. Sigal Balshine's sociobiology course at McMcaster, Bressler's survey showed that "Even though being around funny people and having them appreciate your own humor are both rewarding experiences, women will ultimately prefer humor producers as relationship partners, while men will prefer appreciators of their own humor." In other words, while both sexes value a "sense of humor" in their dates, women tend to define this as a partner's ability to make them laugh, while men define it as a partner's capacity to laugh at their jokes.
The Journal Times Online :: What's laughter got to do with it?
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Baby bonsai.
I got one of these for Bradley for Christmas, but I wasn't sure what it would look like when it sprouted. Cute!
productdose.com :: Zen in a Can
I got one of these for Bradley for Christmas, but I wasn't sure what it would look like when it sprouted. Cute!
productdose.com :: Zen in a Can
EBAY SHUT MY AUCTION DOWN IN ONE DAY. WITH NO REAL REASON??? SO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR WHAT I AM SELLING IS,�JUST WATER� IN JARS, BUT I BELIVE IT TO BE KOBE BRYANTS 81 POINTS THAT HE SCORED ON JAN 22nd 2006.�I BELIVE ALL THE POINTS IN THE NBA FLOW INTO MY BASEMENT.�YOU CANT SHUT ME DOWN FOR BELIVING IN CRAZY THINGS.� I STATED�THIS AUCTION�TO BE�JUST WATER! IT IS JUST WATER WITH A STORY OF WHAT I BELIVE IT TO BE. YOU DONT HAVE TO BELIVE! THE WINNER GETS BOTH JARS.
eBay: Kobe Bryants 81 points (in a jar, in liquid form) (item 8756451206 end time Feb-03-06 15:22:52 PST)
(via Found on the Web)
eBay: Kobe Bryants 81 points (in a jar, in liquid form) (item 8756451206 end time Feb-03-06 15:22:52 PST)
(via Found on the Web)
It's James Joyce' b'day today.
A year before his death, Nora told him, "Well, Jim, I haven't read any of your books but I'll have to someday because they must be good considering how well they sell."
Good info on The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media. Just scroll down.
A year before his death, Nora told him, "Well, Jim, I haven't read any of your books but I'll have to someday because they must be good considering how well they sell."
Good info on The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media. Just scroll down.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The following is the note I left on my neighbor�s front door this morning on my way to work after they woke me at 4am up with a wonderful symphony of screams, laughter and bloodhound wailings. Unable to fall back asleep, I scribed the below �[...]
Metroblogging NYC :: The Drunk Couple I Affectionately Refer To As My Next Door Neighbors Strike Again!
(BB note/warning: Horrific spelling, but, having lived next to people like this, I admire the effort all the same.)
Metroblogging NYC :: The Drunk Couple I Affectionately Refer To As My Next Door Neighbors Strike Again!
(BB note/warning: Horrific spelling, but, having lived next to people like this, I admire the effort all the same.)
I'm impressed. There are some promising law students out there.
Alberto Gonzales spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.
insomnia :: Future American lawyers to be proud of.
(also via chris glass)
Alberto Gonzales spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.
insomnia :: Future American lawyers to be proud of.
(also via chris glass)
DevilDucky :: Conan O'Brien: James Lipton reads Federline
James Lipton reads lyrics from the Kevin Federline song, 'PopoZow', on Conan O'Brien.
(via chris glass)
James Lipton reads lyrics from the Kevin Federline song, 'PopoZow', on Conan O'Brien.
(via chris glass)
Brandon Bird does it again.
This time he's created Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Valentines. The man is brilliant. (Sadly, they're all sold out.)
BrandonBird.com :: Valentines
This time he's created Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Valentines. The man is brilliant. (Sadly, they're all sold out.)
BrandonBird.com :: Valentines
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