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steven spielberg in the set of jaws by ak
Month: October 2012
Hermés paperweight: beautiful knight in shining wood
i so want one! this hermes pleiade horse paperweight is carved out of palissander wood which is rich in aromatic oils and a native of tropical regions of central and south america, africa, madagascar and southern asia. the wood is used in chess pieces of high quality but this one is over 6′ high and carries a substantial weight. limited numbers made available at hermes. yum! by dd
Riviera Maya
there has been a constant buzz over the past years in regards to the mexican riveira maya. well if your going to do it, do it well as the rosewood mayakoba has done. by cp
and then…he licked me!
leos carax’s short from the film tokyo also featured MERDE and his foolish shenanigans. take a peek at some of them here, but most certainly watch the entire short if you have the chance. i saw it in the theater, and have been laughing ever since. by sv
mia and roman
this is no dream, this is really happening! on the set of rosemary’s baby, poses for days. by sv
Leos Carax latest film Holy Motors staring Denis Lavant
denis lavant in one of his many reincarnations
eva mendes as the graveyard model who gets kidnapped
leos carax’s ode or jab at the cgi and motion capture film industry
trailer for leos carax’s latest film holy motors
saw this film tonight, and what a wild ride that was. highly recommended. if you are a leos carax fan you will probably see this, as it’s his first film in 13 years. i will not tell you much about it as i highly suggest you go in without knowing anything. i knew just the basic premise, and i can tell you that stopped the film from being as great as it could be. think mullholand drive, breathless, pixar’s cars, american musicals, horror films, and then some… go in, sit back, and let it take you for a crazy ride. it surely is not your usual blockbuster. it’s witty, strange, and fantastic. by dd
major ambition
danish psych-pop band asteroid galaxy tour‘s video for their single “major”. directed by baris aladag. by m+m
VSP S/S ‘13
vsp’s sensual video and set heavy for their s/s’13 collection. by cp
so you think a gallon of gas is too expensive?
how would you feel to learn that a barrel of crude oil, a liquid that is scarce and valuable in so many industries from plastic to fabrics etc, is less expensive than its equivalent in coca cola, which is basically water high fructose corn sugar and carbon dioxide? i don’t know, but some how i feel if we were selling oil and the arabs were selling coke the balance would have been a little bit tilted? and then we wonder why they are so pissed off while we bitch about the prices at the pump. here are a few price metrics to put it into perspective:
1) a barrel of brent oil ($117).
2) a barrel of coca cola ($126)
3) a barrel of budweiser beer ($447)
4) a barrel of starbucks juice ($954)
5) a barrel of chanel perfume ($1,666,560) thanks Karl
by pr
Skye Parrott: marfa
photographer skye parrott
art and fashion seem to meet in marfa but even god doesn’t seem to be too happy with that. skye parrott courtesy of brydges mackinney. by dd
get your mitts off me!
david lynch’s opinions on the upcoming 2012 election, as only david lynch could declare. by sv
moon: how the moon was created and why its not much different than earth in composition
the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history
for a long time it has been thought that the moon was result of an impact between the early earth and another planet-sized object, thea, 4.5 billion years ago. this is of course, way before god actually created earth in just three days leaving the other three for the heavens.
“but this theory predicts earth and its satellite, the moon, should have a quite different chemical make-up – but the data shows in fact they are very similar (the oxygen isotope, or atom type, compositions on earth are identical to that on the moon.). now, new modeling, explored in two papers published this week by the journal science, reveals that if the earth had a much faster spin before the impact, the theory fits the chemistry.
the giant impact hypothesis was first posited in the 1970s. it holds that the moon formed from the debris kicked into orbit by the collision of a smaller proto-planet with the infant earth. but the early models indicated that much of this debris would have originated from the impactor, whose composition would most probably have differed substantially from that of earth.
the new run simulations show that the early earth was rotating on its axis in just a few hours prior to the impact – compared to the present 24 hours. in such a scenario, the team could get debris material thrown into a moon-forming disc around the earth that had the right chemical make-up. in other words, it was substantial earth material from its mantle that was ejected in the collision.
after the impact, the gravitational interaction between the sun and the moon could then have slowed the fast rotation of the earth to the speed we now experience. a different team simulated a different route, their simulations involved larger impactors hitting an earth of comparable size and at comparatively lower speeds. again, the team was able to produce a moon with the same chemical composition as the earth. addressing the questions about the impact theory and why the compositions where so close.” from BBC by xy