a visual collective outlet of inspiration
pop’africana is an independent magazine based in new york, led by a team of creatives who pride themselves on delivering a rejuvenated image of africa. the first issue is due in out in april 2010 (almost there), but for now you can enjoy the editor oroma elewa’s blog. by kv
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scorcese 10 favorites movie posters
i’m not very proud of my source here but a certain magazine is featuring the 10 favorite movie posters of martin scorcese as well as an interview of the man to go with the release of a coffee table book celebrating hollywood’s vintage movie posters.
here is an extract “For me, and anyone who grew up before a certain time—sometime in the 1980s I’d say—posters were a key part of the moviegoing experience. You’d walk through the lobby, and you’d look at the poster, usually accompanied by lobby cards and often by stills and promotional language, of the film you were about to see, and the one that was coming next. You’d hold and absorb the image in your mind’s eye. Part of the excitement then was in watching the actual film and comparing it with the possible or likely film you’d conjured up during the few seconds you’d looked at the poster.” the rest is here and the book is here. by pp’ 😉
4 interviews
it’s basically another fashion thing but of the interesting kind. it was posted on style.com over the past few weeks and it’s about the future of fashion, naysayers will say that fashion deserve to die, ok we got it…
whatever, asking about it’s future to 4 insiders on a commercial, photographic or trends point of view seems relevant.
there is 4 interviews including, robert duffy, olivier zahm, hedi slimane and cathy horyn. and it worth having a look, some interesting things are said. by pp’
quote of the day
“i believe in the immortality of all creatures”
– egon schiele
– egon schiele
Quote of the day:
“civilization… it’s not my cup of tea.”
The tunguska event: black-holes, aliens, nuclear detonations and comets
watch all 3 episodes
very fascinating, especially given the knowledge that a comet will intersect earth at some point in the future. perhaps this will not occur in our lifetime, but certainly within a few hundred years.
the event, known as the tunguska event or tunguska explosion, was a powerful mysterious explosion in 1908 that occurred near the tunguska river in what is now krasnoyarsk krai in russia. although the cause of the explosion is the subject of debate to this date, it is commonly believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5–10 kilometers above the earth’s surface. the explosion registered on seismic stations across eurasia. in some places, the shock wave would have been equivalent to an earthquake of 5.0 on the richter scale. what’s more, is that it produced fluctuations in atmospheric pressure strong enough to be detected in great britain. more recent discoveries here. by dd
quote of the day – a split second (adjusted)
“no more human sacrifices” he said, “i’ll just have another dry martini”
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Ivans blog-sters: where do bloggers blog from?
one of ivan’s, and our favorite blogs, the JJJJound blog from montreal, canada.
yours truely, tomorrow started, from a planet not so far away
keehnan konyha the 2thewalls blog ivan terestchenko has been gathering and posting his favorite bloggers pads for all to see. it is a very personal approach to a very faceless hobby. here are 2 of our favs and one we are rather familiar with. check out ivans blog for this and much more. by dd
maggie in glass
maggie chung on the cover of glass magazine. this one’s for dd. by kv
1947 edwin land and polaroid: why can’t i see now?
“why can’t I see them now?” is the daughter’s question that’s said to have inspired edwin land to devise the instant camera eventually produced by his polaroid corporation. the camera was announced in 1947 and hit the market in 1948. sixty years later (2008) the company stopped production of its film-based cameras and then of its self-developing film. the last polaroid film expired on October 9 2009. by bh
Quote of the day: siddhartha gautama
“the brain is a wonderful servant… and a terrible master”
siddhartha gautama aka buddha by bh
siddhartha gautama aka buddha by bh
$1,300,000,000,000.00
can you pronounce the above number? i always wondered what a trillion looked like? now we know, its a 1 plus 12 zeros. the above number is 1.3 trillion and reflects the current US national debt (currently at 1.239 and rising). the deficit is the fiscal year difference between what the United States Government takes in from taxes and other revenues, called receipts, and the amount of money the Government spends. we got one lousy bookkeeper if you ask me. to understand that, here’s a breakdown: estimated population of the United States is 307,620,632 so if each person was to pitch in to payoff this debt today that would be approximately $39,940.93 per person including children (born) and elderly (alive). everyone.
one family name looks suspiciously linked to the red lines on this chart
now in case you are interested i was shocked to find out they actually have a place for you to send your check : “how to make contribution to reduce the debt: make your check payable to the bureau of the public debt, and in the memo section, notate that it is a gift to reduce the debt held by the public. mail your check to: Attn Dept G, Bureau of the Public Debt, P. O. Box 2188, Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188”… can you believe that? by jb
