i haven’t heard anything else floating around about this documentary, but that doesn’t say much. it’s a little strange so maybe that’s why i’m skeptical… odd song to use, and all of the text bits seem to be “advertising” it more than building curiosity. anyway, if you find out more, please let me know! by kl
saint patrick was a christian missionary, who is now the most famous patron saint of ireland. i don’t have the patience to tell a long story, but march 17th is supposed to be a solemn and holy day in respect to his passing, as well as a celebration of ireland in general. … i don’t have to tell you the point has been lost. the worst part is that it’s not lost in an “i get presents and too much good food” sort of way, it’s lost in a “drunk teenagers crowding the streets before noon on a gorgeous and otherwise very pleasant saturday” sort of way.
i’m just going to close my eyes and wait till it’s over. by kl
nice idea. by dd
those were the days. now it’s iphone’s and pocket point and shoots. by xy
mathieu lehanneur‘s tomorrow is another day (demain est un autre jour), is a sculpture created by gathering real time weather information from the internet, and summarizing it visually. originally intended for a hospital palliative care, the device eludes the course of time by offering everyone the opportunity to see tomorrow’s sky. the luminous, atmospheric and impressionist image of this sky is diffused through the network of a honeycomb structure, appearing both like a sculpture and a celestial globe. mathieu is an artist and designer, and you can see more if his work here. by kl
ugolino and his sons, by jean-baptiste carpeauxa. a society that devours its children is no society at all…
clip from chef jamie oliver and his now-defunct TV show. a must see. “schools across the US are to ‘be allowed’ to stop serving the so-called ‘pink slime’ beef to their pupils at mealtimes.” notice the word ‘allowed,’ which in this case, refers to the fact that until now US schools had no other choice but to serve ‘dog food’ (also referred to as pink slime) to children.
so what is “pink slime”? it is a term reportedly coined by a microbiologist working for the US government — it is a form of “lean beef” formed by reclaiming the small parts of meat, which are otherwise trashed, or at best turned into dog food. it contains leftover bits that include inner parts of the cavity where the guts are and generally contain salmonella and E. coli. pink slime is only tuned into somewhat edible food by dousing it with the chemical ammonium (like bleach) to kill the bacteria. and then mixed into 70% of US consumed ground beef (that would include almost all fast foods, most restaurants, and even supermarket and clearly school meats) as a thinner to increase profits!
last year, british celebrity chef jamie oliver publicly criticized the product on his US TV show (the show has since been cancelled – most definitely due to the strong beef lobby in the US). the revelation prompted a popular outcry, and even mcdonald’s recently said it would phase out the use of “pink slime” in its burgers which it called 100% beef (well that is kinda correct) with the blessing of USDA.
the USDA, a body charged with the protection of US citizens and paid for by our taxes, “continues to affirm the safety of lean finely textured beef product for all consumers and urges customers to consult science based information on the safety and quality of this product,”
how pink slime is made: “the beef is spun in a centrifuge to separate the meat from the fat, before the final product is treated with a puff of ammonium hydroxide gas to kill any bacteria. it is produced in bulk by a firm in north dakota”. source bbc. by dd
chemistry captured by helmut newton. los angeles 1988 by ak
after robert longo, nan goldin, sam taylor wood and others, it was a good surprise to see bottega veneta collaborating again with an unexpected artist for their campaign. robert polidori set the campaign in a venice palazzo which reminds me of his work in versailles… unfortuately i’m not sure i like the shots with the lame model, but it’s always nice to see these rare people at work in the behind the scenes. by pp.
this is an article from Esquire, april 1970. juuuuuust about 42 years ago! it’s all relative, but how is the big picture still the same? i at least think we’re a pretty smart bunch of kids, there must be a better way instead of draining people because they got the short end of the stick, or worse, shutting out citizens from options to take care. the weird comfort americans have with the insurance system is my least favorite thing about the united states, that comfort, or fear of losing false control, is what keeps this system alive. by kl
by ars
18 years ago around this time..photo from march 1994 by françoise-marie banier by ak
guess which one belongs to me? by kl
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