
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Champagne of the Forest
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Friday, October 31, 2008
A Special Day for Being Afraid
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Earlier this week I read a review at Pajiba by John Williams (you might know him from such excellent blogs as A Special Way of Being Afraid) and I am super worked-up to see the new Swedish vampire movie/love story Let the Right One In. Here's the trailer:
You can tell from these short clips how unusual and visually stunning the movie is. Scandinavian people are always doing cool and freaky stuff. Scandinavian people understand the power of empty space and color and lines.
While we're at it, another extremely scary, beautifully-made film that gave me nightmares a few nights in a row is The Orphanage. Get it on Netflix if you haven't seen it.
Happy Halloween.
You can tell from these short clips how unusual and visually stunning the movie is. Scandinavian people are always doing cool and freaky stuff. Scandinavian people understand the power of empty space and color and lines.
While we're at it, another extremely scary, beautifully-made film that gave me nightmares a few nights in a row is The Orphanage. Get it on Netflix if you haven't seen it.
Happy Halloween.
Myths Of The Near Future
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In the shuffle of moving I forgot to mention that Emily and I saw a really good exhibition at James Cohan Gallery before we left New York:
Martha Colburn's handmade 16mm animation Myth Labs.
It's essentially a stop-motion collage that Colburn pieced together using drawings, magazine cut-outs, historical images, and flat puppet-like constructions, and then filmed through stacked glass to distort everything slightly. The extremely high-speed story connects the pilgrims and the conquest of North America to the current epidemics of meth and religious fanaticism.
I found the content extremely unsettling and was completely blown away by the attention to detail that went into crafting the whole thing—it took Martha Colburn nine months to complete it.
The show is over now but I recommend visiting marthacolburn.com to view a short excerpt and more stills.
James Cohan's current show runs through November 15th and features the work of Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, who also kicks ass at art, so if you're in New York go check that out.

Martha Colburn's handmade 16mm animation Myth Labs.



James Cohan's current show runs through November 15th and features the work of Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, who also kicks ass at art, so if you're in New York go check that out.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Traveling Without Moving
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New Acquisitions, part 5: Bozeman
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(I will digitize these and post them up once my whole set-up is back in order.)








The Pink Floyd See Emily Play mp3,
I sing this to Emily (sing it at Emily, really), which, you can guess, she loves.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Every Single Post Means Something
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From the new record:
Marnie Stern Transformer mp3
From In Advance of the Broken Arm:
Marnie Stern Every Single Line Means Something mp3
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Some other stuff we found on the road.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Up in the Hood
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Carissa's Wierd Suedehead mp3










Here she is playing "On This Side" for the Seattle Burn to Shine session.




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Post-Post-Something
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Cat Wrangling
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Party Politics
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Consequently, election night is going to be nuts – there are a bunch of different parties around town, and a lot of them look fun. Current polling, however, suggests we have found our winner:


There is no cover. (Also, among other perks, Skillet Street Food will be parked outside all night. I mentioned their bacon jam in a post way back in March and I'm excited to meet it again.)
Here are all the details, see you there:


Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Unseen Hand
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Emily found this great British Vogue photography book in Bozeman, Montana. It discusses the process of how the magazine has worked with photographers over the years, and features a bunch of outtakes, contact sheets, re-touching notes, correspondence, etc.
Here are some highlights (click to enlarge).
Michael Cooper, 1965
Helmut Newton, 1966
A 22 year-old David Bailey's first contribution to Vogue, 1960. The letter is an interesting read: "In return for this guarantee, it is understood you will do no editorial work for either Harpers Bazaar or the Queen."
Norman Parkinson, 1958 and 1960.
John Deakin, 1952. ("I am very worried about John Deakin at the moment, since he is obviously a very sick man, and should not really be working at all. As you know, he has noone to look after him, and in his present condition he is finding it extremely difficult to wash, shave, etc., and I think that the whole business is beginning to get him down.")
Ellen Von Unwerth, 1991. (Really classic and beautiful compared to some of her later work—this reminds me of a higher contrast Peter Lindbergh.)
Unknown, 1974. (Looks a little like later Sam Haskins, or Jeanloup Sieff in color.)
Guy Bourdin, 1971 and 1970.
Just Jaeckin, 1967.
Bob Richardson, 1966.
Don Honeyman, 1952.
Horst, 1949.
Guy Bourdin, 1977. (I would not be surprised if this shoot was the inspiration for the current Versace campaign by Mario Testino, below.)


Here are some highlights (click to enlarge).















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