Monday, January 11, 2010
You Had Me At
"Eight-Foot-Long Model of a 1940s Battleship with Miniature Sailors Swabbing the Deck"
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A short article ran in Friday's New York Times about Daniella Romano, who runs the Brooklyn Navy Yard's archive.
A short article ran in Friday's New York Times about Daniella Romano, who runs the Brooklyn Navy Yard's archive.For the last six years, while [Romano] has been running the yard’s archive and collecting artifacts for a museum scheduled to open next year, unexpected gifts have been arriving at her office in a former electronics workshop. Velvet-lined boxes of naval architects’ drafting tools have turned up, as well as 1860s gunpowder pouches, sailors’ vintage uniforms, rusted guns and a World War I-era ID badge with a photograph of a pale, somber shipbuilder, labeled Q496 51631.Read the rest at nytimes.com; info on the forthcoming Brooklyn Navy Yard museum can be found here. See also: The Brooklyn Navy Yard's Flickr Stream, where I snagged the image above.
The archive has also received a 1909 postcard showing the yard paymaster’s house; on the back an enraged shipyard worker scrawled to his girlfriend, “What kind of a gin game you giving me, taking me for a damn fool?”
Ms. Romano has even been handed a can of cremated human remains; the deceased, Eugenia Farrar, an opera singer, performed a pioneering 1907 radio broadcast that was picked up by Navy Yard radio operators.
“We try not to move that can, because the ashes shake out,” Ms. Romano said while giving a tour of an archive storeroom a few weeks ago. She had to step around some rusted horseshoes that were dug up at the yard and a recently donated, eight-foot-long model of a 1940s battleship with miniature sailors swabbing the deck.
Image of the Day
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Wesley Conrad Wehr: Winter Sea (Neah Bay), 2002
(Oil on mat board or card stock)
Wesley Conrad Wehr: Winter Sea (Neah Bay), 2002(Oil on mat board or card stock)
The digital image above does not approach the beauty of the actual painting, which is just over 3x3 inches in size – but I'm posting it as a reminder to go see What Once Was: Picturing the Pacific Northwest at the Henry Art Gallery between now and the end of the month when it closes. The exhibition of historic Northwest photographs and paintings are presented in conjunction with Eirik Johnson’s photographic series, Sawdust Mountain, also up through the end of the month. The Henry is on fire right now – so many good shows.
More about Wesley Conrad Wehr (1929–2004) in a 2003 interview by Regina Hackett, and in Wehr's obituary, also by Regina Hackett, at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Hackett's current work can be found at Another Bouncing Ball.)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Fresh Out of Idaho
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It may be true that the best things in life aren't things, but records don't count. Here's a little playlist of some joints I picked up during our recent trip to Moscow.
*Fresh Borstal mp3
Outlaw Blues Band Deep Gully mp3
*Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Je T'aime Moi Non Plus mp3
Steven Halpern Taurus mp3
Jimmy Heath Smilin' Billy mp3
*Gas Mask Refugee mp3
Cold Crush Bros vs. Fantastic Freaks Basketball Throwdown mp3
7th Wonder Daisy Lady mp3
Henry "Buzz" Glass Come Play the Stick Game mp3
*Henry Mancini Police Woman mp3
*Kid Dynamite Uphill Piece of Mind mp3
L.A. Sounds Hangin' On the Telephone mp3
Romeo Void Never Say Never mp3
The Osmonds My Drum mp3
The Bob Seger System Doctor Fine mp3
Whitewater G Minor Breakdown mp3
The Wailers Seattle mp3
*Peggy Lee Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay mp3
Double Trouble Stoop Rap mp3
*Duplicates, so if anyone needs 'em, let me know and maybe we can work out a trade.
(Click the images to enlarge.)
It may be true that the best things in life aren't things, but records don't count. Here's a little playlist of some joints I picked up during our recent trip to Moscow.*Fresh Borstal mp3
Outlaw Blues Band Deep Gully mp3
*Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg Je T'aime Moi Non Plus mp3
Steven Halpern Taurus mp3
Jimmy Heath Smilin' Billy mp3
*Gas Mask Refugee mp3
Cold Crush Bros vs. Fantastic Freaks Basketball Throwdown mp3
7th Wonder Daisy Lady mp3
Henry "Buzz" Glass Come Play the Stick Game mp3
*Henry Mancini Police Woman mp3
*Kid Dynamite Uphill Piece of Mind mp3
L.A. Sounds Hangin' On the Telephone mp3
Romeo Void Never Say Never mp3
The Osmonds My Drum mp3
The Bob Seger System Doctor Fine mp3
Whitewater G Minor Breakdown mp3
The Wailers Seattle mp3
*Peggy Lee Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay mp3
Double Trouble Stoop Rap mp3
*Duplicates, so if anyone needs 'em, let me know and maybe we can work out a trade.
(Click the images to enlarge.)
Friday, January 8, 2010
All I've Got Is a Photograph
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Some recent pics I've been meaning to post...
Three of my favorite people (Matthew, Lily, Emily) at Captain Blacks on New Year's Eve.
I don't know this girl but her steez reminded me of a Helmut Newton photograph and I asked if I could take her picture.
Miscellaneous shots from around Seattle after the jump...
Some recent pics I've been meaning to post...
Three of my favorite people (Matthew, Lily, Emily) at Captain Blacks on New Year's Eve.
I don't know this girl but her steez reminded me of a Helmut Newton photograph and I asked if I could take her picture.
Miscellaneous shots from around Seattle after the jump...
Need vs. Want
Image of the Day
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Artwork by Fankult, on view through January 30 at BoConcept Gallery/Warehouse space (Western between Madison & Marion) as a part of this group show. Definitely worth seeing. (Click to enlarge / detail below.)
Artwork by Fankult, on view through January 30 at BoConcept Gallery/Warehouse space (Western between Madison & Marion) as a part of this group show. Definitely worth seeing. (Click to enlarge / detail below.)
Digable
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Shabazz Palaces, the new project fronted by Ishmael Butler, is performing its unique brand of dubstep-influenced, deconstructed hip-hop tonight at Neumo's (Seattle). The group recently released two albums concurrently – Of Light and the self-titled Shabazz Palaces, and I recommend scooping both of them up from your local record store, from emusic, or directly from shabazzpalaces.com.
For more info check out Larry Mizell Jr.'s feature on Shabazz in this week's issue of The Stranger.
The video above was inspired by Charles Burnett's underground classic Killer of Sheep:
Shabazz Palaces, the new project fronted by Ishmael Butler, is performing its unique brand of dubstep-influenced, deconstructed hip-hop tonight at Neumo's (Seattle). The group recently released two albums concurrently – Of Light and the self-titled Shabazz Palaces, and I recommend scooping both of them up from your local record store, from emusic, or directly from shabazzpalaces.com.
For more info check out Larry Mizell Jr.'s feature on Shabazz in this week's issue of The Stranger.
The video above was inspired by Charles Burnett's underground classic Killer of Sheep:
Butterfly
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It's the first Friday of the New Year, so Pacific Standard is cleaning house today, clearing out some posts that have been sitting in the hopper for a minute or longer. Get ready to live. First up:
Eniko Mihalik shot by Greg Kadel for the October issue of Numéro. Nice collaged feel and color.
It's the first Friday of the New Year, so Pacific Standard is cleaning house today, clearing out some posts that have been sitting in the hopper for a minute or longer. Get ready to live. First up:
Eniko Mihalik shot by Greg Kadel for the October issue of Numéro. Nice collaged feel and color.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Grass Roots
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Sweetgrass: Last Ride of the American Cowboy is a documentary with no narrator about some sheep herders on range land that is no longer range land. If you enter Yellowstone from the North, you drive through this beautiful section of Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming where Sweetgrass is filmed, and it's totally unforgettable. The last time I did that was on May 29, 2007 – here's a picture:
Oh, The West. I wish I could quit you.
Read a review of Sweetgrass at the New York Times. Manohla Dargis calls it "the first essential movie of this young year." I am dying for a fucking roadtrip.
Sweetgrass: Last Ride of the American Cowboy is a documentary with no narrator about some sheep herders on range land that is no longer range land. If you enter Yellowstone from the North, you drive through this beautiful section of Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming where Sweetgrass is filmed, and it's totally unforgettable. The last time I did that was on May 29, 2007 – here's a picture:
Oh, The West. I wish I could quit you.Read a review of Sweetgrass at the New York Times. Manohla Dargis calls it "the first essential movie of this young year." I am dying for a fucking roadtrip.
Image of the Day
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Alabama Coach Bear Bryant with quarterback Joe Namath, from an article in the New York Times earlier this week, "Texas-Alabama: Rematch 45 Years in the Making." The two teams play tonight at 5PM PST for the Bowl Championship Series title.
Image: AP
Alabama Coach Bear Bryant with quarterback Joe Namath, from an article in the New York Times earlier this week, "Texas-Alabama: Rematch 45 Years in the Making." The two teams play tonight at 5PM PST for the Bowl Championship Series title.Image: AP
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
History
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Not exactly the most hyped-up and blasting single from Mos Def & Talib Kweli, but a good solid cut and I like the video...some nice shots of Fort Greene/Bklyn.
Not exactly the most hyped-up and blasting single from Mos Def & Talib Kweli, but a good solid cut and I like the video...some nice shots of Fort Greene/Bklyn.
Image of the Day
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Songs: Indian Love Call, 1984, by the abstract Color Field painter Kenneth Noland, who died yesterday at the age of 85. See a slideshow and read Roberta Smith's obituary in today's New York Times.
Songs: Indian Love Call, 1984, by the abstract Color Field painter Kenneth Noland, who died yesterday at the age of 85. See a slideshow and read Roberta Smith's obituary in today's New York Times.
Bo Knows...
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A pop-up gallery show at BoConcept,
curated by Jay Clark aka Fankult
Opening reception this first Thursday, 7–10pm,
and up through January 31
BoConcept is at 909 Western Avenue
between Madison & Marion
A pop-up gallery show at BoConcept,
curated by Jay Clark aka Fankult
Opening reception this first Thursday, 7–10pm,
and up through January 31
BoConcept is at 909 Western Avenue
between Madison & Marion
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Image of the Day
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One of my favorite shots from photographer Milton Rogovin's Lower West Side, Buffalo, NY series. Rogovin turned 100 on December 30th, and both Danziger Projects in New York and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle are celebrating with exhibitions of his work (click the links for more images and info). From reading the Henry's blog I learned that until Rogovin retired to become a full-time photographer in 1978, he made his living as an optometrist. I'm pretty sure Ralph Eugene Meatyard was an optometrist as well. I know nothing about optometry but maybe there is something about examining other people's eyes that makes people want to take pictures.
One of my favorite shots from photographer Milton Rogovin's Lower West Side, Buffalo, NY series. Rogovin turned 100 on December 30th, and both Danziger Projects in New York and the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle are celebrating with exhibitions of his work (click the links for more images and info). From reading the Henry's blog I learned that until Rogovin retired to become a full-time photographer in 1978, he made his living as an optometrist. I'm pretty sure Ralph Eugene Meatyard was an optometrist as well. I know nothing about optometry but maybe there is something about examining other people's eyes that makes people want to take pictures.
Reset
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Check it: a 39-minute Gaslamp Killer mix compiling Flying Lotus cuts from the past ten years. Visit Brainfeeder to download.
Check it: a 39-minute Gaslamp Killer mix compiling Flying Lotus cuts from the past ten years. Visit Brainfeeder to download. New New
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The Spring/Summer 2010 Balenciaga campaign by Steven Meisel and co. is really odd, but the color, texture, and shapes of the clothes are so nice, and the layout is so unusual and refreshing, I like it a lot. Balenciaga has had some great stripes and ski-influenced clothes since the '60s and there's also a kind of Africa + Anni Albers reference going on there, or something. Who knows. I dig it.
The Spring/Summer 2010 Balenciaga campaign by Steven Meisel and co. is really odd, but the color, texture, and shapes of the clothes are so nice, and the layout is so unusual and refreshing, I like it a lot. Balenciaga has had some great stripes and ski-influenced clothes since the '60s and there's also a kind of Africa + Anni Albers reference going on there, or something. Who knows. I dig it.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Image of the Day
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“The Fourth Day of Creation,” a woodcut from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, printed at Nuremberg in 1493 – one of 75 pieces on display at the Rubin Museum in New York as part of the show Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe. Visit the Rubin at rmanyc.org and read a review of the exhibition at nytimes.com.
Artwork from the Rare Book Collection, Harry Ransom Center, UT-Austin
“The Fourth Day of Creation,” a woodcut from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, printed at Nuremberg in 1493 – one of 75 pieces on display at the Rubin Museum in New York as part of the show Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe. Visit the Rubin at rmanyc.org and read a review of the exhibition at nytimes.com. Artwork from the Rare Book Collection, Harry Ransom Center, UT-Austin
Friday, January 1, 2010
Beginnings
and Strath
The Crew Clockwise A New Day mp3 produced by Specs One
Scaramanga Holdin' New Cards mp3
Catalyst New Found Truths mp3
New Pornographers Go Places (Lite Mix) mp3
The Zincs New Thought mp3
Mika Miko I Got A Lot (New New New) mp3
Experimental Aircraft Start All Over Again mp3
Imaad Wasif The New Year mp3
Michel Sardaby Welcome New Warmth mp3
Lootpack New Years Resolution mp3
The Crew Clockwise A New Day mp3 produced by Specs OneScaramanga Holdin' New Cards mp3
Catalyst New Found Truths mp3
New Pornographers Go Places (Lite Mix) mp3
The Zincs New Thought mp3
Mika Miko I Got A Lot (New New New) mp3
Experimental Aircraft Start All Over Again mp3
Imaad Wasif The New Year mp3
Michel Sardaby Welcome New Warmth mp3
Lootpack New Years Resolution mp3
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