:: April 29, 2003
"Robot Battle With Dave Choe" by Souther Salazar
Souther Salazar makes art, illustrations, comics, zines; he also puts in an appearance at the Grandaddy site.
Californians take note: there's an exhibition called "Puddle Jumpers" at New Image Art Gallery on Santa Monica Blvd. which ends soon (May 3), featuring Salazar, his ladyfriend Saelee Oh, and Caroline Hwang, who incorporates textiles into collages and art onto (I think) pillows:
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:: April 27, 2003
Wet washcloth origami, with diagrams so you can DIY (via Speckled Paint) ::
"kitchen" by Seow Yen, Singapore (24 minute exposure)
Happy World Pinhole Photography Day. People are posting their lensless camera works -- all created today -- to an online gallery. (via Metafilter) ::
New York Flea Market 5 by Cindy Kim
Hey everybody it's art and illustration week on the Excitement Machine! We start with Cindy Kim, an illustrator with a thing for humans. Her "visual journalism paintings" are amazing. Look how her drawings pack so much into so few lines. ::
:: April 24, 2003
New in photos: some shots from my volunteer gig at the Austin Humane Society SPCA, a no-kill shelter. They don't really capture the bittersweet pathos of the place, but it's hard to attend to digital photography excellence and your charge's playing and pooping needs all at the same time. ::
:: April 17, 2003
Gene's Pixeltees (via Tim O. Thompson) ::
:: April 16, 2003
John Moe, among other things, is a true master of the list-making. Here is a list of my favorites.
Dabney Coleman Overdrive!
Pronoun-Palooza
TURBO!
Bob Dole & Motorhead
People Who Thought They Were Macho But They Were Wrong
The Wonderful World of Pants
That's Not Food!
What My Son Looked Like When He Was a Newborn
What I Found in My Two-Year-Old Son's Playroom
As a Porn Movie Titler, I May Lack Promise
Cancelled Regional Morning TV Shows ::
Beautiful drawing and design from the U.K. at Mr. Bingo and Kat Stubbings (both via Quasimeta) ::
:: April 15, 2003
Photos of seemingly every storefront place of worship in Brooklyn by R Grahn (via Sharpeworld) ::
Two people exhaustively cataloging their stuff online: mc.clintock.com and Obsessive Consumption (via Scrubbles and somewhere else I can't remember) ::
Have you heard the CIA's anti-Sadaam rap-oganda? Man oh man. Thanks Stan Turbanhead.
Another of the war's greatest hits: "Let the Eagle Soar," remixed ::
:: April 10, 2003
The Portland Mercury's guide to buying your first crappy house! ::
L.A. Weekly article on the newfound success of Sifl & Olly's Liam Lynch ::
:: April 9, 2003
Japanese matchbook labels from the Fifties (also via Speckled Paint) ::
Jeremy Dennis loves his toys. I like that he has a section called "tragedies of scale." (Via Speckled Paint)
Now might be a good time to tell you that we've owned the domain dioramarama.com for a couple years now and intend to do something similar with it. Maybe by making this announcement, it will induce proactivity. ::
(Liar's Club 1978)
Game show ads culled from 20 years of TV Guides (via Incoming Signals) ::
:: April 8, 2003
This might not be bona fide found art because it was put under our windshield wiper while we were parked at Givens Rec Center. Click for the full-sized two dollar hoes flyer. Print and distribute widely! Information like blow jobs wants to be free! ::
To this list please add this. ::
:: April 6, 2003
(Mold-a-rama wombat)
Mold-a-rama machines made fresh plastic action figures for you on the spot! Collectors here, here,here, here, and here will tell you all about it. See a clip of a machine in action, albeit with an unhappy ending, here. Happily, a new day is dawning for miniaturized plastic injection factories! ::
:: April 4, 2003
Madelyn Murray O'Hair in Hell: The Secret of the Burning Canvas is up today at the Morning News. I haven't got a chance to read it yet, but it is recommended, sight unseen. I hope the series is released in book form someday. ::
:: April 3, 2003
Artist-Illustrator James Graham presents Jamjot. Keep reloading the intro page for lots of great superhero/monster/creature drawings. (via Quasimeta) ::
Stickernation is back from the dead and looking superfly. Stencil Revolution is the same idea only without industrial adhesives. ::
:: April 2, 2003
Here's one messed up mp3: Please Don't Go Topless, Mother by one Troy Hess, off the album "God Less America" on Crypt Records. Thanks Sam! ::
¥ I am currently taking a class in Audiology. Our professor is a lovely gentleman who is fond of tangents and medical horror stories. His dog's name is Decibel, of course. Today's lecture was about noise induced hearing loss, specifically about occupational noise, and appropriately enough, he had to talk over the extremely loud construction noise going on in our building.
He told us about annual Audiology retreat he attends. They usually are entertained at night by live music, and when the band goes on, the entire audience puts in earplugs.
¥ While eating at a crowded Veggie Heaven yesterday, a woman sitting behind us started choking. Her meal partner sprang up and successfully Heimlich maneuvered. The mucous flew, there was coughing. We had already been on our way out, and didn't feel right about sticking around for the aftermath.
¥ I kind of wish James Brown's "Living in America" was the patriotic song of choice instead of the one that is. ::
:: April 1, 2003
More Than Donuts happens by "a lamb shaped dessert smothered in what looks to be BBQ sauce, sitting on a tropical island and all the while representing both Easter and American pride" ::
Nabisco's Spoonmen
The wonderful Tick Tock Toys has put together a premiums archive, covering the cereal and non-cereal genres alike. ::
Deer Lake, Canada (B. McLean)
The Insecurities Project: "In airports around the world, security personnel are now asking many travellers to take a photo to prove their camera is not a bomb. Canadian visual artist Isabelle Devos is collecting these photographs for an international art project."
A small but interesting selection of these photos can be viewed on the project website. ::
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