I have lots of dial-in meetings for my job. Some of us are on mobile phones, some on office phones, some in a room together with a speakerphone. More than one person is on a speakerphone at any given time. Many of my coworkers are quick, verbal people who talk over each other. For months [...]
Everyone talks about P.T. Barnum. Barnum Barnum Barnum. What about Bailey? Doesn’t he get any love? Are his contributions just forgotten?
art with x-rays, via neatorama and Ectoplasmosis.
I scanned in some of my parents’ 1950s jazz record covers. My favorite so far is the back page of a flexi-disc magazine called Sonorama from 1959. It’s an ad for a perfume called “Rock ‘n’ Roll” and the artist is Salvador Dali! Others are
I can’t decide which I want more, the “give me a penny” coin bank, or the Black Lady Mechanical bank. The whole collection of Black Americana is OUTSTANDING. Kudos! P.S. It’s 2007.
There are many reasons to order Bruce Licher’s stuff: good music, he’s a nice guy, honest seller. But my favorite reason is his letterpress art. The album covers are always amazing, he includes bits and pieces of letterpress from years past, and even the packaging is very him: Lots of labels, cool printing on things, [...]
But I had to laugh at the Newport Beach Film Festival’s very O.C. fundraising event. Just got this in the mail: The Newport Beach Film Festival invites you to celebrate the art of intimate apparel showcased live on male and female models in a photo gallery setting. DJ, hors d’oeuvres and hosted bar provided. Sponsored [...]