cant find the serge gainsbourg thread
during a promo on tcm, someone related the story of
steve mcqueen spending hours getting in and out of cars in order to figure out what would look "the coolest." gotta appreciate that kind of commitment to craft.
j
unior bonner / this is always on my film recommend list
Here’s a classic coincidence: we were at aKa talking about their Monday film nights, and whether a better projection screen could be devised. I was speculating about the possibility of some sort of paint, and a couple of days later there was an article in the NY Post about
exactly that. (Ugh, the Post now requires registration; bad move.) Anyway, the stuff is called
Screen Goo and looks to be the thing if you’re serious about turning a wall into a cinematic vista.
This
blog will document
the in-and-outs and ups-
and-downs of the
renovation of our 1870's
brownstone in Clinton Hill.
i was
wondering about this. payback time baby!
Google Maps satellite image of a... um... well... weather balloon? Swamp gas? Atmospheric anomaly? (via
robotwisdom)
"
Our first winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie," said Rebecca Paul, chief executive of the Tennessee Lottery. "The second winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie. The third winner came in and said it was a fortune cookie."
Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets. Then they called fortune cookie distributors and learned that many different brands of fortune cookies come from the same Long Island City factory, which is owned by Wonton Food and churns out four million a day.
This is a web version of
Aspen, a multimedia magazine of the arts published by Phyllis Johnson from 1965 to 1971. Each issue came in a customized box filled with booklets, phonograph recordings, posters, postcards — one issue even included a spool of Super-8 movie film. It's all here.