Pitt and Anniston’s architectural disconnection in this brief tabloidxplotation edition of Quipsologies.
Concrete Poetry (Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso) in the Tropicalia style (Os Mutantes) at The Brazilian Muse.
There is much more to African photography than Seydou Ke�ta and Malick Sidibe. Here’s a gallery of African hairstyle photographs from the 1950s and 60s. [Via Jaf Project]
I, J, K, L, M — Mean not much at all.
Original drawings for the Marcel Breuer Coloring Book. [Also via Jaf Project]
I could taste the bomb in my mouth. It tasted like lead.
— Brig. General Paul Tibbets (Ret.) on dropping the bomb.
Saturday, August 6 and Tuesday, August 9 mark the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The National Science Digital Library’s Atomic Archive has an image and video gallery; and Gensuikin (The Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs) has a gallery of photographs from ground zero.
For her photography class, Sophie Tusler visited the sites of several Atget subjects in Paris — Atget Project at Little French Girl.
Another great concrete poetry blog from Geof Huth with lots of great and obscure links: dbqp.
In branding and corporate news, Adidas acquires Reebok. The superpower merger will take aim at overthrowing Nike. The cost for Adidas: $3.8 American.
Have fun arranging your Microsoft Office icons in the dock.
Sony’s Playstation 3 will support a number of OS platforms. In fact, you may be able to run Tiger on it. Read Sony’s press release and start wondering what programs you’ll want to see on your TV—iTunes makes the most sense.
From the department of Been There, Done That:
“I’m Cumming… [Giggles]”
A new fragrance by butt-baring Alan. [Thanks to Nathan King for the link]
On newsstands now:
TV Guide to get a face lift.
The 'Cumming' Campaign is frightfully interesting. It's a bit like watching a car accident. That said, what the hell was the thought behind the type treatment? The design seems very miss guided. Nathan?
On Aug.09.2005 at 01:00 AM