Banksy Unveiled? Not Even Close - This morning I woke to the startling news that Banksy had been unveiled. I tripped out as I worked through the emotions of it. OH AWESOME, THEY FOUND HIM. Oh, Huh... They Found Him. DANG. THEY FOUND HIM?!?
Ambilight Skiing - enough to make one salivate... if I do say so myself.
Jaw-Dropping Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan - Tajikistan, a place I have never even flown over. Never even gotten close to. But apparently its a great spot for getting amazing lunar eclipses. Yeah, you heard me right, that is a Lunar... yes, I said Lunar, eclipse. The full moon is so bright in this footage it looks like its actually the sun - a solar eclipse. But no, its the moon.
SCHÖNSTAUB Interstellar Rugs I am so good to my readers. You never ever have to guess what to buy me...
Cirque Du Soleil Meets Quad Copters - Cirque is truly fantastic. (Fantastique?) I've happened to pick up a show in Denver, Orlando and Las Vegas(? I lose track, LA? No idea.) My favorite memory of the show was heading to the door with my tickets in my hands and having a clown take the tickets and walk us all the way down to the stage. He then proceed onto the circular stage, and then to the center of said stage. Where he then placed the tickets in the middle of the stage... on the ground. And he then gestured that these would be our seats for the evening. So I headed onto the stage and sat down. It was a good evening out.
And now that they are adding choreographed quad copters it is only going to get fantasticker. Or something. Here's the making of video for your enjoyment.
Mariele Neudecker Tank Works - Mariele Neudecker apparently understands this better than anyone. Her art is a fascinating mix of sculptures and replications of three dimensional images. Neudecker takes mountains, ships, trees, shrubs and incorporates them into amazing atmospherical still lifes that come to life under watchful care. Feel free to learn more about Mariel Neudecker's work at her website.
Christopher Nolan Interstellar Movie Theories - join us as we discuss some theories about what Interstellar will be all about. We will discuss everything from life rafts, time travel and wormhole decoherence craziness. Bring your theories to the table too!
Arrows Science!
T.S. Abe Animation Cleverness - T.S. Abe is a UK based fashion designer and illustrator. She created this awesome self-portrait animation from a series of 15 fantastic portrait sketches. Apparently this is the first of an entire series of portrait animations that T.S. plans to draw. I recently fell in love with her work out on her tumblr, which you can fall in love with too...
Over Under Toilet Paper Discussion - And yes. I also am an avowed overrer too. And I too am going to begin folding my toilet paper extras in a v-shaped fashion just to give that high class, "just been cleaned" feeling. To all you underrers... the facts are all here for you to make the right choice. All you need to do is admit you need help, and we overrers will be here to help in a heartbeat.
So if there are legal world wide distribution issues, and damage to the negative issues... what's a fan to do? Create Your Own, Apparently. And that is what one fan has done. I have it on good authority, let's call this authority "A FRIEND OF MINE", that not only is this "Despecialized" version is a possibility, it is in fact a reality.
Shepard Fairey Murals the Country - Shepard Fairey, the artist best known in popular culture for his HOPE graphic of Obama, has spent the last two months putting up murals around the country. Before his Obama portrait Fairey was better known in the art world for his Obey Giant street art that centered on a portrait of Andre the Giant. Shepard has been using his distinctive style to hit some really enormous swatches of wall in five different major metropolitan areas of the country. Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, South Carolina, & New York were all hit with Fairey's amazing propoganda and Obey artistic style. Here are a couple a shots from the country-wide tour.
Banksy In New York Book Available - “Banksy in New York” by writer and photographer Ray Mock is the ultimate companion to Banksy’s month-long project on the streets of New York in October, 2013.
So there is a Kickstarter from heaven happening right now. A Steampunk download speed gauge from heaven. Support this Kickstarter and assemble your own. He'll even build it for you depending on your support level. But it actually looks like a fun kit to build to me.
Nina Lindgren and her Cardboard Cities - Nina Lindgren has a simple style that evokes a childlike perfection to it. She is an emerging artist that works the holy trifecta of illustration, photography and printmaking. And now she has taken a dip into the world of architecture with her latest creations of cardboard box cities. Nina has been crafting a series of geometric cardboard houses that blow the door off of anything I've ever seen before.