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Ice Lake

If you are visiting Mars, make sure to stop by the frozen lake of water ice.

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Paul Frank Party

I'm filing this under Parties I wasn't invited to but Wish I Had Been

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Jim Jarmusch - The Last of the Indies

''Blake said, 'The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn from the crow,''' Jarmusch recited, as if this explained the heartache of a good movie going unseen. He stared a second. ''I'd like to own a crow,'' he said. ''I think that would be an excellent pet.''

July 31, 2005

By LYNN HIRSCHBERG in the New York Times

Alexei Sayle on Motoring in The Independent

Alexei Sayle: Oversized and over here
Alexei Sayle: My classic hits at Glastonbury
Alexei Sayle: A plague on the plague of street furniture
Alexei Sayle: The dark heart of the Africar
Alexei Sayle: The time is right for 'pope my ride'
Alexei Sayle: I could never make things up
Alexei Sayle: MG Rover? Same as New Labour
Alexei Sayle: At least DeLorean proved something...
Alexei Sayle: The key to success is not egg-shaped
Alexei Sayle: Driving lessons? Far too sensible
Alexei Sayle: The world is random, arbitrary and cruel
Alexei Sayle: No one chooses a car for the planet's benefit

Now That's What I Call Indie Covers! volume 1

From You Ain't No Picasso

01 David Byrne - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston?)
02 Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone/Maps (Kelly Clarkson/Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
03 Ben Gibbard - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper?)
04 Tilly and the Wall - Hey Ya! (Outkast)
05 Rilo Kiley - Simply Irresistable (Robert Palmer)
06 Flaming Lips - Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie)
07 Of Montreal - Can't Explain (The Who)
08 Superwolf - Ignition (R. Kelly)
09 Bishop Allen - Ring of Fire (Cash)
10 Ben Gibbard - Complicated (Avril)
11 The Unicorns - The Clap/I Just Can't Get You Out of My Head/P.I.M.P. (Kylie/50 Cent)
12 Elliott Smith - All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down (Williams Jr.)
13 Sufjan Stevens - This One Goes Out To the One I Love (REM)
14 Rufus Wainwright - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
15 Rilo Kiley - Let My Love Open the Door (Townshend)
16 The Mountain Goats - The Sign (Ace of Base)
17 Belle and Sebastian - Dancing Queen (ABBA)

David Shrigley

Fantastic work from Dave Shrigley. Some of it is absolutely hilarious too.  Art + humour = good.   Check out the drawings first, then take a look at the sculptures...

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Gastón Caba's Ping Pong Remixes

With the first serve, the little ball was shot at full speed. It was intercepted by the hardest opponents that a ping-pong player can have. Beings of all shapes, colors and nationalities march around the stadium. Each one with its peculiar technique makes all games unique. There´s no need to say that none of them likes to respect the rules, when the game they play is the one that people like. Their magical trowels give back impossible balls. Long days are passing and the balls bounce from here to there forming strange figures. Finally, the referee stops the game with the final toot and falls exhausted on an immoral break. It´s time to say to all the teams: This match has reached its end!

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Pieter Hugo

 

The Hyena People of Nigeria

In this recent series, the photographer explores a new theme in his work: the pageantry of difference. These photographs are the result of ten-day journey he undertook with a group of travelling minstrels and their entourage of animals: three hyenas, two pythons and four monkeys.

Link to Pieter's site      Link to high res images at ShowStudio   Link to background story

IT’S CATCHING

       

Worms, germs, and Christmas.

       

by DAVID SEDARIS in the New Yorker

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George Fetting

Nice portfolio site of Australian photographer George Fetting...

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