Missing Everything
May 27, 2008 at 2:59pm | In art, culture, photography | Leave a CommentTags: english literature tropes, man vs nature
“When I shoot, I subtract things,” New York-based photographer Philip Toledano writes. “What if I went to an environment that was missing everything. Instead of subtracting, I would have to add. So I went to the Arctic Circle.” Mr. Toledano’s images of the Arctic Circle contrast nicely with his photographs of recently-abandoned, bankrupt American offices. He dwarfs human and arboreal figures in the landscape of the Arctic, while pencils, books, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera loom large in his images of the modern built environment. No matter what we’d like to think — Mr. Toledano seems to say — we are an afterthought in the greater scope of our world. Or, as one of my high-school English teachers might have put it, the “Man vs. Nature” battle is refreshingly stacked against us.
Via Urban Planning Blog.
David Byrne: Genius, Blogger, Drunk Bicyclist
May 22, 2008 at 8:58pm | In internet, music | Leave a CommentTags: david byrne, drunk bicycling, heroes, stars are just like us
… my tire slipped on the cobblestones of West 14th St., and I remember lying in the street, looking at oncoming headlights and rolling towards the curb so they wouldn’t run me over. Two cops approached and looked down at me. “Have you been drinking?” they asked. Probably a typical question in that neighborhood at that time of night. “Yes, I’ve had a few drinks,” I replied. “But I’m hurt.” I managed to get up by myself and retrieve my bike (no help from the NYPD, though one of them asked if I was David Byrne) and it wasn’t until later, when I was in bed, that the pain made itself truly known. I wondered how I would ever even get out of bed. The next day I went to the hospital and x-rays revealed two broken ribs — numbers 3 and 5, way up high. They’re healing now, little by little, and I was told that in 3 weeks I should be OK.
- David Byrne Journal: 05.16.2008: You drank too much and fell off your bike
See, it’s true. Stars: they’re just like us!
From the Dept. of Recent Obsessions
May 16, 2008 at 2:38pm | In literature, music, obsession, video | Leave a CommentTags: how dudes should dress, music videos, rene daumal, surrealism, the kinks
Here at Tiny Gems, our lives are an ever-shifting landscape of obsessions and fixations, changing week to week, if not day to day. Paying tribute to our unhealthy behaviors, we’ve decided to add a weekly column to this small corner of the blogosphere. “From the Dept. of Recent Obsessions” will catalog our weird fascination with literally anything we feel like writing about. Try to guess which one of us wrote which part!
The Kinks
For some reason, accidentally discovering that my boyfriend looks exactly like Ray Davies propelled me into an all-out obsession with The Kinks. My love is so deep and true, I can’t even really put it into words. All I can really say is, watch this video right now! Wouldn’t the world be great if dudes actually dressed like this?
“A Night of Serious Drinking,” Rene Daumal
This 1938 French novel can be categorized in any number of ways: as bizarre (even tongue-in-cheek) Surrealism, a social satire, an overly referential fantasy story, a parody of Dante. I think maybe it can be best summed up by, “what it would be like if The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie was a book instead of a movie.” Do yourself a favor and look up a copy at the pretentious and extensive library of your choice.
Screw Photoshop
May 16, 2008 at 10:48am | In art, culture, design | 1 Comment…wasn’t it better when film posters featured lovingly detailed, hand-drawn images of celebrities?
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