Mr.Jingles, untitled.

From jpeggy.it

Brilliant. Not sure how we missed this before.

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This reminds me of Steve Powers’s Superfeen character.

The cover formula worked

From Wikipedia:

“were a series of budget compilation cover albums of current chart hits recorded by anonymous session singers and musicians released on the Hallmark record label. They had initially reached the charts but were later disallowed due to a change in the criteria for entering the charts. These albums continued to be produced until the early 1980s, when the advent of compilation albums featuring the original versions of hits, such as the Now That’s What I Call Music series, led to a steep decline in their popularity.”

images from Jacob Whitaker

The Plimsouls, Oldest Story in the World used in the movie Valley Girl

Damien Hirst’s End of an Era opened at Gagosian this past Saturday.  We were in Florida warming our bones but, Art in America provides a good write-up and taste of the scene.  See it all here

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, 1st of tha Month, 1995

Vanity Fair takes a look at a new generation of Hollywood Starlets.  Emma Stone, gimmee a holler

Helmetcam from a dude on a skeleton sled

The Urban Woodsman aka The Lumberjoke

Go down and go deep with Virgin’s non-air, non-space, exploration service – “Virgin Oceanic”. Richard Branson commissioned the “Necker Nymph” tri-seater open submarine vehicle to be built out of carbon fiber. Rent it for $25,000 per week. It is currently rated to dive to a depth of 130 feet. Virgin is shooting for a depth of 35,000 feet – which seems awfully frightening, unless there are plans for a more protective cockpit and backup breathing system.

Toronto-based sculptor Tibi Tibi Neuspiel

The Free Spirit
2009
oil paint, wax, steel, plastic, wood

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Sergio

A great photograph from a book that we look forward to every year.

See a preview here

photo: Geoffroy de Boismenu

Seriously.

and…

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The 38th Chamber by our friend Douglas Haddow

Perfect as ever.