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Blaine Fontana has this messy, dirty graffiti feel to his paintings. I love the layered collage-- you can see a stop motion of one of his paintings here. He's one of those artists that make me wanna break out the paintbrushes and get dirty.
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Checked out Gallery 1988's Remixing the Magic exhibit this weekend-- far and away my favorite was Brandi Milne, the artist featured on the postcard for her Alice in Wonderland paintings. She paints spindly geishas and gypsies, and her sense of color and layout is amazing. Keep an eye on the 1988 site, as prints of the Wonderland pieces should be for sale soon.
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This is your Monday morning song. Assume the appropriate stance of glee.
Lovin' Spree - Eartha Kitt
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There are only a few times when I've become really obsessed with games. This is one of them. This is another. What they have in common is A) there are puzzles, and B) they crossover into real life. Why it fascinates me to get a call at 3am from someone pretending to be murdered, I couldn't tell you-- but come on, you can't tell me that receiving a mysterious email with hidden code leading you to a passage of 1984 that reveals the location of aforementioned murdered person *isn't* cool. You can't. It simply isn't possible.
So I knew someone was after my heart when I found a post on the new Perplex City puzzle cards, saying things like:
Some of the cards have delightful gimmicks, like heat sensitive or ultraviolet inks that contain hidden clues [...] Sometimes you have to send text messages to get information, or check the classified ads of newspapers in China, or in one case, be a published author to gain access to a research library that contains critical information...
I'm not so sure about the graphics, but I think the model for the game is interesting-- buy a game card pack (they come in sets of six) and solve away-- endgame wins you a pile of cash. Check BoingBoing for more info, and you can buy them here.
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These hand grenade oil lamps are actual US army surplus grenades, sealed on the bottom with a quarter.
I would certainly light one of the secret bunkers under my apartment building with them. I mean, hypothetically. If I had a secret bunker. Which I don't.
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Or a hacksaw, or meat cleaver-- this clever jewelry seems like best accessory (or accomplice) for an elegant night out of murd--- I mean, fun.
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A little bird told me about Hidden Passageway, and I couldn't decide whether to post about it, because it seems like the sort of thing that's much cooler if no one knows about it but you.
It's a company that seems out of a film or novel, and they specialize in building-- you guessed it-- hidden passageways into your house. Turn an old sofa chair into a trapdoor to an escape tunnel. Stairway on the first floor? Hatch to your secret room in the basement. Paintings slide away to safes. Bookcases open into hidden nooks.
That's amazing, you say! But I bet it costs a fortune! ...Nay, say I. They sell DIY kits you can put together yourself starting at $1500.
Do you have any idea how many of my childhood dreams are coming true this very moment?
So there it is. Try and keep it a secret, it's much cooler that way.
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Harry Kim is putting together a documentary on David Choe called "Dirty Hands: The Art & Life of David Choe." The energy in the footage is great-- I've always known Choe was a little bit of a crazy motherf*cker, but the documentary features scenes of him painting as blood is dripping from his nose unto the canvas, and quotes like "One day when people stop buying my paintings, quit wearing my t-shirts.. I can still rob your f*cking house."
Features interviews with his teacher and amazing artist Barron Storey, you can see footage at the link below.
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I remember seeing this when it was in prototype. Clever little clock for every time zone, using low-tech to switch zones. Turn the clock, get a different time zone. Comes in three styles, one of which vaguely resembles a hand grenade.
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I inherited a kitty. She does things like wake me up at 5am by staring intently at me, an inch away from my face. She likes to sleep on top of my faux fur coats on the bottom shelf of my closet. That's how I know she's got style.
Rather than deprive kitty of rolling around ecstaticly on a bed of faux fur, I found Cheengoo's Catnap Beetle Bed. Faux fur for kitties. Rock.
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Artist Judi Werthein has designed a shoe to help illegal Mexican immigrants sneak into the US. As functional as it is an art piece, the shoes include a compass, a flashlight, and some Tylenol in case of injury en-route. There's also a map for the sense-of-direction deficient --printed on the removable insole-- showing the most popular illegal routes from Tijuana into San Diego.
Werthein has been known to pass out her shoes-- called Brincos, from "to jump" in Spanish-- at the border. That woman has some huevos.
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In sprawling cities like Los Angeles, it's hard to sift through the music scene to find shows you want to see-- enter Podbop, a new site that allows you to search bands that are playing in your town, and listen to mp3s before the show. A double-whammy of finding new bands you like, and getting you out into the world to see them live. I like Podbop. They get a gold star.
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I'm asking the gods and goddess of the sock underground to please mass-produce these, as I can't knit worth a darn. Was that a pun? Anyhow, for you sew-happy fools, there are instructions to make your very own obscenely cute toeless foot warmers.
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