The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
I was at home, looking for something to do and browsing the internet like I do for cool stuff (like Der Drachenstich), when I came across Vivid Sydney. It is by all accounts, stunning.
But I had missed the dates for it, so I kept looking.
Enter: The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Disneyland, 1963
This is a stub that is part of my ongoing efforts to digitize old family slides. I recently found this group of nine photos of Disneyland taken back in 1963.
Star Wars and the Power of Costume
When I heard that Star Wars and the Power of Costume was going to be coming to the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, much like Dismaland, I immediately set about planning a trip there.
Dismaland
In July of 2015, I was sitting in a hotel room in Melbourne, Australia, watching the news, as I prepared to go out for the Gertrude Street Projection Festival, when I saw news confirming that Banksy was building Dismaland.
Drone footage displayed the tattered castle and the tweaked tractor trailer. Right then and there, I decided I was going to go
At Home With Monsters
Guillermo Del Toro makes movies that make money, and so, Guillermo Del Toro makes money, and when you make money, you can start collecting things, and so, Guillermo Del Toro did that. He collected the hell out of things from Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, and action films, along with a trove of related art and literary works, and he then proceeded to create a retreat for himself in California called Bleak House in Southern California which he filled with the stuff.
Then, I speculate, one of four possible things happened
Seven Magic Mountains without Instagrammers
Laugh all you want, it’s getting harder and harder to go out and take photos of places and things without being obstructed by those “doing it for the ‘gram.” To that end, I have pretty much given up on sunsets and now primarily aim for sunrises as my golden hour of choice (see also my trip to the Anza Borrego Serpent). One thing that has often bought my eye (hat tip to Monty Python), on the road to Las Vegas, is of course, Seven Magic Mountains, plunked down in the Nevada desert just outside of Vegas itself, by the artist Ugo Rondinone.
[Late] Car Thoughts: The LA Auto Show Has Become a Car Lot
Remember when auto shows had amazing concept cars? I barely do.
One of society’s greatest achievements in the 21st century was coming up with an pejorative that is totally utterly completely and without question gender-ethnic neutral where you can sling it without being accused of being an “~ist.” That term is: “Basic.” And basic is the best way to describe the 2018 Los Angeles International Auto Show.
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The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
I was at home, looking for something to do and browsing the internet like I do for cool stuff (like Der Drachenstich), when I came across Vivid Sydney. It is by all accounts, stunning.
But I had missed the dates for it, so I kept looking.
Enter: The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Disneyland, 1963
This is a stub that is part of my ongoing efforts to digitize old family slides. I recently found this group of nine photos of Disneyland taken back in 1963.
Star Wars and the Power of Costume
When I heard that Star Wars and the Power of Costume was going to be coming to the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, much like Dismaland, I immediately set about planning a trip there.
The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
I was at home, looking for something to do and browsing the internet like I do for cool stuff (like Der Drachenstich), when I came across Vivid Sydney. It is by all accounts, stunning.
But I had missed the dates for it, so I kept looking.
Enter: The Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Disneyland, 1963
This is a stub that is part of my ongoing efforts to digitize old family slides. I recently found this group of nine photos of Disneyland taken back in 1963.
Star Wars and the Power of Costume
When I heard that Star Wars and the Power of Costume was going to be coming to the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, much like Dismaland, I immediately set about planning a trip there.