Pyongyang VII 2007/2012 by Andreas Gursky
Smoked
Kendrick and Childish Gambino performed so well.
Every One of the World's Big Economies is now growing.
Think of the magnitude of that statement.
"Every major economy on earth is expanding at once, a synchronous wave of growth that is creating jobs, lifting fortunes and tempering fears of popular discontent." Peter S. Goodman
Every One of the World's Big Economies is now Growing
What happens when they stop?
High Maintenance Season 2, Episode 1 : Globo
High Maintenance returned a couple weeks ago (I guess) and I caught up last night. The first episode brought me to tears. It felt like the first piece of work I have seen that captures a cultural moment without defining the proverbial cultural moment. Something bad happens. You never know what it is but we all know what it is. It is the 2016 Election, Sandy Hook, Ferguson, San Bernardino, Orlando, et. al. The episode opens door after door on different people experiencing this day in various ways. It is quintessentially New York. People all over the spectrum living their lives when a tragedy occurs and just dealing with it. The last scene left me with a great sense of hope.
A Fall Evening with The Ladies
I found these on my camera today. Bess was so little. Great memory - A quiet night at home with the ladies.
A Pencil Factory
This is just beautiful via the New York Times Magazine.
Inside One of America's Last Pencil Factories
Photographs by Christopher Payne
"Photographs like these do something similar. They preserve the secret origins of objects we tend to take for granted. They show us the pride and connection of the humans who make those objects, as well as a mode of manufacturing that is itself disappearing in favor of automation. Like a pencil, these photos trace motions that may someday be gone."
-Sam Anderson, Staff Writer for the New York Times Magazine.
So well said.
Khruangbin
Currently having my mind blown by this band by a LIVE SET ON KCRW.
Hail from houston, texas
Wow, when is the last time art inspired you instantly?
In this case I am hearing the future, the past and something new - all at the same time.
This is music for musics sake.
Grateful for moments like this in my life
the dub version at the end of this video is fantastic.
"Subhuman, Superhuman, Inhuman" - Rick Owens, 2017
A 'retrospective' whatever that means in his world. The latest example of Rick Owens creating something and putting it somewhere bucking conformity throughout. To put a finer point on it, his manifesto of sorts: to “lay a black glittering turd on the white landscape of conformity.”
He literally did just that, complete with his own hair which he has been collecting for years.
You do you, Rick.
The interview made me look into Dadaism and Cubism which I wasn't that familiar with. Along with the work of Michael Heizer and Richard Long.
One thing you know leads to other things you don't.
For the New York Times by Hettie Judah. Photos below by Alessandro Grassani for NYT
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Leigh and I watched this the other night. I heard James Franco talk about how compelling it was on WTF with Marc Maron the other day. Which was a great conversation as well. Jim Carrey completely engulfs himself in Andy Kaufman and furthermore into Kaufman's alter ego, Tony Clifton. It is wheels operating inside wheels operating inside wheels. But the real gem of this documentary is the current state of mind of Jim Carrey. He seems completely enlightened. Like his life is now an open door into an elevated realm. One that is free of so much of the minutiae that keeps people tied down. I forget how talented Jim Carrey is - he feels like an individual who has turned into a caricature on a hollywood cartoon drawing of establishment personalities of a certain generation. Imagine what a trifecta of opening films like Ace Ventura-The Mask-Dumb and Dumber would do to you as a human being just trying to live up to your father. Wild. Really Inspiring - Stay woke, Jim.
Creep - Radiohead, (Live Belfort, France) 1997
The best performance of Creep I have ever seen. That song is really special. People love it, People hate it but it is a pure manifestation of alienation. It is part of the lexicon of music by a generation of kids saying "what the fuck?"
" Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana or "whats going on?" by Marvin Gaye choose whatever you want. These songs get washed over and over again with use, criticism and parody - because they mean something. They are a flag in the ground for cultural transition.
Jay-Z and Dean Baquet in Conversation.
Jay-Z on OJ, Race, Obama,Therapy, Vulnerability, Truth, The Young Man's Game, Kanye and Marriage.
Highly Evolved.
METROPOLIS - THE SINISTER TRUTH BEHIND CABIN PORN
AN INTERESTING THINK-PIECE ON THE IMPACT OF THE CABIN DREAM. SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT PROGRESSIVE ELITES SOLVING THE WORLDS PROBLEMS FROM SPACIAL NIRVANAS THAT CLAIM TO BE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. BUT ARE THEY JUST COUNTRY CLUBS WITH DIFFERENT STRIPES? (SUMMIT POWDER MOUNTAIN THEY ARE TALKING TO YOU)
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME BECAUSE I DREAM OFTEN ABOUT A CABIN ON A REMOTE PIECE OF LAND FOR MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OUR DOGS. I THINK OF IT BEING A RESPONSIBLE DESIGN-BUILD OPPORTUNITY FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS TO WORK ON OVER TIME. BUT WHAT IMPACT DOES IT REALLY HAVE ON A TOWN OR PLOT OF LAND WE WOULD HELICOPTER INTO? PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ALL OVER AGAIN. "HI, WE ARE THE NEW FOLKS IN TOWN. THAT IS OUR SOLAR-POWERED-SUSTAINABLE-PRIVATE-MODERN-BOX UP ON THE PICTURESQUE HILL. YOU AND YOUR TOWN-FOLK ARE SO ADORABLE. JUST WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR..."
INTERESTING SCENARIOS AND QUESTIONS TO PONDER ALONG WITH MY LIFE GOALS
Stephen Shore
His photographs really speak to me. I think of the world in a similar way.
Tibetan Freedom Concert 1998 - Radiohead Stills
Some of these songs were rattling around in my head on Thanksgiving - weird when they pick there spots. Screenshots from the youtube footage. Middle of the day. I like looking at the kids with the On-Stage credentials. Back then you sat on scaffolding with your legs hanging out over the stage. So cool in the 'old days' what a trip
The Handmaid's Tale Opening Title.
This fits the world of the Show perfectly.
Joan Didion
She is an important American. Her prose sounds like analytical poetry. She simultaneously wears different hats: One of an investigative journalist and the other of a classic novelist. She seems to weave the cultural influence of California writ large and New York City on America as a whole. Paraphrasing a line I could relate to about the first time she left New York City: "It's true, you really can stay too long at the Fair."
Leigh and I watched Joan Didion : The Center Will Not Hold and were really inspired.
Lizzie Owens gave me Play it as it Lays for Christmas the year I moved to LA. I never read it. I guess I wasn't ready. I can't wait to now.
Jony Ive's Wallpaper Cover
Insightful read on Apple Park and their product development vision - Wallpaper
The Ned Hotel, London
Looks like a nice place. Something Old and New at the same time - always a great feat in design of space.
On the way to Cody, Wyoming
From a recent trip to Cody, Wyoming to pick up Jade. What a great drive. Myself, my thoughts, music and the most beautiful scenery. I absolutely love driving long distances. When you do it by yourself, it is such an interesting window of perspective on your life. It feels like flying without the altitude.
