Janis Joplin and her '65 356c Porsche Cabriolet
I've been humming and hawing over buying a vintage Porsche or a vintage Mercedes. Bought in 1968 for $3500 by Janis Joplin, the Porsche 356 Super C. Painted by Dave Richards.Related Post:
Dec 5, 2008
Dec 4, 2008
Paul Evans - 20th Century Alchemist
Paul Evans
1931 - 1987
Paul Evans died before his time. A trained silversmith, goldsmith and blacksmith Evans was also an alchemist. Taking the common and transforming it into the extraordinary. Each piece of Evans' forged furniture was made by hand, finished by hand and signed. Watch for it.
the finished piece
Dec 3, 2008
7 Excuses To Catch The Red Eye To London
Get out of here! Go grab a bargain basement last minute flight from British Airways and head to London for a quick fix of cool before settling in with the relatives for the holidays!
If you need an excuse here are seven:
December 6th 2008
vintage Biba is impossible to find in NA.
watch out for Cameron's crew - they'll be in vintage rock tees and bangles
cash, caffeine, no holds barred
2. YO! Sushi
the most expensive sushi robo I've ever had
worth a visit at lunch in the business district just to ride off the energy!
3. Bon Iver
congratulations to Joe M. - hope you enjoy the show!
View the visually stunning video for Wolves here.
4. Harmony Sex Shop
103 Oxford Street, Soho
njoy toys, the jessica rabbit
5. Tate Modern
Mark Rothko exhibition
free collection displays on Levels 3 & 5 (Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism)
food, vintage, people watching - the best things in life
check out Absolute Vintage
voted one of the top 100 stores you must visit in the world
7. Ten Bells
84 Commercial Street
when all is said and done
Magners, Aspalls and Scrumpy Jack on tap
Thanks Sarah!
Dec 2, 2008
Signature Series Street Art and Fashion
You don't become a mega brand by ignoring your target market. Hats off to Adidas and Ray Ban for joining forces with street super artists Sam Flores, Chris Mendoza, Herbert Baglione, David Choe and Aesop Rock.
Mendoza
Ray Ban Wayfarer Artist Series
Ray Ban is collaborating with Chris Medonza on an eighties graffiti style limited edition artist series - there are only 100. The series will be released online on December 3rd 2008
You can watch an interview with Mendoza here.
Adidas commissioned a limited edition series of sneaks designed by Flores, Baglione, Choe and Rock. One edition of four parts was released for four Thursdays from July 17, 2008. The folks at Adidas know their market better than their spouses.
You can view the 28 second campaign video for the Rock edition here or check ADIDAS' premiere campaign here. Dec 1, 2008
Joshua Van Dyke - The Skateboard As Rite Of Passage
The rite of passage. Vancouver based artist, Joshua Van Dyke, explores this universal theory in his latest work of sculpture. Each work, created out of vintage skate decks he has collected from around the world, translates separation, liminality and re-incorporation into a visual masterpiece reminisce of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Van Dyke's work is raw, symbolic, and brilliant.
images Stacy Reynaud
Nov 27, 2008
Nov 26, 2008
6 Gifts For the Geek Who Has Everything
1. USB storage skull ring
2. Electronic Bubble Wrap Key Chain
that's right, it makes the bubble wrap sound when you pop the bubbles
3. Luminodot
The 21st Century Lite Brite!
'sure to keep up appearances'
5. The E-Cigarette - the electronic cigarette
6. LED Color Changing Light Bulb with Remote
put this one on my wish list
Nov 25, 2008
The Traffic Jam Recreated
How many times have you been stuck in traffic and asked yourself why the car ahead of you doesn't move up? The Mathematical Society of Traffic Flow in Japan may have scientifically solved the true nature of the traffic jam. Researchers argue that vehicles clump together at a certain point on a track resulting in a shock-wave effect running backwards through the traffic. Watch the demonstration video embedded above or view it here.
Nov 24, 2008
The Obama Pet
If it were only as simple as cat or dog.
The Roosevelt children had a pet. A lovable one legged rooster.
One-legged Rooster - pet of the Roosevelt children
Nov 22, 2008
We're All A Bunch of Show Offs
Does that mean no one likes us?
If you were at Lollapolooza '92 you may remember the interactive video sound loop thingamajig set up in the village part. Here you had a chance to compose your own music to looped scenes of drag racing, space launches, animals fornicating or overall destruction - somewhat Koyaanisqatsi or Baraka esque in feel. A clip from Koyaanisqatsi is above - you can also view it here.The lineup at Lollapolooza '92 was headlined by Ice Cube, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Ministry, and Jesus and Mary Chain - so yes, the stoner interactive video sound loop thingamajig was a hit.
The 21st Century
Check out Uniqlo's 'Create Your Loop!' an irritating, interactive and supposedly addictive viral marketing campaign directed at hipsters. Get your mute button ready but do check it out!
Utloop
a hipster t-shirt marketing campaign
Nov 20, 2008
Sex, The Economy, and The Guerrilla Marketer
Courbet
Should Nevada's brothels apply for a government bail out too?
The world's oldest profession has been hit by the economic downturn. The industry has a $400 million impact on the state of Nevada and generates about $50 million in revenues but in the last 18 months disposable income, aka the fun fund, has been going the way of the condom - down the toilet. Revenues for the 25 brothels in the Nevada Brothel Owners' Association are down by as much as 45 percent. Stats on the women's individual earnings can be found here.
If done correctly, guerrilla marketing tactics could work brilliantly here.
- viral marketing
- ambient marketing
- presence marketing
- grassroots marketing
- wild postings
- tissue pack advertising
- undercover marketing
- astroturfing
- alternative marketing
- experiential marketing
Nov 19, 2008
What's Going On
Deborah Layton joined Peoples Temple as a teenager. She left Jonestown six months before the suicides. In the PBS film Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple she expresses her unhappiness with the world in the 1960s and 1970s and the desire to change it, noting Marvin Gaye's song "Mercy, Mercy Me" off the 1971 album What's Going On. YouTube video embedded above, and here's the link.
"...the whole time I was in college, I would go into the library -- they had headsets-- I'd ask them to put that entire tape on (What's Going On). And it was all about "What is going on here, people," you know? The war in Vietnam, everyone's upset. And that sort of drifted into every aspect of my life...You know, we all seem to be lost here and that maybe it is time to get involved in something..." Deborah Layton; Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2007)
November 18th, 1978
Jonestown Massacre
Jim Jones issues a suicide order commanding his followers to drink cyanide-laced Fla-Vor-Aid. 918 people died in Guyana: five at the Port Kaituma airstrip, four in Georgetown and 909 men, women and children in Jonestown.
Gordon Lightfoot is born. He releases Don Quixote in 1972, one year after What's Going On. Listen to "Beautiful" above or here.
60% of participants polled believe the deaths of the adults at Jonestown were murders. View the poll here.
Nov 17, 2008
10 Rock n Roll Rider Requests Sure to Surprise
The Rider. Musicians can become legends over these. These contracts can include specs on everything from dressing room 'vibe' and meals to transportation and opening act. You're thinking about Van Halen, Black Sabbath and NKOB right now aren't you?
Here are 10 musicians whose riders were and weren't what I expected:
- Sheryl Crow - Mon. Makers Mark, Tues. Bombay Gin, Weds. Courvosier Brandy, Thurs. Good Quality Champagne, Fri. Silver Tequila, Sat. Absolut Vodka, Sun. Silver Tequila
- Kid Rock - if McDonald's could of set up I'm sure they'd be there.
- Coldplay - NO chardonnay, NO Stella, NO U.S. beer but stamped postcards are nice.
- Prince - more like a spa than a gig. The Yogi tea and scented candles do add a nice touch.
- LL Cool J - the driver must know where to find a Soul Food Cafe and that door better not say Jay.
- Boy George - boy o boy happy hour starts at sound check and that black t-shirt better be ready.
- Nine Inch Nails - who would've thought these guys were juicers!
- The Black Crowes - wooden furniture doesn't go well with zig zags.
- Frank Sinatra - plants, Tootsie Rolls and top shelf liquor are 'appreciated'.
- Guns n' Roses - Dom Perignon, guacamole and porn.
Korn's rider with a PHAT towel request
click it to enlarge it
What's on your rider?
Source: smoking gun
Nov 15, 2008
Nov 14, 2008
Dear Apple Strategic Development
Signature series, limited edition pieces do very well.
Why not try these:
1. Travis Millard - Fudge Factory Comics
2. Miss Van
3. Powell & Peralta Series
5. Basquiat
image copyright Artist Rights Society
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