[Found here.]
Animal House
[Found here.]
Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Eyck
The Arnolfini Portrait – Van Eyck
“In early 2004 I was invited to create a new work for an exhibition at an art foundation in Holland. The subject of the exhibition was humor. I decided to depart from the field of new-media experiments, while remaining in the ‘digital’ realm, by having some fun with the great Dutch Masters — Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Eyck. My partner Andrea made all of the costumes and spent a long time crouched underneath a cardboard box while I carefully positioned and photographed her fingers. It was a new experience for me when the show’s curator refused to exhibit the work he had commissioned, even though it was already listed in the catalogue. The explanation he provided was that the photos “weren’t funny”. About a week later I received an even more puzzling request to exhibit the project in a Taiwanese digital art festival.” -Golan Levin
…And We’re Back!
Yep, the little beasties were yanked out by their fuzzy little arses and sent straight to h-e-double-hockey-sticks.
I’m still recuperating, mentally and physically, but at least I’m out of the hospital. I was sleeping in 3 hour stints and walking laps around the ward in the wee hours – the night shift nurses were more fun.
I’m not quite done as the docs still have to rip out the staples and decide on my next adventure.
Thanks to all who sent good wishes, both here and elsewhere. They helped a lot.
P.S. Thanks to Michelle S. for the card above.
An Unplanned Vacation
Yeah, I’m gonna go dark for a while. Might be a week or more.
Seems I’ve got a nasty little beastie inside that requires some medical attention. I don’t know how long the recovery is going to take or what it entails, but I’ll find out soon enough. Meanwhile, check out the great sites in the blogroll, tell ’em I sent you.
Rock on wit yo bad sefs.
Bunk
The Longest Commute.
[Found here.]
Campaign Speech Hot Links
Cat.
A silent video can record sound??
Foreign Born Population in the US.
Are you a commie? Take this quiz to find out! [via AoS].
Amazing transformation: asian guy turns into white hipster.
The Corona virus is not the greatest threat to the US economy.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image from here.]
Saturday Matinee – Max’s Journey to the Moon, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal
Cool animation required 600 pancakes [found here]).
“Bassist Keith Ferguson is ‘playing’ one of Jimmy’s 6 string guitars upside down.”
The original Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1980:
Jimmie Vaughan (guitar), Kim Wilson (vocals/harmonica), Keith Ferguson (guitar) and Mike Buck (drums).
If Things Could Talk (1974)
Ry Cooder – guitars, vocals; Russ Titelman – bass; Jim Keltner & Milt Holland – percussion, drums; Bobby King, Gene Mumford & Cliff Givens – backup vocals. (Mumford & Givens sang with The Dominoes.)
40 years later:
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder play Blind Willie McTell‘s 1928 Statesboro Blues in 2014.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll sure do something or other tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 624 – Ostrich Prank, Raccoon Roadtrip & Block Car Race
Russian All-Purpose Hybrid Vehicle
Mushroom Cloud
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 