The .Gif Friday Post No. 927 – Pump It Up, Little Beasties & Laughing Wet

[Found herehere and here.]

Russian Graffiti

[Found here.]

Tumbletown

Puzzle Tirana, Albania
If built, the high-rise will be composed of stacked volumes that are intended to resemble the shape of the archetypal village house with a gabled roof.”

Located on Rruga Medar Shtylla, near Tirana’s city lake, Puzzle Tirana sits on a 75 x 25-meter lot in a densely built urban area. The design reflects Albania’s transition from rural homes to modern apartments, embodying the city’s rapid growth. The tower will replace an existing structure and introduce:

    • 160 apartments ranging from 70 to 130 m²
    • A hotel integrated within the lower levels
    • A commercial area on the first two floors

Designed by Network of Architecture (NOA) and Atelier4.
[Photos and more found here.]

Low Overhead = Low Rates

[Street office in Mumbai, India, ca. 2010 found here; same office in 2012 here.]

No waiting. Get in. NOW.

[The Keeper of the Gate found here.]

Surculigerous Hot Links

Goin’ Down South, R.L. Burnside w/ Lyrics Born (2004) Burnside recorded several versions of Goin’ Down South over the years. He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi, learned from Mississippi Fred McDowell who lived in the next county over. Burnside and his family, tired of the life of sharecroppers, moved to Chicago in the early 50s. Subsequently his father, two uncles and two brothers were murdered there. In 1959 he returned to Mississippi, was convicted of murder himself, and served time at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm. [h/t Suzanne P.]

Play B-22.

Haint paint.

Tower bees.

Douchebag.

200% Chinese.

Sidewalk chalk.

Freddie’s Level.

Plucking around.

Sorry We’re Closed.

Street pyrotechnics.

Elvis anti-fog sponge.

One man’s bucket list.

Maisie, Jake and Harry.

A snapshot in concrete.

“Shut up,” she explained.

Norty Blues Episode 138.

Cast aluminum farm toys.

Repairing Cow 613 [h/t Kirk W.]

WindowSwap [via Memo Of The Air].

There’s a loo in The Netty, dear Liza.

Four hours’ pay means four hours’ stay.

Stereotypical foods that few locals eat.

Even better at 1.5x speed [via Thompson, blog].

and not very sharp [via The View From Lady Lake].

100 Years of the Photobooth [via Everlasting Blört].

Play with and trade upon the themes of accumulation and juxtaposition.

[Top image: 19th century Japanese octopus sculpture found here.]


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The .Gif Friday Post No. 926 – Pizzapup, Phone Blue & Some Prom Pics

[Found here, here, and the prom pics came from here.]

The Mask

[First and final date found here, h/t Alfie Rob M.]

The 2012 Lada Wedgie

That’s a Russian Lada Kalina circa 2012, and if that’s not a bollard attack, then maybe a telephone pole lost its brakes, or someone’s boat was speeding or something. No way can a Lada travel that fast.
[Found in here via here.]

Thunderbird

[Found here.]