Category: Odd
Kudzu
From The Kudzu Project, photography by Helene Schmitz, 2012.
Helene Schmitz began documenting kudzu while working on a field study in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, to investigate the effects of its ruinous nature in the summer of 2012. Each black and white frame produced took hours of preparation in the sweltering southern heat using a special large format camera.
[Monochrome photos and story found here.]
Cutouts of Paperboyo
“Someone once described me as a non-destructive vandal which I quite like. Within the confines of a camera viewfinder I transform known, and some not so well known landmarks around the world with bits of crafted black card.” – Rich McCor (aka Paperboyo).
[Photos found here, more of McCor’s work previously posted here.
h/t Jaime G.]
The Days of Our Hives
[These and more found here.]
Dithyrambic Hot Links
She’s Gone to Napoli, Laurel Aitken (1963) Dubbed The Godfather of Ska (and later Boss Skinhead) Cuban-Jamaican Lorenzo “Laurel” Aitken moved to the UK in 1960 and dropped 15 singles before heading back to Jamaica three years later. He returned to the UK in 1970 and continued performing and recording until his death in 2005.
Hickshit [via Bits & Pieces].
Decompaction [via Thompson, blog].
Hernán Cortés vs “the Noble Savage”.
The Chimpanzee Civil War (with video).
The Strandbeests [via Everlasting Blört].
1928 Ford LM Gypsy Wagon [via Miss Cellanea].
An excellent argument against large data centers.
WWII British home bomb shelters [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image: A.I. modified 1969 Fiat Abarth 2000 Scorpione found here.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 950 – Waterblob Man, Cart Parkour & Bullrider
A Crow’s Eye View
[Cropped and enhanced, photo by Crow Monthly, March 2026.]
The Girl on the Train
Japanese Big Seafood
Dies Paschae Hot Links
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding,
The Holmes Brothers (2006) 2006 cover of Elvis Costello‘s 1979 cover of the Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe 1974 song.
Nice bollards.
Tiny Digs Hotel.
A collection [via Thompson, blog].
Denver Man [via Everlasting Blört].
What Florida Man did on your birthday.
Beautiful Things [via Memo Of The Air].
Nancy wants to bang the drum all day.
It’s Bad Manners to bang the drum all day.
[Top image: Baby in Carriage Surrounded by Rabbits, Clara Burd, 1926.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil on illustration board, 12”x 14”.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
Tacky Raccoons 