Tag: art
Saturday Matinee – Pursuit of Ghosts, INSA & Pink Floyd
Pursuit of Ghosts is a representation of the daily grind. We assign meaning to our existence , what matters to me might not matter to you.
Mesmerizing animation by Kevin McGloughlin uses footage by photography pioneer Eadward Muybridge with music by Max Cooper and Tim Hodge.
Daredevil Global .Gif promo (2016) features INSA and his “Gif-iti.” He creates some amazing stuff, including the Rockin’ Rolls posted here.
From the Utoobage:
“Pink Floyd performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii , Italy. The main footage in and around the amphitheatre was filmed over four days in October 1971, using the band’s regular touring equipment, including studio-quality 24-track tape recorders.”
Kinda spacy trippy stuff for this 3-day weekend, and if you’re headed out, be sure to drive fast. The less time on the road reduces the odds of an accident. See you back here tomorrow.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 731 – Bollard Fake, Go Away Balloon & A Fan Dance
My Marimo Toshi
Bunkarina sent me a present last year – a Japanese moss ball. I wasn’t sure what to make of it, but I knew it needed a better home than a glass pentagon cage, so I put it in something a bit more respectful and named it Tosh.
I didn’t think much about Tosh until he “birthed” a baby and they became Toshi and Toshita. We became friends, and every two weeks they get fresh water to keep them happy.
More recently I learned that they’re sold as Japanese Lake Moss (or Marimo Moss Balls) but they’re not moss at all. They’re algae, Aegagropila linnaei, and they grow very slowly. They don’t like chlorinated water much, but they like a little salt. They turn bright green and blow bubbles when they’re content. The water changes coincide with something I’ve been going through for two years now, and I began taking photos every two weeks to mark time and progress. The moss give me a bit of inner peace, a zen tranquility of sorts.
And no, I don’t talk to them, smartass. You know who you are.
Children see things differently.
[Found here.]
Parts Scavengers
Soviet Era Mass-Produced Housing
[Found in here.]
Four-Color Robots
[Found here.]
Macropicidal Hot Links
Swinging Mama, Tiny Grimes (1974)Guitarist Lloyd “Tiny” Grimes (1916-1989) played with many jazz notables. In the late 1940s he had a hit on a jazzed-up version of Loch Lomond with the band billed as Tiny “Mac” Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders. They wore kilts and included Red Prysock on tenor sax and singer Screaming Jay Hawkins.
FEAR.
One Miilion Frames Per Second.
[h/t Pam M.]
It’s a spider and it’s radioactive.
Happy Mothers’ Day!
[Top image found on Pinterest: Dark Mamika, photo by Sacha Goldberger, unknown date.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Tacky Raccoons 