One is a dog. The other is a portrait of a dog.
[Found here.]
Tag: art
Homichlophobic Hot Links
(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown, New York Dolls (1973)
This seminal proto punk band took their name from the New York Doll Hospital, a doll repair shop.
R.I.P. David Johansen.
R.I.P. Roberta Flack.
R.I.P. Gene Hackman.
Hagfish slime [via Bunkerville].
Space X and the Coastal Commission.
European box beds [via Everlasting Blört].
Mantis ate the whole thing [via Ephemera].
St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
“Hey Joe. Where was your cousin’s apartment?”
Do Something Cool in Slo-Mo [via Memo Of The Air].
Lyonel Feininger (1871 – 1956) [via this isn’t happiness].
[Top image: Ceramic art by Sergey Isopov, found here.]
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Unreal Abandonment
Many more convincing AI images by an unknown digital artist can be found on a Facebook page titled Abandoned Houses and Unreal Places. There’s also a link to a YouTube channel that features animated tours.
The Namazu-e of 1855
In November 1855, the Great Ansei Earthquake struck the city of Edo (now Tokyo), claiming 7,000 lives and inflicting widespread damage. Within days, a new type of color woodblock print known as namazu-e (lit. “catfish pictures”) became popular among the residents of the shaken city. These prints featured depictions of mythical giant catfish (namazu) who, according to popular legend, caused earthquakes by thrashing about in their underground lairs. In addition to providing humor and social commentary, many prints claimed to offer protection from future earthquakes.
Namazu are normally kept under control by the god Kashima using a large rock known as kaname-ishi. The Great Ansei Earthquake of 1855 is said to have occurred when Kashima went out of town and left Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce) in charge. In this print, the giant subterranean catfish unleashes destruction on the city while Ebisu sleeps on the job. Kashima rushes home on horseback while the city burns, and Raijin the thunder god defecates drums. Large gold coins fall from the sky, symbolizing the redistribution of wealth during the rebuilding phase.
[Full story and more images found here.]
True Love
[Found here.]
The Tanzmasken of Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt (ca. 1924)
Schulz and Holdt made these costumes for dancing; they performed under the name Die Maskentänzer (The Mask Dancers). The outfits are more sculpture than clothing, and they entirely swallow up the wearer. Some suggest a mongrel collision of characters — a buggy-eyed insect meets a jester meets a bearded tomato — and others allude to zippy motion, with eyeballs cartoonishly pulling off the face. Wires poke out and wooden blocks dangle, a bridge seesaws from shoulder to shoulder. Many of the geometric silhouettes defy anatomy; hands, feet, and heads are all boxed in, with no apparent exit.
The story doesn’t stop there. Schulz and Holdt were insane.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tanzmasken/
Bonus: Interactive 3D images of Maskentänzer
Toboggan Mann
Toboggan Frau
The Mirror
[Found here.]
Super Bowl Lix Hot Links
Jumpin’ Jacquet, Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra (1946) Recorded in New York. Illinois Jacquet / tenor sax, John Simmons / Bass, Freddie Green / guitar, Emmet Berry / Trumpet, Bill Doggett / piano, Shadow Wilson(?) / drums.
Talk like an orca [via Bunkerville].
Saxquatch [via Everlasting Blört].
Mastering The Art Of Hock A Loogie.
Routine graph [via Innocent Bystanders].
Abraham LeBron Lincoln – An American Icon.
OVERRIDE: The opening salvo of the DOGE war.
Everybody and The Sunshine Band [via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found here. More disco dream girls here.]
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Tacky Raccoons 