Archive for the ‘Ephemera’ Category
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
After briefly reminiscing with Burcheck recently about the old days, I recall one day, many many years ago, where, during the absence of both brothers, the fate of the entire Bukowsky Empire rest solely in my hands. That day's only mission required faxing several ticket brokers. I did. And ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" -- I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Dancing Doll Dealer from Josh Dippold on Vimeo.
This colorful, car bound character was captured in Vegas demoing his wares -- funny looking doll-type creations. He song-and-dances them up and down the side of his car.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Liu Bolin paints himself to blend into his surroundings; to become invisible, you could almost say.
He's in this last picture too. (Look closely.)
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Take a peep at some gnarly cardboard characters created by Bernie Burns.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Someone sent me a message on ShoppyBag about six days ago, but I can't check it out. The site has been nonoperational for at least that long. I am now dieing to see what this service is all about. Props for their cleaver maintenance message.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Learn Something Every Day is dedicated to just that, learning a fact everyday. There's no write up on the site about the site, but I reckon those running the place get facts submitted and then do a drawing to go along with the fact and present one each day.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Archivists are currently cataloging Andy Warhol's junk. Here's some stuff they've come across:
postal box from Paris
piece of wedding cake from Caroline Kennedy's wedding
$17,000 in cash
naked picture of a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, autographed
soup cans (unsurprisingly)
antiques
piles of furniture
gems worth $1 million
mummified human foot
Ramones 45 record signed by Joey Ramone
orange nutbread
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
I hate shopping. Especially for clothes, even online.
Enter Trunk Club, an internet clothing service. Whenever you need new duds you contact Trunk Club. They pair you with a "personal Trunk Club expert" who will then send hand picked clothes. Try them on, fire up a web cam and get ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Back To The Back To The Future from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
This one may have come to my attention via The Twitter. Not sure. Anyway, I can see how either this could annoy Back to the Future purists or totally delight. It basically takes bits of the flick and mixes ...
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