Archive for the ‘Ephemera’ Category
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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Monday, July 6th, 2009
I recently stumbled upon a somewhat novel Guerrilla marketing effort for a audio novella prequel that involves a broadsword giveaway stamped with a unique and exclusive flash fiction story that will be signed in blood by the author.
The sword is the object/subject of J.C. Hutchens's free prequel novella podcast Personal ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
A truly inspiring act of quality Journalism committed here:
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