TIMBER TIMBRE – LAY DOWN IN THE TALL GRASS
(Out of This Spark Records . 2009)
A petición, reposteando un Track of the week del pasado.
Mmm.
Buena canción.
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HISTORICAL ANATOMIES
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Historical Anatomies is a site dedicated to the preservation of old anatomy books from around the globe.
BAJITO Y SUAVECITO
(Salvador ‘Chavo’ Figueroa with his radical hopper: a ‘83 Cutlass Supreme, modified so it can hop 80 inches in the air.)
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(Jaqueline, Alejandro, Guisela, Alejandro Jr, Jocelyn Villasenor and their ‘82 Cadillac Coupe De Ville.)
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(Clockwise: Gilberto ‘Potente’, Gilberto Jr, Maria, Alondra Diaz and their ‘48 Chevrolet Fleetline. Rick with his ‘93 Fleetwood Cadillac. Francisco, Checo and Angel Vallejo with ‘El Cotorro’ (the Parrot). Edgar ‘Cholo’ Becerra with his ‘90 Lincoln Town Car.)
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“Agressive Levelz” and “Good Times” are the names of two automobile clubs that get together in a parking lot near the house of Corine Vermeulen, in Detroit. Lowriders are cars that have been adapted with an hydraulic system that lets them ride much closer fto (or much further from) the ground; lots of time and mechanical work goes into these cars, and then a whole world is created around them. (The Lowrider tradition started within the Chicano culture of L.A., during the 40s.)
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Photos by Corine Vermeulen, Dutch artist based in Detroit, and frequent Tóxico partner in crime.
(This series will be included in “La (otra) maleta Mexicana”, a new collective and itinerant Tóxico Art Project that will start its journey in Mexico City and then travel to Cuba and New York.)
THE MICHAEL JACKSON COLLECTION
The Stranger has an amazing collection of photographs from the Michael Jackson auction that was supposed to take place in Beverly Hills. It was all stuff Jackson was forced to auction due to some severe financial problems. Watch the whole gallery here.
FOLK YOU OUT, SET THE DEAL STRAIGHT
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Images by Clare Rojas
AMY STEIN: TÓXICO WORKSHOP, DAY No. 001
Amy Stein’s “Domesticated” series is about isolation and our new relationships with nature; or rather, nature´s new relationship with our human world. The shots were constructed from newspaper and oral stories, and in most of the cases the animals are stuffed. All though it is somewhat difficult to imagine these type of scenarios while living in Mexico City, paradoxically, we are also used to being able to buy endangered species in subway stations and to hearing about lions eating their owners or escaping from public (and private) zoos.
More Amy Stein:
And more more Amy Stein at the Tóxico Workshop that is going on right now somewhere in Mexico City as you read this post.
(More more more soon, here.)
(Y un artÃculo el jueves o viernes en El Ãngel del Reforma)
TOFU. THE HOUSE.
Built in Kyoto in 1997 by Jun Tamaki, this house was nicknamed Tofu by the locals. More pictures and specifications this way. (Via What We Do Is Secret)
TÓXICO MORCEAUX: THE MIGHTY BOOSH – THE MOON
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dll8RkgfaxY[/youtube]
TÓXICO MORCEAUX: CHRISTOPHER YOUNG – OBJECT LESSON
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFU48KuP0Wo[/youtube]
DANISH 70′S INTERIOR DESIGN (PORNO STYLE)
Musselsoppans has set up a class in 70′s interior design as represented in Danish Porno Movies. Watch the rest of the images here, fill in the blanks as you wish. Thanks to Martha for the link.
TÓXICO MORCEAUX: SEGUNDO DE CHOMON – LA BARBA REBELDE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9KsW0NT-Pc[/youtube]
The sort of crazy things that can happen in a boudoir, as envisioned by spanish Film-maker Segundo de Chomon in 1905.
TÓXICO MORCEAUX – GEORGE ROMERO’S DAWN OF THE DEAD
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOtstqhTRZQ[/youtube]
BECKETT DIXIT
Lemuel is in charge, he raises his hatchet on which the blood will never dry, but not to hit anyone, he will not hit anyone, he will not hit anyone any more, he will not touch anyone any more, either with it or with it or with it or with or
or with it of with his hammer or with his stick or with his fist or in though in dream I mean never he will never
or with his pencil or with his stick or
or light light I mean
never there he will never
never anything
there
any more
- Samuel Beckett. “Malone Dies”, 1956
ART SPIEGELMAN. BE A NOSE
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The recently Mc-Sweeney’s released “Be A Nose, Three Sketchbooks by Art Spiegelman” is an amazing collection of unseen material and scribblings of one of the United State’s most important authors. Spiegelman is known as the father of the modern graphic novel and is the author of Maus, Wacky Packs and the Garbage Pail Kids.
TOXICO MORCEAUX: ÃNIMAS TRUJANO (EL HOMBRE IMPORTANTE)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpOKH0mDTUQ[/youtube]
Toshiro Mifune–a famous Japanese actor better known for his intimate collaborations with Kurosawa–plays Ãnimas Trujano. The movie was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe. It was shot in Oaxaca in 1961 and Mifune did not speak a word of spanish when he first arrived to shoot the film. Nonetheless. One could well believe he is a Mexican señor.
TÓXICO MORCEAUX: LEONARD KASTLE – THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81p_7D4bkvw[/youtube]
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…Y ÉSTA ES MI GENTE
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While things slowly get back to normal in Mexico City, photographer Nicola Okin has been active during the swine flu epidemic. Watch the complete gallery here.
UNDERWATER VOLCANO ERUPTION
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U51cY6iod3U[/youtube]
Via Wired.
TÓXICO MORCEAUX: ROMAN POLANSKI – REPULSION
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPJD52PxpQ[/youtube]
Tóxico Morceaux is a selection of our favorite scenes from our all-time favorite movies. A new one will be posted here every Friday. Thanks for watching.
THERE ONCE WAS A MONSTER FROM NANTUCKET
In the summer of 1937, Tony Sarg and several others promoted a hoax in Nantucket.
Sightings of a sea serpent were advertised… footprints were found… stories published…
Then, the serpent appeared on South Beach: it was one of Sarg’s Macy’s Day Parade balloons.
Tony Sarg (1880-1942) was an American puppeteer, illustrator, designer and painter. He is famous for creating balloons for the Macy department store parades and many illustrations for magazines. He owned a store in Nantucket, the Tony Sarg’s Curiosity Shop.
JOHN WATERS ON THE BENEFITS OF SMOKING AT THE MOVIES
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpofBtijF8[/youtube]
AND THE PRITZKER GOES TO… PETER ZUMTHOR
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TRACK OF THE WEEK: BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
JOHNNY MERCER & MARGARET WHILING – BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
A winter song for the beginning of spring.
TÓXICO PROJECT RESEARCH No. 008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBLJ3lmwV80[/youtube]
From Werner Herzog’s “Encounters At The End Of The World”
DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION TELEVISION
DLF.tv is a celebration of consciousness, creativity and bliss.
It looks like Mr. Lynch had enough of his weather reports and started a whole television network. Visit DLF.tv for Lynch wisdom and meditation techniques, plus interviews with many artists, live concerts and much more.
INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD HOPPER (1959)
JOHN MORSE: Mr. Hopper, I’d like to ask you about one particular picture that made a great impression on me when I first saw it at the Whitney exhibition, and still does, although now it’s in the Duncan Phillips Collection in Washington. That’s Approaching a City, and I’m quite sure, or how I could put it into words, the particular appeal of this picture – maybe it’s impossible – but I would like to hear what you have to say about it.
EDWARD HOPPER: Well, I’ve always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can’t exactly describe the sensations, but they’re entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics. There is a certain fear and anxiety and a great visual interest in the things that one sees coming into a great city. I think that’s about all I can say about it.
JOHN MORSE: Well, in painting this picture were you aware of these wonderful solid geometric forms that took my eye at once?
EDWARD HOPPER: Well, I suppose I was. I tried for those things more or less unintentionally.
JOHN MORSE: Would you go so far as to say it’s almost a subconscious result, effect?
EDWARD HOPPER: Yes, I think so.
JOHN MORSE: But what was in your mind when you were painting it, I gather then, was this feeling of approaching a city?
EDWARD HOPPER: Yes.
American Suburb X posted an interview with painter Edward Hopper from 1959. Read the rest here.
MARCEL BROODTHAERS – A VOYAGE ON THE NORTH SEA
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–uI9ccaLvA[/youtube]
BONUS T.O.W: CLINIC – THE SECOND LINE
Clinic’s show yesterday at El Lunario in Mexico City is one of the best I’ve seen in my life. I know my opinion is largely based on my enormous appreciation for the band and that I’ve been waiting for almost ten years to see them live. But what I can safely say is that Clinic is terribly unappreciated, though they have become more popular overtime, everyone is missing the point: Clinic is making some of the best music of today.
Photo by Carlo Van de Roer
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY
The photographic dictionary is dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in each photograph.
TEST PATTERNS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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Found on Rocketboom: a nice collection of Vintage TV patterns from around the world.
FLIGHT PATTERNS IN THE NORTHEAST
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXyo3uLyheQ[/youtube]
This animation displays flight patterns in the Northeast region of the United States. Blue lines turn to white at lower altitudes and show the changing landing patterns of different airports throughout the day.
(via Wired)
ZAHA’S MELISSAS
Zaha Hadid’s sandal design for Melissa helped me understand a bit of women’s fascination with shoes.
(Via Lacing With Cult Satus. Images: David Grandorge)
ALARMA!
Alarma! es un documental sobre los fotógrafos de nota roja del turno nocturno de la Ciudad de méxico. Bernardo Loyola y representantes del rotativo amarillista estarán presentando el documental el viernes 20 de febrero en Cinemex Insurgentes a las 17hrs.
Es un documental modesto de 50 minutos, con buena música y algo de sangre. Basicamente todo lo hicimos entre dos personas, en 6 dÃas de grabación y con super bajo presupuesto. Inicialmente fue una serie de videos cortos producido para VBS.TV el canal de televisión por internet para el que trabajo, pero decidimos convertirlo en algo que pudieramos proyectar como pelÃcula en algún lado.
La pelÃcula también se proyectara en los siguientes horarios:
Viernes 20 de Febrero CINEMEX Insurgentes 5:00pm
Domingo 22 de Febrero CINEMEX Real 1:00pm
Martes 24 de Febrero CINEMEX Altavista 7:30pm
Sábado 28 de Febrero CINEMEX WTC 9:30pm
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(Tóxico ha hecho un par de proyectos con Bernardo, Vice y VBS.tv. De hecho, pronto noticias sobre un proyecto que hicimos corriendo por la noche entre fronteras imaginarias.)
CREATIVITY, WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOURS ?
A very inspiring TED talk about creativity and genius by Elizabeth Gilbert.
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJQjvNpFyw[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JinM76_9wLM[/youtube]
One of Beijing’s new landmarks, the OMA desinged Cultural Centre of the CCTV complex, was burnt down due to a fireworks show that went wrong. The building was to be inagurated in May and hosted an hotel plus theaters and other cultural and recreational spaces.
Pictures from fuzheado‘s photo stream on flickr.
FACTORY FETISH
One of my favorite blogs, Bouncing Red Ball, has an amazing compilation of Japanese factories at night.
LAST ONE OUT, PLEASE TURN ON THE LIGHT
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From Richard Nicholson’s “Last One Out, Please Turn On The Light”
This project, shot on 4″x5″ film, documents London’s remaining professional darkrooms. It is based on my nostalgia for a dying craft (there are no young printers). It is in these rooms that printers have worked their magic, distilling the works of photographers such as David Bailey, Anton Corbijn and Nick Knight into a recognisable ‘look’.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS ART OF GRAFFITI REMOVAL
[youtube]http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=I9jyv6WIxUY[/youtube]
Short film by Matt McCormick.
VINTAGE TRAVEL BROCHURE GRAPHICS
Tagged 1920, Design, TRAVEL, vintage
GEOFF MCFETRIDGE MEETS THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y78FztTd414[/youtube]
Golden Cage by The Whitest Boy Alive, hand drawn animation by Geoff McFetridge. Expect their new album “Rules” soon.
THE GENIUS OF MILOS FORMAN
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b1X-83QFjc[/youtube]
From his 1963 film Talent Competition.
PITCHFORK’S BEST VIDEOS OF 2008
The Arcade Fire – Black Mirror
Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish (directed by Eric Wareheim)
Kanye West – Flashing Lights (directed by Spike Jonze)
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/1129793[/vimeo]
Pitchfork Media made a selection of some of the best videos made during 2008. Look at the complete list here.