Bernie Tansey twasks:
…how much does this cost the tax payer?
Go easy now.
Author Archives: Chompsky
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A toy designer tries to please his boss by resuscitating her dog in an accomplished short by CalArts student animator Andrea Reyes.
Hybrids
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The elaborately decorated animal/plant fusions of Canadian sculptor (and former student of animal behavioural science) Ellen Jewett.
Currently exhibiting at the Urban Nation Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin, if you’re passing.
The work of japanese illustrator and Marvel fanboy Takumi – sundry Avengers rendered in traditional Ukiyo-e style, complete with their own kanji name and costume design. To wit:
Thor is pronounced tooru in Japanese, so he assigned the Japanese equivalent, which is 徹(とる). Thanos’ 6 infinity stones served as the inspiration behind that name, which references the 6 realms of Buddhism.The patterns on each of the characters clothing are traditional Japanese designs and each references certain traits of the characters. Captain America’s pants use the shippo (七宝) pattern of layered circles, which references the shape of his shield. Thor’s pattern is pretty straightforward: the traditional cloud (雲) pattern. Iron Man uses the complex bishamon kikko (毘沙門亀甲) pattern, which mimics the look of a circuit board.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 – in this instance, completely refurbished, stripped back to bare metal and repainted with a rebuilt 3.9-litre 1F inline-six engine, upgraded undercarriage, performance tyres and bucket seats.
Currently accepting bids.
Hundreds of bollards populating a side street once plagued with illegally parked cars in Shonan near Enoshima in Japan – their reflective ‘eyes’ creating the surreal impression of black ghosts emerging from below ‘like something out of a Hayao Miyazaki film’.
Footage (which would, in fairness, have been geeky and recondite even at the time) of a 1991 meeting of 8-track aficionados, including obligatory Eric Estrada fangirl and 8-track auteur Russ Furster at Delilah’s of Chicago.
The 8-track format was popular from the 1960s to the early 1980s, when it was replaced by cassette tapes.
You know, cassette tapes.
Rattle, rattle. Where the ribbon used to get snagged on the yoke and you had to stick in a pencil and wind the…
Never mind.
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Cian McKenna writes:
Found and rescued from somewhere behind the Elephant enclosure (North Road, Phoenix Park) on an unusually warm Easter Monday evening. Currently being fed and watered in the local area and patiently awaiting repatriation.