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The Only Difference Between Me And A Madman Is That I Am Not Mad.

hubs — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:32:57 +0000

A great collection of engravings, etchings, paintings and other art depicting madness.

Nickelback Is Cock Rock

hubs — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:05:25 +0000

Nickel back has already gotten way more time than they actually deserve on this blog, but I just couldn’t resist this one. Also, while you’re clicking on stupid Nickelback links you might as well check this one out www.isnickelbacktheworstbandever.com

Hyper Space Is Trippy

hubs — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:09:24 +0000

Another cool project from Mike Merrill – this video titled “OK To Go” is a compilation of hyper space scenes from assorted movies.

From the description:

Part of the thing which is so appealing about Hyper Space scenes in films is the idea that something fantastic and unknown lies at the end of them. In fact, here are the primary uses of Warp Speed/ Hyper Space as plot device:
A) Tunnel to unknown.
B) Escape from danger via total oblivion.
Both represent a kind of inversion, or temporary lifting, of the accepted order.

Layers And Layers Of Oprah

hubs — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:26:17 +0000

Denty One aka Minikon aka James White created this photo. It’s an entire years worth of Oprah Magazine covers all layered together. He calls it “The Beast“

Goldberg Variations Variations

hubs — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:33 +0000

Artist, John Menick, has created an album entitled “Goldberg Variations Variations or Music for Insomniacs”. The work simultaneously plays ten different synchronized recordings of of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Goldberg Variations BMV 988“. All of the ten recordings are synced at the first note. But, because of the varying tempos of each of the ten different recordings, they quickly fall out of step with each other and dissolve into a beautiful chaos and eventually end with the quiet, final notes of the slowest paced recording of the Variation.

The CD contains all thirty of the Bach’s Variations, including the Aria and Aria da Capo. Below, you can listen to the first track.

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria

One Year’s Addictions

hubs — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:56:49 +0000

I love this project put together by Rollertrain. “One Year’s Addictions” is a collection of one entire years worth of “empty cigarette boxes, tubes of chapstick, beer bottle tops, empty bottles of lubricant, empty prescription pill bottles and broken ipod headphones.” I shutter to think of what my collection of addictions would look like – it would be very different, no doubt, but no less sinister.

Photo courtesy of Libby Lynn.

B Flat

hubs — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:37:15 +0000

Play any of these together, some or all. Start them at any time, in any order. Mix them with the individual volume sliders. Then sit back and get washed over by the B flat ambiance.

This all taken from a collaborative music and spoken word project called Bp 2.0 conceived by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls.

It’s All In The Ending

hubs — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:47:19 +0000

I really dug the video for Mat & Kim’s song “Lessons Learned” (great song to boot). Not since The Prodigy’s “Slap My Bitch Up” has the last 10 seconds of a music video made such an indelible impact on me. There is a decent interview with them on Pitchfork about the video.

I posted both of the videos below. It’s important to watch the last ten seconds of each video. It should also be noted that both videos are NSFW.

Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy

Lessons Learned by Matt & Kim – This one is in HD so watch it full-screen

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hubs — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:46:57 +0000

Why? Try Searching Google. Still need a hint? Ask David Horvitz.

Deleted Image

hubs — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:34:57 +0000

Yesterday I was bestowed the honor of one of having one of my photographs be the 1,000th image posted on the Deleted Images: The Junkyard Of Art photoblog.

The photo was taken while swimming with dolphins on a trip to Florida early last fall and can be seen below. It’s true what they say – “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. Thanks guys.