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THIS WILD IDEA

Thursday, December 20, 2012

This year, as any year, really, there has been lots of coverage of that wild beast called the United States of America, place of our fantasies and projections alike for the last century or so. But our fantasies or projections, or Hollywood movies for that matter, don’t necessarily come anywhere close to reality, which is [...]

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CHINESE WHISPERS 24

Friday, June 1, 2012

I do wonder sometimes where Google Alert is hiding these days, but then again, it’s much nicer to be told by friends that someone somewhere made the effort to write some kind or critical thoughts on you. mono.kultur as an antidote to the Internet? We’d never seen it like that, more like an addition, but [...]

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THE MOTH / A SPACE TO LISTEN

Sunday, February 19, 2012

I read a recommendation to listen to The Moth’s podcast of Alan Rabinowitz’s ‘Man and Beast’ as it was described as “quite wonderful”.  It is.

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HIGHWAY PORTRAITS

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Isn’t everyone familiar with those moments when you are sitting in your car, early morning, waiting at a traffic light, catching an unexpected glimpse into the neighbouring car? It’s an oddly private moment in an extremely public space, which is probably the reason why Diego Gimenez‘ brilliant series of Highway Portraits feels so enchanting. We [...]

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Adorno Constructions, Inc.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Company Background
“Frank Adorno III founded Adorno Construction in 1988, one of the structural concrete construction leaders. In addition to doing structural concrete construction, Adorno Construction, Inc. also creates decorative concrete surfaces.”
Call today and find out more about Adorno : +1 408 369-8675

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TRAVEL LONGINGS

Monday, November 28, 2011

Anywhere – A Travel Guide – “This is a travel guide that will hopefully lead you to places you have never seen before—though you may visit them every day. A place you have forgotten, a place you have never searched for or a place that does not exist.” With my longings for travel and adventure [...]

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UNLESS YOU WILL

Sunday, August 21, 2011

The other day I was following links from blogs of other blogs of other blogs and I came across the really quite lovely Unless you will…
“Ok, so you landed on this page because there was nothing on tv, or because you’re interested in photography, or because I told you to come here, or because you’re at [...]

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HOW SAD, HOW LOVELY

Friday, August 19, 2011

Elizabeth “Connie” Converse disappeared in 1974, leaving behind a haunting body of recorded music that would remain virtually unheard for the next 35 years…

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UNBEARABLE COINCIDENCE

Sunday, April 24, 2011

T-Shirts with writing on them are rarely cool, mostly they appear to have incredibly random messages. German website zufallsshirt.de (translates random shirt) generates completely random shirt messages combined with a random illustration in a random color & font. Once a combination of these design elements is generated it will never be seen again – apparently [...]

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CONCEPTUAL REALISM

Friday, April 1, 2011

Below are two sites that, for me, encapsulate the horrifying exhilaration of looking at art on the Internet:
Style Mixer
Andreas Neumeister

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