vintage nasa photos

one of the ideas that is sort of central to post modernism, is the idea that the embodied self (and by extension the end of medivialism and the beginning of enlightenment) begins with the dissection of human subjects---medieval folks didn't dissect human beings. Katherine Polk's new book makes a solid arguement that they did, and because they did, our idea of history has changed.

leroy gannis's candids are better maybe than his typical surf shots, i love the one of the three guys, one in glasses, and a broken board.


Bollywood style Havila Nagila.

i need to see tree of life again though it will lose some of it's magic being on the small screen--this anceient essay by alex ross on it's music is one of the reasons why i want to

boing boing used my photo.


jinx monsoon does the drag version of ladies who lunch, and it is exquisite!


great interview with van dyke parkes on the occasion of his new singles colleciton, and the reissue of arrangements.

Ville Hara's modular garden units, in four parts, sold in helesinki.

this sloane crosley essay on xmas in the suburbs has all of the boredom and ennui i remember but little of the isolation. funny though .


Ganymede in Space, 1959.

photos of 80s SF con. (i miss this ersatz home made look)