Bryan Waterman

Debbie Harry sings “Call Me” on The Muppet Show,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:34:05 -0400

Debbie Harry sings “Call Me” on The Muppet Show, 1980.

Debbie Harry and Kermit sing “Rainbow Connection” on...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:29:06 -0400

Debbie Harry and Kermit sing “Rainbow Connection” on The Muppet Show, 1980.

Debbie Harry performs “One Way or Another” on The...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:58 -0400

Debbie Harry performs “One Way or Another” on The Muppet Show, 1980. Perfect match.

Cliff Edwards (“Ukulele Ike”), “Anything You...

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:19:19 -0400

Cliff Edwards (“Ukulele Ike”), “Anything You Say,” 1928.

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:49:05 -0400

frangry: WFMU record library, which someone once referred to as...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:01 -0400

frangry:

WFMU record library, which someone once referred to as an “analog blankie”.

theresa-stern: Photo by Victor Brockris, 1986

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:09 -0400

theresa-stern:

Photo by Victor Brockris, 1986

britticisms: (via kafka-on-the-shore) “Lose Yourself To Dance”...

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:20:20 -0400

britticisms:

(via kafka-on-the-shore)

“Lose Yourself To Dance” by Daft Punk

OK. Whoever created this understands some of the motivation behind Daft Punk’s new record, which is why it’s such a perfect visual-audio mashup. A part of me feels like Daft Punk would approve of this. It’s so simple, yet on point.

Yeah, this is pretty much the best thing you’ll watch this week.

Radio, oil on canvas 72 H x 67 W (inches) 1962

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:50:34 -0400

Radio, oil on canvas
72 H x 67 W (inches)
1962

classicamericanlit: Classic American Ink “This tattooing had...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:39:38 -0400

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classicamericanlit:

Classic American Ink

“This tattooing had been the work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth; so that Queequeg in his own proper person was a riddle to unfold; a wondrous work in one volume; but whose mysteries not even himself could read, though his own live heart beat against them; and these mysteries were therefore destined in the end to moulder away with the living parchment whereon they were inscribed, and so be unsolved to the last.”

(clockwise from top):

-vh, DK, jb, NK, sm, dg, & SL

It would appear that my students are all showing up to the last day of Am Lit with forearm Moby-Dick tattoos. One of them even comes with a hashtag. #ekphrasis

Andy Mouse. #haring #latergram

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:34:41 -0400

Andy Mouse. #haring #latergram

pheezy: django Best viewed with your favorite guitar song...

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:30:49 -0400

pheezy:

django

Best viewed with your favorite guitar song playing at high volume.

myimaginarybrooklyn: i12bent: Marcel Duchamp’s Gotham Book Mart...

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:26:19 -0400

myimaginarybrooklyn:

i12bent:

Marcel Duchamp’s Gotham Book Mart window display for André Breton’s Arcane 17 (1945). The window installation was called ‘Lazy Hardware’.

bobholman: Join us tomorrow, Monday at 6pm, at the Bowery...

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400

bobholman:

Join us tomorrow, Monday at 6pm, at the Bowery Poetry Club for THE TAYLOR MEAD SHOW! starring Taylor Mead! a 9 year run. Not bad.

For the first-time ever NOT Starring our dear departed never-falling, ever-shooting Star… @ Bowery Poetry, 308 Bowery, NYC

#rip

ageofwarhol: The New Yorker, 4 January 1969 jb

Fri, 10 May 2013 04:11:44 -0400

ageofwarhol:

The New Yorker, 4 January 1969

jb

Excavating Taylor Mead

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:05:12 -0400

Excavating Taylor Mead:

Taylor in 2005. #rip

Ian Buruma on the invention of David Bowie for The New York...

Wed, 08 May 2013 03:58:39 -0400

Ian Buruma on the invention of David Bowie for The New York Review of Books.

Photo: Masayoshi Sukita/David Bowie Archive

Rene Ricard

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:39:13 -0400

Rene Ricard

effyeahctw: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, & Carroll Spinney,...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:34:57 -0400

effyeahctw:

Jim Henson, Frank Oz, & Carroll Spinney, “Yellow Submarine,” Sesame Street, 1969.

This must have been a hell of a lot of fun to make.

doomandgloomfromthetomb: The Smiths - Paseo De Camoens, Parque...

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:20:03 -0400

doomandgloomfromthetomb:

The Smiths - Paseo De Camoens, Parque del Oeste, Madrid, Spain May 18, 1985

I’ve been reading the new, excellent, and lengthy Smiths bio, A Light That Never Goes Out, and it’s sent me in search of live clips of the band. This one, from the Meat Is Murder tour, was apparently the biggest gig The Smiths ever played, and it’s a good reminder of why this group was so unique and so beloved during their short lifespan. Morrissey’s majestically goofy stage presence, Marr’s deceptively simple jangle, and the lithe rhythm section of Rourke/Joyce all add up to something strangely magical close to three decades later. What’s most amazing about reading about the Smiths saga is how much they crammed into just about five years. Meteoric isn’t quite a strong enough word to describe their rise (or fall, I suppose). A one of a kind band, if ever there was one.

Yeah, this is pretty terrific. The thing about it that blows my mind the most is that when I was 15 and living in a tiny town in Arizona I was the only person I knew who listened to The Smiths. And here are all these thousands of friends in Spain I never had.