Archive for March, 2010

Brubeck & Basie

27th March

2010

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I’d kill a puppy to own this poster, it’s so very, very lovely. A fantastic piece of work by the legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser.

If you’re unfamiliar with Dave or The Count, go hide in a dark room for a while and punch yourself in the face repeatedly, then go buy some records, philistine.

Happy birthday Mr Q

26th March

2010

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Steve McQueen = cool as fuck. Cooler than an eskimo bumming a penguin in the UK’s largest branch of Iceland, whilst supping on a Mr Frosty. We’re talking ice cold. He would have been 80 this week, and, to commemorate the occasion, Jalopnik have published a nice little article.

Nice hook

26th March

2010

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The “pixel hand icon” wall hook (a.k.a the 8-bit hanger) is jolly nice indeed.

Little terror

25th March

2010

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Nina Maria Kleivan’s photos of her daughter dressed as various dictators are as compelling as they are shocking.

Untitled #1

15th March

2010

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My daughter’s first painting, Untitled #1, is a sophisticated exploration of colour, with bold, confident brushwork and clever use of negative space. Or something like that…

Studio graffiti

11th March

2010

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I’ve always been a fan of the graffiti-covered walls you see in pretty much any rehearsal studio worth its salt. The legendary Enterprise Studios on Denmark Street is decorated with some choice artwork (note the smoking penis in the above photo). I couldn’t help but take a photo…