Catina Star Wars Band

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band, Figrin D'an and the Modal Node, star wars

This is not just any Star Wars Band, it’s Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes’ (see comment)

Bubblewrap trousers

via Life Lounge RAD Blog

Cultural Cocker

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brussels, connect, culture, eurostar, jarvis cocker, London, paris

I spent this morning (see picture below) with Jarvis Cocker (best comment: Shoreditch is full of people with very strange haircuts) who is leading a new campaign offering consumers discounts on cultural activities called Culture Direct (promotional activity from Eurostar who invited me along). Whilst I have not yet decided what I think of this (I get the chance to test it out on a trip to Paris), anything which encourages people to explore cultural experiences can only be a good thing, it seems a good fit and not branded for fun.

Bringing up my concerns that people are not bothering to get ‘physically’ culturally involved as they can read about it online,  Jarvis and I concluded (never thought I would write that) that in 300 years people will just be brains.  He also thinks Paris is like a really good looking woman you admire but could never go out with (oh I am sure women turn him down all the time) and thinks trains should have pillows so you can sleep (cue much pretend sleeping). I fell in love at pillows on trains. I’ll also let it go his snack of choice was peeled cored raw apple in a small bowl (very Mariah Carey).

I’m about one week away from 2 millions views – at which point I am thinking of killing Miss Cakehead and this blog – so this conversation could not have come at a better time. I am still thinking about the blog…

As for Culture Connect if you think this may rock your boat then here is a paragraph from the press release,  “sucking the corporate cock”  as Pure Evil once said (to MY client’s face):

From today  consumers travelling with Eurostar will be entitled to two-for-one entry to all paying exhibitions at the inbound destination with partner museums include The National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, le Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Speed drawing Chat Routlette

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ben folds five, chat roulette, drawing, piano, spped

Via Nerdcore I really like this – BUT hate it as creative copy (my pet hate) of Piano Man Chat Roulette AKA Ben Folds Five:

Van Halen – Jump

It’s Friday – let’s JUMP!

I can NOT stop starting at David Lee Roth and it is NOT as I am massively turned on by his sexy dance moves. I can see a new obsession cuming…

Election Wizard of Oz?!*

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andrew neil, election, wizard of oz

What the holy fuck is this? Public money badly spent by the BBC – AWESOME!

Real Time

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Jan Svarovsky, Maarten Baas, Real Time

I never thought I would post an iPhone application (apart from iSnort) but Dutch designer Maarten Baas has collaborated with Jan Svarovsky to produce ‘Real Time’ and almost changed my name.

The “art” bit is that these are a 12-hour film of actors painting to indicate the time, drawn by different cocks, sorry I mean on different clocks. Yes essentially it is just a clock (or VERY Nathan Barley iPhone application) but I am thinking you could bastardise this somehow (not sure how) and use it as a clock. Which whilst still “media” is not quite as bad!

Yes, yes, OK so I am being a little mean as I am jelaous as this is a pretty cool idea and I want to have thought of it first!

Via Dinosaurs and Robots (which is getting better and better)

Synthetic Bodies

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anatomical, flesh, human, luke hart, sculpture, synthetic bring

Artist Luke Hart has transcended the borders between the real and surreal, creating a sculptural exploration of human physicality in his ‘Synthetic Being’ sculpture series. The pieces, which feature an astonishing level of realism in mimicking flesh, work to explore the borders between our bodies and the introduction of prosthetics and other ‘foreign’ elements into one’s sense of self.

via Fresh Bump

Melting Cheese Heads

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bruce, cheese, hanging heads, nauman

Bruce Nauman is the artist behing these melting cheese heads (via Eat Me Daily):

In this piece, showing at the Brooklyn Museum, Bruce Nauman’s wax Hanging Heads were reproduced in cheese and intertwined with heat lamps which melted them over a table of crackers first in a slow trickle then fast falling chunks.

Photograph: Adam Robb / Eat Me Daily

Photograph: Adam Robb / Eat Me Daily

Photograph: Adam Robb / Eat Me Daily

Eyjafjallajökull (& a baby)

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Eyjafjallajokull, say, volcano

The Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, displayed some dramatic events during its Plinian eruption recently. Throughout this video, rapidly moving shockwaves can be seen reflecting off the cloud and crater as lava is blasted out of the fissure. Source – thanks to Neatorama!

But remember nobody likes a show-off