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the best of halloween decor 2009

happy halloween!!

i could of sworn i was going to win the costume contest that year, i didn't :(

VICE mexico!

tengo una entrevista en el blog de VICE mexico, me gusto el titulo que le pusieron los chavos de vice, 

"HACER PULPOS DE CARTÓN QUE SE METAN PERICO ES COSA FACIL"

jajaja, leanlo aqui!

mimi weddell

mimi started her full time career as an actress at the age of 65! (when her husband passed away and left nothing behind but bills) She passed away a little over a month ago at the age of 94, but there's a documentary film about her which will live on foreveeer!  :) 

also check out advanced style (that's how i found out about mimi) its banner claims it's "proof from the wizened and silver-haired set that personal style advances with age." i agree.

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from top to bottom: 

francisco infante arana (?), jan dibbets (1969), john pfahl (1977).

cubanakan!!

just ignore the video and listen to the song, it's the best, buuuut it's driving me nuts that the only way i can listen to this song is with this video, i've search the internet for days now to buy the song but no luck, except a 78 single on ebay but i don't have a record player and it's $20 bucks, 'tan locos! and there are a bunch of covers of it on itunes (or maybe one of those is the original and this is a cover, oh i don't know) but they all suck! why world, why.

old babes: big edith & little edie

when i netflixed grey gardens i thought i was getting the one from earlier this year with drew barrymore, but to my surprise i got the 1975 documentary, it's an intimate look at the relationship between a mother and daughter (jackie o's aunt & first cousin) all set inside their deteriorating estate, grey gardens.

 

the wonder years...

the day the the wonder years dvds are finally officially released, you can bet i'll be camping outside best buy the night before (and i'll be the first in line) and when i finally have all six seasons in my hand i'll slowly walk up to the register and hand them over so the nice young lady can scan them, i'll pay and as soon as she hands me the bag with MY complete collection of the wonder years inside, there will be fireworks,  lots and lots of them...but until then i'll continue to watch three minute clips on youtube.... 

15 years of giant robot!

i'll have one tiny piece at a group show that's part of the giant robot biennale at the japanese american national museum, the opening is on the 24th, check it out....

enlighten!

i will have a lamp for sale at enlighten!, a one night artist lamp show benefiting inner-city arts, it'll be a great opportunity to take home a limited edition lamp and support an amazing arts education program at the same time, the lamps are available for pre-sale on the website if you're unable to make it out to the show on november 21st in culver city, click here for a BIG version of the flyer below.

 

(i don't have an old babe for today but next week there will be two!!)

dif magazine

dif is an online magazine from portugal, i have a little snippet (on page 31) in there along with some of the artists from the papershapers show. if you'd like to see it, click click! 

mr. w

saejean shared this video with me and now i'm sharing it with you...

the Good 100

i'm so excited the new issue of good magazine is out, back in august the creative team at good invited me to help with their Good 100 issue, they were making around 100 paper sculptures, one for each of their featured innovative companies, and it turned out great! Brian Rea and Atley Kasky did a great job art directing, I'm glad I was able to contribute to such a fun project, the two little heads below is just one of my contributions.....

check out the behind the scenes, there was scissors, glue and paper everywhere, can't complain 'bout that.

  {all images from good website}

old babe: renee

(photo by the selby.) cccclick away.....

dancing with balloons!

i wish i had more info on these images, i really want to know what she's up to (in the pictures and nowadays), all i know is that Joe Scherschel took them on August 08, 1949, and there's lots more...

she looks so happy

"To demonstrate a Cryovac latex balloon, developed by Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. of Cambridge, MA., a girl steps into a balloon which has been inflated, then chilled so it stays stretched in large size. The bag is tied, air drawn from it, and then sprayed with warm air which causes the latex to shrink. These balloon may solve the problem of packing quick-frozen meats." (photographer: arthur griffin, 1939)

my to do list...

1. make a small dog house version of this house:

(found with the life photo archive search engine.)

2. turn this sweater into a real one i could wear:

(biggie smalls found here.)

3. make a bootleg version of this scarf:

 

(from the sartorialist)

who am i kidding, there's a 70% chance i'll make the scarf, 50% chance i'll make the dog house, and 10% chance i'll make the sweater, and the chances will start declining as the days go by.  

sin nombre

"Bursting onto the screen in an explosion of blazing colours and sweeping vistas, with a rich cast of fascinating characters, Cary Joji Fukunaga’s stunning debut feature is a glorious assault on the senses. Honduran teenager Sayra is forced into a frantic race for her life after she meets El Casper, a dangerous gang member on the run. Part fascinating road movie, part brutal gangster study, this deeply absorbing feature has at its heart a tender, tragic love story." (from the website)

esta buena la pelicula, veanla!

martha!

who knew martita (that's what my mom calls her) was such a babe?!

from here.

old babe: maude

maude from harold and maude. a free spirit!