What Is Neorealism?
““The only great problem of cinema seems to be more and more, with each film, when and why to start a shot and when and why to end it.” – Jean-Luc Godard This is a pretty damn cool short vid […]
Month: June 2013
Joao Gilberto and Bossa Nova
The Brazilian musician Joao Gilberto is often considered the father of Bossa Nova, cementing this new style after sequestering himself away in a bathroom in Minas Gerais for 8 months during 1955. He had up until this time had no […]
The Atomitat
The atomic habitat. By the early 1960s almost 70% of American citizens were convinced nuclear war was imminent. Backyard bomb shelter sales and building went through the roof. Hundreds of thousands were built across the country, varying from small, claustophobic […]
Underground Bunkers
With Atompunk comes the atomic age, and with the atomic age comes underground bunkers! Today we will feature designs for modern, underground bunkers. Live out the end of the world in the bunker of your dreams. Hell, some of these […]
Will Cover Anything
My good friend and occasional music collaborator Matthew Broyles sent everyone he knows a very touching notification a few days ago. He is looking to get his 6 year old son into a new school, one trying something outside the […]
Kayleigh McKnight: Creep
We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to listen to Kayleigh McKnight sing some more. Because when is that not a good idea? [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/96312353″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Lauren Osborn Don’t Know Why
We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast to listen to Lauren Osborn sing some more. Because when is that not a good idea? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTiu_gYVww]
Blame It On The Bossa Nova
So perhaps you’ve noticed each New Albion that opens each album has a latin themed tint from the era. Steampunk has the tango, Dieselpunk has a cuban thing going (the horns could have been more cuban but i ended up […]
Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage)
On the subject of Atompunk, here is an old sci-fi masterpiece. Made in 1973 using cut out stop motion, directed by René Laloux,production designed by Roland Topor, written by both of them and animated at Jiří Trnka Studio. It’s beloved by stoners around the […]
The Dolls of Dorote Zaukaite Villela
Feast your eyes on these strange beauties from Lithuanian dollmaker Dorote Zaukaite Villela. For more you can find her blog here and her etsy page here In the meantime let’s take a munch on a little visual treat, shall we? . […]