Shook her little Bobbysocks until the thrill was gone.

I think I’ve already raved enough about my love for Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill and Tura Satana.  I was so, so  taken aback when I stumbled across master editor– simply known by her youtube alias– Pblongstocking’s mash up of a chase scene from Faster Pussycat and the Magik Marker’s “Taste”.   [...]

(Monday) Muse: Michelle Phillips

 

 
Michelle Philips (nee: Holly Michelle Gilliam) is best known for her role in The Mamas and The Papas, model beauty, turbulent relationship with songwriting legend John Philips, and subsequent daughter 90s singer (yes, Wilson Phillips!) Chynna.  But what few know about her includes her disturbingly strange childhood and  relationship (a la six degrees of separation) [...]

Music: Martina Topley Bird.

 
Tricky/Martina Topley Bird — “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” Public Enemy cover

When I was about 15 or 16, or 17 maybe, (late 90s) I saw this performance on TV a la PBS and it changed my life.  Okay, not really that dramatic, but I always remembered this and thought [...]

(Monday) Muse: Dorothy Dandridge

So most of us have seen the Halle Berry biopic of Dandridge, which kind of replaces the real Dorothy’s face in our minds.  I recently came across these pictures, which really convey something alive and magic about the real Dandridge:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Me likey.

(Monday) Muse: Une femme est une femme.

 
I love this new Dior campaign a la Sofia Coppola for Miss Dior Cherie fragrance; it smacks of French New Wave Cinema and 60s era naive sex kittens.  Its the perfect marriage of the breezy, stripped down feminine aesthetic shared by both Dior and Coppola.  The video stars Maryna Linchuk to the soundtrack, [...]

Tiny museum, tiny gallery.

(*Note: While trying to find this picture I stumbled across a strange site that lists the art pieces shown in this scene of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, offering a virtual version of the same tour through the Art Institute of Chicago that Ferris, Sloane, and Cameron took.)
 
I like to imagine I have my own museum [...]

By the way…

 
Do you know about this? — The perfect way to get through work. 
Its amazing, and I forgot about it until now, but I can’t access it anymore since I live outside America :/ 
 

Guest blogging at design sponge.

Check out Julia Rothman & SFGirlbyBay’s guest blogs on Design Sponge this week!
They share art-making techniques, some things that catch their eye, and great photos/art.
Julia Rothman writes one of my favorite art blogs BooksbyitsCover, & designs products for Urban Outfitters that you’ve probably, unknowingly, admired over the years:

SfGirlBybay is the alias of a girl who’s [...]

Mel Kadel’s zine: Honey Pool

 
The first time I saw Mel Kadel’s work, it illustrated an ad in Nylon Magazine (maybe you’ve seen it too). I had no idea who she was, or that the little drawing of the girl with butterflies escaping from her belly was an artist’s signature style. I only knew that the drawing caught my [...]

The funnies.

I just wanted to hip you to two super cool comics that I’ve discovered. First is “My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable” and its companion, “My new Filing Technique is Unstoppable” By David Rees. I came across these at a “SUPER BOOK SALE” that opened in an empty plaza store for a [...]

Warholize your photos…

Here’s a fun site I came across recently. You can alter your photos in various ways and easily upload them to flickr or transfer them to posters.
I took this photo recently of my friend’s 2 year old:

And uploaded it to the Warholizer to get the top image. In seconds you get your Warhol [...]